Lin Xue arrived, leading Lin Feng’s young girlfriend, Sally, and bringing with her a dark, unremarkable disc.
In the lounge of the Shadow Fortress Headquarters, Miss playfully pushed the above two "items" in front of with a face full of pride, looking so smug that one could hardly resist the urge to attach a wagging little tail to her behind.
"Wood! About Sally’s family, I found this!"
After forcibly seating a visibly confused and nervous Sally, who had suddenly found herself in the heavily-guarded headquarters, Lin Xue said to proudly.
Although I didn’t think the information Lin Xue brought was that important anymore, I still showed an interested expression to the young girl in front of , thinking to myself, forget an Atlantian descendant, we even have a living fossil tens of thousands of years old lying in our lab back there.
"Sally’s Atlantian lineage is one thing, the results ca from a Visca test," as usual when she ca to cause trouble, Lin Xue grabbed the drink from my desk and gulped it down, then wiped her lips and said, "I used all available resources, and with the help of the intelligence agents busy at work, I nearly turned Sally’s family history back to the New Stone Age..."
"Pff!"
I sprayed out a mouthful of Master Kong iced black tea, "What have you been doing these past few days?"
Speaking of which, Lin Xue hadn’t been much around in my sight recently, other than attending two official events with , the young lady had been mysteriously busy, claiming she was investigating Sally’s family secret, but now hearing her results—I truly doubted her recent activities.
"Leading several Xyrin Hosts and a bunch of agents, I perused archives in nearly one hundred ninety countries worldwide, rewrote the human gene map, dealt with seabed mud in the Mariana Trench for a day, and dug rocks for two days in the basalt zone. The last batch of probes just ca up from Gutenberg Plane this morning, as we nearly drilled down to the core of the earth looking for missing parts of the Atlantis relics..."
Before she could finish, I was nearly overwheld. What intense action! Miss Xue, are you sure you’re just researching Sally’s family history and not trying to revise the origin of species?
How fearso must Sally’s ancestors be to have left family relics under Gutenberg Plane! Just say you’re exploiting unpaid labor to fulfill your blatant digging desires!
Let put it this way, if this coffee table in front of wasn’t made of redwood, I would have flipped it already!
Pretending to glare fiercely at the smiling girl opposite , I finally opted to surrender: as my girlfriend, Lin Xue never spared any worries, sothing I should have co to terms with long ago.
"What did you find then?"
Maintaining a calm deanor, I teased Lin Banxian, who had been waiting expectantly for praise ever since she arrived—she definitely hadn’t used her abilities to check our progress here before coming today, as she didn’t know I already had quite a bit of Atlantis information in my hands.
"Sally’s family tree wasn’t that long, of course, in the end, I only matched her gene map to an ancient remains sample using my own abilities, confirming her ancient ancestors’ migration route, which basically coincides with what we initially guessed from Visca’s records about the post-catastrophe exodus of Atlantean survivors. But after all, it was tens of thousands of years ago, even with fossils, that piece of history isn’t much use now. Actually, my biggest discovery was this thing—"
Lin Xue spoke as she picked up the black tal disc that she had initially pushed in front of .
"No one knows when this thing first appeared in the family’s treasures, not even in Sally’s mory or at the start of their family records—it was already there. It’s a relic from the Ancient Era, so old that hieroglyphs cannot record its age, and in Europe, it’s tangled with all sorts of mystical mumbo jumbo and sinister fairy tales. There were originally more than one of these, but they were lost through successive inheritances, disappearing into history along with various family branches, and the only one left is this item preserved by the family through generations: It took a lot of effort to get it; I even resorted to feigning spiritual techniques. Fortunately, Sally is the only qualified heir of her generation in her family, with her wholehearted internal and external collaboration, we could freely manipulate this item..."
Well, I can pretty much guess how you managed to scam this family heirloom from the elderly mbers of Sally’s family, but could you please not ntion that in front of Sally, who is directly involved?
"An artifact from hundreds of thousands of years ago, even the descendants of Atlantis have forgotten what this thing ans, yet they have preserved it until today—it can no longer be described as a miracle." Taking the black tal disc from Lin Xue’s hands, I caressed its exquisitely crafted patterns and exclaid.
This disc was only about the size of a palm in diater, about a centiter thick in the middle and slightly thinner at the edges, with a distinct tallic feel. Yet, when held, it was almost weightless. Other than its jet-black color, the disc showed no signs of aging; hundreds of thousands of years had not corroded its surface in the slightest, not even the finest hair-like lines...
"Ah, that’s my hair."
The Demi Immortal clasped a black strand from the disc while exclaiming.
I: "..."
The previous part got cut off, let’s rewind—So, Lin Xue ca over, bringing Lin Feng’s little girlfriend... cough, did I rewind too much?
