Roland's border.
In an underground cave, a bonfire was burning fiercely. A long-eared beast's hind leg was being roasted over the fire. Fat seeped out and dripped onto the flames, making a crackling sound.
A tantalizing aroma of meat wafted out, making Sirene, who had just woken up two days ago, feel even more hungry.
Brady took down the barbecued meat, then used a dagger to cut off the most tender part of the meat, cut it into small pieces, and put them on a plate before handing it to her.
The plate was a porcelain plate made by Earth Elementalist Abner using the earth element. Not only the tableware, but the entire underground cave was also his masterpiece.
Three years ago, no, it would be four years after this winter. When they hid in this cave, it was just a cave that could barely accommodate them. After Brady rescued Abner, he began to renovate the cave.
Other than the unique dark, damp, and cold underground environment, the structure of this underground cave was not much different from a normal house.
It was just that the various living facilities were inevitably simple and crude, but this could not be helped.
Sirene took the barbecued meat and wolfed it down.
After living in the military for many years and living in the wild for three to four years, she had long forgotten the etiquette of a princess. Only the will to live was engraved in her bones.
Even if she was in a bad mood and could not eat, she had to replenish her strength. She had no right to be willful now.
After she finished the barbecued meat, a bowl of hot soup was handed over.
Sirene did not refuse, took a big gulp of the hot mushroom soup, and felt the cold and fatigue in her body dispel, but she could not let go of the big stone in her heart.
She gulped down the soup, wiped her mouth, and then looked at Senos sitting in the wheelchair next to her.
"Brother, do you believe what that little thing said?"
She stared at him and asked.
Senos frowned and did not speak, but his expression was still thoughtful.
At this moment, Sirene's communication device had been taken off and placed in her room to avoid the little robot that sneaked into her communication device.
Sirene naturally knew about robots. The Star Alliance had assisted them with a batch.
As long as these metal lumps were given enough energy and the relevant program was set, they would do as instructed without complaint.
In Sirene's understanding, it was something similar to the legendary alchemist's puppet. However, the little guy that ran into her communication device subverted her understanding.
The little robot did not have a physical body, only an image. It existed in the communication device, and the personality and behavior it displayed were exactly like a real human child.
She even felt that this robot who called itself "Xiao Wu" was played by someone.
However, there was no signal at all.
The base stations at the border were all destroyed by the interstellar beasts. Their communication devices could not be used, otherwise, they would not have completely lost contact with the Imperial City.
This also ruled out the possibility of someone remotely controlling her communication device and acting as the little robot.
"Aliens have countless strange civilizations. Perhaps it is a special kind of alien life form."
At this moment, Senos said softly.
"Brady, go get Sirene's communication device. I want to talk to that little guy again."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Halfway through the conversation, Sirene, who had just woken up from a two-day coma, almost fainted from hunger. Senos ended the conversation and left her communication device in the room. Then, they went to the hall to eat together.
Other than the three of them, only Abner was awake. The other two ordinary soldiers and a metal-type warrior were all resting in their rooms.
After Brady left, Sirene looked at Senos again and said with a hoarse voice, "Brother, you just heard it, right? That little guy said … Snow inherited the throne … "
Her eyes misted over again.
In fact, only she knew whether it was because she was too hungry or because she was shocked by her own guess.
Senos nodded. His light-colored eyelashes were lowered, hiding the expression in his eyes. However, the sadness and pain shrouding his body seemed to be tangible, making people feel heavy.
Abner, who was sitting on the side, looked at him, then looked at Sirene. In the end, he did not dare to say anything and silently lowered his head.
His Highness Snow …
He tried to recall the third prince, but found that he had no impression of him at all.
This prince, who had no elemental talent, had lived in seclusion in the palace since young and rarely appeared in front of people. He had never seen him when he was studying in the imperial city.
The throne … originally belonged to the eldest prince.
This was already set in stone. With His Highness Senos' talent and reputation, as well as His Majesty's favor and trust, no one would doubt that he was not up to the task.
If there was no catastrophe like the Beast Tide, if the eldest prince's body … Abner looked up again and glanced at Senos, his heart full of regret and regret.
But … they did not know if they could go back alive. What was the use of thinking about this?
Abner shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
At this time, Senos spoke again. "Joan is still young. Snow's age is more suitable."
"You know that's not what I'm talking about …"
Sirene bit her lip. When she looked up and saw her brother's fragile expression, she could not help but stop talking.
