"That's great, that's great!!" Li Yifei exclaimed excitedly, like a 200-pound child. "Finally, I don't have to wash clothes and dishes by hand anymore! You have no idea how many calluses I've developed on my hands these past few days! It's been so tough for me!"
Lin Qiye looked at the Rubik's Cube's extremely efficient washing speed and nodded in satisfaction.
Hiring this caregiver was definitely worth it...
Li Yifei then turned his gaze to A'Zhu, who stood timidly to the side, and asked expectantly, "And you? What special skills do you have?"
Azhu tilted her head and thought for a moment, "I...I can sleep?"
Li Yifei:...
Li Yifei turned to look at Lin Qiye, who shrugged. "She doesn't know anything, but she seems promising. You should teach him more."
Li Yifei sighed with some regret. He had thought this little boy possessed some special skill like Rubik's Cube, but it turned out he was just an ordinary little boy...
But at least he has someone to help him share the burden, and he is already very satisfied.
He scrutinized A'Zhu for a few moments, then mysteriously pulled Lin Qiye aside and whispered, "Qiye, isn't he too young? Aren't you essentially hiring child labor?"
Lin Qiye rolled her eyes at him. "Don't worry, he's probably old enough to be your father. Besides, this law is for protecting people, not for protecting the mysterious. It doesn't apply to me."
Li Yifei's eyes widened. "What kind of heartless boss is this...?"
He shook his head, walked up to Azhu, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Azhu, right? Don't worry, your brother Fei will take care of you from now on. It's okay if you don't know how now, you can learn slowly."
Azhu blinked and nodded obediently.
"By the way, how are those two doing lately?" Lin Qiye asked.
"Nyx is still the same as always, sunbathing and talking to himself. Merlin... he's been turning into a starfish less often lately, but he's still a headache. However, he seems to have taken to reading lately, spending all his time in the reading room," Li Yifei said truthfully.
Lin Qiye nodded. "They're alright. Remember to make sure they take their medicine on time every day. These two are yours now. You're the head caregiver from now on, so take good care of them."
Li Yifei's lips twitched slightly. "I understand the logic, but the head caregiver sounds a bit like a terrorist..."
Lin Qiye ignored Li Yifei's complaints and left the mental hospital on a whim.
After Lin Qiye left, Li Yifei glanced at the Rubik's Cube that was being washed, then sneakily leaned close to Azhu's ear and whispered:
"Ah Zhu..."
"Okay."
"Do you know how to play mahjong?"
"Sesame paste?" Azhu thought for a moment, "Is it the edible sesame paste?"
Li Yifei:...
"Qiye, Qiye! Wake up!"
Baili Pangpang stood excitedly by Lin Qiye's bedside, shaking him, "The scores from yesterday's exercise are out, and you and your sister are in first place!"
"Oh," Lin Qiye replied lazily.
"Oh?" Baili Pangpang's eyes widened. "You guys got 19 points, a full two points higher than the second place's 17 points! Aren't you excited?"
Lin Qiye asked in surprise, "Why are you so agitated? Isn't this normal?"
Baili Pangpang:...
"Then guess how many points I got?" Baili Pangpang asked expectantly.
Seeing Baili Pangpang's strange expression, Lin Qiye asked, "You wouldn't happen to be the one who came in second, would you?"
"Hahaha, you figured that out!" Baili Pangpang seemed to put on an arrogant mask, hands on his hips. "However, I'm tied for second place; there are others with the same score as me."
Lin Qiye sat up in bed, glanced at the time, and walked out of the dormitory.
"Where are you going? Don't you have training today?" Baili Pangpang asked in confusion.
"Just wandering around."
Of course, Lin Qiye couldn't tell him that he was going to find a place to perform a summoning ritual. The power contained in the Rubik's Cube's corpse might dissipate over time, so he had to complete the summoning ritual within the next two days.
Fortunately, he has the bonus from summoning magic specialization, which allows him to omit most of the casting materials, but he still needs to find a secluded place.
Lin Qiye originally wanted to try to perform the summoning ritual inside the mental hospital, but since he couldn't bring any external objects into the hospital, this method was not feasible. He could only take advantage of the fact that there was no training mission today to find a secluded and deserted place in the training camp as the summoning location, and then sneak over there late at night to perform the summoning ritual.
Lin Qiye casually strolled around the camp and finally locked onto a safe location for summoning weapons: the warehouse used to store military equipment.
In the entire training camp, there are only three warehouses without camera coverage. One of them was blown up by Shen Qingzhu yesterday, another is next to the instructors' dormitory, and the last one is the warehouse that Lin Qiye and his group broke into yesterday to retrieve weapons.
The warehouse's original iron gate was blown up and hasn't been repaired yet. After all, it would take time to transport such a heavy metal gate over. For now, it's simply closed with a folding door. With Lin Qiye's strength, it wouldn't be difficult for him to sneak in silently.
He had considered going directly to the roof of the dormitory, but during the summoning process, light would be emitted, and if he wasn't indoors, he would be easily discovered.
After comparing various options, only that warehouse was the most suitable.
Night falls.
Lin Qiye's figure silently flipped out of the window like a ghost, landing lightly on the ground. His black clothes perfectly blended into the darkness of the Dark God Ruins. With a light touch of his toes, he moved swiftly towards the weapons warehouse.
He deftly flipped over the folding door and landed steadily in the warehouse, moving aside the boxes used to store firearms and clearing a large open space in the center.
He crouched down, took out a charcoal pencil from his pocket, and began to draw on the ground with great care.
The complexity of dimensional summoning magic far surpasses that of random summoning. Moreover, this is Lin Qiye's first time summoning, requiring the additional step of signing a contract, making the process the most complicated. Once he signs a contract with a creature, summoning it will only require blood as a catalyst, eliminating the need for the troublesome process of drawing a magic circle.
Otherwise, where would you find so much time to slowly draw magic circles during a battle?
After about ten minutes, Lin Qiye finally put down his pen, stood up, and carefully examined the massive summoning array in front of him. Every line was perfectly intersected to form a huge circular pattern, bringing the beauty of geometry to its fullest potential.
"Almost there." Lin Qiye muttered to himself, poured the Rubik's Cube fragment from his pocket into the center of the magic circle, then bit his fingertip and smeared it on a corner of the magic circle.
The summoning ritual is complete.