Chapter 314 Have you ever swam in a sea of trash?
At that point, Professor Frances could have continued cursing to herself inwardly. But before she could do that, she suddenly noticed that one of her sensors was actually picking up a signal from one of her allies!
This signal was so extremely faint, that Professor Frances had missed it earlier.
It was only now that she focused that she had detected this signal.
"Hmph, so at least one of us was here too." Professor Frances" extremely down feelings immediately perked as she realized that one of her allies was nearby! "So who could it be…"
After closing her eyes for a few seconds, the professor was able to a.n.a.lyze the signal that she was receiving.
"This signal, it belongs to Queen Mother!" Professor Frances thought to herself as she nodded her head. "There"s no doubt about it. It belongs to her. But the way that this signal arrived was weird…."
After she said these words, the professor looked up as a weary expression appeared on her face.
"From what my sensor says, Queen Mother"s signal was extremely faint, yet it seemed to be coming from a place near me… More specifically, right in front of me."
After saying this, a grimace appeared on the professor"s face as she glared at the trash mountain that is standing proudly in front of her.
This trash mountain in front of the professor made her feel sick, but she found herself unable to look away from it.
"I don"t want to believe this, but my sensor is saying that Queen Mother"s signal is coming from inside this trash mountain… " The professor"s face then paled as she realized the implications of what she discovered.
"Wait… so does that mean that Queen Mother is buried underneath all these trash?"
A contorted expression appeared on the professor"s face as she resisted the urge to gag. "So does this mean that I have to dig through all of these trash in order to see Queen Mother? Ugh, why do I have to do these things?"
No matter how many times Professor had dealt with disgusting chemicals before, there is no way that she will just be happy on touching trash.
Trash is trash, and she will only touch them when it"s necessary.
But today, not only did she have to touch trash, she also had to dig through a large amount of them! Of course there"s no way that the professor will be enthusiastic about this!
"Ugh… But I have no choice but to do this." Even with her disgust already forming a bile inside her throat, Professor Frances was left with no choice but to go through the trash.
After all, she needed an ally right now, and Queen Mother is the ally that she needs
"F**king s**t. I hope I can have a good bath after all this s**t!" The professor thought to herself as she approached the trash mountain with halting steps. "Ugh Queen Mother, if it were not for you, I will not do this!"
The professor immediately activated her body"s immunity protocols in order to protect herself from bacteria, viruses, and toxins that could affect her. Everything in her body went into full inflammatory alert so that any pathological intruder will be easily killed.
With this step done, the professor"s body was now protected well. Now, all that the professor had to do was to dig through.
"Ugh…. I hope I can milk a lot of benefits from Queen Mother by doing this…"
Professor Frances was about to plunge her hands through the trash, but before her hands could dip itself through the mush, an enraged voice stopped her from doing any movements.
"You! What the h.e.l.l are you doing there? If you touch that trash mountain, it might collapse! Do you want us all to die?"
"Hah? So what? I don"t care about that." Professor Frances shot back angrily. "I have a friend who"s stuck inside this trash mountain. Do you just expect me to leave my friend here just because of your warning? h.e.l.l no!"
"You! If you don"t stop what you are doing, I will go there and beat you up!" The enraged speaker said as Professor Frances heard the sounds of rapidly approaching footsteps behind her. "If you know what"s good for you, you should stop now!"
"Oh really, I"m so scared~" Professsor Frances replied sarcastically, showing that she was not scared at all.
"You! Are you not scared of me?"
"Why would I be scared of you?" Professor Frances replied as the footsteps behind her halted. "Even if I cannot see you face, I can sense your power. You… you are weak!"
"!!!"
What Professor Frances just said was true.
With her power sensors, Professor Frances was 100% sure that the person behind her only had a strength of around First Stage! For Professor Frances, whose whole body had been optimized and strengthened, a mere First Stage opponent is nothing for her.
"From what I can sense, your strength was only around First Stage… More specifically, at the Qi Condensation Stage." Professor Frances said, with her still not looking at the person behind her. "Do you think that with that kind of power, you can hope to beat me up?"
"Boom!"
After saying these words, Professor Frances released her pent-up killing intent, creating a horrifying atmosphere around her.
"Hiii!!!"
The person behind Professor Frances let out sounds of fear, as if the professor"s killing intent affected this person badly.
"Hehe…" Upon hearing this sound, Professor Frances let out a s.a.d.i.s.tic smile as she felt enjoyment from what was happening.
"So, what do you think? Do you still have the guts to fight me?" Professor Frances said as she decided to see the appearance of the person who threatened to attack her.
"Woosh"
After turning her body around, the professor"s eyes immediately focused on the appearance of her guest.
Her guest was actually a female, and fierce one at that.
