Chapter 411
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Chapter 411: The Resolute Prince
The Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
“Kill.”
“Flash.”
“Zhuge Crossbow.”
“Burn the bridge after crossing it!”
“???”
In the activity room, Li Yifei glared at the opposing Braki and couldn’t help but say, “It’s my turn now; you can’t use ‘burn the bridge after crossing it’ on me!”
Braki scratched his head in confusion, “Then when can I use it?”
“Use it when it’s your turn.”
“Oh…” Braki pondered for a moment, then moved the ‘burn the bridge after crossing it’ card in front of Merlin and seriously declared, “Burn the bridge after crossing it!”
Li Yifei: …
“Your Excellency, did you see that? He actually wants to use ‘burn the bridge after crossing it’ on you! He’s definitely a rebel!” Li Yifei leaned closer to Merlin, indignantly saying, “Let this loyal minister protect you and eliminate this audacious traitor!”
Merlin glanced at him, “He’s just an internal traitor; you are the real rebel.”
Li Yifei was taken aback, “How do you know?”
Merlin calmly replied, “Because I am the seer.”
Li Yifei: …
Dressed in a white lab coat, Lin Qiye arrived at the entrance of the activity room and saw Nikes, Merlin, Braki, Li Yifei, and A Zhu gathered around the table, seriously playing a game of “Three Kingdoms Kill.” He couldn’t help but twitch his mouth slightly.
“You guys are playing an increasingly rich game,” Lin Qiye remarked, “Playing Dou Di Zhu with three people, Mahjong with four, and now ‘Three Kingdoms Kill’ with five?”
Upon seeing Lin Qiye, Li Yifei’s eyes lit up, “Qiye, want to join us for a bit?”
Lin Qiye waved his hand, “You guys play; I have important matters to attend to.”
Lin Qiye turned and left the activity room, heading straight for the director’s office.
Seeing Lin Qiye leave, Merlin leisurely drew a card from his hand and tossed it onto the table, calmly stating:
“Unassailable.”
…
In the underground prison.
In a certain cell deep within, a golden little bug, lying on the ground, seemed to sense something. Its wings slightly opened, and it cautiously moved a bit towards the wall, displaying an expression as if facing a great enemy.
Tap, tap, tap…
Steady footsteps echoed from afar. Lin Qiye, wearing black-framed glasses with his hands in the pockets of his lab coat, slowly stopped in front of the cage, his gaze landing on the golden little bug in the corner of the cell.
“Long time no see, [Bell Crande],” Lin Qiye said calmly.
The golden little bug pressed against the wall, its body slightly hunched, its wings fluttering, emitting a buzzing sound as if warning of something.
Lin Qiye’s eyes narrowed slightly, then as if recalling something, he said, “…I forgot you can’t speak. Wait for me here for a moment.”
Thus, under [Bell Crande]’s gaze, Lin Qiye quickly left the cell. About a minute later, he returned holding a half-dead pug.
The pug’s eyes were glazed over, and it had a large bump on its head, as if it had just been beaten up. Faint strange sounds could still be heard coming from its throat…
“Yamete… butterfly…”
Lin Qiye walked to the front of the cell and tossed the pug into the cage, landing right in front of [Bell Crande].
“Use its vocal cords,” Lin Qiye instructed.
[Bell Crande] looked at the half-dead pug in front of it, then raised its gaze to Lin Qiye, wearing an expression that seemed to say, “Are you kidding me?”
It’s a dog!
How can it speak human language?!
Under Lin Qiye’s watchful gaze, [Bell Crande] reluctantly crawled onto the pug’s tongue, wisps of mist emanating from its body, invading the pug’s brain.
In the next moment, the pug, transformed by the murmuring avatar, suddenly stood up from the ground, turned to Lin Qiye, its eyes filled with disdain, and its mouth slightly opened…
“Are you… stupid? How could a dog… possibly… speak… human language?”
As soon as this sentence was finished, the dog was stunned.
The golden little bug lay on the pug’s tongue, lost in thought.
Lin Qiye watched this scene with a slight smile.
If it were an ordinary dog, it certainly couldn’t speak human language, but this pug was personally crafted by Merlin using the murmuring soul avatar. It was proficient in chicken language, duck language, and goose language; how could it not speak human language?
“Now, we can have a good chat,” Lin Qiye leaned against the railing of the opposite cell, hands in his pockets, and spoke leisurely.
The pug frowned (though it didn’t actually have a brow), “What do you want to talk about?”
Lin Qiye pointed at it, “Let’s talk about what you’re willing to give for your life.”
“You should know very well that here, I am the one who controls the rise and fall of your soul… Either show me your value, or be obliterated.”
After hearing this, the pug fell silent, as if contemplating something.
It was thinking, and so was Lin Qiye.
What exactly can this bug do?
Cooking and cleaning? That’s impossible.
Making old men and women happy? It doesn’t seem to be that type.
The chaotic cube, although not a person, doesn’t make old people happy, but at least it can serve as a fully automatic mahjong machine… This bug seems to be able to do nothing but scare people.
Why not just get rid of it?
Seemingly sensing Lin Qiye’s unfriendly gaze, the pug trembled slightly. After a moment, it slowly spoke:
“I can exchange information from the mist for you.” [Bell Crande] controlled the pug’s vocal cords and continued, “You in the Great Xia have been isolated from the mist; you should know little about the situation overseas. I am a being born from the mist overseas, and what I know should be exactly what you lack.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye’s eyes brightened slightly.
Since the Earth was shrouded in mist a hundred years ago, all regions outside of Great Xia have become forbidden zones for living beings. Although Great Xia has never ceased exploring the mist over the past century, the information obtained has been scarce, and the situation of the mist has always been an unsolved mystery for them.
Moreover, the divine kingdoms of the outer gods are also hidden within this mist…
If it were before, Lin Qiye naturally wouldn’t have a way to obtain information about the mist, but now it’s different; a being from the mist, capable of communicating with sufficient intelligence, is right in front of him.
The moment this condition was proposed by [Bell Crande], Lin Qiye knew he couldn’t refuse this deal.
Of course, he wouldn’t simply reveal his intentions. If he didn’t extract all the value from [Bell Crande], he would be wasting his position as the director.
“Not enough,” Lin Qiye shook his head. “In addition to that, you also need to work for me and unconditionally agree to all my requests.”
The pug stared intently at Lin Qiye, “Don’t go too far; I, [Bell Crande], also have my dignity… Agreeing to these conditions is no different from being a dog!”
As soon as the words left its mouth, the pug fell silent.
Lin Qiye gave it a strange look, then turned to walk out of the cell, “If you don’t want to, then there’s nothing more to discuss. I hope you can be a person in your next life… Oh no, you won’t have a next life…”
“Wait!” The pug suddenly called out to stop Lin Qiye. After much internal struggle, it finally gritted its teeth and opened its mouth…
“Woof!”
