txolops Chapter 92
Chapter 92
The spark of humanity within Huang Chen's sea of consciousness suddenly exploded, like a spine that had been compressed to its limit suddenly supporting the bone.
The giant finger of law in the sky is still falling.
The pressure didn't decrease; in fact, it increased.
But in that instant, Huang Chen's consciousness, which had been almost crushed, cleared up.
It's too clear.
The sound was so clear that even the cries, the cracking of rocks, and the muffled sounds of flesh and blood being squeezed seemed to be separated by a thin film, becoming distant.
He looked up, his face covered in blood.
Blood dripped down his chin, splattering onto the ruins of the Prison Suppression Monument with a soft thud.
Every drop felt like it was burning.
Around the city center, bricks and stones crumbled in large sections.
The Xuanhuang City Seal trembled violently in the sky, its edges scattering into fragments of light, like an old shield held atop a giant mountain, about to explode into ashes in the next moment.
Ah Shi clung tightly to Huang Chen's back, pressing his hands against Huang Chen's spine, his palms covered in blood.
"My lord! My lord, please don't let go!"
'
His voice was hoarse from shouting.
"I'll go support it too!"
"I'm going too!"
The old man was half-kneeling and half-crawling, his joints worn down to the bone, and he was panting heavily even while cursing.
"Damn it, even if the sky falls, it's not your turn to shoulder the burden alone!"
On the other side, Li Chenshuo pressed down on the monument with one arm, the spearhead deeply wedged into the ground, the veins on his entire arm bulging, and his eyes bloodshot.
"Huang Chen!"
He roared.
"say!"
Huang Chen didn't turn around.
His gaze slowly fell back down from the finger in the sky back into the city.
Someone was lying on the ground vomiting blood.
Someone was holding a child and crying.
Even though someone was already so crushed they couldn't lift their head, they were still reaching out towards this side, shouting something, but it was too far away to hear clearly.
But he could understand it.
There was nothing else on those faces.
There is only fear.
There's still a need to survive.
Suddenly, an indescribable feeling surged in Huang Chen's chest, like anger, like fire, like a mouthful of blood that had been stuck in his throat for too long.
In vain?
Yes.
What he is holding off now is not some demon king, not some great formation, not some pulse point.
It is the finger of a quasi-saint.
It is the only thing in this world that can truly wipe people away like dust.
Is struggling useful?
Useless.
Huang Chen grinned, his teeth filled with blood.
So what?
'
He uttered four words in a low voice.
The next moment, he exerted force with both feet, and his whole body was lifted half an inch from the collapsed ground. He stepped onto the remains of the Humanity Town Prison Monument.
boom!
The remaining remains of the prison-suppressing monument trembled violently.
The remaining human malevolent intent, human resentment, and ancient suppressing power within the monument were completely awakened by his stomp, and flowed wildly back up the soles of his feet.
Huang Chen's bones cracked all at once.
The sound was surprisingly crisp.
It's like a skeleton that was already cracked, and then it was twisted again.
Ashi's face turned pale, and he lunged forward to pull him away.
"grown ups!
Get down! Get down here!
'
Huang Chen raised his hand, without turning around, but pressed it back slightly.
The movement was minor.
Ah Shi, however, was blocked by a mountain and couldn't get through.
Lao Tie's eyelids twitched wildly.
"Huang Chen, what do you want to do?"
Huang Chen slowly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Blood foam fell onto the surface of the monument, steaming from the invisible heat.
His heart sank, and he crashed into the system panel.
The familiar, cold light curtain popped open in his consciousness.
[Host: Huang Chen]
Merit Points: ...
[Karma Value: ...]
The series of numbers trembled wildly, almost distorted under the pressure of the quasi-saint.
The system interface has never been so unstable, with snow-like noise constantly appearing on the edges, as if it itself could not withstand the overwhelming force from the outside world.
Huang Chen glanced at it but didn't stop.
He pulled it straight to the deepest part.
That option, which had been grayed out since the system was acquired and seemed to belong to nothing at all, hung there quietly.
