The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 972 Two Golden Crows (19)
Yu Meng, who had finally managed to struggle out of the police car, was also silently pondering—

What will He Tao do?

The fog dissipated.

Before her lay the entire base of the mountain.

Strangely, the bottom was not exposed rock, but rather clumps of flesh writhing, with snow-white spines faintly visible, as if some ancient life form was hiding within.

It hadn't been completely pulled out yet; there were still strands of flesh and umbilical cords connecting it to the earth.

This discovery shocked Yu Meng.

This mountain... is it alive?

No, it's that so-called ancient ruin that's alive!

She could vaguely hear the sound of a baby crying, seemingly aggrieved and in pain, calling for someone to protect it.

The sound entered her mind, and she couldn't help but want to move forward, to embrace the mountain...

Fortunately, a force suddenly appeared and struck her hard.

Yu Meng, in pain, then suddenly woke up.

They found themselves standing outside the barrier without even realizing it.

Just an inch away from touching this wall with its strong electromagnetic current.

At that moment, above the living mountain, the warship emitted a blazing white light, enough to pierce through the mist and burn into her eyes, almost making it impossible for her to look directly at it.

If it weren't for this barrier and that reminder... Yu Meng would probably have suffered cardiac arrest from the electric shock, and her body would have been burned to ashes in the heatwave.

fortunately!

I just don't know what that force that reminds me is.

Even so, the blue current on the barrier was fading, indicating that its power was rapidly diminishing and it was about to give way.

Even if she knew nothing about mechanical engineering, she would know that the warship was about to take off, preparing to use the force of takeoff to completely uproot the entire mountain that was like a living organism, and then fly away from the land of the Eastern Empire together.

But... will the army of the Eastern Empire really be able to arrive in time?
What she thought was a delaying tactic actually accomplished very little, and even dragged an ordinary civilian into the mess.

No, can He Tao be considered ordinary?

The thought only flashed through my mind.

Despite the massive "body" hanging beneath the warship, the intense heat of the propulsion flames had no effect on it whatsoever.

On the contrary, the thing seemed to be wriggling excitedly, as if bathing in fire was the most comfortable thing, even conveying a strange kind of joy.

However, for the land below, the land behind the barrier was quickly scorched, exposing the bare rock layer, and even melting into flowing light, shimmering with a flowing, fiery glow, like a pool of flowing glass.

The barrier made a cracking sound, like thin ice about to break.

Yu Meng's heart tightened, and she immediately turned and ran away.

But before she could run a few steps, she suddenly felt her feet sink, and a large patch of cold, black liquid had spread out without her noticing.

She turned back sharply.

As the distant mountains rise, a surging undercurrent emerges from the ground—it seems to be some kind of underground water layer that was originally sealed at the bottom of the mountain, which has been suddenly pulled out and is leaking out of control.

The surging black water, carrying geothermal heat, gushed out, engulfing large swathes of land and even fields, while the blazing flames steamed up thick clouds of mist, carrying the smells of sulfur and rust, almost obscuring all vision.

The water had already reached her waist.

She frantically flailed her arms and legs, trying to break free from the scalding waves, but her body felt like it was filled with lead, and she couldn't control her direction at all.

The intense heat enveloped her, like a pot of boiling soup.

Just then, something cold suddenly wrapped around her waist!

The touch was cold yet supple, like some kind of living thing, spreading from her waist to her limbs, quickly entangling her entire body, gradually dragging her from the heatwave into the depths of a cool, gentle, and eerie dream...

In her dream, she seemed to be holding a steering wheel, racing around and around the track.

The wind howled in my ears.

She went faster and faster, until everything around her became a blur of light and shadow.

But she still didn't stop.

Even as the engine emitted blue smoke and the car became scorching hot, she still gripped the steering wheel tightly, refusing to let go.

until--

A deafening roar.

A burst of crimson flames exploded, filling her entire retina and ultimately engulfing her consciousness...

Only one thought remained:
fortunately……

She was wearing multiple seatbelts.

……

numbness.

Utter numbness.

Everything in front of me was still a blur.

It's as if all senses are obscured by a thick fog, making everything seem distant.

It wasn't until her senses returned like a tidal wave that she suddenly realized her car had already stopped silently.

My subconscious thought was to unbuckle my seatbelt.

But no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't lift his hand.

Her hands, which were gripping the steering wheel, and even her feet, which were pressing the brake and accelerator, were somehow tightly wrapped by the seatbelt, rendering her unable to move.

“Let me go…let me go!”

Yu Meng struggled and screamed.

"Doctor! Nurse! She's awake!"

The voice sounded very familiar.

It seems to be Lao Yang?

Why are they so panicked?

No, why is Lao Yang on this field?

He's not at the First People's Hospital of Shanhai City...

Before the thought could even finish, memories flooded back like a torrent.

