Translator: ThatLazyPotato
Editor: DragonFae
After checking the lion cub was okay, both their gazes shifted to the top of the prison at the same time, coldly searching for the faint smell of heather pheromones.
Yan Yi directly ran over, his figure disappearing from where he originally stood, and reappearing dozens of meters away suspended in mid-air. He teleported again in the air, and in just two breaths, he stepped onto the rooftop of the prison.
The flags on the top were flapping in the wind. Eris and Puppet Master were using the cursed golden thread to swing toward the platform further away, and the end of the strand of golden thread inadvertently brushed against Yan Yi’s cheek.
“Want to leave?” Yan Yi grabbed the thread that was about to disappear, quickly wrapped it around his forearm and squeezed it
Eris’ waist suddenly tightened, and he only had time to push Puppet Master to the opposite building while he was forcibly pulled back by Yan Yi.
With Eris’ strength in the deterioration stage, he at least had the strength to fight Yan Yi. However, Yan Yi learned from the experience of fighting Eternal Undead and didn’t get close to Eris. Instead, he suddenly let go of the cursed golden thread in his hand, causing Eris to hit the wall under the platform.
Eris held on to the edge of the platform with one hand, his entire body was suspended in the air, and he subconsciously touched his back with the spider marking on it to see if it had been shattered.
He looked up at Yan Yi, the lines on his face became distorted as he revealed a creepy smile.
“All I did was what everyone wanted to do. If he broke and humankind got what they wanted, who would thank me? You guys are truly hypocritical.”
“There’s no need for you to meddle in other people’s business.”
“It’s fine, Knicks wants me to pass this on to you—you can’t eradicate everything, and you can’t give any racial imbalance justice. Gods can only acquiesce in the existence of darkness, while the snow on land can never melt.”
Yan Yi leaned over and grabbed Eris’ wrist. He had studied Eris’ build, so he aimed straight for the core in his chest.
Eris raised the corner of his lips. A curse golden thread wrapped around Yan Yi’s fingertip. The cursed golden thread can share damage, so if Yan Yi forcibly dismantled his core, his own chest would get damaged, too.
During the stalemate, Yan Yi faintly smelled the scent of agave pheromones.
He raised his eyes and caught a glimpse of the opposite platform. Puppet Master held a doll in his arms, he was looking directly at them, and his lips moved slightly. “See you later, Mr. President.”
Puppet Master’s ability, Pawn Substitute, activated and enveloped Eris. Yan Yi’s grip loosened. Eris, who was originally locked tightly in his hand, was replaced with a small toy porcelain doll.
Yan Yi looked to the opposite side; Puppet Master and Eris were already gone. The other party was unwilling to fight, so it was hard not to wonder whether their trip was a false shot and they had other agendas.
He lowered his head and weighed the doll in his hand. He discovered that there was a pull-ring on the back of the doll. Yan Yi put the doll against his ear, and after confirming there was no bomb planted inside, he carefully pulled out the pull-ring attached to the thread.
As the pull-ring retracted automatically, the doll’s arms and legs moved and a recording was played.
“At twelve o’clock at noon on August 14th, there will be a negotiation with land and sea. Rimbaud will probably bring something good. This is the last chance to eradicate the Divine Envoy.”
The owner of this familiar voice was none other than the warden Li Wang.
After playing the recording, the self-destruction device of the eavesdropping doll activated. The limbs separated and fell off, scattered into a pile of gears and ceramic fragments.
“Just great.” Yan Yi had long since suspected it, and now he knew who was causing trouble.
He turned around and jumped off the platform, returning to Rimbaud’s side.
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Rimbaud didn’t pay attention to anything else, all his focus was on the lion cub hatched out of the marble.
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Rimbaud was a little helpless. Yan Yi extended his hands and formed a cup shape with them. “I’m warmer.”
Rimbaud still didn’t trust Yan Yi very much, but he also saw Yan Yi rushed over in a panic when the marble fell, so he cautiously let him hold the cub for a bit. He then shed his fishtail and turned into a human mimic, then sat cross-legged on the ice floe. He took the lion cub back in his arms and warmed it with his human body.
“That rag doll dares pick on me.” Rimbaud finally found the time to think about revenge, and he gritted out a few words ferociously, “I’ll remember this.”
