Chapter 368: Desire
"Ahh
The screams that cracked the lungs suddenly sounded, startling Lin Long and the others, who were originally facing each other. Looking at the golden soul that suddenly fell to the ground and its body twitched, everyone couldn't figure out what was going on at once.
"Wow!" A mouthful of blood gushed out, and even accompanied by a slight beating of flesh and blood stuck to the ground! The golden soul's expression was very painful, and the muscles of his whole body seemed to be atrophiing like crazy, and in less than a moment, his skin seemed to be attached to the bones, and the blood vessels that were usually hidden under the skin were like demon insects that swooped into the human body, hideous and terrifying.
"What's wrong with him?" Yeqi seemed to be frightened by this scene, and her feet involuntarily stepped back, her face ugly.
"It looks like there's something wrong with his body, look!" The Gun Venerable pointed to Lin Poxu, who was originally standing in front of him, and also fell to the ground like a golden soul, like a dead man, "The puppet he controlled has lost control. β
"Impossible, impossible" Jin Soul's eyes began to drift, it was His Majesty's side why, why he couldn't see anything anymore
Every royal family in the Golden Empire will have a loyal and powerful guardian, and their lives are linked to each other! The Golden Soul is the guardian of Zhao Invincible, and the lives of the two are symbiotic. It's just that the Guardian dies and the royal family doesn't necessarily die, but as soon as the royal family dies, the Guardian will die immediately!
And there is only one explanation for his current situation - Zhao Wudi, dead!
If Zhao Wushu died, then as a guardian, he would also die immediately, there was no way to save him, even the resurrection technique was useless, but why? Your Majesty, isn't Your Majesty already immortal
Your Majesty will not die, and no one can kill His Majesty until he completes his ambitions, his ideals. The eternal golden empire
The imperial capital was a bustling city, and when alchemy was on the rise, the wise emperor introduced alchemy and began to use convenient alchemy to improve the imperial capital!
What automatic water dispensing device, what underground conveying device, a series of alchemy projects gradually replaced the expensive consumption of magic props, and became a convenient system that everyone in the imperial capital could use. The people living on the earth laughed and celebrated the 'great decision' of the Empire and rejoiced in the improvement of their lives.
However, after the start of these alchemy projects, there was also a lot of space left under the imperial capital because of the projects.
"Soso"
Rats and flies. This kind of life that is hated by people and is born to belong to the underground lives at the feet of the people of the imperial capital, crawling underground, they rely on instinct, looking for food tonight, so as to fill their stomachs and live.
Since the alchemy project is a new facility, people have not yet realized what kind of filthy life is being nourished under their feet, nor have they paid attention to the occasional gnawing sound of some dark creatures lately.
However, there are some interesting rumors among the residents of the imperial capital, such as the fact that there is actually a dwarf living underground. There was a foul smell all over his body, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly. But he doesn't know the lingua franca of the mainland, just like an uncivilized savage!
It is also said that there are demons living underground, and that there is a gate to hell. Will reach out to people when they are looking at the underpass, trying to pull people down. Take to hell!
These underground passages were either left over from the original construction or dug by the people themselves. After all, the huge underground space is a good place for restaurants and hotels to dispose of garbage. Because the state has not yet issued a statement on the treatment of underground space, there is no problem at all in terms of national law in doing so.
And those leftovers that fall down are the best food for the rats. However, this kind of food is not common. Most of them are accompanied by broken pots and pans or simply garbage thrown down. Finding edible materials among these things depends on luck and one's nose.
Maybe it's a good day of luck, and the rats just ran out not long ago. I found a pile of sticky stuff in front of me. It could be some drunkard's vomit or something, but the smell of food doesn't deceive their noses. A few of the larger rats broke away from the group, wanting to be the first to 'feast'! The other filthy animals behind them did not lag behind, and pounced forward, for this dark underground, the temptation of food was greater than everything!
"Smack!" And when it was less than half a meter away from the food, the larger mouse running in front suddenly saw a black eye, and then felt that its body seemed to be encircled by something and couldn't break free!
"Tsk!" the rats stopped, abandoned their companions, and fled quickly! If there was anything more important than food in this filthy underground, there was only one answer - their own lives!
Feeling the constant writhing of the mouse in his hand, he couldn't help but increase his strength, of course, it was the only strength he had left, he had been hungry for three days and he didn't have the physical strength to catch up with the mouse at all, so he could only set a trap here
I felt the struggle in my hand gradually weaken, and the disgusting rat's tail that was exposed outside my hand finally hung down weakly. But he feared that the dirty and cunning rat might be pretending to be dead, so he cautiously grabbed it for another minute, and then dared to confirm that the big creature in his hand was really dead.
He glanced at the sticky thick thing all over the floor and swallowed. A pungent smell was much better for him than a dead rat, but he wouldn't eat it!
This was the only thing he had left.
Releasing his trembling palm, lying on his black palm was a large rat with a slightly pinched body, and his stomach was churning even though he had seen the disgusting fur many timesβbut he couldn't vomit it, because there was nothing left in his stomach except for the stomach acid that might have been left.
Yourself, will you die?
There was no strength left to tear the skin off the mouse, so he could only open his mouth and bite the disgusting head of the mouse, and pull it back with all his might!
"Smack. The rat's head was bitten off, and then he ignored the prickly hairs in his mouth, and hurriedly sucked the filthy blood that flowed out. Endure the feeling of wanting to vomit, wanting to vomit out your entire internal organs, and drink the blood dry
No. I don't want to die! Because I don't want to die, that's why I live so humbly until now!
