69novels Chapter 187 Since We're Here
Chapter 187 Since We're Here
Chapter 187 Since We're Here
Outside the airship, Maro and Sora ignored the three ants and stared only in the direction Su Wu had left. The three ants, in turn, ignored Maro and Sora and stood there, seemingly lost in thought.
However, the reasons for ignoring each other are different.
Maro and Sora ignored them because... they rejected the three extra outsiders.
The three guards ignored the man and the tiger because they thought the man was too weak to be worth their attention.
For these two different reasons, the two sides maintained a delicate balance.
If one side provokes first, this fragile balance will be broken.
As Maro and Sora eagerly awaited, the white-haired figure finally appeared on the horizon.
Compared to when he left, he had changed his clothes again, now wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, sweatpants, and sneakers.
The clothes I was wearing before were all burned.
"You guys seem to get along quite well," Su Wu said, praising a few people as if she were lying after landing.
I don't know how he could see harmony in such a tense atmosphere.
"You're right," Maro echoed, as if he had no capacity for independent thought.
"I..." Su Wu raised her eyebrows, about to say something, but her face suddenly turned cold.
[Didi Didi——]
A piercing, high-pitched alarm sounded in his mind.
Why did the system suddenly go crazy?
"What's wrong with you?" Su Wu asked in her mind.
[Host, you captured the Ant King?] The system's mechanical voice seemed to have taken on a human quality.
"Is there a problem?" Su Wu asked in return.
Nobody said he couldn't arrest them. He just happened to have a prison gate guard, and he just happened to want to do it. It was perfect.
Otherwise, what's the point of the prison gate? To arrest him?
Although that was indeed his initial plan...
[A change in the world's storyline has been detected; subsequent world exploration will be halted.]
"What does this have to do with the world exploration level?" Su Wu asked slowly.
Huh? Isn't it story exploration instead of world exploration?
No wonder his exploration progress only increased by 0.1 each time he traveled to so many places.
[The world is undergoing significant changes. The system will accelerate energy collection. Please be prepared to escape this world at any time.]
Wait a minute? Why is he suddenly being told to prepare to escape this world? What's wrong with this world? Is it that dangerous?
Su Wu watched as the energy progress bar in the corner of the panel, symbolizing another journey, instantly filled to eighty percent.
The speed then slowed down.
He hasn't even been to the Dark Continent yet, so please don't let him travel through time again so soon.
"Quick, let's go." Su Wu immediately boarded the airship.
The others didn't know why his attitude had become so urgent, but they could only follow behind him.
"Where are we going this time, sir?" Maro asked.
"Fly towards the sea, fly all the way to the end, probably," Su Wu said slowly.
He didn't know how to get to that dark continent, but throughout history, the discovery of new continents had always been achieved by crossing the sea.
In short, as long as we keep flying over the sea, we should be able to find it...?
The Dark Continent and the New Continent should be similar to each other?
"Airships probably can't handle such a distance," Maro replied in a low voice.
Oh……
That airship is really trash.
"Do we have a boat? A boat will do." The white-haired boy's tone was flat, revealing neither dissatisfaction nor anything else.
"Yes, but it will take some time..." Maro whispered.
He wasn't sure if the adults had the patience to wait for the boat to arrive.
"Then tell them to hurry up," Su Wu said impatiently.
Since we're already here, it would feel like a wasted trip if we didn't go to the Dark Continent.
"I understand," Maro nodded.
"Where are you taking the king?" Owlapf, who had been silently observing the situation, couldn't help but ask.
Why is he suddenly acting so urgently? Where is he taking Wang?
"For you... it should be going back to your hometown, right?" Su Wu's eyes slowly rolled around before finally landing on Xiao Yapu's face.
He doesn't know how to get to the Dark Continent, but these Chimera Ants should know how to get back to their happy home, right?
"Do you know how to get to the Dark Continent?" Su Wu asked leisurely.
"..." The three ants looked at each other, then gave the same answer: "Where is that?"
"...Shouldn't you have some kind of inherited memories or something?" Su Wu asked, sounding deceived.
"Oh, you're not purebred chimera ants. It's normal for hybrids to have no memory... Maybe the queen is the only ant who knows, but that one is already dead..."
"As for the two siblings..." They ran away after the Ant King was captured.
It seemed like they were worried about getting caught too.
