Life Game In Other World
Chapter 489: That is Also Father’s Life (Mission Completed/Double Update of 10,000 Words for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 489: Chapter 489: That is Also Father’s Life (Mission Completed/Double Update of 10,000 Words for Monthly Ticket)

Janos’s corpse tipped forward, falling to the ground.

Bright red blood covered the floor.

And the smile on He Ao’s face slowly faded.

The vibrant flowers still swayed in the wind, and the boiling milky-white waters of the Fountain of Youth were being absorbed by the green leaves in the sky.

The power of the Fountain of Youth had been completely suppressed by the Life Goddess.

And the Life Goddess could not spare any more strength either.

He had already summoned the Life Goddess, and if he were to call upon another ’friend,’ he would likely immediately enjoy a double divine punishment, one that even the Fountain of Youth couldn’t destroy.

So the upcoming battle would have to be fought relying on himself alone.

The cold wind of the silent night blew across his scar-covered body as he opened his tattered coat and pulled out a Strengthening Potion.

Wooo!—

A fierce roar erupted from behind him, the howling gale ruffled his clothing, and splinters of concrete grazed past his cheek.

He popped the cap of the Strengthening Potion in his hand and downed it in one gulp.

Then he rolled forward abruptly as a massive thunderbolt fell from the sky, striking the spot where he had just been standing.

While rolling, he took out several more Strengthening Potions from his bosom and poured them into his mouth.

At that moment, he also got a clear view of the ’creature’ behind him.

It was an enormous creature, thirty meters in length, over ten meters tall, with four feet on the ground, a pair of wings on its back, and a triangular head.

A sense of oppression from a higher life rank emanated from this colossal being.

Grade B.

He Ao fumbled for several more Strengthening Potions and poured them into his mouth.

Terrible power surged into his body, like boiling oil poured into fragile veins, inflating his body like a balloon.

The already fine wounds tore open from the violent collision, and fresh red blood gushed forth.

He Ao drew five Life Elixirs and poured them into his mouth, and with the gentle strength that entered his body, the torn wounds barely healed.

"You’re very clever,"

That Giant Dragon looked at He Ao, with points of electric light flickering on its triangular head, its appearance reminiscent of the dragons depicted in Federation’s legendary tales, "but the game is over, your goddess can’t save you this time."

The voice had become coarse and hoarse, but one could faintly recognize it as Janos’s.

The very body that He Ao had just killed was an ordinary human body, belonging to ’Senator’ Janos.

Janos had used that body to evade detection by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and had been successfully elected as a senator.

And as the master of the Fountain of Youth, he would naturally not only leave himself a powerless human body.

He Ao stared at the monster’s body, beneath the beast’s head was a human-shaped protrusion, which didn’t resemble Janos but rather looked more like Janos’s father.

Janos had cultivated this body using his father’s, and thanks to the connection of the ritual, he could also transfer his soul over smoothly in moments of danger.

He Ao glanced at the rubble on the ground; this body had been placed at the top of this building.

And just as He Ao figured this out, several more fine bolts of lightning descended from the sky.

He Ao stepped back sharply, rolling through the gaps between the lightning bolts and continuing to take Strengthening Potions.

The strength from the Strengthening Potion greatly enhanced his reflexes and physical condition, but the power also brought with it intense pain, relentlessly battering He Ao’s sanity.

The components from the Fountain of Youth rose up with a slight delirious murmur, attempting to control He Ao’s thoughts, but this murmur was instantly suppressed by the murmur of the Life Goddess.

Countless rays of lightning flashed again.

Though the Giant Dragon that Janos had become threatened He Ao, it didn’t actually take any real action. It simply brought down several thunderbolts to delay He Ao’s advance, then spread its wings, planning to fly away directly.

It certainly wasn’t fleeing, but rather heading to the center of the building, where the Sacrificial Array of the entire ritual was located.

Now that the Life Goddess had been summoned, killing He Ao wouldn’t disrupt the ritual. The only option left was to destroy the Sacrificial Array, forcibly terminating the ritual.

