Devouring World Dragon.

Chapter 115 Humans in the Cave

"Wow...wow..."

Inside the cave, the firelight flickered, accompanied by thunder and lightning flashing across the sky. The newborn baby cried loudly. The exhausted woman, who had just given birth, was utterly worn out, but she still tried her best to protect the child.

With great effort, she bit off the umbilical cord, her hands trembling as she picked up the blood-soaked, wrinkled infant. Then, the woman who had once climbed thousands of meters high in the Garden of Eden with ease could only lie helplessly on the withered grass, her hair disheveled and soaked with sweat, and she had no strength left to do anything else.

However, only those bright eyes remained unchanged despite the hardships of life; though dimmed now, they were still clear.

After that moment of ecstasy, a seed of demonic power was formed within her body. A vast and invisible force slowly grew within her womb. She struggled to survive on the earth for ten months, her body growing weaker each day, her belly growing larger and larger. Finally, on a stormy night, the woman gave birth to a baby girl.

"Wow……"

The baby continued to cry incessantly, and looking at the tiny infant in her arms, the woman's tired eyes held surprise and joy. After all, she had never seen what a baby looked like before, whether in the Garden of Eden or on this land that Satan called "Earth," she had never seen any of her kind.

Contrary to her expectations, the newborn baby's skin was wrinkled and covered in blood, not very pretty. However, a strange feeling of blood connection came from that tiny life, making her realize: this was her child.

Ignoring the bloodstains, the woman gently kissed the forehead of the infant in her arms. Then, as if guided by instinct, she gently swayed her arm while softly humming, gazing tenderly at the child in her arms, hoping to bring the infant some peace.

Perhaps it was a mother's instinct, or perhaps the baby was tired from crying, but after crying on and off for a long time, the baby gradually stopped.

Looking at the infant in her arms with pity, the woman had a sudden realization.

Her life may have come to an end here.

"Rumble rumble rumble..."

Outside the cave, thunder roared in the dark night sky, and lightning dragons roamed among the clouds. Nothing could be seen outside the cave; it seemed as if countless darknesses were stirring outside the cave. Only the small firelight inside the cave could illuminate the world around the woman.

Am I about to die?

The woman's voice, slightly hoarse from recent childbirth, rang out.

In the flickering shadows of the fire, the woman could vaguely see a shadow that looked like a human figure.

Maybe it's just my imagination, or maybe it isn't; who knows?

The exhausted woman lay weakly on a pile of dry grass, holding her infant in her arms. The baby nestled in its mother's embrace, making occasional soft noises. The woman stared blankly at the firelight, but surprisingly, she felt nothing; instead, she was quite at peace.

"...You know...I've been living in a daze since birth, completely ignorant. Although I feel like I've actually lived for a long time, I don't remember anything, because there's nothing worth remembering in my monotonous memories. And the moment I gained wisdom was probably the happiest moment for me..."

The woman held the baby in her arms and spoke softly, seemingly to the baby, or perhaps to the shadow, or maybe just to herself.

"When I was ignorant, I was carefree and lively, as free as a wild beast in the mountains and forests, but I understood nothing. When I gained wisdom, I felt dissatisfied... I greedily wanted more, no longer satisfied with simply sleeping and being full. I wanted to know more, I wanted freedom, I wanted love..."

As she spoke, a gentle and tender smile appeared on the woman's face as she recalled the past.

"But I don't know if it's right or wrong, I've fallen in love with someone I shouldn't have... Is it because I admire and envy his freedom and unrestrained nature, or is it just a momentary flutter of the heart? I don't know... I really don't know..."

The voice gradually lowered, and then fell into a silent stillness.

But the shadows in the flickering firelight never responded to her.

"Rumble rumble rumble..."

Outside the cave, the thunder grew increasingly violent, and the restless lightning, accompanied by the ever-increasing torrential rain, displayed its power to the world. Before this vast and mighty force of heaven and earth, humanity appeared as insignificant as ants.

The woman's aura began to weaken. Since leaving the Garden of Eden, she was no longer the immortal, eternally youthful daughter of God. Humanity, having turned away from God, could no longer receive His blessings.

"Do you know that freedom also means that you will lose God's protection? Just as a flock of sheep without its master will face the threat of wolves, from now on you will have to work hard all year round, dragging a heavy plow to work in the fields to earn food for your survival; you will face plague and disease, tossing and turning on your sickbed, groaning and howling; you will lose your youthful beauty and endure all kinds of torment brought about by the aging of your body."

"War, floods, landslides, tsunamis, plagues, earthquakes, death... Poor woman, freedom is not as wonderful as you think. Your offspring will pay the price for your abandonment of Eden."

As the supreme mother, the angel Yavge, said, freedom seems far less wonderful than women initially imagined. When weak, they get sick; when hungry, they struggle to find food; their bodies become uncomfortable and unwell; and all sorts of hardships befall them.

"This is really...uncomfortable..."

The woman's lips trembled as her body grew colder. She didn't understand what was wrong with her. Tens of thousands of years later, a doctor would tell her that it was due to a lack of postpartum care. Without clean bedding and a proper medical environment, this kind of dangerous situation could occur during childbirth.

Everything before her eyes was gradually blurring. The crying of an infant, sensing her unease, rang out again in her ears. The woman, guided by her senses, hugged the baby tightly, soothing the child while murmuring to herself.

"My child... your father is a utterly despicable man... he tempts others to depravity, yet has no intention of taking responsibility... so never listen to him, his mouth is full of lies and deception..."

"But... why did I have to fall in love with this guy who doesn't understand love..."

The sigh sounded somewhat dissatisfied, but... there was no regret whatsoever.

Everything before my eyes—the firelight, the darkness—is turning into shattered brilliance; all the sounds around me—the thunder, the cries—are fading into the distance; and all the images I've experienced in my life are flashing back into the past…

In a hazy state of consciousness, scenes flashed by: falling from the heavens, contemplation, confusion, playfulness...

Scenes flashed rapidly before her eyes, from the earth to the Garden of Eden, and finally, the image froze on that first glimmer of light in the woman's repetitive and monotonous memories...

On the lush green grass, the trees were laden with sweet fruit, and on the thick tree trunk, a dark creature lay leisurely and lazily, looking down at her.

Completely naked and bewildered, she looked up curiously at the dark object above her, then held up the fruit she had taken a bite out of, a pure and beautiful smile on her face.

"Do you want some?"

……

"Rumble..."

As thunder roared outside the cave, inside, beside a wailing infant, lay a woman dead on a pile of withered grass, her arms hanging limply, yet a strange smile played on her lips…

(End of this chapter)