“Chirp chirp.” Accompanied by a clear and melodious bird call, a white bird swiftly flew away from the divine city.
This bird had a slender body and speed like a streak of white lightning. Its name was Snow Thunder Bird, a third-tier magic beast, quite intelligent and very fast. The divine people in the divine city raised this kind of bird magic beast to send important messages.
When Priest Huka learned that the Gale tribe’s contact with Ye Chui might resolve the hatred between Ye Chui and the eldest prince due to Posli’s presence, and even lead the Gale tribe to support Ye Chui instead, Priest Huka immediately released the Snow Thunder Bird. He hoped to use it to pass a message to the divine people’s secretly controlled pawn in the Gale tribe, urging the Gale tribe to leave the oasis quickly and avoid meeting Ye Chui for the time being.
The Snow Thunder Bird had unique sensing abilities. In the secret realm, it could fly to its target at the fastest speed without ever getting lost. Even if it encountered danger, it could turn peril into safety with its extreme speed.
The Snow Thunder Bird’s figure quickly streaked across the sky, like white lightning flashing through the air.
As a third-tier magic beast, the Snow Thunder Bird did not have wisdom comparable to an adult human, but it understood its mission and looked forward to the “Ice Snow Fruit” reward after each completed task.
Although the Snow Thunder Bird lived in the desert, it loved cool and shady places. Its favourite food was the cool and icy Ice Snow Fruit. The reason the divine people could control the Snow Thunder Bird as a messenger tool was mainly due to the few Ice Snow Fruit trees grown behind the divine city’s temple.
This mission seemed quite important. If completed, it should get at least three Ice Snow Fruits, right? Then it would enjoy the Ice Snow Fruits beautifully in front of its fellow birds, letting them envy and jealousy. “Chirp chirp.” Thinking of this, the Snow Thunder Bird became excited and let out a series of calls.
It flew rapidly. Time passed slowly. In the blink of an eye, it had flown for over half an hour. It felt its target was not far away.
Its task was to deliver the thing tied to its leg to someone in the Gale tribe. An image of that person flashed in its mind, confirming it would not mistake the identity. At the same time, it felt some fatigue. Even as a magic beast, flying for several hours in a row was tiring enough. If it could find a place to rest, that would be good, but its dutiful work ethic made it aware of the urgency. It must keep flying and reach the destination in the shortest time.
But it was really tired.
Just then, it suddenly saw a huge creature ahead. It was a black bird with a strange appearance. The Snow Thunder Bird often shuttled around the secret realm but had never seen such a massive bird, and its appearance was so odd. It was ugly as hell, but its speed was fast. Thunder Eagle Birds flew around that big bird. “Chirp chirp, chirp chirp.” It called out in greeting while ready to flee at any moment.
But the black big bird ignored it completely.
What a rude fellow. The Snow Thunder Bird felt a bit angry and wanted to shake off the black big bird and leave. But seeing the broad back of the black big bird, a not-so-smart idea popped into the Snow Thunder Bird’s head. It flapped its wings a few times and slowly landed on the big bird’s back. Seeing that the black big bird’s flight direction seemed the same as its destination, why not rest well behind this big clumsy bird for now.
It comfortably lay behind the clumsy bird and began preening its feathers with its beak, feeling the wind blowing. It was indescribably pleasant. If it could eat an Ice Snow Fruit right now, that would be the happiest thing. It thought sincerely, slightly squinting its eyes and showing a intoxicated expression.
Then, at a certain moment, it suddenly felt alert. Something was approaching it!
“Chirp.” It immediately tried to fly away, but it was too late.
A pair of small hands had already firmly grabbed its wings and held it in an embrace.
“Chirp chirp, chirp chirp.” It shouted loudly. Let go of me, let go quickly.
“Chirp chirp, chirp chirp, chirp chirp?” The creature holding it also shouted, its voice carrying a hint of excitement.
The Snow Thunder Bird twisted its head and saw a human face, human arms, human body, but with a pair of white wings growing from the back.
“Chirp chirp!!!” The Snow Thunder Bird cried out.
What kind of bird are you? What do you want to do?
