Ch 437

Chapter 437 - Clue

It was already 3 o’clock in the morning and it wasn’t good to wake up their teammates in the middle

of the night. Yu Hanjiang remembered that Xiao Lou had fainted in the afternoon and hadn’t eaten

dinner, so he looked through Shao Qingge’s luggage to find some food.

It wasn’t good to ask the server to send food so he simply cooked a bowl of noodles and added a

poached egg.

A moment later, Yu Hanjiang came to the bedroom with the bowl of steaming noodles and called out

to Xiao Lou. “Come and eat something. You haven’t eaten dinner and you must be hungry.”

Xiao Lou’s mind was full of messy memories and he had completely forgotten about this thing called

‘hunger.’

He smelled the noodles and his stomach cried out in response. The growling was particularly clear in

the quiet bedroom. Xiao Lou rubbed his stomach and coughed slightly. “I slept for 12 hours and I’m

really hungry.”

Yu Hanjiang’s lips slightly curved and he handed the chopsticks over. “Eat it.”

Xiao Lou sat down at the table and quickly finished the bowl of noodles. The food in his stomach

made his whole body warm up. He had been used to living alone but now he felt it was nice to be

taken care of.

Xiao Lou smiled at Yu Hanjiang. “Thank you. It is delicious.”

Yu Hanjiang packed it up and raised an eyebrow at him. “Do you still need to be polite with me?”

Xiao Lou wiped his mouth  clean and changed the topic. “Has Brother Jiu thought about any other

clues? Is there anything about the people who saved them on the bug planet apart from the

singing?”

Yu Hanjiang shook his head. “Brother Jiu lost too much blood when he was rescued and his

consciousness was blurred. He even thought the song was a hallucination and a sound from

Heaven.As for the rest, he didn’t see anything and he doesn’t remember what happened after he

was rescued.”

Xiao Lou was thoughtful. “In other words, the only clue at present is ‘singing.’ My sister told us that

fishermen sometimes hear the singing at sea. Is it just a legend? Let’s rest first and tomorrow we will

investigate together.”

Yu Hanjiang nodded. “Okay, go and take a shower before sleeping a bit.”

Xiao Lou’s clothes were soaked in sweat and he was really uncomfortable. Therefore, he took a

shower, changed into pajamas and lay down on the bed.

In a daze, he dreamed of his five year old self locked up in a room with countless cloned children.

The same faces kept swaying in front of him. Then the faces of the children gradually changed to his

present appearance.

There were countless faces with all types of expressions. Some were smiling while others showed

emotions like indifference, ridicule, hatred or jealousy... countless ‘selves’ appeared in front of him as

Xiao Lou curled up in the strange nightmare. Yu Hanjiang found that Xiao Lou was cold all over so he

reached out and gently held Xiao Lou in his arms, patting the other person gently on the back like he

was appeasing a child.

The warmth from Yu Hanjiang calmed down Xiao Lou in his sleep.

He reached out as if grabbing a life-saving straw and hugged Yu Hanjiang tightly before falling asleep.

Once he woke up the next day, Xiao Lou found that his face was against the man’s sturdy chest, his

hands were tightly hugging the other person’s waist and he was leaning against Yu Hanjiang in a

‘depending on each other’ posture.

Xiao Lou’s ears turned red as he quickly broke free of the man’s arms and coughed. “I had a

nightmare last night. I dreamed that many clones were in front of me.”

Yu Hanjiang held Xiao Lou’s hand. “I know. That’s why I was holding you to sleep. I wanted you to

have a good rest.”

Xiao Lou’s heart warmed at this soft gaze  and his mouth curled up in a smile. “It is just a nightmare.

Come on, it is time to go.”

The two of them walked out of the bedroom. The others were already gathered in the dining room.

Ye Qi saw Xiao Lou and hurried over. “Professor Xiao, you woke up? Are you feeling better? Yesterday

afternoon, you suddenly fainted and you scared me.”

Xiao Lou reassured him. “I’m fine. I just fainted because I had a terrible headache. I remembered

what happened when I was five years old.”

