Chapter 464: There’s an Assassin

Chapter 464: Chapter 464: There’s an Assassin

Shen Ningning looked at him, confused.

"Does everyone from your time have a storage space that can control supplies and natural disasters?"

Master Gu quickly waved his hands. "Of course not. My position on the spaceship was Intermediate Engineer. I don’t have access to those resources. Only the captain did."

Shen Ningning furrowed her lovely brows. It was just as she had suspected.

’When Mother was on good terms with Princess Consort Qi, could she have given her the Immortal Realm that controls natural disasters?’

Even Master Gu sighed and said, "After Mr. Shen’s accidental death by drowning, the natural disasters kept occurring frequently. I suspect that this thing has fallen into someone else’s hands. There’s only one way to stop it."

Shen Ningning asked hurriedly, "What is it?"

"We just have to find the Supply Space. There’s a button inside that can destroy the device that activates the natural disasters."

The little girl was completely baffled. Master Gu then spent a long time explaining the whole situation to her.

According to Master Gu, the people from tens of thousands of years in the future became incredibly advanced. They developed many high-tech items, and the Disaster Space was one of them.

A device that could control celestial phenomena was, after all, quite dangerous. So, when the scientists created it, they also prepared a fail-safe.

Inside the Supply Space, pressing that button will cause the Natural Disaster System to self-destruct.

Master Gu even speculated, "From what I’ve observed, the disasters are always ferocious when they arrive. This indicates that the person who now controls the Disaster Space doesn’t know about one of the system’s drawbacks. If she keeps using it to trigger all sorts of natural disasters, the system will automatically decide to release even more of them. When that happens, it’ll be a real mess to clean up..."

But Master Gu wasn’t worried in the slightest. He knew that the person who could destroy the Natural Disaster System had to be Shen Ningning.

Before Miss Shen passed away, she must have transferred this Supply Space from under her own skin to her daughter.

Moreover, Master Gu had been wandering the lands for many years and had heard quite a few rumors about Shen Ningning.

The little girl was famously generous, could communicate with beasts, and could conjure seeds out of thin air.

These were all abilities Shen Siyi originally possessed.

Shen Ningning asked Master Gu many other questions.

For instance, why he had deceived the Wei Family back then.

Master Gu stroked his beard and smiled. "I had no ulterior motive. I simply heard that they were looking for someone to deal with you, so I came to distract them and make them look like fools in public."

He was still quite proud of it, even now.

When Master Gu arrived in this era, he had three rain bombs on him.

The legends about him in the common lands all started because he couldn’t stand the drought any longer and launched a few rain bombs into the sky.

As for Shen Ningning, she was Miss Shen’s daughter. In Master Gu’s eyes, she was one of his own.

Shen Ningning suddenly thought of Mo Lingwei’s illness.

"Then Brother’s illness... is it related to the person who has the Natural Disaster System?"

"You mean the Crown Prince?" A knowing smile appeared in Master Gu’s eyes. "It’s definitely related. Although I’ve never operated that system myself, I know that it can not only influence celestial phenomena but also inflict diseases upon people."

However, Master Gu didn’t know the specific method the other party was using.

Shen Ningning feared that Mo Lingwei’s chronic cold sickness over all these years was Princess Consort Qi’s doing.

No wonder Mo Lingwei’s old ailment only flared up at the very beginning of each natural disaster. Later on, she probably used all the system’s resources to unleash the disasters, so he was no longer tormented.

The more Shen Ningning thought about it, the more she felt that destroying the Natural Disaster System was the most urgent priority!

She couldn’t let that hag, Princess Consort Qi, continue to use her mother’s gift to lord over everyone and bring ruin to the world!

The little girl recalled being in the Thunder Hall within her Immortal Realm. When she’d tried to destroy the disaster system, it prompted her for a password.

She hurriedly asked Master Gu, "Do you know any of the so-called passwords for these spaces?"

This time, Master Gu looked completely blank.

"Of course not. I’m just an ordinary Intermediate Engineer. Only Miss Shen herself would know the passwords. Otherwise, if anyone could operate the system, wouldn’t the world be plunged into chaos?"

Shen Ningning bit her lip. "Then how am I supposed to find it?"

Master Gu thought for a moment on her behalf. "There must be something of Miss Shen’s left in the space. If you search through it carefully, Princess, I’m sure you’ll find the password."

’I suppose that’s the only way.’

Shen Ningning sighed.

Suddenly, she lifted her dark, limpid eyes.

"If everything you’ve said is true, then why did you try to run away when you first woke up?"

Master Gu looked a little sheepish and scratched the back of his head. "I didn’t know it was the Princess who saved me. The moment I saw the ornately carved beams and painted rafters, I got scared. I thought some enemies I’d tricked before while pretending to be a mystic had come looking for me."

The people of this era were superstitious, so with a little guidance from him, he had lived quite prosperously over the years.

But he couldn’t stay in one place for too long, or his tricks would be exposed, and he’d risk getting a beating.

After getting clear answers to all her questions, Shen Ningning prepared to leave and head back to Wolf Mountain first.

Before she left, she had someone watch Master Gu closely, ordering that he not be let out unless absolutely necessary.

Master Gu looked astonished. Blocked at the door, he shouted in Shen Ningning’s direction.

"Princess! I’ve told you everything! Why aren’t you letting me out?"

Shen Ningning looked back, her small, moon-white face radiant with a bright smile under the caress of the sun.

For a moment, Master Gu was stunned. She really did have a shadow of Shen Siyi in her. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

He heard the little girl say, "I’m not locking you up; I’m protecting you. After all, Master Gu, you know so much. I can’t just let you run around freely outside."

"You can stay here without any worries. Someone will bring you three meals a day. You’ll be perfectly safe here with me."

With that, Shen Ningning left.

Master Gu said helplessly, "Her tone... it’s exactly the same as Miss Shen’s."

Shen Ningning took the Black Wolf King with her in the carriage. Since she was returning to Wolf Mountain, she only brought one guard to drive.

On the way back, the little girl kept pondering what Master Gu had told her.

’Mother had two items, called systems. After she arrived here, she befriended Princess Consort Qi of the Qi Family and gave one of the systems—the one symbolizing natural disasters—to her.’

’But after they had a falling out, didn’t Mother ever think of taking it back?’

Shen Ningning mused.

’She must have thought about it. But with a personality like Princess Consort Qi’s, once something is given, it can never be taken back.’

’Perhaps the reason Mother broke off ties with her was that Princess Consort Qi insisted on causing a great drought, ignoring all attempts to dissuade her.’

’Her reckless use of the Natural Disaster System must have gone completely against Mother’s original intentions when she gave it to her.’

Shen Ningning recalled that even Mo Lingwei had said Princess Consort Qi gained the Emperor’s favor during that period of drought.

Because the whole land was suffering from a great drought, she was the only one who persisted in copying scriptures day after day, and the Emperor was moved by her "kindness."

Little did he know, the person who had started this disaster was none other than the one who appeared to have the heart of a Bodhisattva!

Shen Ningning shook her head and sighed. "What a sinister person."

The carriage had just passed through the city gates and was nearing the suburbs of the capital.

Suddenly!

The sound of objects slicing through the air rang out as several arrows thudded into the carriage.

The Black Wolf King instantly arched its back, all the fur on its body bristling with shock and fury.

The carriage rocked violently, and the guard driving outside shouted urgently, "This is bad, Princess! There are assassins!"