Chapter 704: Regulus: Leo Alpha

“What does my name mean?”

When Riko told him that she once had a puppy named “Regu”, Regu frowned, not because he was angry, but because he was speechless.

“This is the name given by [Mother]. The word ‘Regu’ alone has no meaning. It has to be combined with the name of another guardian of the seventh floor: Luo Si, and called: Regu Luo Si, to make sense.”

When Zhou Qing heard the standard pronunciation of “Regulus”, he immediately thought of the word Regulus, which refers to metal slag and crude metal.

Regu is a recorder, and it’s not wrong that there are metal components in his body.

However, this word also means Alpha Leonis, in other words: Regulus 14.

In the past, both in the East and the West, this star was called the Emperor’s Star or the King’s Star.

Now, Zhou Qing is very sure that the ruins of the abyss are definitely the remains of the earthlings. A name like Regulus, which is full of the flavor of earth civilization, is definitely not something that can be obtained by a native existence of Douluo Continent.

“By the way, do you know the meaning of Regulus?”

Regu suddenly asked, “If you know, then if you want to continue moving forward, you don’t need to pass the test of me and the other guardian. As long as you get the soul guide core crystal of the teleportation array, you can open the passage to the next world.”

“Just hearing the name, I can only think of a lion-like soul beast with thunder attribute that lived in ancient times.” Dugu Bo guessed.

“Well… it does have a little relationship with the lion. But the ‘Si’ in Luo Si is not the ‘Shi’ as in lion. Even if it is put into the text of Douluo Continent, it is the ‘Si’ of missing.” In order to avoid embarrassment to Dugu Bo, Lei Gu scratched his cheek and responded with a smile, but he seemed to deliberately emphasize the word “missing”.

But others obviously didn’t notice this, and only saw some superficial situations:

This powerful little guy knows a lot about the ways of the world and is quite kind. He won’t look down on anyone just because of his own strength.

miss?

Zhou Qing grasped the key.

The transliteration of Regulus can be Regulus or Regulus, but why is it “Si” instead of “Si”?

Normally, in this kind of direct transliteration, the pronunciation of “s” will be “si”, mainly to avoid making people think too much about the transliterated words and names and feel that there is any special meaning in them.

If the person is a female, you can use more aesthetic transliterations such as “silk” or “poetry”.

But the name of the other guardian, Luo Si, simply means “si” (longing).

Si, Si, actually it doesn’t matter.

However, “si” can also mean thinking or thought. Why did Lei Gu specifically mention the “si” as in “missing”?
【Maybe I’m overthinking it.】

Although he was thinking this in his heart, Zhou Qing said nonchalantly: “Oh, it’s the thinking of thinking. We thought wrongly.”

“No, it’s the ‘si’ of ‘missing’.” However, to Zhou Qing’s surprise, Lei Gu deliberately corrected this.

“It seems that the ‘thinking’ of Earthlings may be somewhat different from the characters and pronunciations of today’s Douluo Continent.” Romantina thought of a possibility.

[There is no possibility at all! ]

Zhou Qing could understand the language that Lei Gu used when he first greeted them. It was pure Mandarin!

The word “Si” in “miss” and “thought” cannot be different in pronunciation or writing. The only thing that can be different is the connotation it wants to express.

But Zhou Qing didn’t quite understand. If the ancestors of the former earthlings missed their homeland, why did they name it “Regulus”?

Alpha star in Leo?
Regulus?

Does it mean that Regu and Luo Si are expected to become emperors and kings… No, that’s not right! It is impossible for the so-called Lord of the Earth to exist if they can push the entire Earth away from the original star system… So, do you hope that they will become leaders?
[However, thinking of this fairy-tale-like sky city, the guardians, Regu and Luo Si, are really like princes in a fairy-tale kingdom.] When we arrived at the outer perimeter of the earthen building-like city wall, another girl who looked not much different from Regu, but whose upper body was wearing a loose grey dress, had already been waiting at the gate.

“Loth.”

Regu spoke and revealed her name, which was the Luo Si he had introduced before.

“A new challenger?”

Luo Si skipped to Zhou Qing and pulled Atarja’s tail. He was frightened by her vigilant state with bared teeth and bloodshot eyes.

Not to mention, Atarja also made a low “woooo” growling sound, which was really no different from an angry dog.

“Etalga, don’t be like this.” Timitite immediately raised his hand to comfort her.

“I was shocked!”

Luo Si patted his chest, as if he was really frightened. He walked around the others a few times, observed them carefully, and finally gave his evaluation: “The combination of the child in the cradle and the child outside the cradle…”

“child?”

Dugu Bo did not agree.

Although in terms of age, he is indeed not as old as the mutants in the abyss ruins, or the recorders, but no matter what, he can’t be considered a child, right?

“If you can’t explore the starry sky, you are just a child.” Luo Si said as if it was a matter of course.

Explore the stars?

Dugu Bo was speechless and stopped refutation.

“Luo Si, let’s take them in together.” Lei Gu said, shaking his two mechanical arms, “They are my benefactors.”

“Have you found your broken arm? You are indeed a great benefactor!” Luo Si showed his white teeth, took Zhou Qing’s hand with one hand and Romantina’s hand with the other, and ran inside.

Regu, holding Riko and the bunny girl, followed behind Los.

Dugu Bo and Timidite walked at the end.

After passing through a passage of nearly 100 meters, they arrived at the castle in the center of the Sky City. In front of them was a circle of gullies about 50 meters long. In the eight directions of southeast, northwest, northeast, southwest, and northeast, there was a flat bridge about 10 meters wide. The black and white bridge boards were suspended in the air. There were no ropes on both sides and no support underneath.

“Come with us to the castle.”

Regu and Luo Si ran onto the flat bridge.

The moment I stepped onto the bridge, the white bridge made a sound – do
Then came the sounds of lai, mi, fa, su, la and si.

That flat bridge is not only a bridge, but also a musical instrument: a piano.

Romantina, Dugu Bo, Liko and others who heard the sound of this instrument for the first time all felt it was a bit strange. Compared with the harp, it seemed simpler and more convenient.

“What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and catch up!” At this time, Lei Gu had already reached the other side. Seeing Zhou Qing and others still staying there, he waved to them.

“coming!”

Zhou Qing secretly activated the Xiantian Neijing Diagram and was the first to step onto the flat bridge. He heard a “do” and also felt a strange vibration frequency spreading throughout the cells of his body, making his qi and blood slightly more active.

(End of this chapter)