Although the prison gates can only arrest one person, they don't need to worry about that, but they don't know that.
"If I have time..." Su Wu turned her head and glanced at the white tiger.
This guy has some memory, but it's incomplete.
In short, no one knows how to get to the Dark Continent; you still have to rely on yourself.
"It's where the Queen came from..." Neferpitou seemed to realize something, and his pupils sharpened.
"You're going to such a dangerous place?" Xiao Yapufu seemed to have thought of something, and his face seemed to be filled with fear.
It doesn't seem like they don't know about the Dark Continent... Oh, because the Dark Continent is what humans call that unknown continent, right?
Just like the so-called New World... the indigenous people wouldn't call the continent they live on the New World, would they?
"That's why I wanted to go see it, it's because it's dangerous..." Su Wu pouted.
He has a bit of a reckless streak; he likes to go to exciting and dangerous places, while he finds safe places too peaceful and uninteresting.
"All we know is... the Queen said it's dangerous there..." Neferpitou's eyes were fixed on the white tiger's swaying tail.
Its own tail was swaying back and forth.
"Useless indeed." Su Wu expressed her contempt for the three ants that could not offer her any help.
"It seems that many creatures stronger than the Chimera Ant race live there..." Xiao Yapuf recalled.
Although the Queen was mostly half-dead, seemingly barely breathing, she would occasionally chat with them when she was in a better state.
For example... tell them that the two siblings are from the same place as her, and not to have too much contact with them.
Because the two of them are beings of a higher racial level than the Chimera.
"Can your race now also be called Chimera Ants? What were the previous racial rankings based on? That's strange." Su Wu stroked her chin thoughtfully.
The Chimera Ant is so strong now, it seems, because it ate humans and gained the ability to use Nen.
Can the Chimera Ants living on the Dark Continent use Nen? Probably not, right? Then their strength must be just so-so, so it's easy to understand why they're at a lower level.
But if Chimera ants can produce whatever they eat... no, they can't eat anything stronger than themselves. If all they eat are weaklings, then it's really not of much help.
"This..." Xiao Yapu couldn't answer this question.
They do have human memories, fragmented, inconspicuous details. Not only them, but all chimera ants have some human memories to varying degrees, and the behavior of some ants is actually influenced by the human memories in their minds.
"Maybe there really are demons over there..." Su Wu suddenly thought of some rumors and said thoughtfully.
For example, some of the monsters we encountered before said they were cursed by the Demon King.
Some people, seeing his tattoos, even asked him if he was cursed by a demon.
Su Wu couldn't answer this question and suggested asking Su Nuo if the other person was cursed.
"Sir, the ship will meet us at the port of East Godot in three days," the blond youth reported back with his mobile phone.
Gangs are quite efficient; having a butler from a gang background certainly makes things much easier.
I've decided. After returning to the Cursed World, I'll find a housekeeper who is both a good cook and sensible.
We absolutely cannot lose in terms of prestige to Su Nuo!
Three days later, at the port.
Su Wu and her group stood on the side waiting; apart from them, there was no one else in the port.
At this moment, the entire country of East Godot is still in a period of chaos. Citizens are either in hospitals, on their way to hospitals, or already buried in the ground.
A three-story, brand-new luxury ship docked in front of Su Wu and the others.
"This is Pelissa's private boat, which was just serviced a week ago..." Maro said proudly from the side.
The private boat might only be used once a year, and the entire Pelish family would spend a month at sea on it.
Maro had several brothers and sisters who died at sea because of this.
"Not bad." Su Wu boarded the ship without paying much attention.
Luxury yachts are just so-so; you get tired of them after a while.
Some casinos occasionally hold events on yachts, and his dad always liked to sneak off to gamble.
As for why he always took Su Wu with him when he went out, it was to cover his tracks and tell his family that he was taking him on a trip.
Who would have thought there was such a crazy guy who took his kindergarten-aged son to nightclubs and casinos?
Su Wu has been using these leverages to make money off his father since he was a child.
To get his cooperation, you have to pay him; to keep him from telling his family, you have to pay him; to keep him quiet and alone in these situations, you still have to pay him.
His ability to achieve financial freedom at such a young age is largely due to his father's support.
The ship is fully equipped with a swimming pool, restaurant, entertainment room, gym, and medical room.
It's just very slow.
Su Wu was so slow that she gave the white tiger, who was resting nearby, a look.