The black disc Lin Xue brought was of a material and workmanship that reflected a high level of technology, sothing even modern humans couldn’t replicate. Without question, this had to be so indestructible rubbish discarded by the forr Imperial Army.
"The elders from Sally’s family call this disc ’Kanulano.’ It’s definitely Imperial craftsmanship, but I tried and neither spiritual power nor Ghost Energy could activate this thing. There’s also no record of this type of equipnt in the database; it must be so experintal product concocted by the research team."
"What a strange na, what does it an?"
This ti, without waiting for Lin Xue to prompt, Sally replied proactively with her awkward and stiff Mandarin: "It should be called ’Kanarano,’ it’s a very ancient language, long lost. An elder in my family asked to rember this word, which is the only one that has survived—’Kanarano’—the light seen from a lighthouse when sailors return ho."
Kanu-what, Kan-what, regardless of how it’s pronounced, it was especially tongue-twisting. The na echoed in my mind a few tis and I felt like my trigeminal nerve was about to knot. However, this wasn’t the point to dwell on. After observing the disc Lin Xue brought over and over, I decided to inform a certain Miss of so rather unfortunate news.
"Actually, we’ve made so discoveries about Atlantis recently too."
I proceeded to tell Lin Xue about Ares and the complete secret history of the Atlantian civilization he shared.
As expected, as soon as I finished speaking, Lin Banxian was struck hard.
"So many days of hardship... I even took a trip to the Mariana Trench..." Lin Xue’s eyes glazed over as she entered a state of utter despair. "And after all that, not even a single complint..."
Miss, you let the truth slip there. All this globe-trotting desperation, just for a word of praise from ?
I had originally wanted to see Lin Xue’s frustrated expression for a bit of schadenfreude, but seeing her so wronged suddenly made my heart soften. After all, she was my sister now, and it hurt first and foremost to see her upset: "Alright, alright, I didn’t say all your efforts these past days were in vain. Ares only conveyed the experiences of Atlantians after their civilization fell, but you uncovered the subsequent history that continued on Earth. There is no overlap between the two—well done."
This was indeed a clumsy way to console, yet it was exceptionally effective for Lin Xue, perhaps simply because she was oblivious, as the Miss soon cheered up: "Exactly, didn’t you see who was on the job? Take to et this Ares, maybe he knows what this disc is for, and, well, also bring Sally along, this counts as half her family affair too."
I pondered, "Shouldn’t you ask for Sally’s opinion?"
"Who is Lin Xue, apart from being a young lady? She’s genuinely fierce at heart," she said, turning to face a confused-looking Sally. "Ready to et your ancestor or not?"
It was the first ti I realized that so things could sound so fierce just by rephrasing them!
Due to a recent emotional breakdown, Ares had been forcibly put to sleep for a while. However, when Lin Xue and I arrived at the special room in the research center where he was staying, he had already regained his composure. Sitting silently beside the dical cabin on the bed, he was upright and ticulous, resembling a soldier at the ready.
No matter how the stories of Atlantis were distorted over hundreds of thousands of years, the true "Gods" of Olympus were always the excellent warriors created by the Empire, and this was perfectly exemplified in Ares.
"It looks like you’ve cald down."
I greeted Ares, and he imdiately jumped off the bed and laid prone on the ground, "My lord, please allow to return to the battlefield!"
"You will return to the battlefield, but first, we need to find the world where you crashed. Do you recognize this object?"
I took out a tal disc with a convoluted na that Lin Xue had brought. Ares’s gaze was instantly captivated by it, and after a long while, he exclaid in a low voice, "Kanarlanu?! Where did you get it from?"
"It belongs to this little girl." Lin Xue pointed to Sally, who maintained a bewildered state as we pushed her around. "Sally, co here. Call him ancestor~~"
Miss Xue, can we not be so fierce?
"Hmm?" Ares furrowed his brow, staring intently at Sally. She initially shrank under the gaze of the two-and-a-half-ter-tall giant, but sohow she mustered the courage to raise her head and look directly into Ares’s eyes with confusion, yet without any evasion.
The Northern European giant and the mixed-race girl held their gaze in an odd atmosphere for a whole two minutes before Ares suddenly broke into a satisfied grin, laughing heartily as he patted Sally on the shoulder, "Haha, a child of Atlantis!"
Then Lin Xue and I scrambled to put Sally’s dislocated arm into the dical cabin for treatnt.
"She’s physically weak and has no divine power. How can she fight with this condition!" Ares continued to grumble discontentedly from behind.
"Okay, you’ve had your genetics diluted over hundreds of thousands of years, I’m surprised you could still recognize her."
