Chapter 462: Upheaval (II) (1/2)
Chapter 462: Upheaval (II)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
”The Trial of Destiny, mission contents:
”'When Zhuan Zhu assassinated King Liao, a comet streaked across the moon. When Nie Zheng assassinated Han Gui, a white ray of light shot toward the sun1.' The collapse of an empire does not occur in a single day. The signs of its end are visible…!”
Boom!
In an instant, a scene drenched in bloody light unfurled before Wang Chong, countless illusions assailing him. With a rumble, a massive land stretched out in front of Wang Chong.
The Central Plains!
Although this was his first time seeing it all at once, Wang Chong was absolutely confident.
But then there was a rumble. The sky fell over the southeast while the earth sank in the northwest, and right before Wang Chong's eyes, the southwest quaked and sundered as a bloody light soared into the sky. In a flash, it transformed into a roaring flame that swept from the southwest to engulf the entirety of the Central Plans.
In just a few seconds, all of this enormous land had transformed into a blazing sea of fire.
”Aaaaah!”
As the earth sank, Wang Chong could hear a scream of misery in his ears, almost tearing apart his eardrums. One scream became ten, then hundreds, thousands… countless.
Crash! Boom! Countless buildings collapsed while fire and smoke scorched the land. Corpses, countless corpses: old, young, strong, infants, woman, men… tens of thousands of corpses were piled up in the thick smoke and fire. Mountains of corpses stretched as far as he could see, covering all of the earth.
Thick blood surged between these corpse mountains, gushing like rivers to cover all of the Central Plains.
Wang Chong heard countless clashes of metal, saw an endless horde of foreign cavalry and war banners reigning freely over the Central Plains!
The sky was dyed red and the earth was sinking…
In the final scene, Wang Chong saw countless white bones floating in a sea of blood while dragon banners toppled amidst thick fire and smoke.
This mighty empire that had prospered for almost three hundred years, the culture of the Central Plains that had flourished for more than three thousand years, had all become ash…
Hwoooo!
The rushing of air made Wang Chong open his eyes. In the sky, that massive golden Eagle King had only just landed on his arm.
”The development of any incident has clues that can be sought. Growth and decline, birth and destruction, the replacement of any empire and the life and death of any culture has an underlying context.
”When the southwest collapsed, the entire earth fell with it, and an empire that lasted for more than three hundred years expended its last bit of strength. Under the light of the setting sun, it toppled to the ground. 'Qin lost the deer and all the world pursued it2.' The god of death walked the earth, and the horn already blares. When a massive beast falls to the ground, it attracts a pack of starving beasts!
”This is the final chance. Either salvage this war or descend into the abyss of death and meet your destruction!
”The Trial of Destiny: 'The Empire's Dirge' begins!”
……
When the golden Eagle King was folding its wings and standing on Wang Chong's arm, the voice of the Stone of Destiny was finally fading from Wang Chong's mind.
As he looked at the Eagle King, Wang Chong felt a chill assailing him, a hand of unprecedented cold seizing his heart.
The Nanzhao War!
That sonorous voice of warning in Wang Chong's mind made Wang Chong think of only one thing.
Only the Nanzhao War in the southwest could correspond to the warnings from the Stone of Destiny. But how could that be? Wasn't the Nanzhao war still half a year away?
Why was it happening now? He found it impossible to accept.
”No, no, it can't be!”
With this final sliver of hope, Wang Chong opened the metal tube tied to the Eagle King's leg.
The metal tube contained a wrinkled letter, the words hastily written. It was clear that the letter had been composed under very pressing circumstances.