Like a door.
Whether behind the door is a road or a grave, the general outline is not clearly stated.
But at this moment, it lit up.
It's not completely bright.
It was the desperate situation from the outside world, the spark of humanity, the city's imprint of the torch, and the remnants of the prison monument that forcibly tore out a line of red and gold outline.
Huang Chen stared at that line of words, his Adam's apple bobbing.
[Final Option: To Merge Oneself with the Dao]
Below that is an even smaller line of blood-red text.
[Melting together all the host's karma and merits, sacrificing the system's essence, to forge a holy body of humane slaughter.]
Huang Chen looked at it and suddenly smiled.
I laughed until my chest felt tight and my blood kept rushing to my head.
No wonder.
No wonder this thing never lights up.
That's not a trump card at all.
This means he burned himself completely.
The oppressive force from the sky intensified once more.
Click.
Another corner of the Xuanhuang City Seal above their heads shattered.
The entire city of Firewood shook violently, and many of the already seriously injured people collapsed on the spot, their screams of agony filling the air.
Li Chenshuo suddenly let out a low roar.
"I can't hold on any longer!"
The old man gritted his teeth, his face trembling with pain.
"Huang Chen! You fucking say something!"
'
Ashi became even more anxious, as if he had sensed something, and climbed up the monument using both his hands and feet.
"grown ups!
Don't look at me! Get down first!
Let's figure something out together!
Huang Chen turned around this time.
When he turned around, the fierce fire in his eyes suddenly subsided.
Ashi was taken aback.
The old man was also taken aback for a moment.
That's not accepting fate.
It's not that he's crazy.
It is a kind of extreme cold that suppresses all noise.
Huang Chen's gaze swept across A Shi's face, then glanced at Lao Tie, and finally swept towards Li Chenshuo.
These people followed him, killing and fleeing all the way, crawling out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Now, they're all behind him.
Beyond that lies the entire city.
With a flick of his finger, he pulled out an item from his system inventory that he had never actually used.
[Humanity Canopy (Unawakened)]
That was the prototype of a supreme treasure drawn from a Grand Dao-level lottery.
It is also the thing in his possession that least seems to belong at this stage.
A hazy, dark yellow light emerged from between his brows.
Not big.
Some parts are even incomplete.
Like the ribs of an old umbrella that hasn't been opened yet, or like an unformed sky.
As soon as it appeared, the surrounding space paused slightly.
Even the massive, pressing-down finger of law seemed to be pricked by it, with visible ripples appearing on its surface.
Li Chenshuo's pupils contracted sharply.
"This is……"
Even the best guy was dumbfounded.
Ah Shi didn't care about any of that and reached out to grab Huang Chen's trouser leg.
"Sir! Don't use it!"
It's definitely not a good product! Don't use it!
'
Huang Chen looked down and glanced at him.
"Ashi".
'
Just two words.
Ashi trembled, and his eyes immediately reddened.
"……grown ups."
Huang Chen didn't say much, and directly pressed the dark yellow canopy against his chest.
There was no roar.
There was no dazzling explosion.
There was only a soft "hiss" sound.
Like a piece of red-hot iron, forcibly pressed into the flesh and bones of a living person.
Huang Chen's muscles tensed instantly, the veins on his forehead bulged like snakes, he let out a muffled groan, and his shoulders and back arched sharply.
The canopy did not stop on the surface.
It crawled inside.
It seeped inwards from the sternum, flesh, and internal organs, finally plunging into the sea of consciousness, where it collided violently with that flickering spark of humanity.
Huang Chen's vision went black.
The next instant, countless fragments of light exploded simultaneously.
He saw as if he were seeing millions of people.
I saw children being dragged into the demon market.
I saw people kneeling by the sacrificial altar, waiting to die.
Seeing the women struggling in the blood feast, seeing the old men unable to lift their backs in the mine, seeing those who covered the flames with their hands and dared not cry out when the first fire in Xinhuo City was lit.
Everything is burning.
