Chapter 137: Small Observations

Cities in the Great Cosmic Era were entirely made of steel and metal.

The various kinds of hover vehicles constantly shuttling across the sky told Lei Yaotian about the characteristics of this era.

You could imagine a scene where a creature with a pig’s head, but wearing a suit and a bow tie, with a thick cigar in its mouth, was sitting next to an extremely charming woman. This sight could make you utterly stunned.

A whistle from three meters away caught Lei Yaotian’s attention.

A completely black hover vehicle was moving side by side with Lei Yaotian’s hover vehicle. The window of that hover vehicle slowly rolled down, and a pig’s head stuck out. The guy grinned at Lei Yaotian and blew a smoke ring.

“Hey, kid, don’t look like that when you come to the Imperial Capital. Are you a country bumpkin?”

Clearly, Lei Yaotian’s appearance of a villager entering the city gave the other person a sense of superiority.

So, that person teased Lei Yaotian.

Looking at the pig head, Lei Yaotian curled his lips disdainfully and made a gesture with his middle finger. Then he closed the car window. There was no need for Lei Yaotian to bother with such a guy.

“Young Master, after you finish the identification at the Civil Affairs Department, you will be a citizen of the Divine Glory Empire. Living here in the future, such harassment will probably happen a lot.”

Wangcai asked with some concern.

Lei Yaotian curled his lips and said, “These guys just have nothing better to do. Don’t worry. After I complete the identification and gain recognition from the Divine Glory Empire, I will at least be a noble, even if it’s just a minor one. But creatures like that guy won’t casually provoke me.”

Wangcai thought about it and felt relieved.

Nobles in the Divine Glory Empire still had quite a few privileges. Although the title Lei Yaotian inherited was the lowest rank, at least in the future he wouldn’t have to endure provocations from that pig-headed creature. Thinking this, Wangcai felt at ease.

“Besides, we still have Princess Yana. If we really cause big trouble, we can just ask her to step in. After all, she is very interested in the technology we have. Even though we’ve already handed over two technologies, I think the other side can guess that we have more than just those two.”

“So, in order to maintain good relations with us, I think it won’t be a problem if I act a bit more recklessly in the future.”

Lei Yaotian said to Wangcai with a sly tone.

“So, Young Master, what do you mean…”

Lei Yaotian gave a sinister laugh and said to Wangcai, “In the future, whoever annoys me, I’ll make them regret it. After all, I’m still the leader of a ‘tribe,’ aren’t I? We can’t let people look down on us.” After hearing Lei Yaotian’s words, Wangcai fell into thoughtful silence.

At that moment, the driver turned on the car radio.

A woman’s aria immediately echoed inside the cabin.

Lei Yaotian had no interest at all in this kind of soft, gentle song.

“Hey, can you change to a different song? Isn’t there anything more intense?” Listening to the ‘yiyi ooo’ female voice, Lei Yaotian was starting to feel drowsy. So he called out to the driver, hoping he could switch to another song.

Unexpectedly, the driver seemed a bit confused by Lei Yaotian’s request.

Lei Yaotian’s driver was relatively normal-looking, and his appearance wasn’t too different from Lei Yaotian’s.

The driver, with brown curly hair, a weathered face, and around forty years old, looked into the rearview mirror with a very puzzled expression.

“Sir, this singer is the greatest singer in our Divine Glory Empire. Don’t you feel your soul is elevated after listening to her song?”

Clearly, the driver had no intention of changing the song. Moreover, he seemed a bit annoyed that Lei Yaotian didn’t appreciate his idol’s song.

“This kind of singer is actually the greatest singer?”

Lei Yaotian could hardly believe it. This singer, who went ‘yiyi ooo’ for a long time without him understanding what she was singing, was actually the greatest in the empire.

But since he was new here, Lei Yaotian didn’t want to argue with this middle-aged man.

“Soul elevated? I’m almost falling asleep,” Lei Yaotian muttered to himself. Then he said to the middle-aged driver, “Please change to another channel. I really don’t like this kind of song.”

After all, Lei Yaotian was the passenger, so the driver couldn’t say much. Under Lei Yaotian’s strong insistence, the driver switched to another radio channel.

“Ah!”

A sudden tenor voice burst out, almost scaring Lei Yaotian sick.

But the driver didn’t find it strange at all.

“Ah~~ the starry sky is dark, the warships are metal. The warriors are brave, ah, the Divine Glory is great…”

Lei Yaotian listened to this guy going ‘ah’ back and forth, endlessly reciting something annoying.

Looking in the rearview mirror, Lei Yaotian saw the driver’s face full of admiration.

“Who is the person on this radio?” Lei Yaotian asked very carefully.

The driver turned his head and looked at Lei Yaotian. Then he stared at Lei Yaotian with a look that said ‘country bumpkin’ for a while before saying, “You really don’t know? This is the most famous poet in our Divine Glory Empire, and even in the entire Great North Universe.” Then he muttered quietly, “I really don’t know where this guy came from. He doesn’t even know Lord Niniroo. What a country bumpkin.”

