Chapter 175
Chapter 175: Could It Be You? New Fragment
This giant pearl clam looked like it had lived for an unknown number of years.
Those boulder-sized pearls outside were probably all produced by it.
Is the treasure inside its mouth?
How should it be gotten out?
Ye Qiyan glanced at the Lightning Spear in Eve’s hand.
“How about trying to pry it open?”
He issued the command.
Carrying the Lightning Spear, Eve walked over to the giant pearl clam.
Raised high, then inserted.
Then…
Discharge electricity!
Golden lightning spread all over the pearl clam’s body.
From its outer shell to the interior, a faint, fresh, and sweet scent permeated the space.
Unable to withstand the attack of this lightning, it opened its mouth before being completely roasted by the electricity.
Revealing an unknown number of giant pearls inside.
Was the treasure a pearl?
As if hearing the doubt in his heart, Wall-E quickly drilled into the interior of the pearl clam, shuttling back and forth across its soft flesh until it stopped at a certain spot and pulled hard a few times.
It didn’t pull it out, but instead made itself take a tumble.
“…You clumsy thing, Eve, you go.”
Eve, who was enjoying electrocuting the pearl clam, received the command. Without putting away the Lightning Spear, she stabbed it straight into the soft flesh of the pearl clam. After discharging electricity once more, she flew inside. Looking at the item Wall-E wanted to grab, her oval-shaped palms transformed into two small hands, grasping the item and attempting to pull it out.
But, surprisingly,
Eve actually failed as well?
“Hmm? Is it that hard to deal with?”
Seeing that even after starting to cooperate, the two small robots completely failed to take out the treasure, Ye Qiyan hesitated slightly.
He simply drilled into the interior of the pearl clam himself.
He wanted to see just what kind of thing it was that made it so difficult to handle.
Stepping across the layers of piled-up soft flesh,
he held up the glowing pure purification stone and walked over to the two hard-working small robots.
Grabbing one with each hand, he knocked on their iron skulls.
“Come on, let me see what kind of thing could trouble you guys like thi…”
His words stopped abruptly.
Ye Qiyan blinked and lowered his head to glance at his chest.
Well, confirming the little Dream Eater wasn’t there.
As the anchor, he could also sense the coordinates.
Then, he wasn’t dreaming.
Then…
He leaned over and reached out to touch that dark golden fragment that the two small robots couldn’t pull out.
Before his eyes, the system’s appraisal Light Screen floated up.
[Wandering~] [Lingering~]
[Oh person who commits Blasphemy against the gods~]
[You have found it once again.]
[This is an object forsaken by the gods, hidden by the gods, and feared by the gods…]
[It should have been shattered, yet it was swallowed by an ordinary pearl clam.]
[The object yearned for and sought by countless people through endless years has been left here in such an ordinary and featureless world.]
[It is an object of Blasphemy.]
[It is a fragment of the blasphemy card.]
[It is hiding itself; it is seeking its master.]
[Could it be you?]
That’s right…
A fragment of the blasphemy card.
At this twentieth stop, there was no danger, no trouble, and nothing special.
But there was just such a fragment, desired by countless people, hiding right here.
“Is it missing just the last piece now?”
This was the second fragment of his second blasphemy card.
“I really didn’t expect to obtain it here…”
With an easy pull,
the fragment that the two small robots could not pull out from the clam shell together was thus effortlessly obtained by Ye Qiyan.
Rumble!
The soft flesh of the pearl clam beneath his feet was trembling.
Was it angry?
Was it resentful?
It wanted to close its shell and keep Ye Qiyan and that fragment here forever.
But…
“Sorry~ I must take this thing away.”
“Moonveil.”
Drawing the blade—
An illusory bright moon floated in this gradually darkening space within the shell.
“The weather is cool—”
he murmured softly.
The full moon fell.
Hum~
A light sound lingered around this space.
Click—
Boom!
A flat, circular cut appeared on the body of this giant pearl clam.
It was split in half.
