"...Even now, I still feel like I'm in a dream.
I actually came to the Future, and I actually met the legendary Admiral of Stars Cattleya with Gehrman.
And Gehrman is standing in front of me at this moment, discussing with Admiral of Stars Cattleya the plan to hunt Admiral of Blood Senor.
"Thump—thump—"
In a trance, I heard my own heartbeat, and my breathing seemed to quicken.
Is it because of fear? No... I gently shook my head.
It's just excitement."
After writing the last word, Lin Ruo, who was clearly in a good mood, closed his notebook and looked out the window.
The weather outside the window was not good; under the deep black night, howling winds mixed with cold raindrops slammed into every corner of the Future, making it a bit noisy.
From Lin Ruo's position, one could vaguely see the golden light emanating from the giant mushroom on the deck.
Hmm, still really bright.
Today was their third day on the Future, and there was still a long way to go before reaching their destination.
This was unavoidable; after all, the Five Seas were indeed vast, and even though the Future's speed was not slow, it would still take some time to reach the destination by normal sailing without using special means.
Fortunately, neither Klein nor Lin Ruo was in a hurry about this.
"Didn't you go to the lab to help Frank this morning? How's the progress there?" Lin Ruo asked suddenly after staring at the golden Holy Light for a while.
Hearing his words, Klein, who was quietly writing his paper next to him, paused.
He almost instantly recalled the strange mushrooms in the lab, and after a few seconds of silence, he said:
"The progress of the Sun Mushrooms is going smoothly.
Frank has confirmed that there are indeed spores for reproduction inside the mother body of the Sun Mushroom, and the normal reproduction of this mushroom is basically confirmed to be fine."
"Besides that, Frank is currently researching the grading of mushrooms.
I don't understand the too professional aspects, but in short, he should have some ideas.
Oh right..." Klein suddenly thought of something and said:
"Frank's research requires a Divine Item of the Sun pathway.
Although Cattleya lent him one, Frank seems to have some other ideas and needs more powerful Divine Items for experiments.
Do you want to lend him the Unshadowed Crucifix?"
"Uh..." Lin Ruo blinked.
Of course, he knew Frank needed a Divine Item of the Sun pathway, and he wasn't unwilling to lend out the Unshadowed Crucifix.
Anyway, that thing was usually just thrown into the "miscellaneous pile" on the gray fog—a place Klein specifically cleared out for Lin Ruo, though jokingly called a miscellaneous pile, it actually housed all of Lin Ruo's precious items—except when lent to Little Sun.
But should he really lend it? Although this time the Sun Mushroom was harmless, if Frank really upgraded the mushroom with a God-level Divine Item...
Lin Ruo admitted that he was a little afraid that Frank would directly turn the harmless Sun Mushroom into some kind of Exploding Mushroom or Purifying Mushroom.
No, be optimistic, maybe it's just an enhanced Holy Light Mushroom!
Lin Ruo comforted himself inwardly and said, "You can find a time to give it to Frank later for me, but remember to tell him not to damage it.
That thing... is still very meaningful to me."
"Then I'll go find him after I finish writing these last five hundred words." Klein said, originally wanting to tease Lin Ruo that a God-level Divine Item isn't that easy to break, but thinking of Frank's terrifying ability, he swallowed the words and continued to focus on the final part of his paper.
Lin Ruo leaned over and glanced at Klein's almost finished paper.
He was there to check the other party's homework, and after staring at the paper for a while, he suddenly reached out and tapped a certain paragraph, saying with a bright smile:
"I don't mind you writing a paper, but for this part, I suggest you reread pages seventy-eight, ninety-six, and one hundred twenty-four of that 'History of the Spirit World' and sort it out properly."
"Otherwise, you'll just wait for your paper to be sent back for rewriting."
Klein's movements instantly stiffened, but before he could check for errors in his paper, he suddenly heard a commotion from the deck.
"En?" Lin Ruo, who also heard the commotion, almost instinctively looked out the window, and then his gaze paused.
Because Lin Ruo saw that a huge, pitch-black sailing ship had appeared in the distance at some point.
It was nearly a hundred meters long, with sails hoisted high, and a row of broadside cannons on its side.
And on the deck of the sailing ship, near the cabin, stood a mottled stone chair two or three meters high.
Lin Ruo's gaze fell on the chair, or more precisely, on the person sitting on the chair.
It was a being who looked like a giant, with a black beard just past his neck, wearing a tall, pointed crown, and a magnificent black robe with silver trim.
His face had hard, deep lines, full of majesty, making people subconsciously want to lower their heads.
And around him, there seemed to be an invisible barrier, which isolated all wind and rain, so that the "giant" did not even get a single corner of his clothes wet in this storm.
King of the Five Seas, Nast Solomon.
Lin Ruo naturally recognized who this was at a glance.
He subconsciously pursed his lips, then pinched his chin and said, "I understand the principle, but in this stormy weather, why does he still sit outside to pose? Even if he has the spirituality, it's not to be wasted like this."
"Uh... Maybe it looks more imposing that way?" Klein, who had already subconsciously frowned, suddenly had his thoughts jammed, instantly forgetting what he was originally thinking, and subconsciously replied.
"An old chuunibyou." Lin Ruo scoffed, and while speaking, he put down the item in his hand, got up from the chair, and said, "Alright then, let's go meet this old chuunibyou and see if he's just passing by or deliberately came here."
Klein nodded, putting down the paper in his hand.
The two of them went to the deck together and saw Cattleya with a solemn expression, who was gazing at the Black Emperor approaching in the distance.
For Cattleya, a conflict with King of the Five Seas Nast was absolutely the last thing she wanted to happen.
This was not only because the other party was very likely a Sequence 3, but also because of the Black Emperor's special nature.
She was well aware that it was a ship that could travel through the Spirit World, and although the Future could achieve similar effects under specific circumstances, it really couldn't outrun the other party.
Upon sensing Lin Ruo's arrival, Cattleya immediately looked at Lin Ruo, and instantly breathed a sigh of relief, asking as if she had found her backbone: "Your Highness Lin Ruo, what should we do next?"
"Just wait and see what he wants to do..." Lin Ruo said with a smile, looking at the gradually approaching Black Emperor.
A certain person's figure flashed through his mind, and he suddenly smiled, "Perhaps he came to see me."
A descendant of Solomon, maybe he really took care of him.