With the end of the Western War, Chen Lun's life returned to a brief period of peace. But he is also well aware that the next stage of the main plot is to deal with the tide of polluted bugs in the dark world, and this day will not come too late.

So he silently waited for Prince Dazlet's call while reading diligently.

All the experience points gained from the Western War were used by him to improve the main class [Juggler], and he has now reached LV49, which is only 1 level short of the full level. He wanted to make up for the lack of experience as soon as possible by reading mysterious books.

And after this period of fermentation, his deeds on the battlefield have gradually spread, and almost every day, he can receive prompts for the increase in popularity.

This morning.

After breakfast, Chen Lun was reading mysterious books in his room as always, and after reading for more than half an hour, he heard a dinging sound in his ears.

[Because of what you did in the "Western War", your deeds continue to circulate in the imperial military, royal family, and high society......]

[Regional Popularity increased by 1 point!] It's currently 150 points! (Another: epic singing degree 5 points)]

'The requirement of epic popularity has finally been met......

Chen Lun smiled and gently closed the book.

'The promotion quest of the Sage can be triggered only when the main class reaches the full level. ’

He immediately clicked on the panel and looked at it, and in the experience value column, it showed [39W/55W], that is, there was still 160,000 experience left.

'The plot of the Western War is over, and the players seem to have nothing to do, except to spontaneously go to various places to find side quests, which is to enter the Wonderland adventure...... They died in the fairyland, and I can gain experience, plus what I get from reading books, it should take less than a week to make up this experience. ’

Chen Lun thought to himself.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the room, and Connie's voice came from outside:

"Mr. Jack, the carriage is ready, and Mr. Golov says he can leave at any time."

"Okay, I got it."

Chen Lun responded.

In fact, soon after he returned to the royal city, he received an invitation from General Vance as a guest, and today happened to be the day agreed by the two, and he was originally going to pass in the afternoon, but after hearing Connie's reminder, he planned to leave early.

Turning his head to look at the book on the table, he thought to himself that it would not be too late to read it later.

Out of the room, Chen Lun saw Connie in a yellow-brown overalls, probably in a hurry, the gloves stained with engine oil were randomly stuffed in his breast pocket, and there were still some stains on his face.

"Go ahead, Connie."

Chen Lun chuckled, and pointed to her cheek, indicating that there was something dirty.

"Yes, Mr. Jack...... Ah sorry, that's rude. ”

Connie wiped her face with the back of her hand, and said with some embarrassment when she saw that it was dyed black.

Chen Lun shook his head, then went down the stairs.

Out of the gate of the house, he boarded the carriage that had stopped early on the side of the door, and Golov greeted him, and immediately shouted and whipped the carriage away.

General Vance's residence was in the central district, not far from the generous church district, and the carriage drove for about twenty minutes to reach its destination.

Chen Lun got out of the carriage and couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the single-family apartment in front of him, he didn't expect that the general of the dignified imperial army would live in such a simple house.

There are a few flowers hanging on the front gate of the hospital, and the door number reads "No. 42, 2nd Street, Central District, Wansco House".

Chen Lun asked Golov to wait outside, and he walked to the door and rang the doorbell.

Honk...... Honk......

At the same time, he also noticed that in the quiet environment around him, there was actually a small group of military transcendents hidden, secretly guarding the house at all times...... To be precise, to ensure the safety of General Vance and his family.

As early as the carriage stopped at the door, and when he got out of the carriage, he had the feeling of being watched...... Although the warning from the spiritual intuition is not strong, it can also be seen that the strength of the people in the dark is not weak, at least at the level of the middle sequence.

Soon, the door of the apartment was opened, and an ordinary white-haired old woman walked out of it, and the other party walked slowly, looking at Chen Lun carefully through the fence gate.

"You're Mr. Jack, aren't you? Vance has been waiting for you for a while. ”

The old woman smiled kindly and opened the door.

"Good morning, Mrs. Cornet."

Chen Lun knew that the old woman in front of him was General Vance's wife, so he greeted politely.

"Vance got up early in the morning, tinkered with his treasured wines, and said that a young friend would be visiting......"

