Merit Book·Xinghai

A stool that was only as high as a kettle, like a swimming pool security guard, was placed at one end of the table. Pea sat on it, resting her chin with her hands, frowning and looking at the chessboard on the table, thinking hard.

After a while, its eyes lit up, it jumped off the stool, picked up a black chess piece with both hands and walked to the board, looked left and right to measure the distance, put it down with a "snap", then turned around and crawled back to the board. to the stool.

Rong Yuan picked up a white chess piece, as if he didn't even think about it, he casually placed it on another place on the chessboard.Now Pea frowned again, looking at the chess game where the black and white pieces were sometimes entangled and sometimes scattered, and began to think for a long time.

Rong Yuan's eyes didn't fall on the chess game, most of the time, he was looking at Peas, with a faint smile on his mouth.

Peas are really much better these days and can stay awake most of the day.And since it awoke from its cocoon after decades of slumber, something wonderful has happened to it.In other words, it is more human-like.

In the past, Pea had very few expressions, and seldom expressed his likes and dislikes to the outside world. His tone of voice was more like a life than a robot. Even his voice was mechanical without emotional ups and downs. It will display kaomoji in its eyes to simulate various emotional expressions.

But now, it has started to have preferences and began to express its own opinions. Sometimes it will lie on its small deck chair and bask in the sun like a retired old man, and sometimes it will play some meaningless recreational games.

It's like Go.

In the past, Rong Yuan would never play chess with Wandou, because there is an optical brain in Wandou's mustard space, and it will use the optical brain to assist in this kind of chess game without hesitation, and beat Rong Yuan every minute. One hundred times.Instead of only relying on herself like now, Pea, as a beginner, has to think carefully about every move for a long time before letting it go with apprehension. Although she always loses, she can truly experience the fun of playing chess.

Halfway through the game, Alpha came in.

"Master, Master Pea."

Like a human butler, it first greeted the two of them, put down a cup of steaming black tea and a few plates of snacks in Rongyuan's hands, and then put mini refreshments on the small table next to Pea, before saying: " Rasini's whereabouts have been found."

"En." Rong Yuan responded without saying anything.

On the contrary, Pea's eyes lit up, as if she was finally able to get rid of the doomed chess game. It shook its feet, picked up a piece of pastry slightly larger than Soybean, and looked at Alpha expectantly while gnawing on it.

Alpha beckoned, a fly flew in from the window and stopped in the air, a beam of light was projected above the table, forming a projection of Rasini and several people around it, the picture is real and there is almost no sign of projection , as if these people had shrunk ten times and appeared in front of them.

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"Your Highness...Your Highness?" Rasini said with a look of astonishment.

The half-man, half-horse Rotstein sighed a long time, "It's really sad! The descendants of the king's family don't even know their own identities?"

"Is this the centaur in Greek mythology on Earth?" Pea looked at Rotstein in the projection and asked in a low voice.

"No, this is the local race of Zhongwu Star, or in other words, it is a phenomenon of incomplete mutation." Rong Yuan said, "There was an explosion of life on Zhongwu Star more than 2000 years ago, and many beasts began to grow towards wisdom almost at the same time. Biological evolution, and some of them have gradually lost the characteristics of beasts in appearance, and began to evolve into the human form that walks upright. Some have relatively complete evolution, such as demihumans such as the moon wolf tribe; there are also people who have made great progress in wisdom, but the biological form basically has no Variations, such as beasts like Lasini. But most of them are half-human and half-beast, with the characteristics of both sides, that is, human. But like this, half is almost the same as human beings, and half is completely beastly , In fact, it is very rare, no matter who you look at, it will be considered a deformity."

When Rong Yuan was speaking, the projection paused, and the playback continued after he finished speaking.

Rotstein said to Rassini who was full of surprise: "You are a descendant of the clan of kings who once ruled this land - Thunder Beast, and there are extremely rare signs of atavistic pure blood on your body. Although The blood of your parents has been mixed with the blood of many other races for a long time, resulting in great differences between you brothers and sisters in appearance, but you——you are the most special! Your blood is extremely pure, It is very close to the real thunder beast in ancient times, so you can control thunder and lightning! In your situation, if you were placed 300 years ago, you would be the best choice for the heir to the throne!"

Rasini's expression vividly explained what it means to be dumbfounded.

Rotstein looked at him lovingly, and said, "I can understand that you find it hard to accept it now, and you don't even want to believe me. After all..." He stroked Rasini's head and said with a bit of sadness: " The glory is gone. The environment you used to live in does not allow you to have such illusions. Because of this, your parents should have never mentioned your true identity to you, right?"

Rasini shook his head blankly, full of doubts in his heart.

——Could it be...he really... No, no, how is this possible?He has never heard of such a thing... However, he realized that there is indeed no second person in the foreign race with his ability, and he has never even heard of it... But his parents are ordinary people, how could he Feeling a little like a descendant of the royal family?Usually, I don't think they are hiding any secrets...but...these people don't need to use such lies to deceive him!He has nothing at all, and is not worth the effort of others... This old man's attitude...doesn't look like a liar... What's more, they assassinated Ka Yin when they were rescuing him... By the way, Ka Yin!

Rassini struggled immediately, and Rotstein hurriedly held him down, and said, "Son, your injuries are still serious, so you can't move around casually. Calm down, kid! Calm down."

"What's wrong with you? Do you want to go to the toilet?" A doctor in a white uniform next to him asked with concern.

"Me, my mother...my family..." Lasini said hurriedly, his movements affected the wound, and he gasped in pain, but he was still too anxious to lie down peacefully as they said.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his words fell, the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at each other, looking at him with some embarrassment and pity.

