Chapter 94 On the Eve of the End of the Gem World, Deep Within the Royal Palace Lies…
Deep within the palace was a much simpler-looking small palace.
Perhaps because it was the Moonlight Ceremony, there were no guards outside the palace.
Looking at the palace, Sang Zhitao was taken aback at first, then frowned and looked at the Empress: "Mother, where is this?"
The empress stood at the palace gate, looking at the gate with a myriad of emotions flashing in her eyes. After a long while, she sighed deeply, walked forward, and pushed the gate open.
The creaking sound echoed in the silent night sky.
"Let's go." The Queen turned to look at Sang Zhitao, and without waiting for her reply, she walked into the dark palace.
After watching for a while, Sang Zhitao had a guess in her mind, so she didn't delay any longer and followed them inside.
She had thought it was a pitch-black palace, but the lights came on the moment she entered.
Deep within the magnificent hall lies a diamond taller than a person.
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the giant diamond: "What is this?"
The Queen stood not far from the diamond, gazing at it intently for a long while before speaking, "This is the royal family's miracle stone."
Before Sang Zhitao could ask a question, the Empress continued, "The Miracle Stone is the royal family's fertility stone. Every emperor has one chance to conceive his child here with his empress."
"Wait!" Sang Zhitao raised her hand to interrupt her. "If I remember correctly, the royal family has collateral branches, right? If each emperor only has one chance to apply here, how did those collateral branches come about?"
"Only offspring born from the Miracle Stone are qualified to inherit the throne, and are the most likely to awaken the power of miracles," the Queen said with a smile.
"The bloodline power you possess, which can purify the disease, is known as a miracle power within the royal bloodline." The Queen thought for a moment, then continued to explain, "That's why those collateral branches are willing to be loyal to the royal family, but unfortunately, their desires are insatiable."
“Moreover…” she hesitated, but after thinking for a moment, she continued, “The Mirror Clan’s bloodline bond of loyalty to the royal family is also directed at the Miracle Stone.”
"You brought me here hoping I'd conceive a child right now?" Sang Zhitao asked curiously.
The Empress was momentarily stunned before suddenly bursting into laughter: "Of course not."
She then said with a serious expression, "You are the Daughter of Miracles, and the Miracle Stone exists because of you."
Sang Zhitao looked at her with a blank expression.
Seeing that she didn't understand, the Queen pointed to the Miracle Stone and said, "Go up and take a look, and you'll see."
Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow and took a few steps forward. When she passed the Empress, she was tense all over, fearing that she might be betrayed by the Empress if she was not careful.
Fortunately, none of her expectations came true; the Empress stood by and watched her every move.
When Sang Zhitao stood in front of the Miracle Stone, she noticed that the center of the Miracle Stone was shimmering with a faint light.
As if summoned, she reached out and touched the Miracle Stone.
The familiar space, the familiar fragments of memory, the familiar light—the scene that appeared after she consumed the three keys in the floating mirror lake reappeared before her.
When I opened my eyes again, a door that had never appeared in the pirate world was back in front of me.
Familiar faces appeared behind the door, and a familiar diplomatic scene unfolded before my eyes.
"Thank you very much, and I hope we can cooperate happily." In her daze, the Queen quickly reached a cooperation agreement with Earth.
Sang Zhitao was led out of the palace by the Queen, looking bewildered, and returned to the main hall where the Moonlight Ceremony was held.
"Everyone, the rebellion instigated by the Dark Duke sixteen years ago has finally ended. In the future, I hope that under the leadership of Stardust, we can restore peace to our Gem Kingdom." After the Queen finished speaking, she handed a scepter to Sang Zhi Tao.
Upon receiving the scepter, Sang Zhitao felt a flood of information assaulting her brain. She hurriedly closed her eyes and roughly sorted through and reassembled the various fragments of memory.
After a long while, she opened her eyes slightly, looked at the people watching her, and raised the scepter with both hands according to her memory.
Just as everyone was wondering what she was doing, a gentle light suddenly emanated from the scepter.
Moonlight streamed through the still-open dome and landed on her scepter.
As the moonlight arrived, the light grew brighter and brighter.
As everyone watched, a sphere of light, resembling another moon, slowly detached from the scepter, rose into the air, and merged with the moon in the sky. Then, it burst forth with countless starlight points that flew towards all the Gem Star people.
"I...I've recovered?!" The nobles present were the first to react, looking at their restored and translucent skin, they were extremely excited.
"Mommy, baby doesn't hurt anymore." Among the viewers watching the live stream, a young child nestled in his mother's arms, happily sharing this with her.
"That's wonderful, baby." His mother was so excited that she couldn't stop her tears. She looked at her child, then at the new monarch on the screen, her gratitude overflowing.
"Thank you, our new emperor." In the hall, the nobles bowed slightly in obedience, offering their loyalty.
"Thank you, may you live in peace." Outside the main hall, the people bowed deeply, offering their blessings.
After the purification process, Sang Zhitao was somewhat exhausted. With the Queen's assistance, they saw off the nobles before reuniting with Tou Lan and the others.
