Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1705: Chapter 55: The Banner of Him, Him, and Her

A light sphere floated out from the palm of Luo Qiu, then slowly arrived in front of Louis XXXIX—this was a light sphere containing the soul of an entire Gigan civilization and the inheritance of the symbiotic technology of soul and machine.

The Emperor touched this light sphere, and instantly, countless pieces of knowledge started flooding into his mind—from the most basic level, all the way to the limits of the Gigan civilization.

Everything was clear and lacking any awkwardness—Louis XXXIX was surprised to find that even with such a vast influx of knowledge into his mind, he did not feel a hint of pain.

With the knowledge inheritance light sphere in his hand, the Emperor stayed silent for a while, then furrowed his brow and said, baffled, “I can already use this technology?”

“Why not?” Luo Qiu said with a slight smile.

Yet the Emperor smiled bitterly, “Originally, even if I obtained this technology, I was prepared to spend a long time studying, absorbing, and digesting it… I didn’t expect it to be imprinted directly into my mind in such a miraculous way, even saving me the time of learning.”

Holding this knowledge inheritance light sphere, at this moment, the Emperor was like the most outstanding scholar of this miraculous Gigan civilization, possessing mastery over this technology to the utmost level—you say miraculous or not.

Luo Qiu said indifferently, “We always hope to provide our guests with the most convenient.”

“This slightly disrupted my original plans,” Louis XXXIX did not show any excitement; instead, he suddenly fell into contemplation.

He and Luo Qiu… to be precise, Boss Luo No.2, were still on the edge of the [lake] at the bottom of the sea and had not left.

The Emperor suddenly said, “It’s right beneath this land of death… Have you ever thought that my bringing you here might also mean that after gaining this technology from you, I would push you into this abyss of death, becoming part of [its] food.”

Luo Qiu casually replied, “The effect of the contract will not change whether I am here or not.”

“Your most terrifying aspect is…” Louis XXXIX said solemnly, “that you make people unconsciously believe what you say—and most of it is the truth here. But sadly, for self-protection, those who hear may always suspect it as a lie.”

“What does Your Majesty plan to do now?” Luo Qiu directly changed the subject.

The Emperor weighed the knowledge inheritance light sphere in his hand and looked up, “Probably, to immediately put it into practice.”

It was true that he possessed and mastered this knowledge, but it was also true that the Emperor had never personally operated it—the theoretical problem no longer existed, and the practical problem… probably would not be a problem either.

“Then I wish you can quickly achieve results, Your Majesty.”

Louis XXXIX smiled indifferently, “Did you never consider my intention for bringing you here?”

“I won’t mind these things.” Luo Qiu gently shook his head, “For me, as long as I know what is given and what is gained, it is enough.”

“Here, I am truly myself.” The Emperor… Louis XXXIX suddenly said in a low voice, “I hope you remember what I said, and I hope you never mentioned these words to anyone. I simply wish that these words have been said to someone… and someone has known my story.”

In an instant, Louis XXXIX rushed out of this land of death to do what he wanted to do at that moment.

After the Undersea City Emperor left, the [lake] began to ripple slightly… dense bubbles began to emerge—and afterward, shadows slowly crawled out from the brine pool filled with death.

They were monsters.

Violent, ferocious, seemingly a mix of destruction and ruin, driven solely by instinct.

“Louis… Louis… I can smell you…”

“Where is Louis? Louis… come back and let me take another bite… Louis—!”

“Gone! Gone!! Gone—!!!”

The sound of screaming echoed as demons crawled from the depths of the land of death, almost crawling to the boundary between the brine pool and seawater… they gathered around Luo Qiu, gradually approaching.

“Not Louis… what is this?”

“Don’t know… looks like it’s not tasty!”

“Like a human… Is it human?”

“Oh… oh! I’m hungry!”

Luo Qiu watched these monsters approaching, suddenly whispered, “He is the brightest in the entire Undersea City, looking at him… I too am like you—go back, after some waiting, he will come to you in a more brilliant way.”

But the hungry monsters acted solely on instinct—the human in front of them was just as ordinary as a mussel, that’s all.