He didn't know what to do with the corpses of rats, and for him, even if the meat could be called 'food', he would not tear it apart like a wild cat without dignity, and his last bottom line as a human being would be trampled under his feet, and there was no room for recovery
Yourself, will you die?
The man and woman who have blurred the impression of their memory, yes, are their parents. I can't remember how many years they've been hiding themselves underground. They're dead, aren't they? Didn't someone come to harm them back then? Sacrificing himself as bait to keep him alive is really a 'great' parent.
He didn't have the strength to move around anymore, so he just waited here. Let's see if there are any little ones who will be attracted by that pile of 'vomit' again, under the pungent stench, even the smell of rat blood will be masked, right?
"Kick. β
He looked up, his eyes staring blankly ahead, there was no light around him, no animal would see him. And his smell will also be masked by those stenches, the only thing that can't be hidden is the sound. So he didn't make any sound, the footsteps just now, it wasn't his.
"Pedal. β
Yes. It's so nice, it's like the sound of leather boots stomping, how long has it been since I've heard it? No, I think I hear it every day, people on the ground. Occasionally, you can hear it when you step on the top of your head.
"Pedal, pedal. β
Isn't there still a light in front of you? Is someone coming? There will be 'people' coming to this place!
It was indeed a human being, and there was a team of about a dozen people, and they seemed to be led by the young man standing at the front. However, except for this young man, everyone else showed a look of disgust and disgust.
Their clothes are so beautiful, their armor is so powerful, the light of the torches in their hands is so hot and dazzling, it really doesn't match this place, and their eyes, why are they so afraid!
Are they looking at themselves?
"Zhao Soul?" Although the leading young man was also frowning, he unexpectedly did not see the disgusting self in his eyes, or in the eyes of this young man, there was no self at all.
Zhao Soul: Is this a name? Who is it? It's a little familiar
"Is he Zhao Soul?" the young man seemed dissatisfied that he didn't answer, and turned to a brightly dressed old man with his nose covered beside him.
"It should be that he is right, but His Royal Highness the Prince" the old man nodded a little hesitantly, and then persuaded, "Although it is said to be the line of the Martial King, this Zhao Soul seems to have been hidden in the underground of the imperial capital for more than a year, and he has gone crazy. β
"Are you already crazy?" the young man known as the prince turned his gaze back to look at him, and the young man's tone was filled with a feeling that made him so longing, that is, a feeling that could make him realize that he was still human!
However, how to answer should he say how he opened his mouth and how to speak, his heart suddenly swelled with panic, he seemed to have forgotten the language, forgot the way to communicate as a human being.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, you see that his eyes are dull and dull, and he can't even speak" Another slightly younger man stepped forward, looked at the mouse hairs that had just been left behind beside him with disgust, and couldn't help but take a step back, "He can't be called a human anymore." β
Hey, can't you be called a human? Is it yourself? Am I no longer human?
The people behind the boy also expressed their opinions, but everyone was much the same. So that even if he can't understand the words of these people, he can hear a few words from everyone's words repeatedly, and he can also write them down.
"I can't count as a human anymore. β
"It's dirty. β
"You can't leave the ground. β
"Somewhat pitiful. β
"Do you want to go up?"!
The sudden sound made his godless eyes involuntarily move towards the young man who was speaking, and his eyes kept fluttering.
"Do you want to go up with me?" the young man's tone was questioning, his expression was disgusted, but his words were true!
"His Royal Highness the Prince!" the people behind him seemed to be very incomprehensible to the young man's actions, but before they could speak, the garbage boy in front of him made an incredible sound.
"Squeak!!" It was an incomprehensible scream, which shocked everyone who thought he had lost the ability to speak, but his body, which was already thin and could only see bones, burst out with unimaginable power at this moment!
He curled up in a mouse-like posture and prostrate himself on the ground, his skeletal face pressed to the ground, screaming wildly!
No matter how many people come to think so, but the young man in front of him stared at him for a long time, the scream from the depths of his soul that was about to disappear, the desire to leave this underground, so strong that the young man felt frightened!
In the open underground, he may have been unable to produce a scream because he really had no physical strength, but the boy was shocked, shocked by the filthy creature in front of him, the desire for life, the desire to live like a human!
If there is a desire, then it will be satisfied!
"Take him away. The boy closed his eyes and turned away, "He will be my most loyal guardian!"
When he returned to the earth, in the palace where he had almost gone insane at first sight, he was given a new life and a new identity.
"From today on, you are no longer a Zhao Soul, but a Golden Soul! I don't need you to become the ghost of the Zhao Clan, but to become the soul of the Golden Empire!"
"If you can't face the world, then put on a mask, at least, you can hide yourself! As my guardian, what I need, you must do!"
"My will will be to bring the entire world into the hands of the Golden Empire, and I will lead all the human beings on the continent as the ruler of the Empire!
"I will become the Emperor of the Ages! And the Golden Empire will also become the Eternal Empire! For this, I can give everything!"
"Future, my empire, eternal golden empire! Golden soul, do you want to see it!"
The golden soul's vision gradually blurred, and he seemed to want to reach out and grab something, but the soul that was already out of the body could not control a finger, and could only watch the arm, which was like a dry bone as before, fall weakly to the ground
Your Majesty, what I want to see is not the Eternal Empire but (to be continued......