Both Gus and Grey were so scared that they couldn't say a word.
It was needless to say that Gus was as timid as a mouse in the first place.
His sister Grey, although a genius in fist arts, was prepared to die when she touched the forbidden 'power of machines and steam'.
But what she summoned was not the purest power of steam but such an ugly brat, which was beyond her expectation, too.
She was a little girl who had never left the Red Gold Town before after all. For a moment, she was panicking, and her heart was beating faster than ever.
"Calm down. Calm down."
The ugly brat named 'Lu Qingchen', on the other hand, comforted them with a smile. "Just to confirm, you let me in, didn't you?"
His choice of words was rather weird.
He had been summoned by Grey from a sealed steam ball. If he had been sealed inside the steam ball in the first place, he would have been 'let out' instead of 'let in'.
Shaking hard, Gus shrieked, "Sister, it's really a steam devil. It just said that we let it into the human world from hell!"
"I only said 'let in'. When did I mention 'hell' and 'human world'?"
Lu Qingchen slapped his head helplessly. Looking at his legs that had turned into smoke and the steam ball that was connected to the steam ball below, he said in amusement, "Ha. I've turned into this. What is this? A genie in a bottle? Speaking of which, this world of yours is rather unique. There are so many gears, chains, tubes, and steam engines. Is this a world of machines and steam? "
"Of course not!"
Lu Qingchen's ugly and feeble appearance gave Gus an illusion and courage. He spat on the ground and shrieked, "Machines and steam are evil forces that deserve to be cursed. This is the world of the Fist God, where the brilliance of the Fist God illuminates the land. If you are bold enough to commit crimes here, the Fist God will certainly annihilate you!"
"Fist … God?"
Lu Qingchen blinked for a long time before he realized what was going on. "Is it A Boxing Champion?"
"Do not call Master A Boxing Champion by his name."
Gus clenched his fists and defended his sacred belief. "He is the almighty Fist God!"
Silence. The ugly little ghost was silent for a moment, but its eyes grew wider and wider. Some kind of emotion was like a flash flood that was about to break through a dam.
Just when Gus thought that the demon would suddenly attack, it held its stomach and laughed out loud.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha, the supreme Fist God of the Fist God World? Interesting, interesting, very interesting! "
Lu Qingchen laughed so hard that his tears and snot were wiped away. He said intermittently, "I thought that, ha. Haha, only a big villain like me likes to play tricks of self-worship. But I didn't know that A Boxing Champion, you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, have so many tricks in your head, too. Great minds think alike!"
Gus and Grey looked at each other in confusion. Neither of them understood what the ugly kid was talking about.
"You, what exactly are you?"
Grey plucked up her courage and asked, "Why did it come out of the steam ball? I'm very sure that there was nothing inside until I injected the high-pressure steam into it. Is it true that the power of steam is evil, and once the limit is exceeded, a 'steam devil' will be summoned from hell? "Li Yao asked." Is it true?
"With your wisdom right now, it is difficult for me to explain my background to you. However, let me reiterate. I am not a 'steam devil'."
His hands behind his back, Lu Qingchen pretended to be an adult and shook his head. "Just consider me a genie in a bottle. Have you heard the story? A kind-hearted man released a genie that had been sealed for thousands of years from the bottle. The genie decided to grant his three wishes. I've decided to grant your three wishes, too. Anything is fine. But can you at least tell me the name of my savior first?"
Grey hesitated after hearing that.
"Sister?"
Gus was shocked. "It must be a demon. You can't tell it our names!"
"Three wishes. Anything is fine."
Seeing the girl's hesitation, Lu Qingchen tempted her with a smile. "For example, you can become an unparalleled expert, boast infinite wealth, or even destroy this world. Just say it!"
"Sister, did you hear that? It is indeed a demon. It wants to destroy the entire world!"
Gus was both shocked and angry. He shook Grey hard and said, "Sister, you've already gone astray by studying 'steam and mechanical power'. You can't make the same mistake again. Let's go and find uncle. He must have a way to save —"
Gus had wanted to tell Grey that her uncle must have a way to save her soul.
However, when he thought about how his uncle had 'saved' Qin Yi's soul just now, he could not bring himself to say the rest of the sentence.
"You don't understand, little brother. I … can't turn back anymore."
Grey smiled miserably. Taking a deep breath, she stared at Lu Qingchen and said, "My name is Grey. This is my brother, Gus. We are the children of Glenn, the best expert in Red Gold Town!"
"We're screwed!"
Gus' face turned pale.
The demon knew their real names. God knew how the demon would use, enslave, and torture them.
However, the 'demon' opposite them did not seem to care at all. It merely hummed casually.
"Your name is Grey, your brother's name is Gus, but your father's name is Glenn. So, is your family's surname 'Ge'?"
Lu Qingchen asked casually. "Your hair is golden, but your eyes are black. Your names sound like magic, but your family's surname is' Ge '. What kind of messy naming rules are that? A Boxing Champion is too careless. Is his computational ability not enough to render all the details?"
Gus and Grey were in a daze again. They did not understand what the ugly brat said.
"Forget it. Don't bother about the details. Tell me, what wish do you want fulfilled?"
Lu Qingchen smiled. "Do you want to discuss it? This is a rare opportunity!"
"I want to know how my father, Glenn, died," Grey blurted out. There was no need for discussion.
"Well …"
Before Lu Qingchen replied, Gus jumped to his feet and exclaimed in shock, "Sister, what are you talking about? Didn't Dad fall to his death from mental derangement while practicing the Maniac Fist Arts? That's what uncle said!"
"Don't be silly, brother. Have you not seen through it yet? There is no Maniac Fist Arts at all. Or rather, it is just a cover on the surface. "
Pointing at the machines and steam tubes around, Grey said coldly, "Dad was never a loyal believer of the Fist God. His purpose was not to create the Maniac Fist Arts but to study the power of machines and steam in this place!
"Here comes the question. If dad was never obsessed with the Maniac Fist Arts, how did he go crazy and fall to his death from the cliff?
"Yes, that's what uncle said. We saw dad's miserable body, too, but nobody saw dad fall off the cliff. The wounds on his body could've been caused in other ways.
"Ever since I accidentally discovered this secret chamber, I realized that my father's death was definitely not as simple as it seemed. Not long after my father's death, my mother died of depression. That is to say, if my father was killed by someone, then that person killed our parents!
"My parents' blood feud is absolutely irreconcilable. As Glenn's daughter, I have to figure out the truth even if I have to make use of the forbidden power of machines and steam!"
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