Chapter 124: Arrangements
Chapter 124: Arrangements
Everything continued as usual, and the things Monica worried about never happened.
Lei Yaotian never became distant or cold towards her because she belonged to the Zerg Race. This let Monica secretly breathe a sigh of relief and feel a little comforted.
What she did not know was that her Master was not actually a descendant of the Atlantean Civilization at all. That was all a lie, meant to fool the old Iktan man.
Since nothing bad happened, Monica was happy to let things be.
Life returned to its normal cycle. Lei Yaotian began studying with Elder Mensa each day, especially learning the language and some everyday knowledge of the Divine Glory Empire. Meanwhile, Wangcai would find time to come over from his lab to study with Lei Yaotian too.
Monica went to see her sisters every day, checking if they had woken up yet. Then she would return to the base, racking her brains in the kitchen to come up with new kinds of food to present for Lei Yaotian to enjoy.
As for the Genetic Girl Audrey, she carefreely ran around all over the place without a worry. Fortunately, she possessed a strong body and powerful strength, so her safety was not something others needed to worry about.
During this period, however, Audrey’s learning speed was quite fast. Basically, she could already speak word by word, syllable by syllable, and slowly began to communicate with people. Although it was still a little difficult, it was a good start after all.
Time slipped away in the blink of an eye, and two months passed just like that.
The preparations for Lei Yaotian’s journey to the Divine Glory Empire were almost complete.
During these two months, Wangcai had restarted the Intelligent Brain they brought back from the Atlantean Civilization ruins. He built a body for it so it could move around freely, just like himself.
On the surface, this Intelligent Brain called Number Eighteen appeared no different from a human. But Lei Yaotian, Wangcai, Elder Mensa, and the others all knew that this guy was a completely and utterly semi-intelligent mechanical lifeform.
Since Wangcai’s program was more advanced than Number Eighteen’s, under Wangcai’s coercion, Number Eighteen became Wangcai’s one and only underling. Wangcai also implanted a control Virus into its Core Program.
According to Wangcai, this was to ensure the loyalty of his little brother.
Lei Yaotian did not object to this action by Wangcai at all.
However, due to Wangcai’s bad taste, Number Eighteen’s appearance, in Lei Yaotian’s eyes, was simply ‘painful to look at’.
Not only was it dressed in French Noble court attire, but Wangcai also forced it to put white powder on its face. This made the already rather pretty Number Eighteen look like a weak, submissive boy.
Wangcai also forced Number Eighteen to wave a small white handkerchief while speaking.
It was unclear if Wangcai tampered with Number Eighteen’s program or if it was for some other reason. Number Eighteen also became very coy and effeminate when speaking…
Every time Lei Yaotian saw Number Eighteen, he would hold his head in frustration.
But Wangcai really admired Number Eighteen looking like this, because in his view, finally there was someone whose image was more wretched than his own chubby one.
Well then~
Lei Yaotian turned Wangcai into a chubby boy, so Wangcai turned Number Eighteen into a sissy. Neither the Master nor the servant were good sorts, really.
Originally, after Number Eighteen got a body, it looked like a bright, sunny youth of about eighteen or nineteen years old. To be honest, it was somewhat handsome. But after all this fuss, its image was completely ruined, turning it entirely into a… submissive boy…
If it couldn’t resist, then it had to accept it. Number Eighteen had no ability to resist its Boss, Wangcai.
From Number Eighteen, Wangcai still obtained quite a few useful technologies.
It had to be said that this Atlantean military technology research institute left behind some good things. These technologies also excited Lei Yaotian.
For example, the GT Metal Evolution technology could completely give Lei Yaotian’s future Warships powerful defensive capabilities. Moreover, this metal could also absorb 75% of the damage from energy-based attacks like radiation beams, death rays, lasers, and impact rays. Just this one technology alone made Lei Yaotian grin from ear to ear.
However, because this technology required an extremely rare raw material, which Lei Yaotian currently did not possess, the development and production of this metal seemed far off.
But no matter what, the technology was now in his hands. As long as he searched slowly, he would eventually find the raw materials.
Additionally, Number Eighteen had some other technologies, but these were somewhat trivial and rather useless.
And so, two months passed…
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“Young Master, this time I cannot accompany you. After all, the bounty on us Iktans has not been lifted yet. If I were to go with you to the Divine Glory Empire, it would bring you unnecessary trouble.”
A giant, sky-blocking heavy aircraft carrier floated in the sky. Its hull blotted out the entire sky, casting a shadow over the forest below. This was the heavy aircraft carrier that Lei Yaotian, gritting his teeth, spent his entire fortune of 60 billion credit points to purchase from Bruce.
For his own safety, Lei Yaotian had really splurged.
