After 18 Years of Silence, Now My Words Are Divine Chapter 80

Chapter 80: O Sun, Tell the Answer

Day 5, 06:05 AM.

That cheap, grating voice rang out across the sky right on schedule.

【Hello! Warriors, today is another beautiful day!】

【Especially for those of you on Eerie Island—the teor shower before dawn was truly a spectacular sight!】

【And that's all thanks to yours truly! If it weren't for the quality services I provide...】

【Never mind that soone is strong enough to seem like they're cheating—without my items, they'd definitely...er...ahem...probably not manage!】

The Sky Screen seed to want to say sothing snarky, but appeared to think better of it and swallowed the second half of the sentence whole.

It forced a change of subject.

【Ahem! Better to get to the important stuff!】

【Today at 12:00 noon, the Global Trade Convention will open as scheduled!】

【Attention! The duration of this Trade Convention—is one hour only!】

【Please make the most of this precious ti! No extensions will be granted!】

【This is sothing that has never happened before~】

【The ability to exchange supplies across regions and sub-instances is the key to your survival! Bye-bye~】

The mont the words ended, the Light Screen flickered as if preparing to close.

But the next second, it bounced back as though it had rembered sothing important.

【Oh! Almost forgot!】

【The Newcor Leaderboard hasn't been posted yet!】

【Everyone, take a look!】

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【Rank 1: No Words Needed (Huaxia Nation)】

【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】

【Record: Killed Starving Wraith (Grade A) ×1, Killed Parasitic Flatworm (Grade D) ×1】

【Score: 10,500!!!】

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【Rank 2: Arielia Alice (Eagle Nation)】

【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】

【Record: Killed Death's Shadow (Grade A) ×1】

【Score: 10,000!】

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【Rank 3: Silk-Stocking Desperado (Huaxia Nation)】

【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】

【Record: Killed Ice-Sucking Ghost (Grade B) ×1, Killed Loan-Shark Ghost (Grade C) ×1】

【Score: 6,500】

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【Rank 4: Muraguchi Kazusu (Sakura Nation)】

【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】

【Record: Killed Skeleton Pirate (Grade D) ×11】

【Score: 5,500】

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【Rank 5: Fast and Furious (Eagle Nation)】

【Location: Eerie Island (Grade S)】

【Record: Killed Racehorse Ghost (Grade B) ×1】

【Score: 5,000】

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The first light of dawn had barely broken, the air fresh and clean.

Jiang Nan stood beside the motorho, idly turning a dark-colored spherical object that had materialized out of thin air between his fingers.

The sphere was roughly the size of a basketball, its surface covered in intricate electronic tracery.

‘This is...’

Curiosity flickered in Jiang Nan's eyes.

【Item】: Black Dragon No. 3 Power Core

【Type】: Core Component

【Grade】: Grade S

【Function】: Universal Energy Conversion, Vehicle Core—can simultaneously replace both an engine and a generator.

Can efficiently convert sunlight, gasoline, wind, and even human exertion into high-purity electricity.

Conversion Rate: 90%.

【Info】: One of the last technological crystallizations left behind by the Dragon-Sumr Imperial City before it was corrupted by the evil god.

It carries the future. It represents hope.

No matter how harsh the environnt, it can produce that light.

Jiang Nan read through the description, and the corner of his mouth curved upward slightly.

‘Just what the doctor ordered.’

‘It seems that whether it's that Sky Screen system or my Word Spirit Check-In, what's given is always the most fitting thing for the mont.’

And right at that mont—

"Haah..."

Wang ng ca shuffling over, scratching his bird's-nest hair, his face a picture of worry.

"Boss...there's a serious problem."

"Based on my calculations, after we triple the motorho's volu using those salvaged car parts—"

"The original electrical system and engine won't be able to handle the load at all..."

"And they definitely can't support the newly added defense systems and living facilities either."

"You can't make bricks without straw..."

Just as he was bracing to apologize—

Whoosh!

A black sphere was shoved into his arms.

Imdiately after, a sticky note was slapped onto the sphere's surface.

【Take it and use it.】

【This is a Grade S core. Keep it quiet.】

"This is..."

Wang ng instinctively glanced at the sphere in his hands—and then his pupils shook like an earthquake!

