Beginning of Cultivation
Chapter 78: Jun Wu Xiao arrives at the Capital

Chapter 78: Jun Wu Xiao arrives at the Capital

The four quickly carried the doctors and medical tools to Dao San Qian’s location. The doctors worked swiftly, and they were not frightened by the scene before them.

Having dealt with Xia Ni’s case a few days earlier, they were somewhat familiar with such situations. However, to say they were not astonished would be inaccurate. The explosion Dao San Qian endured was much greater than Xia Ni’s, yet it was strange that both of their conditions were quite similar.

After a tense period of treatment, Dao San Qian’s body was completely bandaged. At this moment, he looked no different from a grilled mummy.

"We’ve done all we can. Whether he will recover or not, we cannot say for certain." one of the doctors spoke up.

Chu Wu nodded. He had anticipated this answer, but he still held onto a glimmer of hope.

After all, cultivators did not need to eat for energy and had tremendous healing abilities. He had been injured quite a lot in the past, with many scars on his body. However, after a breakthrough, everything vanished as if it had never happened.

"Alright, everyone has done well. Let’s take him to the Emperor’s location." Chu Wu said.

After speaking, they placed Dao San Qian on a stretcher and took him to where Xia Ni was being treated.

Several days later, Jun Wu Xiao finally approached the capital. At this moment, he was stunned by the scene before him. He thought:

"What the hell is that? Why is the capital destroyed to such a horrifying extent? Everything in such a vast area is reduced to ash, not just smashed. What exactly happened here? This is like an explosive, but can an explosive do this?"

Many questions were running through Jun Wu Xiao’s mind. He truly did not understand what had happened here.

Of course, he knew what explosives were. He had passed through many fortresses and seen them before. But the monsters he encountered were not considered too strong. Even if there were monsters that were nine meters tall, just one or two of them would not be his match, so he had no need for explosives.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he could not understand what had happened. He decided to run as fast as he could to the capital to see the situation there.

After running for a while longer, he finally reached the capital, the most developed place for humanity that he had ever witnessed, now reduced to nothing but ash and rubble.

He ran to the center of the explosion site, looked around for a moment, and said:

"This is indeed caused by explosives, but such a large quantity, all detonating at the same time. Could it be that someone here intended to kill something incredibly powerful? Perhaps it’s the monster that gave me such an extremely dangerous feeling. Apart from it, I can’t think of anything else that could be strong enough to require such a huge amount of explosives."

Since arriving at the capital, he had not seen many people around. There weren’t many people on the way he passed. He thought:

"Perhaps the residents here have evacuated to elsewhere. If I can find the residents, they may also be there. Sigh, I hope they are still alive."

He felt very anxious at this point, worried that his friends would die. While he knew that death was inevitable, he was also afraid that his friends would pass away.

He felt very worried right now, he was worried that his friend would die. Although he knows death is obvious, he is not afraid that he himself will die. But he will be very sad if his friend passes away.

He then set out to find the location where the residents had evacuated. After a few hours of searching, he finally discovered a clue leading to the temporary residence of the residents.

A while later, he also saw a crowd of many people several miles away from him. His current position was quite high, so he could see the seemingly endless line of people before him. With over twenty million people here, it was understandable. He thought:

"This is the first time I’ve seen so many people in one place like this. I wonder where my friends are now. Xia Ni is probably the Emperor by now, so it’s probably easiest to find his whereabouts. With his personality, he is likely to be behind, protecting the people out of the capital rather than leading, so he might be nearby."

After thinking, he ran straight to a group of soldiers. When a soldier saw him rushing towards them, he shouted:

"Everyone be careful, something very fast is rushing towards us."

He was quite far away, so he looked very small, and his speed was also very fast, so the soldier doubted he was another kind of monster.

Other soldiers, hearing the shout, immediately became vigilant, gripping their weapons tightly and looking towards Jun Wu Xiao.

A few seconds later, he appeared in front of the soldiers, making them unable to act. But seeing the man in front of them was an old man missing an arm, his whole robe dyed red with blood and covered in dirt, the soldiers were quite frightened.

But they quickly calmed down. After all, many strange things had happened recently, so one more strange thing wasn’t surprising.

"Sir, how can we help you?" a soldier spoke up.

Jun Wu Xiao was quite surprised to see them regain their composure so quickly. He said:

"I’m here to find Xia... uh, I mean the Emperor. Do you know where he is?"

The soldiers shook their heads. They were too low-ranking to know everything. One of them said:

"I don’t know, but the general might know. Let me take you to him."

"Thank you." Jun Wu Xiao nodded in response.

Then he went with the soldier to find the general.

The war had ended long ago, but why there was still a position of general? Of course, there was, but the purpose of existence was somewhat different. Although still called a general, his role was not to lead troops into battle.

The army still existed, but its purpose was mainly to assist and perform rescue operations. The soldiers now were all volunteers, so the number was very few. But their spirit of sacrificing themselves for the people was very high.

After all, they all volunteered to join, so they obviously became soldiers for the people. Although the rescue troops were still necessary, they did not need too many, so the court did not have many benefits to prevent the people from all going to do this work at once.

After a while, they arrived in front of the general. Jun Wu Xiao immediately asked:

"Do you know where the Emperor is?"

The general frowned as he looked at the old man in front of him. Jun Wu Xiao’s current appearance was quite intimidating. This couldn’t be blamed on him, as he had rushed here and hadn’t had time to bathe and change clothes.

"Why do you want to know that?" the general asked.

Jun Wu Xiao didn’t want to talk too much, he said:

"He is my friend. I came here to help him, but it seems that things here have been taken care of, so now I want to go see his situation."

The general was surprised to hear this, but looking at Jun Wu Xiao’s current condition was enough to know that he was not an ordinary person, so it was highly likely that what he said was true. He pointed in a direction and said:

"He is being treated in a tent in that direction. It is easy to spot because it is very large. As for the specific situation, I’m not sure, I only know this much."

Jun Wu Xiao nodded and said:

"Thank you."

He then swiftly left in front of the general like the wind.

The general was also stunned for a moment by his speed. Then he looked back at the capital where he used to live, now nothing remained. He sighed:

"Haiz... what is happening to this world? Human life is truly tiny when facing such monsters."

He couldn’t understand, couldn’t fathom it. He was very old now, and he had thought that he had experienced many things in the world, so he had understood a part of the world. But in just a short time recently, the world that he thought he understood was truly not like what he had thought.

When he saw the monsters for the first time, he felt utterly helpless and insignificant. When the monsters relentlessly destroyed the people, all he could do was try his best to evacuate them and pray.

At this moment, he also realized how tiny humans were, just that they had stood at the top of the earth for too long, so they had perhaps forgotten that.

Even if you are three meters tall, you will still be pitifully small when standing in front of a skyscraper. The same is true for a skyscraper standing in front of a tall mountain, and the same for a tall mountain standing in front of the earth.

And when the earth stands before the whole universe, it is probably not as big as a grain of sand compared to the desert.

But would humans collapse after this? No, that wouldn’t happen. How could humans easily collapse like that? Elephants, lions, tigers, rhinos, hippos, bears... many other creatures were stronger than humans, but weren’t they all defeated by humans? Although these monsters were incredibly strong, they were not unbeatable.

Jun Wu Xiao ran for a while in the direction indicated, and then he saw a very large tent, surrounded by many guards. He thought:

"Looking at this place, it’s likely the right one. I’ll go and ask, just to be sure."

He then slowly walked towards the front of that tent.