I get stronger by sunbathing, just like Superman.

Watching the woman's departing figure, Dylan fell into deep thought...

……

The night was exceptionally cold as winter approached, and the sea was perfectly calm, not a single fishing boat in sight. But on the shore of a small island, a figure sat wearing only swimming trunks.

Lei Ming had been waiting here for several nights in a row, only returning home when dawn was almost breaking, but the three-eyed man still hadn't appeared...

"Could this headband be something valuable? Or was he too badly injured and died that day?"

Lei Ming looked at the woven rope in his hand, feeling slightly disappointed. He had finally met someone with similar extraordinary abilities and had hoped to have a good exchange with them, but this was the result…

Just as he stood up, dusted the sand off his backside, and prepared to go back... he heard a strange noise...

"It's finally here..."

Lei Ming couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, turning to face the boundless sea in front of him.

About two minutes later, half a figure slowly emerged from the sea about 100 meters from the shore...

Lei Ming's eyes can see even in the darkest night... as long as there is a sliver of light, he can see clearly within a radius of tens of kilometers, and a mere hundred meters is no problem for him.

The man who emerged from the sea was the same three-eyed man we'd seen on the cruise ship. He was now floating on the surface, watching Leiming on the shore with wary eyes…

Seeing this, Lei Ming picked up the braided rope in his hand and showed it to the three-eyed man. He noticed that the man's expression had indeed changed slightly. It seemed that the rope was really important to him, Lei Ming thought to himself.

Fearing he might scare the other party away again, Lei Ming slowly placed the woven rope on the sand in front of him, then slowly took a few steps back, spreading his arms to indicate that he had no weapon, trying his best to appear as harmless as possible...

The three-eyed man then slowly swam over...

The 100-meter distance was covered in the blink of an eye. After the three-eyed man got ashore, he immediately picked up the braided rope, his eyes filled with undisguised joy. He did not turn around and leave, but instead looked at Lei Ming warily.

Lei Ming, however, was thinking how lucky he was that he hadn't turned and run immediately, otherwise, if he had been chased... he might have been chased all the way to the Pacific Ocean. It seemed like there was a chance to exchange ideas, so he spoke first:

"Can you understand me? My name is Lei Ming, Lei... Ming..."

“I can understand! And I know all the languages ​​you earthlings speak.”

"That makes things easier..."

Lei Ming breathed a sigh of relief; it would have been troublesome if they couldn't communicate in the language.

Electrolux.

The three-eyed man pointed to himself and said loudly, "My name is Electrolux."

“Lei Ming, you can call me Lei.”

Lei Ming introduced himself again, subconsciously extending his right hand...

Lei Ming thought that Electrolux, as a human from a prehistoric civilization, wouldn't understand the meaning of this gesture. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Electrolux reached out and shook hands with him.

Noticing Lei Ming's somewhat surprised gaze, Electrolux explained:

"Although I have always lived in the sea, I often observe the habits and behaviors of people on land. I know that this gesture means to say hello."

"Sorry, I was just being naive."

Lei Ming also apologized, thinking to himself that this three-eyed man was surprisingly polite, but that was good, as it would make communication easier.

Little did he know, Electrolux wasn't always so polite; it depended on who he was...

In short, the two have taken a friendly first step and can continue to communicate.

The sea breeze was chilly, but the two of them sat on the ground, neither of them feeling the cold.

"By the way, you've always referred to humans as land people. Do you and your people live in the sea?"

Lei Ming asked curiously as soon as he sat down.

Electrox shook his head, saying that he was the only one living in the sea, without explaining the existence of the other members of his race. It seemed that he was still wary of Thunder, this 'human from the land'.

Lei Ming realized this as well. If he kept it to himself, what right did he have to ask others about it? After thinking about it, he decided to tell Electrolux his true identity in exchange for her trust.

Chapter Thirteen: Gems and Spirit Mediums

"You mean...you're an alien?"

Electrolux was visibly shocked upon learning the truth, his voice rising an octave.

"Otherwise, have you ever seen any other Earthling catch bullets with their body or block grenades with their hands?"

Lei Ming replied matter-of-factly.

Electrolux shook his head. "I've never seen you before... but why do you look exactly like everyone here?"

"Regarding this, I can only say it's really just a coincidence. Maybe most carbon-based intelligent life in the universe looks like this...who knows..."

Electrolux nodded as if he understood, then suddenly seemed to remember something.

"A few years ago... I saw a fireball fall from the sky thousands of kilometers away... By the time I got there, the ball had already sunk to the bottom of the sea, and there was nothing inside... Could it be..."

"That's me in there..."

Lei Ming hadn't expected that Electrolux had already seen his escape pod; what a coincidence!

However, at this point, Lei Ming remembered An Ke and asked him if he had seen another fireball fall from the sky. Unfortunately, Electrolux said no.

