Primordial Era: Starting with slaughtering all the gods and Buddhas in the sky

As soon as Lao Tie shouted, a large space immediately cleared up from the crowd that was still running around.

The ground was covered in ash from the gravel, and when the wind blew, it made people's mouths and noses taste bitter. The embers crackled in the distance, and the smell of burnt wood, blood, and the increasingly strong acrid odor emanating from Huang Chen mingled together, making people's chests feel tight.

"Put it here!"

Li Chenshuo raised his hand and swept it, knocking away a broken section of the stone beam on the ground.

Lao Tie knelt down and carefully laid Huang Chen flat. He moved gently, but he still couldn't help but curse.

"Damn, weren't you just putting on a show? You were all tough when you were gesturing to the sky, but now you're falling down so easily."

'

Ah Shi knelt beside him, his hands trembling.

"My lord, my lord, wake up! Don't scare me..."

He called out twice, but when Huang Chen didn't respond, his eyes reddened again.

"Sir, you just answered me."

Huang Chen could hear it.

The sound seemed to drift from a very distant place, sometimes clear, sometimes muffled, as if through a thick layer of water.

His eyelids were so heavy he could barely lift them, but his chest burned with pain.

It's not the kind of pain you get from an external injury.

It felt like something was taking root in the cracks of my bones, burning outwards inch by inch along my meridians.

[Overstepping of authority in the trial has been detected]

[Trial feedback: Settlement has been completed]

[Final Mission: The Rise of Humanity - Judgment Completed]

[System core separation begins]

[The stripping method is being revised...]

The string of words surfaced, then began to blur, overlap, and fragment.

Huang Chen's mind was jolted.

The next instant, the red light on his chest suddenly bulged.

"Get out of the way!"

'

Li Chenshuo let out a low shout, reversed the spearhead, and plunged it directly into the ground, creating a layer of cold black air curtain.

Almost at the same time, Huang Chen's shirt ripped open at the front.

The blood-stained cloth was rolled up to both sides, exposing his chest.

The red glow beneath the skin was no longer a thin line, but truly resembled a fiery lotus.

The lotus petals overlapped one after another, spreading outward from the heart, with the veins clearly visible, even the blood seemed to be reflected as a golden-red color.

Ashi gasped, his voice trembling.

"Will the adults catch a fever?"

"Shut up.

'

After finishing his rant, Lao Tie unconsciously clenched his fist.

He had seen Huang Chen seriously injured, seen Huang Chen fight desperately, and seen Huang Chen covered in blood, wielding a knife and carving a path through the enemy lines.

I've never seen anything like this before.

This doesn't look like an injury anymore.

It was like... something was about to come out of his body.

Huang Chen swallowed hard and finally managed to open his eyes a little.

The sky is still overhead.

The ashes were slowly drifting down.

His gaze shifted to the side, and he saw Ah Shi's face, wrinkled from crying.

"grown ups!

'

Ah Shi almost pounced on him, but fearing he might hurt him, he only dared to approach him half-kneeling and half-lying down.

You're awake!

You're really awake!

Huang Chen opened his mouth, his throat filled with the metallic taste of blood.

"water……"

Ah Shi exclaimed "Hey!" and hurriedly went to check the water pouch at his waist.

My buddy threw his over first.

"Use this, quick."

Ashi's hand was shaking as he pulled out the stopper. He fed Huang Chen half a mouthful, and just as Huang Chen swallowed, the fire in his chest suddenly surged again, choking him and causing him to cough.

Blood and froth trickled down the corner of his mouth.

Ah Shi's face turned pale.

"No more, no more, sir, I'll stop drinking now."

Li Chenshuo stared at the fire lotus on Huang Chen's chest, his brows furrowing lower and lower.

"It's not a backlash from the injury."

Look up, buddy.

"What is that?"

Li Chenshuo did not answer immediately.

He stared at the layer of golden-red light for a few moments, then his voice gradually deepened.

"It's like some kind of principle is taking shape."

'

The old man was stunned for a moment.

"Speak human language."

'

Li Chenshuo gave him a cold look.

"It means that something about him is about to change."

'

The wind blew in through the gap in the city wall.

The previously noisy chatter around us had gradually subsided.

Many people stopped at a distance and watched this side.

Some people still had blood-stained strips of cloth wrapped around their bodies, some had dust on their faces, some were elderly people supporting children, and some were women holding unconscious infants; they all looked like survivors of a disaster.