As a chanic, he could see at a glance just how valuable this thing was!

Grade S!!

Universal Energy Core!!

"Holy sh**!!"

Wang ng nearly fell to his knees in front of Jiang Nan.

"Boss! You're too incredible! This literally saves my life right now!!"

"With this—forget moving a motorho! We'd have enough power to move an entire mobile castle!!"

"I'm getting to work right now! I guarantee it'll be done by noon!!"

Watching Wang ng charge under the vehicle as if he'd been injected with adrenaline, Jiang Nan gave a satisfied nod.

......

Hss….

Just then, the vehicle door swung open.

Yekaterina held onto the door fra, stepping down with a slightly awkward, pigeon-toed gait.

Her complexion was flushed—unnaturally so.

When she spotted Jiang Nan standing there, her eyes instantly darted away, refusing to et his gaze.

After all...

Last night's treatnt had been far too intense.

She...

Had even been unable to endure the sheer magnitude of the impact.

And had, embarrassingly, passed out.

"Are you alright?"

Chen Tong, who had been waiting nearby, stepped forward and lightly patted her shoulder, offering the knowing smile of soone who had been through it herself.

"You'll get used to it."

"From now on, we're all...ahem, sisters sharing the sa ride."

Yekaterina nodded shyly.

Though they shared no common language, feminine intuition told her exactly what Chen Tong ant.

The two of them were now...

'Fellow travelers' of the sa path.

An inexplicable sense of warmth blood between the two won.

They leaned in together and began talking in low voices about certain private matters.

Not far away—

Liu Yuqing, in the middle of sorting supplies, pushed up her glasses.

She watched Yu Shishi grinning away obliviously and felt a surge of frustration at her hopelessness.

‘Haah...Shishi, you dummy.’

‘To think that Russian girl who just showed up beat her to it!’

‘That Russian girl's level is way too high—using 'Bloodline out of control' as an excuse to reel Boss in...’

‘I'd better see whether it actually worked!’

At that thought, Liu Yuqing's gaze sharpened.

Appraisal—activate!

Her eyes locked onto Yekaterina.

At this, she rubbed her eyes, convinced she was seeing things.

【Na】: Yekaterina

【Race】: Human, Mixed Blood

【Body Composite Data】: Grade E

【Status】: Bloodline Purification in Progress, Potential Significantly Elevated.

【Aptitude】: Grade B

【Ability】: Dragon Bloodline (Grade A)

【Note】: Current Bloodline Concentration: 28%.

【Target】: Yekaterina (Dragon Bloodline)

"Ahhh!!"

Liu Yuqing scread internally.

‘It actually changed?!’

‘Originally a Grade A- ability—and an original bloodline concentration of 23.3%!’

‘Just from...that one ti, the bloodline concentration rose by that much?!’

‘It even broke through the grade barrier?!’

‘Is Boss actually the reincarnation of the legendary Dragon King?!’

‘What kind of walking, breathing enhancent serum is he?!’

She drew in a sharp breath.

But thinking it over, this seed like a better outco.

The stronger her boss was, the safer his little crew naturally beca.

‘Still...even with this Russian girl added to the mix, none of them are a match for Boss.’

Liu Yuqing glanced once more at Yu Shishi, who was cheerfully helping Hoshino Hikari tidy things up, and thought inwardly:

‘Let's take it slow...who knows, maybe one day Boss will feel the urge and just handle Shishi on a whim.’

‘As long as that Sakura Nation girl doesn't get there first.’

As she said this, her gaze slid over to Hoshino Hikari.

Her eyes swept across that utterly unremarkable chest.

‘Hmm...given how underdeveloped she looks, Boss probably won't feel the urge to make a move anyway.’

"?"

Hoshino Hikari froze under that gaze, which was sohow simultaneously pitying and appraising.

She scratched at her flat chest, completely baffled.

‘What's up with ? Do I have sothing on my face?’

......

Right at that mont, Jiang Nan walked over.

He went straight to Liu Yuqing and placed the 8 【Map Imprint Hard Drives】 into her hands.

Scratch, scratch, scratch.

A sticky note was passed over.

【These are Map Hard Drives.】

【At the Trade Convention at noon, you're in charge of operating them.】

【Handle it well—prioritize solving the group's foundational strength issues.】

"Foundational strength?"