Zhengjia Village, the First Empire's warships, mountains of flesh and blood, Blackwater...

and also--

"He Tao!"

Yu Meng screamed and suddenly opened her eyes.

The snow-white ceiling and bright incandescent lights pierced her eyes, suddenly reminding her of the blinding light that burst forth when the warship's engine started.

"Old Yu, Old Yu! You're awake! How are you!"

Old Yang's panicked voice came through.

Yu Meng slowly and laboriously turned her head, only to see Yang Lingfeng standing to the side with a cane, his eyes full of concern.

"What's wrong with me?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Lingfeng's eyes reddened even more.

"Old Yu! You've regained your senses!"

"What's the meaning?"

"Oh my, Lao Yu, you really scared me to death!"

Yang Lingfeng continued to chatter on, while Yu Meng looked down and realized that she was tightly bound to the hospital bed with restraints, and it was difficult for her to even move a finger.

"How did I get tied up? What happened?"

"Sigh, Lao Yu, you have no idea how amazing you are when you're insane..."

As Yang Lingfeng was reflecting on this, the door to the ward was suddenly pushed open, and the doctor, accompanied by two nurses, quickly walked in to conduct a physical examination on Yu Meng, who was still bewildered.

Yu Meng keenly noticed that the cold-faced doctor and the timid nurse had scratches of varying degrees on their faces, necks, and hands, and her heart skipped a beat.

"This...I did all of this?"

The doctor said, "Don't worry."

Yu Meng had just breathed a sigh of relief when the next sentence came:

"It's not just you."

"what?"

After a round of examinations confirmed that Yu Meng was fine and that she was conscious and able to converse normally, the doctor nodded and signaled to the nurse to release her.

“Officer Yu,” the doctor said, taking off his gloves and looking at her with a complex and heavy gaze, “you are the first to regain consciousness.”

"What happened?"

Yu Meng asked, flexing her stiff wrists. Only then did she learn from Yang Lingfeng and the doctor that she had been unconscious for two days, as had everyone else in Zhengjia Village, all currently receiving treatment at the First People's Hospital of Shanhai City.

It's called treatment, but it's really just monitoring to maintain vital signs.

"Old Yu, you have no idea how terrifying you were the other day!" Yang Lingfeng said vividly from the side. "You were talking in your sleep, babbling nonsense that no one could understand, and... you were punching and kicking so hard that almost no one in the entire hospital could subdue you!"

"So how was I finally brought under control?" Yu Meng frowned.

"Hehe, it's because the military gave you a tranquilizer gun."

"Huh?" Yu Meng suddenly realized, "Wait, you mean the military is here! The military of the Eastern Empire? They've arrived?"

“That’s right!” Yang Lingfeng exclaimed with emotion, “You actually held out until they arrived—Old Yu, you’ve done a great job this time! The artifacts that the First Empire wanted to steal are still in our hands in the end!”

At this point, he clicked his tongue and shook his head: "It's a pity that the warship slipped away too quickly, and Professor Shen and her group still managed to escape."

"You mean...that mountain...is still here?"

Yu Meng was even more surprised.

“That’s right.” Yang Lingfeng nodded. “The archaeological experts from the Eastern Empire have already moved in and are studying the ruins, trying to figure out why the First Empire is so obsessed with them.”

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Yu Meng's expression changed drastically, and she shook her head repeatedly:
"No! We can't let them touch that thing!"

"Why not?" Yang Lingfeng asked, puzzled.

Yu Meng gritted her teeth and said, word by word:
“That mountain…that ruin is alive! You have no idea what it is!”

To everyone's surprise, Yang Lingfeng not only showed no astonishment upon hearing this, but instead smiled gently:
"Don't worry, everyone already knows about this."

"what?"

Yu Meng was stunned.

Yang Lingfeng took out his phone, opened the Tencent Video app, and the homepage prominently featured the program "Federal Boy Travels Around the Federation," with a flame icon next to it, indicating its immense popularity.

Yang Lingfeng clicked on the program, which was just playing the end of the latest episode—clearly, he had already watched it.

Watching Yang Lingfeng slowly drag the progress bar back, Yu Meng said, "Old Yang, didn't you hate this show because of your daughter? Why did you pay for it..."

"Don't worry about it!" Yang Lingfeng interrupted her, quickly handing her his phone. "Look! It's this part!"

The small screen displayed a very poor image quality, which was even somewhat shaky and seemed to be affected by some kind of interference, often resulting in large areas of static.

Even so, Yu Meng recognized her at a glance—

This is exactly what we saw in Zhengjia Village!

In the blurry scene, the sky was gray and the fog was churning. A huge silver shadow emerged from the clouds, which was the warship of the First Empire slowly descending.

Below the warship, an entire mountain was slowly rising into the air, as if it were being pulled up from the ground by some invisible force.

