owlsbooks Chapter 223 Take the lead
Chapter 223 Take the lead
Haiqi Island.
It was originally the homeland where the people of Haiqi relied on for survival, but at this time, except for Xinhai, there was no aboriginal person here.
All the original residents and soldiers went to "the new home won from Narukami through the efforts of the "Traveler and Lord Coral Palace"" - Yalu Island to start a new life.
That place may seem a bit uninhabitable to Narukami's people. The place is surrounded by the remains of the demon god, and the remains of the demon god "Aurobas" are also considered ominous to them.
But even such a place, which is looked down upon by the people of Narukami, is already a rare treasure in the eyes of the people of Haiqi Island.
As long as you pay attention to the demonic residue and avoid the most concentrated places, you will be fine. They themselves are the people of "Aurobas". If they are supplemented by the secret method of the Coral Palace, the harm of the devil's residue to them is not as great as outsiders imagine.
As for the remains of "Aurobas"...it was their god. What looked like an ominous thing to outsiders was, to them, a sacred place of death. Not to mention anything else, this point alone is enough for Ba Ling Island to be regarded as a holy land by the people of Haiqi.
It just so happens that Haiqi Island's "holy soil" has become more and more serious recently, making it increasingly uninhabitable. Some "rituals" need to be carried out to solve or delay this process. Therefore, under the instructions of the goddess of existence, almost all the sea praying people moved to Yao Island.
Either clear new land or build your own house.
This was not something that could be accomplished in a short time, but the goddess miko-sama said that she had invited "reinforcements" from the friendly countries of Solstice. They just go and someone will help them with the rest.
Under dubious belief, someone set off to Ba Ling Island. There, he was greeted by the sight of troops and mechas coming and going in an orderly manner. Most of the projects were completed under this methodical action. A piece of livable land appeared in front of him.
He brought the news back to Haiqi Island in surprise and tried hard to persuade everyone. So, almost everyone came to this new home and started a new life.
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"Well done, "taking the lead" is indeed a very important role. As a reward, come back to the team. Whether it is equipment or mora, there will be no shortage of it. "
In the Coral Palace, the Hai Qimin who was "the first to go to Ba Ling Island" and "brought back the good news" was kneeling on one knee in front of Zuo Xi, accepting the latter's praise.
As a child of the "family", he was assigned to be an undercover agent on Haiqi Island for who knows how many years. As an undercover agent, it is generally difficult to say how good his results are. Often, staying undercover for a lifetime is a pretty good ending.
The "returning to the team" reward given by Zuo Xi is undoubtedly the best reward for undercover personnel. But even this rare reward is just the icing on the cake in that person's eyes.
What reward could be as glorious as a personal commendation from an executive?
The soldiers who joined the Fools were all people with the belief that they would dedicate everything to the winter. For the queen and for Zhi Dong, they are willing to sacrifice everything. And in the solstice, in addition to the Queen, those who stand at the top are the twelve "Executive Officers".
They represent the Ice Queen's will, and being praised by them is something that every fool can be proud of for a lifetime.
"Thank you very much, Lord Executive! All for the Queen, all for Winter!"
The man lowered his head, enjoying this supreme honor. Completely ignoring Coral Gong Xinhai, whose face was already extremely dark. Under the gaze of the latter's complicated eyes, he slowly backed out of the Coral Palace in a bowing posture.
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"How's it going? Your expression is wonderful."
After the man left, Zuo Xi and Xinhai looked at each other in silence for a while, taking in the other's complicated eyes and expression full of black lines.
"Just two days ago, he was cleaning the Coral Palace for me, and it happened to be his shift that day. He owns a small piece of farmland on Haiqi Island, although the farmland on Haiqi Island can hardly grow anything. I still remember that when I When he was young, he already lived on Haiqi Island..."
Xinhai sighed, and silently recounted the other person's life on Haiqi Island. She sighed after each sentence, and in the end it turned into a long silence.
It's not that she hasn't thought about the possibility of being an undercover agent, but this person still exceeded her expectations. But when the other party "betrayed" in front of her, there was no waver in his eyes, and he regarded her as nothing... She knew that this was another warning given to her by this executive officer.
"Just get used to it. You did a good job this time. You were much more cooperative than I expected."
Zuo Xi had a relaxed look on his face, completely ignoring the depressed look in his heart. He has seen this expression many times, and that confident little fish has now been trained to be quite docile.
"... Judging from the results, I have no reason to object. Moreover, it seems that I do not have the option to resist."
Xinhai has already seen clearly, and judging from everything so far, all the other party's actions are not bad things for Haiqi Island.
Whether it was funding the resistance, transforming Haiqi Island, or even negotiating for Ba Ying Island from the Thunder God... all the actions of the other party almost completed all the long-standing shortcomings and unachieved goals of Haiqi Island.
If you don't mention the process and only look at the results, it would be an exaggeration to say that the other party is the savior of Haiqi Island. Based on the other party's achievements, they should even give him a separate tablet in the shrine.
So she lay down early. She couldn't resist anyway, and the result was not bad. So what else could she do except obey?
"...In short, everything is ready. The seal of Yuanxia Palace will be completely lifted in a few days. Can I...can I ask you about your plans?"
Xinhai didn't want to talk about this anymore, but the other party probably wouldn't let her go by changing the topic, so she picked a topic that the other party was interested in.
Judging from past deeds, although he didn't know what interested him in the lost land below, it was obviously his destination. And the other party had no intention of hiding it.
Out of personal curiosity and out of usual habits, she still asked the other party about his next plan. After all, it was their ancestral land, but it had no practical significance. She really couldn't figure out what was there.
"This is not what you should ask. See you in a few days, my little fish."
Zuo Xi didn't talk about this matter to anyone, not even to Sandone, he didn't tell the whole story to him.
The matter is of great importance...it doesn't seem to be as important as imagined? But it doesn't matter, the fewer people know about this, the better. This is also for the sake of that little fish.