Lei Ming wasn't too disappointed, after all, he had gotten used to hearing the word 'no' over the years.

Seeing that Lei Ming's mood seemed to have changed, Electrox asked again, "Is... one of your people inside the other fireball?"

"My friend too."

Lei Ming nodded and said.

It seemed that Thunder's experience resonated with Electrolux, who too had been forced to leave his home at a young age and had lived alone ever since. So he patted Thunder on the shoulder and offered words of comfort:

"Don't worry, if she's as strong as you, she'll definitely survive."

Lei Ming remained silent. He didn't believe things were that simple. There should be some trace of whether An Ke was alive or dead, but in reality, not a single clue could be found.

He had already begun planning to find more powerful hardware for the White Queen, preferably a 'supercomputer' or something similar, a device far exceeding the performance of a regular computer. That way, the White Queen could try to hack into some heavily guarded, higher-security networks to obtain more unknown information, and perhaps find Anko's whereabouts...

That said, after Lei Ming revealed his true identity, Electrolux also shared his own experiences.

He did indeed come from the Gendaya civilization, the first civilization to emerge from the Sun Age according to Mayan records, though they called themselves 'Matralaktili'.

The era more than 700,000 years ago was the most prosperous period of their civilization. Men possessed a third eye with superpowers, and women could communicate with the gods to give birth to infants with divine power... that is, infants with three eyes...

This was similar to what Lei Ming knew, but there were also things he didn't know.

For example, in this civilization, men have superpowers, so they have a high status, while women are almost slaves. If they are the women of those in power, it's not so bad, but some women at the bottom of society are directly reduced to breeding tools.

Furthermore, the color and strength of their third eye vary, including yellow, green, purple, black, gray, brown, etc.

Different eye colors also correspond to different races.

A natural disaster hundreds of thousands of years ago caused the shifting of continental plates, which sank the flourishing Gendaya civilization into the sea, nearly wiping it out of existence…

But that's not actually the case. Some incredibly powerful Gendaya people used their superpowers to protect a group of their people from suffering, and then rebuilt their civilization in the Earth's core, which is deeper than the seabed.

Having evolved to this point, they have adapted to the inner Earth. Their unique living environment has given them powerful physiques, but their numbers are far fewer than those of humans on the surface. They have no intention of returning to the surface, seemingly intending to live in harmony with humans, each minding their own business...

The birth of the Electrolux brought a new race to this civilization…

A hybrid offspring of the Gendaya people who live underground and humans who live on the surface.

His father was a sailor who frequently worked in marine salvage. One day, he accidentally fell into the sea and was rescued by Electrolux's mother, who had just escaped from underground. At that time, his father was young, and his mother was also at the age of first love. So, the moment they saw each other... they had already imprinted each other deeply in their memories...

Later, his mother somehow brought his father back to the underground world, and the two lived together until Electrox was born and grew up. Although he had an eye on his forehead, he could never open it, but this did not affect his happy life.

Until one day, a group of tall men with three eyes came to their door...

For Electrolux, the memories before the age of five are the happiest time of her life.

His parents were executed, and he was secretly sent back to the surface by his mother's friend. At a young age, Electrolux dared not go ashore or return to the Earth's core, and could only hide in various caves in the sea all day long. Over time, he got used to this kind of life.

Lei Ming listened silently as Electrolux recounted his experiences, feeling deep sympathy. He could only sigh from the bottom of his heart, "We are both in the same boat, why should we need to have known each other before?"

He was also alone, far from his hometown and family, so he could understand Electrolux's feelings very well.

The two looked at each other, and it seemed they both saw their own reflection in each other's eyes...

Lei Ming looked at the sky; it was already getting light. He then stood up and said...

"It's getting late, and I'm staying at someone else's house right now. It would be troublesome if I didn't come home tonight..."

After saying goodbye to Electrolux, Lei Ming was about to jump into the sea when he heard a whooshing sound behind him. He instinctively turned around and grabbed a small box.

"what is this?"

Lei Ming asked in confusion.

"That night, an old man fell off the cruise ship. He gave me this and told me to go and save his daughter. But by the time I got there, his daughter was already safe. You must have been the one who saved her."

Electrolux's implication was that since he had saved the woman, the item should rightfully be his. He then shook the headband in his hand and said, "Besides, I can't just take my things back for nothing. Consider it an equal exchange."

Before Lei Ming could refuse, Electrolux jumped into the sea, creating a shockwave that caused him to disappear beneath the waves…

Lei Ming actually admired Electrolux's values, so he opened the box, took a look, and then froze...

A gemstone necklace, the size of a quail egg and shimmering with golden light, lay quietly inside.

It's exactly the same as the 'Tear of Apollo' worth 5.5 billion that he saw on his phone a few days ago!

The old man he was talking about... was he the missing Count Rodriguez? And the woman I saved was his daughter, Sophia Rodriguez?