But just as it unfolded its wings and prepared to leave, a figure shrouded in red light, tackling the fine lightning, rushed out, stepped on its tail, and leapt onto its back.

Then he raised his silver short sword and plunged it into the dragon’s back.

Wooo!!!!!

The colossal creature let out a painful roar, flapping its wings violently, trying to shake He Ao off.

He Ao once again pulled out several Life Elixirs with his mouth and poured them in like they were free, desperately clutching the hilt of the short sword.

The Giant Dragon’s body was covered in hard bone armor, and only by covering the short sword with his Divine Sense could he pierce its body.

At the same time, He Ao’s Divine Sense followed the wound into the dragon’s body, attempting to locate its energy junction.

"Not here."

The Divine Sense encountered great resistance as it spread through the Giant Dragon’s body, only covering a small spherical area with a diameter of less than one meter.

He Ao withdrew his Divine Sense, pulled out the short sword, grabbed the protruding bone armor on the dragon’s back, and crawled forward.

After merging with this body, Janos appeared to have lost some of his sanity and cognitive abilities. It roared violently again, spread its wings, and fierce cyclones rose from both sides.

He Ao, caught off guard, was thrown flying out, tumbling to the edge of the rooftop, and fell off the building.

In the final moment, He Ao caught the edge of the rooftop with one hand, barely avoiding the fall.

Below him was a drop of hundreds of meters.

A tremendous noise followed.

The Giant Dragon lay on the edge of the rooftop, its huge mouth open toward He Ao, with shimmering electric light gathering inside.

He Ao abruptly exerted force, flinging himself upward, and then landed on the giant dragon’s triangular head by using Night Walk’s flash ability.

He thrust his sword directly into the center of its head.

The dragon, in pain, let its electric breath dissipate and roared as it shot straight up into the sky.

The fierce winds, like knives, scraped across He Ao’s cheeks, but he maintained the activation of Super Memory, his Divine Sense soaking into the giant dragon’s head.

It was not here either.

The giant dragon started circling downwards around the Stars Pharma building, continuously shaking its head in an attempt to fling He Ao off.

From such a high altitude, falling would mean being shattered to pieces.

He Ao took out a bayonet, stabbed it into the giant dragon’s head to anchor his body, and then gripped the short sword, stabbing fiercely into the beast’s flesh.

The dragon, in agony, lowered its head and charged directly towards the building’s wall with He Ao.

With a roll and a use of Night Walk, He Ao landed on the giant dragon’s back.

In such intense combat, his body had long been on the verge of collapse, merely hanging on by a thread thanks to Strengthening Potions and Life Elixirs, burning his life and soul every moment.

At this moment, he had swallowed all nineteen Strengthening Potions during brief gaps, and the immense and volatile power immediately sent his physical quality soaring to nearly four thousand.

But the cost was that he felt his body was on the brink of collapse, about to fall apart at any moment, forcing him to continuously drink Life Elixirs to hang on to life.

The giant dragon crashed into the glass curtain wall, with shards cascading through the sky. He Ao landed on the spot where the dragon’s right wing met its body and without hesitation, plunged in his sword.

There!

This time, He Ao felt the presence of an energy convergence point, which seemed not to be the energy hub for the entire dragon’s body, but rather just for this one wing.

And deeper within the flesh.

He Ao gritted his teeth, poured more of his Divine Sense into the sword, sliced open the bone armor below him, and then fiercely thrust into that convergence point.

The furious hurricane scattered in that instant.

The giant dragon’s wings were still spread, but its power to control the fierce winds seemed unstable.

Its body lost balance and tilted to one side.

He Ao held tightly to the hilt of the short sword embedded in the dragon’s body, rolling downwards with the dragon.

The two crashed through the rooftop of a nearby tall building, breaking through the top layer of the skyscraper.

He Ao also tumbled off the giant dragon.

"If you wish to die!!!"

The giant dragon lifted its head, let out a roar, and snatched up He Ao from the ground with a single sweep, throwing him into its mouth, attempting to crush He Ao to bits.

