Lost Atlantis 29

Xie Xi didn't expect it to be like this. The green progress bar could actually change back!

After all, the fifth prince and second prince's bars were locked and never changed. Thus, he decided that the second prince was safe after turning green.

Who would've expected the second prince to not take the usual path and actually take back the love he had given!

Xie Xi didn't dare let the third prince hold him and struggled. "Your Highness, please put me down!" His voice was full of helplessness.

The third prince smiled. "Rest a.s.sured, I'm not tired. I can easily carry your small physique."

Who cared if he was tired?

Xie Xi frowned and said, "I worked the night s.h.i.+ft last night and slept the whole day. I might be a bit hungry but I can walk." In particular, he had a fish tail and could swim in the water!

He said this for the second prince to hear. The translation: There is nothing between the third prince and I. The third prince just came over. Please don't think too much!

Xie Xi was full of sorrow. Why did he have to explain to a man that the relations.h.i.+p between him and another man was innocent? Why did he have to prove to a man that he wasn't messing around with another man?

Once he got to the bottom of it, he had to blame X.

If X hadn't designed such a stupid world and made such an idiotic mission, Xie Xi wouldn't be so unlucky!

In a certain quasi-world, Qin Ge glanced at Jiang Xie. "What's the matter?"

Jiang Xie c.o.c.ked his head as he stabbed a demon dressed as a sugar gourd in front of him. "Nothing."

Qin Ge saw the 'public enemy of the world' that had fallen to the ground and remembered Yan Zhe's words. Doing a task with Old Jiang was no fun at all.

Jiang Xie couldn't see the degree of goodwill when he was summoned as a puppet. Now that he was in a quasi-world, he saw the -1-1-1-1…

Old Jiang was worried. Why was it raining red again? Which soul wanted to die?

Xie Xi's explanation worked. The 16.1% progress rose slightly and reached 16.2%.

The third prince reluctantly put him down. "Don't blame me for not catching you when you faint."

Who would faint, you big-headed b.a.s.t.a.r.d!

Xie Xi glanced at the purple progress bar and gritted his teeth. "Your Highness, I won't go out to eat."

The third prince raised his eyebrows. "What?"

Xie Xi didn't look at the second prince but spoke for him. "It is too wasteful to go out and eat. I can do it myself and eat simply."

He thought that these words would cause the third prince's red progress to plummet. Who would've expected the third prince to be very interested? "You can cook?"

Xie Xi believed in the saying: To grab a man's heart, you must first grab his stomach.

"The restaurant in the guard's quarters has nothing to eat after dinner. I often work night s.h.i.+fts and will cook for myself."

The third prince's eyes brightened. "What do you cook? I also want to eat."

Xie Xi spat out in his heart, 'I am dizzy from hunger yet you want me to serve you?'

The third prince finally remembered. "Do it next time. You are too hungry so we will go out to eat."

Xie Xi thought of the second prince and didn't dare go with this person. "I'm not that hungry. I still have a crescent fruit in my house and will be fine after eating a piece."

The third prince was really interested in Xie Xi's cooking and asked, "Can you really cook?"

Xie Xi realized he couldn't get rid of this big candy. "Your Highness, if you don't hate it then stay and eat together."

The third prince exclaimed, "You are really amazing. You can actually cook."

It was impossible to walk away. Looking at this, Xie Xi was afraid he would have to cook for the rest of his life.

The second prince listened quietly. His heart was poked as he thought about the previous dream.

It turned out that Colin really could cook…

Colin was with him in the dream. They had mutual feelings and Colin even chose him over Third Brother.

But in reality…

The second prince frowned and wanted to leave.

Xie Xi saw the progress bar had fallen to 15.9% and felt anxious. Be more patient and don't arbitrarily take back the things given!

He glanced at the second prince and politely wondered, "Your Highness, have you eaten yet?"

The second prince was stunned.

The third prince instantly opened his mouth. "Second Brother must've eaten already."

The second prince replied quickly, "Not yet."

Xie Xi's actions were very reasonable. He was just a small guard and the second prince was standing in front of him. He invited one prince and naturally had to invite the other. He pretended to be polite, "I can't cook much and this might be offensive, but I still have to ask. Do you want to try them?"

The third prince said, "Second Brother naturally…"

The second prince's lips rose and he finally showed his usual smiling appearance. "Okay, Third Brother is looking forward to it and I'm also very curious."