“Elder Mensa, it’s fine if you don’t come with me. But have you explained all the materials, excuses, and everything to my Steward?” Lei Yaotian asked.
“Don’t worry, I have discussed all the details with Lord Butler. We have made everything very detailed, and no one will see through it.”
“Oh~”
Lei Yaotian turned sideways and looked at Wangcai beside him.
Wangcai stepped forward, approached Elder Mensa, and replied, “Yes, Young Master. Elder Mensa and I have worked out a detailed background story for you. I believe the people of the Divine Glory Empire won’t suspect anything.”
“So what exactly is my background story?”
Lei Yaotian was a little curious.
“At the beginning, it’s similar to what Elder Mensa said. Your supposed ‘Father’ left the Empire and began adventuring in the Universe, searching for ruins of various Ancient Civilizations. During this process, he met the love of his life… Then it was only natural they got together, and the fruit of their love… You…”
“This is so cliché!”, Lei Yaotian said with a helpless expression.
Wangcai ignored Lei Yaotian’s troubled look and continued, “Then, as you know, they encountered space pirates. Your supposed father and mother both died under the pirates’ guns, while you escaped. Then Elder Mensa sent you to your mother’s civilization to be raised…”
“Wait!” Lei Yaotian raised his hand to stop Wangcai. “I was sent to another civilization to be raised? Why not directly to the Empire? You know, given Elder Mensa’s power at the time, it would have been a piece of cake.”
It wasn’t unreasonable for Lei Yaotian to ask this.
His concerns had also been considered by Wangcai and Elder Mensa.
So Wangcai smiled and replied, “At that time, Elder Mensa’s business was being targeted by rivals, so he sent you to your mother’s civilization, asking them to send you back to the Divine Glory Empire. But unfortunately, your mother’s family wasn’t very large, so they kept you and raised you as their heir.”
“Then, now that you’ve grown up and learned about this, you successfully took over this civilization and became its ruler. Of course, after learning about your father and the last words he left behind, you felt it necessary to return to your roots, didn’t you…”
The corner of Lei Yaotian’s mouth twitched. “What civilization’s ruler am I? You know the Divine Glory Empire is an Eighth-tier Civilization. They might think I’m just trying to take advantage.”
Wangcai and Elder Mensa exchanged a smile.
“They won’t. Your identity is also that of a ruler of an Eighth-tier Civilization. It’s just that this civilization is very small and follows a path of individual Evolution. Also, two years ago, it was destroyed by a Ninth-tier mechanical civilization. So there will be no problem with you pretending to be from this civilization.”
“Of course, you were only the Leader of one Tribe within that civilization,” Elder Mensa added finally.
“Whew~~~”
That needed to be made clear. That scared me for a moment.
Lei Yaotian breathed a sigh of relief.
“So, the Leader of a small Tribe, part of an Eighth-tier Civilization. So I left that civilization with my Tribe?” Lei Yaotian asked, understanding that point.
“That’s right, Young Master. Even though you are going to the Divine Glory Empire, you still have a Tribe supporting you from behind. So the Divine Glory Empire will look at you more favorably for that. And by joining them, you bring a new species into the Empire, so why wouldn’t they want that?”
Elder Mensa analyzed it for Lei Yaotian.
“The Divine Glory Empire itself is composed of many species. After countless years of invasion and war, many beings became part of the Divine Glory Empire, whether their ancestors wanted to or not.”
“A multi-ethnic Empire? So to a large extent, they can accept outsider species.” After hearing Mensa’s words, Lei Yaotian muttered quietly.
“Wangcai the Steward knows all the details. He can explain them to you on the way. Then, I wish you smooth sailing in the Divine Glory Empire, Young Master.”
Elder Mensa placed his right arm over his abdomen, lowered his head, and bowed to Lei Yaotian.
“Well then, Elder Mensa, I leave our economic development here to you,” Lei Yaotian said very seriously to Mensa.
“Please rest assured, I will do my absolute best.”
“Tom Cruise!”
“Commander!” A strong, spirited shout rang out. Tom, the highest-ranking Commander on the Asteroid, came out, stood straight, and approached Lei Yaotian.
“You are now the highest Commander of this Planet. All military power is entrusted to you. You must take good care of our home! ~”
Snap!
Tom gave a military salute. “Please rest assured, Commander!”
At this time, Wangcai was also giving final instructions to Number Eighteen.
“You are responsible for the research work, and for monitoring the Iktans on the Planet. Prevent them from any treacherous actions. Also, keep an eye on the Artificial Humans and the Heavy Engineering Robots. Some of them have already begun to develop preliminary intelligence, you understand.”
Number Eighteen raised its hand and covered its mouth with the small handkerchief, giggling as it replied.
“Don’t worry~, I understand all that.”
Then the chubby Wangcai laughed rather shamelessly.