From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 306 The Grand Awakening (Part Two)
The giant machine shook the night sky over the Tama River area, and the birds that were startled awake circled in the sky, but dared not land no matter what.

Within a radius of several kilometers, the earth and trees vibrated at the same frequency. The high-frequency noise, exceeding 170 decibels, forced every construction worker on site to wear noise-canceling headphones, otherwise the enormous noise would damage their eardrums.

The giant, projectile-shaped device moved along the track, its massive carbide drill bit spinning at high speed, causing the hard rock layers to crumble in front of it, sending up dense, dust-like rock fragments flying everywhere.

Standing in the knee-deep red water, Miyamoto Shigeo watched the tunnel boring machine continuously constructing a tunnel behind the giant excavator, and said anxiously, "Use sonic detection to see how far we are from the Akagami River?"

The closer we get to the Red Demon River, the more cautious we need to be.

Once the tunnel reaches the Red Demon River, the passage between the Well of Hidden Bones and the human world will be opened, and what flows out with the water may be a dragon in its embryonic stage.

"About twenty meters!"

The engineers at the front shouted their report: "The noise in the rock strata is very loud, and the measurement results may not be accurate enough. We are preparing to remeasure."

"Report this to the head of the family."

Miyamoto Shigeo gazed at the tunnel boring machine that was moving forward, sighed, and said quietly, "It's a pity. If it could have been carried out according to my plan, there would have been no need for all this trouble."

His plan was not complicated: at the moment the well containing the remains was opened, he would pour 5,000 tons of mercury into it and then detonate it with a thermite incendiary bomb.

At that time, the entire Red Well will become a hell for dragons, and Herzog will never be able to obtain a living 'god'.

Unfortunately, his plan was rejected.

Herzog took Uesugi Erii and Adam Angelweid hostage. Regardless of whether Angers was willing to sacrifice Adam or the Snake Clan was willing to sacrifice Erii, Uesugi was definitely unwilling. Nobody wanted to see a Shadow Emperor in a rage, so the plan was slightly modified.

"How is the trap?" Miyamoto Shio asked.

"Five thousand tons of mercury are ready!" an engineer on the other end said. "Once confirmed, we'll detonate them with thermite incendiary bombs!"

"Very good, all non-combatants, evacuate."

Miyamoto Shigeo gave the final order, gazing at the advancing tunnel boring machine, and said in a deep voice, "Continue forward. Your mission is to give your lives for the family!"

The engineers operating the tunnel boring machine and the super excavator already knew their mission: to complete the tunnel leading to the Red Demon River at all costs.

They were like bait, their mission to lure out the monster inside and have it sacrifice its life to fulfill its vow to give everything for the family.

Tonight, many will sacrifice themselves, but no one will abandon their mission.

As Shio Miyamoto took to the skies in a helicopter, he silently calculated in his mind the time it would take to complete the tunnel.

Boom!

The Red Demon River has been connected!

The next moment, a huge torrent of water rushed out of the tunnel, transforming into a waterfall.

It was a god who changed the ecological environment of the Crimson Demon River, turning the well that originally imprisoned Him into a womb that nurtured Him, filled with dragon subspecies guarding it. The blood-red water was shimmering with silver-blue light, which belonged to tens of thousands of Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers.

Deeper still, countless serpentine shadows can be seen flashing in the blood-red waterfall.

Those things made all sorts of sounds, sharp and hoarse growls, which didn't seem to belong to the human world, but rather sounded like vengeful ghosts from the underworld had been resurrected.

"Out!"

Miyamoto Shigeo looked down at the tens of thousands of 'vengeful spirits' emerging from the river of blood, his eyes cold and fierce: "All groups, listen up! Execute the 'Godslaying' plan!"

The river of blood gushing from the tunnel flowed into a low-lying area along a pre-excavated channel.

Within that area lay a staggering five thousand tons of mercury, a deadly toxin for dragons. Even with the dilution effect of the Crimson Demon River's flow, the explosion of the thermite instantly vaporized the mercury, transforming it into a toxic mist that permeated the air. The Demon-Toothed Dragon Viper and the serpentine Death Servant lurking below were scalded by the scalding mercury mist, letting out piercing screams.