"...?" Kong stared wide-eyed at the ship, then at himself, his head full of question marks.
Do we really have to do this?
"Go quickly," Su Wu urged.
"Ouch!" Kong Wei cried out cautiously, feeling wronged, and began to manipulate the wind to accelerate the ship while lying on the deck.
"You two..." Su Wu stared at Xiao Yapufu and Youpi for a long time.
Both of them have wings, can fly, and have nothing better to do.
"Can't you guys find something to do? You're so clueless, even the Ant King would shake his head at you." Su Wu muttered as she pulled out three thick, long hemp ropes.
One end of the rope was tied to the bow of the boat, and the other end was tied to Xiao Yapufu and Youpi.
After they got tired, the two of them would take over pulling the boat.
The two guards initially wanted to refuse, but Su Wu pulled out the prison gate and tossed it up and down, saying, "If I throw it into the sea, you'll never see the king again."
The guards could only bow their heads, grit their teeth, and serve him like slaves.
"And what about me? What am I supposed to do, meow?" Neferpitou pointed to his nose and squatted down to ask, quite proactively.
"Come here." Su Wu sat on a deck chair on the deck, wearing sunglasses, and waved to Neferpitou.
Neferpitou darted to his side and squatted down on either side of Kong.
"You can just squat here." Su Wu snapped her fingers.
After all, Neferpitou can't fly, so currently, besides being cute, it's not very useful.
"Catching a fish once in a while is fine too," Su Wu added.
"Catching fish?" Neferpitou's eyes darted around.
I haven't played it before, but I can give it a try.
She couldn't sit still any longer. She summoned her power and, through the tail connected to it, hung herself on the surface of the sea, stretching out her hands to start catching fish.
"She's really easy to distract herself." Su Wu glanced at her and then stopped paying attention.
Maro stood silently in the spot where Neferpitou had been squatting, holding a tray in one hand, radiating malice that was almost as strong as an ant.
Two winged ants worked like laborers, while Su Wu, Maro, and Kong's combination was like a villainous rich kid with his henchmen and pets.
Occasionally letting your pets out to scare people makes you seem more like a villain.
The journey to the Dark Continent is incredibly boring. After seeing the sea and sky blend together for a while, people start to confuse the concepts of sky and sea. As a result, ordinary sailors often dislike life on land, and their walking posture will also differ from that of ordinary people.
There were many uninhabited islands along the way, but none of them were the Dark Continent that Su Wu wanted to go to.
Although he didn't know what the Dark Continent was like, his intuition told him it wasn't.
During this period, the Hunter Association also sent him a message, saying that someone from V5 wanted to see him.
Su Wu hung up the association's call without hesitation, ignoring it completely.
Later, a guy claiming to be a prince of the Kakin Empire tried to order him to do things for him, but Su Wu hung up the phone without saying a word.
A mere prince, divine gold.
Even a nuclear bomb can't kill me, so why would I waste my breath talking to you? If you're so capable, go to Kakin and then use a nuclear bomb to wipe me out, okay? While you're at it, destroy your own country too.
Let's come back after we've ruled the world and become the king of the only country.
"My lord, we've investigated. V5 and Kakin somehow got wind of this and now believe that you killed the Ant King and subdued his three guards..." Maro made several phone calls on his phone to finally find out the reason and hurriedly reported back to his superior.
Although in his heart, these were all true words, and the adult was the greatest contributor!
"...The Ant King is still alive and well." Su Wu curled the corners of her mouth. "These three weren't subdued by me either."
"So, who exactly exposed me?"
Who leaked the information? Netero? Surely the old man wouldn't tell them everything, would he?
The other members of the association? Mo Laowu and his group? They don't seem like imperial lackeys...
The problem is that it leaks air, so why spread rumors?
Now he's being touted as an unparalleled powerhouse who could punch the Ant King and kick Netero? If he were really that strong, that would be one thing...
The key is that he doesn't have it! At the moment, it's a draw.
Not long ago, he was brutally beaten by Netero, who had been buffed up...
"We can't find out who leaked the information." Maro shook his head.
"Never mind." Su Wu sighed and casually tossed her phone into the sea.
I'll replace it sooner or later anyway, and I don't need a phone anymore right now.
I don't even know when he'll leave. When he's gone, I don't care what they say.
(End of this chapter)