Mystery: My Encounters with the Celestial God

Chapter 491 Frank Lee: You're going a bit too far! (Two-in-one)

"Are you really the captain's father?"

A man dressed in a white shirt and overalls, with a muscular build and thick hair, who looked like a brown bear, stared at Ron in disbelief, asking himself a question that seemed to question the meaning of life.

"The captain's 'mother' is nearly two hundred years old!"

"You look even smaller than the captain, how did you do that!?"

"That's amazing!"

Frank Lee was well over 1.8 meters tall. He stood up and carefully examined Ron, his eyes shining with a frighteningly pure light.

He circled Ron again and again, confirming that the boy's appearance and age were not disguised, then, as if realizing something, he suddenly stopped and exclaimed in surprise:

"Do you think you can absorb nutrients from the soil to maintain your vital signs?"

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Ron was completely bewildered. After a moment of stunned silence, he turned to look at Gadria, whose eyes were red-rimmed, and quickly tried to organize his thoughts.

Is it possible that her mother prefers older men dating younger women?

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Upon hearing this, Frank Lee fell silent for a moment. Then, the chief operative of the Future-class destroyer's bright eyes flashed twice again, and he repeated with admiration:

"How did you do that!?"

"That's amazing!"

Clearly, Frank Lee was telling the truth.

The fact that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy seduces a woman who is nearly two hundred years old is quite remarkable in itself.

Not to mention that it miraculously succeeded in the end!

"Enough, Frank!"

"I think I should consider the crew's opinion and throw all your little guys into the sea!"

"Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya had lost her composure. Her breathing became extremely heavy. Her face flushed red as she threatened fiercely before turning to look at Ron Sothos, who, no matter how you looked at him, seemed like a pretty boy.

"I will naturally do what the Queen orders, but..."

"No matter who you are, or what your relationship with the Queen is, I think you'd better give up those unrealistic fantasies!"

I haven't been to Emerald City for years, and my mother has been stolen! How can I tolerate this?!

Cattleya's idea was simple: to guard against this despicable fellow and not let him get an inch closer.

However.

"Call me Daddy!"

Damn it!!!

Hearing the boy's extremely irritating reply, Gadriya could no longer contain herself. She quickly took a step and instantly appeared in front of Ron. As the short scepter hanging at her waist clashed with the planetarium, she lifted her wizard's robe and was about to kick the great "God of Time and Space" to let him taste the power of a martial arts scholar!

"Captain, calm down! The pursuit of love is something everyone should enjoy equally!"

Just as Cattleya's boots were about to kick Ron in the face, Frank Lee rushed to stop him. His bear-like arms gripped his captain's arm tightly, while shouting things like "Gender equality!" "Love!" and "Sister-brother relationships are free!"

"Frank, let me go! I'm going to fight him!"

The Star Admiral's boots couldn't get any closer. She kicked out gusts of wind ten centimeters from Ron's face. She stood on one leg, her right leg swinging in mid-air, seemingly trying to use the momentum to kick Ron away.

However, all of this was in vain.

Tsk, you lacked love growing up, were you afraid I would steal your mother's love?

Ron was speechless for a moment. He had been quite decent when they last met, so why did he seem to have lost his mind now?

To be honest, it's not surprising that Cattleya acted so impulsively. After all, only Ron and Bernadette knew about their plan, and they hadn't revealed it to anyone else to keep it a secret.

Therefore, the Star Admiral only knew to follow the Queen's orders and help Ron infiltrate the "Morse Penitentiary," and knew nothing else. Under these circumstances, the relationship between the two became quite complicated.

Moreover, when her foster mother, whom she hadn't seen for many years, saw her again, she didn't even greet her. Instead, she was all cuddling and pulling at Ron, which made it hard for Cattleya not to feel jealous.

That's my mom! Why is she siding with outsiders instead of me?!