“If it weren’t for Xiao Bai, Eris in the deterioration stage would be the strongest experimental subject in existence. The White Snow organization is confident, and they don’t want Xiao Bai to come back to life.” Yan Yi couldn’t help but reach out his hands to run the lion cub’s head and quietly assured, “The IOA will eventually capture them, it’s only a matter of time.”
But before that, they had to get rid of Li Wang, that old scorpion who was stirring up trouble.
He took off his military uniform and cloak and draped it on Rimbaud. Human mimicry couldn’t withstand the low temperature of sea ice, but all Rimbaud cared about was keeping Xiao Bai warm. He didn’t care at all about his hands and feet, which were about to go numb from the cold.
The lion cub caressed Rimbaud in dependence, sniffing the scent on Rimbaud’s chest with its eyes closed, and its two front paws instinctively pressed against Rimbaud’s chest. However, it wasn’t like Rimbaud was a lioness that could give him anything. The little guy whimpered in hunger.
Rimbaud quickly picked up a small fish and tried to feed it to the cub, but the smallest fish was still two to three times bigger than this little thing. Xiao Bai still hadn’t grown any teeth, so he couldn’t chew on it.
Luckily, Yan Yi had more experience, comforting Rimbaud, “You have to feed it goat milk, I’ll go find some for you.”
Rimbaud blankly raised his head, he could only see the omega’s gentle and concerned face in front of him.
Yan Yi lightly jumped, leaving the ice and landing on solid ground. He patted Li Wang on the shoulder. “Go find a box of goat milk for me, goat milk powder is also fine.”
Li Wang was already holding his breath when he saw that Eris didn’t break the marble, he didn’t expect that he even threw the Divine Envoy. It seemed that the quality of the pearl wrapped around the glass bead was actually an egg shell supporting the soul.
Li Wang could only slightly smile, making Black Panther, who was left behind in the office, go to the cafeteria to order goat milk.
He sensed Yan Yi’s gaze had another layer of calmness and deep hostility. Yan Yi had jumped up to the platform and fought with Eris just now, and he was too far to tell if they had talked or not, but he couldn’t help but wonder if Yan Yi knew something.
Li Wang calmly gripped the umbrella, his knuckles turning white.
Black Panther brought over a bottle of goat milk and a syringe in accordance with the order. As soon as he walked out of the prison door, he keenly saw Rimbaud on the ice with a newborn lion cub in his arms, and the warden forced to keep a gentleman’s smile.
He brought the items over to Yan Yi, turned around, and when he brushed past Li Wang, he snickered at him unnoticed.
Hearing this laugh that carried a hint of ridicule and delight, Li Wang shrugged his shoulders.
Rimbaud took the goat milk from Yan Yi and hesitantly looked at him. He drank a sip of the milk first, then poured it into the syringe to feed it to the little white lion.
“You can live on Greenfly Island first. Once Xiao Bai has grown a bit, you can take him back with you. There is both food and doctors on the island, and the rooms are warm. Do you think it’s too far? I can also have the South American branch president arrange a place for you in Honduras.” Yan Yi spoke with consideration, with the right sense of proportion.
Rimbaud licked his lips and drooped his golden eyelashes. “No need, you guys should go back.”
He stood up and jumped into the water headfirst. His legs combined and turned into a dazzling blue fishtail, and he held the lion cub as he plunged into the water.
The dark clouds in the sky cleared, and a ray of sunlight went through the clouds and shone off the sea surface. The frozen sea surface cracked on its own, and the large chunks of ice broke apart.
Yan Yi had people go clean up the shattered pieces of ice on the sea surface. After salvaging them up, the sea was a lot cleaner and clearer than before it was frozen. The water was glistening under the afternoon sun, and the shallow white sand was crystal clear.
The people who participated in the negotiation talk finally let out a sigh of relief. However, there were also people who weren’t satisfied, feeling that if they kept their stance too low in front of the sea clan leader, it would be a loss of human dignity.
“But he had never actually harmed us.” Yan Yi crouched down on one knee on the coast, picked up a dirty and sticky clump of solid seawater, and looked at the impurities inside it against the light, ignoring the clamor in his ears.
A rusty cola ring was condensed in the muddy solid chunk, recording things that have been deliberately forgotten like amber.
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When Rimbaud submerged into the water, he went into the water along with the spider silk package wrapped by his tail. He blew out a bubble and put the lion cub inside.