The old woman led Chen Lun into the courtyard and whispered.

Chen Lun smiled and briefly echoed two sentences.

The two walked into the apartment, and General Vance, who was wiping his wine glass with a towel in the hall, saw this and slowly got up with a smile.

"You may be seated, Mr. Jack."

He raised his hand in motion.

"The house is a little shabby, don't care."

General Vance was now dressed in casual clothes, with a blue shirt and casual trousers, and although he was still tall and burly, he obviously did not have the majesty of the battlefield, and those who did not know him for the first time might think that he was an executive who had retired from the business world.

"It is my honor to visit the general's residence."

Chen Lun took off his hat and said politely and sat on the sofa.

General Vance ceremoniously opened the wine with a corkscrew and poured a glass for Chen Lun.

"This is a 4375-year-old wine, which is forty-five years old...... I had someone brew it when I was young, and now there are only a few bottles of it that have been preserved, and if you hadn't visited me today, I might not have been able to drink it until I died. ”

The general raised his glass and jokingly explained the origin of the red wine.

"I am flattered by the general's attention."

Chen Lun also raised his wine glass and touched it lightly with the other party. Although he doesn't like to drink, he can also distinguish the occasion, if he doesn't drink this glass of wine, I am afraid that he will be swept away by the other party on the spot.

"Frankly, Jack, I don't like the modest rhetoric you always talk about......"

General Vance took a sip of his wine and shook his head at him.

"To be precise, I hate hypocrites very much...... Do you know how I was in the army and how I talked to my people about Councillor Cram and Councillor Rabil? ”

The two parliamentarians he was talking about were the senior members of the parliaments of the six states, which were equivalent to high-ranking officials who helped the royal family coordinate the affairs of various parts of the country.

Chen Lun smiled, leaned back on the sofa and asked very cooperatively:

"How?"

"An old salted fish with makeup, and a stinky leather shoe with oil."

General Vance cursed unceremoniously.

"The disgusting things they've done behind their backs could be a tome, but they still pretend to be saints on the surface...... If I hadn't wanted to fight for the Empire, I would have shoved a musket into the assholes of both of them and given them a bowel. ”

Chen Lun couldn't help but laugh with the other party.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere is more harmonious.

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps upstairs, and two fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls, one older and one younger, laughed and laughed down the stairs, but they seemed to suddenly see something in the living room, and suddenly stopped, covering their mouths with a look of disbelief.

Immediately, the two turned around in tacit agreement and returned upstairs with red faces.

With sighs such as "Oh my God" and "The sun is above", Chen Lun's hearing was outstanding, and finally the older girl said, "Pasha, how can there be such a good-looking man in the world?" ”

Chen Lun thought it was interesting, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Jack, I forgot to introduce you, those are my two daughters, the eldest is named Gulilenz, sixteen years old this year, studying at the Klouster School of Art. The youngest is named Pasha, fourteen years old, and is about to apply for the Royal Military Academy......"

General Vance explained, with a look of affection on his face.

"Daughter?"

Chen Lun was a little surprised.

Because General Vance looked to be in his fifties and sixties, he thought the two girls were his granddaughters.

"Yes, it can be regarded as the favor of the sun god, so that I can grow old and have a ......"

General Vance seemed to think of something and sighed.

"I used to have three sons, and all of them, like me, chose to join the army...... But twelve years ago, in the 'overseas landing battle', he was unfortunately killed. ”

"Overseas Landing Warfare...... Is it about the war in Misty Island? ”

Chen Lun remembered that Mrs. Caroline, her husband and son, also died in this war, and even the Viscount of Pompeii had participated, but his subordinates were almost wiped out and died in that strange land.

"Yes, Misty Island......"

General Vance spat out the word with difficulty.

"It was a terrible place, and the empire had paid a heavy price for its quick success, and to this day the royal family has not thought of going abroad...... Forget that, let's talk about something else. ”

He seemed to be a little resistant to the topic, and said after taking a sip of red wine.

Chen Lun nodded silently.