Liu Yuqing accepted the hard drives, and a sudden flash of inspiration struck her.

She recalled what she'd just discovered—since Yekaterina had grown stronger through that thod, could the rest of them also...?

So she hurriedly used her ability to glance at Chen Tong beside her.

At this, her eyes went even wider!

【Na】: Chen Tong

【Race】: Human, Mixed Blood

【Body Composite Data】: Grade E

【Status】: Bloodline Purification in Progress, Potential Significantly Elevated.

【Aptitude】: Grade B-

【Ability】: Dragon Bloodline (Grade B-)

【Note】: Current Bloodline Concentration: 13%.

‘I want so too!!’

Liu Yuqing's excitent boiled over.

She imdiately relayed this conclusion to Jiang Nan, eyes blazing with a hunger for advancent.

"Boss! Since you can make people stronger..."

"Can we also...?"

Thwack!

Before she could finish the sentence—

Jiang Nan raised his hand and flicked a firm forehead flick right between her brows.

"Ow!"

Liu Yuqing clapped a hand to her forehead.

Imdiately after, Jiang Nan plastered 3 sticky notes onto her face in quick succession.

【What do you take for?】

【I'm your boss!】

【Not your personal leveling dungeon!!】

"......"

Liu Yuqing hurriedly peeled off the sticky notes and snapped to attention, apologizing.

"Boss, I was wrong! I'll never dare again!"

Jiang Nan let out a sigh.

How could he not know this was the fastest and most cost-effective way to raise his crew's strength?

But he had no intention of turning into a degenerate dragon...

Oh, not that—a degenerate Nan.

With Chen Tong, feelings had developed naturally. With Yekaterina, it had been a matter of saving a life under pressing circumstances.

If he started doing it wholesale just to boost power levels without discrimination...

What would that make him?

A stud dragon?

But still...

Liu Yuqing had a point.

This hellish place was genuinely brutal for ordinary people with no cheat-like advantages.

Slow growth was not a healthy approach to their current situation.

So he sighed once more, and pressed one final sticky note onto Liu Yuqing's face.

【I will consider whether this thod is viable.】

【Your task is to keep a close eye on 'Enhancent Serums' at the Trade Convention.】

【That's the proper approach—understood?】

"Understood!"

Liu Yuqing nodded vigorously.

Then she shook the hard drives in her hand.

"So...Boss, how do you want to handle these hard drives?"

"Is there anyone you don't want to sell to?"

The implication was clear.

These were maps of a Grade S zone—strategically invaluable.

Was he really going to sell them to potential enemies?

Jiang Nan thought it over.

mories from his previous life surfaced in his mind.

The welfare ho that raised him. Those faces—impoverished but brimming with warmth.

If not for the nation and that welfare ho, he might have perished from the very beginning, with no chance to transmigrate at all.

Repay every kindness, repay every debt—that was Jiang Nan.

Swish.

He tossed out a sticky note.

【Sell to Huaxia Nation's official organizations first. If they don't want all of them, then sell to whoever pays the highest price.】

【But—the price cannot be low.】

【Even between brothers, money must be settled clearly.】

"Understood!!"

Liu Yuqing snapped to attention and saluted.

This was the man she followed.

Vision. Principles.

"I'm going to prepare the trade pitch!"

"We need to play it smart to get the best price!"

With that, Liu Yuqing dashed back to the motorho, full of fighting spirit.

......

With everything arranged—

Jiang Nan stood alone, leaning against the vehicle door.

He raised his head and looked at the blazing sun hanging in the sky.

That familiar, intimate feeling let a thread of warmth seep into his cold heart.

‘The sun...’

‘A radiance I will never forget for as long as I live.’

Jiang Nan narrowed his eyes, ten thousand thoughts surging through his heart.

‘The Savage Realm is not my ho...’

‘But you—where did you co from?’

‘Why are you here?’

‘Why is it only you who can suppress those Cursed Creatures?’

‘Why do the legends of the Dragon God exist in this place?’

‘That Dragon God Imperial Armor...’

‘Who created it?’

‘O sun of my previous life...’

‘Can you tell ...the answers to all of this?’