Chapter 58: The Great Shun Dynasty Jurassic Park (Part 1)

  At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the chaotic situation that had been going on since the Jin court moved south finally began to become clear. In the north, Xianbei Tuoba Gui defeated the ruler of the Later Yan with the help of the great hero Yan Fei from Bianhuangji, and established the Wei state (Tuoba Wei, Northern Wei), known as Emperor Daowu. Meanwhile in the south, Liu Yu, who controlled the elite troops of the North, overthrew the Eastern Jin and established himself as emperor, with the country name Song (Liu Song), known as Emperor Wu of Song. The two major forces were divided by the Yangtze River, marking the beginning of a new era that would last for over 150 years, known as the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

  However, since ancient times there has never been two suns in the sky and a people with two masters. Whether it was Liu Song or Northern Wei, neither had ever considered the division of north and south as justified, but rather sought to eliminate each other at all times. The first opportunity arose after Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei, Tuoba Si, ascended to the throne.

  At that time, there was a northern shaman priest named Tengri, who learned from the heavenly meteorite that there were three divine artifacts created by the great god Changshengtian: Tian Dao, Tian Qi, and Tian Ming. Tengri first found Tian Dao, then found Tian Qi, and presented the two divine artifacts to Tuoba Yu, who was appointed as the national teacher. Tian Dao could cause animals' bodies to undergo intense mutations, while Tian Qi could cause plants to grow rapidly to supply food. With the help of the two divine artifacts' powers, Tuoba Yu built an invincible army of strange beasts and launched a fierce attack on the Liu Song Dynasty in the south. For a time, it seemed that he would sweep across the north and south, unifying the rivers and mountains.

  However, the legendary martial artist Tian Jing Chuan Ren Nan Gong Wen Tian was also involved in the dispute over the third divine artifact Tian Ming. After several twists and turns, the three divine artifacts were merged into the ultimate divine artifact "Tian Ling", but it was again melted down by Nan Gong Wen Tian into two demonic artifacts, a sword and a knife, for use by Xuan Tian Xie Di and Wu Yong, the new head of Da Luo Sha Zong, in their final "Apex Battle".

  Tuoba Yu lost the help of the divine artifact and could no longer establish and maintain a powerful and unmatched army of alien beasts, and his efforts to destroy Liu Song also failed. However, the mutated giant beast that had already been born would not disappear immediately, but instead scattered all over the place, continuing to multiply and thrive. Therefore, in the following hundred years or so, the earth's ecological environment seemed to have regressed back to the era of the dinosaurs, with various kinds of ferocious birds and beasts everywhere.

  More than twenty years ago, the Sui Dynasty replaced the Northern Zhou and was established. At the same time, a new generation of Tianjing successors emerged. He went through hardships and finally understood the ultimate "benevolence" way. He successively defeated Yan Emperor who was reborn by borrowing his body and Japanese Emperor Jinmu who attempted to invade China, saving the world twice. Finally, he retreated with full merit. However, before retreating, Tianjing successor did one last thing, that is, all the ferocious birds and beasts that were born due to the anomaly of divine instruments more than a hundred years ago and should not have been in this world were completely eliminated.

  So after more than a decade, the world Yang Zhao transmigrated to had restored its original ecological environment. The sky no longer had flying winged dragons and giant birds that could lift huge ships into flight, and the ground no longer had giant elephants tens of meters tall and heavy tank-like rhinoceroses. Those highly toxic large lizards and swift velociraptors were also nowhere to be seen. History, which had once been led astray, had finally returned to its normal track.

  Some of these past events, Yang Zhao knew in part from his memories before crossing over; others he learned about during his time in Daxing City, from the mouths of those around him. At the time, Yang Zhao actually felt it was a bit of a pity. If these strange and bizarre creatures that made the entire world seem like Jurassic Park still existed, then it would definitely be quite fun, right?

  This interesting dream has finally come true today. And it's really, really "fun".

  It's so much fun it's killing me!

  As soon as she emerged from the Yongdao, Fang Qinghui immediately bumped into Yang Zhao face to face. For a moment, her heart, which was already suspended in mid-air, almost jumped out of her throat, and she exclaimed: "Young Master Wang, this is..."

  "Is it a gecko? Haven't you seen one before?" Yang Zhao, covered in blood, gasped for air and forced a smile. But despite his lack of intention, the smile was already twisted and terrifying, making people's skin crawl all over. His hands tightly grasped the Sun Blade, deeply stabbing it into the stone wall beside the cave entrance. On the blade of the divine sword, a gigantic gecko, over three meters long, was pierced through. The strange cry and noise just heard were the dying struggles of this monster.

