[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done":3,"chapter-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-208":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","National Guardian's Gone and We're Done",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1743878,2228,"Chapter 208: The Entire Vampire Clan Gathers, A Grand Debut","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-208",208,"\u003Cp>\"Where are you taking me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing, who had been bracing himself for another round of torture, hadn’t expected to be hauled out of the underground prison by two Martial Artists who radiated a cold, sinister aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the warm sunlight once again shone on his body, which reeked of rot and filth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing felt as if a lifetime had passed. It was as though he hadn’t seen the warm sun in hundreds, or even thousands, of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underground prison was located in a rather remote area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above it, the grass was a lush green, surrounded by numerous tall, stately trees,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>making the place look like a resort park.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing took several deep, forceful breaths of the fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Have the members of this Vampire Clan decided there’s no more value to squeeze out of me, so they’re going to execute me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But if they were going to kill me, why take me out of the prison?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Why not just finish the job down there?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing was thrown onto the lawn, where he could even smell the faint fragrance of the grass roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Martial Artist brought over a pressure washer and sprayed it directly at Xiao Cangqing’s body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>quickly cleaning off all the grime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, the Mysterious Power also repaired Xiao Cangqing’s body, restoring him to his peak condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over this period, Xiao Cangqing’s body had been used by the Vampire Clan as one of many test subjects,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>injected with numerous new types of Mysterious Power, which had actually increased his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he knew very well that the Vampire Clan would never be so kind as to help him grow stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were certainly preparing for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden removal from the underground prison most likely meant that \"something\" was about to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several Martial Artists roughly stripped off his tattered clothes and changed him into a new set of garments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are you taking me?\" Xiao Cangqing grew even more confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be honest, I don’t know either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blonde woman shook her head. \"I just received an order from the highest level today to take you to the holy land of our Blood Race.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The holy land of the Blood Race?\" A strange sense of unease welled up in Xiao Cangqing’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Xiao Cangqing was shoved into a luxurious stretch limousine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the car set off for its destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「...」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing didn’t know how long he had been jostled around in the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been stuffed onto the floor of the limousine in an extremely uncomfortable position and hadn’t moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was a week, maybe half a month, maybe a full month—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing had completely lost his sense of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, when the car stopped, he guessed they had probably arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The limousine was also infused with Mysterious Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, the car had been on the road for a very long time without ever needing to refuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why Xiao Cangqing found it difficult to grasp the concept of time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and he couldn’t tell how long they had been traveling or in which direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blonde woman grabbed Xiao Cangqing by the back of his collar and dragged him out of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him was a huge lawn, filled with thousands upon thousands of men and women dressed in uniform, elegant formal wear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single one of them was unbelievably handsome or beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no smiles on their faces. The moment Xiao Cangqing arrived,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all of their strange gazes fell upon him in unison,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>making it impossible to guess what they were thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing’s heart leaped, and a thought surfaced in his mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’These handsome men and beautiful women, with faces as pale as corpses, must all be members of the Vampire Clan.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Vampire Clan has so many members. It’s truly terrifying.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over to the side, the blonde woman was talking animatedly with someone else. It seemed they were having an argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For such a sacred matter, to actually choose a human as lowly as an ant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have to understand, we’ve attempted this many times, and every time it has ended in failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the fact that our Blood Race controls Blue Star’s strongest Empire was exposed, yet we’ve been slow to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fundamental reason is that ’the one’ has been unable to descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know as well as I do that if ’the one’ descends, our Blood Race will stand at the apex of all Blue Star.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I still don’t understand why Xiao Cangqing was chosen. The guy is just a dog kept by Chu He. If we were to choose someone, it would be better to choose Chu He.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Prince of our Blood Race went after him with a Holy Artifact and was killed by Chu He’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you think that if we pay an unbearable price for this matter,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those restless creatures lurking in the shadows won’t seize the opportunity to attack our Blood Race?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the other dark forces still existing within the Lighthouse Empire, for example, like the Bright Holy See, or our mortal enemies, those Werewolves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a feeling that this time, choosing a human who has merged with an Evil Spirit as the vessel for ’the one’s’ descent...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...might truly bring about a grand arrival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing noticed that the person talking with the blonde woman was an old man with stark white hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His back was stooped, and the wrinkled skin on his face was bunched together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Vampire Clan, where appearance is paramount,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was the sole exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This unique appearance was enough to prove that the white-haired old man held a very high status within the Vampire Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Cangqing suddenly discovered that on this wide, verdant plain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stood a massive, towering, jet-black tower that pierced the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface of the tower was carved with what seemed to be an infinite number of characters in the language of the Lighthouse Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These characters were so vivid they looked like exquisite paintings at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they were just ordinary text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower was a jet-black spiral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Martial Artists who had escorted Xiao Cangqing all retreated. What came next was not for them to participate in; only members of the Vampire Clan could be involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re actually quite lucky. If this succeeds, you’ll have an opportunity for a meteoric rise. The vast energy resources of the entire Blood Race will be at your disposal. But if it fails, you will be utterly annihilated from Blue Star, without a single trace left behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blonde woman seemed to have finally agreed. She walked back, pushed Xiao Cangqing’s shoulders, and headed toward the strange black tower ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tower door opened with a CREAK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the overwhelming stench of blood, so thick it was almost tangible, rushed out to meet them,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if they were stepping into an abyss from another dimension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crimson mist filled the air, not only obscuring the light from the sky but also dyeing everything in an eerie hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist was fine yet dense; every breath felt like it was consuming one’s life force. Miraculously, however, their vision could still penetrate it, allowing them to glimpse the tower’s strange and intricate interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the light was dim, this bizarre play of light and shadow endowed every detail with a kind of supernatural clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the core of the tower stood what appeared to be an ancient heart. It had long since lost its vitality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shriveled and withered, yet it floated impossibly in mid-air, like an altar to some evil power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounding this heart was a complex network woven from countless slender blood vessels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They snaked and twisted, dense and tangled, like a writhing mass of serpents in the dark, or like the veins of life itself struggling in despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each blood vessel emitted a faint red glow, echoing the bloody mist in the air,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>creating a heart-stopping image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directly beneath this bizarre scene, a massive fissure had split the ground open,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>revealing a vast pool filled with deep, dark blood—a massive Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Pool was like an inexhaustible spring, with fresh blood constantly welling up from its depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This blood was then slowly transported through the intricate network of vessels to the withered heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood flowed slowly through the vessels, emitting a low, dull sound like a Curse from the depths of the earth, or the unwilling wails of souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, no matter how generously the Blood Pool gave, the heart remained in its shriveled state,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like an insatiable void, devouring all vitality but never to be filled.\u003C\u002Fp>",1457,"2026-06-06T16:46:32.086Z",1,"novelbin.me","28798974b8acf20541405e7e3fe45eb9421f9da4ce8917f2576142ee3be0e787","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-209","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-207",274,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnational-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-cover.jpg"]