But in his heart, he became curious about this past history and the "Misty Island" with only a few words...... He plans to get to know each other better when he has the opportunity in the future.

He looked at General Vance, who was a little dull, and just happened to bring the topic to the war in the west.

"I heard that there was a massacre in the occupied territories, do you know about it?"

General Vance suddenly raised his head and glanced at Chen Lun.

He was silent for a while, and then said in a deep voice:

"That's not a massacre, Jack."

"What's the secret?"

Chen Lun saw the clue from the general's reaction, so he asked slowly.

General Vance glanced back at his wife, the old lady was busy in the kitchen, and then he solemnly said to Chen Lun:

"It's better not to spread this matter, it involves His Majesty the Prince."

Chen Lun frowned slightly, nodded in agreement, and looked at the general waiting for the next text.

"The prince ordered people to do a series of secret experiments in the occupied area, and let the local civilians take a drug 'Light Seed' that is being studied in the workshop, I heard that it is an upgraded version of the 'trick drug', once successful, not only can ordinary people surpass the accumulation of knowledge and directly become low-level transcendents in the solar system, but the failure rate will be reduced to extremely low."

General Vance drank the remaining liquor from his glass and said with emotion:

"I can understand the Prince's approach, and he is eager to make a career that will impress my King...... If the royal family can easily control an army made by the transcendents of the solar system, then every corner of the world will be at your fingertips. ”

'Legion of the Transcendent...... Project Lightseed? ’

Chen Lun's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

In his memory, there was no such plot in his previous life!

Is it another variable caused by the butterfly effect? ’

Chen Lun put down the wine glass and said meaningfully:

"General, do you think this move will benefit the Empire?"

"It's hard to tell."

General Vance shook his head.

"Once the Transcendent Legion is really formed, it will definitely be a qualitative increase in the military strength of the empire, but when the situation exceeds a certain threshold, I am afraid it will be difficult to control...... This is a great test for the royal family and even the entire empire. ”

He stretched out an index finger and said in a deep voice:

"Just imagine, if there really is such a drug, which does not require extraordinary knowledge and accumulation, you can become extraordinary, and the failure rate is negligible, then countless powerful and wealthy businessmen will risk being executed, and they will also seek to seize it by any means......"

"Yes, who can resist the temptations of strength, health, and longevity?"

Chen Lun sighed.

The path of the gods is the path to becoming gods, and the transcendents who embark on this path have the physique and strength beyond mortals, and even after transforming into a high-ranking person, they will gain a longer lifespan, which is the greatest attraction for ordinary people.

At the beginning of the empire, hundreds of thousands of years of suppression of noble merchants were severed, and the transcendent inheritance of countless families was severed, and once this drug was born, it would set off terrible turmoil.

Chen Lun realized the seriousness of this matter.

He guessed that if the public was made known, countless supporters and opponents would spring up and play each other's heads...... And Prince Dazlet, who single-handedly contributed to this, will become the center of the storm.

Even if the Sun Royal Family has a supreme position of power in the Trisur Empire, it is difficult to keep those who are not afraid of death and will take extreme measures.

"General, do you think there is a possibility that this is a means used by the prince to fight the turmoil in the spirit world...... After all, at the end of the darkness, the spread of those polluted insect tides is getting more and more serious, and if there is an army of such transcendents, it may be able to contain the situation. ”

Chen Lun suddenly thought of something and asked.

General Vance couldn't help but be stunned.

His brow furrowed and he fell into deep thought.

Half a day.

"It's not that it's not possible......"

General Vance said in a deep voice.

"But the prince's mind, I can't guess."

At this time, the general's wife had already prepared lunch and urged the two to go to the table to eat, and Chen Lun and General Vance temporarily interrupted the discussion.

"Let's put this topic aside and try Serra's craftsmanship first, I haven't gotten tired of this chowder soup she made for more than 30 years, I'm sure you'll like it."

The general got up and laughed.

Chen Lun also took the opportunity to say that he was looking forward to it.

Mrs. Coné shouted a few words upstairs, and the two young and beautiful girls went downstairs with a little shyness, and dined with their parents and the strange but handsome guest.

(End of chapter)