Man on the ark, forced to become king

"Hey, are you back?"

Melina leaned against the wall, her face enigmatic, her gaze fixed on Xi in Theresa's arms.

As if sensing something, Xi's drooping pointed ears turned bright red, her body trembled slightly, and her head moved almost imperceptibly, revealing a small slit.

"Woo!"

Upon realizing that everyone was staring at her, the painting deity trembled as if electrocuted, emitting a very cute cry.

"evening?"

Lin Lu called out softly, and Xi trembled even more violently. She suddenly broke free from Theresa's embrace, covered her face with one hand, and with the other hand, she slashed at the wall, creating a dark hole, and rammed into it.

"Run, ran away?"

Xiao Chen, who was still confused about what had happened, was dumbfounded. She was the most bewildered person present and had no idea what was going on.

She only saw Xi rush out of Lin Lu's room, and then the two of them flew out.

"cough."

Reaching out to touch the dark surface imprinted on the wall, as expected, it felt like the wall itself. Without Xi's permission, it would be difficult for outsiders to enter her painted world unless they used violent means of destruction. If she was determined to hide... there really wasn't a good way.

"It seems our Miss Xi is quite shy."

Theresa couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes crinkling with laughter. She had never seen such an adorable deity before. The current Xi was a completely different being from the cold-faced beauty who had negotiated with her in the Tower of Babel.

"This Xi Gua has probably been tricked by that nice older sister of Nian again. She would never do such a thing normally."

Unable to find the door to enter the world of the painting, Lin Lu glanced at the large hole that was letting in cold air, shook her head and chuckled.

Although Xi is a bit of a homebody, she is still quite steady. How could she possibly do something like 'trying to throw herself into someone's arms but ending up knocking them flying', something that would make others want to dig a three-bedroom apartment out of their heads?

Most likely, before coming here, she was given some kind of rambling that affected her intelligence, which seriously impacted Xi's thinking ability.

Come to think of it, the two sisters, Xi and Nian, have stayed at the Golden Tree for quite some time, and their experiences during this period are almost identical. Since Nian, as the older sister, has those thoughts, what about the younger sister? It's likely that they have similar ideas.

However, compared to the outgoing and straightforward Nian, Xi tends to keep everything bottled up inside, showing signs of social anxiety. She doesn't talk much, let alone follow Nian's example of being direct and to the point.

Even if she wants to join as a partner, it would probably take her quite a long time to express it on her own initiative.

That's how it was originally.

But... well, what can she do when she has such a wonderful older sister?

Without even thinking, Lin Lu knew that it must have been Nian's instigation that led to Xi's 'hot-blooded' actions today. That girl has always been despicable when it comes to being an older sister, and she would never hesitate to trick her younger sister. Sending Xi to Ursus in her place must have been her doing, otherwise, who else could use her token?

Tsk, thinking about it, I really want to drag that guy up in front of me and give him a good spanking.

You feel restless if you don't cause trouble every day, right?

If only Xi had been sent over, wouldn't all that mess have been avoided? A quiet, beautiful girl by my side would be quite pleasing to the eye, even without her saying a word.

Now look what's happened! Not only did the person run away, but we also have to pay compensation. Where can we go to seek justice?

Lin Lu's chest and back still ached faintly. She shook her head regretfully, glanced at the black circle on the wall, and her spirits seemed to have dropped considerably. She waved her hand weakly and said, "Have someone from the hotel come and take a look, discuss the compensation, and then change the room. Also—um?"

Before she finished speaking, Lin Lu straightened her back instantly, jumped onto the broken hole in the wall in a few steps, her nostrils twitching, and her eyes staring straight down.

He felt it! That familiar presence!

This smell... this snake scent that can be detected from 800 meters away must be his brother, his beloved friend and family—the immortal black snake!

Chapter 88 Stop, Kosichek, the outside is full of Lin Lu

That's why they say you can meet someone anywhere in life.

Lin Lu felt that this statement made perfect sense. He really didn't expect to encounter the host of the Black Serpent in St. Petersburg. Could it be that every city in Ursus has several of its bodies?

If that's the case, perhaps we should consider changing our plans and spending more time in Ursus.

Thinking of all the gains he had made along the way, he really wanted to shout, "My friend Black Serpent!"

After automatically arriving in Ursus, it seems that good things happen every time I encounter Black Serpent. He's truly a wonderful person!

Their first encounter was in Chernobog, and Golden Tree won over Chernobog.

Their second encounter was on the southern ice plains, where the Golden Tree accepted Talulah and the Reunion Movement.

After that, we were apart for several days and I missed him terribly. I never expected to run into him for the third time in St. Petersburg... Now that we've met, it wouldn't be right not to leave something behind, would it?

I wonder what gifts Black Snake brought this time; I'm quite looking forward to it.

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Kosic has been in very poor mental condition these past few days, probably the worst he's been in decades.

As an evil god dwelling on the land of Ursus, not a spiritual being existing in a physical form, He should not be like this.

A thousand years ago, the Ursus race overthrew the rule of the Eagles and established the Ironblood Empire. From ignorance to civilization, from weakness to strength, the immortal Black Serpent has already experienced too much. How could it be affected by the fleeting beauty of a ephemeral flower in its long life?

