Chapter 1516
utterly boring
Chapter 1516 utterly boring
After burying the Burning Beast, Qian Sui suddenly lost all interest in everything about Anniemo.
Antonio really wanted to shove it in the face—wasn't it the one that insisted on coming here in the first place? It made them go through so much trouble along the way.
But I'm also afraid that if I really anger the thousand-year-old, it might open its little mouth and I'll be swallowed up somewhere, or at some point in time.
He had no choice but to be patient, adopt a motherly tone, and comfort her gently.
The methods employed by the Thousand-Year-Old also intimidated Adrian and Impelli.
Impelli hasn't shown up to greet me for several days.
Adrian seemed no different, still all smiles, and never lacking in good food and drink. But when he greeted them, he lingered noticeably shorter.
When they left, they went from being slow and dawdling, hoping the emperor would ask them to stay, to running like they were being chased by a dog.
Adrian was frightened
But the more afraid he was, the more he couldn't forget the scene of the world being destroyed.
He was afraid that he would lose control and reveal even the slightest hint of his covetousness, so he simply went out every day, somewhat trying to avoid the Emperor.
Strength is a form of deterrence.
When you become powerful enough, even those who can't help but covet you will instinctively feel fear, lest their slightest delusional thought become the beginning of an offense.
Lin Fan knew that Qian Sui was unhappy, even though it didn't say anything. It just quietly stayed by its side.
A few more days passed, and on a bright and sunny morning, Chisai spoke.
"I'm leaving."
It had thought that the planet under the orcs' rule would be a completely different world, but in the end it found that it was no different from the human world, and even more extreme and hostile.
Curiosity was extinguished by disappointment, and everything about Anniemo naturally became dull and uninteresting, with nothing new left to say.
"Where are you going?" Antonio was the first to chime in. "You're not going to swallow up the Noah yourself and leave us here, are you?"
Qian Sui swept his tail and ignored him, then said to Lin Fan.
"It's boring, I want to rest."
"Okay." Lin Fan agreed unconditionally. "You rest. We'll find an opportunity to leave Anniemo as soon as possible."
The thousand-year-old creature grabbed the golden bell from its neck with its front paws and placed it next to Lin Fan's bracelet.
The bell was attached to the bracelet as if it had always been there, without leaving a trace.
"I'll stay here to minimize trouble. Don't come looking for me unless it's a matter of life and death."
As he spoke, he transformed into a black shadow and darted into the bell.
"Oops~" Antonio was a little slow, and the cat was gone. He withdrew his hand and scratched his chin instead. "You just leave like that?"
“Lord Qian Sui may have suffered considerable damage due to the previous incident with the Burning Beast,” Lan Bingru said, pouring tea into a cup. “It has been listless lately, unlike before when it was full of energy.”
"Don't you find it boring?" Antonio picked up his teacup and gave Lan Bingru a grateful smile. "It was so excited when it came, but when it arrived, it didn't encounter any fun things, just a bunch of annoying things, and even one of its kind died..."
Lin Fan glanced at him, and he immediately stopped talking: "Anyway, I don't think Xiao Hei is that fragile. What do you think, Honey?"
"Probably both," Lin Fan said, taking the hot tea Lan Bingru handed him. "It's always been impatient, not much better than you..."
"Hey!" Antonio immediately protested, "I'm much easier to take care of than it, okay?"
"Burying the Earth's core is indeed beyond the capabilities of ordinary people; it must have been incredibly expensive..."
“It’s still all show!” Antonio replied with a smile, bringing the teacup to his lips and taking a sip.
Lin Fan raised the bracelet, and the small golden bell struck against the ornament next to it, but made no sound.
"Dare you say it again?"
Antonio immediately begged for forgiveness: "I was wrong, Your Majesty!"
Lan Bingru covered her mouth and laughed. Antonio never learns from his mistakes; his mouth is faster than anything else.
Chisui used to go out for walks all the time, and this time he used it as an excuse, so no one suspected anything. Adrian even breathed a sigh of relief, wondering what he was busy with all day long, leaving early and returning late.
