Zhang Lisheng’s relaxed expression made Maddie eased from her nervousness as well.

After shifting her body and making space for the young man, the girl patted the seat beside her and said, “Get on the car, Lisheng. Tell us what the FBI agents asked you?”

“There’s no question particularly special…” Zhang Lisheng entered the jeep and saw that the rear seat of the car had been completely sealed and separated from the driving seat. He briefly described his conversation with the federal agents and military intelligence officers to them.

While he was speaking, the car turned around and returned to where it came from. When he saw that the side of the road had gradually shifted from simple houses to dense tents outside of the window, the young man could not help but feel surprised. “Have I traveled through time, Charlie? The people outside are actually living in tents in the desert. Oh sh*t, don’t tell me that the place you prepared for me is like this too?”

“The place that you’ll stay is indeed a tent too, but it’s specially tailored from the company that makes tents for the Middle East chiefs. It’s much more comfortable than the royal suites at the top hotels in New York.” Charlie replied, before asking thoughtfully, “Boss, allow me to judge the conversation you had with the federal agents based on what I had understood. I guess the fleet that the native tribe built on the Shrimp B1 Island has already become powerful enough to attract the attention of government intelligence agencies and the military.”

“Yes, Charlie, you won’t be able to imagine just how rich and peculiar the product of the Hellfire Archipelago in the Shrimp World No. 2 can be. How can those short, dumb, cruel natives actually be so smart and capable?” Zhang Lisheng did not hide his confidence and shrugged as he told the truth. “The largest steamships that the Wizard Li tribe built, which is something I rule, have an area favorably comparable to an aircraft carrier and can sail about 15 kilometers per hour. With the help of this maritime weapon, I have conquered a total of 17 islands in the past six months. This made it possible for me to expand my territory to 250,000 square kilometers and conquering nearly 10 million indigenous believers.”

“T-That’s a brilliant achievement, boss,” Charlie was absolutely baffled, prompting him to say incoherently, “T-This is incredible! I mean, you have steamships as large as aircraft carriers and the fact that you’ve conquered so many foreign world’s islands…”

“It’s because of this achievement that became too good for me to cover it up.” Zhang Lisheng sighed half-jokingly, “The federal military observation station on Shrimp B1 Island would notice the anomaly, raising the government and ability’s vigilance. Fortunately, I’ve long expected this a long time ago.”

“It would be weirder if the military observation station on Shrimp B1 Island didn’t notice steamships as large as the aircraft carriers in the native’s harbor.” Charlie grew silent for a while before slowly flashing a wide smile. “Fortunately, the bad things are turning into our favor. I believe that once the indigenous people on the Shrimp B1 Island are getting stronger, the government will treat your plan of ’51st State of the United States’ Plan’ with more caution.”

“Perhaps, Charlie! Such development is not within our control, though. Let us just look forward to the future happily,” Zhang Lisheng nodded. “What’s most important now is how we depart to the Noah World tomorrow?”

“By this jeep, Boss,” Charlie quickly replied. “We’ll depart once you wake up tomorrow. It’ll take about a 45-minutes drive for us to reach Noah’s entrance. After we cross the ‘world,’ we’ll encounter our first oasis, New Washington A, after driving one more hour. Then, we’ll change our primary means of transportation to a small passenger plane, and we would be able to travel between the twelve oases.”

“That sounds very convenient.” Zhang Lisheng nodded with satisfaction. At this time, the car stopped gently. The young man opened the door and jumped off the jeep. He immediately saw a small greenish-gray tent. It was slightly smaller than the bark house he used in Wizard Li.

“Charlie, I have to say, this tent is indeed quite different,” Zhang Lisheng looked stunned. He turned around and looked at Charlie, who had gotten down from the car behind him and was looking at him smugly, before praising him and striding into the tent.

The tent’s decorations were exotic, and it had a golden round ceiling. Its floor was covered with a thick piece of long woolen carpet. There were short tables decorated with wooden vases. Additionally, the soft blankets made it hard to believe that they were in the wilderness of New Mexico and not in some luxury suite of a king in the Middle East.

“Ha! Well, in a sense, money is indeed omnipotent…” Kicking off his shoes and stepped on the cotton-like carpet bare-footed, the young man looked around and muttered in admiration under his breath. He opened the doors one after another, starting from the one closest to him. He then passed by the reception room, the study room, the ‘cigar room’ where one would savor tobacco and red wine. Finally, he found the master bedroom that had its own bathroom.

The diesel generator provided sufficient power for the tent. After taking a hot bath, Zhang Lisheng took out a can of iced Coke from the small freezer in the corner and browsed the Internet while drinking it.