They looked at Huang Chen.

I dare not get too close.

But no one left.

Huang Chen lay on the gravel ground, his breathing becoming heavier with each breath.

Every inch the fiery lotus on his chest opened, his mind would tremble.

The system panel is crashing.

Or rather, it wasn't a simple collapse.

Like an iron plate that had been with him for too long, it was slowly melted by something, turning into a scalding liquid that spread in all directions from the depths of his soul.

He was a little dazed.

From the first chapter until now, how many times have I relied on this thing to save my life, how many times have I relied on it to fight for a chance of survival.

As a result, it's about to disappear at this point.

A ridiculous thought popped into Huang Chen's mind.

Grass.

This lousy system can't even give you a decent way to say goodbye.

[Host privileges being revoked]

The dual-track system of merit and karma has been anchored.

[Transfer of highest execution privileges: Host/Humanity Core]

[Ding! The final mission, "The Rise of Humanity," has been completed.]

This sound was clearer than any of the previous notification tones.

It is as clear as a bell.

With a sound, the entire sea of ​​consciousness fell silent.

The old man was still muttering something under his breath next to him.

Ah Shi was gripping Huang Chen's wrist, as if afraid he would die at any moment.

Li Chenshuo suddenly looked up and looked around.

"Everyone, retreat ten feet."

'

Upon hearing this, the people nearby were stunned at first, and then instinctively stepped back.

The guy didn't move.

"Again?"

Li Chenshuo stared at the ground beneath Huang Chen.

"The earth is moving."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ashi's palm suddenly trembled.

He looked down and saw that the pebbles beneath Huang Chen were gently bouncing.

It wasn't the wind.

Something underground is responding.

The next moment, Huang Chen suddenly propped himself up on his elbows and sat up halfway.

"grown ups!"

Ashi quickly helped him up.

Huang Chen seemed not to hear, his eyes half-open, his pupils reflecting a faint golden hue.

The fiery lotus on his chest suddenly contracted.

It reached its peak.

Then--

boom.

There was no explosion.

Only an invisible ripple spread from his heart.

Like water ripples.

But it was ten thousand times heavier than the ripples on the water.

Ripples swept across the ground, across the embers of the fire, across the broken walls, and across every terrified face.

Everyone froze for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, many people looked bewildered.

They couldn't explain what they were feeling.

But in that instant, it felt like something gently touched my chest.

The fatigue remains, the injuries remain, and the blood is still flowing.

But the panic in my heart, that sense of emptiness and uncertainty, was suddenly suppressed.

Huang Chen himself felt it more clearly.

That's not a surge of power.

That's... a connection.

Every crumbling wall, every stone, every drop of blood buried in the ground, and even the faint breath of every living person in the city, were all drawn together by some unseen rule, like fine threads, and eventually converged on him.

No.

It wasn't transferred to him.

It was through him that a net was woven.

The world before his eyes suddenly changed.

Beside the embers, thick yet steady crimson lines clung to Old Iron's body, like iron glowing red-hot in a furnace.

There is a clear, bright human presence on the top of Ashitou Peak, subtle yet resilient.

On Li Chenshuo's body, a deep black cold current and human energy collided, but strangely, they did not repel each other.

Further out.

Everyone in the city shines with a different light.

The elderly, the infirm, the disabled, and people of all backgrounds were all drawn into the same invisible legal net at this moment.

[System's merits are complete]

[Conversion Begins]

[Transformed into: a humanitarian legal network]

[Anchorage Area: Citronella City and its Territory]

[Rule generation in progress...]

Huang Chen's throat was dry, and his chest felt like it was about to burst.

The sign was no longer hanging in front of me like it used to.

Instead, it was directly imprinted into his soul.

As the words spread out, golden lines extended from his chest, back, arms, and brow.

It's not glaring.

But it was so oppressive that it made it hard to breathe.

They pierced through the air, disappeared underground, climbed the city walls, and stretched out towards distant alleyways, houses, wellheads, array bases, and spiritual veins.

Ashi was dumbfounded.

"What...what is this?"

'

The old man was speechless.

He only saw that Huang Chen looked like he was about to fall apart, yet he remained sitting there steadily.

Blood still clung to the corner of his mouth, his clothes were tattered beyond recognition, and his face was frighteningly pale.

But when those golden threads grew out of his body, it was so striking that no one dared to look directly at them.