…
“Sigh, caught it, caught it. Quickly bring Chirp Chirp back.” In the flying magic vehicle, Debbie stood carefully peering out from the open hatch. A white rope extended out of the cabin, one end held in Guni’s hand. Hearing Debbie’s words, Guni slowly pulled in the rope. The other end was tied around Chirp Chirp’s waist, and now Chirp Chirp held a white bird about the size of a goose in its hands.
Click, the hatch closed.
“What kind of bird is this?”
“It is a magic beast, right? But why did it land on the flying magic vehicle just now?”
“I wonder how it tastes if roasted…”
“Chirp chirp chirp.”
“Ouch, it can understand us!”
“It must be a magic beast then. Roasting it would definitely taste delicious.”
“Chirp chirp chirp.”
…
Amid the noisy commotion, Ye Chui emerged from the cockpit. Seeing the Thunder Eagle Bird pinned to the ground by several people, he could not help but smile bitterly. But soon, a trace of seriousness appeared on his face. He walked over and removed a strange crystal stone tied to the Thunder Eagle Bird’s leg. Upon seeing this, the Thunder Eagle Bird immediately struggled and kept calling out to Ye Chui.
“What is this?” Debbie asked curiously.
“This bird seems to be a messenger.” Ye Chui examined the small crystal stone but did not know what it was.
Posli took the crystal stone and frowned. “This is a divine stone memento. A special kind of crystal can input some information through mental power. Only specific people can parse that information… This bird is indeed a messenger.”
“So advanced? Can you parse the information in this stone?” Ye Chui quickly asked Posli.
Earlier, Ye Chui and the others had encountered a clansman who escaped from the Green Bay tribe. After Ye Chui and his group left the oasis, those clansmen suddenly suffered an attack from the Gale tribe. The Gale tribe took all the Green Bay tribe people hostage. Only that one clansman barely escaped. Upon learning this, Ye Chui decided to leave some people to continue slowly heading to the Green Bay camp with the Blood Scorpion tribe members. Ye Chui and the others rushed back to provide support.
Now, unexpectedly catching this messenger bird, and seeing the direction, could it be that someone was sending a message to the Gale tribe?
Ye Chui was very interested in the information on this divine stone memento.
Posli shook her head. “Only specific people can parse this kind of information. The great magic mentors in the magic guild can crack it, but I cannot. It requires some mental training.”
“Is that so?” Ye Chui took back the stone and played with it in his hand. The stone was diamond-shaped, sharp on both ends, like a thin slice. Ye Chui examined the crystal and suddenly had an idea. He summoned his magic guide book and gestured, then tried inserting the stone into the iPad magic guide book’s connection port.
“What are you doing?” Posli asked hurriedly. “A magic guide book cannot crack the information on it!”
“An ordinary magic guide book cannot, but that does not mean mine cannot. Trying it out does no harm.” Ye Chui said while operating with his head down. The crystal stone smoothly inserted into the magic guide book’s information interface.
Then Ye Chui contacted Aipede. “Can you detect the inserted feeling?”
“Master, I think your wording is problematic…” Aipede, still with a child’s voice, said weakly.
“Fine, can you read the crystal’s information?” Ye Chui changed his question.
“Yes, I have a feeling. Wait a moment, I will try.” Aipede responded. A few seconds later, Ye Chui received Aipede’s reply. “Done, scanned some information.” An information box popped up on the iPad screen, showing a string of garbled characters. It seemed Aipede had scanned the information but still could not read it. Ye Chui was about to speak when the garbled code suddenly stirred and slowly formed a complete text. But the text was still not understandable to Ye Chui. It was the script used in the secret realm world now. Then the text changed again and became text Ye Chui could understand.
Had it cracked the garbled code and the secret realm script?
“Master, after my upgrade, I gained [Translation] ability. Using the [Browser]’s translation module, I can translate any information, even animal memory website information.” Aipede told Ye Chui.
Ye Chui’s eyes lit up with great surprise. He then looked at the line of information on the iPad screen.
“Quickly control the Gale tribe to leave the Green Bay camp. Do not let the eldest prince meet Ye Chui. If not in time, then try to provoke conflict between Ye Chui and the Gale tribe, making them both suffer losses.” Ye Chui read aloud.
Posli widened her eyes. “You, you actually cracked the divine stone memento’s information?”
