Chapter 60: Chapter 52: The Undying Creature That Suppressed Forbidden Zones for a Lifetime
The Twelfth Era of the Angel Empire.
A resounding message spread across the world:
The Angel Empress Gelu Rili, embarked alone to the enemy stronghold.
"My Monarch, how could she?"
"She is the ruler of a nation, how could she be allowed to go alone?"
Countless citizens were stirred.
Many fierce warriors also wanted to follow the Empress, to head to the enemy’s forbidden zones together.
But they were stopped by the Royal Guard, forbidding any young warriors from venturing out.
Some time later.
The Empress returned, drenched in blood, carrying a spear stained with gore back for rest, her presence growing more imposing, with a murderous intent akin to an unparalleled king of slaughter.
Soon, news came from the Celestial Palace, she had already swept through a swath of forbidden zones, hundreds of evil ancient beasts were beheaded alive, leaving only bodies rolling and crawling around.
The remaining ones were young beasts, an army could be dispatched to clean them out.
After a brief rest, the Empress went out again.
"The forbidden zone southwest of the corridor has been leveled!"
"It’s said the soldiers at the frontlines described it as littered with mangled corpses, those wicked beasts had two strands of dark fur severed along with their heads, yet still writhing and crawling around in horror!"
"Ah!"
"Is it truly so terrifying? How can those monsters be so exaggerated, still alive after decapitation, running everywhere?"
"These are exceedingly nefarious ancient beasts, the Empress’s terrifying combat strength suppresses these ancient beasts that consume living beings across the forbidden zones!"
...
Qin Hong took a short rest, then went out again, heading to another forbidden zone,
"Indeed, going alone was wise."
"Those cockroaches are numerous, tenacious in life, if one’s strength isn’t enough for an instant kill, it’s basically sending oneself to die. Facing an ocean of them would cause heavy casualties, their intelligence is low, they simply cannot encircle me to death, instead I can slowly wear them down on my own..."
"My race, clearly stronger in battle by several times compared to those creatures earlier at the same level, as long as I’m cautious, I can gradually kill them by myself."
"Just like before, in that trial of death, constant slaughter, there’s no difference!"
She kept organizing her thoughts, her gaze cold and fierce, carrying the same murderous aura of battlefield slaughter.
In those previous trials, she had already gradually adapted to the fear of vomiting and slicing flesh, now in her eyes, there’s no fundamental difference from the previous trials.
Kill!
She wielded her spear, diving down.
Another day, she returned with wounds all over her body.
A careless moment nearly got her killed, but she was increasingly enjoying the thrill of dancing upon the edge of a blade, her skill in slaughter continuously improving, her spirit growing more refined, the Martial Dao spirit approaching Great Perfection, forming a transformation.
She immensely enjoyed the thrill of slaughter, honing a majestic force!
"The southern forbidden zone has been leveled, the Empress wants us to deliver the message to go and claim the land, and gather food there!"
Another message arrived, all citizens were astounded, countless erupted in cheers.
"This is an Emperor who can sweep across the world, reigning over the land!"
"Alas, the Great Emperor single-handedly bears the burden of an entire era of crisis!" Some elderly lamented, having witnessed the times before the dynasty’s establishment, knowing the bitterness of that era.
"The Empress battles alone, fighting arduously, yet we have not risen, powerless."
Some young heroes and prodigies felt bitter, having only entered the third realm, not yet reaching perfection, although their combat power was strong, once encircled it would be a dead end, yet even so they wished to help, but were held back...
Everyone knows, this is a solitary path.
She forged a path for all beings with a bloodstained body, an invincible road illuminated through ancient and present times.
They seemed to glimpse at that figure towering above the heavens, flapping white wings, overlooking the prosperous age, the unparalleled Empress bathing in blood, slaying those evil lives.
"My Monarch, you don’t have to sacrifice so much for us! Please stop!"
"Your Martial Dao’s latent injuries will lead to..."
All citizens felt regret and sighed despairingly.
They all realized the Empress’s demeanor harbored an invincible aura, intimidates fiercely, once approached, a torrent of corpses and blood seemed to rush head-on, an unimaginable vastness of energy.
But they all saw, that body returned each time covered in scars, drenched in sacrificial blood, yet quelling another dangerous land.
Qin Hong was indifferent, continuing her slaughter.
"They revere me as a god, treating me as a belief, a savior, continuously singing my praises, yet powerless, only hoping they remember this moment of helplessness after I’m gone, relying on themselves to rise."
As if that body wasn’t hers, she directly expanded outward, sweeping through the surrounding mutated cockroaches, feeling increasingly bizarre,
"This place is terrifying, no wonder it’s a prehistoric ruin, filled with mythical foggy lands, even the most insignificant insect cockroach here is so terrifying!"
"If our later generations of ordinary humans faced this, a mere swarm of cockroaches, hundreds could pose a deadly threat to us, gnawing bones until nothing is left!"
"Moreover, I discovered a cat’s bones! The scene is truly horrifying! But have never seen the remains of prehistoric humans, don’t know how they differ from us, truly intriguing... if we could find living prehistoric humans to communicate with, that would be splendid."
She continued her slaughter, not even remembering how many times she’s traveled back and forth.