A drop of water falling into a bowl of water will create ripples, and it can also create ripples when it hits a pool of water, but if it flows into a lake or even the sea, it will be inconspicuous.

What happens at a certain point in time will become mundane over thousands of years; the same is true for everything.

Talulah's problem has a significant impact. Without Talulah, the Black Serpent loses the powerful strength of the Drakk bloodline, making it unable to push forward the reforms in Ursus as planned, and it will no longer be able to covet Victoria's territory in the future.

Starting with Longmen, decades of meticulous planning vanished overnight; in today's terms, that would be a devastating loss.

Decades is a period of time, enough to occupy an ordinary person's entire life, yet it's all been wasted effort, which is indeed hard to accept.

But, that's all.

When finite things are placed in infinite time, their inherent meaning becomes unimportant. For immortal life, the same things may have been repeated many times in history. What we do and say today may have been said to others hundreds of years ago.

The planning over several decades is both important and unimportant, because it can wait until the next decade, the next century.

Therefore, He should not have wavered—theoretically speaking.

Clearly, this situation is outside the realm of theory.

After the last memories of the serpent's shadow within Talulah's body in the southern ice plains dissipated and merged into its main body, the black serpent sensed something was wrong with itself. It no longer fell into a deep sleep. Not only its main body, but also its clones in various places had similar reactions, which had a serious impact on the evil god who was good at scheming.

Specifically, this manifests as... certain hosts exhibiting an involuntary resistance when encountering items made from 'gold' as a raw material, and this reaction is spreading and intensifying. In some cases, certain special hosts even react to the sight of gold or the mere mention of the word "gold".

Just as water accumulates to form a lake and sand gathers to form a tower, each host of the Black Serpent is equivalent to a completely new individual formed by the fusion of a snake and a human. The Black Serpent, detached from reality, is the 'control center' of all hosts. It does not need to personally control each individual, but will passively accept all the memories of the host. This causes the 'bad habits' from the host to also be reflected in its own body, and then all of them accumulate in a special host directly controlled by the consciousness of the original body—Duke Koschche.

In recent days, Koschke has been dreaming of a colossal golden tree that reaches the heavens and the earth, a muscular man riding a pony, and a massive black sword stabbing at his kidneys. He has had to rely on his own physical strength to get out of that state of exhaustion.

Even so, the influence was not completely suppressed. Whenever He wanted to do something, it was as if a voice was whispering in His ear, as if tempting Him.

"Stop, Koschche, Lin Lu is everywhere outside!"

The inexplicable seductive voice kept echoing twice while I was thinking. It was unbelievable that the evil god, who was good at plotting, was actually being seduced and frightened by the other side.

Black Serpent desperately didn't want to admit that he would be traumatized by someone in just two short encounters, but he really couldn't completely prevent this from happening. He could only rely on his spiritual power to remain inside his body for a long time to counteract the influence.

Therefore, exhaustion was inevitable. If it weren't for the importance of his identity as the 'Duke of Koschche,' especially now that he had lost Talulah and could not afford any accidents, he would have forced himself into a state of deep sleep to mitigate the effects.

Unfortunately, not yet.

If you want to go into hibernation, you'll have to wait until after the Ice and Snow Music Festival.

This is a grand celebration for the entire Ursus. The cheers of the people are just the surface. The most important thing is the gathering of important figures, which represents the exchange of interests and the division of power among the upper class. Duke Kosichä cannot be absent from such an important occasion.

Fortunately, the situation has not reached its worst point. The theme of the Ice and Snow Music Festival is not extravagant, and elements such as gold are quite rare. He only needs to wait until after attending the banquet among the nobles in the evening, and then he can go home and concentrate on solving the problem.

Well, it was just a meaningless aristocratic banquet.

Leaning back in the soft seats, with military police temporarily acting as guards clearing the way in front and on both sides, the old-fashioned convertible slowly drove through the bustling city. Everyone subconsciously held their breath and made way, and the street instantly became quiet.

Kosiché looked gloomy, his narrow eyes glowing faintly red as he scanned his surroundings.

No matter how much time has passed, the common people of this country seem to be equally foolish, making it difficult for her to be interested in them. Those ordinary people who are good at nothing are born to exist as 'nourishment'.

The snake's pupils extended upwards as its body leaned back, gradually rising until they met the gaze of the man who had poked his head out of the hole.

! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

It was as if hundreds or thousands of alarms were sounding at the same time. Koschke's back straightened reflexively, and he unconsciously made a 'hoarse' sound in his throat.

I’m going to die, die, die, die!

How could he be here?!

Their gazes met, and the black snake's body went from relaxed to tense, and then back to relaxed.

I recognized the look in your eyes; I've met the right person.

Under Kosic's numb gaze, the man who had peered out from above laughed and waved his arms. He couldn't hear the sound because of the distance, but he could barely make out the shape of his mouth.

—My friend Black Snake!

That's what he said.

In that instant, Kosiché had an urge to immediately order the convoy to turn around and leave, to get away from the city as quickly as possible.

Meeting this man is never a good thing!

And yet, he always seems to run into them!

Shouldn't we say that fate is truly wondrous?

Black Snake wanted to curse, but he forced himself not to jump out of the car. He suddenly discovered another trigger for his 'gold phobia'—he was now afraid of the name Lin Lu.

Damn ice and snow music festival... Why is it an ice and snow music festival?!