The third prince, "…"

Xie Xi said, "Then please wait a moment. I will go prepare."

He left and could immediately hear the two brothers quarrelling.

The third prince's voice was full of anger. "What are you staying here for?"

The second prince's careless tone was restored. "You can stay so why can't I?"

"Colin is cooking for me!"

The second prince had a 'hehe' expression. "He also invited me."

The third prince didn't have a good atmosphere. "You are a prince. How can he be rude?"

"You are also a prince. Little Colin was forced by you."

The third prince's hackles were raised and the second prince didn't back down.

Xie Xi's face was dark and he wanted to die.

Hey… maybe he should die? He had two more lives with Roast Pork Bun and there was the effect of fatal wounds being painless. It wouldn't matter if he actually died.

If the second face died, wouldn't the progress of the second and third princes be locked?

Xie Xi quickly dismissed this idea. He didn't forget that the Haiqui Kingdom had a national teacher who could resurrect the dead.

Who knew what was going on with the national teacher. What if it wasn't a big trick?

The fifth prince and sixth prince were already dispatched. If the G.o.d of war third prince and the G.o.d of wealth second prince were added, the Haiqui state teacher wouldn't be able to run, even if he had 18 tails.

Then the fifth and sixth would resurrect Sein Hall while the second and third would resurrect Colin Hall…

This image was so terrible that Xie Xi started sweating thinking about it! He couldn't die. Death was the real h.e.l.l mode.

Don't look at the currently stupid second and third princes. If they really 'lost love', who knew what psychopaths they would evolve into?

The food at the bottom of the sea wasn't very creative. Xie Xi made simple things and placed them on the table.

The third prince was exaggerated in his surprise. "Colin, you really can cook!"

Xie Xi turned his eyes away. 'You underwater people, this isn't cooking. It is simply cutting things!'

The second prince added, "Your knife skills are great."

The third prince was worthy of being a soldier. He acted quickly and grabbed three dishes first.

The second prince's mouth twitched as he glanced at this rascal.

For the progress of the task, Xie Xi had to say, "There is a lot of food. Your Highness, you can't eat it all alone."

The third prince replied, "Don't you know my appet.i.te yet?"

The two prince said, "Yes, you can't eat it alone. Colin is hungry."

"I didn't mean that I was going to eat it all. Of course, I will share it with Colin."

Xie Xi told the second prince, "Your Highness, you should also…"

The third prince picked up a piece of sas.h.i.+mi and placed it on the second prince's plate. "Try it and leave afterwards."

He was telling his brother to get lost.

The second prince wasn't ashamed about interfering and was very tolerant. "Little Colin is the master here. Is it appropriate for you to act like this?"

The third prince said, "Colin and I aren't that distant."

The second prince raised his eyebrows. "Oh?"

Xie Xi saw the shaky progress bar and could only say, "This subordinate didn't arrange it properly. There are too few dishes. Please wait and I will cook some more."

The third prince heard this and immediately exclaimed, "Don't go. There is enough for all of us to eat."

"It's fine. Your Highness, please eat. I will cook some more."

The second prince sneered at his brother.

The third prince pushed the three dishes away. "Eat it. Second Brother is really capable. You don't even let go of a small bodyguard."

The second prince was unmoved. "I'm not as good as Third Brother, who wasn't taught etiquette when being raised."

Xie Xi, "…" He really wanted to sweep them out of here but he couldn't afford it.

Xie Xi had never eaten such a tiring dinner. Move a bit close to the third prince and the purple progress bar of the second prince would fall. Be slightly friendly to the second prince and the third prince would raise his eyebrows with a murderous atmosphere.

Xie Xi couldn't move to the left or right and really wanted to die.

He was now certain that the second prince was the vampire Aix-en and the third prince was the maid Gars. The only difference was that Colin Hall didn't confess to them.

If Colin was entangled with the two of them as the last world's Sein, he could guarantee that they would either fight each other or kill him.

Xie Xi couldn't understand it. Why did people want to steer two boats?

Weren't they afraid? Wasn't it okay to live well? Why did they want to be a slag man!

Then he remembered that he was going to steer six boats.

X, come out and die!

At the end of the dinner, Xie Xi was more tired than when he hadn't eaten.

The third prince's communicator rang and he had to leave. Xie Xi was relieved and eagerly rushed them out.

