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"What does my name mean?"
To Riko, who had once raised a puppy named "Regu," Regu's furrowed brow did not look angry, but rather speechless.
"This was the name Mother gave me. The word 'Regu' alone has no meaning. Only when combined with the name of the Seventh Layer's other Guardian, Losi, does it become meaningful: Regulus."
Upon hearing the standard pronunciation of "Regulus," Zhou Qing immediately thought of the word Regulus, which referred to metallic dross or crude metal.
Regu was a Recorder, and his body contained metallic components, so it was not entirely wrong.
However, the word also referred to Alpha Leonis. In other words, Xuanyuan Fourteen.
In his previous life, both East and West had called that star the Star of the Emperor and the Star of the King.
Now, Zhou Qing was certain that the Abyss Ruins were definitely a remnant left behind by Earthlings. A name like Regulus, so steeped in Earth civilization, could never have been coined by anything native to Douluo Continent.
"By the way, do you know what Regulus means?"
Regu suddenly asked, "If you know, then you won't need to pass the tests of me and the other Guardian to continue onward. As long as you obtain the Soul Guidance Core Crystal of the Teleportation Array, you can open a passage to the next world."
"Just from the name, I can only think of a lightning-attributed lion-type Soul Beast that lived in ancient times," Dugu Bo guessed.
"Uh... it really does have a tiny bit to do with lions. But the 'si' in Losi is not the 'shi' in lion. Even in the writing of Douluo Continent, it is the si from longing." To spare Dugu Bo embarrassment, Regu scratched his cheek and replied with a smile, though he seemed