When the young man saw that there was still no news about the spacecraft, he finished up his iced Coke in one gulp in disappointment and crushed the aluminum tin up. After throwing it into the trash can, he jumped onto the waterbed and began to cultivate his secret method.

In the past, whenever he did so, he would usually awake only in the next morning. However, this time, when the black fog was just beginning to form behind him, lingering back and forth in the bedroom, the room door was suddenly gently pushed open. Maddie walked in, wrapped in a fluffy, white bathrobe.

“Lisheng, the generator outside my tent is broken, and I ran out of hot water when I had just slathered myself with soap. Can I use your bathroom instead?” The girl ran her fingers through her wet hair and walked up to Zhang Lisheng in her slender white thighs that appeared distinctly under her bathrobe, before asking in a hoarse yet sweet voice.

The smog behind the young man slowly dissipated. With his eyes shut, he frowned and asked, “Do you think I will believe this kind of story, Maddie?”

“Of course, you won’t.” The girl took off the bathrobe to reveal her perfect toned body that had no ounce of extra fat. She was as beautiful as a Greek sculpture of the goddess of love, carved into perfection by a master. She gracefully and gently hugged Zhang Lisheng and drawled out words that were so straightforward it was almost unbelievable. “I want to make love to you. I love you, and I know I’m in there in your heart too. You have once taken the initiative to make love to me and make my first sexual experience to be sweet and perfect. Ever since then, I’ve been patient for two years! For these past few years, I would think of how you’d accompany Tina and enjoy a sweet time with her every time you return from the foreign world. Whenever I’d think about this, I’d be in so much pain that I could hardly breathe. I wanted to forget you, but I can’t! Because of this, today, I came to the room of the man who took my virginity like a prostitute, and I want, want… Yes, I want to have another round of sex with you. Is this forbidden? Is this prohibited? Is this wrong?”

Zhang Lisheng originally wanted to push Maddie away. However, when he heard her last question that was filled with deep affection and sadness, he could no longer push out her hands. After staying stunned for a while, he shut his eyes and muttered in bitterness, “No, you haven’t done anything wrong, Maddie. The person at fault is me. It was me who had, who had…”

Before the young man could finish his words, he suddenly felt a finger pressed onto his lips. At the same time, a pair of warm palms had also started groping the lower part of his body.

Then, he could feel a warm breathe beside his ears, accompanied by a gentle voice that was gradually moving downward, “You’re not at fault, baby. You’re not at fault. Neither am I. The one at fault is our fate…” After a series of kisses that ran from his cheek, neck, chest, and down to his lower abdomen, the smell of sex enveloped the room.

After a series of frenzied intercourse all night, the young man opened his eyes from his sleep the next morning. That was when he realized that the girl was already gone.

After a moment of absent-mindedness, he sighed deeply and jumped down his waterbed. After washing away the scent of obscenity left behind from yesterday, he took out a set of thick denim outfit from the closet. He put it on himself before walking out of the bedroom.

In the living room, sumptuous, fragrant breakfast had already been placed, covering the entire low table. Although the dishes were all simple, smoked food, the flavor was unique and delicious, making the young man’s eyes lit up after tasting them.

Sitting cross-legged on a blanket embroidered with beautiful patterns, Zhang Lisheng chowed down on the food in big mouthfuls. When he finished his breakfast, he touched his stomach and stood up before leaving.

The sky was already bright. The red sun was hanging high, emitting a dazzling light. It shone on the reddish-brown land of New Mexico, thoroughly portraying the terrible weather of this desert that was extremely hot during the day but awfully cold during the night.

The exclusive jeep that was built based on the US military-style extended desert private carrier was already ready to set out. An unkempt Charlie with unwashed appearance was looking at his jeep curiously. He strode up to the vehicle and was doing a simple stretch of his body, walking around the car. Zhang Lisheng looked at him and said, “Good morning, Charlie, what an interesting exercise. Can we set off now?”

“Of course, Boss. The driver and Miss Maddie are already waiting in the car.”

“Very good, let’s go.” The young man nodded. When he was about to get on the car, he saw that the door opened by itself. Maddie’s face that was slightly exhausted-looking but was filled with a weak smile appeared in front of him. “Good morning, Lisheng. Are you getting on the car now?”

“Yes!” Zhang Lisheng’s body stiffened. Nervous, he entered the car, and before he could sit down, the girl whispered to him, “Don’t worry, baby. I know that Tina is in the Noah World, so I won’t make things difficult for you.”

The young man stiffened again. After sitting in the spacious seat of the jeep’s back seat, he looked at Maddie with a slightly baffled look and saw that the girl looked back and was flashing a plain smile at him, as though nothing had happened last night,

At the same time, Charlie also entered the car, and the jeep began to slowly start. Setting off a cloud of faint dust on the red land, it sped to the dry desert in the distant.