Lei Yaotian’s mouth twitched.

“This counts as poetry!”

Lei Yaotian really wanted to curse out loud. In his opinion, this guy was simply insulting the title of poet.

What kind of crappy poetry was this? It was almost like the silly rhymes from his original world.

The sea, ah, you are all water; horses, ah, you have four legs… Basically, it was similar to that kind of silly rhyme. But unexpectedly, this guy was actually a famous poet in this Great Cosmic Era, and even in the entire Great North Civilization…

Lei Yaotian was truly shocked.

“Damn! If I recited something, wouldn’t that make me the God of Poetry!”

Under the driver’s country bumpkin gaze, Lei Yaotian suddenly felt an impulse. But he quickly suppressed it. Lei Yaotian felt it wasn’t worth arguing seriously with such a minor driver.

Lei Yaotian sat in the back seat, simply closed his eyes, and stopped talking. The driver also didn’t feel like continuing to talk with these two country bumpkins behind him. The hover vehicle sped quickly toward the direction of the Civil Affairs Department.

“Beauties, ah, are flowers; handsome me, ah, is the gardener…” The great poet’s poetry continued to play, and Lei Yaotian continued to feel annoyed…

…

“Yana.”

In His Majesty Balthers’s study, Yana and Kanpa were reporting to Balthers about the technology they obtained from Lei Yaotian.

“What is it? Brother.”

Looking at Balthers, who had blond hair and a pale face, Yana felt her brother’s health had worsened even more.

“Ahem~”

Balthers coughed, then took out a white handkerchief and wiped his mouth.

“Bringing the entire Saiya Tribe into the Divine Glory Empire as citizens, and then handing the Barren Star Domain over to these Saiyans. Do you think they are worth us doing all this?” His Majesty Balthers felt that Lei Yaotian and his people might not deserve so much from him.

Yana glanced at the silent Kanpa and softly said to her brother, “Brother, I think these Saiyans might have some even more advanced technology in their possession. So, it’s necessary for us to show a friendly side to them. Then, through gradual contact, we can make them let their guard down and slowly probe further.”

Balthers took a book from the shelf on his bookcase, held it in his hands, and went to sit on the sofa.

“Yana, why do you say they might have more advanced technology? And just with our goodwill, I don’t think you can get what you want from them unconditionally, right?” Balthers said.

Facing her own brother, Yana wasn’t as nervous as Kanpa.

She very naturally walked over to Balthers’s side and sat down.

Balthers did not stop his sister’s action.

“Brother, haven’t you thought about it? When these Saiyans left their original Eighth-tier Civilization, why didn’t that civilization try to stop them?”

Yana’s words made Balthers fall into deep thought. After a while, Balthers looked up at Yana with a glitter in his eyes. “Do you think this Saiyan tribe’s power is enough to oppose a civilization, and an Eighth-tier one at that.”

Actually, Balthers wasn’t very willing to believe this in his heart. But if it wasn’t true, how could this be explained?

At the same time, if his sister Yana’s speculation was correct, then the power of these Saiyans was indeed awing. In that case, what stance should the Divine Glory Empire take toward them?

And if the Divine Glory Empire wanted the technology in their hands, what price would they have to pay?

Hearing this, Yana said, “This is just my guess, but the possibility is quite high. Besides, this was my first contact with them, and I don’t know much about the Saiyan Race yet. In the future, I want to gradually get to know them better and learn more details. If they are really as powerful as I suspect, then I think it doesn’t matter if we lower our stance a bit.”

Yana said to Balthers.

Balthers slowly nodded and said, “If they truly have such power, and we can draw them into our camp, it would be a great help in securing my throne.”

Thinking about those nobles and powerful generals who pretended to obey him but actually didn’t, Balthers’s face didn’t look too good.

Yana understood her brother’s current situation well. She knew her brother wasn’t having an easy time now.

“Yana, keep an eye on the movements of those brothers and sisters. I think they might also take an interest in this Lei Yaotian. Even though I’m on the throne now, there are always those who aren’t giving up.”

Yana nodded heavily.

Balthers looked at his sister, then turned to ask Kanpa, “I heard that people from the Civil Affairs Department and the Military Department also went to meet the leader of the Saiyan tribe, and they represent certain nobles.” His Majesty Balthers’s tone sounded somewhat cold when he asked.

Kanpa nodded.

“Bastards!”

Balthers cursed angrily.

“What do they want to do? Control the empire’s lifeline by holding onto energy technology? These guys are always so restless. I’ll make them regret it sooner or later!”

Seeing the emperor’s anger rising, Kanpa stood there quietly.

Yana tried to calm her brother.

“Send someone to make contact with this Lei Yaotian. I think you are right. He must have important technology in his hands. We can’t use force; it won’t benefit us.”

“Kanpa, I leave this matter to you.” Balthers pointed at Kanpa and said.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”