Successors of all mankind

"Did you test it yourself? Did you check if the machine was broken, or if it had been tampered with?"

Barkley hesitated for a moment, but still refused to give up and said:

"But I truly witnessed Shenji's excitement with my own eyes!"

With a loud slap, another hand landed on his face.

"Then how do you know that Shenji was truly acting because of him, or was simply taking pity on him? Haven't you seen Jihun in a state of great joy before?"

I was thinking that even the most exciting part of the game wouldn't be this great.

But then he heard Lord Xun say to him again:

"Furthermore, if he really is a benefactor who unexpectedly fell into misfortune, then why did he delay contacting his family or informing us? Why did he choose to hide in your wretched place?"

Barkley was speechless.

But the other party kept chasing after him:

"I even want to ask you, do you still not know what this guy's name is? Hmm? How did he manage to fool you with something that doesn't even dare to say its name?"

Barkley was utterly dumbfounded!

Yes, he didn't even say his name!

Seeing this, Lord Xun looked at him with even more confidence and disdain, and said:

"Yeah, how come you don't even know your own name? Let me tell you why!"

“I’ve seen and heard about this kind of thing far too often. Eight out of ten of those audacious scoundrels wouldn’t dare to give their names, for one of only two reasons.”

"First, he didn't know which noble surnames were included; second, he was afraid that if he randomly named one, he might just run into someone with a bad name!"

Finally, Lord Xun knelt down and gently patted the tax collector's face, saying:

"Anyway, once it's installed, no one will dare to actually test its purity!"

"Isn't that right, you idiot? You piece of trash!"

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Although this is the most comfortable place for Yu Le to sleep after she haphazardly transmigrated here.

But Yu Le still couldn't fall asleep very well.

The feeling of escaping one danger only to fall into another is too torturous.

The key is that it has never stopped. One wave after another.

Therefore, Yu Le got up early in the morning, without wearing the clothes that the tax collector had prepared for him.

Yu Le found that the thing was too cumbersome to wear, and although it was form-fitting, it was not comfortable at all.

I didn't wear any clothes; I just had someone bring me a clean and tidy set of clothes to change into.

After hearing that the tax collector had gone out to collect taxes.

Yu Le decided to go out for a walk without the guards following him. But he didn't go alone; he called two guards from the main gate.

They are now deeply entangled with themselves, coupled with excessive sunk costs.

If something unexpected really happens, the two of them would definitely risk their lives.

So in this strange, godforsaken place, the two of them were considered 'one of their own'.

After leaving the mansion where the tax collectors were stationed, what came into view was this outer city, which had dirt and disorder written all over its face.

However, compared to the outermost street, this street near the end of the tax collection period is still passable.

It at least vaguely resembles a street.

Yu Le walked ahead to relax, followed by two gates a few steps behind, and behind them were the tax collectors watching anxiously.

They dared not let Yu Le go out on his own, nor did they dare disobey Yu Le's orders, so they could only lag far behind.

People from Qidun should never have an accident in this dangerous place.

They didn't care about entertainment.

I was just walking around by myself to clear my head.

After turning a few corners, a figure came into Yu Le's sight from a shed not far away.

It was a figure wrapped in a coarse cloth robe, its specific features unclear, but Yu Le felt it should be a tall woman.

She was playing with some children.

At the same time, it seemed like they were asking the children something.

It seemed that she had finished asking the questions, and it also seemed that she had noticed Yu Le's gaze.

She patted the children on the head, gave them some candy, and watched them leave happily.

Only then did she slowly turn around and look at Yu Le in the direction her gaze had come from.

She was indeed a tall woman, and even though she tried to conceal it, Yu Le could tell that she had a very good figure.

The only thing that surprised Yu Le was that most of the other person's face was hidden under a rough black mask.

However, those eyes were so beautiful that Yu Le realized for the first time that saying "eyes are beautiful" was not just a compliment.

The lake is a deep blue, like a pool of precious stones.

The other thing is that he seems a bit out of place compared to the two people around him.

The difference is that Yu Le got lost; as a stranger in a strange land, he couldn't fit into this absurd world.

Her words, however, seemed simplistic and didn't seem to fit the context of this place.

After a brief eye contact, the other person took the initiative to speak to Yu Le:

"Are you from around here? I'm not familiar with this area, could you show me the way?"

Huh? Let me show you the way?

