Chapter 1095: [It]

[It]

The next moment,

An old palm grabbed his wrist.

"Your blood, it's not time to use it yet." Lu Xun's voice sounded calmly,

"You are the 'ultimate' of cell biology, the 'God' capable of tampering with gene sequences, and also the only existence among us capable of longevity... Drinking your blood can indeed inhibit telomere shortening, thereby resisting aging, but once it starts, it must be taken daily. Otherwise, not only will one age and die, but they will also experience pain more cruel than withdrawal..."

Chu Changqing's brows locked tightly, speaking without hesitation:

"It's just bleeding for you every day, I can still afford to support you alone."

Lu Xun shook his head. "It's exactly because you have this kind of thought that so much blood was drawn from you back then for that group of people to do experiments... Having slumbered for over three hundred years, you finally managed to recover with great difficulty, don't you know how to cherish yourself yet?"

"But I indeed made a contribution, didn't I?" Chu Changqing asked rhetorically. "If there was no blood of mine back then, how could they have researched the supply liquid in this Hibernation Pod? Without my sacrifice back then, there would be no 'Slumber Plan', and humanity wouldn't be able to continue for another three hundred years..."

Lu Xun smiled bitterly.

Chu Changqing frowned, the gaze he looked at him with full of puzzlement, seemingly not understanding where his logic was flawed.

"They fundamentally didn't decipher the secrets of your blood, let alone research any substance capable of prolonging life... The so-called supply liquid is nothing more than the blood drawn from you back then, processed after massive dilution."

Lu Xun complexly looked at Chu Changqing's cyan pupils, slowly speaking, "I said, you are the 'ultimate' of cell biology. Did you really think that group of scientists could decipher the miracle on your body... No, they can't even decipher a single strand of your hair.

You yourself are the top cell biology doctor, but even you can can't understand your own changes, right?"

Chu Changqing opened his mouth, ultimately falling into silence.

What Lu Xun said was correct.

Chu Changqing had used his own blood, hair, and even organ slices for research countless times, but no matter what, he couldn't decipher the reasons for the various changes appearing in his own body... Not only himself, but the changes in the other Nine Monarchs, he similarly couldn't understand.

Mastering an ability, and trying to use the theoretical logic of humanity's current scientific level to explain all these supernatural phenomena, were two different matters...

"... But you're about to die."

Chu Changqing didn't tangle with the matters of the past anymore, merely looking at those eyes that were completely Burnt Out, his tone incomparably serious.

"I know." Lu Xun smiled slightly. "I came to awaken you, not because I want to rely on your blood to live... but because I want you to take over this era."

"What do you mean?"

"... [It] is coming back soon."

Hearing this sentence, Chu Changqing's face instantly became ugly.

"Are you serious?" His voice was incomparably low. "That thing will actually still come back?? Then..."

"No one understands celestial bodies better than I do. Although I slumbered for three hundred years, the small mechanisms I set up back then have constantly been deducing the time of its return for me... Now, the answer has already appeared." Lu Xun paused for a moment,

"No one knows what will happen when it returns this time... Moreover, in this era, the Nine Monarchs are either slumbering or dead in battle. Someone must step forward to unite all of humanity, otherwise these few Realms will still be a scattered mess."

"If that's the case, then the most suitable candidate is naturally you!" Chu Changqing's tone was somewhat agitated,

"It was you who gathered us together back then, and it was also you who led everyone through that darkest time. All of us acknowledge you... You are a born leader, no matter which era it is."

"Your blood is humanity's most important strategic resource, it needs to be used on the most important person."

"Among the Nine Monarchs, who else is more important than you?"

Lu Xun looked at his eyes, not speaking.

Chu Changqing seemingly understood something. He was silent for a long time, smiling bitterly,

"I understand... You came to awaken me because you want me to use my blood to prolong that person's life when necessary..."

"He is stronger than me, stronger than everyone else. He is the hope for humanity's future." Lu Xun slowly said, "I've said it before... Facing an invincible disaster, humanity's only weapon is unity."

"Then why don't you go awaken him right now?"

"It's still too early now. After he wakes up, he can only rely on your blood to prolong his life... The longer you prolong it for him, the weaker you will become. Therefore, you can only wait until the time is ripe to awaken him personally."

"When is it considered the time being ripe?"

"That will be up to you to judge."

Chu Changqing slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly... full of helplessness and sorrow.

"Lu Xun, I can't be like you... I'm not leader material."

"People always have to grow."

Lu Xun's old palm raised, patting Chu Changqing's shoulder.

The light in his eyes gradually dimmed. The next moment, his entire person began to cough weakly. The starlight lingering around him flickered indeterminately with his coughing, swarming closer to his body.

Seeing this, Chu Changqing's eyes flashed with anxiety. He wanted to speak and say something more, yet couldn't say anything at all...

"... I should go."

Lu Xun coughed for a long time before speaking hoarsely.

"Where to?"

"Return to the sky." A faint smile surfaced on Lu Xun's pale cheeks. He pointed at the lingering starlight beside him and said, "... Together with them."

Lu Xun's life had already reached its end. Chu Changqing was very clear about this point. After obtaining this answer, he didn't persuade further, instead slowly closing his eyes, his expression indistinguishable.

"... En."

"Farewell forever." The starlight around Lu Xun became ever more resplendent. His entire person seemed to be submerged by them, melting into the light bit by bit...

"Say hello to the other Nine Monarchs for me."

The next moment, Lu Xun's figure raised his palm in the starlight. Starlight erupted once again in those gray and dim eyes... as if a fiery and sincere soul resided within that old body.

His gaze pierced through space, as if directly looking at the boundless starry sky in the universe. Amidst the shining radiance, he seemingly reverted back to the Children of the Stars in the orphanage who yearned for the stars... He spread his five fingers, as if wanting to grasp the entire sky.

"... Take me."

The starlight received his body for the last time, directly ferrying it out of the Earth. His body disappeared from the South Sea Base, and also disappeared from before Chu Changqing.

Only leaving behind a faint starlight, silently flashing...

It was unknown how long had passed.

Chu Changqing's sigh sounded amidst the deathly silence.

...

Rumble rumble——

Every block of the Tianshu Domain returned to its original position amidst the rumbling sounds. Gigantic gears rotated, turning this city bit by bit into another appearance...

"At the beginning of the Tianshu Domain's construction, the Lord of Tianshu installed mechanisms within it... In the final analysis, this place is a gigantic calculation field..."

"What is it calculating?"

"Calculating the day when humanity's destiny reaches its end..." The Master of the Tower to Heaven paused for a moment, "Or rather, the time when the [Red Star] passes by Earth for the second time."

"Now, the final form of the Tianshu Domain has already begun to manifest... This means..."

"The Red Star is coming back soon."

Over three hundred years ago, the culprit responsible for the regression of human civilization, the mysterious meteor that triggered the Gray Realm Convergence, was about to return once again. Would it bring new disasters and destruction, or would nothing happen?

No one knew the answer.

When the final answer calculated by the Lord of Tianshu appeared before everyone's eyes through the Tianshu Domain, the warning bell of humanity's destiny had already rung. The countdown to destruction slowly started in silence...

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Volume 3, "God-Sacrificing Dance", complete.

Next Volume, "Song of Mockery".