Everyone was watching him.
Huang Chen let out a low, hoarse roar, his hands gripping the edge of the Prison Suppression Stele so tightly that his knuckles were almost crushed.
The giant finger in the sky pressed down another inch.
His shoulders slumped, and his back almost broke.
But at that moment, the canopy deep within his chest finally parted, transforming into fine, dark yellow patterns that spread wildly along his meridians, bones, and soul.
The system interface suddenly lit up.
[Detected a prototype of the supreme treasure 'Humanity Canopy (Unawakened)' resonating with the host's Humanity Spark]
The final option has been fully unlocked.
[Activate – Unite with the Dao]
Huang Chen stared at that line of words, the veins on the back of his hand throbbing.
Just click it.
The system is gone.
The merit is gone.
The karma is gone.
He's probably gone too.
He suddenly remembered that when he first transmigrated, all he wanted was to live.
I want to crawl out of the demon's den, I want to catch my breath, I don't want to die like a dog.
Later, he killed one, saved one, burned one place, and destroyed another.
The road gets narrower and narrower.
It's so narrow today that it's packed with people behind it.
It cannot be refunded.
Ah Shi had already climbed to the edge of the monument and was desperately reaching out.
"My lord, look at me! Look at me!"
His voice was completely hoarse, and tears mixed with blood flowed down his face.
"Don't choose this! There must be another way!"
"My lord, I beg you!"
Old Tie also realized what was happening, his expression changed drastically, and he swung his fist to smash the edge of the monument, as if trying to shake Huang Chen down.
"Huang Chen! Don't be reckless!"
"I'm not dead yet!"
Li Chenshuo braced himself against his long spear, staring intently at him, his voice hoarse and cracking.
"If you touch that, you won't be able to handle the consequences."
Huang Chen looked at them.
A moment later, he managed a very faint smile.
Even if you can't bear it, you have to bear it.
'
Ashi shook his head frantically.
"no!
"Sir, no!"
Huang Chen raised his hand.
That hand was covered in cuts, and blood was dripping down.
He didn't wipe it, but just made a light press towards Ah Shi's side.
Listen.
The wind was too strong, and the power of the heavens was too heavy.
But those two words still clearly reached the ears of the group.
Ashi was nailed to the statue, his whole body frozen in place.
Huang Chen looked at him, then at Lao Tie.
"Live on."
'
Lao Tie's lips moved, and his eyes instantly turned red.
"Shut the fuck up."
'
Huang Chen ignored him, his voice even lower, yet it sounded like a block of iron being smashed down inch by inch.
"For the human race."
'
The moment those four words left his mouth, Ashi completely lost his composure.
"grown ups--!
'
His voice became shrill and distorted, and he lunged at me.
Huang Chen had already turned around.
In his mind's eye, his finger fell.
Click on the final option in that row.
[To unite oneself with the Tao]
boom!
In that instant, the system panel was no longer just light.
It was as if it had been completely overturned by something, turning into a torrent of blood-gold that surged out from the deepest part of the sea of consciousness.
First, roll it up towards merit.
Then it is drawn back into karma.
Everything Huang Chen had accumulated since embarking on this path—all the killings, all the rescues, all the lotteries, all the possibilities he had plundered—was dragged into the same furnace at this moment.
The system's cold, impersonal notification sound vibrated violently for the first time.
[In the process of refining merit]
[In the process of refining karma—]
[System core stripping in progress—]
【warn!
Warning! The host's body cannot withstand this!
】
Huang Chen's vision was instantly engulfed by crimson karmic flames.
The fire did not come from outside.
It crawled out from between his bones, burned from his blood, and ignited in every inch of his soul.
It hurts so much.
The pain was indescribable.
It's as if someone took him apart bone by bone, threw him into a furnace to heat up, and then put him back in.
It's as if someone took him apart bone by bone, threw him into a furnace to heat up, and then put him back in.
Huang Chen opened his mouth to roar, but instead spat out a mouthful of blood flames.