The third prince also had to drag his brother away. "The meal is finished. Second Brother still isn't leaving?"

The second prince told him, "You go first. I will help Colin clean up."

The third prince was determined not to give him and Xie Xi the opportunity to be alone. "Okay, I was going to ask Father about the development of the 623 water cannon…"

The third prince jumped up. "Ask what? That is just burning money. Don't even think about it!"

"I have already thought about it. I just need Father to agree."

Then he turned and left. The second prince knew that his brother was deliberately leading him away but he was afraid this madman might really do something…

Xie Xi wanted them to leave and hurriedly said, "Your Highness can leave if you are busy. I can clean up."

The second prince wasn't at ease and didn't dare stay him. He reluctantly said, "Tonight's dinner was excellent. Please invite me next time."

Xie Xi, "…" He didn't dare refuse.

He finally sent away this G.o.d and Xie Xi silently stared at the progress bar.

The third prince's red progress bar was 16.63% and the second prince's bar was 16.62%.

The two of them were really a problem!

Xie Xi was tired and needed a change. For the time being, he didn't want to see any princes. Thus, he changed his face to do the side mission.

Compared to the princes, one million tons of garbage had become cute!

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Lost Atlantis 30

It wasn't difficult to collect garbage. It was terrible to collect one million tons of garbage.

Xie Xi didn't even have the concept of one million tons of rubbish. He couldn't imagine how huge it was.

This side task was like the old man moving mountains. The difference was that the old man moving mountains could at least move ores from the mines. What about him? What could he do with one million tons of garbage?

Xie Xi was a bit angry but he wasn't discouraged.

Compared to collecting the love of the six princes, one million tons of garbage was really nothing.

He had just finished a meal and there was some household waste. However, he couldn't figure out how to collect it.

Did putting it in his house count? Or should he touch it? Xie Xi tried various things but the system panel didn't give any hints. According to experience, a progress reminder should be given if the collection was successful. Now there was nothing, so this obviously wasn't the right way.

Xie Xi thought about it… perhaps he couldn't collect the rubbish made by himself?

Or perhaps there was too little rubbish?

It was possible that the garbage was already his and collecting it was just repet.i.tion. If he could be repeated then he could easily gain one million tons of garbage.

Xie Xi went out looking for garbage.

The underwater people were much less harmful to the environment than the land people. Their diet was very simple and there were no complicated cooking methods, which in itself greatly reduced the production of domestic garbage. Their clothes were also specially made. Most common mermaids wore sh.e.l.ls while those in certain positions had special uniforms. The uniforms of the royal guards were made of a special material that was extremely hydrophilic.

This fabric was extremely durable and didn't require cleaning. It also avoided the production of household waste.

Food, clothing, shelter and transportation. He talked about the first two so let's talk about the last two.

The residences of the underwater king were all joined together because viscous agents couldn't stand the long soaking of seawater.

Travelling was very different from the mainland. The mermaid's tail was much more reliable than human legs. They swam faster in the water than human wings flying in the sky. As long as they had enough physical strength, they could swim faster than most transportation.

Even if they didn't have enough physical strength, they could domesticate large fish, which were much faster than horses.

In addition, the airs.h.i.+ps used by n.o.bles contained powerful energy. Water was directly used and although the conversion machine was expensive, this technology did zero damage to the environment.

The underwater people and the sea got along well and it was a perfect symbiotic state. Unfortunately, this was broken by the land people.

The rubbish on land was dumped into the sea, causing huge pollution and numerous dangers.

Xie Xi checked the information and the images alone were shocking. He wanted to complete this side task in the hope of doing something good, not just because he wanted to clear the quasi-world.

One million tons of garbage was just a drop in the bucket compared to the whole ocean.

In order to save time, Xie Xi took an airs.h.i.+p from the royal palace. He had stayed in the kingdom and saw the dreams and beauty of the underwater kingdom. Now that he came out of the kingdom and went to the sea filled with land rubbish, he was completely stunned.

The images showed not even one-thousandth of reality.

The mountain-like garbage gave off a pungent stench and caused the seawater to become turbid. He covered his nose and mouth but it wasn't very useful. He felt a stinging sensation from his skin as well as a distracting itching.

“Big Brother, don't go there!" A young voice rang out as someone grabbed onto Xie Xi.