The four people heard this and immediately walked curiously to Xiao Lou.

Lu Jiuchuan was the first one to ask. “What did you remember?”

Xiao Lou looked serious as he explained softly, “Our guess is correct. The emperor cloned so many

copies in order to raise a Gu. The 100 five year old children were locked up in the same room by the

emperor to compete and only the best can survive. In the end, including me, four children survived.

Let’s assume I am number 1, the very obedient Xiao Lou that Hanjiang saw with the emperor is

number 2, the one who attended the birthday banquet and seems the most like the crown prince is

number 3 and the one we have never seen before is number 4.”

Lu Jiuchuan was full of resentment. “In other words, the other 97 clones were killed artificially? The

emperor is really sick!”

Ye Qi murmured, “The emperor’s way of grooming his heir is really amazing...”

Xiao Lou told them, “We currently don’t have any clues about the fourth Xiao Lou. He might’ve been

hidden by the emperor or he might’ve escaped from the Locke Empire. We should go find the

invisible people who can sing. They might have some clues.”

The team members agreed.

Yu Hanjiang said, “The entire Azure Planet is over 50% water. It is too large and it is better for us to

find a vehicle.”

Shao Qingge thought about it. “I will go find a suspension car.”

Since the other four had sneaked into the Azure Empire and couldn’t be discovered, only Shao

Qingge and Ye Qi could freely travel. Thus, Shao Qingge came forward to buy a large suspension

vehicle that could fit up to 10 people.

The car was similar to a ‘floating house’ with luxurious furnishings inside.

In the future, the mainstream means of transportation in the cities of the planets were suspension

vehicles. Air traffic was developed and there were no traffic jams. Moreover, the vehicles had

automatic navigation and driving so there was no need to consider the issue of a driver’s license.

Shao Qingge drove back to the hotel to pick up the other four. Then he followed the navigation to the

nearest beach.

The beach here was as beautiful as the one in the City of the Sun. The white sandy beach was clean

and reflective while the sand was delicate and soft. Many tourists played barefoot on the beach

while others were playing recreational water activities.

Shao Qingge and Ye Qi inquired along the way, “Have you ever heard of the invisible people who

sing?”

The tourist looked dazed. “I haven’t heard of it!”

Ye Qi also asked some innocent children. “Have your parents ever told you that disobedient children

will be caught and eaten by an invisible person who sings in the middle of the night?”

The children looked at Ye Qi like he was a fool. “Haha, big brother, are you three years old? Only

three year old children can believe such a story!”

Ye Qi, “......”

The two men investigated at the seaside all morning and got nothing.

Everyone knew it was just a legend, like the fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. If they

pulled over a person by the side of the road and asked ‘Have you seen Snow White’ then that person

would feel they were sick.

Even children thought that Ye Qi was sick. Only three year old children would believe this type of

story, not five year olds.

Back in the suspension car, Ye Qi had a headache. “No one has seen the invisible people who can sing

and no one has heard the song. Is this legend reliable?”

Yu Hanjiang frowned. “Check somewhere else.”

Lu Jiuchuan leaned back on his seat, crossed his legs and analyzed it. “This legend isn’t groundless. I

think there must be  something in the sea but humans live on land. We don’t know enough about

the mysterious ocean. It is no use asking at tourist attractions. It is better to go find some fishermen

who fish for a living.”

Xiao Lou also agreed with this idea. “Look for fishermen. They know the sea best.”

This was the beach closest to the hotel. Shao Qingge had driven the suspension car here. After

hearing Xiao Lou’s words, Shao Qingge modified the navigation and the suspension car headed to the

area where fishermen usually lived.

Ye Qi found the oldest man in the fishing village. “Elder, have you heard the legend of the invisible

people?”

The old man basked in the sun and smiled. “Who is it? My ears aren’t good.”

Ye Qi leaned close to the old man’s ears and amplified his volume. “Invisible people from the sea! I

am from abroad. I heard that there were people singing every night and came to see out of

curiosity.”

The old man squinted. “Singing? Oh, the daughter of Old Zhang next door likes singing best.”

Ye Qi was full of helplessness