I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 50

The aircraft was eerily quiet.

Lu Mi was surrounded by people from the headquarters, while Sholun and others were on the next aircraft.

Sholun and the others knew about Lu Mi entering that “door”. After all, they watched Lu Mi stationed at the cliff edge, and after eliminating the giant hand, he suddenly disappeared for a while–a little thought could guess where he went.

That was too reckless!

At that time, they all went to the supply station and couldn’t stop him in time. They felt a chill thinking about it afterwards.

Fortunately, Lu Mi came back safely now.

What was behind that door?

They always felt that Lu Mi seemed a bit different after coming back. The truly keen extraordinaries could sense some inexplicable things.

Like now, they wouldn’t know that Lu Mi was the Yindu God, but they felt a distance in the dark – not only in power, but also on a spiritual level, as if that person had suddenly ascended to a higher place.

This incomprehensible emptiness made Sholun, who was already a bit uneasy, even more irritable.

–What did he encounter there? Was the crisis resolved…

There were too many questions to ask. Although there was a communication frequency on the aircraft that could talk without hindrance, they couldn’t speak out because people from the headquarters were watching.

“Damn it!” Sholun cursed in a low voice, his terrifying aura made the intern students like Anbo swallow their saliva and subconsciously lean back in their seats.

“Calm down, Sholun.” The former chief warden also knew that too many things happened that day. After the collapse of Tartarus, this man’s heart subconsciously shifted to the silver-eyed youth–even though he himself was not willing to admit it.

The old man sighed, he owed these twisted fates of the Tartarus Prison, “At worst, there’s still me!”

The deep words ignited hope in everyone, and only Sholun looked up and understood the old man’s desperate, death-defying gaze.

…That was really the worst situation. Sholun tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Just then, a conversation came from the communication frequency–

“What are you looking at?”

That was the aircraft Lu Mi was riding. Probably unable to bear the excessive silence in the aircraft, the leader of the Assault Troops who was responsible for “accompanying” him unexpectedly broke the silence.

The leader regretted it as soon as he asked, he shouldn’t have too much involvement with his mission target, this had already exceeded his duty.

From the beginning, Lu Mi had been looking out of the window.

At that moment, the silver-eyed youth glanced at the leader upon hearing his words, then seemed to find the “clouds” outside more attractive. “Don’t you think the scenery here is beautiful?”

His clear and light voice made the leader, who didn’t expect a response, feel somewhat flattered.

The leader: “Ah, yes.” He then looked out the window, “Ordinary aircraft can’t reach this height.”

The leader seemed to think that the youth was talking about the scenery thousands of meters above that ordinary people couldn’t reach. Nowadays, only the world’s latest military aircraft developed by the headquarters’ science academy could reach there. For ordinary people from remote sectors, it was indeed stunning.

For some reason, the silver-eyed youth seemed to smile a bit, without comment.

His clear silver eyes reflected the unparalleled azure, presenting a strange color more stunning than the sky.

Deep in those pupils that no one could touch, in Lu Mi’s field of vision–

A towering city, larger than the entire fleet combined, was sailing side by side.

The roar of the huge engine was quietly hidden by the brilliant technology of ancient civilization. The ark, more mysterious than optical invisibility, was hidden between the clouds and the gale.

It was a corner that anyone would exclaim and shout when they saw it. He saw the magic cube at the core of the ark flickering in response to his gaze, like breathing–for now, only he could see it.

“Ding ding ding -” The sudden ringing sound made Lu Mi look away.

Under the slightly vigilant gaze of the people at the headquarters, Lu Mi casually took out the terminal. Only then did he find that there were already several incoming calls on the terminal, all of which were when he was still in the Southern Abyss, he didn’t notice because he couldn’t receive the signal.

“What’s the matter, Sikes?” Lu Mi answered the call showing the name.

“Phew – thank God, you finally answered the phone!”

From Sike’s point of view, this was just a few days after Lu Mi went out for an internship.

Sikes quickly said, “Here’s the thing, not long ago, the headquarters suddenly asked me for your employment information. At that time, I could assure you that your information was all right, but I couldn’t understand why the headquarters wanted to investigate you? Was there any problem with Tartarus, oh! If it involves secrets, don’t tell me, so as not to cause you trouble.”

