CH 35

[A few months had passed and Roya Circus was becoming more and more popular. They started touring, collecting various deformed humans as exhibits along the way, and gradually made this performance into this circus's signature show.

The capital of San Lorenzo

The girl couldn't bear to look at the monster screaming on the stage.

The audience beside her screamed with excitement and seemed to enjoy such a show.

"Hey! Stop it! You’re too cruel!" The aristocratic-looking girl jumped from the auditorium to the stage with a sword in her hand.

The glamorous animal trainer did not dare to hurt this noble girl, and she was helpless.

"Yes, yes! We won’t treat it like this anymore!" The circus boss came to the stage with a respectful and charming look and winked the trainer. The trainer thoughtfully drove the monster into the cage and pushed back to the curtain.

The girl saw that monster was no longer tortured, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Don't bully it anymore! If I hear anything like this happening again, you won’t be spared!"

"This beautiful and kind lady, us pariahs are too stupid and will never do it again!"

Under the flattery of the circus boss, the girl consciously performed her duty and returned to the audience to watch the other shows.

The monster behind the scene was still tied tightly, it remembered the look of the girl just now, and it was full of gratitude.

She was such a kind lady!

The beast trainer glanced at it with a clear mood, and said, "Oh, this is stupid thing. You're going to perform acrobatics in the future, it's far more uncomfortable than that!"]

——From Cthulhu’s Wrath

In the early morning, Zhou Yu woke up from a deep, dreamless sleep. .

Opening the closed curtains, Zhou Yu looked better at the bright sunshine outside, and finally felt better.

After washing, Zhou Yu knocked on the door of the guest room and said, "Are you awake? Franken?"

Franken was too human, Zhou Yu realized that he couldn't treat him as an experimental product, but only as a guest on loan.

There was a "thump" in the guest room, as if something had fallen to the ground.

Zhou Yu opened the door, and saw a huge Franken trying to get up from the floor in a panic.

Zhou Yu showed a helpless expression. Forget it, raise it properly first.

"It’s time for breakfast, come with me."

Zhou Yu signaled Franken to come out with him to the dining room. This house wasn't large in size and the living room was connected to the dining room. Because the meal wasn’t ready yet, Zhou Yu let Franken sit on the carpet in the living room.

The sofa was too small for him to stretch his legs.

Breakfast was yesterday's black bread and cheese. Zhou Yu also found two eggs in a kitchen cabinet, fried them, and put them on a plate. Regardless of the taste, it looked a lot better.

Franken was too big for the stools in the dining room, so Zhou Yu simply brought the food to the living room to eat.

Franken said thank you, eating bread and eggs obediently. Zhou Yu also had an egg, but he still had no appetite, and when Franken seemed to still be hungry, he put the eggs on his plate.

Franken's eyes moved as he gazed the eggs on the plate, stunned.

He always felt that his creator wasn’t happy with him, so he was careful not to say more than half a word. He had a nightmare last night and dreamed that he was tortured in the circus.

Although he has just awakened from the endless darkness, he seemed to be born with the ability to speak, a clear head, to be able to objectively observe, and to have a high EQ. He could distinguish between the goodwill and maliciousness of his creator. (S: EQ is emotional quotient, or social skills)

"Thank you, father!" He moved the stiff muscles on his face, and gave a smile, which was horrifying enough to scare grown men.

His head was composed of several pieces of skin of different colors. While most of his skin was a pale white, there were also places that were a dark red. His face also had cracks, with only two eyes. It was a complete pair, revealing the simple emotions that belonged to humans.

In fact, in all fairness, except for the traces of stitches, this face was barely passable, especially those clear blue eyes, which neutralized his natural hostile look.

But for some reason, Franken just gave people the feeling that he was a monster, causing people to feel uncomfortable, as human beings were afraid of the unknown in the dark, and his body was very offensive.

As soon as someone saw him, a voice in their head would immediately identify him as a monster, completely different from humans.

But Franken didn't realize it. He felt that he was a human being, because he was the creation of human beings, and his creator’s identity gave him a sense of belonging.

Zhou Yu looked at Franken's smile, and said blankly, "Well, I'm going to the laboratory. You stay here, and except for the basement and outside, you can just stroll around."

He was used to the way Feng Xing acted, and naturally he wouldn't be afraid of Franken's smile. After all, Franken, who was still flesh and blood, could never be more terrifying than the ghost king.

Zhou Yu's usual performance gave Franken the illusion that his smile was OK.

So he smiled again, nodded docilely, and said, "Okay, father."

"By the way, don't call me father. I'm not your father. That title is annoying. Call me brother." Zhou Yu cleaned up and rebuffed coldly.

Even if he didn't hate Franken, he had no sense of belonging to the world, and Franken was a bit repulsive. He could no longer force himself into this world as aggressively as he did in the previous life, pretending to be friendly.

His actual age was very old, and he had lost enthusiasm for the world.

He just wanted to find Feng Xing soon, so he unconsciously appeared indifferent to the people in this world.

Franken's clear blue eyes dimmed, and responded, "Okay, father, no, brother ..."