  Even with its head penetrated, the bizarre crawling creature was still struggling in agony and had not completely died. The stench of fresh blood mixed with yellowish brain pulp dripped down, accumulating into a pool at Yang Zhao's feet. But what truly made Fang Qinghui feel shocked and bewildered was not this already astonishingly mutated monster, but rather - behind Yang Zhao!

  Outside the stone wall corridor, it is a vast open space covered with lush green moss. Countless giant trees rise from the ground, forming a dense and primitive forest. On the largest tree at the edge of the open space, at this moment, there is another ferocious and strange super-large lizard hanging upside down on its branches. Its two bulging red eyes stare fixedly at Yang Zhao's back. It is ten meters long and weighs thousands of kilograms from head to tail. Foul-smelling toxic gas spews out of its bloody mouth. The densely packed sharp teeth, like a dagger, shine brightly in the sunlight. The mottled scales on its body form a strange pattern, making anyone who sees it feel chilled to the bone. Its orange-yellow tongue darts in and out, as if beckoning souls.

  Fang Qinghui, after all, was a woman. No matter how high her martial arts skills were, she had an innate and eternal aversion to such snakes and insects. The stench of blood and filth pierced her nostrils, instantly making her feel queasy and nauseous. She forced herself to suppress the urge to vomit, but the fallen immortal couldn't help but tremble with fear as she exclaimed: "It's not this monster, it's what's behind you!"

  The monstrous aura and overwhelming pressure, even ordinary people would absolutely feel it. Not to mention the young master who had absorbed the true inner elixir of the Fire Qilin and had his strength boosted once again? He put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "I know. However..."

  The sound of "whoosh" broke through the air, forever interrupting Yang Zhao's "but". In a flash, Young Master Wang drew out his divine sword and retreated hastily, shouting: "You damned lizard!" The blade of the sun commander flashed back and forth, but it only struck empty air. It turned out that the thing that had broken through the air was actually the tongue of that super-giant lizard. Its long tongue stretched and retracted as fast as lightning, missing Yang Zhao but accidentally hitting the side car, immediately pulling it backward to drag its prey into its mouth. Without hesitation, it opened its throat and swallowed the "small" gecko whole. Not satisfied, it let out a "whoosh" sound and jumped down from the tree, opening its rows of sharp teeth to their maximum extent, and pounced towards Young Master Wang.

  Yang Zhao dodged the attack with a swift movement, and in the chaos, he turned his head to shout at Fang Qinghui: "Wait, don't move! I'll take care of this monster!" With a swift motion, he slapped down the Bagua Palm's Li Huo, striking the lizard's nose. A loud crackling sound echoed through the air, accompanied by the smell of burning flesh. The giant lizard let out a deafening roar, its pain and anger causing it to swing its massive tail in a wide arc. Yang Zhao was caught off guard and took the full force of the counterattack, feeling as if he had been smashed by an iron pillar. Dazed and disoriented, he stumbled backward several steps before regaining his footing. Before he could steady himself, a pungent wind hit him in the face, and a dark shadow loomed over him. The giant lizard had closed in on him at incredible speed, its jaws wide open as it bit down on Yang Zhao's upper body, its sharp teeth tearing into his flesh.

  "Yang Zhao!" Fang Qing's body was covered in cold sweat, and without hesitation, he used all his strength to throw out the dark command to rescue. At the same time, the calm and collected Little King Wang had already clenched his fist and summoned a merciless thunderbolt, which heavily struck the giant lizard's upper jaw. The explosive force of the thunderbolt triggered a massive shockwave from the most vulnerable part of its mouth, causing dozens of teeth to shatter and fall out. Overwhelmed by the intense pain, the giant lizard was forced to open its mouth and let out a strange cry as it retreated, but its sharp claws, like scythe blades, suddenly and mysteriously reversed their direction and swiped upwards.

  Offense and defense are both available, and even in defeat, they can still set up a powerful force to reverse the tide. The skills of this demon are comparable to those of the Huo Qilin, the guardian deity of Lingyun Cave, but slightly inferior in terms of dominance, yet more cunning.

  Unfortunately, it encountered Yang Zhao, who was even more powerful with the Heaven's Divine Sword and the Yin-Yang Command.

  In the blink of an eye, Young Master Wang's left hand grasped the Yin Command and pulled it into his palm. With a swift motion, he swung the command horizontally across his chest, rapidly dancing in a circular motion. The combined power of the Yin and Yang Commands merged into a single entity, instantly drawing out two streams of black and white energy that crisscrossed and danced wildly. Within a radius of ten zhang, the space around them transformed into an eerie, flickering darkness, with turbulent air currents surging and churning like a maelstrom, compressing the giant lizard's body to the point where its skin split open. The massive creature, weighing over a thousand catties, was lifted off the ground by the energy of the Yin-Yang Commands, suspended in mid-air as it spun around in circles over a dozen times. The divine soldiers clashed with each other, producing a deafening explosion that shook the air, like hundreds of kilograms of explosives detonating simultaneously. In an instant, the giant lizard's body was torn apart, its upper half from head to waist reduced to shredded flesh that rained down from the sky.

