Chapter 967
Deep-Sea Submarine
Although Yang Xia felt a little heartbroken about having so many points, he still redeemed them without hesitation.
After successfully redeeming the item, Yang Xia discovered that there were also instructions for use next to the Predictive Mirror.
"I didn't expect this series of treasures to be so complete. It looks like we'll soon find out the truth."
Upon seeing this, Yang Xia smiled faintly and immediately began to read the relevant instructions carefully.
As long as you tell the Precognitive Mirror about the difficulties you encounter, the Precognitive Mirror will display a corresponding image in your mind and present the questions you want to know to Yang Xia, and all the problems will be solved.
After learning the detailed usage rules, Yang Xia became even more excited.
[Mirror, mirror on the wall! We've discovered a deep-sea submarine! Inside, there's a building material called King Kong, but it turns out to be poisonous after being processed at high temperatures.]
Who exactly used this material to develop deep-sea submarines, and what was their purpose in doing so?
Yang Xia poured out all his questions to the Predictive Mirror, hoping that this magical mirror would give him an answer.
The mirror remained silent. Suddenly, an image appeared in Yang Xia's mind, the background of which was the Moonlight Kingdom.
Yang Xia had a fairly good understanding of the general appearance of Moonlight Kingdom. He felt particularly strange, wondering why the mirror would show him such a picture.
This is the Land of Moonlight, but it doesn't seem as glamorous as it is now.
Yang Xia blurted out that he wanted to ask the mirror if his opinion was correct.
[That's right, this is the former Moonlight Kingdom. This deep-sea submarine was built by Tanawu's father, Wang Shide, the previous ruler of the Moonlight Kingdom.]
The mirror finally revealed the background of the deep-sea submarine's creation. Yang Xia was extremely surprised; he never dreamed that this deep-sea submarine actually originated from the Moonlight Kingdom.
After the mirror finished introducing the background information of the deep-sea submarine, it didn't say anything more and then showed Yang Xia a complete picture.
The scene unfolded clearly before Yang Xia like a movie, allowing him to fully understand the entire manufacturing process of the deep-sea submarine and even the whole story behind it.
When Wang Shide ascended the throne, the Moonlight Kingdom was not as powerful as it is today. However, Wang Shide attached great importance to military affairs and devoted himself to developing various high-end weapons and methods of governance.
"Your Majesty, we discovered a stone called Vajra in the deep sea. This stone is extremely hard and is an excellent building material. However, after unintentionally refining it, we discovered that this stone is also poisonous. After being calcined at high temperatures and processed in a special way, it can even become a deadly weapon." One day, his subordinates reported this news to Wang Shide.
Wang Shide's eyes widened in astonishment. He never dreamed that such a miraculous stone would appear before him. "Excellent! I must carefully examine the magical properties of this stone. Perhaps it can be successfully applied to our military." Upon hearing this news, Wang Shide was so happy he almost jumped for joy, and then studied it tirelessly for a day and a night. Through his meticulous research, the stone's magical properties were fully discovered: it could not only enhance the hardness of weapons but also serve as a deadly weapon.
"I want to incorporate this magical stone into our weapons; it could become the Moonlight Kingdom's main weapon for victory. With such a stone, our Moonlight Kingdom can become the strongest nation in this other world." Upon discovering the precious stone, King Kong, Wang Shide began frantically researching all sorts of weapons—anything that could utilize King Kong would do. He subsequently created the deep-sea submarine. The Moonlight Kingdom had dedicated itself to researching these weapons, so their technology was quite advanced. This deep-sea submarine was remarkably sophisticated, and with the application of the King Kong stone, it became a truly terrifying killing weapon.
"Your Majesty, our deep-sea submarines are unique in the entire other world. Other countries simply cannot possess such technology, and it may take decades for them to develop it. If the precious stone, Vajra, remains unknown to other countries, it will be a technology that no other country can ever surpass." The researchers from Moonlight Kingdom told Wang Shide all of this, and it has become a unique weapon for Moonlight Kingdom.
"Keep all secrets strictly confidential. Absolutely no one from other countries should know about Vajra. Anyone who leaks this information will be executed without exception." After learning about the wondrous uses of Vajra, Wang Shide almost went mad and wanted to use this stone in many of Moonlight Kingdom's weapons.
"I wonder how lethal this weapon made of is? I should think of a way to test it." After these weapons were developed, Wang Shide suddenly thought of this question and wanted to personally test the lethality of this weapon.
"Your Majesty," one of Wang Shide's men suggested, "perhaps we could put some small animals inside the submarine to see how lethal they are." "That's a good idea," Wang Shide agreed readily. "Immediately put some larger animals in and see what happens." His men then placed animals such as pigs, cattle, sheep, and even horses inside the weapons for experiments. After the animals were placed inside the submarine, Wang Shide ordered them to be heated. Through high-temperature heating, these stones, called "diamonds," released large amounts of poisonous gas.
"Your Majesty, after observation, these animals will undoubtedly die within a few hours, and their deaths will be extremely gruesome, their internal organs almost bursting," his subordinate described to Wang Shide. Wang Shide nodded, quite satisfied; the weapon's destructive power was naturally exceptionally strong.
"I wonder what the reaction will be after putting humans in there? I'd like to see the results." Wang Shide suddenly had a bold idea, wanting to use live humans for this kind of experiment, which terrified his subordinates. "Your Majesty, are we really going to use live people for experiments? That's too cruel." His subordinates were so scared they almost wet their pants, fearing they would be used as live subjects for experiments.
"What are you afraid of? Find a way to capture some prisoners from other countries and use them as live subjects for your research on adamantine poison." Wang Shide ordered his men to capture people from other countries and then conduct these cruel experiments on them. Although they were prisoners from other countries, they were still living people, and doing so was simply too cruel.
