MTL - Crowned with Pearls - Chapter 1226 Twenty-five · Rare Passengers

She was the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy family—abandoned by her father, oppressed by his legal wife, and humiliated by the so-called sister. She watched her mother perish in a raging fire and was thrown into the flames herself.Her name was Janice. And she died in that fire.Ten years later, under a new identity and the name “Janet,” she survives in silence. Forced by her stepmother to marry a wealthy heir rumored to be “paralyzed and disabled,” she becomes entangled in a vicious struggle of family betrayal and ruthless power games.With cold eyes, she watches the hypocrites who once trampled her into the mud—one by one, they will become prey on her road to revenge.Her wheelchair-bound “husband” Philip, the feuding brothers Charles and August… But what she didn't expect was that the boy who once quietly handed her a handkerchief all those years ago would become the most unpredictable piece in her game of fate.She has returned—not for hatred, but to personally end the past that was once crushed beneath their feet.

Deep below the earth's surface, a mystifying subterranean seascape lurks, an archipelago bathed in inky blackness where suspense and horror hold court. Here lie strange islands and even stranger monsters, far beyond the realms of human imagination. In this domain, mankind is far from dominant; instead, madness and death rule supreme.

Pleading for mercy from the unknown creatures of the deep only leads to a slow, tortured existence. The trapped survivors gradually distort, losing what made them human, both physically and mentally, to the gloom as they remain trapped in this eternal obscurity. Their only hope? A perilous expedition into uncharted sea territories.

Fueled by determination, Charles embark on this daunting voyage aboard his steamship, aiming to reclaim humanity's past glory. Together with his crew, they sought a way out of this hidden sea world, a path back to the sunlit world above, where humans once stood tall.

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I read a few comments from Chinese readers that compared this novel with Lord of Mysteries because of similar elements: Lovecraftian, western fantasy, first industrial revolution, and steampunk. However, I have yet to finish reading Lord of Mysteries to do any actual comparison, but I do think those who have enjoyed that novel would enjoy this as well. Also, the author of LotM, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, also did a shout-out for this novel, so I guess he approves of it too?

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The Yan family has a pair of real and fake daughters. According to the normal plot, the real and fake daughters generally have a bad relationship, and the two of them fight to the death. However, at the very beginning of the story, the real daughter knew that she could not win against the fake daughter, so she decisively lay down and prepared to be taken away.

Yan Jun is the fake daughter of the Yan family. She awakened the power of time when she was eighteen years old. She can know the past and foresee the future.

When she ‘accidentally’ met the actor on the street, she asked him to do a fortune telling, “Actor, I calculated that you have a fortune worth hundreds of millions waiting to be inherited.”

Sure enough, under her guidance, the actor returned to a wealthy family and then entered the financial circle.

When she was traveling and met the boss who was seeking marriage, she took a closer look and found that the boss’s red line was broken. “This CEO, if you are asking for a match from Yue Lao, why don’t you ask someone to arrange a match? I’m familiar with this matter, and I can help you get it.” red line.”

Not long after, the boss successfully found his wife.

When she accidentally met the little poor man who was being used as a substitute by the scumbag, she grabbed the little poor man and said, “I’m telling you, Bai Yueguang, the king of the sea, is at XX place. You can throw back a few of Bai Yueguang’s fishes, okay?” Women don’t look for boyfriends in trash cans.”

Later, he became someone else’s Bai Yueguang cinnabar mole, and found a wonderful man.

When Yan Jun became famous, many people came here to see him, but it was hard to get a chance to see him.

Knowing that Yan Jun loved the real daughter the most, those who came to ask for help from Yan Jun all tried to please the real daughter.

True Daughter: Thank you very much to my sister because she took me away.

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There’s an ancient saying in Great Ruins, ‘Don’t go outside when it’s dark.’

In Great Ruins, the disabled elders of Disabled Elderly Village picked up an infant by the riverside and named him Qin Mu, raising him up with blood and sweat. This day, as the night descended and the darkness shrouded Great Ruins, Qin Mu left home…

Become a villain undulating in the spring breeze!

That’s what Blind told him.

This is the rise of Qin Mu’s road to becoming a villain!

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