Filial piety: the supreme emperor

The description in "Count of Star" emerged in Mu Yi's mind. Edmond Dantès seemed to have a hidden base on the mysterious island of Christ. Back then, the count did boast to Interstellar Baron Franz d'Epinay that he was the unique governor there and the true overlord of the universe.

Thinking of the planet called Christ mentioned by the captain of the spaceship when he came here, Mu Yi's heart tightened and a horrible thought came to his mind.

Could it be that the entire planet Christ is a giant artifact similar to the super device of the Cyberlux civilization - the Hanging Gardens of Stellar Babylon?

"Well, since you've sat down, it means you agree." The count nodded slightly to Mu Yi, with an elusive smile flashing in his eyes. "I don't know if you feel the same way, but I think it's not a pleasant thing for two living beings to be face to face for several hours without knowing each other's identity. Please note that I attach great importance to hospitality and would never dare to ask for your full name or honorific title. I just ask you to give me a name at will so that I can call you. As for myself, I think you already know who I am. But compared to Edmond Dantes, I hope you can call me the King of the Cave, or simply the Count."

"Mu Yi."

Mu Yi now discovered another significant difference between this world and other places: the residents here like to ask each other's names before talking, as if in this environment that is like the Holy Grail War, the rule of concealing one's identity does not exist at all.

However, Mu Yi didn't think that the earl could tell anything from his name, not to mention that he really couldn't launch an attack now, so after answering the earl's question, he sat quietly at the dining table, ignoring the alien delicacies in front of him.

Mu Yi had thought that refusing to eat might offend the Earl's laws, but he speculated that there would be no provision in the other party's laws that invited guests would be punished for wasting food. After all, although the Earl was autocratic, his behavior was still full of the demeanor of an interstellar noble, and in that era, the nobles did not care about the waste of food.

"Well, Mr. Mu Yi. You should know what kind of avenger I am, and there is no grudge between you and me." The count paused here, as if teasing Mu Yi's curiosity, "but for some reason, you have been included in my revenge list, so I must fight against you. What I want to say is that this is not your fault, but my personal problem."

At this moment, the count looked particularly calm and composed, as if they were not discussing a major issue related to revenge and fighting. However, the next second, the count's tone suddenly changed. Although his voice was still steady, it made people feel the deep fire contained in it. Even the cloak behind him turned into a vibrant purple energy flow. In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire restaurant became tense.

“I am the kind of person who, once I set a goal, I will achieve it no matter how tortuous it is.”

As soon as the Earl finished speaking, the sharp energy fork in his hand was pressed against Mu Yi's throat, and Mu Yi was still unable to use any abilities until this moment.

Unable to go back.

Can't go back.

Mu Yi keenly sensed some clues from the earl's words just now. He understood that the earl had no reason to retaliate against him, and now the earl seemed to lack only a suitable excuse. Therefore, despite being threatened by the energy fork, Mu Yi did not retreat, but firmly confronted the earl.

He saw from the count's eyes the figure of the man engulfed in flames in the Chateau d'If, and he was sure that the count was now engaging him in another form of contest.

"Very good...it seems you made a wise choice."

After a moment, the Earl spoke again as if to fuse the fire of revenge into the conversation. As Mu Yi expected, in this environment, it was not easy for the Earl to launch an attack. Mu Yi's fearlessness just now left the Earl helpless for a while.

So, after a brief pause, the Earl turned and took a step in the opposite direction of Mu Yi, preparing to execute the next step of his plan. The man named Mu Yi had successfully resisted two attacks, but it didn't matter. In this endless time loop, he would eventually show a flaw...

Just as the Count was thinking and pushing open the back door, preparing to switch to the next scene, something happened that surprised him so much that even he, who was well-mannered, couldn't help but take a step back.

It turns out that the Count who had just escaped from the Chateau d'If possessed a treasure called the Dream of Monte Cristo. The medium of this treasure was the handkerchief he used to cover his eyes. When visitors accepted the invitation and voluntarily put on the handkerchief, their entire body would fall into a dream state, thus entering the dream realm of Monte Cristo that the Count could control.

This treasure comes from the story of him transforming into the interstellar sailor Sinbad and receiving all kinds of visitors on the Christian star island for a long time. Since this dream is essentially without a ruler, although the count has mastered the dominance of the dream, other people who enter the dream will still instinctively use the dream power they can control to protect themselves. Therefore, he did not directly eliminate Mu Yi and Don Quixote, but sent Don Quixote into the first level of the dream, intending to let Mu Yi continue to fall into deeper levels of the dream, looking for opportunities to capture Mu Yi's flaws and eliminate him.

However, at this moment the Count could hardly believe what he saw.

Don Quixote, who was supposed to be trapped in the first dream, somehow appeared in the third dream. The scene of the third dream also changed completely. It was no longer the situation of being intercepted by bandits outside Rome as preset by the count, but the inner hall of a magnificent castle.

Our protagonist, the great knight Don Quixote, was sitting leisurely in the guest seat, being fed by a beautiful maid. Because he always wore a knight's helmet when eating, with only the mask lifted, so unless others brought the food to his mouth, he couldn't eat at all. However, even so, he still found a solution, and found a long feeding tube from somewhere. Don Quixote put one end of the feeding tube into his mouth, and used the other end to suck the drink.

Just imagine a guy wearing a knight's helmet drinking through a feeding tube while a maid feeds him. How ridiculous this picture is.

However, despite the funny scene, the Count couldn't laugh at this moment...