Sirene knew that Senos did not care about the throne at all. His sadness and pain were all because … he had guessed the same as her, but was unwilling and did not dare to face it.
With Father's age, it was not time for him to abdicate … why was he in a hurry to pass the throne to Snow?
Thinking of that possibility, she felt a pain in her heart. A strong sense of grief invaded her heart. But at this moment, looking at her brother's state, she did not dare to say anything more.
She had promised to protect her brother … how could she ask for his comfort? Something might have happened to Father. She had already mentally prepared herself for this, hadn't she?
At least, Snow was still alive, and so was Roland. This was the best news.
Sirene took a deep breath, wiped her eyes, and tried to adjust her emotions.
"Yes, Snow is indeed more suitable."
She tried to pull up the corners of her mouth and squeezed out a smile.
Senos looked at her, and finally reached out his left hand and gently touched the top of her head, just like how Father often did to her when she was young.
Sirene almost could not hold it in anymore.
She held his hand tightly with both of her hands, then stood up and walked to the side. She sat down with her back facing him and Abner. Even when Brady came back, she did not turn around.
Brady did not seem to notice. He turned on the communication device and projected the image that Sirene took before.
He cleared his throat and deliberately said, "You're still so ugly …"
"Say that again!"
Before he could say more, the image of the little robot appeared on the screen. It put its hands on its waist and roared at him angrily.
Brady suddenly stopped talking. He just wanted to provoke the little robot. Now that it came out by itself, of course he would not provoke it again.
"Xiao Wu."
Senos called it softly.
The little robot's attention was immediately diverted. It turned its head and looked at him, "Yes! I'm here. "
Little Five had a good impression of Thanos because he looked very similar to his favorite brother. He felt a sense of familiarity just by looking at him.
"Brady is joking with you. Don't be angry."
Senos's voice was very gentle. Xiao Wu felt very comfortable with its soft words.
It nodded and patted its chest, "He has bad eyesight. Xiao Wu won't stoop to his level!"
Then it asked curiously, "You still haven't told me, how do you know my brother? And who are you? Why is she chasing after our spaceship? "
Xiao Wu was forced to stop halfway through its sentence. It was very stifling.
Although it was only a clone, it had the same intelligence as the original body. It was even more lively and childish.
Its intuition told it that these people in front of it had a special relationship with its brother. Its brother would definitely want to see them.
It wanted to prepare a huge surprise for its brother!
Under the little robot's blinking electronic eyes, Senos's originally heavy and sad mood seemed to relax a little. He said, "I am Senos Roland."
Then he introduced Sirene and Brady.
"So you are my brother's …"
Xiao Wu recalled the relationship between humans and said, "Brother and sister?"
Although there was not much historical information about Roland left on the Internet, there were still introductions about the members of the royal family. That was why Xiao Wu knew their names.
"But didn't you die?"
Senos's eyes dimmed. He whispered, "Yes, we didn't die in the Beast Tide …"
He briefly explained to Xiao Wu what happened that year and their situation.
"So we had no way of contacting Roland and couldn't get any news about you. When Sirene found your spaceship, she impulsively chased after it …"
With just a few words, it was impossible for the little robot to understand how they had gritted their teeth and overcome all the difficulties along the way to support each other.
But from the information it had obtained so far, the probability of Senos not lying was much higher than if he was lying. That was why it chose to believe him.
Xiao Wu nodded in confusion. Then it said emotionally, "Then it's lucky that sister didn't catch up with us. Otherwise, we might have turned into fireworks."
"Fireworks?"
Sirene, who had calmed down, walked back and heard the little robot call her that. She couldn't help but feel strange.
"Yes!" Xiao Wu said, "I thought it was the bad guys from Planet Beirut chasing us. I almost fired."
"Then I found out that the distance was too far, and the surrounding magnetic field interference was too severe. There was no way to locate it, so I had to sneak into your communicator while you were connecting to our spaceship."
Sirene listened to its explanation and couldn't help but be startled.
So she was almost beaten to death?
"Sister, don't chase spaceships in the future. It's very dangerous." Xiao Wu said with a cute child's voice.
Sirene didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But in the end, she nodded in agreement. As for the way it addressed her, she didn't correct it.
She had too many questions in her heart to ask. In the end, she asked the most urgent question first.
"So, you can't contact Snow now?"