Along with the lake above its head,
it was also slashed with a waterless gap.
Wielding Moonveil, Ye Qiyan stood above the carcass of the pearl clam and looked up at the sky.
A real full moon hung high overhead.
In the palm of his hand, the fragment of the blasphemy card exuded a mysterious glow.
He took out another fragment from the safe box.
The two touched each other.
Before his eyes, the Light Screen appeared once more.
[blasphemy card (2 / 3)]
Only the last third was left.
A new blasphemy card was about to be born.
“Where could it be?”
He thought to himself.
————
RUN Corporation, headquarters.
At the highest point of the company.
A woman with huge dark circles under her eyes and dead fish eyes was drinking coffee, exceptionally irritated.
————
Astrologer.
Zhu Xingtu’s vehicle.
Looking at the black Bad Luck constantly crashing inside the transparent bottle in front of her, a smile curled at the corners of her lips. Suddenly, the Astrologer materialized above her head.
The voice of destiny whispered in her ear.
“Destiny says… has another new fragment appeared? How could that be? How long has it been? Counting after Shaya gave them to Brother Ye, those two pieces in his hands… are too many. Why are there so many?”
“Strange?”
“Incomprehensible…”
“Who could the people obtaining the fragments possibly be?”
“And come to think of it… hasn’t Brother Ye gathered three fragments in his hands yet? Hm? No…”
Zhu Xingtu suddenly realized something.
“Pride is in Brother Ye’s hands… although the Astrologer’s power is higher than the Devil Card, still…”
She silently glanced at her Talent.
[Voice of Destiny]: By consuming Mental Power, you can hear the whispers of destiny.
“I already couldn’t hear the destiny whispers regarding Brother Ye clearly to begin with, coupled with that demon card: pride… Could it be that he has already collected a whole blasphemy card, which is why I can completely no longer hear his destiny anymore?”
“Hee hee~”
A bright smile appeared on Zhu Xingtu’s face.
“How wonderful~”
“If that’s really the case, that would be for the best~”
“More and more card sequences are already within my organization~”
“Ah~”
“How truly blasphemous~ Hehe~”
Zhu Xingtu licked her lips, resembling a skilled gourmet.
Around her body,
eleven similar card sequences quietly materialized.
“Sigh~ There should have been twelve of them~”
Zhu Xingtu glanced somewhat fearfully at the black thing inside the transparent small bottle.
“However, never mind~”
She knelt before the Astrology Platform, clasping her hands together.
“Is that person… Ye Qiyan?”
There was no response…
But…
Cough!
Fresh blood flooded her eyes,
resembling a line of red tears.
“Hee hee… You won’t tell me… It doesn’t matter…”
“Then I’ll ask again!”
“Is that person Ye Qiyan?”
Fresh blood covered the Astrology Platform.
Until finally,
the long-dormant Astrologer finally lit up with radiance.
The Astrologer had completed the divination.
Her next inquiry into destiny
would definitely succeed.
Then,
“Is it him?”
The voice of destiny flowed around Zhu Xingtu’s ears.
“How wonderful…”
Thud… Wiping away the blood on her face, Zhu Xingtu collapsed, drenched in blood, her face filled with a smile.
“Brother Ye has one, I have one, and there is also an unknown person who possesses two new fragments~ If we can find that person and make them join the organization as well… we will be the owner of three blasphemy cards, hehe…”
Supporting her body, she sat up, completely unconcerned about how miserable her body was due to the backlash of destiny, and spoke once more to inquire:
“Next question… Where is that person?”
She did not add Ye Qiyan’s name this time.
Because no one had ever been able to possess more than one blasphemy card.
This wasn’t a rule, but rather something no one had ever accomplished since the appearance of the Train world.
…
The voice of destiny trembled in her ears.
A wave of dizziness washed over Zhu Xingtu’s eyes. On her personal interface, the Mental Power column dropped to 1 point.
Thud—
She passed out.
The Astrologer quietly landed on her chest.
A dark golden radiance enveloped it.