Ron shook the newspaper in his hand, deliberately turning the side with the "pretty boy" news outwards, his mouth twitching, and waved the newspaper back and forth in front of the loveless child, as if afraid that Cattleya would miss it.

"Let go! Frank!!!"

"I'm going to tear him apart alive! I absolutely have to tear him apart alive!!!"

Jealousy can completely change a person.

Motherly love is already scarce, and now there's someone stealing my milk! How can I tolerate this?! How can I possibly tolerate this?!

Upon seeing this, "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya instantly panicked. Her purple eyes immediately turned bloodshot, and her face, which originally had a scholarly air, became ferocious.

Ignoring her image, she grabbed the short scepter from her waist and waved it wildly, so angry that she forgot how to use her extraordinary abilities and failed several times in a row.

Just then, Ron nodded slightly and said dismissively in a contemptuous tone:

"Ha, you?"

Upon hearing this, Frank Lee's arms trembled violently, as if he could barely restrain the rampaging Cattleya with his strength.

"Friend, don't provoke the captain at a time like this. You should find somewhere to hide!"

He spoke hastily, barely daring to breathe, as if he finally understood the meaning of the helplessness he often saw in the captain's eyes.

At this point, the "poison expert" was truly at a loss. What seemed perfectly normal to him had become so serious for the captain.

"What's the rush?"

However, Ron did not leave. Instead, he gracefully lowered his palm and calmly said:

"I have a way to get you back to Bernadette's side, so that she'll never want to drive you away again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Frank Lee felt his hand relax considerably, and he was able to easily hold back the enraged Star Admiral.

"What method?!"

Before Gadria's anger from Ron's provocation had subsided, a bucket of ice water was poured over her. Her expression was full of astonishment and emotions that had not yet changed. Her face turned white, red, and green in turn, making for a rather interesting sight.

"Heh, I still prefer your defiant attitude from earlier."

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. As long as you can complete the task Bernadette assigned you, I will naturally discuss the rest with her, and she will definitely take my advice into consideration."

"real!?"

Upon hearing this, the "Star General" spoke with surprise and suppressed his anger, asking in return.

No, why would the Queen listen to him?

Why would the Queen listen to him?!

What makes him so confident that the Queen will listen to him?

Is it

Was it whispered in someone's ear?

In just half a second, Cattleya realized a terrifying possibility. The expression on her face instantly became extremely interesting. She swayed for a moment and finally slumped into the captain's chair in the captain's cabin.

At this point, she seemed to have been completely broken by Ron, turned into a mindless puppet.

"Pfft, small fry."

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"Admiral of the Stars" was panting heavily. Hearing Ron's disdainful snort, her eyelids twitched again. After a full minute of silence, she finally regained her composure and became calm again.

Then, Cattleya adjusted her thick-rimmed glasses, looked at the first mate beside her, and said with a sneer:

"Frank, you can have this guy for now."

"There are no spare rooms on the ship, so he'll have to squeeze into your room for now!"

Frank was a pure man, sometimes so pure it was frightening. She refused to believe that her crazy crew member couldn't cure this pretty boy's loose tongue.

The day after tomorrow, no, tomorrow his mouth might be filled with wheat, beef and fish!

"Captain, really!?"

"I've always thought this guy was pretty good. He's very calm no matter what he does, which is an essential quality for a qualified biologist."

Frank Lee cheered with delight. Although most of the pirates on the ship disliked his research, he instinctively believed that Ron was not such a superficial person.

"Hey friend, I probably don't need to introduce myself. Just call me Frank. I'm the first mate of this ship."

A burly man in his thirties, resembling a brown bear, strode over to Ron and slapped him hard on the shoulder, causing the boy to stumble.

Ron rolled his eyes helplessly, not wanting to argue with someone so immature, and instead looked seriously at the "toxin expert" beside him.

"Hello, Frank, you can call me..."

"Ron Sothos."

"Or you could interpret it this way: it was Ron Sothos who seduced her mother."