“Will die.” Luo Qiu said softly.

His voice was like a drop of rain falling into the lake’s still water, creating only a shallow ripple—but it continued to spread.

Never knowing fear and terror… even originally using this as food, they instantly screamed, wailed, and then retreated frantically; as quickly as they climbed up, they retreated back to the land of death even faster… even faster.

In the blink of an eye, everything returned to silence.

The moray eel that had once escaped death, seeking food everywhere, swam out from the rock crevices once again—once more intending to dive into the brine to find food, then poisoned again.

It still struggled desperately—it had escaped once.

But this time, it wasn’t so lucky; the result of its escape failure was that its body fell directly into the [lake]—many times, luck only appears once.

Or, it never truly appeared.

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…

Reya and Ke Duojin have been [exploring] this place for some time now.

They have been able to confirm that this place was once an enormous mine, but it has been abandoned—facing the mind-bogglingly complex structure inside the mine, Reya has given up any intentions of finding a way out.

If they walk too far, it may affect the progress of the rescue personnel outside.

As for Helen, she seems unwilling to leave this place—she said her sisters only lured that giant sea monster away, and they would return to find her.

Reya asked her how long it has been, but Helen couldn’t say, only that it has been a long time.

Estimated that they had long been dead—Ke Duojin muttered beside her.

The Little Siren couldn’t help but feel sad.

Then they each fell into silence.

The only amusement in suffering was probably not having to go hungry… the magical beans tossed around by the neurotic merchant were quite a few; eating one could fill them up, even if no one came to rescue them for ten days or half a month, they could hold out for a long time.

Helen said she didn’t want to eat this thing again anytime soon—she felt bloated and uncomfortable now.

Ke Duojin was inevitably scolded again.

“After going back, I’ll have the people from my dad’s association come over to help you find your sisters.” Ke Duojin suddenly said to Helen, “My dad’s association has many employees; if we don’t find them in a month, then in two months; if not enough, I’ll hire some more people and turn this place over, even if there’s only bone left, we can find it.”

Then Ke Duojin received an elbow from Reya, almost stunning him.

But Helen burst into laughter amidst her tears… she felt that whether it was Reya or Ke Duojin, they were kind-hearted guys—they just had different ways of being nice to people.

She said she wanted to sing for them.

The Little Siren sang songs without the inherent magic power of a Siren, songs naturally learned from the depths of the soul.

Ke Duojin held his chin, gradually listening intently, Reya beside him, also holding his chin listening.

They watched Helen, who stood on a rock, eyes closed, hands raised, singing high, and suddenly remembered a long time ago when they sat like here, crouching in front of a Magic Energy Glamour screen, watching a certain singer’s performance in the Undersea City.

Ke Duojin said, “Actually, this sea monster, while watching, is quite decent.”

Lei Yaz glanced sideways: Helen is already very beautiful, okay?

Ke Duojin rolled his eyes: My dad said that pretty women always deceive people?

Lei Yaz scoffed: Then your mother is still the belle of East Thirteenth Street?

Ke Duojin clenched his fist: Don’t involve my mother in this!

Lei Yaz surrendered.

They continued to rest their chins, leaning close, watching intently, listening intently.

Ke Duojin suddenly said: “Although I can’t remember why I’m here, Lei Yaz… let’s find a time to compete seriously again?”

Lei Yaz softly said okay.

Ke Duojin said earnestly: “If you lose, you have to be my supporter and help me ascend to the throne of the top Flywheel Master in Undersea City!”

Lei Yaz still softly said okay, but didn’t ask him what would happen if he won.

Helen’s singing stopped at this moment, leaving a sense of unfinished business… She nervously looked at the two boys in front of her, afraid she hadn’t sung well.

Actually, being a Siren is like getting a golden ticket from heaven. Even if they’re tone deaf, they can live off their voice for life… How could the singing from the Soul itself be anything but good?

But this type of singing has never been performed in front of humans… Little Siren’s sisters have also warned her not to sing this kind of song without any Magic Power in front of humans.

The soul chant of a Siren can only be saved for those they like.