As the blood flames fell on the surface of the monument, the Prison-Suppressing Monument lit up.
Crimson gold, dark yellow, blood red.
The three lights were entangled in a frenzy.
At the same time, another force poured down into the crown chakra.
It's not fire.
It is a meritorious deed.
The immeasurable merits and virtues descended like a torrent from the sky, crashing down upon Huang Chen's Baihui acupoint on the top of his head.
The pain of burning one's soul and the pain of rebuilding one's soul exploded simultaneously within the same body.
Huang Chen's entire face was contorted. Ancient and unfamiliar lines grew rapidly on his forehead, neck, chest, and arms, as if they were being carved into his body by a red-hot knife.
Ashi was thrown away by the blast wave and crashed heavily to the ground.
"grown ups!
'
He got up and wanted to rush again.
Lao Tie grabbed him and was thrown back several steps by the force, leaving long bloody scratches on the stone ground with his heels.
"Don't go over there!"
The guy roared so hard his vocal cords almost cracked.
"To go back is to die!"
Li Chenshuo stubbornly refused to retreat, holding the long spear horizontally in front of him, the shaft of which made a cracking sound.
He stared intently at Huang Chen's image on the monument.
That's almost inhuman.
The skin and flesh are burning.
The bones are shining.
But new flesh and blood grow little by little in the fire.
The ground around the Prison Suppression Monument began to melt.
Rings of red-gold energy spread outwards, causing the pressure of the quasi-saints pressing down on the city to ripple outwards.
For the first time, the indifferent divine eye in the depths of the sky showed a ripple.
It's like a gaze.
It's like confirming something.
Huang Chen could no longer hear the sounds outside.
He was hanging between life and death.
The system's very foundation is crumbling.
He could clearly feel the cold order that had accompanied him all the way being gradually ripped away, torn apart, and integrated into himself.
Merit transforms into the divine soul.
Karma builds strength and resilience.
The canopy supports the ridge beam.
A spark can ignite a heart.
He tried to grasp something, but his hand had long since lost all feeling.
Only burning remains.
All that's left is to burn it.
Only a growing, increasingly fierce killing intent rose from the depths of flesh and blood.
The next moment, Huang Chen suddenly left the surface of the monument.
It didn't jump up on its own.
It was carried aloft by that crimson-gold torrent.
His long hair curled up in the fire, and the outline of his flesh began to be swallowed by the light, first his legs, then his waist and abdomen, then his chest, neck, and head.
Ashi stared blankly, tears mixed with ash streaming down his face, calling out repeatedly.
"My lord...my lord..."
Lao Tie clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, and he couldn't utter a single curse.
Li Chenshuo's Adam's apple bobbed, and his hand holding the spear trembled slowly.
High in the sky, the Xuanhuang City Seal was originally covered with cracks.
Just as Huang Chen was completely swallowed by that ball of red and gold light, a new mark suddenly appeared in the center of the city seal.
Like fire.
Like a person.
Like a flag raised from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
hum-
The entire city of Firewood resounded simultaneously.
Countless fires in the city rose simultaneously.
The wind, carrying the stench of blood, burnt grime, dust, and cries, rushed in from all directions, only to be forcefully compressed into a distorted ring of air in the heart of the city by that ball of light.
Huang Chen's figure was no longer visible.
Only a red-gold sphere of light connecting heaven and earth remained, suspended above the Prison Suppression Stele, pulsating violently.
With each jump, the giant finger of law in the sky paused slightly.
With each jump, the chests of the people in the city trembled.
With each jump, Ah Shi crawled forward an inch, his fingers digging until they bled all over the ground.
"grown ups……"
His voice was so soft it sounded like it was about to dissipate.
Suddenly, a muffled sound, like bones being reassembled, came from the ball of light.
a bit.
Another one.
Immediately following was a series of rapid, explosive sounds, like countless chains snapping.
Click.
Click-clack. Click-clack-clack—
The red-gold sphere suddenly shrank.
Then it suddenly surged again.
Suddenly, half the city was illuminated.