Chapter 557: Doing Away with the Beaten Track

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When the Atlantean Captain was speaking, he tapped a few times on the air, and as his hands moved, keyboard keys appeared beneath his fingers one after another. After these keys were pressed, the woman in the 3D image immediately showed an observing look.

Over ten minutes later, the woman smiled once again and raised her head to say, “It’s indeed a very twisted and bizarre story. However, although Dr. Zhang is not old enough, his life is quite legendary. It’s quite possible for him to really have such an encounter.”

“Do we need to raise World 30009 to the level-four world and seal it, then, madam?”

Alansol’s question caused the woman to fall into deep contemplation. After a long while, she finally said in hesitation, “Captain Alansol, if it was an ordinary foreign world, I’d indeed recommend for you to give it up, but World 30009 is different. According to the intelligence provided by the explorers and combine it with the experienced undergone by the Earthlings, just the ‘bioenergy storm’ that erupts every few decades in the sea area where the ‘space channel’ is located alone may provide us with energy close to a healthy planet with oxygen source. You should know what such a ‘world’ means to our Watt Blue Planet.”

“Then we’ll use the power of the ‘supreme regime’ to capture it. If I can have support from Don Holwagner, then I have the confidence to persuade Captain Harlanoff to launch a war on World 30009,” the Atlantean Captain immediately said with resolution.

“It seems that you have had your own plans, Captain Alansol,” The woman smiled without feeling surprised.” The decision of the military is always so decisive. However, as a woman around a politician, I’m more used to deciding after calculating the pros and cons of it.”

“Then you mean…”

“What I want to do most now is to dig and see if there is more hidden secret on World 30009. However, Dr. Zhang’s identity is not so simple either. I haven’t figured out yet if it would be worthy for us to do so,” The woman replied with a hesitant expression.

“If you’re afraid of causing adverse effects, then we can secretly arrest him, madam.”

“Captain Alansol, the Earthlings are only behind us in terms of technology. They’re not fools, particularly the elites among them,” the woman shook her head and said. “If Dr. Zhang disappeared for too long, then all suspicious eyes would naturally lead to us Atlanteans, without even the need for any evidence. It’s nothing if it was exposed that we casually made an ordinary person ‘evaporate,’ but if a billionaire and a biologist who is influential in both politics and business disappeared, then it would alarm all ‘big guys.’ The consequences may be something that we couldn’t bear. Not only that, but he was discovered near the Chinese Consulate General in New York, which is also something worth pondering…”

After listening to these words, Alansol no longer made a sound. However, he could not help but show his disagreement on his face. At this time, a series of knocking sounds suddenly resonated from outside of the office.

“Please come in,” Captain Alansol waved his hand to hide the 3D image on the table and roared. The door was gently pushed open, and it was none other than Dulphee, who had just sent Zhang Lisheng back to New York City.

As soon as the staff officer entered the office, he saluted Dulphee right away, “Sir Alansol, I’ve already sent Dr. Zhang back to New York City, but the last ‘exploration record’…”

“Oh, I’m sorry, Staff officer Dulphee. I’ll give you the video of the conversation I had with Dr. Zhang’s now.”

“Thank you, sir. I’ll complete the full exploration report of World 30009 tonight, and will hand it to you tomorrow morning.”

“There’s no need to rush. You can just complete the report tomorrow. Go rest first,” The Atlantean captain looked at his diligent subordinates and smiled amiably.

“Yes,” Dulphee showed a grateful expression. After saluting, he turned and walked out of the door. Looking at his slender back, a faint and hasty voice suddenly resonated through Alansol’s ears, so he immediately asked, “Oh wait a minute, Staff Officer Dulphee. Which neighborhood in New York City have you sent Dr. Zhang to?”

“12th Avenue in Manhattan, Sir. Dr. Zhang requested it himself.

“12th Avenue in Manhattan? He returned to the Chinese Consul General in New York,” Alansol frowned and asked, “Did he say what he would do?”

“He didn’t say anything, sir, but before I brought Dr. Zhang to the base, he was about to have dinner with a young lady from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China who was very agitated. I think he must have gone to find that young lady.”

“Oh, there’s even such episode?” The Atlantean captain was surprised. “Chief Officer, tell me the whole incident.”

“Yes, sir…” Dulphee’s stood with a complicated feeling before proceeding to tell how Guo Caiying’s lost her cool and what she said when he took Zhang Lisheng away without missing a word. “I didn’t think that it’s important, so I didn’t report it in time to you…”

“It’s indeed not important. You’ve done your task very well, Staff Officer Dulphee. Go rest,” At this time, Alansol did not want to listen to Dulphee anymore, so he waved his hand and sent him away.

After that, the Atlantean captain caressed his palm on the desk, and the 3D projection appeared once again. When he was about to speak, he saw the woman sighing, “Sir Alansol, looks like we can no longer dig to see if there’s any more secret hidden in World 30009 anymore.”

“Why, madam?”

