Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty-Three - Tribute
I followed Yupaoyan into the elevator again. The difference from before was that the elevator was going up this time. Could it be that their core department was on the ground?
Due to concealment, the deeper underground may be safer, but for the Dalis people, it may be more convenient for them to escape from the earth in times of crisis and get rid of the shackles of gravity.
After getting out of the elevator, the situation in the underground was completely different. Unlike most of the metal building materials underground, this room was mostly made of wood and curtains. Layers of light and soft gauze materials of various colors made it look amazing.
It makes me wonder whether I am in an alien spacecraft deep near the Arctic Circle or in the palace of a certain imperial concubine in the Tang Dynasty. It seems that the leader of the Ruard people also understands the taste of life.
Not only the decoration, but as soon as I got out of the elevator, I smelled a scent, which was like a blend of osmanthus, jasmine and other floral scents. Under the cover of this rich aroma, the rancid smell could still be distinguished.
It even combines with these aromas to form a special taste that can only be smelled lightly, not inhaled deeply.
There are figures flashing behind the curtains, including graceful women and young men playing music, but most of them are beauties. The gauze curtain creates more atmosphere, allowing people to make up a peerless face for the figures.
After passing through the layers of curtains, the last gauze curtain was pulled up by two people. There was a short table placed on the high wooden platform with plates and dishes on it, and there was a man in a purple robe.
Sitting behind a short table with his robe open, his unusually protruding sternum is very conspicuous. This man's hair is long and curly, which reminds me of a singer named Cowboy on Earth a long time ago.
Seeing our arrival, he stood up unsteadily from behind, "Other inventions of the people on earth are not very good, but this thing, burp~~~" He let out a long and loud burp,
"What a second! Come! Earthlings! Have a drink with me!"
"You're drunk..." Yubuoyan nodded slightly to the people on the stage, then snapped his fingers, "Sober up the leader!"
Two women dressed in gauze walked out from behind the curtain, each holding a clay pot. Their faces were also covered with veils, like people walking out of oil paintings. The two women walked to the short side and pulled
He took off a small piece of gauze from his clothes, put it into a clay pot and soaked it with the liquid inside, and then carefully wiped the leader's body.
Any place that had been wiped by those liquids seemed to be coated with a layer of diamond luster on the skin. After the hair of the leader of the Rurda people was carefully wiped, his drunkenness finally faded away, and his eyes looked...
Much more awake.
"Chief, this is the Earthling who captured Ania's lurker!"
"oh?"
The leader's steps were still a little staggering, "The lurker who can catch Aniya? This earthling is extraordinary. Could it be that he is also wearing human skin?"
After that, he touched my head with his hand, trying to find if I also had tentacles hidden in my hair.
"The leader," Yubaoyan said, "he is truly an earthling. I have already thoroughly checked him out."
"How is that possible? Even if you give them a group of Earthlings, they are no match for the Dalisians." The leader shook his long hair, and the liquid that had just been wiped off his hair fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
The sound of breaking glass.
"He has magical powers and can control the water element!"
"Oh~~ turns out to be a defender," the leader's big eyes quickly turned in a circle, like some kind of nocturnal animal, adjusting the distance of sight and observing me carefully.
"Chief, the people of Earth have a gift for you!"
"Got a gift? Take it out and let me see!"
Having a gift was just an excuse on my part. I didn’t expect the Rourda people to be so careless and chase me for a gift. Since I said that, I must come up with something!
After thinking for a moment, I nodded to the leader, "I have a water mirror that can reflect anything you want. Maybe you already have this technology on your planet, but on Earth, it's a rare treasure.
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As I said that, I took out a mirror from my pocket. This mirror was something I had picked up in Li Shi's office before.
I have something like this in my pocket, so I just started to compile it.
I casually attached the water element to this small mirror, and then carefully handed it to the fish bubble eye.
The mirror is an ordinary folding makeup mirror, which is small and placed in the palm of the hand. It was because Li Shi was in a hurry to pack her things. I saw that the pattern on the mirror's shell was very beautiful, like the pattern on the Qiuci murals, so I wanted to help her put it away first.
At this moment, these patterns, shrouded in water vapor, really look like an age-old treasure!
Yubaoyan held a small mirror in both hands and handed the thing to the leader with small steps.
The leader pulled the fish bubble eye, wiped his hands on his clothes, and then took the mirror. The moment he opened it, water vapor spurted out. Using the water element as the medium, I used the chasing eye to read about him.
past.
The leader only opened the mirror and looked at it for a few seconds, and then closed it with a "snap". It was difficult to guess from his expression whether he liked it or not.
Yupaoyan also carefully observed the leader's expression. He looked at me for a while, then at Yupaoyan, and then started laughing, "It's really a good thing, so I accepted it!" After saying that, he squeezed it.
Holding it in his hand, he walked back to the short table, grabbed the cup on the table and drank it in one gulp.
"What do you want?" he asked me.
"I was just following the leadership's instructions to express our desire for peace. I didn't want anything."
"People on earth don't value money the most," he put his hand into the maid's clay pot and fished out a handful of diamonds! "Here you go!"
He came over, grabbed my hand, and put a handful of diamonds into my hand. Each diamond was more than two carats, which meant that this handful was worth tens of millions.
"Then it's better for me to be respectful than to obey." I put all the diamonds into my pocket and caught a glimpse of the perseverance flashing across Yubuyan's face. In his eyes, I accepted this handful of diamonds and those who had been beaten by them before.
The people on earth who are bought with power and money are no different.
"Go down, I'm tired." After the leader said, he waved his hand, and Yubaoyan made an inviting gesture to me, asking me to go out.
"outside!"
The leader called out again from behind. I turned around and saw him holding up the mirror and shaking it at me. "Thank you, Earthling."
After walking out of the layers of curtains and returning to the cold elevator, I calmed down and began to plan how to rescue Li Shi from the lair of the Ruard people. Although her seed recognition is safe with me, if there is no carrier,
The energy of seed recognition will gradually disperse and merge into the earth's magnetic field, which is very dangerous for her as a Dalisian.
"When I finish dealing with that traitor's vehicle, I will send you back."
I nodded. The vehicle he mentioned should be Li Shi's body. It seems I don't have much time!
When we returned to the conference room, only Xi Wu and a few soldiers were smoking cigarettes, and Li Shi's body was nowhere to be seen!
"Where are the people?"
"It's been cleaned." Yugiri said casually. "Didn't you say it's no longer useful?"
"Are you sure it's clean?" Yubuoyan asked.
"The cleaning dog took them away. It should have started to decompose into fuel by now. If you don't believe me, go to the operation room and have a look." After that, Yugiri blew out a smoke ring...
Yupaoyan nodded, "Just take care of it. I have other things to do. You can send Xiao Zhang back to the shelter."
"But I've never flown an aircraft."
"I know you've known it for a long time, so I'll let you practice it this time."
"What if something happens?"
"Don't worry, the aircraft is safe." Yupaoyan said and left.
Yugiri jumped down from the table in the conference room and made a gesture to me to follow.
"How is that girl?"
Yugiri looked at me with a complicated expression, "Didn't you catch her? Why are you so nervous now?"
"After all, she is our compatriot."
"She's from Dalis."
"The Dalis race has disappeared, so she is just an ordinary girl, one of our compatriots."
Xiwu didn't answer me, but walked in front silently.
When pressing the button for the elevator, our hands touched each other, and she suddenly squeezed my finger very hard. Then she said to me through lip language, "Follow me."
Chapter completed!