Chapter 734: Earth's Core and Stone Marrow Realm
Chapter 734: Earth's Core and Stone Marrow Realm
"Zi~"
Ok?
When he was halfway through his sleep, he suddenly heard a familiar noise in his ears, which vaguely sounded like the sound of obtaining a badge. Leon woke up instinctively from his sleep. However, even after he sat up straight and took off his blindfold, he still did not see the prompt for obtaining a new badge.
That's strange, if it's not a badge, then what is it?
After glancing at the dark sky outside the window and the dim night lights inside the airship, Leon couldn't help but frown slightly and began to wonder if he had just heard something. However...
"Zi~"
Leon looked in the direction of the subtle noise and discovered that the clothes on the chest of the female cleaner bulged a little in a very strange way.
? ! ! !
No... What does this mean? Do you have something to tell me?
"Well……"
As if she sensed the movement in front of her, the female cleaner who was sleeping with a blanket covering her and drooling beside her hummed vaguely twice, and then, under Leon's speechless gaze, she reached into her arms and groped around twice, and took out a small mirror with a round back.
"Uncle grandpa?"
After rubbing her sleepy eyes, the half-asleep female cleaner looked at Director Aquarius in the small mirror and asked with a somewhat straight gaze:
"What... Huh... What happened? Why are you looking for me so late?"
"Merry! Wake up!"
After taking a look at the female cleaner who was curled up in the chair and was obviously a little dazed, Director Aquarius in the mirror couldn't help but frowned, and then said in a serious tone:
"There is something unusual happening underground in Rehe City!"
? !
After hearing what Director Aquarius said, Leon's eyes narrowed instantly, while the female cleaner's eyes suddenly widened. She threw away the blanket on her body and sat up, grabbing the small mirror and asked:
"Uncle Grandpa? What happened underground in Rehe City? Are you in danger?"
"What dangers could I encounter?"
Seeing his niece's anxious look, Director Aquarius in the mirror relaxed his expression, and then replied in a gentle voice:
"Although I am old, I am still the director of the Huangdao Branch. What kind of danger can happen in my own territory?"
"..."
Indeed, Rehe City is within the blessing range of the Aquarius Star Palace. If Uncle goes all out, there will be basically no way for those below the Pillar God to do anything to him, so there is no need to worry too much about his safety.
After taking stock of the current situation, the female cleaner couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, looking at the steaming underground hot river in the mirror and the slightly hunched back of Director Aquarius in the small mirror, she soon couldn't help but worry again:
"Uncle, didn't the General Administration inform us that there is a molten channel leading to the center of the earth in the Rehe River under our Rehe City? If the survivors of the center of the earth pass through the stone..."
"Wait a moment."
After interrupting the female cleaner, Leon grabbed her hand and turned the small mirror over to face himself. Then he stared at Director Aquarius inside and said with narrowed eyes:
"Chief Balto, my name is Leon, Leon Ryan."
"Oh oh, I know you!"
After taking a look at Leon's appearance through the steamy mirror, his figure was covered by the thick mist of the underground hot river, and the Aquarius director smiled and said, "The figure is a little blurry.
"Meili has been spoiled by her family since she was young. Plus, I have too many things to do and don't have much time to teach her. Now she can't walk when she sees something delicious... Hehe, I guess she has caused you a lot of trouble these days, right?"
"Uncle Grandpa!"
Unexpectedly, Director Aquarius actually exposed her secrets in front of her. The female cleaner blushed and then couldn't help but complain:
"Don't talk nonsense! I'm very ladylike after I've eaten!"
"..."
After hearing her words, Director Aquarius in the small mirror couldn't help but hiss, and Leon, who was full of suspicion outside the mirror, couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
This is not a lie. After all, when you eat too much, the [Calm] blood in your body will take over, and your demeanor is indeed very ladylike... But with your terrifying appetite of three hundred per head, how many times can you eat enough in a year? "Sir Barto!"
After taking two deep breaths and resisting the urge to complain, Leon looked at the small mirror in front of him filled with steam and asked in a deep voice:
"There's too much moisture over there, I can't see you clearly, so if it's convenient, could you please wipe the mirror over there?"
"Ok?"
After hearing Leon's request, Director Aquarius was startled for a moment, then reacted. He rubbed the blurry mirror with his sleeves that were wet by the steam, and then said apologetically:
"Before sharing such important information, I should have confirmed your identity first... Hehe, I'm old now, and I didn't expect this. Plus, I saw you clearly from my side, so I didn't think of wiping you. I'm really sorry."
Although the mirror still looked a little blurry after being wiped, it was much better than the situation just now when the figure was hazy and could only be barely confirmed to be a human being.
After carefully examining Director Aquarius's attire and appearance through the cleaning lady's small mirror and not finding any major problems, Leon couldn't help but feel relieved. He then nodded and apologized:
"You're too polite. I should be the one to say sorry. I was a little too concerned just now."
"No, no, it's right to be cautious!"
Director Aquarius in the small mirror seemed to appreciate Leon's actions and praised him with a smile:
“If you want to be a good cleaner, you can’t just have talent, you also have to learn to use your brain and be cautious in doing things.
Although little Meili is extremely talented and has reached the level of a third-level cleaner when she was only five or six years old, she is seriously lacking in this aspect, so I have never dared to let her do any tasks..."
"Uncle Grandpa!"
"Okay, okay, I won't say any more!
Sigh... you are such a stubborn kid! You were so stubborn when you were little. I told you that scented candles can’t be eaten, but you insisted that if they smell sweet, they must taste sweet, and then you forcibly opened the candlestick and took out the candle inside..."
"Ouch! You still said that?!"
"Ah? You can't even talk about this?"
"Of course not!!!"
……
Maybe I'm overthinking...right?
Looking at the blue-haired old man in the mirror who had offended Mary because of his careless words and had to coax her in return, Leon's doubts were slightly relieved.
When the female cleaner was completely annoyed, pouted and stopped talking, staring at the small mirror intently, Leon temporarily put aside his suspicion, looked at the blue-haired old man in the mirror, and directly reminded him:
"Mr. Barto, isn't it time for you to talk about the problem of underground hot rivers?"
"Oh, sorry. When people get old, they always like to talk about the past."
After laughing a little, Director Aquarius in the mirror looked a little serious, and then said:
“What I want to inform you is actually similar to what the General Administration wants to inform you.
I discovered that there is a molten channel leading to the center of the earth hidden in the underground hot river of Rehe City. I'm afraid that the King Slayer Society has found this molten channel before us. They seem to be preparing to pass through this molten channel to the Stone Marrow Realm at the center of the earth!"
(End of this chapter)