A bad premonition arose in Rasini's heart. He looked at the people around him, looking for answers on their faces.He stared at Rotstein, his lips trembling slightly: "They... Did something happen to them? Tell me! Tell me!"

With a long sigh, Rotstein took out a photo from his clothes and handed it to Rasini face down.Lassini took it with trembling hands, not daring to turn over and take a look for a long time.

Rotstein said: "Son, I'm sorry... Our people... Our people went too late... The incident happened suddenly, we had to rescue you first, and when I arrived at your house, it was already..."

Lassini's tears rolled down in big ones, and he finally turned over the photo.

On the familiar street, the narrow and dilapidated house that sheltered him and brought him countless joys has become a charred ruin, but charred limbs can still be seen among the furniture and wood .

His eyes widened suddenly, and then he passed out.

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After the projection was over, the light beam converged and disappeared, and the fly flew out again.

"That centaur lied! Aren't Rasini's family all fine on our spaceship?" Pea said with a puffy face, and then said, "That guy Rasini is really stupid!"

"No, from that Mr. Rotstein's point of view, he didn't lie, that's what they saw." Alpha said: "Mr. The dead body is actually the masterpiece of Master Lin Qingge, in order to provide time for the transfer of Mrs. Dana and others. Now the Tulip officials have found that the dead bodies are all fake, and it is not accidental that Mr. Rasini and His Royal Highness Cain are in conflict. Vigorously pursue the whereabouts of Mrs. Dana and the others. In addition, based on the information gathering capabilities of Mr. Rotstein's rebel army, I think they should not have obtained this information."

"Oh..." Pea thought for a while, and then asked Rong Yuan: "Then...he said that Lasini is the descendant of the Thunder Beast from the King's Clan 300 years ago, is it true?"

"300 years ago..." Rong Yuan thought back for a while, before his mind was swallowed by the vortex of the past again, he came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "Do you know the fairy tale that Zhong Wuxing passed down——The Emperor's Legend?"

"Emperor's Biography?" Pea has never heard of it, but it quickly invaded the wireless network with its optical brain. Although the story of "Emperor's Biography" has long been listed as a banned book, and there is almost no trace of it on the Internet, these But peas are not difficult.It quickly turned out the original text, skimmed through it quickly, and asked: "Well, I know now. Then?"

"There's a cow in the story, right?"

"Oh, here." Pea blinked, and turned the book again in her optical brain: "After being rejected by the fox, the god met the cow again. He begged the cow for help, but the tall and strong cow Said in a low voice: 'Get out! Dirty human beings, if you dare to step into my house, I will use the horns on your head to make a hole in your body!' Is this the cow? This refers to the thunder beast?"

Rong Yuan nodded approvingly, and said: "That's right, this is the Thunder Beast. But at that time, there were countless tribes on Zhongwu Planet, and most of them ruled on one side of the land and did not belong to each other. .However, the Thunderbeast tribe on land is the largest, the strongest, and occupies the most fertile land. It was one of the four strongest tribes at that time. Lasini did have the blood of Thunderbeasts, but since then The Ultralisks are still far behind."

Rong Yuan couldn't help recalling the scene when he first saw Thunder Beast, of course there was no such frivolous thing as begging or threatening, they met on the battlefield.What he saw was Shuo Sendo, the eldest son of the Thunder Beast King at that time, who was known as the God of War who was invincible and invincible, and was known as the strongest creature on the ground.Rong Yuan remembered that Senduo's body was like a hill, surrounded by thunder and lightning, and black clouds were always around him. The lightning gathered on the corners of his head was so strong that people couldn't look directly at his face. Every word he uttered was accompanied by There was a deafening thunder, like a god's roar from above the clouds.

At that time, Rong Yuan faced this terrifying beast alone. He was so small in front of the opponent that it seemed that the opponent could crush him with one toe. No one believed that he could win.People at that time did not regard Rong Yuan as a god. In their eyes, existences like Senduo were representatives of gods walking in the world.Countless human soldiers were so frightened behind him that they couldn't even pick up their weapons. Many of them even peed their pants or fainted.The bravest soldiers mustered up the courage to fire at Sendo, but the shells were detonated by lightning far away from him, and even the ones that managed to get close only burned his thick fur-it was almost like using Life plays a funny drama.

There is no suspense in this kind of war, the only variable is—Compared with Sendo who just instinctively arouses the lightning in the air and clouds, Rong Yuan is the one who really understands the essence of thunder and makes it feel like his arms .

So in the end, the Thunder Beast, which had been strong for thousands of years, was defeated or even almost extinct, and the originally weak human beings actually won the victory and ruled this land.

Looking back now, Rong Yuan actually felt a little regretful.Sendo did not give up fighting until the last moment. Ben was a respectable opponent, and Thunder Beast was not a villain.It's just a race war, both sides are trying to survive, there is no right or wrong.It's a pity that there were not many people remembering the once powerful race.That Rotstein may have learned from some ancient documents or legends that the Thunder Beast can manipulate lightning, so he regarded Rasini, whose blood was already very sparse, as the real Thunder Beast.

After Rong Yuan was silent for a while, Wan Dou anxiously shook his finger and asked, "The four strongest tribes? What else are there besides Thunder Beast? What are the other three?"

"Oh." Rong Yuan thought for a while, and said, "It's the elephant, shark and vulture in the story. Of course, this is just a reflection, and they don't actually have that name."

"Aren't there still lions? Don't lions count?" asked Pea.

"No, the lions are just used by the story writers to make up the numbers. The lions in the past are similar to the lions now, and they are not a big threat to human soldiers with weapons."

"Then tell me, what's so special about those three tribes?"

"Well, they..."