Recap
“I said at the time, although the princess also likes the evil dragon very much, but after all, they have different lifespans. Mr. Evil Dragon seems to have a lot of pasts, some of which may make the princess unhappy.”
“So one night, the princess whispered to the evil dragon.”
“There will always be a day when we share all our secrets, and I still like you.”
Surrounded by pure blue, there is no distinction between sky and earth. Data is beating in it, passing through huge instruments one by one.
Those instruments are all abandoned servers, piled up together, crooked. They used to serve in the main city of Meistan, but after the Starnet technology was innovated again, they were gradually eliminated and placed here, waiting to be smelted and reused.
Shen Di walked through it, letting the blue data flow by his side, holding a sketchbook in his hand, and still wearing an origami rose on his chest.
At the end of this dedicated server processing plant, there are rows of black and silent machines. The blue around here is much dimmer, making it difficult to see the surroundings.
He knocked on the shell of the last server, and showed a pale smile: “Are you still alive?”
The sound of metal hitting echoed, and after a few seconds, these abandoned servers began to flash faintly.
It was the last struggle of the backup power source.
After the lights flickered like breathing, the data in the air began to converge, and soon simulated a human image. A brown-haired boy appeared with a lollipop in his mouth.
He said vaguely: “Finally have time to come to me?”
Shen Di said with a smile: “After all, I met a disobedient child.”
The boy was suspended in mid-air, and the light around him was very similar to that on the server. He said: “You are the only one who wants to control the old Dragon King, you are a lunatic.” He licked the lollipop, “But I like it. I have done what you asked me to do last time, blood…you brought it?”
If someone from Meistan was present at this time, they would definitely be able to recognize this boy——
His name is Chen Ke, and he was a key talent in the innovation of Starnet seventy years ago.
It’s just that he was already in his forties or fifties when he died, and his image has changed back now.
Or maybe it’s just a virtual image. He never showed his true self, hiding behind layers of data.
“Of course.” Shen Di took out a small black box, put it next to a server, and there were a few tubes of pure alien blood inside. A small robot came out of nowhere, took the box and disappeared into the depths of the server.
Chen Ke’s expression immediately improved a lot, and he licked the lollipop again: “Don’t worry, with me here, your goods will definitely be able to pass through the interstellar border defense, those systems are vulnerable.”
He has been helping Shen Di, concealing the whereabouts of those mercenaries, and by the way ensuring that the blood samples hidden in the starship can pass the inspection smoothly.
After giving the blood sample, Shen Di listed several border defense stations that will be hacked recently.
Before leaving, the boy floating in the air said again: “Oh, by the way, I did find some interesting things here.”
“Such as?” Shen Di’s smile was still pale.
“For example, the Shen Xing you mentioned really died here, and she also left a message, near the Xino area.” Chen Ke said, “Although you never want to explain, I can find most of the information in the alliance. The information from the ghost whale to the nameless king is very suspicious. The traces that have been modified and hidden by the Star Network are very obvious, and you don’t care about other topics… Is she related to the throne?”
But Shen Di said: “You think too much, it’s just an old acquaintance of mine.”
Chen Ke looked at him suspiciously, not quite believing him: “I can spend some time to find out exactly where she left the message, but I still need ten tubes of this blood.” His eyes flashed with greed, an almost uncontrollable desire, “Without me, you’ll never find it.”
“Really?” Shen Di just smiled.
This expression made Chen Ke feel inexplicably unhappy, he snorted: “But I’m just curious, why are you so interested in the throne?”
“After all, we have a very cute Dragon King now.”
“Cute, you still want to kill him? I guess no one wants to be praised by you like this.”
“Because there is no other way,” Shen Di said, “Unlike some hypocrites who talk about righteousness, I don’t want the throne, I just want to destroy it purely.”
“You’re such a weirdo, the way I saw you die at the hands of a strange beast a few times was scary.” Chen Ke was amazed, “It’s not bad that you didn’t leave a shadow, is it really worth it?”
Shen Di was noncommittal, and said with a smile: “They have become evil dragons, but I am still the hero. I will bring you ten tubes of blood next time, and now start looking for Shen Xing’s message.”
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Continue to follow the traces of the thunderstorm, but in the end, the traces are still broken.
Long Shiyu looked at the direction where the thundercloud finally appeared, still unable to let go. As long as Royasno is not dead, he may approach the princess, and it seems that Shen Di is still feeding the strange beast to him… All this makes Long Shiyu restless.
Seeing his expression, Shen Chaomu said: “Wait for the next time, he will appear again.”
“Oh.”
They left this marginal area and took a car back to the bustling city.
Shen Chaomu brought a fluffy Tyrannosaurus Rex home.
After returning, Long Shiyu opened the terminal, and it was full of messages from the proprietress.
The sound of the princess taking a bath came from the bathroom. He thought for a while, and still replied: “I’m sorry, I have an emergency today, and I left half an hour earlier. I will come to work on time tomorrow.”
After all, he promised others, so it’s not good to run away after the first day, and the proprietress also treated him to a lot of fruits. Watermelon and peaches are delicious.
After the other party replied “OK”, Long Shiyu put down the terminal and began to concentrate on building the nest.
The more he tossed the quilt, the more excited he became when he remembered what had just happened.
His princess is indeed the best princess in the world.
It’s a pity that he hasn’t bought flowers for Shen Chaomu today, and there are no shiny gems and candlelight dinners, the romantic atmosphere is far from enough.
He made the quilt warm, got into it and waited for bedtime stories and goodnight kisses.
Shen Chaomu came out and turned off the light, and was greeted happily into the lair by the evil dragon.
Long Shiyu said: “I want to hear a bedtime story.”
