I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 4

It was hard to say whether accidents or tomorrow would come first.

The next morning, Sikes appeared in the living room in a huff, attracting the attention of Lu Mi and Donald, who were having breakfast.

“What happened?” Donald couldn’t help but ask.

Sikes calmed his anger a bit and glanced at the two of them, “I called the K1 branch last night…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Donald already had an “Oh, I see” expression on his face. In the end, he looked at him sympathetically with a “Why would you do this to yourself?” kind of look.

Lu Mi, who had just taken office, was probably the only one who didn’t understand why.

And Donald was clearly happy to enlighten him.

He carefully glanced at Sikes, who had a frustrated look on his face, covered his mouth with his hand, and then lowered his voice to Lu Mi, “You know that the K1 branch is the strongest branch in this area, right?”

Seeing Lu Mi nod, he continued, “Apart from the royal city, this place was originally under their control. But half a month ago when we arrived, the management rights of the K8 Sector were divided.”

So that’s how it was, Lu Mi understood instantly.

The cake was divided, and they were not happy.

Although they were poor here, even the smallest mosquito was meat.

Perhaps the Extraordinary who worked on the front line would feel a bit more relaxed with one less place to manage, and the people would feel safe with multiple organizations protecting them, but the management of the K1 branch obviously didn’t think so.

In fact, Donald still remembered the condescending tone of the personnel who came to handle the handover when they settled here.

Afterwards, their branch was always in a state of being ignored.

On the other side, Sikes was still saying, “I previously speculated based on data that the Flying Octopus might have escaped from the K1 Sector. I asked them if they knew about this, because the appearance of abyss creatures definitely indicates the presence of abyss rifts around.”

Abyss rifts were a major threat to several sectors, and the K8 Sector was naturally no exception.

“They said they would handle it and told me not to meddle,” Sikes said.

The exact words were, [If we can’t solve it, what use are you?]

In the end, he didn’t get the information he wanted and was instead ridiculed.

Lu Mi knew that the rift was in the palace, but he couldn’t explain the source of the information, so he didn’t speak up.

Sikes didn’t expect the two of them to be of much help, he just wanted to vent his frustration to feel better.

When Sikes left with dark circles under his eyes, Donald looked at Lu Mi, “Aren’t you worried?”

Lu Mi gave him a puzzled look.

Donald said, “The first time I knew that the abyss rift was so close to me, I was really panicked!”

He was impressed. This person was too calm, making him completely unable to feel the sense of accomplishment as a senior!

Lu Mi lazily raised his eyebrows, “What’s the use of panicking?”

“…You’re right,” Donald rallied, “But there hasn’t been any big news for a long time, I guess the K1 branch has already controlled the rift that appeared.”

“Let’s not talk about this for now.” Donald stood up, took out a bucket and a rag from the corner, “Yesterday, the archive room was only hastily swept, today we need to thoroughly clean it!”

Lu Mi paused, then seemed to remember, “The archive room, I’ve already cleaned it.”

“…Huh?”

Donald, who didn’t believe it, followed Lu Mi upstairs.

Then, the moment he pushed open the archive room, it was like opening the door to a new world—

Was this…

Was this still the dirty, dilapidated place from yesterday?!

In the corner, there was no trace of the dirt that had accumulated overnight. The messy bookshelves were neatly arranged, and the ground had shed its dust to reveal the beautiful pattern of the tiles.

The morning light shone in from outside, passing through the large window, so clean that even the carvings on the window frame seemed to be glowing!

What was this? Even Cinderella didn’t have this efficiency!

He couldn’t help but stare in astonishment at the long table in the center that was completely renewed.

Lu Mi was already sitting there calmly, entering the names and locations of the materials into the terminal, making tables and sticky notes for searching.

Donald opened his mouth in shock, the bucket in his hand unconsciously dropped, “You didn’t stay up all night yesterday, did you?”

Otherwise, he really couldn’t imagine how one person could achieve this.

Lu Mi said, “Not exactly.”

What he yearned for was a healthy lifestyle.

As for everything in front of him, of course, it wasn’t done by him alone—

“Feel free to tell us what to do!”

Last night, after pledging their loyalty, the two creatures, who knew the correct posture to curry favor, were eager to show off.

Seeing their enthusiasm, and having just learned some “big surprises”, Lu Mi naturally wouldn’t be polite.