Li Chenshuo gripped the spear shaft tightly, and for the first time, a genuine shock surfaced in his eyes.

"The legal net is in place."

'

Huang Chen's mind was buzzing.

The next moment, even more stuff poured in.

At a corner of the city, a demon slave spy lurking behind a ruined wall was about to escape when the filthy blood aura on his body was exposed like black smoke.

Further away, a captured demon soldier who had drunk human blood and whose hands were stained with the blood of a massacred village, who was hiding among the wounded, suddenly screamed in agony. Tiny flames burst from under his skin, burning him so badly that he rolled on the ground.

On the other side, a woman holding a child, whose spiritual veins were exhausted and who was so weak that she could hardly stand, had her complexion improve somewhat after a gentle touch of the wisp of human energy above her head.

This wasn't Huang Chen going to see it on his own initiative.

The legal system delivered the result directly to his perception.

Those who have blood debts will be oppressed.

Those who perform meritorious service and protect others will benefit.

The rules have been set.

Huang Chen's breath hitched, and his chest clenched violently.

"Well--"

Ashi was so frightened that he immediately helped him up.

"grown ups!"

The old man also came to his senses, squatted down and asked.

"What's wrong? Can't hold on any longer?"

Huang Chen's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he raised his hand to press against his chest.

"It's not that we can't hold on."

He took a couple of breaths, his voice hoarse.

"That's too much."

Too many voices, too much energy, too much cause and effect.

The entire City of Fire seemed to be crammed into his mind all at once.

The blood-stained demon soldier in the distance was still screaming in agony.

Some people exclaimed in surprise, some retreated, and others stared blankly at the flames that suddenly burst forth on the demon soldier's body, then slowly revealed a long-suppressed hatred in their eyes.

"Karmic Fire..."

An old man murmured something.

"This is retribution."

Huang Chen looked up.

The speaker was an elderly human with gray hair, leaning on a broken wooden stick, his face covered in weather and scars.

He stood at the front of the crowd, his lips trembling, staring at the writhing and screaming demon soldiers, when suddenly he knelt down.

It's not Chaohuo.

It was the morning of Huang Chen.

"Thank you... thank you for your kindness."

His kneeling gesture was as if he had knocked something down.

Those who survived—the elderly, women, children, and wounded soldiers—knelt down one after another.

The ground was covered in dust.

Their knees slammed in, leaving a mess of marks.

Ashi's tears started falling again, and he couldn't wipe them away in time.

"Sir, they are worshipping you."

Lao Tie opened his mouth, but his usual nonchalant attitude was completely gone.

He turned to look at Huang Chen.

Huang Chen didn't look at those people.

He just stared at the sky.

That invisible net of law has been fully opened.

He couldn't see the whole picture, but he could sense that it stretched extremely far, as if it covered the entire city, along with the newly developed shelters, sentries, blood trails, and array bases outside the city.

The system is still playing its final prompt.

[Rule 1: Within the scope of the law's reach, those who bear blood debts to humanity will have their cultivation restricted.]

Rule Two: Those with grave sins will be consumed by the flames of karma.

[Rule Three: Those who protect humanity and perform great deeds will be blessed with good fortune.]

[Rule Four: The host is the supreme executor and avatar]

[System panel is closed]

When those words came out, Huang Chen felt a sudden emptiness in his heart.

Like something that's been with me for too long, it's finally gone.

There is no online store.

There is no panel.

That familiar light screen was not there.

Even the most basic numerical fluctuations are gone.

Clean and tidy.

All that remains is this net, which has become part of heaven and earth, part of the fire, and part of the bloodline of humankind.

Huang Chen remained silent for a moment, then suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Dog System".

'

The sound wasn't loud.

Ah Shi didn't hear clearly, so he leaned closer.

"Sir, what did you say?"

Huang Chen tilted his head and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"fine."

He raised his hand and slowly wiped the corner of his mouth.

As a result, when the hand was only halfway raised, hundreds of pale gold threads suddenly fell from the air like rain.

It's not wet.

When it lands on a person, it melts into them with just a light touch.

Those kneeling were stunned at first, and then some of them gasped.

"My wound...has stopped bleeding?"

"The chill in my legs has dissipated."

'

"The child's fever has gone down! Look, the child's fever has gone down!"

Chaos broke out in the crowd.

It wasn't panic, it was an overwhelming excitement.

A woman holding a child cried as she touched the child's forehead. After touching it twice, she buried her face in the child's shoulder and cried uncontrollably.

