Long River Eternity

Lin Ding hurried to Liu Xianxian, his voice urgent and anxious: "Xianxian! Xianxian! Wake up!" His hands kept untying the ropes on her body, his eyes full of worry.

At Lin Ding's call, Liu Xianxian finally slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes were a little blurry, and her voice was weak: "What happened... I remember it seemed that Old Wu knocked me unconscious."

Lin Ding quickly glanced around, his eyes landing on two used syringes on the ground. He immediately understood. He guessed that Old Wu must have injected Liu Xianxian with anesthetic during this time, which was why she remained unconscious.

"It's all right now," Lin Ding said softly, "I'll tell you the details later. Now, we have to deal with Old Wu first, and then go back to the ruins to find Wei Wu."

"What happened to Wei Wu?" Liu Xianxian frowned, feeling uneasy. If Wei Wu was alright, he would definitely come with Lin Ding instead of staying alone in the ruins.

"He had some problems and is now unconscious, but it shouldn't be serious. You don't have to worry." Lin Ding answered as he walked towards Old Wu's office.

When Liu Xianxian heard Lin Ding say this, although she still had doubts in her heart, she didn't ask any more questions and followed him to Lao Wu's office.

Old Wu remained trapped in his office, unable to move. Lin Ding walked to his desk, picked up the phone, and quickly dialed the City Lord's Mansion. He told them everything about Dean Zhang's disregard for human life within the ruins and requested they send someone to arrest Old Wu.

In this era, telephones could only be used within a city, and only scientific research institutions and government agencies were equipped with them. Due to the large number of demonic beasts between the various city districts, and the irreconcilable relationship between humans and demonic beasts, it was impossible to establish a stable transportation and communication network between the various city districts. Therefore, once Lin Ding left Nanshan City, he would have almost no way to contact anyone in the city.

Just as Lin Ding hung up the phone and was about to knock Old Wu unconscious, a copy of "Jiuzhou Monthly" on the table caught his attention.

The world Lin Ding lives in was built upon the ruins of China after a great war ten thousand years ago. Initially, humanity was sparse in number, limited in ability, and lived in a confined area, divided into just five continents: East, West, North, South, and Central. Nanshan City, where Lin Ding resides, is a medium-sized urban area within Nanzhou.

As humans grew and developed, the area of ​​exploration became wider and wider, and later four continents were discovered: Haizhou in the southeast, consisting of the coastal continent and the islands in the sea; Duzhou in the southwest, a tropical rainforest full of monsters and poisonous insects, with almost no human activity; Yanzhou in the west and Hanzhou in the north, respectively a desert and an area of ​​ice and snow, with very few people living there.

These nine continents together make up the modern-day Kyushu continent. The Kyushu Monthly reports major events within Kyushu every month and distributes them to each district, ensuring that people are aware of the wider world and avoid being isolated from the world.

Lin Ding picked up the latest issue of Jiuzhou Monthly. The front-page headline read, "Zhongzhou Encountered an Invasion by Tianji Realm Monsters, Suffering Heavy Casualties." The newspaper detailed the invasion and listed some of the important figures who had died.

Lin Ding stared at every word in the newspaper, his face changing from gloomy to bright, with complex emotions surging in his heart.

Because Lin Ding's parents were on a business trip in Zhongzhou, fortunately, after reading the entire report, he did not see any bad news about his parents, so Lin Ding breathed a sigh of relief.

He put the newspaper away for the time being, then asked Old Wu, "Where is the den of the twin bears?"

A hint of doubt flashed across Old Wu's eyes, but he still answered honestly, "Across the mountains to the northeast is the territory of the Twin Bears."

After getting the answer he wanted, Lin Ding knocked Old Wu unconscious with a palm without hesitation, and then hurried back to the ruins. Old Wu had his own law enforcement team to arrest him.

Back at the research institute, as soon as she reached the stairs, a strong smell of blood hit her face, and Liu Xianxian couldn't help but frown.

"What a strong smell of blood! What on earth happened here?" Liu Xianxian said with a frown, covering her mouth and nose.

"All the researchers in the institute, including Director Zhang, were killed by Wei Wu." Lin Ding explained as he walked.

"What?!" Liu Xianxian exclaimed, "What on earth did you go through?"

At this time, the two men had already arrived in front of Wei Wu.

Liu Xianxian looked at Wei Wu, who was still unconscious and leaning against the wall, and Feng Hao, who was sitting beside him. Then she looked at Lin Ding, her face full of confusion.

Liu Xianxian looked at Wei Wu again and asked, "Is this Wei Wu? Why is there a child?"

Lin Ding nodded, and then told Liu Xianxian what happened after he was arrested.

After hearing Feng Hao's story, Liu Xianxian's eyes moistened. Looking at the dirty Feng Hao sitting beside her, her maternal instincts overflowed. She pulled Feng Hao up, walked to the water pipe, took out the handkerchief she carried with her, and gently wiped the stains on his body.

As she cleaned up, she said gently, "When things are over here, I'll take you home, okay?"

Feng Hao looked at Liu Xianxian, whose eyes were filled with tenderness, and thought of his own mother's tragic death. He finally let go of the last bit of defense in his heart, his mouth pursed, and he burst into tears. The cry was heartbreaking, as if to release all the grievances, fears, and sorrows of the past few days.

