I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 92 The Sound of Crying

The "gate" base in Nangang City.

So much time has passed, it seems many people have forgotten that this place was originally a hospital.

Now, on the upper level of the "gate" base, an abandoned inpatient building that originally belonged to the Fourth Central Hospital of Nangang City has been put into use again in a corner of the surface buildings.

This time, however, the people who checked in were neither patients nor superhumans, but rather staff members of the base.

Instead, it was a group of pregnant women.

Downstairs, Lu Gang and a group of people were guarding the area, doing what seemed like security guard work.

However, he wasn't guarding against thieves, but rather against all supernatural factors that might intrude into this place.

Among them, some professionals from the "Gate" base who specialize in researching various supernatural powers also brought various instruments. The entire hospital building, inside and out, was surrounded by a force field, making the scene as grand as a supernatural battle.

What's happening here is indeed no different from a war. They are going to fight a major war that concerns the life and death of all mankind, and they will spare no expense.

"We must ensure that these children are born into this world."

When Lu Gang was in the meeting, he heard this sentence being repeatedly emphasized.

Lu Gang was outside the door, leading people to nail special peach wood planks to the outside of the doors and windows. Others were laying "floors" with special electrical circuits on them.

All sorts of special and extraordinary equipment were also brought in, looking like technological creations, but the texture of wood and jade, as well as the structure and mysterious construction, made it seem somewhat ambiguous.

When Lu Gang checked, he saw a pregnant woman waiting to give birth inside through the glass.

She was about to give birth to her child, but at this moment her face showed no joy, only fear and dread.

Lu Gang knew why, of course.

The news that no babies have been born worldwide is so widespread and difficult to conceal that it is now known to everyone.

They knew why they were there, but they also knew what they were about to face.

"They all say, they all say something bad will happen."

"No, we're all here. With so many people with you, the baby will definitely be fine."

"really?"

"Really, otherwise why would so many people come? Everyone will definitely help you, nothing will happen."

Lu Gang looked at the people inside and listened to their conversation, but his feelings were very complicated.

To be honest, they had no confidence at all about this "battle".

Because the enemy they faced was so different from all around them, and the opponent's power was invisible and intangible, making it impossible to fathom.

soon.

After Lu Gang finished his preparations, the experts from the external bases also completed their tests on all the barrier force fields.

The medical staff from outside had already entered and were on standby. There wasn't much else Lu Gang could do; all that was left was to wait.

Lu Gang felt that this period was particularly agonizing. He waited for every second to pass and watched as one pregnant woman after another was brought here from all over the world.

Lu Qing, standing next to Lu Gang, was even more anxious than him: "Team leader, if the other party can exert influence the moment of birth, then why not have a pre-operative C-section?"

Lu Gang said, "At this stage, we don't know exactly how the other party uses this power, but there have been similar attempts before, and they all had very serious consequences."

Lu Qing asked, "Something happened?"

Lu Gang said, "Yes, it is said that not only the mother and child were affected, but everyone present was also affected, and no one survived. The scene was too horrific to bear."

The conversation hadn't ended when a noise came from inside.

The group of people inside became restless, and they could vaguely hear shouts.

Then, Lu Gang suddenly stood up and looked inside.

He then discovered that everyone else was doing the same thing; there was no way around it, everyone was extremely focused on what was happening inside.

Perhaps they all understood that this was not just about the birth of a child, but also about the survival of their entire race.

Lu Gang and Lü Qingcong looked outside and saw someone being pushed into a delivery room that looked like a fortress.

Lü Qing, being younger, was seeing this for the first time: "Is she about to give birth?"

Lu Gang stared intently inside as well: "Hmm!"

The monitor above showed a black and white image of a baby, while below, layers of figures watched the birth of the child.

However, with the imminent arrival of a new life.

At this moment, everyone saw an invisible force invading the mother's body, and the baby's outline became increasingly faint, as if it were being erased from the world by an invisible force.

Lü Qing also noticed the problem: "It didn't stop it. What should we do? All our preparations have been useless?"

Lu Gang stomped his foot and yelled, "Damn it!"

It was clear that Lu Gang was somewhat anxious. As a father, he was more aware of the situation and could better understand the pain and helplessness involved.

However, he was completely powerless at that moment.

This was unlike the enemies he had encountered before. No matter how strange they were, they usually stood in front of him like this, and he could touch them.

And this power is like a law.

He had no idea how to catch the other person's shadow; no matter how hard he tried, it was like throwing a punch at thin air.

But at this moment, Lü Qing suddenly shouted again.

"Look, they're back, they're back again."