Shen Chaomu said: “I can’t make it up.”
“Ying.”
“…I really can’t make it up, I didn’t lie to you.”
“Okay.” Long Shiyu was very disappointed, “Then you must tell me when you think about it, I haven’t had a story for a long time.”
The warm… Akasa Mo in his arms was still silly, and he didn’t look like the ferocious form he imagined. Shen Chaomu’s mood became complicated, and he asked again: “So, what is your wish on the throne?”
He already had a vague guess in his mind.
Long Shiyu hummed and chirped again, not wanting to say anything.
But this time, Shen Chaomu finally had a way to punish the evil dragon. He pressed him and kissed him hard for a while before letting go.
Long Shiyu’s ears were so red in the darkness, he said: “You really are a hooligan princess…I told you I have no wish…”
This time Long Shiyu was kissed until the tip of his tail was trembling, and he finally broke free, and hurriedly said: “I, I…”
“Did you use the power of the throne to resurrect me? Does it have anything to do with your spiritual power?”
“Ying!” Long Shiyu’s whole body trembled in fright, his tail curled up, and he buried his head back into the quilt.
Shen Chaomu looked at the lump arching up in the quilt, and sighed.
The terminal vibrated slightly twice.
It was a message from the elder before.
The elder was not a warlike person, nor did he care about the High Wind plan, he could almost be said to be an outsider. He watched Shen Chaomu grow up, he was very loyal and kind, and when he was in Tabu, Shen Chaomu asked him to investigate Shen Xing.
The elder went to the Shen family’s library and searched carefully. He has always been well-read, and he would go to look it up from time to time in the past two or three months, and he actually found something.
No matter how meticulously concealed, the paper products of the old days will still leave traces. He found a photo in a book and sent it to Shen Chaomu.
It was a group photo from nine hundred years ago, all of them were from the Shen family, and their corresponding names were marked under the photo.
Shen Xing was among them, very young, wearing a white shirt and jeans, with black hair hanging down her shoulders, she smiled very nicely at the camera.
There is a floating oil lamp beside her.
The elder said naggingly: “This oil lamp is quite similar to yours, it’s really a coincidence. It’s strange to say that you had this oil lamp with you when we found you… Oh wait, so she got married, and that Cheng Yi, I don’t know if they have any children.”
Very few people’s spiritual power can be connected with specific objects. Shen Chaomu is one of them.
Shen Chaomu was stunned for a moment, staring at the photo in a daze.
This may be the only image left by Shen Xing, all the others have disappeared completely, looking at it carefully like this, I don’t know if it is his illusion, there is something similar to him between the eyebrows.
The elder didn’t notice his abnormality, and continued: “By the way, how is your pursuit of Akasa Mo? Has there been any progress?”
Shen Chaomu: “…”
He looked at Long Shiyu who was huddled in the quilt beside him, only a tuft of hair was exposed, and he rarely felt a little guilty.
There has indeed been progress, and the Dragon King has indeed been found, but the situation does not conform to anyone’s imagination.
In a sense, he has also fulfilled his destiny and conquered the throne, right?
Shen Chaomu said: “I will come back soon and talk to other people.”
“Is there a clue?!”
“Yeah.”
Wait a little longer, maybe it’s time to show your cards. If he was really resurrected from nine hundred years ago, and had something to do with Shen Xing, those ghosts in the trial hall must know.
This also explains why Qiu Ruowen and Bai Yiyi outside the family can know more about the plan than he does.
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From the very beginning, he was destined to be kept in the dark.
The elder was particularly excited and, after a moment, added, “Oh, by the way, I’m not sure if you know this, but the records here mention that Shen Xing passed away in Mestan. However… it doesn’t specify the exact cause—just says it was due to a strange beast.”
Shen Zhaomu wasn’t surprised. After all, in the remains of the Ghost Whale, they had already found the wreckage of Shen Xing’s damaged spaceship.
Mestan had been a very developed region hundreds of years ago, always a hub in the interstellar network. If one were to walk through the streets of Mestan’s main city today, countless cameras and surveillance devices would create an invisible web, recording everything about the people.
But with the passage of time, even the most meticulous systems would have washed away most traces of a person’s existence.
After all, she wasn’t some legendary genius. Her entire life had been deliberately erased.
Shen Zhaomu asked, “Can we find the location?”
“They only mentioned the name of a hospital. Let me check… It was called Nancy Hospital, though it probably doesn’t exist anymore.”
After ending the call, Shen Zhaomu searched for the name.
Nancy Hospital was long gone, but it had been replaced by a public hospital run by the alliance.
The old Nancy Hospital building had been renovated and continued to operate under the new name.
A strange feeling surged in his chest.
He felt he should go there and take a look.
In the bed, Long Shiyu cautiously poked his head out, asking, “Why aren’t you asleep yet?”
“I’m going to sleep now,” Shen Zhaomu said, lying down, not forgetting to give Long Shiyu a goodnight kiss.
Long Shiyu said, “You seem to always want to learn about the Throne… If you want, I can take you to see it.”
Shen Zhaomu paused for a moment, “So the Throne really exists as a physical entity?”
“It’s hard to define. You’ll see when we go. Anytime, really. After all, you’re my consort now.”
Shen Zhaomu chuckled softly, his voice slightly hoarse. “…So, what can a consort do?”
There was no response for a while.
Shen Zhaomu turned to look, and Long Shiyu had already fallen fast asleep.
Shen Zhaomu: “…”
On the first day, and already sent to the cold palace.
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Author’s Note:
Daily “ying” (2/1).
Today, the consort was sent to the cold palace and didn’t get any favor (?).
T/N: Too cute XD
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