That day, as the group was laughing and joking, Lin Fan and Antonio suddenly stopped and looked towards the door.
Lan Bingru turned her head and saw the old butler of the Finch family leading in an elderly man who was dressed well and looked to be about sixty years old.
"Distinguished guests, this is my master," the old butler introduced politely. "He has come especially to visit you all."
"Master?" Antonio and Lin Fan exchanged a glance, then Antonio asked with a smile, "Isn't your master Adrian? Where did this master come from?"
"no……"
The butler tried to explain, but the old man raised his hand to stop him.
"You can go now, I can do it myself."
"Yes." The butler responded and withdrew, his attitude towards the old man even more relaxed than when he faced Adrian.
"Gentlemen, I am the son of the former head of the Finch family..."
"Ah! The one who renounced his inheritance!" Antonio's eyes lit up. "Isn't that Adrian's father?"
"..." The old man paused for a moment before continuing, "I apologize for the late visit. The matter is urgent, so I'll get straight to the point—I've come to ask you to leave immediately."
Antonio's smile froze on his face: "Isn't this a bit too blunt?"
Although they really wanted to leave, but... were they kicked out?
"What happened?" Lin Fan immediately noticed the worry beneath Old Finch's composed demeanor.
Old Finch hesitated for a moment, then said directly, "Adrian is gathering the city's high nobles and powerful orcs, trying to keep the Burning Beast here by force."
"Don't you already have Bonnie?" Antonio exclaimed.
After a period of operation and testing, Bonnie's conversion has proven stable and is confirmed to fully cover Anemoculus's future energy supply. Maintenance is also easy; it's the same old formula.
This was something Adrian told them himself.
“Yes.” Old Finch nodded. “But they felt that without the Beast God to fight the Annie Demon, it would be a tipping point sooner or later. In addition, after witnessing the power of the Burning Beast, they wanted to take a desperate gamble. As far as I know, he has successfully incited half the city.”
"Ha!" Antonio scoffed. "The Yellow Earth Man failed, but Adrian certainly dared to act. I always wondered what he was so busy with, never seen in sight. Turns out he was just feeling guilty."
"Then why do you betray the collective interests of the Annie Demons?" Lin Fan asked.
“I didn’t,” old Finch shook his head. “I don’t think they can succeed. On the contrary, they will bring annihilation to the Annimo. So I implore you to leave before things break out. Because you are easier to persuade than they are.”
"You think we're easy to bully because there are fewer of us, right?" Antonio grinned broadly.
"No, quite the opposite," Old Finch denied again. "It is precisely because I know your strength and what you might cause to the recently stabilized Anemora after the turmoil that I have come to plead for your safety. I implore you all to leave Anemora immediately. The spaceship is ready and can take off at any time; you just need to set off."
Annemo is known for its high-quality minerals, but tourism has never been developed there.
Furthermore, since they primarily serve regular customers, the transactions are fully automated and conducted online. Aside from resource-seeking individuals who have been lured here, there are very few aliens who come to Annemo. Even those who do stay tend to concentrate in Crystal City.
After the turmoil began, Silvermoon and Crystal Radiance cut off the airport access, preventing passing merchant ships from getting close and leaving them unaware of what was happening on the planet.
The aliens in Crystal City were all victims, and they stood with the Crystal City people to condemn the Silver Moon people, which was well appeased by the authorities.
To prevent the details of the riots from being leaked, after regaining control of Jingyao City, it was decided to suspend airport operations until Yinyue's production capacity was restored.
All spaceships can only enter, not exit.
This is the reason why Lin Fan and the others were unable to leave Anniemo for so long after the Star Burial.
Let alone whether the mechs can sustain their energy levels until the next habitable planet while traveling in space.
We can't just leave Lan Bingru alone in Anniemo, can we?
But now, suddenly someone appears, claiming to have a spaceship, and under the guise of "for the sake of Anemocracy," says he can send them away immediately...
It looks like a trap where people take the bait.