She had slaughtered her way through the upper and lower units of the building, traversing the fog, clearing out the land, yet only felt her body growing heavier, ultimately unable to move from the thousand wounds.
"I haven’t cleaned the whole building yet..." She felt the latent injuries accumulated in her body finally erupted, her vitality declined, seemingly aged in an instant, heading towards old age.
Everyone stood silent before the throne.
"Liana, you stay, everyone else may leave." Qin Hong said.
The surroundings fell silent at once.
...
Walking outside, all the citizens were silent.
A large crowd spontaneously gathered outside the Royal Palace, offering devout prayers, kneeling to the ground, and humming unknown hymns of praise.
"Your Majesty has spent a lifetime on conquests, expanding territories..."
Everyone recorded on the stone tablets.
Though fleeting like an apparition, it was the most legendary rise of an Empress.
Born sacred, amidst calamity, from childhood, she led her people, carving a blood-soaked imperial path, eventually establishing a nation, reigning above the skies, ruling over all beings.
She advocated for equality, for the equality of her people, severing the legacy of slavery, promoting the flourishing of Martial Dao, teaching the world about mechanics and medicine.
Some say she is comparable to the Ancient Gods...
Some say she was an Ancient God descended to save all beings on Earth...
The experiences over this period, the supreme majesty reigning over the world, are simply like legends, akin to myths.
This is the rise of a supreme Great Emperor.
In her prime, she swept through all major forbidden zones with unmatched force, this peerless Empress cleared obstacles, spending her life in battles, delving alone into various catastrophic beast zones, striking fear into the hearts of all wicked giant beasts, even causing them to retreat.
Constantly expanding territories for humanity’s food and living lands.
In later generations, all Emperors have their merits and demerits.
They are either loved or hated, but the only Empress tireless throughout her life, never considering herself, is universally praised by later generations, no one can harbor any enmity.
...
"My King..."
"My King..."
The lament outside, the beings’ farewell and mourning, is the only thing they can do.
Qin Hong only smiled gently, "Because it isn’t reality, that’s why I..."
In reality, far in the future, hundreds of thousands of years later, I am merely a person at the bottom of society, timid and introverted.
She lay before Fu Qingjun’s computer desk for seventeen years, looking at a streak of sunlight outside the window, dawn rising, filtering through the mist to land on her, "In the days ahead, your lives should be much better, and your lifespans shouldn’t be so short anymore."
Liana, with determined eyes, knelt to the ground and said, "One day, when I ascend to be Emperor, I will surely step into the pinnacle of Martial Dao, elevate our clan’s status, extend our longevity, escape the suffering of our lineage living and dying by daybreak, augment our small stature, and safeguard our clan for eternity, ensuring it stands as a strong clan on this land, never again disturbed and enslaved by wicked giant beasts!"
"Everything is entrusted to you now."
Qin Hong still smiled, "You have already reached the Great Perfection of the Third Boundary for some time and can shoulder everything... At first, your combat skills were raw, but now they’ve become quite good."
After all, not everyone can be fearless of death, experiencing countless deaths to hone their skills.
Waaa! The Angel Leader below burst into tears.
"Don’t worry, I’m not truly dying; I will return..." she suddenly spoke.
"Return where?" Liana asked.
Qin Hong hesitated a moment, unsure of how to describe it, where exactly the dream in that void is?
Divine Demon Night Banquet?
She suddenly spoke, "Return to Nibiru..."
This life has been fulfilled and radiant, having lived as a flying insect race, a very rich life.
At the brink of death, Qin Hong only felt her whole body trembling; she had experienced all sorts of deaths by killing but was first experiencing this death by the gradual decline of bodily functions.
Her body’s strength seemed to be slowly drained, exhausted, unable to move as if it gradually wasn’t her own, consciousness slowly blurred.
In a daze, she suddenly remembered the letters she read before, where a friend mentioned something that Professor Naxika once said:
[According to some unconfirmed historical data, the Anunnaki ruled on the Earth, spending their lives longing to return to Nibiru.]
The Anunnaki at the time must have been very lonely...
She suddenly also felt an inexplicable loneliness and solitude, like being entangled and bound by the wheel of history, feeling somewhat breathless.
If, if... I can’t return?
If I die just like this, along with the other self over there, am I really too foolish?
She suddenly felt a bit regretful that she might have been more cautious...
She had an unprecedented desire to see that former merchant, god demon, roaming between past and future, the grand existence whose name she still did not know.
"If only I could, before dying, become like a myth, Anunnaki..." Her consciousness gradually blurred, inexplicably recalling the ancient murals.
In a daze, she saw a tuft-ant walking slowly, bathing in divine light like golden souls, with a warm smile: "Heaven’s son guards the Nation’s gate, the Monarch dies for the State."
"Let’s go back."
"Okay." This Monarch who had slaughtered for a lifetime suddenly smiled.
Smiling, somewhat free and easy, with a smile as beautiful as flowers, the expression completely blurred, lying on the bed without any movement, life’s vitality completely fading, losing life.
When people opened the divine Chapters of this distant land’s mythology, they clearly saw records of eternal immortal civilization legends in the ancient myths, as recounted in "The Land of No Return":
[Angel Empress I Gelu Rili, a lifetime of conquests, flattened countless giant beast forbidden zones, died in the morning light in her later years, witnessing a True God at death.]