Debbie and the others were used to Ye Chui’s strange feats and were more interested in the content. Debbie said, “This sounds like… someone can control people in the Gale tribe. They do not want you to meet the eldest prince… Is it a message from the divine people?”
Green also analysed, “There seems to be a divine person planted spy in the Gale tribe.”
Ye Chui had long felt curious. Why, of all times, did the Gale tribe find the Green Bay camp exactly when Ye Chui took people to fight the Blood Scorpion tribe? Originally, the Gale tribe had no enmity with the Green Bay tribe. Even if due to the eldest prince’s hostility towards Ye Chui, how did the Gale tribe know Ye Chui had gained Green Bay’s support?
It seemed the reason the Gale tribe attacked the Green Bay tribe was due to secret manipulation from the divine city. But after the order was given, the divine level suddenly realised Posli was with Ye Chui and could resolve the misunderstanding between Ye Chui and the eldest prince. So they hurriedly sent this bird to deliver the message to prevent Ye Chui and the eldest prince from meeting.
The truth was probably nine out of ten.
Ye Chui looked at the Snow Thunder Bird. “We need to find the spy the divine city planted in the Gale tribe. Since this bird is the messenger, it should know who the spy is.”
“Chirp chirp, chirp chirp.” Hearing Ye Chui’s words, the Snow Thunder Bird immediately called out loudly. It understood human speech and seemed to tell Ye Chui not to dream of getting information from it.
Ye Chui thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed. He opened the iPad’s camera QR code and scanned the Snow Thunder Bird up and down. Moments later, a browser interface popped up.
The original browser could not invade animals or magic beasts’ memory worlds, but after the upgrade, the power greatly increased and could now read magic beasts’ memories.
The Snow Thunder Bird’s memory website was very simple, similar to a human’s memory website. The difference was that the interface on the iPad screen looked like a foreign language interface, full of unreadable text. It was just like when Ye Chui first read the Blood Scorpion tribe priest’s memory interface, all unreadable characters. But now with the translation function, it was no problem. Moments later, the iPad interface turned into text Ye Chui could understand.
This Snow Thunder Bird’s name was Number Seven.
Its memory article list was also very simple. So-called articles, each was just one sentence.
Ye Chui browsed through them one by one, and his expression soon became amused.
I am a bird with integrity. I will never leak any information.
I really want to eat Ice Snow Fruit.
These people look so fierce. They will not really want to eat me, right?
This mission requires five, no, ten Ice Snow Fruits as reward! If I can survive.
I really want to eat Ice Snow Fruit.
If these people eat me, can they not roast with fire? It hurts.
…
“…” Ye Chui looked at this information and laughed.
“What is wrong with Ye Chui?” Debbie asked curiously.
Ye Chui shook his head. He called up a Green Bay tribe warrior from below and asked what Ice Snow Fruit was. The Green Bay warrior replied that Ice Snow Fruit was a strange fruit tree. Although growing in the desert, the fruit was icy cold like snow, very cool and sweet-tasting. It was a rare luxury item in the secret realm, with only a few trees planted in the divine city.
“So that is it.” Ye Chui immediately understood. It seemed the divine city used Ice Snow Fruits to control these flying birds. The special thing about Ice Snow Fruits was their cool texture. Such things might be precious in a secret realm without magic mentors, but for him, a magic mentor, what was it? He walked into the kitchen and moments later came out with a plate of iced wild fruits, mixed with fine crushed ice particles.
He dangled the fruit plate in front of the Snow Thunder Bird. The refreshing cool air immediately made the Snow Thunder Bird’s eyes glaze over. It called “Chirp chirp, chirp chirp” nonstop.
“Want to eat?” Ye Chui picked up a wild fruit with ice.
“Chirp chirp, chirp chirp.” The Snow Thunder Bird nodded eagerly.
Its memory website now showed real-time information: What fruit is this? Cool and refreshing. I want to eat it. Give it to me quick, give it to me quick!
“Then you must obey me from now on.” Ye Chui continued.
“Chirp chirp, chirp chirp.” As long as there are such cool fruits, this bird will work for you.
Ye Chui: “So straightforward…”
Thus, this bird that claimed to have integrity was taken down by a plate of iced fruit…