"Mother, they are my companions who came back with me; they are the Mirror Clan." Sang Zhitao introduced Tou Lan to the Empress one by one.
The Queen looked at the crowd tenderly and said with a smile, "Good children, thank you, you are true warriors."
"It is our honor to serve the royal family," Tou Lan said humbly, bowing slightly, unable to hide her excitement.
"We don't have enough time today, but we will hold an award ceremony in a couple of days. Your honors should not be kept secret," the Queen said with a smile.
Translucent Green and Translucent Blue couldn't contain their emotions the most, looking at the Empress with excited expressions.
Even older people with gray and yellow undertones can hardly suppress the emotions in their eyes; they are only a few years older and appear more composed.
"One more question." After they finished talking, Sang Zhitao spoke up, "Regarding the pollution disease, my purification alone is only a temporary solution; we need to solve it completely."
Upon hearing this, the excitement and joy that had been building up in everyone's hearts diminished somewhat.
The Empress frowned slightly, sighed, and said, "Speaking of this, the late Emperor had already devised a solution when he was still alive, but..."
The Queen didn't say what it was, but everyone present knew it, since what followed was the Dark Duke's rebellion.
"What method did Father Emperor come up with? Does Mother Empress know about it?" Sang Zhitao asked curiously.
The Queen shook her head: "I already had you at that time, so I didn't pay much attention to this matter. I only knew that a new mine had been found, a real gem mine."
"How exactly did this eating...the corpses of our companions begin?" Sang Zhitao paused before managing to utter the word "eat" with difficulty.
The Empress was taken aback before asking in surprise, "You knew?"
Tou Lan and the others nodded obediently.
Seeing this, the Empress pursed her lips and replied helplessly, "Now that you know, I don't need to hide it from you anymore."
After the Empress's explanation, Sang Zhitao and the others learned that decades ago, due to the war, mining was prohibited in various places to supply the army.
But who knew that after the war, the minerals that could be used to feed the Gem People had been mined out. At that time, the one still on the throne was the grandfather of Sang Zhi Tao's body. After thinking for a long time, he decided to use this method.
"At the time, I was just thinking that it would be a temporary solution, and that we could eventually find new veins, but..." The Queen sighed deeply.
“But instead of finding a mineral vein, a pollution disease has appeared…” Sang Zhitao continued.
The Queen nodded.
“Unless we find a replacement vein, we still won’t be able to solve this problem,” Tou Lan asked, frowning. “Did the late emperor find a new vein?”
The Queen shook her head: "I don't know."
“If…” Sang Zhitao hesitated for a long time before saying, “would it be better if we made a deal with Earth?”
"Earth?" Tou Lan and the others looked at her in surprise, not understanding where this Earth was.
The Empress instantly understood. Her eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands repeatedly, exclaiming, "Indeed, indeed!"
But a moment later, she asked with a worried look, "Then... is there enough mineral on Earth?"
Sang Zhitao thought for a moment before cautiously asking, "If we only provide diamonds... would that be alright?"
The Queen thought for a moment before saying, "It's not impossible. Although only the royal family uses diamonds, that's why diamonds have the highest satiety value. For ordinary gem people, they are a luxury. However, if Earth provides enough, they might become a delicacy on the tables of ordinary people."
“My country is the best at producing synthetic diamonds,” Sang Zhitao said with a smug smile.
"That's wonderful! I'll definitely discuss the details of the cooperation with them later." The Queen nodded happily. "They were just saying that they wanted our body parts, but we didn't need anything. Now we've finally found them."
"Huh?" Sang Zhitao asked curiously, "So, they've already found out how to use the Gem Man's corpse?"
"Yes," the Queen nodded with a smile.
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but show her joy, her heart filled with happiness at the new discovery her country had made.
Tou Lan and the others were completely confused, but they could tell that Sang Zhi Tao came from another place called Earth, where there was plenty of food to eat, which could completely solve the problem of pollution disease.
The group exchanged glances, their faces filled with excitement and joy. As for using the Gem Man's corpse for research, they didn't care. After all... they had eaten it before, so researching it wasn't a big deal. In any case, Earthlings probably wouldn't eat Gem Man corpses.
"Now that the pollution problem is solved, we should go to the laboratory to retrieve your father's body." A sadness flashed in the Empress's eyes, and her eyes reddened.
Sang Zhitao suddenly remembered something, and after rummaging through her waist pouch for a while, she handed the perfect-grade gem that she had initially picked up from the garbage mountain to the Queen.
When the Queen saw the gem, tears welled up in her eyes.
Seeing the puzzled looks on Sang Zhitao's and the others' faces, she wiped away her tears and said, "This is your father's finger."
Sang Zhitao suddenly realized: "No wonder, I always felt that he was very important, but I never found a way to use him."
"Let's go and welcome your father back. I think you won't have much time to do this tomorrow..." the Empress said, giving Sang Zhitao a deep look.
Sang Zhitao nodded emphatically, thinking that she would return to Earth to start a new adventure every time the door opened.
Tou Lan and the others exchanged glances, not understanding what they were talking about, but they didn't press for details, knowing they would find out eventually.
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