“You’re based in the US on Earth, so you may not know the power figures in Asia, but you must have heard of Guo Xiping before, right?”

“Of course, the future leader of China…” Alansol replied and suddenly became stunned. “Guo Caiying, Guo Xiping, don’t tell me that…”

“Guo Xiping’s only daughter’s name is called Guo Caiying,” The woman revealed a wry smile on her face for the first time, “Making such a blatant threat despite knowing that Staff Officer Dulphee is an Atlantean is not the usual calm forbearance of a Chinese diplomat. Such a young lady who is different from the other is working in a vital central department in China, so I don’t think she just happened to have the same name as the only daughter of China’s future leader.”

“But even if Dr. Zhang has a relationship with Guo Xiping’s daughter, it should not be a big deal, right?”

“No, no, no,” The woman immediately shook her head and interrupted the Atlantean captain’s words, “Sir Alansol, you don’t understand how crazy a woman would be for love, nor how angry a father would be to see his only daughter harmed, nor how influential the top leader could be in a powerful country with a semi-dictatorship. You may think that this is only a trivial matter, but the history of many ‘civilizations’ tells us that the causes of the most brutal and tragic struggles are often from those small things that seem to be inconspicuous. Of course, the chances of such worst-case consequence to take place is very small, but comparing the advantages and disadvantages of forcing Dr. Zhang’s mouth to open will be something that has more losses than gains.”

Although Alansol felt that the woman was exaggerating, he opened his mouth and no longer raised any rebuttals. After thinking about it, he said, “That World 30009…”

“Don’t make a conclusion yet. Try to delay and see if there’s any new change in the situation.”

Alansol paused for a moment before saying in a low voice, “Sure, madam. I’ll delay as much as possible.”

“Thank you for accepting my opinion, Sir Alansol. Oh yeah, another thing. Although we already had information about Dr. Zhang, it doesn’t seem to be detailed. It’s best to add some more, and you can rely on the power of the ‘association’ if you need to.”

“Do we really need to do to such an extent, madam?” Alansol blurted out in shock.

“I have a hunch that doing so will be worthy,” The woman regained her elegant and calm look as she smiled. “It’s already late now. Let us talk next time, sir. May you have a good night.

Then, she shut off her image projection.

Looking at the empty desk, Alansol became speechless for a long time. Without warning, he smiled and muttered, “What a smart woman…”

Then, he proceeded to stand up and slowly walked out of the office.

At this time, Zhang Lisheng, who had managed to escape a calamity by careful enough, was in the spacious living room on the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan that could look into the starry night directly. Waving and gathering the water vapor in the air, he used the soil from the garden by the wall and created a familiar of ‘creation.’

A toad that had the size of an ordinary mill, with its back covered in scars that were round outside but square in the middle, turned its bulging eyes swiftly. With a stamp from its hind legs, its body that was about to rise into the air suddenly collapsed. The remains of its body transformed into soil again. Immediately, a green dragon that was over 30 meters tall was born out of the ground and began to spiral in the air.

When the green dragon appeared, it hastily shook its body and transform into specks of dust again when it was about to crash into the windows. Suddenly, the water vapor condensed, and a gigantic spider with four heads and a ferocious grimace consolidated…

Every time the young man waved his arms, gusts of fresh blood mist would ooze out from his beautiful vessels. His face had long become pale due to excessive blood loss, but there was an exceptionally joyful expression on his face, “Money Toad, Island Dragon, Ghostface… I can’t believe that other than those brainless ‘creations’ that can only receive simple orders, I can still create the wizard Gus that have transformed into my body out of mud. If it wasn’t for this sudden idea that I had while I was relaxing, then I wonder how long it would take for me to discover that I actually have such an incredible ability. Well, it seems that this is not the power I’ve inherited from Ancient Goddess Nuwa nor from the Hellfire god. This power has evolved from within me instead. This makes sense. After all, I’m not the reincarnation of the Goddess Nuwa nor the resurrection of the foreign world’s god, so my power can’t be precisely the same as their power…”

When Zhang Lisheng reached his destination, his heart tightened suddenly for no reason, it felt as though he had grasped an absolute critical key, but at the same time, it seemed like he had not achieved anything at all.

“It’s impossible to be exactly the same. It’s impossible to be completely the same… I’m not the reincarnation of the Goddess Nuwa, nor the resurrection of the foreign world’s god… I’m not the reincarnation of the Goddess Nuwa…” as the young man muttered to himself, his speech speed became faster, and his eyes stared right ahead, with a dazed look on his expression. Suddenly, something hit him hard with a pang of realization as he shouted loudly, “I’m Zhang Lisheng. No matter how I transform and what I transform into, be it in the past, now, or in the future, I can only be nobody else but Zhang Lisheng! I can only be Zhang Lisheng! Zhang Lisheng forever…”

With this roar, the young man felt like his soul had seemed to break free from some kind of restraint and bondage, as it expanded and stretched out infinitely…