Her face resembled that of a cornered warrior, who seemed to be at the verge of las.h.i.+ng out to anyone nearby.
But even if this woman had this kind of look, her intent to fight was nothing in front of Professor Frances"s killing intent.
Just like what the professor had expected, her violent guest was already restrained by her killing intent.
The woman was still stuck in her place, as the professor"s killing intent had suppressed her movements. Frankly, there was no surprise to Professor Frances that this would happen.
After all, her strength and this woman"s First Stage Strength were just a little far from each other…
However, there was something about this person that actually had Professor Frances surprised.
What surprised Professor Frances about this person was not her capability, but rather this person"s ident.i.ty.
"You… I remember you." Professor Frances said as she pointed her finger at the restrained woman. "Didn"t we meet before already?"
"You…" From the wide-eyed look given by the restrained woman, it seems like she had recognized Professor Frances too.
The restrained woman then started to talk, even amidst the professor"s still emitted killing intent. "I know you too! You are that deranged woman that is accompanying that tree woman! Wait… how the h.e.l.l could you be here?"
"Oh, so that is where I saw you. I remember it now." Professor Frances commented as the woman"s words made her remember. "You were one of the cultivators that met up with Emperor, right?"
At this point, Professor Frances had weakened her killing intent, just enough so that the restrained woman can start talking.
"Y-yes. I was one of them." The restrained woman replied as she narrowed her eyes. "My experience with your Emperor… is not that great."
"…" After receiving this answer, all that Professor Frances could do was to stare at the restrained woman with confusion.
"From what I can remember, this woman has the strength around the Fourth Stage when I saw her." Professor Frances thought to herself as she stared at the restrained woman. "But right now, I can clearly sense that her power was just at the First Stage…."
Professor Frances then frowned inwardly as she realized that something was wrong here.
"How the h.e.l.l did this woman lose most of her powers in just 3 months? Did something momentous happen while I was unconscious?"
It was not only the loss of power however that had Professor Frances worried.
There was also the fact that this restrained woman is here at this trashy place!
"This woman is a member of the Covenant of Immortals. People like her should have been living in good places." The professor thought to herself as she narrowed her eyes again. "But instead of having that kind of treatment, this woman is actually here in a dumpsite with her powers weakened? And I just turn out to be here too? Hmm… Something really suspicious is going on here…"
Once she had reached this line of thinking, Professor Frances let out a sigh as she rubbed the bridge of her nose.
"You, what is your name?" Professor Frances asked the woman as she stopped emitting her killing intent. "Surely someone like you have a name, right?"
"…"
"Answer me, or I will beat you up."
With this threat from the scary Professor Frances, the restrained woman was left with no choice but to answer.
"Elise Thompson… That is my name." The restrained woman as she looked down on the ground. "There… I said my name already."
"Elise Thompson huh." The professor muttered to herself as she cupped her chin. She looked at Elise with appraising eyes as she thought of the right thing that she should ask her.
"Should I ask Elise on why she was here? Or should I ask her about why her power regressed?" Professor Frances thought to herself as she went silent.
But from the looks of it, it seems like it was Elise who will be asking the question first.
"Y-you, what the h.e.l.l are you doing here?" Elise said as she looked at the professor with trembling gaze. There was some fear and wariness in her stare, but she did not back down as she just stared at the professor with the remains of her courage. "Y-you should have been dead already!"
"D-dead?" Even Professor Frances became fl.u.s.tered when she heard this answer. "How the h.e.l.l could I be dead? I was asleep for 3+ months! There is no way that I will be dead now!"
"So…. You do not know what had happened for the last 3 months?" The fearful expression on Elise"s face was replaced with terror as she looked at the professor as if she was an abomination of this world.
"F**King h.e.l.l. Of course I do not." The professor replied angrily as she let out a sigh. "I just said that I was asleep!"
"O-o-o-oh. In that case, I think you just share the same fate as me." Elise"s face changed again, as it was now replaced by pity.
She gave the professor a melancholic smile, as if she was trying to console the professor.
"Y-you! Why are you acting like that!" Professor Frances exclaimed as she felt weirded out by Elise"s change in att.i.tude. "Is there something that I should know?"
After the professor gave this question, Elise only gave out a sigh as she tilted her head.
The fear that she had for the professor seemed to have disappeared already, as Elise was now treating Professor Frances like an acquaintance.
Needless to say, Professor Frances was rendered more confused by this.
"Well, for starters, I guess I have to welcome you first." Elise said as she spread her hands towards the piles of trash around her.
These piles did not make for any kind of great view, which made Elise"s next words sound bleaker.
"Welcome to the Trash Prefecture, where the poorest of the poor were left to scavenge for sc.r.a.ps of Time."