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A piece of damage suddenly appeared on the corner of the Star General's table, and the thumbprint on it was clearly audible.

Ron didn't mind; he simply smoothed his hair with a cheerful expression and asked with a puzzled smile:

"Frank, judging from your appearance, you must be an excellent biologist, right?"

Upon hearing the praise, Frank Lee's face immediately showed a strange expression of wanting to laugh but maintaining a bit of restraint. The man, who had the physique of a brown bear, fidgeted like a newlywed bride.

"No, I wouldn't call it excellent. I've just been researching hybridization techniques, trying to change food yields so that everyone can have enough to eat!"

"For example, we could crossbreed wheat, bulls, and cows, letting them grow from the ground, so we'd have a continuous supply of milk and beef!"

"Furthermore, I'm also experimenting with whether metal can grow inside living organisms. If so, then even frail humans could grow these parts and wouldn't die so easily!"

"Oh, merciful mother, the human body is too fragile. Only by growing strong and complex machines can we escape your embrace and survive on our own."

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The blond boy scratched his head, then looked at Cattleya, who was sitting in a chair with her mouth twitching.

"Don't look at me like that, Frank is just like that, a genius biologist, I think you should learn a lot from him."

It would be best if he treated you as a test subject!

"Captain, could it be that you..."

Upon hearing this, the crazed, anti-human biologist seemed to be inspired by something, his eyes even seemed to be filled with tears, and he choked up and couldn't speak.

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With her deep purple eyes and scholarly air, Cattleya immediately shut her mouth, afraid of being associated with Frank's insane experiments in any way.

At this moment, the blond boy nodded thoughtfully, then said in a good mood:

"Frank, I think your idea is excellent!"

"Really!?" the biologist exclaimed excitedly.

"Of course!" Ron nodded emphatically, then continued, feigning thoughtfulness:

"Crossing cattle and wheat would require an even greater amount of soil nutrients, which is very uneconomical!"

"Cows eat grass, we eat cows—it's too much trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Frank Lee scratched his head, not understanding what Ron was trying to say. The same was true for Cattleya, who was standing next to him, sulking. She instinctively looked at Ron, feeling that something bad was about to be born from her captain's cabin.

"Frank, I think we need to figure out why humans need wheat, milk, and beef."

"In fact, humans only get a few nutrients from them. We can cultivate a species that contains the same nutrients, grows faster, is more numerous, and reproduces faster, like..."

"Mushrooms?" Frank Lee asked eagerly, his eyes filled with surprise.

"No, I meant cockroaches."

"This creature is not only incredibly resilient, but it also reproduces extremely quickly, can survive on garbage, and has an extremely high energy conversion rate."

"We can completely modify their flesh, turning some cockroaches into large chunks of beef that are crunchy with every bite, while others have abdomens that contain liquid, filled with milk, which bursts with juice when bitten, and still others that constantly spray out fresh wheat flour."

The boy's devilishly calm voice echoed in the captain's cabin, and the more Cattleya listened, the heavier her heart became, because she realized that what Ron was saying wasn't too difficult for Frank.

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"Enough!!!"

"go out!!!"

"Hey! What are you doing? Don't touch me!"

By the end, Gadriya's face had turned green. She simply couldn't imagine what that scene would be like. She slammed her hand on the table, quickly got up, shoved Ron out of the captain's cabin, and then slammed the wooden door shut with a "bang."

She turned her head, looked at the thoughtful poison expert, her lips twitched, and she spoke with a complex and heavy expression:

"Frank, can I trust you?"

On the high seas, in an unknown land, an island hidden in the waves and mist gradually reveals itself.

Although the island is not large, the buildings on it are connected, and in the center of the buildings stands a tall tower. This tower is filled with an ancient and mysterious charm. It is nearly 100 meters high and is made entirely of brick and stone. The gray-white tower body also has narrow windows one after another.

