Douluo: Dragon King Huo Yuhao Lives Ten Thousand Years Later

Chapter 178 Explosion (4,000 words)
Xie Xie stared wide-eyed at Yuan En Ye Hui, who had suddenly confessed that she was a woman, still finding it hard to believe.

Why does this girl look so much like a boy?
Huo Yuhao immediately saw that Xie Xie had misunderstood, and said with amusement:
"This is not what Yuanen originally looked like; it's what she looked like after she put on makeup."

Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi also looked at Xie Xie speechlessly.

This guy was definitely about to say something sarcastic.

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie snapped out of his daze and chuckled, "Sorry, anyone would be surprised to hear such news."

Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head, then looked at Yuanen Yehui.

"is this okay?"

"You've seen my true face, there's no need to hide it anymore."

Yuan Enhui said, "And who knows, I might have to revert to my original form later."

Seeing that Yuan Enhui was getting down to business, Tang Wulin and the others looked at Huo Yuhao with shining eyes.

"It seems there's another reason why they called me here."

Huo Yuhao glanced at everyone and smiled slightly.

After a while.

Inside the training ground, everyone lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily. The air was thick with the mingled scents of sweat and soul power, and several charred marks remained on the floor.

Huo Yuhao stood in the center of the field, seemingly unaffected by the exertion. "Not bad, everyone's teamwork has improved a lot since last time."

Tang Wulin struggled to sit up and said with a wry smile, "I just feel the gap has widened even further." He rubbed his numb arm; Huo Yuhao's mental attack had left him still somewhat dazed.

"Exactly, exactly!" Xie Xie collapsed to the ground, not even wanting to move a finger. "Boss, go easy on us! Let us see if we've improved."

Yuan Enhui leaned against the wall, having shed her disguise. At this moment, her long hair cascaded down, and while her heroic spirit remained, she possessed a touch more feminine grace.

Her purpose in approaching Huo Yuhao, besides apologizing, was also... to seek his advice!
This top-ranked young prodigy is the goal of their generation. It would be such a pity not to fight him and experience the gap between themselves and the peak.

However, the result was obvious—she lost.

Even when he was with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi, he still lost decisively.

Yuan Enhui looked at Huo Yuhao with a complex expression mixed with sincere admiration.

With such strength, ranking first is well-deserved.

"I knew it! We're no match for Yuhao. Why do they have to go looking for a beating?"

Watching the battle end, Xu Xiaoyan complained to Gu Yuena, "Just lie down..."

Xu Xiaoyan stopped midway through her sentence.

Na'er seems to be in a bad mood.

Gu Yuena's face was sullen, and she suddenly placed her hand on Xu Xiaoyan's shoulder, her tone slightly cold.

"Xiaoyan, you need to correct your mindset."

You're her disciple, how can you just lie down like that?
Roll it up with me.

Xu Xiaoyan was startled by Gu Yuena's sudden seriousness. She shrank back and whispered, "Na'er, I was just kidding... No, no, no!"

The good days of being the number one lazybones at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy are over.

Huo Yuhao walked off the field, looked at Xu Xiaoyan who had been taken away by Gu Yuena for training, and smiled helplessly.

They all spoil Xiaoyan too much, to the point that she's almost completely given up. They really need to teach her a lesson.

"..."

After watching Huo Yuhao step down from the stage, Shen Xing remained silent for a moment before walking to his side. "Yuhao, if I may ask, do you have any plans to join the army? Your abilities far surpass those of your peers. If you want to gain experience, joining the army would be a good choice."

Huo Yuhao looked at her in surprise. Xu Xiaoyan had already introduced her to them, and when he heard Shen Xing's name, he quickly recalled her identity.

Shen Xing of the Shen family, in the original novel, had some entanglements with Tang Wulin when he went to Devil Island.

It's probably something like... the hostage falling in love with the kidnapper?
But that's not the point.

Importantly, Devil's Island, possessing the power of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, is located near the Northern Navy's base. Furthermore, Shen Xing's family holds an important position within the military and is considered a representative of the dove faction.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes, guessing what the other party was thinking, "I don't have that idea for the time being..."

He paused, then asked, "Miss Shen, your friendship with Xiaoyan shouldn't have been tainted by anything else, right?"

Shen Xing was taken aback upon hearing this. He glanced at Xu Xiaoyan on the stage and shook his head solemnly: "Of course not, I genuinely want to be friends with Xiaoyan."

Huo Yuhao met her gaze, confirmed her eyes, and nodded. "That's good. It's admirable that Miss Shen is considering the family at such a young age. But to calculate everything for this reason is going too far."

"..."

No, why are you being so direct? I really didn't have those kinds of thoughts.

