Chapter 16 Grandma Earth~ I've grown taller~ The elevator goes up...
The elevator ascended very slowly. According to Hala, this was because the mermaids needed to gradually adjust their bodies to adapt during the ascent, so as not to cause any harm.
but……
Seeing that the elevator had only traveled less than a hundred meters in a long time, and looking at the distant Mermaid Palace, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but sigh.
Hala pointed to the room deep inside the elevator: "If the guests are tired, they can rest first. We will arrive at the palace tomorrow."
Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow and sighed inwardly, finally understanding why the elevator was so big, even like a presidential suite inside.
"Thank you for the explanation, Hala. We'll take the Crown Prince to rest now," Irene said to Hala, noticing the dazed look in Sang Zhitao's eyes.
Hala hurriedly smiled and said, "Your Majesty is too kind. Please make yourself at home."
Yi Lei nodded, carrying the throne of Sang Zhi Tao, and walked towards the bedroom deep inside.
Monark, accompanied by his guards, escorted the bedroom, ensuring its complete security.
Hala was not surprised by this. She sat on the sofa in the living room with a smile, flipping through a book in her hand, occasionally drinking water and eating tea and snacks, looking very carefree.
Despite appearing so casual, he was secretly sending communications.
"Are you sure the Wind Elf race suffered no losses?" the person he had saved as "King" messaged.
“No, they are very well preserved,” Hala said.
"Where is the crown prince?" the king asked.
"We can't tell anything yet," said Hara.
"Yes, I'm optimistic about Laru." Wang.
"Yes," Hala replied.
Speaking of Raru, Hala turned to look at Platinum, the dean of the Wind Elf Academy of Sciences, who was not far away, and Raru next to him, who was fawningly talking and singing something while holding a moon lyre.
Hara gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, closed his eyes briefly, and then his fingers flew across the keyboard as he sent a message to the Mermaid King.
"Your Majesty, Prince Raru, let's send him away."
These words startled the Mermaid King, who immediately replied with a question mark.
Hala turned his head, composed himself, and replied, "It's nothing, Your Majesty. I was being rude."
The Mermaid King didn't care about these things. After all, Hala was his trusted advisor, and it was normal for him to make a little joke.
Sang Zhitao was sleeping soundly when a green light slowly gathered around her body, initially faint, but gradually becoming intense.
But Irene and Nora seemed completely unaware until the light intensified to a certain value.
Tina nodded to Irene as she watched the instrument's beeping notification.
Irene and Nora quickly piled the prepared spirit stones around Sang Zhitao. One of them was stuffed into her arms, while the others were connected together with strange chains. Each chain extended outwards at a long distance. A quick glance revealed at least one or two hundred stones.
"Is this all there is to it?" Nora asked Irene with some concern.
Irene sighed softly, "Let's give it a try. At least it worked fine last time."
Tina stared intently at the instrument, watching the green light intensify and the readings steadily climb.
"We've arrived," Tina whispered.
Irene and Nora both looked at Sang Zhitao, only to see her enveloped in green light and then disappear before their eyes.
Irene frowned at the fallen spirit stones, picked up one of the chains, and examined the gap carefully: "It looks like it was formed naturally..."
Nora looked down and counted them carefully before saying, "We prepared a total of 293, and there are 93 left."
"Can we only take two hundred?" Irene stroked the elf stone and sighed deeply.
Nora smiled and reassured her, "Two hundred is already quite impressive, and she's still young."
Irene nodded helplessly: "I know, I'm just worried that there won't be enough time..."
Before Nora could react, Irene handed a chain to Tina: "Later, when Platinum is empty, give it to Platinum and have him take a close look at the formation of the edges and give me a report."
Tina nodded in agreement, carefully putting away the instrument in her hand, and finally folding it into a makeup box about the size of her palm.
Nora glanced at the makeup box in her hand, then at the elf stone, her eyes flickered, but she just smiled and said nothing.
Sang Zhitao was completely unaware of Yi Lei and the others' actions.
All she knew was that she had taken a nap and returned to Earth, with a pile of spirit stones beside her.
"Sister?" Sang Zhitao looked at Sang Lezhi with a puzzled expression.
Sang Lezhi carefully placed his hands on her body, wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her into his embrace.
Sang Zhitao felt her sister's trembling body and heard her occasional sobs. She sighed softly and carefully hugged her.
"I'm back……"
Sang Zhitao's voice rang in her ears. Sang Lezhi paused, then sniffed, looked up, and carefully examined Sang Zhitao before choking out, "You scared me to death, you know that!"
Sang Zhitao pursed her lips, looked at her worried sister, felt a warmth in her heart, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I don't know why I've stayed for so long this time."
"Have you grown taller?" Sang Lezhi helped her younger sister up and looked her over carefully.
"Dr. Sang...?" Before Sang Zhitao could reply, a cautious female voice came from behind her sister.
Sang Zhitao glanced at her sister with concern, and only felt relieved when she saw that her sister had calmed down.
Sang Lezhi gently patted her head before turning around, nodding to the people behind her, and making way for them.
The equipment seems to have been upgraded again; the examination only takes two minutes.
"Great! I just noticed you've grown taller. You've grown ten centimeters! You're thirty-six centimeters now!" Sang Lezhi finally felt relieved when she saw the numbers on the report.
"Sister, you can even read these data now?" Sang Zhitao couldn't help but tease her when she saw how serious she was.
“I don’t trust anyone else to do this,” Sang Lezhi replied simply, without elaborating further.
Sang Zhitao wanted to say something more, but Sang Lezhi interrupted her with a look.
As if trying to change the subject, Sang Lezhi looked at the no longer exquisite dollhouse behind Sang Zhitao and asked with some surprise, "How many spirit stones did you bring?"
Sang Zhitao turned her head in surprise and discovered that her once exquisite dollhouse had been cracked by a pile of elf stones, which had even rolled onto the ground.
“I don’t know…” Sang Zhitao frowned and murmured softly.
"What?" Sang Lezhi didn't hear clearly and asked curiously.
Sang Zhitao paused for a moment before shaking her head and replying, "It's nothing, I just brought a little extra with me this time."
Seeing this, Sang Lezhi didn't say much, put away the testing equipment, and greeted the people outside.
Sang Zhitao then realized that the area outside the French windows was full of people. At a glance, she saw that everyone she could talk to in the base had arrived. However, she noticed that there were several unfamiliar faces and a few familiar figures missing from the group.
After thinking for a moment, and glancing at her sister who looked perfectly normal, she ultimately said nothing.
Of course, she was completely unaware that several special cameras had been installed above the room, and even less aware that another group of people were behind them. Her murmur had already been overheard by that group of people...
A note from the author:
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The original setting was a story about a country in a pitiful situation of being blocked and oppressed. Then yesterday, while browsing videos, I saw a news report about the latest equipment, "Rain of Pear Blossom Needles," capable of firing 450,000 rounds per minute... I gasped in shock, imagining I couldn't keep up with my mom's speed o(╥﹏╥)o
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