The people at the headquarters looked tense, and in the silence of everyone, Lu Mi spoke slowly, “No problem, everything is fine.”

“Then…”

“The matter of the information, probably because the headquarters wants to reward me.” Regardless of the strange gazes of the people, Lu Mi continued.

“Reward?” Sikes was surprised, “You have made a merit!?”

“Yes, maybe the kind that will be recorded in history.”

“Then then then…” Sikes was stuttering crazily, “Then I won’t bother you, you hurry up and get busy! Knowing that you are okay, I am relieved, let’s celebrate when you come back!”

Everyone watched the silver-eyed youth calmly hang up the phone. Through the terminal, they could also imagine the excitement of “Sikes” on the other side.

But why did he believe it so easily? It looked like a joke no matter how you looked at it! Especially for those who knew Lu Mi’s situation at this moment, it was simply a fairy tale!

Then, there was no conversation all the way.

The aircraft entered a spacious airport.

Through the glass dome of the airport, one could vaguely see the magnificent buildings standing among the layers of mountains not far away.

–It was somewhat surprising.

Lu Mi looked at those ancient buildings, feeling the thickness of history. Every brick, every tile, every piece of wood seemed to carry a distant breath.

“Isn’t it different from what you imagined?” Sholun came over at this time. His mood seemed to have calmed down a lot. Who could say it wasn’t the silence of deciding to break the cauldron and sink the boat? (TL: being determined to win the battle and doing it to the end no matter what.)

Sholun looked up at the corners of the buildings in the distance and slowly said, “It is said that this is the original appearance of the headquarters of the extraordinaries. It has been maintained and repaired for hundreds of years and has been preserved to this day. The General Science Academy has proposed several times to remodel it, but it was rejected.”

He pointed to a large group of buildings on another mountain, “That is where the General Science Academy later pulled funds from the nobles and built it themselves.”

Lu Mi followed his gaze, and indeed, the buildings over there were more in line with the style of “high-rise buildings”, surrounded by a green halo similar to scanning.

“Have you been here?” Lu Mi asked.

Sholun responded, “The General Science Academy occasionally cooperates with Tartarus, and some tranquilizers for prisoners are provided by their research.” He seemed unwilling to talk more about this in front of Lu Mi, “But I don’t like the people here, if you meet…”

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes suddenly walked into the airport.

“You’re finally here.” The middle-aged man was holding a notebook.

“Your Excellency Neva.” The leader of the assault troops nodded to the man.

The man named Neva looked at Lu Mi, who was surrounded by people, with a strange gleam in his eyes, “Is this the target?”

After getting the leader’s affirmative answer, Neva bowed to Lu Mi, “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time, Your Excellency the new chief warden of Tartarus, I am a secretary of the headquarters, you can call me Neva, I am ordered to lead you to the conference hall.”

“Conference hall?” Sholun said coldly, “Are you sure it’s not a cell?”

“You’re joking.” Neva adjusted his glasses that were shining with light, “The headquarters cares a lot about the future of Tartarus, all the lords of the headquarters will attend this meeting, and they will never insult the chief warden.”

Lu Mi didn’t react much, “Lead the way.”

Seeing Lu Mi say this, Sholun and the others didn’t say anything more. After all, they had already arrived here and there was no other way out.

As for the Assault Troops, they still faithfully “guarded” at Lu Mi’s side, following his tracks.

“I heard that the Chief Warden is from the K8 branch?”

On the way to the conference hall, they still needed to walk through a wide avenue and towering mountains. Even with convenient passages, it was still a long journey.

On the way, Neva asked seemingly unintentionally.

This was not a secret, Lu Mi gave him a lukewarm look.

Neva’s heart jumped inexplicably, he immediately covered up the fleeting panic, put on a smile, “Actually, it’s like this, do you know a person named Hosen? He used to be my assistant, then he was transferred to the K8 branch as an exchange student. I miss him a bit, I was thinking if I could ask about his recent situation from you.”

Hosen? Lu Mi knew then, but Hosen was an intelligence agent and spy before he defected, he didn’t know what kind of “assistant” he was.

Neva obviously didn’t know that his good assistant Hosen had blown himself up on the first day he went to the K8 branch. Neva was still trying to get closer to Lu Mi through Hosen, hoping to get some information.

