Chapter 133: Yagubaru, Strange Tales (asking for monthly tickets)

[Main Mission 2 (Phase 2): Protect the third prince "Cesare" from the assassination of the first and second princes, and ensure that the third prince survives until August 1.]

Ji Minghuan glanced at the black and blue text on the panel and immediately raised his round shark tail.

In the crystal ball, Shark thought in his heart: "It seems that what Li Qingping said is true. The two brothers of the third prince want to kill him, but why would such a harmless and useless kid be targeted? Are they fighting for the throne?"

It shook its head and soon stopped thinking about the question: "Anyway, I'll understand it later."

Ji Minghuan lowered his eyes and called up the character panel of the third machine "Agubaru".

[Character name: Yagubaru (ultra-small form) (Different forms of Yagubaru have different attributes)]

"I see..." Ji Minghuan suddenly realized, "I was wondering why a 100-meter-long shark only has D-level strength. It's really unbelievably low. It turns out that it's because its body has been miniaturized."

【Role type: Fantastic Beasts】

[Current nickname: None (too little known in the real world, not yet prominent)]

[Age of character: ? ? ? years old]

【Role Gender: Male】

[Basic attributes: Strength: D level; Speed: D level; Spirit: S level]

[Currently held event cards: 0]

[Current attribute points: 1]

[Current skill points: 1]

[The number of oddity fragments currently devoured: 0]

[Special Tip: When the Eternal Abyss Shark changes to "Medium Size", its Strength attribute increases and its Speed ​​attribute rises;

When changing to "Large Size", the Strength attribute continues to increase, while the Speed ​​attribute decreases;

When changing to "super large size", the strength attribute is increased to the "peak" and the speed attribute is reduced to the "lowest point". 】

As his blue eyes scanned the introduction to the rules on the panel, Ji Minghuan immediately began to daydream.

"So when this shark reaches its maximum size, to what extent will its strength attribute increase? Even if it is bloated, it should at least be A-level, right?"

"Could it be that... I didn't need to add any points to it from the beginning? From its S-level spiritual attributes, we can tell that the shark's attributes must be quite high."

Although he thought so, he still honestly allocated his only attribute to "strength".

[Unit 3 "Agubaru"'s "Strength" attribute changes from D rank to D+ rank (↑1 point)]

After allocating the attribute points at hand, Ji Minghuan turned to call up the shark's skill tree.

[Branch 1 (Emperor): Fang of Darkness (to be learned) (1 skill point) → ... (unlocked after learning the previous skill)]

[Branch 2 (Sea): Undercurrent (to be learned) (1 skill point) → ... (unlocked after learning the previous skill)]

“There are only two branches?”

Ji Minghuan muttered in slight surprise, and then took a look at the text descriptions of the two skills respectively.

[Dark Fang: For a short period of time, your sharp teeth are endowed with the dark energy of "devouring elements".]

[Undercurrent: Gain the power to control the "dark water current", allowing you to fly in mid-air, greatly improving your flexibility. ]

"No matter how you look at it, it should learn this 'undercurrent surge' first, right? Otherwise, in a place without water, this shark will just be able to crawl on the ground like a maggot, right?"

Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan swung the shark's tail on the "Undercurrent" text icon with a "snap" sound and pressed it for a long time.

Then, the text reflected in the shark's pupils changed from dim to bright, and finally blossomed into a black and blue color, and a prompt box popped up in the center of the color.

[1 skill point has been consumed, and the skill of the branch "Sea" - "Undercurrent" has been successfully acquired. ]

[The next skill of the branch "Sea" has been opened for learning. 】

"What are the new skills?" Ji Minghuan took a curious look at the new skills of the branch.

[Branch 2 (Sea): Undercurrent (already learned) → Tsunami (end of branch) (Learning this skill requires "3" skill points)]

"No way... we've reached the 'end of the branch' already? Do we have to be so simple and crude?"

Ji Minghuan was stunned, then tilted his shark head and muttered to himself.

He felt like his eyes were about to be blinded by the words "branch end point".

The skill tree of Unit 3 is completely different from the first two characters. In comparison, the skill trees of "Black Pupa" and "Chess Player" that are like the Great Wall seem a bit funny. After coming to his senses, he couldn't help but sigh:

"Could it be that... this is the legendary numerical monster?"

Ji Minghuan quickly accepted the simple and crude skill mechanism and turned to activate the "exclusive training system" of the No. 3 machine.