Shen Xing's face flushed red.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao spoke up at this moment:

"Speak frankly. I've heard some news from my elders about things within the Federation, but I don't know the specifics. Could you let me hear what your family's thoughts are, Miss Shen?"

Shen Xing calmed herself down. Seeing that Huo Yuhao had already guessed her thoughts, she frowned. After a moment of thought, she decided to explain some of her and her family's ideas.

Since things have come to this point, we have no choice but to speak frankly.

Why isn't this guy playing by the rules?
With a sigh, Shen Xing said:

"All wars are fought for profit, and it is the ordinary people who suffer..."

The Federation is increasingly struggling to develop resources and has reached a technological bottleneck, so it has turned its attention to outer space exploration. Both hawks and doves support this, but their ideologies are completely different.

The hawks believe that the universe is not a peaceful paradise, but a dark forest full of threats. They advocate for conquering the stars by force and believe that the resources of Xingluo and Tiandou should be controlled to create a more powerful soul-guided weapon system to ensure the Federation's foothold in the vast sea of ​​stars.

The doves, however, held a completely different view. They opposed war and believed that excessive development of soul-guided weapons would accelerate resource consumption, potentially crippling the entire civilization before it even entered interstellar society. In their view, this endless arms race would only plunge the Federation into internal strife.

Both sides offered their own justifications and had their own logic. In parliament, the hawks prevailed, while among ordinary citizens, more people desired a stable life, putting the doves in the lead.

However, after hearing the core viewpoints of both sides, Huo Yuhao thought of the matter of restarting the core research on the source of the eternal east wind.

So that's how it is. One of the purposes of restarting the core research on the source of the "Eternal East Wind" was to shut up the doves.

The research on the source is prohibited by the Federation, after all, it involves dangerous weapons such as god-slaying soul-guided cannons, and the resources required are indeed too enormous, but if it can be completed, the Federation's technological bottleneck can be broken.

After all, based on the information he obtained from Mingde Hall, they had already researched spaceships, but they lacked a suitable energy source to support their operation. What they were lacking now was energy.

If the core technologies for exploring the stars are in the hands of the hawks, the doves will naturally be put on the defensive...

Shen Xing continued, "Moreover, Xingluo and Tiandou Continent do not have Spirit Transmission Towers. Their soul beast resources will disappear sooner or later. As long as we continue to accumulate our strength, we will eventually win without a fight."

One of the fundamental differences between Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Douluo Continent is the soul spirit.

Without souls, the gap between them and the Federation will only widen year by year.

Shen Xing looked at Huo Yuhao, wanting to see his reaction.

But Huo Yuhao simply shifted his gaze calmly to Tang Wulin and the others who had recovered and were walking over.

Well, the Spirit Pagoda didn't establish branches in Xingluo and Tiandou as it did in the original story, and the Soul Spirits were used as a trump card by the dove faction, which makes me feel inexplicably complicated.

Seeing Huo Yuhao look away, Shen Xing frowned.

It seems we won't get an answer for now.

Thinking this, Shen Xing took the initiative to suggest, "If you have any ideas later, you can contact me." Huo Yuhao nodded without saying anything more.

"..."

The group of people who had come over paused.

Huh? What's going on? They just met and they've already arranged to contact each other privately?

Yuan Enhui's eyes darted subtly between Huo Yuhao and Shen Xing, then glanced at Gu Yuena, who had also stopped training and was walking towards them.

She remembered that this was Huo Yuhao's girlfriend, right?
Is it really okay to do this in front of your girlfriend?
"Won't something bad happen later?" Xie Xie nudged Tang Wulin's arm.

"Probably not." Tang Wulin shook his head.

Xie Xie wanted to say something, but when he saw Gu Yuena walking over slowly, he instinctively shut his mouth.

The silver-haired girl appeared normal, except that her purple eyes were slightly narrowed, and to everyone else, she seemed to exude a chilling aura.

But when she walked up to Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena had a natural smile on her face, showing no sign of anger at all.

What a joke! Shen Xing and Yu Hao are from different generations, and she doesn't seem to have anything special about her. She's not even as useful to Yu Hao as that whale. They must be talking about business. How could she be angry?
"It's getting late, let's call it a day."

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly at Gu Yuena, then looked at the others and said, "We'll be leaving now."

Xie Xie nodded blankly, then realized what he meant and said, "Boss, please continue to guide us when you have time. We're going to play against Shrek Academy at the end of this semester."

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, nodded slightly, and agreed.

On the other side, Gu Yuena nodded to everyone, then took Huo Yuhao's arm and turned to leave.

……

In Mingde Hall, Lan Fuzi, having finished her homework, returned to her room. Seeing that Huo Yuhao and the other person were not there, she breathed a sigh of relief and had time to organize the information she had gathered during this period.