At that very moment, Mount Fuji erupted.

Rumble——!
Like a great being about to awaken, the fiery red magma was propelled high into the sky by immense force, spewing out huge amounts of smoke and black mist.

Immediately following, the entire mountain range trembled and shook. The volcano, which had been accumulating for thousands of years, finally erupted under the power of the gods. The unparalleled power tore through the night sky, and the scalding lava, like shooting stars, dragged streaks of fire across the night sky, blooming like fireworks at a summer festival, radiating a light full of destruction and death.

"what is that?!"

Suddenly, Miyamoto Shio's pupils contracted.

Hot, boiling magma flows down from Mount Fuji, melting millennia-old snow, yet the Tama River mountain range remains covered in a layer of white substance—this is clearly impossible.

"Chief, that...that's not snow!" the helicopter pilot exclaimed in horror. "That's...something like spider silk!"

The helicopter swayed violently in the storm, as if it were about to crash at any moment.

Miyamoto Shigeo gripped the helicopter's handrail tightly, his eyes fixed on the white substance. He finally realized that what covered the Tamagawa Mountains was not snow, but white silk.

The mycelium-like white substance spread along the ground, wrapping the trees and earth layer by layer, looking like a giant silkworm spinning a cocoon to envelop the entire Tama River mountain area.

White mycelium covered the entire mountain area; such filamentous material is extremely deadly to any form of organism.

They are highly corrosive; anything contaminated by them becomes porous like a sponge, and trees die directly from the inside. Within a radius of one kilometer, all life is completely extinguished. Beneath the seemingly sacred white covering, the entire mountain has withered and died.

The rain was torrential, and the air was still thick with the pungent smell of sulfur. Herzog strolled along the red well, which was covered with white silk, and said lightly, "In order to welcome the return of the god, I borrow your precious royal blood to pay tribute to the newborn god."

Like an elf, the girl had empty and blank eyes. Like a puppet on strings, she came to the red well and cut her wrist.

It was only a few hundred milliliters of blood, but when it came into contact with the boiling water deep inside the Red Well, the entire Tamagawa region trembled, as if some enormous creature was awakening deep within.

"That's... Water Storage Well No. 13?!"

Through earthquake calculations, Miyamoto Shigeo immediately located the source area and his eyes widened in disbelief: "So that's where it is!"

The vibrations from well No. 13 affected the entire Tama River mountain area.

The next moment, the restless creatures inside the red well broke through the water's surface, and the grayish-white water mixed with mercury shot into the sky.

boom! ! !
Thousands upon thousands of lung snails shot out like bullets, hitting the well wall with a loud bang. Their hard shells shattered completely, turning into slime that stuck to the well wall.

Immediately afterwards, a huge, pure white shadow, shrouded in bursting water mist, shot out of the Red Well with overwhelming force, like a rocket rising from the sky. Snow-white searchlights fell from the sky, revealing the elite forces of the Snake Clan headquarters and the Dragon Slaying Team from Kassel, who were arriving by helicopter.

Finally, the giant creature climbed out of the well and was completely exposed to everyone's eyes.

Its entire body was covered in snow-white mycelium, resembling a giant cocoon, but it dragged a hideous long tail from below. The thing had eight curved dragon necks, eight heads, and deformed, short lower limbs, using its eight heads as legs like a spider. Eight huge golden eyes flickered, exuding a terrifying and savage aura.

"Yaki. Orochi!"

Miyamoto Shigeo was stunned, staring blankly at the monster.

Myth has become reality at this moment, and the 'curse' that has been lodged in the fate of the Snake Clan has finally appeared.

The enormous noise from the helicopter propellers roared through the sky.

Genji stood before the helicopter door like a straight, sharp sword, his hair disheveled by the wind, but his eyes were as firm as iron: "Look. God has awakened."

(End of this chapter)