As soon as Lu looked up, he saw the outline on the monitor gradually become clearer, eventually revealing the shape of a baby.

It was as if the power that had taken away the ability of all humankind to conceive and reproduce had been shut down by something, and everything came to an abrupt halt.

Before Lu Gang could speak, the other staff members from the "Gate" base around him began to speak excitedly.

"It's really back, it's been taken back."

"What's going on? It didn't stop it, so why did it suddenly come back?"

"Have you done anything during this time?"

"No way! We've already done everything we were supposed to do. There's no point in trying to fix things now. We'd definitely do what needs to be done beforehand!"

"It's blocked now, so it should be safe to give birth, right?"

"That rule-like force didn't work, but it should be fine once it's generated."

Lu Gang was overjoyed and just as excited as everyone else, but none of them knew what had happened.

Unbeknownst to them, at that very moment, deep underground, Li Jun drew his sword and, with the power of Yu Jiang, created a barrier formation, isolating the Guhuoniao's Mountain and Sea Kingdom from the outside world.

It is this very force that temporarily prevents that rule-like force from affecting humanity.

However, even so, the child's birth was not smooth.

"what!"

The sounds coming from inside the delivery room couldn't be heard from outside, but people could be seen constantly going in and out, yet the baby still hadn't been born.

But at the crucial final moment, an unexpected event occurred.

The baby on the monitor began to slowly disappear again, its outline fading until only an indistinct shadow remained.

This made everyone even more excited than before.

"What's happening here."

"Why is it starting again?"

"Where did the problem go wrong? What exactly happened?"

"Check it out, everyone go check it out right away, there must be a problem somewhere."

"Is it on our side? Or could it be an external factor?"

"..."

Everyone got restless and sprang into action. Unable to find the cause, they could only examine and reinforce the factors they suspected might be contributing factors.

Lu Gang and Lü Qing did the same; they quickly redid and checked the work they had done before.

This was full of twists and turns.

Even Lu Gang, who had experienced many big events, felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest. The uncertainty, for which he couldn't find the reason, made them even more nervous and sweat profusely.

Unbeknownst to everyone, this was because the battle between Li Jun and the Guhuoniao had also entered a critical moment.

the other side.

The barrier set up by Li Jun using the power of Yu Jiang is about to be broken in a way that combines the strengths of Yin and Yang.

The blackness swirling around Li Jun and the light surging from the wings of the Guhuoniao intertwined, rotating continuously like a yin-yang symbol.

Reality and illusion constantly overlap and vanish within it; reality is erased from existence and becomes a shadow, while the shadow is reborn as reality itself.

Li Jun attacked the real with illusory wind and water, while his opponent used physical demons and monsters to continuously devour Li Jun's power.

Suddenly, from beneath the shadow of the ghost, the half-human, half-demon woman spoke.

"You can't stop it."

"You are not yet the true Heavenly Emperor; you do not possess the power of an Emperor."

"I told you, I can help you if you're willing."

Li Jun did not answer, and at this moment, the Guhuoniao was preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Li Jun.

The demoness raised her head, and a double pupil appeared in her left eye.

At this moment, the ghostly Guhuoniao seemed to be completely controlled by a force, unleashing all its power, even surpassing its own.

"Buzz!"

The demon entered the demoness's body, and her form began to swell.

The illusory ghosts and gods have now become physical beings of flesh and blood, standing tens of meters tall and still expanding.

This Guhuoniao is perhaps the most unique of all spirits and deities.

The double pupils were originally meant to control ghosts and gods, but because the Guhuoniao possessed the power of transformation, she created a physical version of herself and then let this physical version of herself control the ghosts and gods.

In the ancient, desolate world of mountains and seas.

Li Jun had seen all sorts of strange demons and monsters, but this was the first time he had ever seen one like the Guhuoniao.

"I am coming!"

The Guhuoniao pounced on Li Jun, its hand, which resembled a human hand with five fingers but also had bird claw-like features, pressing down from above and growing larger and larger.

They must both tear apart the black barrier created by Li Jun and seize Li Jun into their own hands.

The demon and the double-pupiled being merged into one and attacked Li Jun.

It looks like everything is about to be disrupted.

The double-pupiled demon goddess Guhuoniao, now one with her body, looked at Li Jun with a human-like smile on her face, yet her eyes revealed the maternal gaze of the demon goddess Guhuoniao.

"Your body is too fragile and unworthy of you."

"Come!"

"Become the Heavenly Emperor!"

"Li Jun!"

As the Guhuoniao drew ever closer, Li Jun made a decision.

Or.

This was a last resort he had prepared long ago; he had actually already planned to use it when he came here last time.