As a result, as soon as they walked down the mountain road, Neva, looking at the increasingly close conference hall, became a bit anxious.

“Stop! Who is it?” At the entrance of the mountain road, a man bearing the [Holy Sword] symbol stopped them.

The man glanced at the position of the Assault Troops, raised his eyebrows, “Are you escorting a prisoner?” He curiously looked at Lu Mi’s empty wrist, “If it’s a prisoner, why isn’t he wearing restraints?”

Before Lu Mi could speak, Neva’s eyes flashed, and he jumped out and said, “This is an important guest of the headquarters, how can you disrespect him.”

“Guest?” The man looked surprised.

Neva turned back to Lu Mi and said, “The security of the headquarters has always been handled by Lord Desmond’s men. However, Lord Desmond is devoted to studying martial arts, and his troops mostly follow his style, so they may neglect other aspects, I hope you can forgive us.”

Lu Mi saw the man bearing the [Holy Sword] symbol already had anger on his face, but he didn’t make a scene because other people were present.

Receiving Lu Mi’s gaze, Sholun explained, “Desmond is one of the next candidates for the presidency of the headquarters, the other two I remember are Douglas, Dunham.”

Lu Mi looked at Neva, then asked Sholun, “Who is the Golden Clock’s troop?”

Sholun seemed a bit surprised that Lu Mi had heard of this name, “It’s Douglas.”

At this time, if one looked at Neva again, they would find that the man stiffened his back sharply. He carefully glanced at Lu Mi, but just happened to meet those silver eyes, and cold sweat trickled down instantly.

Is it a coincidence? The other party shouldn’t know that he is Lord Douglas’s man, no… according to the information on this person, it’s strange enough for someone from a place like the K8 branch to know about the Golden Clock itself.

But Lu Mi didn’t care about the man’s confusion, he just understood two things–

The headquarters of the extraordinaries was indeed not harmonious, he might have entered this muddy water as an external factor at the most chaotic time.

Lu Mi didn’t plan to get involved in these matters, so the second thing was very clear: knowing who wanted to target him, the rest was easy, just break their legs.

The rest of you, please sink into it on your own.

With his thoughts instantly clear, Lu Mi quickened his pace, while Neva found him inscrutable. He was suspicious and afraid of revealing more information, so he simply stopped talking, which made Lu Mi completely quiet.

……

“Achoo——!”

In the magnificent conference hall, a young man with blond hair suddenly sneezed.

“Grant, is it too cold here?” Another slightly older blond man asked with concern.

“Ah, no, I always feel…” Grant frowned, “Brother, shall we go back? It’s so boring here.”

The blond man looked at him helplessly, then another person next to him laughed, “Little young master of the Welvezes family, please be patient, the participants will be here soon.”

The man then looked at the slightly older blond man, “Everyone knows that the Welvezes are the richest noble family in the Santvanto Empire. Your ancestors helped us establish the new General Science Academy in the past, and now we sincerely launch another cooperation project——”

Grant glanced at the document handed out on the table, vaguely seeing something like “develop Tartarus”.

If he had known, he wouldn’t have been curious about what the headquarters of the extraordinaries looked like and insisted on coming with his brother. Every time this happened, Grant would think of Lu Mi.

–The exciting experiences at the auction seemed to be still vivid, the silver-eyed youth left a deep impression on him, guiding him to open the door to a new world!

He knew he would never meet such a stunning person in his life, and because of this, he held the most devout longing for the world of the extraordinaries.

But when he returned to the imperial capital, even though the headquarters of the extraordinaries was the paradise of the extraordinaries in this world, why…there was no excitement that Lu Mi had brought to him at that time?

The more gorgeous the exterior of this bright and beautiful building, the more silent it was inside. The young man full of expectations couldn’t stand the psychological gap and felt that he had entered a fake headquarters.

If Lu Mi were here…Grant firmly believed that the man would always bring him surprises.

But at this moment, a wave of inexplicable goosebumps attacked him.

Grant suddenly looked up–above was the dome of the building, he clearly couldn’t see the outside, but he just felt… something was coming.

Something very huge, full of oppressive feeling!

At the same time, the door suddenly opened, and a familiar figure walked in.

Grant heard the sound of his heart beating wildly in an instant, that moment, with the figure coming against the light, the world seemed to be illuminated.