He asked, “Can you clean?”

The two creatures: “…Huh?”

And so, there was this bright room.

Although Donald was puzzled, the facts were in front of him, and he had to accept them.

His new colleague…always seemed quite mystical.

Just when the two of them thought it was an ordinary day, they were urgently called over by Sikes in the afternoon.

“Something happened.”

Sikes got straight to the point.

“The K1 branch has lost contact.”

Lu Mi: “…”

Donald: “…”

Although they knew now was not the time to think about other things, they had just said “no need for help” yesterday, and then they had an accident in the afternoon?

That was too fast.

“What about the royal city now? Is it okay!” Donald came back to his senses, visibly becoming anxious.

Lu Mi gave him a thoughtful look.

“I don’t know. But before the loss of contact, I received a distress signal. I then contacted other sectors and found that they had also received it, and they are now assembling teams to rush to the royal city.”

“I’m going too!” Donald immediately said.

Sikes was not surprised and did not refuse.

Although their K8 branch was small, as long as it existed, it could not fail to make a statement at this time.

That was the capital of the Blue Steel Empire, its peace and tranquility affected many people.

“Go prepare the aircraft, I’ll go with you.” Sikes instructed Donald, then turned to Lu Mi, “You stay in the branch for now, the Flying Octopus and the Fish Bug are left to you to guard, this place can’t afford any chaos now.”

Actually, Sikes hesitated before making the decision, after all, Lu Mi’s talent must not be weak, and might be a decisive force.

But he immediately thought that Lu Mi had just entered this line, like letting a newbie who had never touched a special attack gun go to the battlefield–this was an extreme disrespect for the life of a soldier.

Not to mention that this was a good seedling who was destined to have a bright future as long as he was alive. How could he let the other party fall here because of a reckless decision, thinking about that possibility was heartbreaking.

So Sikes chose the most cautious path.

Unexpectedly, Lu Mi did not show the dissatisfaction he was worried about.

The silver-eyed young man remained unchanged, just gently nodded, “Okay.”

The stone fell from Sikes’ heart, increasingly relieved, the more he looked, the more satisfied he was.

And when Sikes left with Donald, Lu Mi, who was left alone, turned around—

In the operating room, the Flying Octopus, who had been wiping the ceiling all night yesterday, was lying dead in the water tank from exhaustion.

The next second, as Lu Mi’s figure appeared in the field of vision, it immediately revived like full of blood, jumping up from a soft state on the spot.

“Why are you here!”

The Flying Octopus had already stuck to the glass, its eyes moist and watery, staring at Lu Mi.

The Fish Bug lingering in the back was also excited.

Lu Mi directly asked, “Do you still remember the exact location of that rift?”

Flying Octopus nodded excitedly, “I remember, I remember, I came out from there! It’s in the southwest corner of the palace!”

“Good.” Lu Mi pointed, “Change to the smallest size you can, and come with me.”

Flying Octopus: Oh oh oh oh oh——! I, I, I, I can go out! The master is taking me out!

In the envious eyes of the Fish Bug, it shrank and blinked into the size of an eraser.

Lu Mi was a bit curious, “Isn’t it said that your species can only shrink to the size of a palm?”

At least that’s what the data said.

Flying Octopus shyly twisted, “I, I’m thinner…”

Lu Mi: “…” Alright, are monsters also so demanding about their figures now?

The special water tank was not easy for them to break through, but for Lu Mi, it was just a slightly harder cardboard box.

Without triggering the alarm, he opened the lid and picked up the Flying Octopus.

And to the Fish Bug left alone in the water tank, looking at him eagerly, he instructed, “You stay here and watch the house.”

Fish bug: “…Oh.”

So disappointed, whimpering QAQ

Given that the only aircraft in the branch had just been driven away by Sikes and the others, Lu Mi naturally couldn’t travel in the normal way.

He turned directly and walked to the full-length mirror in the dormitory, shaking the octopus in his hand.

“Stare at the mirror, recall the appearance of the palace, the more detailed the better.”

He possessed the “knowledge” to traverse mirrors and cross space. But the destination must be a place he had been to.

Lu Mi had never been to the palace, so he had to make do with the Flying Octopus as a medium.

In fact, this was not included in the original “knowledge” obtained by the contract, it was something he had improved and upgraded on his own after integrating and understanding.