The little robot's electronic eyes dimmed. It said somewhat gloomily, "Yes, there's no signal. I can only stay in this communicator …"
The communicator was only the size of a bracelet. Its range of activity was much smaller than its own game cabin, not to mention the network system of the five main cities of the Roland Empire.
Compared to the Star Network, it was completely incomparable.
Hearing this, everyone present was a little disappointed.
But Sirene had already guessed it. She didn't feel down for too long and continued to ask about other things.
"Tell us more about Snow, and … how is Roland now?"
This was another question that they were most eager to know. But since they could regain their spaceships, Roland's situation shouldn't be as bad as they thought, right?
Xiao Wu was very talkative and was happy to answer their questions.
"Roland is pretty good. Now that the five main cities have built teleportation portals, we can communicate with each other. I feel that the network signal is a lot better."
Sirene frowned. Five main cities?
"You mean … Roland only has five main cities now?"
"Yes."
"The five main cities couldn't communicate before?"
"Yes, the outskirts of the cities were occupied by interstellar beasts. It was very troublesome to go to other cities. But brother sent people to build teleportation portals. Now it only takes a few minutes to go between the main cities."
The two of them talked back and forth. Under Sirene's guidance, Xiao Wu quickly explained the situation of Roland.
Celine clenched her fists tightly when she found out that the five main cities were only preserved under the protection of the Guardian Formation.
The conditions for activating the Guardian Formation … Father told her and brother that it was a method that was only used as a last resort. The price for activating it …
She forced herself to stop thinking about it.
She didn't have the right to break down now.
"Snow actually succeeded." Sirene talked about other things to divert her attention.
"He asked me to teach him meditation. I didn't expect him to really persevere and even break through."
"Yes! Brother is super awesome! "
Xiao Wu said, "He is now the most powerful Elementalist in Roland besides Si Sheng! And brother also found a way to remove the star-level restriction of Elementalists. Isn't that awesome? "
Xiao Wu was an artificial intelligence. Removing the star-level restriction of Elementalists had nothing to do with it. It simply wanted to boast about its brother.
Sure enough, after it said that, the four Elementalists in front of it all showed surprised and enlightened expressions.
"Can you tell me more about it?" Abner couldn't help but ask.
This was really too surprising!
Of course, they had sensed the removal of the star-level restriction. During this time, everyone had improved by quite a bit. Sirene's strength had directly increased by half a star.
It was just that they never would have thought that this matter was actually done by His Highness Snow … No, it should be called His Majesty Snow now.
"How did His Majesty do it?" Abner asked respectfully.
If Abner was still prejudiced because of his past knowledge when he found out that the Third Prince had succeeded the throne, Abner's opinion completely changed after a few words from Xiao Wu.
Three-star strength, removal of the star-level restriction, construction of the inter-city teleportation circle … Each of these was a feat that could be recorded in history!
In response to his question, Little Five's answer was somewhat vague.
This was its brother's secret. Of course, it wouldn't be stupid enough to reveal everything. It only used the excuse that Xu Sili used to fool others.
Sirene was originally curious about the strongest person Xiao Wu mentioned, Si Sheng. She had never seen that person before, but now she was attracted by Xiao Wu's words.
"The removal of the star-level restriction … is actually related to Roland's national strength?" She muttered, "Could it be that the Roland four years ago wasn't strong enough?"
Before Roland was destroyed by the Beast Tide, they had spent hundreds of years to rebuild the Empire from the ruins. Was it not strong enough?
"It's not that it wasn't strong enough. It's just that you don't know the ceremony to remove the seal."
Xiao Wu looked at her strangely. "A strong national strength is only the prerequisite. The most important thing is the ceremony to remove the seal!"
"Now, my brother is stuck at three-star again. He said that he wants to continue developing Roland and remove the second level restriction as soon as possible so that he can break through to four-star."
"Four-star …"
Sirene was a little shocked. Four-star strength. That was something that she had never dared to imagine before. Even now, she was still struggling at two-and-a-half stars. As for Snow …
He was already working hard to become a four-star star!
Celine couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart. She was proud of her younger brother's growth and was also encouraged.
Snow didn't disappoint her.
During Roland's most dangerous time, he shouldered everything and achieved such great results. She was both gratified and distressed.
He must have suffered a lot, right? She didn't know if she and her brother would have a chance to meet again in this life …
Xiao Wu's arrival made the atmosphere in the underground cave, which was getting heavier by the day, become more relaxed. The group of people who had almost given up hope were rekindled.