Wang Shide had completely gone mad. He watched as prisoners captured from other countries became live subjects of his research, watching them die agonizingly in the submarine, feeling immense satisfaction. "Our Moonlight Kingdom is the most powerful! We've actually created such a perfect deep-sea submarine. Other countries probably won't be able to build one even after many years. With such a powerful weapon, Moonlight Kingdom will dominate the world; other countries are utterly insignificant." Wang Shide laughed triumphantly, utterly satisfied with his creation. Such a high-end submarine could quickly make Moonlight Kingdom the world's strongest nation. This research continued. According to Wang Shide's plan, he wanted to achieve his goal of killing as quickly as possible; that would be the perfect creation. His experiments with live subjects inadvertently reached the ears of Queen Aishan.
"What? The king actually used living people for poison experiments? That's too cruel!" His wife, Aishan, was terrified when she heard the news, even thinking that Wang Shide was a monster. When Wang Shide came to see her, Aishan told him about the situation, hoping that he would stop immediately and stop doing such heinous things.
"Your Majesty, I heard you're using living people for poison experiments with King Kong. Stop immediately! This is too cruel and will bring retribution." Aishan quickly urged Wang Shide to stop and not allow such things to happen again. She was filled with disgust for Wang Shide.
“My dear wife, those people are prisoners of war from other countries. They’re all going to be sentenced to death anyway. Using them for live experiments is a good way to make the most of them,” Wang Shide explained to his wife, Aishan, without thinking that what he was doing was so outrageous. Moreover, he wouldn’t stop so quickly; he wanted to thoroughly research the toxicity of these diamonds and use them to their fullest potential.
Seeing that Wang Shide had become obsessed and refused to listen to her advice, Aishan was filled with despair and wanted to leave this murderous monster. "Even death row inmates shouldn't have their lives ended in such a cruel way. It seems you're not going to change your mind, so I have no choice but to leave you. I can't be with a devil; my conscience will never be at peace. I'm leaving the palace to live a peaceful life alone, as a way of atoning for your sins." Aishan had no other choice but to leave Wang Shide, unwilling to stay by his side.
“No, I don’t agree to you leaving me. You must stay with me.” Wang Shide refused Aishan’s request because he deeply loved his wife.
"If you don't want me to leave, stop this inhuman experiment right now. Otherwise, I can't stand it for another second." Aishan strongly urged Wang Shide to stop the experiment. She really couldn't accept this reality, and it made her conscience extremely uneasy.
“No, I’ll be able to build the world’s most advanced submarine soon. As the princess, you should support my work.” Wang Shide firmly disagreed with Aishan leaving his side and had no intention of stopping these cruel live experiments, which strained their relationship.
Aishan was heartbroken. She couldn't understand why her husband had become so inhuman, and she was constantly tormented. Aishan was a very kind woman, and she absolutely couldn't allow such a thing to happen. Ever since hearing the news, she had been having nightmares. Tormented by this pain, she felt she couldn't stay in Moonlight Kingdom any longer; she was on the verge of madness. Although Wang Shide disagreed with her leaving, Aishan repeatedly made her request.
"Wang Shide, I can't take it anymore. I'm leaving you, you devil. Staying by your side makes me feel like a sinner." Aishan was extremely agitated, determined to leave Wang Shide. If Wang Shide still refused, she would leave the palace on her own.
“You are my wife, you are mine in life and in death, you can’t go anywhere else. You should support my work!” Wang Shide couldn’t help but argue with Aishan.
"I'm leaving you, you devil, unless you kill me too!" Aishan cried out, desperate to leave the palace immediately. Wang Shide stepped forward to stop her, even grabbing Aishan's neck. Both were increasingly agitated, and Wang Shide's grip tightened. Slowly, he realized that Aishan was lying motionless before him.
"My beloved concubine, please don't scare me! I'll let you go, okay? Please wake up!" Wang Shide was completely terrified when he saw Aishan lying motionless, and he kept shaking her body. But Aishan no longer responded.
In a fit of rage, Wang Shide killed his own wife.
After he came to his senses, tears streamed down his face. He deeply loved his wife, Aishan, and never imagined that one day he would kill his beloved wife with his own hands. Such a blow was unbearable for Wang Shide.
"My beloved concubine, wake up..."
Wang Shide called out to his wife in deep sorrow, but Aishan had already passed away and would never open her eyes to see him again.
Wang Shide recalled the look in his wife's eyes when she died with resentment, and knew that she was very disappointed in his actions.
At this point, Wang Shide finally came to his senses and realized that his actions might have been too cruel, which his wife simply could not accept, ultimately leading to this tragedy.
"God, what have I done? I am such a sinner, I actually killed my own wife with my own hands."
Wang Shide knelt on the ground in anguish, covering his face and weeping bitterly. But he knew there was no way to bring his beloved wife back, and the two were now separated by death.
Wang Shide buried his wife in despair, his heart dying with her.
Finally, he made an important decision: to sink his masterpiece, this deep-sea submarine, into the deepest part of the ocean, so that it would never be known to the world again. Perhaps this was truly a harmful thing, too cruel.
After doing all this, Wang Shide hanged himself in the palace, wanting to be with his beloved wife.
With the previous ruler of Moonlight Kingdom dead, Yang Xia finally understood the series of events that had occurred before, and he also finally uncovered all the secrets of the magical stones in the submarine.
After Wang Shide's suicide, Tanawu naturally became the new ruler of the Moonlight Kingdom.
From a young age, Tanawu was constantly instructed by his father, Wang Shide, to prioritize governing the country. Therefore, during Tanawu's reign, the Moonlight Kingdom entered its golden age. (End of Chapter)