Swallowed Star: Gender-Swapped and Cheating Across the Multiverse
Chapter 42

Two-Tomoe Sharingan

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It marked the route their ancestors had taken from Henan to Southern Fujian, and users could also switch perspectives to see scenes from the construction of the Southern Fujian Traditional Houses, such as artisans carving ridge patterns and laying red bricks; scanning the "red-brick mosaic pattern" displayed an animation of Hu Fei demonstrating the "Swallowtail Ridge Step," overlaid with the Tea Horse Road's "Horse Caravan Merchant-Guarding Steps" and Jiangnan's "Water-Network Boating Step," allowing the youngsters to see firsthand the "architectural resonance of global patterns." Hu Fei also suggested adding "AR history through saber techniques": scanning the "Twin Swallows Returning to the Nest Pattern" would bring up details of the ridge patterns outlined in lines of saber light, explaining the family story associated with each carving, such as peony patterns symbolizing wealth and rank, and qilin patterns symbolizing auspiciousness. As A-Ming learned through the AR glasses, he suddenly pointed at a worn carving and said, "So what was carved here was the 'Luoyang Peony'-our ancestors' hometown!" Four, the red-brick moment of the Southern Fujian Traditional Houses pattern festival: saber light reflected the shadows of swallows. To bring Southern Fujian Traditional Houses patterns to the world, the Pioneer Team, the Ancient Houses Preservation Association, and Hu Fei jointly held the "Southern Fujian Traditional Houses Pattern Festival." On the day of the festival, the cluster of Southern Fujian Traditional Houses bustled with activity: the youngsters wore traditional Southern Fujian clothing-the boys in front-opening shirts and the girls in wide-fronted tunics-and practiced the "Red-Brick House-Guarding Fist" in the courtyard while performing the "Swallowtail Ridge Step"; A-Ming led everyone in arranging red-brick powder into a giant "hui-shaped fret pattern" on the ground, while Hu Fei traced the "Twin Swallows Returning to the Nest Pattern" on a red-brick wall with saber light, the two intertwining into a spectacular image of "Swallows Circle the Houses"; standing beneath the swallowtail ridge on the roof of a Southern Fujian Traditional House, Hu Fei held the Cold Moon Saber and practiced the "Flying Swallow Skimming the Sky" form in the sunset, the saber light reflecting the sheen of the red bricks, like "a wandering hero guarding a Southern Fujian Traditional House"; through live video links, the Global Pattern Service Station showcased the "architectural patterns" of its various locations: the Tea Horse Road sent images of "Tea Basket Pattern reflecting horse caravans," Zhouzhuang in Jiangnan displayed scenes of "water-network patterns reflecting black-canopied boats," and the Congo Rainforest Service Station used AR technology to project the "Vine Pattern" onto the walls of the Southern Fujian Traditional Houses, creating a "global pattern texture map for Southern Fujian Traditional Houses." Before they left Southern Fujian, Granny Chen gave Muhammad a red brick carved with a "swallowtail ridge pattern + red-brick mosaic pattern." Embedded along its edges were fragments of snow mountain cold iron gifted by Hu Fei and small wooden pieces from a bamboo tea basket from the Tea Horse Road. "This red brick once helped build a Southern Fujian Traditional House, and it also holds the warmth of civilizations around the world. It's a keepsake that reaches across mountains and seas." Hu Fei patted A-Ming on the shoulder and said, "From now on, pass the stories of Southern Fujian Traditional Houses patterns on to more people, so that Southern Fujian Traditional Houses will always have 'swallows returning to their nests'!" That winter solstice, Muhammad brought the red-brick ornament and images of the Southern Fujian Traditional Houses patterns back to Chen Jialuo's Tomb in Hangzhou. Beside the "Silk Road Heritage Stele," another new token was added-the swallowtail ridge pattern and red-brick mosaic on the brick intertwined with tokens such as Southern Fujian red bricks, a Tea Horse Road Tea Basket Pattern, a Dunhuang silk handkerchief, and a Jiangnan Peachwood Oar, like a picture of "global civilizations coexisting within a Southern Fujian Traditional House." Di Yun watched the replay of the Southern Fujian Traditional Houses pattern festival through the AR glasses and said with a smile, "From the snowy mountains to the Southern Fujian Traditional Houses, our heritage really has woven the world into a 'family portrait of patterns'!" Muhammad opened the "Global Pattern Digital Platform." On the screen, a video was playing of A-Ming helping tourists identify swallowtail ridge patterns, with a caption that read, "We are all 'guardians of the Southern Fujian Traditional Houses,' and guardians of global patterns too!" West Lake's winter snow fell on the red brick, while Leifeng Pagoda stood in the snow in the distance, witnessing this passing down of heritage that crossed mountains and seas and connected past and present. Muhammad knew that wherever their next stop might be, the moral principles of "A Deadly Secret," the keen edge of the Hu Family Saber Technique, and the warmth of global patterns would, like the swallowtail ridges of Southern Fujian's traditional houses, forever spread their wings and forever guide the way toward the mingling and coexistence of human civilizations,

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