——It was stronger than the person who contributed the “knowledge”, and this was also one of the reasons why he was able to survive in the abyss in the first place.

The mirror slowly rippled.

Flying Octopus, who was holding his breath and trying hard to sketch in his mind, had never seen this before, and couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

And when the silver-eyed youth and the Flying Octopus originally reflected in the mirror faded away, and a palace they had never seen before emerged, Lu Mi did not hesitate and stepped right in.

Even a D-level monster couldn’t withstand the high-level power involving time and space, thanks to Lu Mi putting a protective shield on it.

Flying Octopus gratefully looked at him and cautiously asked, “Are you planning to suppress that rift?”

Although it had only been in contact with Lu Mi for a short time, it always felt that he should not be such a…well, enthusiastic person?

Many times, Lu Mi gave it the impression of being more like a spectator, lazy and indifferent, as if nothing could enter those faint silver eyes.

Lu Mi looked down at it, scaring the monster into a fright, and it didn’t dare to ask any more questions.

In fact, under that expressionless face, Lu Mi was helplessly and painfully pulling at the corner of his mouth–you think he didn’t want to sit comfortably in the office drinking tea, wasn’t he afraid that a familiar face might come out of the rift?

Although the possibility was very low, he still had to be prepared, otherwise, it would be so embarrassing if the other party came to him!

At this time, the spatial transformation was finally completed, and Lu Mi walked out of the passage in the mirror world and landed on the ground.

“That’s right, that’s right, this is here! This is where I first came to this world!” The Flying Octopus saw the familiar scenery around him and couldn’t help but get excited.

Lu Mi looked up–

Good heavens, which monster group’s nest in the abyss had been poked?

Huge winged dragon-like creatures filled the sky, shrieking in groups in the sky above the palace complex.

He quickly matched the appearance of these creatures with the data.

[Snake-headed Winged Dragon, D-level]

[Special Note: Generally speaking, a D-level can be dealt with by several Extraordinaries working together. But Snake-headed Winged Dragons are social creatures, a single appearance often means that there are likely companions nearby! In addition, a small number of Snake-headed Winged Dragons will reach C-level! Experts speculate that this kind of winged dragon is likely to be the leader of the group.]

These winged dragons were shrieking and soaring in the sky, with flames spewing out of their mouths.

The azure sky had been covered by the rising flames and black smoke, and there were occasional explosions in the distance.

They tried to fly out of the palace, but were blocked by an invisible barrier.

When they hit it, Lu Mi saw a huge shield fluctuating in the phantom, covering all the huge palace complexes.

This shield on the one hand prevented them from escaping outside the palace to cause trouble, on the other hand, it also made them completely trapped beasts, increasingly crazily starting to destroy everything around them.

With a flurry of chaotic footsteps, Lu Mi saw a large group of people coming from the front.

Just seeing the exclusive blue combat uniforms on them, he knew that this was the K1 branch action department that Donald had briefed him about.

At this moment, these Extraordinaries of the K1 branch were escorting an old man with white hair forward.

From their address, Lu Mi easily learned the identity of the old man.

“Your Majesty the King, please come this way!”

As soon as the other party appeared, the Flying Octopus hiding under Lu Mi’s collar got excited, “Oh oh oh oh! So fragrant! This human smells like it’s very good…”

Before it could finish its sentence, the Flying Octopus noticed a cool gaze on it.

It immediately calmed down, “Not tasty, not tasty! I’ve decided to only eat fish in the future, I swear!”

The diet of abyss creatures was mostly very wide, only the strong had the privilege of “picky eating”, and like it, the bottom of the food chain, there was almost nothing they couldn’t eat.

As long as Lu Mi didn’t like it, it won’t touch in the future.

This little episode did not attract anyone’s attention, but soon, those people noticed Lu Mi standing in the middle of the road right in front of them.

The young man in the black and white windbreaker stood quietly under the gloomy sky, incredibly clean.

The burning world seemed to slow down at his side, even the ear-piercing shrieks around him seemed to fade away at this moment.

He stood calmly in the wind, spotless. Noticing the movement, he just calmly raised his eyes, under his long eyelashes revealed a pair of silver eyes, beautiful like a color not belonging to this world.

The almost all wounded in action crowd were caught off guard and were stunned.