But even if there was a bubble to protect it, the temperature inside the water would still be cold. Rimbaud found a spider silk pocket and a pair of spider silk gloves, which was perfect for putting Xiao Bai inside with the gloves to pad the nest.
Golden Silk Spider’s silk was thick, dense and soft, which was great for keeping warm. The lion cub went into the glove in search of warmth, balled up into a little ball and fell asleep.
Rimbaud took him back to Merfolk Island in the Carribeans, and on the way, he took a goat from a farm ashore with them. He tied it on a sunken ship’s deck to use it to feed Xiao Bai.
Rimbaud hid in the sleeping chamber as soon as he returned. There was a gorgeous slanted giant clam bed inside. Half the clam bed was submerged in water, while the other half was sticking out the sea surface. The white lion cub slept on the dry side.
Half of Rimbaud’s body was soaked in the seawater, his arms resting on the seawater dividing line in the middle of the giant clam. He tilted his head and gently rubbed the little guy’s body with his fingers.
The lion cub flipped over, spreading out all four paws in the air while sleeping, and the pink pads faced Rimbaud.
“Ah…randi…” Rimbaud rested his head on a hand, bent his eyes and lightly touched one of the white lion cub’s paws. He couldn’t help but mumble to himself, “I give you talent, health, and looks.”
Blue stardust fell from the tip of Rimbaud fingers and melted into the white lion cub’s body as he caressed him.
He stared at the cub for so long that his dripping wet hair had already dried and he was too sleepy to open his eyes.
However, he was afraid that the little thing would fall into the water in the middle of the night, so he wrapped his arms around him. He kept staring at him until he unconsciously fell asleep.
In a trance, Rimbaud dreamed that the marble had shattered into pieces, leaving nothing but the vastness around him. He suddenly forgot his beloved and muddleheadly searched for thousands upon thousands of years.
In his dream, there was someone who hugged him from behind, kissed his nape and the side of his ear, and smiled softly in his ear. “I won’t allow God to forget me.”
Rimbaud woke up abruptly, and he drowsily froze for a while. A pool of irregularly shaped black pearls had accumulated on his cheek.
Aside from that, there was a furry and warm little body that was pressed softly against his cheek, clinging to him dependently.
The sparse fur on its body had become a fluffy snow white, it looked slightly bigger than before he fell asleep, and it looked less frail.
“Randi!” Xiao Bai’s growth speed made him pleasantly surprised that he lost his sleepiness.
Xiao Bai half opened his eyes, groaning and squirming on the clam. He smelled Rimbaud’s finger and started to work hard sucking on it.
Rimbaud fed the lion cub some goat milk, feeding him until its belly was full, then put him in the spider silk bag to keep him warm. He blew a bubble and hurriedly dived in with Xiao Bai.
The siren scale had returned to Rimbaud’s body, and the place where he swam happily was illuminated by blue light as bright as day. The water was instantly purified, and the clear colors radiated and spread around. The bubbles stirred by his fishtail turned into blue-light jellyfish, which floated slowly with Rimbaud. Behind him, swarms of sharks chased and devoured the jellyfish, competing for the Siren’s blessing.
Rimbaud landed in the Sea Anemone Valley. There were many merfolk babies swimming around, happily playing with sea anemones and hermit crabs with their little hands. The parents of the babies were watching their children from the edge. Some were mending aquatic bed sheets, and some were blowing bubbles to play with their children.
Rimbaud swam through them with Xiao Bai. Some of the merfolks quickly stood straight and greeted him. After Rimbaud swam by, he felt that everyone hadn’t seen clearly enough, so he went back the same way and swam back.
Finally, there were some merfolks that saw the little thing in the King’s embrace; it was a fluffy white ball with eyes as beautiful as sapphire, as well as pink paw pads, which made it inexplicably cute.
The merfolks surrounded Rimbaud and praised the strange small creature for being cute. The lion cub was not afraid, rolling over and exposing its belly. The merfolks were all amazed.
Rimbaud was satisfied, swimming off while holding Xiao Bai.
He swam to the grandpa blue whale’s territory and lifted Xiao Bai in front of the grandpa’s eyes. “Erbo (old man), quaun (queen)!”
The grandpa had bad vision and couldn’t see what kind of white thing was crawling in the bubble, but as long as Rimbaud liked it, the old man had no objections either.