[The exclusive training system for this character is——"Qiwen Taotie System". 】

The core rules of the "Qiwen Taotie System" are:

1. The more strange fragments you swallow, the bigger your body will become.

2. When you devour "generational" and above anecdotes, you will awaken new powers. 】

[This training system does not have any training tasks. ]

"No training tasks?" Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows.

He thought for a moment, "But from another perspective, no matter how many oddity fragments it swallows, it will have real-time feedback of 'increasing size', and if it swallows fragments of generational level or higher, it will be able to awaken special powers... From this point of view, the upper limit of this shark may be higher than the other two characters?"

"If you can swallow a 'mythical' wonder, wouldn't you be able to fly directly into the sky?"

"But this thing is too hard to find. Currently, all the known fragments of mythical anecdotes in the world are concentrated in the Salvation Society. The only one I know of is 'The Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong'."

After thoroughly understanding the mechanism of Unit 3, Ji Minghuan quickly figured out that the most urgent task for this unit was to let the shark swallow more strange fragments and try to grow its main body to a length of more than 200 meters.

Finally...swallow the legendary whale in one gulp.

After eating the legendary whale, this shark's growth potential would have been almost exhausted.

Ji Minghuan used the shark tail to turn off all the panels reflected in his pupils, and then tested the "undercurrent" effect in the crystal ball.

The next moment, a dark blue current suddenly appeared around the shark, dragging its body at high speed in the crystal ball, stirring the sea water in the crystal ball upside down.

But at this moment, it heard footsteps coming from outside the bedroom. It should be the third prince coming back.

So Ji Minghuan turned off the skill in time, lying in the crystal ball and looking at the bedroom entrance quietly.

César walked in dejectedly, the crown on his head tilted and about to fall off.

"Where is the 'Li Qingping' you mentioned?" Shark asked when he came closer.

Xizel sighed: "Li Qingping said that he and the second prince encountered some troubles when they went to Tokyo to attend the auction. He must report these things to his father first before he can come to meet me. I don’t know how long it will take…"

"What's the big deal?" Shark said nonchalantly, "We'll see him later."

César picked up the crystal ball, lay on the bed, and stared at the little shark in a daze.

"In fact, I also want to leave here and see the outside world like my second brother."

"There will be opportunities later."

"Really?" Cesar asked softly.

"certainly."

The shark snorted confidently and thought to himself, "Wait until I swallow the legendary whale, you will have to see the outside world even if you don't want to. Are you happy?"

A brief silence fell between the two of them, and Cesar seemed not to want to speak.

"You look a lot like a friend of mine." The shark in the crystal ball suddenly said.

"Why?" Cesar tilted his head, "Could it be that your friend also has albinism?"

"yes."

"Albinism is very troublesome. When the sun is strong, I can't open my eyes wide." Xizel puffed his cheeks and muttered.

"It's okay, I can be your eyes."

Shark's eyes were burning and his tone was so sincere, as if he had read "Three Days to See" a hundred times overnight.

"Yagubaru...you talk as if I'm blind." Xizel was puzzled.

"Oh, then I won't be your eyes anymore."

As they chatted, Ji Minghuan suddenly recalled Lan Duoduo who died violently at the auction. So he controlled the shark and asked, "By the way... if a strange story user dies, will the strange story fragments in his strange story album disappear? If not... where did these fragments go?"

Cesar explained: "The textbook mentioned this: if it is a generational wonder, it will stay where it is, and other levels of wonders will return to nature."

"I understand... Can you take me outside to have a look?" asked the shark, thinking to himself, let me see how big an area I'm going to eat next.

"Of course, come with me!"

After saying that, Xizel got out of bed holding the crystal ball, and ran to the rooftop connected to the bedroom.

He placed the crystal ball on the fence, raised his head, and looked at the world inside the whale's belly together with the shark.

The sky was the color of sunset, with fiery light pouring down from the belly of the whale above. Schools of colorful fish swam beneath the sky like birds.

At this moment, César and the shark were on top of a floating island.

Looking down from the rooftop of the medieval castle, all you can see is an ocean with isolated islands floating on it. Half of the islands are mountains and half are human towns. It seems that some kind of celebration is being held today, and the residents are dancing and drinking strong liquor while arm in arm and spinning around the bonfire.

"It's so high here? Where are we?" asked the shark curiously.

"This is the Floating Royal Court. My father, mother, brother and I have lived here since we were young. Everyone else lives on the small islands below. Every few days, the islands will float on the sea and gather together. At this time, the residents will gather on the island in the middle, sing and dance together, and share delicious food."