"Atlantians will never fail to recognize their kin... But where did you find her? Could there be other Sunburn Obelisks that saved other cities of Atlantis?"
I was taken aback for a mont, then exchanged a look with Lin Xue.
"Alright, we were going to tell you eventually: this is Earth, well, you might not call it that, but this is where the Atlantis civilization was destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and now we are in another era of human civilization. Your bloodline has nearly vanished, and this girl nad Sally is one of the few remaining descendants of Atlantians—welco ho, although the title deeds have been given to others."
I told Ares the entire post-destruction evolutionary history of Earth without holding back, anticipating his potential despondency and rage. Yet in the end, this giant-like warrior simply offered a carefree smile, "So, it is like that. Mu Continent has been reborn, huh? The seed of life continues; this is good news."
"Don’t you feel a bit lost?" Lin Xue looked at Ares curiously. "You’ve lost your house, your property, and even given your child away to soone else. Aren’t you going to ask for so compensation?"
"We are already history on this planet," Ares said indifferently. "Atlantians never fear facing their fate; we can rebuild our holand. The evolution of species is an inevitable historical process, we do not plunder our own offspring."
"Well, you will regain a new holand, at least we have public housing," I ultimately promised, facing the "War God" whose thoughts seed transcendental.
"Let’s talk about this disc," Lin Xue pointed at the dark tal disc, "I’ve just seen a new revelation, this object points to the location of Atlantis, but it seems different from the Xyrin Equipnt I know."
"This is a compass specifically made for us Divine Servants, not for the Great Gods themselves. It records the coordinates of Atlantis and requires the pure bloodline of Atlantians to activate."
As he spoke, Ares bit his finger, sared a drop of blood that emitted a blue glow onto the center of the disc, and imdiately, golden lines spread across the disc.
"Detecting DNA contact, identifying unique identity code... AL-135, Ares, imdiately return to your unit... Error, unable to locate the first fortress of Atlantis, cross-world interference detected, warrior, you have left your ho world, imdiately connect this beacon to a higher-level spatial positioning device while activated to enhance performance, repeat, warrior, proceed to a higher-level spatial positioning device and execute the return command, to avoid being wrongly identified as desertion."
From that sothing Kanulano disc, a chanical synthetic voice emitted, and I imdiately snapped my fingers: "Miss Xue, you’ve done a great job this ti—now you’ve kept the Ti-Space Administration busy for several days."
"Ares, you’ll soon be able to et your kin," I patted the elbow of the Giant Warrior with so effort, then announced over the psychic broadcast to the online officers of the Ti-Space Administration, "Comrades, good news, the coordinate system to Fantasy Country has been found, prepare the elite infantry—this is not a space battle, but we might have to fight with the army."
The efficiency of the Xyrin Apostles was astonishing; they could mobilize for war at any ti. Within minutes of my announcent, based on the updated Atlantis intelligence in the database, the combat personnel had already completed their preparations; no need for battle readiness calls, no need for warti recruitnt, when Lin Xue and I arrived outside the research center, hundreds of fully ard Armored Scorpions and other soldiers had already ford a square from the plaza, marching towards the Teleportation Gate leading to the Starport.
"Wow, wow, sending off the troops, no matter how many tis I see it, it always feels impressive."
Lin Xue rested her chin on my shoulder, deliberately blowing into my ear as she spoke. Since she had opened up about her feelings, this Miss who was incredibly clumsy in love but also genuine was no longer stingy with such intimate gestures.
"But if possible, I’d rather bask in the sun every day, tease my daughter, and walk my sister." I said this while cleverly flicking away the girl causing trouble next to ; she didn’t hesitate to give an Inch Fist, quickly stood aside, and assud a serious deanor—seconds later, rushing over were Sandora and Yukari Yakumo, their figures entering our view: Lin Xue’s ability was really useful for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster.
Sandora walked up briskly. "Ah Jun, I heard you found the coordinates? How did you find them?"
"This thing," I took out that ancient antique from tens of thousands of years ago, its identity recognition system still precisely operating, proving that products from the Empire require a warranty period of hundreds of thousands of years to even claim being dostically produced, "Lin Xue found it."
Miss imdiately began chattering boastfully about her achievent, Sandora looked surprised: "This is really an unexpected gain, I thought the Ti-Space Administration would need several more days to make any progress. Ah Jun, we don’t have ti for any strategic deploynt, the remaining defenses of Atlantis under the attack of the Abyss won’t hold on much longer, these elite ground troops must be deployed imdiately."
I extended my thumb with a Crest-like radiant smile: "Don’t worry, I’ve rushed these scorpions to the frontline without any strategic deploynt."
Lin Xue: "As expected, even a tactical idiot has his monts of usefulness huh."
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