“I… I didn’t sing well.” Helen blushed and lowered her head.

Lei Yaz was stunned, the boy’s heart beat fast—Ke Duojin was much better, he applauded loudly, but wasn’t satisfied, he directly grabbed Lei Yaz’s hand, making him clap along.

Then, maybe to get revenge for the earlier elbow strike, Ke Duojin kicked Lei Yaz hard in the back, pushing him towards Helen.

“I’m going over there to sort something out… don’t follow me!” Ke Duojin hummed and said at this moment: “Especially you, Lei Yaz, I’m afraid you’ll become withdrawn!”

As he spoke, Ke Duojin jogged off, his face full of mischief.

“Don’t listen to him!” Lei Yaz hastily tried to explain, “I won’t be!”

Helen blinked and asked rather puzzled: “You won’t be what?”

“Em…withdrawn!”

Helen chuckled, though she still didn’t quite understand, she just thought Lei Yaz’s embarrassed expression looked funny.

Lei Yaz scratched his head and laughed along, instinctively saying: “You look really pretty when you smile.”

In fact, the heart of the Siren Girl also quietly sped up a bit.

“I… I’m going to check on Ke Duojin; he’s been gone for a while, I wonder if he’s in any danger!” Lei Yaz said hurriedly.

The Siren Girl blinked and said: “He just left, didn’t he?”

“I… I’ll check my equipment!” Lei Yaz quickly lowered his head, rummaging through the items in the first aid kit… mindlessly flipping things around.

The Siren Girl crouched down and suddenly kissed Lei Yaz’s still embarrassed cheek.

She sounded like a sea spirit, said brightly: “Lei Yaz, I like you.”

No, she indeed was a sea spirit.

Lei Yaz instinctively touched his cheek, thinking… Ke, Ke Duojin, why isn’t he back yet!

What should he do?

He had no experience in this area!

…

Ke Duojin was indeed sorting out some unnecessary moisture in his life, and mischievously swaying, letting the water traces on the ground draw arcs.

Suddenly, a shadow flashed by his side… Ke Duojin was stunned, quickly pulled up his pants, and saw that shadow flash again, now appearing on the other side.

“Who’s there?! Who?!”

No response, just a shadow, suddenly becoming two shadows, swiftly passing by Ke Duojin’s side—the boy had no intention of investigating alone, he cautiously retreated, planning to return to reunite with Lei Yaz.

He turned to run.

But it seemed he bumped into something, Ke Duojin fell to the ground, and then those two shadows leapt at him—one of the shadows even stepped directly on his hands.

Ke Duojin gasped and then saw the thing pinning him down was a blood-soaked creature… like a certain canine, only larger, with immense power.

Ke Duojin stared in horror.

“Hello there.”

Just when Ke Duojin was about to shout out, to warn Lei Yaz and Helen in the distance, a greeting voice suddenly came.

Ke Duojin instinctively looked towards the voice… only to see a figure in a robe full of patches—a sea monster! Royal Family!

“Look what I caught… wow, it’s actually a boy from Undersea City, such luck!”

“You… you stay away!” Ke Duojin shouted out, “Lei Ya…!”

His mouth was already sealed shut by the blood-soaked monster—under his horrified gaze, the sea monster Prince came over with a big grin.

It crouched in front of Ke Duojin, smiling and said: “I’ve mastered the skill of skinning.”

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…

Lei Yaz sat obediently… next to him, the Siren Girl also sat obediently, glancing occasionally, Lei Yaz quickly avoided her gaze.

But Helen’s gaze showed no fear, and she looked poised and candid.

“Ke Duojin has truly been gone for a long time, why hasn’t he come back yet… I, I’ll go look.” Lei Yaz quickly stood up.

He has indeed been gone for a long time, Helen nodded and stood up as well.

Just then.

“Here, here, I’m back!”

Seeing the figure jogging back, Lei Yaz couldn’t help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief—being alone with Helen was truly nerve-wracking!

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PS1: There were network fluctuations in this chapter, consistently failing to upload…

PS2: Next chapter around 03:00 or so… maybe.