"Is it dusk now?" asked the shark.

It looked up at the crimson sky, or to be precise, it was not the sky, but the belly of a whale.

"Well! There is no day in the whale's box garden, only dusk and night, and it will be night soon." Xizel looked at the sky which was getting darker and explained patiently.

"What's that place over there?" The shark put its head close to the surface of the crystal ball, staring at a floating palace.

Outside the hall stood a huge statue of a knight, with the last rays of sunset casting a solemn glow on the statue.

"That's the Royal Court Palace!" Xizel said excitedly, "After the members of the Royal Court Team died in history, the royal family would build a statue for them and leave it in that palace. The statue would record their life experiences."

He paused and said, "The fragments of the generation-level wonders they used will also be left in the Royal Court. Some talented people will be selected, and they can go to the Royal Court to try to see if they can resonate with the fragments of wonders."

"What is the Royal Court Team?"

"They are heroes who have protected our royal family for generations. Only the most outstanding Oddities will be selected to become a member of the Royal Court Team. One must possess at least one 'Generational Level' Oddity Fragment to join the Royal Court Team."

"Wow... sounds really impressive." Shark thought for a moment, "Then can you take me into the King's Palace and secretly feed me those heroic fragments?"

"ah?"

Shark said seriously: "Think about it, if we leave the generational fragments in the King's Palace, won't those people with bad intentions have an opportunity to take advantage of it? But if we hide the strange fragments in my stomach, those bad guys will never find them again!"

Xizel was stunned for a moment, then turned pale with fear: "Of course not! My brother and father will scold me to death. Even a prince cannot enter the Royal Court at will. It is the most heavily guarded place in the entire Whale Royal Court."

"All right."

The little shark looked away in frustration.

"By the way, the 'Li Qingping' I just told you about is a member of the Royal Court Team, and he is also the vice-captain... But he rarely comes back and often stays in the outside world. Father was angry about this before."

"Although... this Li Qingping doesn't seem to be very smart." Shark said, "Although I haven't seen him, I just think he doesn't seem to be very smart."

"You are not allowed to say bad things about Li Qingping!"

Cesar got angry and shook the crystal ball hard until the shark begged for mercy in a daze.

He lowered his eyes and whispered, "Every time Li Qingping came back, he would tell me about the outside world, like Tokyo, London... He said that the outside world has day, noon, dusk, and night, unlike the whale's box garden, which only alternates between dusk and night; he also said that the humans outside use a small piece of iron called a 'mobile phone' to communicate, unlike us, we all communicate through the strange fragment 'pigeon messenger'."

"It sounds like... you seem to like Li Qingping very much?" Shark looked at Xizel's expression.

Xizel raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Of course, he is the only one in the Royal Court team who is familiar with me. Others prefer to associate with my two brothers. Even if they meet me, they will just salute and run away. They are not willing to chat with me."

He paused and said, "Everyone treats me like a child, only Li Qingping understands me."

"Sounds like a nice guy."

"Li Qingping is amazing." Xizel said calmly, "He was the first person who could resonate with the fragments of strange stories left by the heroes of the Royal Court Palace, but in the end he did not accept those fragments. Instead, he left here and explored the outside world by himself, and finally found the generational fragment 'Red Dragon Wales'."

He lowered his voice and said, "Everyone says he is a genius that only appears once in a million years. He was only 12 years old when he left the Whale Box Garden. But I am also 12 years old now, but I can do nothing and understand nothing... I have never even stepped out of the palace."

At the end, the third prince's voice gradually lowered, and there was an unconcealable disappointment on his face.

Shark looked at his sad expression and glanced up at the gloomy sky.

"It's night," it whispered.

César looked up. When night fell, the sky of the whale's garden seemed to turn into an undulating wave. Dots of fluorescent light lingered around the schools of fish in the sky. Endless fish swam quietly under the waves, dotting the dark sky like stars.

At this moment, a bird with flames all over its body flew over from the corner of the island.

It dragged its peacock-like dazzling tail feathers and chirped softly towards César on the rooftop.

"It's Li Qingping's 'Phoenix'!" Xizel was overjoyed for a moment.

He looked at the phoenix, then turned his head to look at the entrance to the island in the sky.

Sure enough, Li Qingping, dressed in a black suit, was standing at the entrance of the floating city. He put one hand in his pocket, with a smile on his face, and waved to Xizel from a distance.

"Li Qingping is here!" said Xizel.

"The big idiot is coming." said Little Shark.

(End of this chapter)