He turned and saw a little mermaid. She had beautiful red hair and blue eyes. Her white face was childish and naive, like the little prince who begged the wizard in the fairy tale.

Xie Xi took a step back and the discomfort of his skin became much lighter. "Thank you."

The little mermaid smiled at him and asked, "Big Brother is a foreigner. Why did you come here?"

"I have a friend here and I wanted to see him."

The mermaid's eyes lit up. "What is his name? I can help you find him!"

Xie Xi felt ashamed about deceiving such a little guilt and said with slight guilt, "No need, he will come soon."

"I see. Then Big Brother, don't get too close to that. You will get sick." Xie Xi nodded. "Thank you, I'll be careful."

The little mermaid was relieved. She shook her tail and said, "I am going to get some crescent fruit. Big Brother, goodbye."

Xie Xi knew that this was fruit was a welfare allowance from the underwater kingdom.

He said goodbye to the little mermaid. The little mermaid smiled at him and turned away with her lively tail waving.

Xie Xi's lips curved but unfortunately, the smile disappeared once he saw the mermaid's back.

Ordinary mermaids didn't wear clothes so their whole backs were exposed. This white tofu-like skin had large festering sores and looked like it had been torn by claws. It left a shocking mar on this tender body.

Xie Xi's heart tightened as he called out, "You…"

The little mermaid turned her head. "Big Brother, is there something else?"

Xie Xi paused before asking softly, "Your back… does it hurt?"

The mermaid smiled with slight embarra.s.sment. "Isn't it ugly? Mother said that when I grow up, she will buy me a dress so it can't be seen."

It was like a nail pierced his heart. Xie Xi went forward and said, "This injury…" He actually knew the answer and couldn't continue.

The little mermaid said, "Big Brother, after meeting your friend, you should quickly go back to the bottom of the sea. Staying here isn't good. Once a long time pa.s.ses, your skin will have sores."

"Wait, I will help you deal with the wounds."

The little mermaid was surprised. "Is Big Brother a doctor?"

Xie Xi certainly wasn't a doctor but he had some healing potions in his items bar. He could easily cure some trauma. He told her, "I can help treat it but there will be some pain."

Unexpectedly, the little mermaid actually said, "No need, it will become bad again. Don't bother."

Xie Xi felt stifled and there was some pain while breathing.

“No trouble.” Xie Xie Xi took out a healing potion and carefully rubbed it onto the festering surface. "Don't be afraid. It'll be fine in a minute."

The level of this healing potion was very low but Xie Xi had bought it despite the description. The note was very clearly: The injury is painful, the healing is painful. Who told you low-grade people not to buy a better potion?

Xie Xi had never used it and didn't know how painful it was. However, the note was written like this so it was definitely painful.

The potion was applied and the wound healed at a rate visible to the naked eye. The little mermaid only slightly frowned.

Xie Xi asked, "Is it painful?"

The little mermaid revealed a smiling face. "There was a bit of pain but now it isn't painful at all. It is so comfortable!" She turned happily like a kitten wanting to catch her tail.

Xie Xi's heart became heavier. If she hadn't long adapted to pain then how could a delicate child have such tolerance?

The little mermaid was very happy and said sincerely, "Thank you Big Brother. You are so good, just as good as Prince Aix-en!"

Aix-en was the second prince.

Yes, it was the second prince who distributed the crescent fruit as welfare and supervised the execution.

The second prince had a very high reputation among the people. At first, Xie Xi thought it was just due to his face. Now he understood that the prince supported it with practical actions.

Compared to the second prince, Xie Xi's actions were too insignificant. He shook his head and said, "This is nothing. Quickly go and get your crescent fruit."

The little mermaid swam away cheerfully.

Xie Xi quietly followed and felt even more pained after arriving at the small town.

The ocean was very large, the area far exceeded that of the land. The ocean was also much more mysterious and unpredictable than the land.

It was like the China that Xie Xi had lived on. The territory was vast and not all parts of it were suitable for people to live on, just as not all parts of the ocean were suitable for merpeople.

There was a strict hierarchy among merpeople and there was a great reason for this disparity in power.

The king lived in the deep sea where the sea pressure was huge. Ordinary merpeople couldn't live here at all. Ironically, the rubbish couldn't reach the deep sea and only polluted the shallow sea, leading to the 'bullying' of the most vulnerable merpeople.

