"Chang'an this place...."
"The only impression I have is the streets full of beautiful girls in Hanfu, and a certain political law university that dug up their founding master's tomb."
Before heading to the airport, Ansheng was lying on Lin Ying's bed, scrolling through his phone, searching for travel tips and related details about Chang'an.
In his previous life, when Ansheng was with the tea company, he often traveled the world by green-skin train, but his main work areas were tea-producing regions, and he avoided any tourist attractions and cities during holidays.
Working is already annoying, so why spoil a rare vacation by visiting tourist spots and squeezing through crowds like squeezing oil from peanuts?
With that leisure time, it's better to sleep deeply or go for a spa treatment.
Ansheng's understanding of Chang'an was based on short videos and people from Luoyang. It seems there are sharp disputes between people from Luoyang and Chang'an regarding certain geographical and historical matters, but no conflicts have erupted yet.
Now preparing to head to Chang'an to meet up with Ah Qing, Ansheng is cramming last-minute travel info.
Then, as he watched the Note platform, for some reason it was all Hanfu girls.
And the construction team being moved to tears, with two thousand ancient tombs unearthed on one metro line. The archaeological team surrounds the construction team, and as soon as the construction team digs a spadeful, they pull up a boundary line.
Half an hour passed.
In the little fox's mind, it's all the girls performing as human statues in the Great Tang Night City.
"....It's not my fault I can't remember, it's quite convenient to take a cab now. I'm here to study, not to travel." The little fox muttered softly, opened WeChat to scroll through his Moments, and was greeted with over 99+ notifications from the Spirit Beast gathering group, along with many tags.
Ansheng glanced and couldn't bear to look, entering Moments only to see that Ah Qing had gone night touring on the Pearl River last night, and was somewhere else now, eating handmade traditional pastries.
The fox's resentment grew, planning to bite Ah Qing's butt upon meeting her.
"Master Fox, the meal is ready." Lin Bingyun brought a low table to the bedside, considering that air travel might cause discomfort, the meal was light yet sophisticated.
"Great!"
While eating, Master Fox suddenly noticed a phone call coming in, it showed as Bai Tao.
Lin Bingyun helped answer the call.
"Ma... Master Fox, where have you gone? The foxes in the neighborhood and tea house don't match up!"
Bai Tao anxiously said, "We haven't finished recording your information, your political science class hours are still short by two hundred hours....."
"Ehehe..."
Hearing Bai Tao's panicked inquiry, Ansheng joyfully responded with a murmur, "I'm going to study."
"Study? Study what? Aren't you always watching short videos and playing King of Glory?" After hearing Master Fox's words, Bai Tao felt like the sky was falling.
From Master Fox's tone, it was not hard to discern that he was planning to go out.
But they had just prepared to input Master Fox's information into the system to register him.
And then... Master Fox just ran off.
Master Fox, what happened to your territorial integrity?
Aren't you afraid that once you're gone, other Spirit Beasts might come to Jiule City claiming dominance?
Bai Tao wanted to say that, but after thinking about the White Wolf, who had secretly stashed away over a dozen RPGs, two boxes of ammo, and two monster trucks, she couldn't speak.
After all....
Canine creatures have a sneaky trait where they hide uneaten food by digging a hole.
No one yet knows how many weapons A Bai had scavenged from poachers and hidden away.
What was hidden before was even more untraceable.
Generally speaking, normal Spirit Beasts wouldn't be able to handle White Wolf's RPGs or glue bombs.
Unless another Spirit Beast as fierce as Master Fox appeared around Jiule City.
Otherwise, it's Fox Boss, Wolf second-in-command, any Spirit Beast that comes would have to take a few shots.
The Spirit Beasts of Jiule City have evolved too fast, transitioning from the cold weapon era to the modern warfare era.
...
Feeling like the sky was falling wasn't unique to Bai Tao.
The tour guide He Ying, far away in Chang'an, felt the same way upon receiving a notification from her supervisor.
"Boss... You must be joking, right? It's the peak tourist season now! And you're sending a notification now for me to arrange the itinerary today?"
"Did you pour chili over cold noodle salads? Because it feels like you poured shit over them!"
As someone from Chang'an, who the hell doesn't know that the roads of Chang'an are so congested that even bicycles get stuck.
Every tourist attraction line queues up, even the world's most dangerous mountain Huashan queues from the foot to the peak, let alone arranging VIP tickets for the Song of Everlasting Regret.
To see the Terracotta Warriors, you'd have to dig a tunnel on the spot to enter the scenic area.
The travel agency boss who got scolded by He Ying, after a brief silence, said:
"The group you're leading isn't simple, to put it simply, it's very corporate."
"In simpler words, your boss, the boss of my boss's boss's boss's company chairman."
The travel agency branch chief casually said, "If the chairman so much as frowns, you're done for. If anything happens to the chairman, you and I are both done for."
"You just tell me if this group is corporate enough, doesn't it need a top-tier guide? The relevant itinerary arrangement has been sent to you, notify me if there's anything that requires money to open the way!"
"Corporate? Aren't you in the social..."
Listening to a string of "boss," He Ying tried to recall the 'boss' character in her mind, and realized she couldn't recognize it anymore.
After hanging up, she couldn't help but take the so-called chairman seriously.
The travel agency she worked for predominantly managed tourist routes in the northwest four provinces, and the branch of the agency was essentially funded by the agency locally, partnering with people who held resources or had influence.
The only purpose of these branches was to solve problems for the agency, or rather, to arrange the best services for their tour groups.
Even if a customer was detained for fifteen days in your locality, you have to get them out.
"What? The chairman! Landing at one-thirty!" He Ying saw the itinerary mentioning a 1:30 pickup, and realizing it was already 9:30, she jumped out of bed to call another company guide for help leading the group.
She rushed out of the hotel, reviewing the itinerary, notifying relevant staff, and arranging schedules.
She then compiled the schedule and sent it to her boss, mentioning getting financial backing for booking venues.
By the time she arranged everything and reached the airport, it was already twelve-thirty.
At the designated place, besides herself the guide, there were well-dressed elite men and women, occasionally glancing at their watches with anxious expressions.
He Ying looked at them.
They looked back at He Ying and smiled, immediately surrounding the guide lady, offering warmth and care.
"Holy crap.... Is it that terrifying?"
He Ying had a rough understanding of the influence and incredible methods of the chairman she had yet to meet.
Nearly thirty people arriving hours in advance, just to wait here for one person.