Recently, through her relationship with the Holy Spirit Church and her mother, she learned some information about deities.

In the realm of gods, there are quite a few powerful divine couples.

The Sea God Tang San and his wife Xiao Wu, the God King of Life and the God King of Destruction, the God King of Kindness and the God King of Evil, the God of Fire and the God of Water, and so on...

Which couple are Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena?
'Among these gods, life and destruction are precisely confirmed as death in the Holy Spirit Cult's intelligence.'

Lan Fuzi swallowed.

Is it them? Are those two the supreme gods of the divine realm?

It wasn't that she was overthinking things; it was just that the current situation was too coincidental.

It is known that two beings who stood at the pinnacle of the divine realm are in a state similar to rebuilding their lives, and indeed, there are such deities in the divine realm who have died, just as she imagined—a married couple…

Anyone... or even a beast would overthink it, right?
'Then we can see; if they display authority related to life and destruction, then... perhaps it can be confirmed.'

Lan Fuzi looked dazed and somewhat confused.

If they really are god-kings, what will become of her in the future?
"Have you contacted the Holy Spirit Cult?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out from behind Lan Fuzi, startling her.

Lan Fuzi turned around abruptly and saw Huo Yuhao standing behind her, his eyes gleaming with an unfathomable light. Her heart skipped a beat, and her palms broke out in a fine sweat.

"My lord, I haven't revealed any information related to you, I just..."

She couldn't bring herself to say that she just wanted to investigate their identities. Lan Fuzi's azure eyes flickered slightly as she dared not look Huo Yuhao in the eye.

"It doesn't matter if some information is revealed."

Huo Yuhao looked at Lan Fuzi, who was even more nervous than before, and said with a faint smile, "You can tell the Holy Spirit Cult about your infiltration of the Spirit Pagoda and your becoming my assistant."

Lan Fuzi's eyes widened immediately.

……

Huo Yuhao's life in Mingdu gradually stabilized, and time passed day by day.

That day, Huo Yuhao arrived at Ling Zichen's research institute as agreed, intending to check out their experimental projects.

As Huo Yuhao stepped into the research institute, a faint metallic scent, characteristic of soul tools, wafted towards him. Inside the spacious hall, several soul masters dressed in white lab coats were busily moving between various experimental tables.

"You came!"

Ling Zichen strode quickly through the crowd, an excited smile on his face.

However, her smile wasn't because of Huo Yuhao's arrival, but because of the experimental data she had just completed.

"You've come at the right time. That project has just made a breakthrough and is currently conducting the next stage of experiments. I'll take you there for a visit."

Huo Yuhao nodded and followed Ling Zichen through several spatial doors that flashed with soul guide runes, arriving at the base of the Spirit Transmission Tower. The walls on both sides of the corridor were inlaid with complex soul guide devices, and the faint sound of energy flow could be heard from time to time.

"Our project is source research, called a single-unit positive cycle source core. Oh, you might not know this concept. A source is..."

"The substance extracted from rare metals is the material used to manufacture god-slaying soul-guided projectiles."

Ling Zichen raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised: "...You know quite a lot, but our project is slightly different from the technology of the God-Slaying Soul-Guided Cannon."

“We’ll amplify the power of the metal source and use it for energy recycling.” Huo Yuhao glanced at Ling Zichen. “The project name is so obvious, anyone can tell what it is.”

"..."

Ling Zichen stopped and squinted at Huo Yuhao.

Who are you complaining about?

And even if one could think of it, the reaction shouldn't be this fast.

"Did you get this information from higher up? Or..."

Ling Zichen stopped halfway through his speech.

Impossible. If Huo Yuhao didn't join the project, she wouldn't have told him. For her to tell Huo Yuhao now without his consent is technically against the rules, but she doesn't care.

Was there someone else who, like her, violated regulations and told Huo Yuhao this information?

Looking at his expression, Ling Zichen had a feeling that the truth was not so simple, and subconsciously showed an interested expression.

However, she did not ask any further questions, but continued to lead the way.

She pushed open the last metal door, and the sight before her made Huo Yuhao squint.

In the center of the laboratory, within a transparent container three meters in diameter, floated a mass of dark red liquid metal. It constantly twisted and deformed, sometimes expanding and sometimes contracting, its surface shimmering with a dangerous light. A dozen researchers around it were nervously manipulating soul-guided instruments to stabilize its state.

Two other researchers were directing the operation.

They were none other than Ling Zichen's parents.

Ling Zichen: "We have successfully obtained the source from the spirit-forged metal. Now it's time to make it fuse and control it..."

“It’s going to explode.”

Huo Yuhao's words interrupted Ling Zichen, leaving her stunned.

The next moment, a blinding white light shone from the source of the spring.

Boom!

(End of this chapter)