Chapter 770: 767, Find Evidence_1
ps: Sorry, I got home too late today, so I posted this chapter without editing it. If you see this line of text and want to refresh the page half an hour later, that will be the edited version.
“Something’s off! Did someoneme by just now?”
Upon returning to his study and settling down, Manina suddenly felt something was amiss.
Everything around him seemed the same as when he left, whether it was the arrangement of files on the desk or the position of the cup.
But when he sat down on his office chair, he had a hunch that something about the atmosphere was weird.
It felt as though someone had been here and stayed quite a while.
In fact, the reason why Manina noticed this was because he had returned to the study right after Zhong Feng had left, a gap of less than 10 minutes.
If Manina had returned one or two hours later, the presence that Zhong Feng unintentionally left would havempletely dissipated, and he probably wouldn’t have a clue that Zhong Feng had been there.
“Sunlight, did anyoneme to the study just now?” Manina asked loudly.
“Sunlight” is the name of the Emperor’s exclusive AI system.
Updat𝓮d fr𝙤m ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com.
“Your Majesty, no one has visited the study since you left, including the servants,” AI Sunlight answered.
“I don’t believe it. Sunlight, pull up the surveillance footage from the study just now!”
“Very well, Your Majesty.”
Following the instruction, AI Sunlight displayed the surveillance footage from the study.
But after showing the surveillance footage, AI Sunlight fell silent.
Because in the footage, the files on Zhong Feng’s desk started flipping their own pages without any wind!
After one file finished flipping, another file began flipping its pages.
Manina’s face turned pitch black instantly, “This means nobody has been here? Just open your eyes and see, does this seem like nobody has been here?”
“…” AI Sunlight was at a loss for words.
As a top-tier AI and equipped with amprehensive biological detection function, “Sunlight” should be able to detect if any other beings had arrived.
As for the surveillance footage, unless necessary, it would not gather information from the video feed.
But who would have thought that its biological detection function wouldmpletely fail, and the infiltrator would actually reveal a flaw on the surveillance footage?
“Your Majesty, I…”
“What is it? Get on with your investigation already! If you can’t catch this infiltrator, ‘Blue Devourer’ will take over your job!”
“Understood!”
…
Soon, the whole Royal Palace swung into action.
The guards in the palace received instructions from AI Sunlight to search for the infiltrator at XX location.
The royal relatives and high-ranking individuals near the palace also received invitations, inviting them to the palace to search for the intruder.
A dazzling golden light burst forth from the golden protective shield thatvered the Raging Sun Palace.
In that golden light, the thickness of the protective shield increased tenfold and changed into a state of entry without exit.
Emperor Manina himself flew up to the sky above the study, his powerful spiritual energy scanning the surface of the palace grounds, desperate to find the detestable infiltrator.
…
Ofurse, the massive movement within the palace also affected Zhong Feng.
While Zhong Feng was still celebrating over the crucial information he had found, a ruckus erupted outside the archives.
First, let’s talk about the crucial information.
Upon entering the archives, he found that the informationncerning the Dragon Race was not easy to locate!
Unlike inside the study, in the archives, files were sorted meticulously by type by the archivists in charge of the archives. The classifications were very detailed, including waternservancy, infrastructure, official deployment, local finance, treasury expenditure….etc.
From the “foreign races” category, Zhong Feng managed to find some information about the Dragon Race in some old archives, which documented their declining reproduction ability.
Among those, the most crucial piece of evidence was a letter Manina VII had written to one of the princes.
This letter provided a detailed explanation of the reason for the decline in reproduction ability of the Dragon Race.
The letter stated that the high fertility rate of the Dragon Race posed the greatest threat to the Skuru Race.
No matter how hard the Skurus tried, as long as the Dragon Raceuld use its powerful reproductive ability tontinuously expand its clan, the Skuru Raceuld never bme the dominants of the planet.
At the start of Raging Sun Empire, the numbers of the Dragon Race had been curbed under theunterattack of humans.
However, the Dragon Race would inevitablyunterattack one day, and with their overwhelming numbers, they would eventually invade the cities of the Skuru Race.
To permanently resolve this issue, Manina III and several other God Levels at the time had discussed andme up with the only solution after multiple deliberations.
And that solution was—blood sacrifice!
At that time, among the Skurus, the largest group of superpowers wasn’t formed by psychic masters or psychic warriors, but rather a more special group—they were called the Cursers.
The profession of a Curser was incredibly powerful and did not require high talent; approximately 60% of the practitioners of the Skuru Race belonged to this profession at the time.
Two God Level practitioners were born from this profession: Melia and Wen.
After deliberating, the God Levels of the Skuru Race decided to execute the blood sacrifice.
In this blood sacrifice, half of the Dragon Race would be eliminated instantly, and the reproductive ability of the remaining half would be drastically suppressed.
As an equivalentst, the Skuru race had to pay a huge price too.
All cursers, including Melia and Wen, would lose their powers, and turn into ordinary people; the profession of a curser would never arise again.
Three million Skuru people would sacrifice their lives in the blood sacrifice.
Manina III, along with other God Levels’ progeny, would be bound to the source of the blood sacrifice, and have incredibly short life spans, even shorter than ordinary people. This Bloodline Curse would persist for eight generations before gradually dissipating.
…
And indeed, that actually happened.
Starting from the fourth Emperor of the Raging Sun Empire, Manina IV, none of the emperors lived past the age of 70. They all passed away prematurely at a young age.
Usually, practitioners above the Sixth Level have a lifespan of around 2000 years. A lifespan of less than 70 yearsuld basically be classified as ‘short-lived’.
It wasn’t until Manina XII and Manina XIII that the Raging Sun Royal Family gradually got rid of the Bloodline Curse and returned to normal, allowing the Raging Sun Empire to slowly regain its strength.
In the letter, Manina VII was explaining to his brother the reason for the short lifespan of the royal family, euraging him to have more children so as to offset the impact of a short lifespan.
…
When Zhong Feng found this letter, he was overjoyed!
Originally, the Skurus’ interference with the Dragon Race’s reproduction using special means was just their assumption. With this letter from Manina VII, they finally gotncrete evidence!
Upon obtaining this letter, Zhong Feng did not stop. Hentinued to search for more evidence.
Not only did he need to find evidence, he also needed to find a solution to lift the curse on the Dragon Race.
If it’s just this letter alone, it would only make the Dragon Race feel resentment. To get them tompletely stand against the Skuru Race, this would still be insufficient.
They must give them a reason to eradicate the Skuru Race entirely, perhaps only then will the Dragon Race stand firmly up against the Skurus.
However, just as he started to search, a ruckusuld be heard from outside.