However, he wasn't absolutely certain last time because he lacked the crucial element of Yu Jiang's power, but this time he used it.

As the Guhuoniao grasped Li Jun in its palm, or rather, Li Jun allowed it to grasp him, Yu Jiang's yin power and the Guhuoniao's yang power became completely intertwined.

The black sphere of light that originally sealed everything has begun to transform, turning into a black and white barrier.

The Guhuoniao looked at Li Jun in her palm with infatuation and fanaticism in her eyes.

"caught you."

At that moment, Li Jun raised his head and said, "The Priestess!"

"Woman!"

As Li Jun called out the names of two ancient peach demons, he concluded.

"replace!"

A sacred peach tree, carrying boundless golden light, descended instantly, disregarding space and everything else, and arrived in the depths of this earth.

"Boom!"

The golden peach tree was like a giant hand, grasping the black and white barrier sphere.

At the same time, it also seized control of the Mountain and Sea Kingdom of the Guhuoniao, and locked up Li Jun, the ghost god Guhuoniao, and that double-pupil incarnation.

This time, it wasn't just the Guhuoniao that was alarmed; Nuwa's intestines were also completely disturbed.

Its consciousness immediately took notice of this powerful entity that appeared inside it and launched a powerful attack.

Even though Li Jun couldn't see outside, he could still feel the intense vibrations and buzzing inside the black and white barrier sphere.

Whether at the level of ordinary significance or at the level of extraordinary power.

"Boom!"

Even a powerful being like the Peach Demon Priestess could not withstand the direct attack of Nuwa's Intestines; numerous cracks could be seen appearing on the golden peach tree.

However, at this moment, another force appeared.

The nun took out Li Jun's heart and turned it into a wooden statue, which was then bound to the golden peach tree of the Peach Demon Priestess.

At this moment, the power of another Peach Demon invaded, pulling Li Jun, the Yin and Yang forces that were binding and locking him, and the entire black and white barrier sphere away.

In an instant, everything deep within the earth began to disappear.

A wooden doll fell down and smashed into a patch of flesh and blood.

Immediately afterwards, the wooden puppet shattered layer by layer, crumbling into nothingness.

The power of Nuwa's intestines swept through the depths of the earth several times before finally disappearing.

Not long after that.

A cry came from the delivery room on the other side of the "gate" base; a new life was born.

"Wow!"

Soon cheers erupted outside, everyone cheering and jumping for joy, their voices creating a wave that seemed to lift the roof off.

"She gave birth, and she's fine!"

"Success."

"Won."

Lu Gang arrived at the door, covered in sweat. Seeing the cheering medical staff inside, and the mother and child being safely wheeled out, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, at this moment, Lu Gang still had a deep question.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Did the power of the Guhuoniao disappear temporarily, or permanently?"

And it was at this time.

Behind the spatial portal deep underground at the "Gate" base lies Taoshan Island in another dimension.

Zhao Nange, who was on duty today, leaped up to the highest point and used his extraordinary vision to look into the interior of Taoshan Island.

Amidst the layers of mist, she saw golden light soar into the sky, followed by black and white light falling from above.

Finally, she even heard human voices and strange bird calls.

"Ok?"

"What happened?"

Finally, everything returned to calm.

All the fluctuations were suppressed deep within Taoshan Island, at the very back of that peach grove, within the distorted golden light source.

The fairy island, with its layers of space, resembles a peach grove in a paradise.

A distorted light source.

And deep inside, there is a golden peach tree that reaches to the heavens and the earth.

The wooden statue that was originally under the golden peach tree disappeared, and what was suppressed inside was a giant black and white egg, within which a kingdom of mountains and seas was faintly visible.

At this moment, layers upon layers of golden roots continuously poured in, completely locking up whatever was inside.

It seems they never want anything inside to come out again.

Li Jun has used the power of the female priestess without paying a price countless times, and this time it was even more outrageous, as he used the power of the female priestess to fight against Nuwa's Intestine.

Now, the Peach Demon Priestess intends to lock Li Jun inside completely, severing him from all contact with the outside world.
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Inside the black and white barrier.

Li Jun still gripped the black sword, and layers of golden light roots extended in from outside the barrier, covering and locking onto his body.

After working so hard for so long, it feels like I've gone back to square one.

and.

At this moment, he looked to be in very poor condition, even pale.

Because, just now, the heart of the wooden statue that had served as his stand-in had become ethereal and disappeared.

His heart had been removed, but it was still spatially connected to his chest cavity in some way, though ordinary people couldn't see it from a normal perspective.

But at this moment, his heart was completely taken away.

Can a person live without a heart?

