chapter 991: vaan's regret

after vaan learned more about the celestial dragons of celestial city, he didn't find it surprising why the people there considered themselves different from other celestials.
they had practically become a different race after monopolizing the golden dragon blood at the heart of the dragon vein. the new articles describing the celestial dragons' physical features further confirmed this.
the celestial dragons were celestials who had become draconic humans after absorbing the golden dragon blood.
if the ocean master represented the peak of energy cultivation in the celestial kingdom, then the celestial dragon king likely represented its peak of body refining.
considering celestial city also used divine inheritance, the celestial dragon king most likely had a strong energy cultivation base as well. in fact, given his powerful physique, his energy cultivation base could only be stronger and not weaker than the ocean master.
vaan thought he had already handled the biggest threat posed by the celestial kingdom, but it seemed he had only scratched the surface.
that said, celestial city has not interfered with the affairs of the twelve cities for a very long time. thus, it was unlikely to be aware of the situation outside of its closed-off territory.
moreover, there was an existing tension between the privileged faction and the military faction.
if he exploited it well, the celestial kingdom could easily fall apart.noÌv(el)b\\jnn
nevertheless, vaan's pressing concern was the celestial kingdom's potential arsenal of nuclear weapons. as such, he browsed the limited database for related information.
fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.
the use of deep-sea steel in nuclear warheads ended as early as the second decade of the celestial kingdom's founding; it was banned for its long-lasting damage and pollution to land and sea while providing limited firepower.
the celestial kingdom had moved onto the more efficient and clean nuclear fusion technology before settling for cold fusion technology, which didn't require such extreme conditions to achieve nuclear fusion.
that said, their divine cores were still useful as energy carriers. the divine energy within them wouldn't be lost due to the celestial kingdom's grand spirit-gathering formation. while vaan was surfing the celestial database, the garrison captain and celestial soldiers inside the room were all dumbfounded by his reading speed. in fact, they didn't believe he was reading at all.
he was switching pages faster than they could recognize.
still, they couldn't believe how proficient vaan was with their computer terminal. his fingers danced on the keyboard like he were a computer expert with countless years of experience.
at first, he wasn't like this. but after five minutes, he was already punching keys faster than them. if vaan told them that he had never used their civilization's computer terminal before, they would definitely doubt him.
although there was a lot of information in the celestial database, vaan eventually felt the limitation of the garrison captain's permission level.
for example, while he could access information on the existence of starships, even the knowledge to construct them, it did not mention where the existing ones were located. he needed higher access permissions for the more sensitive information.
only the highest level of access would allow him to understand whether the celestial kingdom had any secret weapons of mass destruction he was unaware of.
considering the garrison captain's access permission to the celestial database was in the form of a steel card, vaan immediately thought about rummaging through the ocean master's corpse for something similar.
however, the ocean master had been crushed by the sea god temple so badly that his corpse had become two-dimensional. his divine world had exploded into oblivion with everything
inside.
there was nothing left to salvage from it.
"ah..." vaan sighed with a tinge of regret and frustration.
considering the ocean master's revered status, his divine world would have likely been filled with wealth unimaginable to a normal person.
what a tremendous loss!