Screams and noises, mixed with intermittent electrical static, could be heard on the screen.

A large number of bullet comments scrolled:

Wow! What's this?

Alien invasion?

[I saw it on the Tiexue Military website! That's the First Reich's newest aerospace warship! It can transport thousands of soldiers and carry nuclear weapons!]

Why are the First Empire's warships coming here?

Is this a permitted military action?

Wait! The mountain is rising!

Is it an earthquake?

No, it's uprooting mountains!

[With strength that could uproot mountains and rivers, with a spirit that could overwhelm the world...]

Are they trying to steal our mountain?

Wait...look at that mountain, it's alive!

This elicited another wave of surprised reactions.

It almost completely filled the screen.

Yu Meng quickly turned off the bullet comments, and then she could see clearly—in the even blurrier and shaky scene, as the mountain was rising, large swathes of viscous blood light flowed out from the cracks, as if some dormant being was breaking free from the earth's crust.

The screen shook violently; some people screamed, and others fled in terror.

Even through the screen, Yu Meng could feel an indescribable sense of oppression, a deep-seated fear that instantly made her break out in a cold sweat.

"Right? Just looking at you is scary, isn't it?" Yang Lingfeng said from the side. "I don't even want to watch it a second time."

Yu Meng's face was pale, and she did not respond.

The scene continues.

Suddenly, there was a violent shaking, and the camera kept flipping.

With a loud "thud," the camera was thrown to the ground.

Clearly, even the photographer was on the verge of collapse and no longer cared about continuing to film.

Fortunately, the camera wasn't damaged and was still recording, pointing directly at the other side of the mountain, capturing the terrifying scene that was about to unfold from below.

The mountain, or rather its "shell," had already cracked.

One after another, blood-soaked, winged giant creatures flew out of the crack.

It is roughly human-shaped, but extremely distorted, with festering skin and a bloody mess. It is neither human nor human, with wings growing on its back. Each of them is connected by thick, long, blood-red strips, like some kind of "umbilical cord," which are intertwined and extend into the depths of the mountain.

The reason we can see it clearly is not only because the camera is expensive and has a sufficient focal length, but more importantly—these things are just too big!

Yu Meng guessed that this thing was probably about ten stories tall.

I counted them; there were ten in total.

As such objects flew out, the mountain gradually collapsed, and amidst the billowing dust, its enormous internal structure was revealed—

A colossal, mythical mountain emerged, surrounded by floating islands, with pavilions and towers scattered among them.

Everything was the color of flesh and blood, and they were connected by a blood-red umbilical cord.

It's as if everything is in the process of being conceived and born.

The clouds on the horizon were stained red with blood.

The enormous warship suspended in the air was now also tinged with a terrifying red light.

The flames that were originally spewing from below the warship have been extinguished by the umbilical cord wrapping around it, and the entire ship seems to have been dragged into this birth ceremony.

The warship stopped rising, but it also did not crash.

Instead, it was supported by the buoyancy of that "fairy mountain" and suspended in mid-air.

Then, the black water finally spread.

In the footage captured by the ground-based camera, there is a winding black line that gradually widens until it completely engulfs the camera.

The screen disappears.

A deep, slow voice-over rang out from the black screen:
That's the whole story.

"To save the precious artifacts of the Eastern Empire, the Federation youth risked his life and fought and maneuvered against the monsters, ultimately succeeding in delaying the arrival of the military!"

"Now, they lie quietly asleep, their bodies covered in wounds..."

Screen switching.

The scene showed fifteen handsome young men sleeping soundly in a hospital room, but the restraints on their bodies told Yu Meng that these young men, like her, were probably not in a normal sleep.

"If you also hope that the Federation boy recovers soon and returns to the battlefield, please click to subscribe and like to support him!"

"Every bit of support you give is a beacon of hope for their awakening!"

Then, the tragic yet thrilling battle music began to play.

Immediately following, the advertisement appeared.

"War Bull Energy Drink, helping warriors awaken!"

"Starting today, all sales revenue from Zhanniu Beverage will be invested in the 'Federal Boy Rehabilitation Program' to empower the hero's return!"

Of course, there is a small note below stating that it ends at the end of the month.

"Everyone who purchases Zhan Niu beverages this month will have a chance to win a 'Federal Boys Zhan Niu Limited Edition Meet and Greet Handshake Ticket,' allowing you to get up close and personal with your idol!"

Yu Meng stared at the screen for a long time without saying a word.

"Hey, you're not thinking of buying this drink to enter a handshake contest, are you?"

"Who wants this thing!" Yu Meng snapped out of her daze. "I was just thinking..."

"How did it turn into them fighting?"

"Furthermore, the military actually allowed this video to be released? Isn't this a sure way to provoke conflict between the two countries?"

"And it didn't tell me what happened in the end!"

"Next, where's He Tao?"

(End of this chapter)