It was noon, and the blazing sun cast a brilliant glow. Under the light, mysterious runes flickered faintly on the surface of the tower, flashing one after another, as if they were living things breathing.

The residents live beneath the tower.

Some of them stood on one leg in a strange posture, while others lay cross-legged on the ground, barely clothed, and some even threw stones at themselves.

At a glance, there were quite a few people on the island, but there was not a single sound of noise.

To join the "Morse Ascetic Order" and become an extraordinary being, one must undergo ascetic practices. This is an unchanging tradition of theirs for thousands of years, and it remains the same even after they have degenerated into a "secret organization".

Do as you please, but do not harm others. The corresponding principle is also restraint and curbing desires. If untrained "peepers" do not know how to exercise restraint, then the "hidden sages" will teach them how to be human in their next life.

Inside the tower, brilliant sunlight streamed in through narrow windows, illuminating a room filled with parchment scrolls.

"As expected of Roselle's daughter, but she's far more foolish than her father, letting a pretty boy take 0-05!"

A withered hand smoothed out the specially made letter paper on the table and carefully examined the message from the mole once more.

After a while, he cut off a piece of newspaper from the supply ship and placed it next to the specially made stationery, then said "Hey."

"This shouldn't be fake, but we can't rule out the possibility that it's a trap. Do they think we, the 'Morse Ascetic Order,' are all fools?"

The old man was dressed in a black hooded wizard's robe. He sat cross-legged on the ground, his entire body covered by the robe, with only a tuft of white beard showing, which marked him as different from the other ten pillars.

At that moment, a negative sound came from something resembling a phonograph on the antique-style desk.

"No, Agostino, that's how everyone in Trier is. I think it's somewhat credible. We can send someone to contact this pretty boy. If he really is 0-05, then we only need to make a wish to instantly eliminate 0-05's bound person!"

The wish-granting mechanism of the "Wishing Lamp" could not be hidden from the ten pillars of the "Ascetic Order of Morse." In this world, when it comes to the mastery of knowledge and information, only the Church of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" can rival them.

But if we're talking about miscellaneous knowledge and information, even ten churches of the "gods of knowledge and wisdom" couldn't match them.

As soon as the indistinct voice from the phonograph faded, the room, which housed various scroll secrets, fell into a sudden silence.

After a long while, the parched Agostino let out a long sigh of relief and said hoarsely:

"I foresaw the future; the prophecy tells me that the power of the Morse Order will reach its greatest peak in history!"

"If it's 0-05, then this prophecy isn't surprising, since you and I both know what's hidden within it—whether it's something that can be manipulated, cooperated with, or coerced."

Agostino hadn't finished speaking, but the one who was communicating with Him remotely via the phonograph clearly knew what He meant and didn't press further.

"Then who should we send?"

"Cattleya is the right person. She has broken with Bernadette and has good reason to contact that pretty boy. And if it really is a trap, we won't lose anything more."

"Frank, what did your captain say to you?"

Outside the captain's cabin, Ron looked at Frank Lee, who had been kicked out, and asked him without any curiosity.

The biologist scratched his head awkwardly and said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Uh, the captain told me to have less contact with you to avoid being poisoned by you."

Although Frank Lee felt that Ron was a little too extreme, he still thought highly of him as a person.

Regardless of the abstract nature of modifying cockroaches, the blond boy's bold idea still made Frank Lee feel a sense of kinship with his own kind.

No matter how they hybridize, it's all just a matter of increasing production by any means necessary, so that the masses will no longer go hungry.

Looking at the like-minded blond boy, Frank immediately forgot Cattleya's instructions and excitedly said:

"Honestly, I thought my experiment was innovative enough, but I didn't expect your idea to be just as good!"

"And according to my analysis, the probability of success is very high!"

At this point, the anti-human biologist extended his palm as an invitation.

"Ron, I cordially invite you to visit my laboratory!"

(End of this chapter)