The most suitable sea area for these merpeople were places closest to the land. These places were places where the land people wantonly dropped rubbish.

The merpeople didn't want to migrate because they had nowhere to go.

In the face of the land pollution, they could only bear it. Xie Xi finally experienced the anger of the militant faction.

Anyone who saw this scene and saw their compatriots suffering such pain wouldn't be able to hold back their anger. Who could hold back their grievances and not want to punish those responsible?

The merpeople were just living a calm life. Why should they get used to the poisonous sea water, get used to their skin being corroded and get used to this endless rubbis.h.!.+

Xie Xi's brow furrowed and he returned to the garbage dump.

There was a s.h.i.+eld that barely separated the rubbish from the tower, but the seawater that seeped in still hurt the town.

Xie Xi wasn't afraid of being poisoned to death.

He closed his eyes and entered straight in. It was a needle-like sting that spread across his skin. The scales on his fishtail had a hard protective layer yet he could feel his scales falling off!

What the h.e.l.l was this?

What type of monsters produced these garbage that couldn't be processed and were piled up like mountains!

Roast Pork Bun was distressed."Daddy, are you okay?" The pan was slow and not fatal, thus it wasn't painless.

Xie Xi suffered silently, his brow wrinkled very tightly.

Roast Pork Bun anxiously moved around him, using small claws to peel off the dark water. Unfortunately, he couldn't help Xie Xi.

Xie Xi finally arrived in front of the mountain of garbage. He took a breath and hot water entered his throat. It was like drinking sulphuric acid as his insides were corroded.

Finally, there was a prompt in the lower right corner. [Currently more than 10,000 tons of garbage can be collected. Do you want to collect it?]

Xie Xi immediately agreed.

Sure enough, a sufficient amount was required to trigger the task. The target value of one million was too large and couldn't be reached simply by collecting dozens of garbage. Thus, it couldn't be collected.

Once Xie Xi agreed to the collection, another prompt popped up. [Your items bar is full. Please clean it up.]

Xie Xi was stunned. He had a total of three s.p.a.ces in his items bar. Could he collect one million tons of garbage?

Wait, it could overlap! The same category of items could be overlapped. The things in front of him were varied but they were all rubbish. Thus, freeing one item s.p.a.ce should be enough.

Xie Xi thought about it and called out to Roast Pork Bun. "Do me a favour."

Roast Pork Bun cried out, "Daddy, you can stab yourself with a knife." If it was so bad, stab himself with a knife and then Roast Pork Bun could relieve the pain!

Xie Xi shook his head. "I'm fine. Help me apply these healing potions to the town's merpeople."

Roast Pork Bun was stunned.

"Can you do it?"

Roast Pork Bun quickly nodded. "Yes!"

Xie Xi patted his small head. "Go ahead."

Roast Pork Bun flew away with the potions and Xie Xi managed to clear one s.p.a.ce. He once again confirmed it and like a miracle, the garbage turning the sea into a h.e.l.l disappeared!

Xie Xi glanced at the items bar where there was a group of dark things.

He looked at the details.

Name: Garbage.

Grade: None.

Details: If it is produced, please dispose of it. The stench of the manufacturer is being emitted from it.

Xie Xi's bottom right corner finally showed the progress of the side task. It was ironically green, the colour of environmental protection and the progress was 1%.

So much rubbish was only 10,000 tons.

What was the concept of one million tons?

There were still 100 endless garbage dumps.

The thing that made his scalp numb was that one million tons were just a drop in the bucket compared to the billions of rubbish produced.

Xie Xi frowned and couldn't feel the pain in his body at all.

Roast Pork Bun came back and still had some healing potions left. He anxiously said, "Daddy, I will give you a potion!"

Xie Xie Xi didn't want to waste potions and was about to say that he would just die once…

Then his pupils shrank as he saw a new progress bar that appeared on the main task bar.

White?

Whose was this?

The eldest prince or the fourth prince? Were they nearby?

Xie Xi used a healing potion so that he wasn't bothered by the stinging.

The next moment, there was a faint cold smell and a slender man in a blue uniform emerged.

His expression was cold. "Who are you?"

It was the fourth prince!

He saw the scene of the garbage being instantly cleared up!

Xie Xi stood up straight and didn't know how to explain.

The fourth prince came over, an unfathomable look in his eyes. "Maybe I should ask, are you a human?"

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