Liu Xianxian looked at Feng Hao who suddenly burst into tears and was suddenly at a loss. She patted his back and wiped his tears. Finally, she simply hugged him in her arms and kept comforting him.

Lin Ding looked at this scene, sighed lightly, smiled bitterly, and then walked forward to check on Wei Wu's condition.

At this time, Wei Wu's breathing was steady, but there was no sign of waking up.

After a careful examination, Lin Ding found that, aside from the exhaustion of his internal energy, he had no external or internal injuries. Gathering his remaining spiritual energy, Lin Ding cast a "Rejuvenation Technique" on Wei Wu, but it still had no effect.

Lin Ding had no other options but to ask Yang An for help: "What happened to Wei Wu? He's clearly not injured, so why is he still unconscious?"

"The huge energy impact awakened a trace of blood power in his body. His current realm is too low, and both his mind and body are unable to withstand this trace of blood power. Therefore, his body has mutated and his spirit has been severely damaged. If there is no spiritual medicine to treat the mental illness, he may be in a coma for a period of time to repair himself." Yang An explained.

"Bloodline power? What bloodline? I grew up with him and never knew he had any bloodline power." Lin Ding asked puzzledly.

"That is the ancient true dragon bloodline from Donghuang Taiyi. If there is no external stimulation, it will only improve the physical condition at most. Of course, you won't be able to find it." Yang An said.

"Donghuang Taiyi? I seem to have heard of him in your memory. He is the controller of the ancient Eastern Wilderness? How is Wei Wu related to him?" Lin Ding recalled the memories he had in Yang An's memory.

"I have some rough guesses, but there are some things I haven't figured out yet. When Wei Wu remembers something in the future, let him tell you himself." Yang An said.

"Tsk, here you go again." Lin Ding was speechless.

However, since Yang An said that Wei Wu was not seriously injured and was just recovering mentally, Lin Ding felt relieved.

Then he said to Liu Xianxian, "Wei Wu won't be able to wake up for the time being. Let's take him away from here first. The law enforcement team will come soon and we won't be able to leave for a while."

Lin Ding and the other two have too many secrets. If they are taken back by the law enforcement team for questioning, many secrets will be exposed. I don’t know what the consequences will be, so it’s better for them to leave temporarily.

"Then where are we going now?" Liu Xianxian asked.

"Go northeast, find a place to heal your wounds first, and then go find the twin bears to eliminate the harm to the people." Lin Ding said without hesitation.

Although Dean Zhang's death was not a pity, Lin Ding had to avenge Xiaohu. Besides, keeping the twin bears alive was a huge hidden danger to the nearby urban areas.

Lin Ding had just carried Wei Wu on his back and was about to leave when Liu Xianxian suddenly stopped and said, "Wait a minute, when I came here, I felt a weak energy fluctuation in the next room. I'll go check it out."

Before Lin Ding could stop her, Liu Xianxian had already quickly run towards the laboratory. Lin Ding put Wei Wu down and followed closely behind her, but he was still a step too late.

"Ah!!!!" Liu Xianxian screamed at the sight of the bloody scene before her, and threw herself into Lin Ding's arms. She buried her head in his chest, pointed tremblingly at the laboratory, and choked with sobs, "In there... in there... there are so many horrible corpses."

Liu Xianxian's sudden embrace made Lin Ding stiffen all over. He stood there in a daze, his mind going blank in an instant.

It was not until Liu Xianxian's words woke him up that Lin Ding stammered, "These... these are researchers. They were killed when Wei Wu lost control just now."

Sensing Lin Ding's stuttering tone and gradually rising body temperature, Liu Xianxian also realized that the current posture was too ambiguous. Her face flushed, and she pushed Lin Ding away violently, pretending to be angry and said, "Then why didn't you tell me in advance?!"

Lin Ding's face was full of apology, and he said in a low and guilty voice: "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I should have told you earlier."

Liu Xianxian looked at Lin Ding's honest appearance and felt secretly happy. She wanted to tease him. So she kept a serious expression on her face and said coldly, "There's a pile of materials in the corner next to that instrument. There are energy fluctuations in them. Go get them."

After hearing this, Lin Ding immediately stepped forward and started searching among the materials. Various unknown metals were piled together. After searching for a long time, he still couldn't find which one had energy fluctuations, so he simply picked up the whole pile of materials and returned to Liu Xianxian.

Seeing Lin Ding coming back covered in dust with a huge pile of materials, Liu Xianxian couldn't help but burst out laughing. She teased, "Hahaha, you're so adorably stupid. Why didn't you ask me which one I wanted? Why did you bring all these dirty things?"

"I...I..." Lin Ding was suddenly speechless after being blocked by Liu Xianxian's words, and stammered, unable to speak.

"Okay, I'm just kidding. How could I be angry? You're so silly." Liu Xianxian smiled and comforted him, while carefully selecting the materials in Lin Ding's arms. Finally, she picked up two metal cylinders as thick as her arms and said, "Okay, these two pieces, throw the others away."

Hearing that Liu Xianxian was not angry, Lin Ding felt relieved. He breathed a long sigh of relief, quickly threw the materials in his hand aside, and smiled foolishly.