Hey, look at that! A "Code Flower Boat" is docked at the Yangzhou pier today! Pei Hongxiu stands at the bow with her hands on her hips, wiping away sweat with a Yunjin handkerchief. "That old Persian merchant Ali!" she complains. "Insisting on holding a 'Yunjin Code Preview' before the Universal Exposition in Persia, he forced us to move the looms right onto the boat!" Moli crouches beside a loom, fanning the code manual. "Don't panic! Huwa stuffed the Abacus Code into the ship's helm—'1010' to turn the wheel, '0101' to hoist the sail!" At the top of the mast, Huwa waves a code flag and shouts at the top of his lungs, "I'm the little helmsman of the Yunjin!"
"Master Zhang! Hurry and bring over the 'color-changing Cloud Pattern'!" the Protagonist calls out. Master Zhang carries the brocade onto the boat with trembling hands, but a wave rocks him and he almost takes a tumble. When the brocade hits the deck, it touches some sea water, and right away the white pattern of "1010" develops into an indigo Cloud Pattern. Ali gasps in amazement, "By Allah! This cloth is even more magical than our 'Desert Mirage'!" Seizing the moment, Moli pulls out Huwa's watercolors. "Seawater is the '01' command—it can activate the color-changing code!"
Just as things get lively, a weaver drops the code manual into a bowl of fish soup. "Ms. Moli! The 'Dragon Pattern Code' has turned into 'boiled fish soup'!" Moli swoops in and fishes out the manual, only to discover that the grease on the fabric ha…
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