At this moment, Li Jun inexplicably remembered Bi Gan from the TV series "Investiture of the Gods" that he had watched when he was a child.

On the other side, Guhuoniao was not much better off than Li Jun.

She was completely sealed away, with golden roots densely wrapped around her body, even piercing directly into her body, drawing out some kind of power from her, or rather, something on a certain level or in terms of concepts.

For Li Jun, the only price he paid for the Peach Demoness was the loss of his freedom.

But for this Guhuoniao, the price is different.

The opponent was squeezed layer by layer by the golden roots, as if it were about to be submerged by the ocean.

She looked at Li Jun and spoke.

"I understand that we can never become the real you."

"Whether it's me or Nuwa's intestines."

"Whether now or in ancient times."

"Nuwa's intestines can evolve all things in the world, and even regenerate demon gods, but you are special."

Looking at the Guhuoniao, Li Jun recalled the scene he saw when he entered the underground.

The sunrise in the underwater world is frozen in time, along with various strange creatures floating in the water.

Li Jun: "What exactly are you planning to do?"

Ubume: "We came up with another method, or more precisely, I came up with this method after I became human."

"Nuwa's intestines, it only wanted to create everything."

"Of course, you are also the one it wants most, the special one."

"In a sense, it is just like people; the more unattainable something is, the more one desires it."

Li Jun only asked that crucial question: "What method?"

The Guhuoniao didn't try to hide anything, or rather, she felt there was no need to hide anything anymore.

"Since we cannot create another you, we can simply devour this world, transform all things in it, and take everything into our bellies."

"Naturally, you will be inside our bellies, and you will be completely with us."

The words of the Guhuoniao proved some of Li Jun's ideas.

Li Jun: "So you want to regenerate all people, devour the entire world, and ultimately create a world that you have completely reshaped?"

Guhuoniao: "Yes and no."

Li Jun: "What do you mean?"

The Guhuoniao said, "Why do we need humans? If we need a leader of all creatures, a being that can rule the earth, we can create something better."

"What's the difference between humans, flowers, trees, and birds and beasts?"

Suddenly, Li Jun had a flash of inspiration and completely understood something.

He recalled the few people he had seen on the first underground level who were beginning to transform—those who had become magical flowering trees, those who had become He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum), and those who had become Tai Sui (a type of fungus).

There is also a second layer, consisting of plants, trees, birds, and beasts that are gradually acquiring human characteristics.

Previously, he thought the other party simply wanted to use the power of transformation to reshape all living beings in the world.

Nuwa's intestines did indeed do this.

However, the Guhuoniao in front of us must have exerted some influence or added some personal agenda during this process.

Dialogue room.

Li Jun, leaning on his black sword, was lifted higher and higher by the golden roots that made him feel like he was imprisoned in a birdcage.

Below, the enormous body of the Guhuoniao was covered more and more completely, pressed down deeper and deeper.

Li Jun's gaze also gradually shifted as he looked at the Guhuoniao and asked her.

"Nuwa's intestines wanted to create heaven and earth."

"And in the process you changed some things, you turned all the people in the world into plants and animals, into so-called exotic flowers and rare beasts."

"Finally, we will transform the original animals and plants into human-like beings, living in our world."

"In this way, the positions of humans, animals, and plants are completely reversed, and their roles are interchanged."

In the reshaped world, humanity will be relegated to the very bottom of the food chain, the very bottom in the truest sense.

Even wisdom and desire were erased, becoming the cornerstone for forging a mythical world that the other party desired.

Li Jun asked her, "Why do you do this? What does it mean to you?"

The Guhuoniao laughed: "You don't remember me, do you?"

Li Jun was stunned: "Who are you?"

The other party was not wrong; Li Jun really did not remember the other party, but this forgetfulness was somewhat different from what the other party had imagined.

Li Jun didn't know if he didn't remember the other person, or if he hadn't even met the other person in his confused timeline.

The Guhuoniao did not answer: "I already said it, but it's too late."

She finally smiled, and even though her face was covered by layers of golden roots, she still spoke joyfully to Li Jun.

"You will eventually enter our bodies and become one with us."

Even if ten thousand years have passed.

Finally, the Guhuoniao was completely engulfed by the golden light and disappeared before Li Jun's eyes.

At this moment, Li Jun also looked down, pondering the other party's words.

Everything seemed to be exactly as the other party had said.

It's already too late.

Given his current condition, there's really nothing he can do, but Li Jun still has another option.

He sat on the roots of the golden peach tree, leaning on his sword, feeling a little dizzy, so he put his head on his knees.

"We need to go back to ancient times again."

(End of this chapter)