Zhou Yu locked the door of the house to make sure Franken wouldn't slip out like last time, and then went to the basement where he woke up yesterday.

The basement was still a mess. Zhou Yu cleaned up the test tube fragments on the ground, and then began to search for the necessary things on the alchemy bench.

This table was the most precise instrument in the entire laboratory. It was also a second-hand alchemy bench that had cost Cariell a lot of money.

In this world, alchemy was keeping up with technology. The alchemy bench had a mechanical arm that could be used to perform experiments, and a crystal source stone that could measure a caster’s ability. You could also move it to the operating table if needed. The corresponding equipment was necessary laboratory equipment for formal alchemists, and the price was naturally extremely high. The original Cariell could only afford second-hand goods.

Zhou Yu took out the source stone according to his memory and held it tightly.

The crystal quickly lit up with a slight blue light, and it became brighter and brighter. It wasn’t until the light shone through all the shadows in the basement that Zhou Yu put the source stone down.

The ability of a caster was measured by the brightness of the source stone. The brighter it was, the more magic power that was stored in the body. Catherine was hailed as a saint in Toria for her ruby-red candle-like light. The genius woman was interviewed by the king, showing how talented she was.

Now, Zhou Yu's crystal was as bright and soft as countless small night lights. It was much lighter than Catherine’s. If this knowledge was passed around, the entire world would be in shock.

Zhou Yu naturally also knew what such brightness meant. He originally thought that he would have some small upgrades in spellcasting ability, at least no longer being magicalless, but didn’t expect his capacity to grow to this extent. 

Good enough.

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up in hope. If he could learn magic and gain privileges, then the probability of finding his Feng Xing became much higher!

Diding——! !! !!

The Chuánshēng Shi in Zhou Yu's pocket rang. (S: Microphone, sound stone. Pinyin sounded better.)

Zhou Yu took out the stone given to Cariell by the Alchemist Academy to check the news.

An emotionless voice sounded.

"Year 1 apprentice Cariell, come back to the Academy. The college has started the finals. If you fail to take the test or reach the second year, you will be expelled.”

After this message, the Chuánshēng Shi turned off. 

Zhou Yu thought about it, and then remembered that this was around the time of the Academy’s annual tests. After Cariell had entered the school with excellent grades, he started obsessively checking out materials from the library and researching the creation of life. It caused many masters to be dissatisfied. In the end, they directly gave him two months of vacation. Cariell left and didn’t pay attention to the courses at all. Naturally, Zhou Yu had to bear the bitter fruits.

For ordinary alchemy apprentices, it didn’t matter whether or not they reached the second level at the end of the semester. They could retake the test, and they wouldn’t have to repeat the grade. For Cariell, this guy threatened to drop out of school.

In fact, Zhou Yu didn't plan to continue going to the Alchemist Academy, but this identity was still very useful. He decided to go back to the Alchemy Institute to get a degree and unenroll.

Regardless of whether it was Cariell or Zhou Yu, to them, what was taught in that school were nothing but useless transcripts..

The Cariell who created Franken was already strong enough, and Zhou Yu, who possessed his memory, had already fused this knowledge into his sea of consciousness, and due to the various modern technologies in his previous lives his understanding was even higher. Compared to the original, he had a higher success rate in alchemy.

His near-photographic memory from his past life had also been copied over and strengthened.

For many alchemists, it would take years to memorize the combinations and abilities of elements, not to mention study the properties and transformation directions of various materials. The time it took for an apprentice to become an official alchemist already took up the best part of young peoples’ lives.

For a job that mostly required memorization, Zhou Yu’s memory was the biggest cheat.

After packing up the things on the experimental table, Zhou Yu suddenly turned to the ancient book that Cariell found in the school library.

Looking at the book that brought Franken to life, Zhou Yu was a little hesitant.

The book had a thick black cover, and the binding was layered with many indecipherable symbols engraved with gold leaf.

But an ominous aura flowed from the pages.

As if opening it would bring disaster.

Zhou Yu froze, and stretched out his slender palms to touch the black leather.

The cover looked rough, but it was actually smooth and supple to the touch.

Opening the pages, a picture came into view.

Zhou Yu frowned as he looked at the image that took up the entire page.

The outline of a huge, deep-sea octopus popped onto the paper, and the lines drawn with black ink were beautiful flourishes, making this painting come alive.

This octopus, whose teeth and claws were sharpened to points, shocked the soul with its deceptive majesty.

One of the octopus’s limbs was wrapped around a sentence at the bottom of the page.

It was written in Old Continental, and most people really didn’t know what it meant, but fortunately, Cariell’s knowledge allowed Zhou Yu to quickly recognize the meaning of this sentence.

"Humanity's oldest and strongest emotion is fear; the oldest and strongest fear comes from the unknown." [1]

Zhou Yu didn't notice that after reading this sentence, the books on the laboratory shelf slightly vibrated, and some dust on the ceiling fell down.

Above, nestled in the living room, a certain monster’s cyan eyes turned a deep sapphire.