The old man's eyelids twitched as he read it.

"This works?"

'

Li Chenshuo looked at the golden threads blending into the crowd and slowly exhaled.

"It wasn't him who treated it."

'

"The city is the one that nurtures its people."

After saying this, he suddenly looked up and gazed at the outermost perimeter of Firewood City.

There were still a few wisps of demonic energy remaining there.

But then it felt as if it had been crushed by a heavy hammer, and suddenly sank.

Several miscellaneous demons hiding in the shadows, attempting to spy, were instantly extinguished before they could even scream.

Huang Chen's eyes flickered.

He "saw" it.

When the net of justice fell, it was as if the entire sky was simultaneously descending upon the heads of those demons.

Their bones shattered first, their spiritual energy dissipated, and finally they were burned to ashes by a wisp of dark red flame that shot out from within their bodies.

It was as light as brushing off a speck of dust.

Ah Shi was shocked, and it took him a long time to find his voice.

"My lord... are you... right now...?"

He stopped midway through his sentence.

Like not knowing how to address someone.

saint?

City Lord?

Or something else.

Huang Chen didn't pay any attention and looked down at his palm.

There are faint golden lines running between the palm lines, as if the bloodline has changed its path.

"I am still me."

He said.

The voice wasn't loud, but it was much more steady.

Old Tie squatted down beside him, staring at him for a while, and then suddenly grinned.

"OK."

"He can curse the heavens, breathe heavily, and even cough up blood."

"It's you, there's no escaping it."

Huang Chen was amused by his remark and twitched the corner of his mouth, but this aggravated his internal injury, causing him to cough even more violently.

Ah Shi was so anxious that he patted his old friend.

"Don't tease the adults!"

'

The old man rolled his eyes.

"I'm just helping him catch his breath."

'

"You're just making him so angry!"

"fart.

'

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Huang Chen raised his hand.

"stop.

'

The sound wasn't loud.

The two of them immediately shut up.

Huang Chen paused for a moment, then, supporting himself on A Shi's arm, slowly stood up.

My legs are still a bit weak.

He had only risen halfway when a very steady force from the ground lifted him up, gently stabilizing him.

Like this city, it wouldn't let him fall a second time.

After he steadied himself, all around him fell silent.

Everyone was looking at him.

The firelight illuminated the tired faces.

Some have cried, some have bled, and some have just crawled out of a pile of corpses.

But now, the grayness in their eyes is gradually dissipating.

Huang Chen stood in the wind, the fiery lotus on his chest had completely disappeared, leaving only a faint golden line on his chest skin, like a half-open seal.

He looked up at the night sky.

The crack has closed.

Only ashes fell from the dark, somber dome.

There is no divine eye.

It was not cleared.

There was no finger that would crush everything.

He looked at it for a moment, then spoke in a low voice.

"Get up, everyone."

'

The sound didn't travel very far.

Yet it clearly reached everyone's ears.

Those kneeling people helped each other to their feet, their movements slow, but their eyes never left him.

Huang Chen inhaled a breath of cold, dusty air.

My chest still hurts, and my soul feels like it's been repeatedly torn apart.

It's a bit empty.

But the ground beneath my feet is solid.

Just then.

A faint, almost inaudible cracking sound rang out from the deepest part of his consciousness.

Like the last piece of light screen completely cracking.

Immediately afterwards, all the notification sounds disappeared.

Quiet.

It was clean and quiet.

Huang Chen stood still and closed his eyes briefly.

Ah Shi asked cautiously, "Sir?"

Huang Chen opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.

Help me up.

Ah Shi quickly reached out his hand.

"Hey, sir, slow down."

Lao Tie also came over, muttering to himself.

"He just finished showing off and now he's acting tough. What a character."

Huang Chen ignored him, but used the momentum to take two steps forward.

Not far ahead was a section of low wall that had been charred black.

Thin wisps of smoke were still rising from the top of the wall.

He walked over there and pressed his hand on it.

The moment the palm landed, the entire dilapidated wall lit up slightly.

Immediately, like an invisible ripple, it spread slowly along the wall towards the entire city.

In the distance, someone took a breath.

Immediately, like an invisible ripple, it spread slowly along the wall towards the entire city.

In the distance, someone took a breath.

Further away, a baby suddenly burst into tears.

The wind swept through the night, lifting the tattered flags atop the city walls, making them flutter loudly.