Dark clouds covered the sky, making the ground darker and denser, and dark clouds obscured the sunlight. The day sky immediately turned to night with gusts of wind coming, powerfully blowing away everything it blew through. Thunder rumbled violently as if it wanted to tear apart the dark clouds.
Summer is hot and sunny as if waiting for an upcoming storm. On the ground, a man's fields, gardens, houses, and productive activities flew all over the place and became desolate by the terrible wind. The waves hit the shore, causing households along the coast to flee; the waves broke the primitive wooden houses of fishers.
The celestial phenomenon occurred again, this time with more force. Earthquakes from mild to strong continuously, and high-rise buildings proud of humanity are collapsing. People are again facing a disaster, panicking and rushing to find shelter, the scene of children crying on the street to call their parents, the location of the elderly staying to accept their fate.
Has the legendary apocalypse come?
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Ling Guang and his son and daughter-in-law were talking in the cold cave radiating cold air built from the thick eternal ice; the tension covering the whole cave made the already cold air even more frigid.
Father, I had a strange dream after Ling Tian's funeral."
He didn't say anything, just nodded gently to tell him to continue the story, looked at the person lying in a rectangular box made of ice, his hands clenched into white fists, his face painted with many emotions.
“In my dream, LingTian told me that if you go to the East Sea, you will find it if you dive deep below. I went there too, but still no results. I thought it was just a dream, so I gave up, but the next day the dream continued…It was…Ling Tian told me the boy would return; the dragon soul would reside in a mortal and wait for the official date. Revival." – LingJie looked across from his father; his voice was somewhat urgent, telling all about the strange dream that had followed him for a month.
“Then what? How do you find the body that the soul chooses? Unable to hold back, Ling Guang began to speak.
“Father, I then had a secret meeting with the First Elder, who gave me a prophecy that the dragon soul would choose a body with an unfortunate past; the body is not intact but must be able to endure the blood vessels of the soul. But the time of birth of the body chosen by the dragon soul as a container is not entirely correct; according to the prophecy, it will take another month for the "vessel" to be born." – The face of the Crown Prince of the East Palace stiffened, looked at his fiancee, sighed and continued.
“I know you wonder how I knew the 'reservoir' would be here, right? Father, at the top of the forest, lived a small population, who lived here isolated from the outside world, so they were still ancient, often good prey for the beastmen living in the forest. Beast people here are huge and aggressive; they want to build territory here. Of course, this has nothing to do with us, but do you remember the battle between the dragon and Asura realms a few years ago?"
"I mean..." - Having lived for so long, Ling Guang quickly realized something was wrong with his son's vague words.
“That's right, my lord! The Asura clan holds the upper hand, enslaving all humans on the earth and submitting to them. This forest was the first place they invaded the human race and where they set up their base. Still, in just one night, all the Asuras here, no matter how powerful they were, disappeared without a trace. . Losing the leader, unable to calm the three armies, humanity rose to fight and chased them away. So victory belongs to the people of the earth, but rumors spread outside that the Asura clan signed a peace treaty with humanity, and everyone went home."
“Every Asura clan is difficult to deal with, let alone an entire army. I still wonder who can do this? I don't believe the Golden Birds have such enormous power."
Hearing Ling Guang’s answer without an appointment, Ling Jie and Si Mei looked at each other, then slowly nodded and remained silent for a long time before Ling Jie spoke up.
“I have investigated this matter; the Golden Bird is completely ignorant of the Asura clan launching a war; of course, they cannot do this. After learning about the Asura tribe's sudden retreat, I came here to find out that on the bodies of the Asuras, there are traces of lightning and dragon's claws..."
"IMPOSSIBLE! That's what Ling Tian did? – Couldn’t help exclaim; the tense face quickly changed to surprise.
“Impossible; Ling Tian's dragon soul doesn't have such great power. When I checked around the base area established by the Asura tribe, I discovered a lot of human bones in the detention room and a corpse that was identified as having just died with hands and feet tied to the crib. Perhaps they had "emptied" the villagers living here, and we’re so full that they couldn't eat the next person. But the strange thing is that the corpse did not have any wounds caused by the Asura clan; he exploded his body and died. Humanity dies because of too much strength in the body, self-destructing to die, never before, and Ling Tian can't have that kind of strength" - Saying a breath, Ling Jie stopped to sigh, looked up at the long pointed stalactites of ice, continued.
“Father, this is a strange village. The people killed by the Asura tribe were miraculously resurrected and then returned to their normal activities. But does not include the body that died by suicide. None of the villagers noticed that the body was in an uncomfortable position like it was invisible.”
Since coming here, Si Mei has only listened silently, unable to be patient anymore; she said: "Your Majesty, you also know that after death, the human body will disintegrate over time. As for this corpse…it showed no signs of decomposition. Until one day, it automatically opened its eyes.”
“The dead come back to life! This is the first time I hear it; you guys are like telling a funny story.” - Unable to hear the voice, Ling Guang turned to leave, but Si Mei continued to speak.
“Your Majesty, that corpse can only be seen after being resurrected. According to the people around him, he was the one who paved the way for the Asura tribe to enter, so he was later considered a traitor by the villagers and tortured. What is curious is that the villagers did the same thing as… you did to Ling Tian.”