  Such an astonishing and overbearing momentum, whether it's the scattered hands of the Eight Slaps or the Ci Hang Jian Dian, are far from comparable. Only Mohe Ye's Six Spirits Incantation can be compared to it. Fan Qinghui, who was standing outside, also felt the shock and was greatly dizzy. Her face turned pale, and she asked in a low voice: "What kind of martial arts is this?"

  "After the Bagua and Four Symbols, of course, it's the Two Trigrams. The young master, who had just tried out his skills and won a great victory, was in high spirits and laughed, saying: "The small becomes the Pre-Heavenly; the medium becomes the Middle Heaven; the large becomes the Post-Heavenly. The small is the Eight Trigrams, the medium is the repeated trigrams, and the large is the completion of all things and their uses. This is my Two Trigrams and Eight Methods, transformed from the principles of the I Ching's Mysterious Mirror and the Yin-Yang Command Talisman. How about it? Is it still passable?"

  "Two Instruments Eight Methods?" Fang Qing's expression turned contemplative, and she said, "The true energy within your body seems to be the Taiji yin-yang, circulating endlessly without any breaks. That's why you can be omnipresent and counterattack first, just like earlier. But..." She fell into deep thought for a moment, shook her head, and sighed softly, "You've only completed three of the Four Symbols - Thunder, Rain, and Lightning. The reason you can use Two Instruments is merely because you're borrowing the power of the Yin-Yang Command's special ability. If you lose your divine weapon, even if you can still execute that move from earlier, it will ultimately be just a superficial display of strength."

  "That's what I said... but I've finally figured out the way, right? You have to eat one mouthful at a time and walk one step at a time." Yang Zhao didn't think so, and chuckled: "Okay, now you can come out. This place has sunlight, it should be on the ground already. Let's find something to fill our stomachs..." Before he finished speaking, suddenly there was a rustling sound in the woods, and over a dozen animals the size of roosters, also walking on their hind legs, jumped out from the woods, pounced on the giant lizard's corpse, and began to devour it with gusto. Yang Zhao's eyes were wide with amazement. Because these little things looked exactly like those small but ferocious miniature dinosaurs in the movie "Jurassic Park".

  Fang Qinghui hastily retreated from the tunnel, her eyebrows furrowed in concern. "This is a nest of thieving lizards, the most greedy and troublesome ones. Let's hurry up and leave, or else we'll be in trouble if they notice us... Ah!" Suddenly realizing something, she quickly turned around, tightly hugging herself with both arms across her chest.

  That day, in the dragon path of Lingyun Cave, Fan Qing's heart was controlled, and she almost suffered humiliation at the hands of Yang Xiuling. Although she narrowly escaped, her clothes were torn apart, barely covering her body. In the following days, she and Yang Zhao fumbled in the dark, stretching out their hands without seeing five fingers, even with the yin-yang order emitting a faint light to illuminate, but it was still blurry and unclear. However, outside this tunnel, the forest could see the sun. Her disheveled appearance suddenly fell into the eyes of the young king, how could she not be at a loss?

  Actually, her actions were a bit self-deceptive. The two of them had been searching for a way out in the underground tunnels for days, and now they were both covered in mud. It was like those human body paintings, even if you opened your eyes wide, you couldn't see anything. Moreover, Yang Zhao's mind was preoccupied with finding a way out of the forest as soon as possible, and he didn't have any thoughts about romantic things. Suddenly seeing her act like a little girl, he was taken aback and said: "What are you doing? Let's go." Without saying another word, he pulled her arm and dragged her away.

  Let's count the days, it's actually not yet March, still in spring. But as they went deeper into the forest, they felt something was off. The climate here is humid and hot, no different from midsummer. Moreover, strange beasts roam everywhere, it's like a Jurassic Park of the Sui Dynasty. As they walked through the woods, flying dragons kept circling above, while on the ground, triceratops, velociraptors, sword dragons and others darted back and forth. Among the towering trees all around, countless bizarre crawling creatures that couldn't be named were even more numerous.

  However, a monster as huge as the giant lizard earlier seems to have become the overlord of this forest. Yang Zhao killed the giant lizard and got its blood on him, animals have a keen sense of smell, none of them dare to come and provoke him to death. But the two of them have already seen it with wide eyes, and Yang Zhao is even more amazed. The calmness and stability that was forced to be shown in the life-and-death struggle in the underground cave has been swept away. His usual casual personality has re-emerged. Along the way, he kept pointing and exclaiming, and from time to time, words like "movies", "dinosaurs", "Jurassic", "Hollywood" came out of his mouth, making Fang Qinghui completely bewildered.

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