Yu Le said, somewhat amused and exasperated:

"I don't know the way either, I'm sorry, miss."

"That's fine, how about we walk together? We don't know the way anyway, so we'll definitely be able to talk to each other."

Yu Le glanced at the two groups of people following behind her, recalling her friendliness towards the children. Feeling there shouldn't be any safety concerns, she...

He nodded and said:

"If you'd do me the honor."

This remark elicited a self-deprecating laugh from the other party, who replied:

"What face do I have to show for myself?"

After saying that, she took out a handkerchief, lowered her head slightly to avoid the gaze of others, removed her mask, and used the handkerchief to wipe the thick green water flowing down her face.

Although she couldn't see everything clearly, Yu Le realized that her face was probably more than just disfigured.

Just as I was about to apologize, I saw the other person, who had already tidied themselves up, look up and smile:

"I hope you won't mind, and of course, you don't have to force yourself to stay with me."

Chapter 32 Robespierre

"No, how could that be?"

Yu Le hesitated. It wasn't that he disliked her, but he really didn't know how to make her feel that he didn't.

Yu Le has little experience with this type of person and doesn't know how to get along with them.

However, the woman didn't seem to care much about any of this; she simply put her mask back on and said:

"Let's take a walk together!"

The two walked side by side, the other being about the same height as them.

Yu Le is a homebody who rarely interacts with others except for work. In fact, during his university years, he almost never met women his age because he majored in monasticism.

This becomes even more serious after graduation.

If you think about it carefully, this seems to be the first time in several years that he's been seen with a woman of marriageable age.

In other words, I have absolutely no idea what to say...

But that's fine, he came out to relax anyway.

But the other party has its own problems.

Why are you here? You shouldn't be from here.

"Ah, that's right. I'm not from here. I'm staying here temporarily because of some things."

Yu Le was a little worried that the other party would ask more probing questions. He didn't want to be distracted by other people when he was trying to relax.

Fortunately, after asking that question, they changed the subject and asked something else:

"How do you think it is outside? Is it still dangerous?"

When it comes to outsiders, Yule has a lot to say.

"Of course it's dangerous, it's practically a no-man's land. You might not believe it, but I almost lost my life yesterday."

They finally found the person, but almost had them torn to pieces; this was no ordinary danger.

"I see, so you came to the outer city?"

"almost."

Yu Le gave a vague and ambiguous answer to the other party.

However, he felt that the other party had seen through him in some way.

Because there wasn't much information distracting me, I was able to see the whole picture clearly.

Or am I just being overly suspicious?

The other person naturally had no idea what Yu Le was thinking. Those lake-blue eyes simply looked past him toward the two people behind the gate and the guards further away.

When that gaze returned to Yu Le, she said again:

"If possible, I would actually suggest you don't stay here. But there are obviously many things I don't know about here, so I won't say anything more that would be annoying."

"But I still want to tell you that the world inside might be more dangerous than the outside."

Yu Le nodded in deep understanding and said:

"I agree."

This surprised the other party, who glanced at Yu Le.

Then he asked:

"May I know your name?"

"Enjoyment".

Yu Le casually answered with his own name.

“Yu...le?” She mispronounced it.

“Yes, Jules.”

Yu Le wanted to correct the other person, to say that he was not Jules, the same Jules as Uncle Jules, but after thinking about it, he gave up. In such a strange place, it would be strange to be called Yu Le instead of Jules.

Having not heard her surname, she nodded slightly after receiving confirmation and began to share what she had heard:

“Mr. Jules, do you know that across the Kingdom Strait, there are two Robespierre families, one called Robespierre the Elder and the other Robespierre the Younger, and besides them, there is another Robespierre family located in Rattay.”

"The Robespierre of Rattay were a casting noble family. They possessed advanced casting techniques and were important partners to many nobles and even the territories."

"Both Robespierre and his father were aristocrats from the Atlantic Ocean, and as a result, their offspring were often seen all over the world."

Yu Le stopped where she was, and she stopped as well, then turned around and added more interesting anecdotes to Yu Le.

"Moreover, what many people don't know is that the three Robespierre families did not actually come from the same ancestor as the legend suggests, and the Robespierre elder and younger were completely two separate families."

"They just happen to be in the same country and have the same surname!"

"But which of Robespierre the Great and Lataire is a different branch of the same bloodline!"