The grandpa had a bad memory and forgot he had already given gifts. He roared and opened his big mouth, spitting out a treasure chest full of gemstones and cultural relics as a greeting gift.
Before morning had arrived, the meddling dolphins spread the news throughout the sea. The entire Merfolk Island heard that the king had a cute little furry white creature and was overjoyed.
After patrolling the territory for a day, Rimbaud was exhausted. He held Xiao Bai and sank into the trenches, then leaned against a dark cave.
The cave suddenly opened to the left like a curtain, and a golden eye opened. This towering cave was nothing more than a dragon’s eye, while the entire trench and ocean ridge was the body of a sea dragon.
Rimbaud was resting beside the eye, bending his fishtail to hold Xiao Bai, and serenely leaned on her.
“Ermo, boliea hong na sei (Grandma, I’m extremely satisfied).”
The sea dragon blinked her eyes, and some gold plankton floating in the water swarmed around Rimbaud, hugging and patting him in her place. The lion cub lay dumbfoundedly in the bubble and stared at the glowing creatures.
“Randi muna fei (He will miss his friends).” The hum of a whirlpool in the trench brought the sea dragon’s voice to Rimbaud’s ears.
Rimbaud lowered his eyes.
“En.”
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In early November, the climate on land returned to stability. Humanity had invested a lot of money in research and development of recycling and purification equipment. The global sea ice seal had almost been cleared.
The research ship was sailing at sea. Scientists were relentlessly pursuing the mystery of the solidified sea surface. They collected chunks samples from various regions for comparison and analysis. The last stop was Greenfly Island which wasn’t affected by the sea water solidification.
The sea surface was clear and serene, the crew on board were leisurely eating lunch while basking in the sun, and a photographer was taking pictures of the sea scenery. He was so immersed in taking photos that the film roll in his pocket accidentally fell out and rolled off the railing.
“Oh no!” The photographer hastily went over to the railing and looked in the sea, yet he discovered their research ship had been enveloped by a shadow; it was a considerably enormous mysterious living creature.
That shadow sped up, traveling quicker than the ship, then broke out of the water at the bow of the ship. It leapt out of the sea surface and drew a blue arc in the air.
It was a giant manta ray with a wingspan of more than ten meters. The body was a transparent light blue with pure white fish bones inside, very dream-like.
There was a white lion cub on top of the manta ray, and it looked to be only two months old. It stood on the top of the manta ray majestically and roared very ferociously.
The people were stupefied that they all forgot what they were supposed to do. They raised their head until their necks were aching but couldn’t bear to change their position.
A scientist suddenly reacted, shouting, “The deep sun!”
This was the name given by the marine research community to the merfolk leader, Rimbaud, because he was like the sun that travels under the sea, his radiance supplying the entire ocean.
The transparent manta ray transformed into human form in the air. Rimbaud lightly and elegantly landed, gracefully sitting on the railing of the research ship. The white lion cub crawled to his shoulder and naughtily stretched out a paw to hit the water splash.
The scientists cautiously stood from a safe distance, not daring to rashly approach and disturb such a harmonious and beautiful scene. The photographer’s hands shook in excitement and immediately took a shot of the scene.
Rimbaud was just tired from swimming mid-way, saw that this ship was also traveling more or less to where he was going,, so he caught a ride.
He took out Lu Yan’s phone from the waterproof spider silk pouch on his waist, reached his fishtail into the charging port, and discharged electricity to turn it on. He got ready to tell Lu Yan that he was going over.
The people watched in awe as the mysterious merfolk leader sat on the railing, gracefully pulled out the phone with a muscle bunny phone case over it, and skillfully dialed a phone number. They saw him hold the phone to his ear and he waited for the other person to pick up.
The scientists were in extreme amazement, shouting, “Amazing!!!”
RAWR! Fear me!
Thank You for the new chapter (๑˙❥˙๑)
Truly amazing 😭 I was kind of worried for Xiao Bai last chapter but it eases my heart to know that he’s alright. Thanks for the translation!!
That’s remind me the chapter in whinch Rimbaud came back to the sea clan to get his throne back. He was sitting on a rock with scientists around him who tried to communicate with him. Xiao Bai was watching TV and wanted to call Rimbaud and stopped because it would have been strangulation to see a merman answering the phone and now it happens ! 😄
*strange (and not “strangulation”, stupid corrector !) ^^