"My brother took the spaceship out to pick up a few teachers. When he comes back, he will continue to eliminate the interstellar beasts."
Xiao Wu continued to talk about the battle that happened on the Coastal Plain. Just the results of the battle shocked everyone. Even the Senos, who had been calm all this time, couldn't help but be surprised.
In seven days, two-thirds of the land on the Coastal Plain was recovered without any losses. A total of millions of interstellar beasts were killed!
What kind of amazing results were these?
The most important thing was that there were no casualties!
However, when asked for details, Xiao Wu couldn't explain clearly. In fact, it didn't particularly understand the specific effects of Xu Sili's skills.
Due to its vagueness, Brady and the others began to wonder if it was just bragging.
However, they only thought about it in their hearts and didn't say it out loud. Otherwise, the little robot would probably explode again.
"So you don't have to worry. My brother will eliminate all the interstellar beasts sooner or later. He will push all the way here, and you will be saved!"
Xiao Wu concluded.
However, after thinking about it, it carefully asked how far this place was from the Imperial City. After getting an accurate answer, the little artificial intelligence broke down a little.
"Why is it so far!" it exclaimed.
Sirene smiled bitterly. If it wasn't so far away, why would they be trapped here for so many years?
In the end, she heard the little robot mutter.
"That won't do. It's too far. How long will it take for my brother to clear this place and save us?"
"Do I have to stay in this broken communication device forever? Xiao Wu, don't qaq … "
As it spoke, it started to cry.
Sirene was speechless.
Although her communication device was a little old, it wasn't to the point of being "broken", right?
At this time, Xiao Wu thought of something and suddenly asked, "You said before that there was no signal here because the base station was broken, right?"
Sirene nodded. Xiao Wu suddenly became happy.
"Then I'll help you fix the base station! Once the base station is fixed, it can send signals and we can ask my brother to come and pick us up! "
Sirene originally wanted to say that it was too dangerous here. Even if they could contact him, he might not be able to come over. However, when she thought of the spaceship that day, she became excited again.
Since they could safely fly from the Imperial City to here and enter the safe passage, it meant that Roland had mastered the technology to avoid flying interstellar beasts!
Moreover, Xiao Wu's proposal coincided with her previous plan.
"Do you know how to fix a base station?" Sirene asked.
"If I have the materials, I can make one for you!" Xiao Wu said proudly.
"I just don't know if it can be fixed with the materials we have. Sister, find some time to take me to see it."
"Okay!"
The two of them talked back and forth. Sirene had temporarily forgotten her sadness. Senos looked at them and slowly exhaled.
He lowered his eyebrows and looked at his legs that were missing half. The light in his eyes dimmed again.
"Big brother, what are you thinking about?"
At this time, he heard the voice of the little robot.
When he looked up, he found that Sirene and Brady had disappeared. Abner had also cleaned up the tableware and got up to walk to the cleaning area.
In the hall, only the projection of him and the little robot was left.
He felt that his heart was as empty as the hall.
The little robot had brought them so much good news, but he didn't feel particularly happy.
Senos knew that he was sick.
After living in the underground for three or four years, under the erosion of despair, sorrow, and pain, he had long been sick.
If it wasn't for Celine and everyone who survived in this cave, he probably would've killed himself long ago …
"Big brother, are you in a lot of pain?"
The little robot looked at him and made a gesture that wanted to touch his body.
Was it painful?
Senos shook his head. He had long been numb.
"If only we had the materials," Xiao Wu said, "If only we had the materials, I could cure you immediately!"
Its tone was serious and pure. "I stole it on the Star Web before, no, I found it!"
"In the Flanda Interstellar Federation, there is a technology that can regenerate a new body even if only a head is left. And it will be exactly the same after it grows."
Senos looked at it and was slightly stunned. "Exactly the same?"
"Yes, like big brother, it will grow back in minutes!" Xiao Wu patted its chest. "When we go back, leave this to me."
"In Xiao Wu's military factory, there is nothing that Xiao Wu can't do!"
Senos stared at the little robot. After a long time, the corners of his mouth curved into a faint smile, and the depths of his eyes seemed to be rekindled.
"Okay."
He responded softly. Sirene, who was running back from the room with the map, could not help but stop in her tracks.
She looked at this scene and could not help but laugh. As she laughed and laughed, her vision blurred.
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