He Ao stabbed his bayonet into the upper jaw of the giant dragon, his muscles bulging as he barely held the dragon’s closing jaws apart, then furiously stabbed its lower jaw and tongue.

Accompanied by a rush of white blood, the dragon flung He Ao away.

He Ao’s body collided with the exposed steel and concrete wall, smashing through it.

The dragon also realized that He Ao was barely hanging on and would not last long, so without hesitation, it turned and leapt towards another building, aiming to return to the Stars Pharma building.

He Ao charged fiercely, grabbing onto its tail just as it was about to leap away.

And it was at that moment He Ao saw a giant mountain approaching from behind the tall wall.

It was the B-class exotic beast he had encountered in the wilderness.

The life force emanating from the beast was somewhat extraordinary; living around Limen City, it was likely to have been constantly soaked with the power of the Fountain of Youth, bound by its influence.

This beast was very likely Janos’ contingency plan to deal with the Stars Pharma Mercenary Corps outside the city, under Janos’ control.

Time was running out.

He must kill Janos before the beast broke through the high wall.

Holding onto the tail of Janos’ Giant Dragon, He Ao followed it to the rooftop of the next building.

While he was in its mouth just moments ago, He Ao vaguely sensed the direction of the dragon’s energy flow.

That copious energy was flowing towards the deeper parts of the dragon’s body.

That meant this creature likely housed its energy convergence point within its body.

He Ao slipped beneath it and stabbed fiercely into its belly.

Ahead!

He felt a distinct flow of energy.

At that moment, the giant dragon also noticed that He Ao had followed, and a layer of dense lightning emerged on its body, enveloping He Ao’s entire body in an instant.

He Ao’s body was struck and became rigid.

It was the perfect opportunity to kill He Ao.

Meanwhile, the speed at which the Life Goddess in the sky was absorbing mist started accelerating, as if reaching a critical phase.

The giant dragon glanced at the Array in the middle of the Stars Pharma building and then at He Ao, seeming to hesitate.

Ease Thought!

Without hesitation, He Ao activated his Super Memory ability.

One of his remaining two markers dimmed.

The dragon made a decision and without hesitation charged towards the Stars Pharma building ahead.

He Ao, having recovered from the electric shock, clung to the giant dragon’s underbelly, continuing to move forward, searching for the energy convergence point with his sword.

Bang—

The giant dragon’s four claws dug into the glass curtain wall, swiftly climbing upwards.

As it climbed, it still didn’t forget to summon lightning to strike He Ao with a weaker electric shock, trying to knock him off.

He Ao endured the electric shock and climbed to the very center of the Giant Dragon’s belly.

It’s right here.

At this moment, the Giant Dragon also reached the middle of the building, swiftly tearing through wall after wall, heading towards the center of the building.

In front of it was the laboratory shining with pure white brilliance.

He Ao sliced open its belly and, bracing against the white blood, charged inside.

The Giant Dragon was even faster, already nearing the laboratory.

As long as it destroyed the essential patterns within the laboratory, the entire Array would collapse.

At this moment, He Ao had already entered its body, and it could feel the footsteps of death descending.

It seemed to have realized that its last choice was interfered with, so this time it didn’t hesitate in the slightest and made a desperate move, clawing open the laboratory wall.

As long as the Fountain of Youth remained, there would be no end to such bodies for it.

The massive claw passed over the corpses lying on the ground and struck at the World Tree design in the very center of the laboratory.

And in that instant,

A powerful soul impact collided with its soul.

Mental Disturbance!

Its body froze on the spot.

In that brief moment, He Ao gathered more than five strands of Divine Sense into his dagger and pierced through the Giant Dragon’s energy nexus.

The resistance fed back from the dagger was as he expected, with Janos having layered a shell far beyond the norm here; the enhancement of just one or two strands of Divine Sense could not penetrate it.

A resplendent milky glow burst before He Ao’s eyes, the explosive surge blasting him away, breaking through three walls, and causing him to fall to the ground.

Janos wanted to destroy the Array in front of it at the last moment, but its body could no longer obey its control.

The monstrous behemoth roared, and countless bolts of lightning exploded all around.

Robots from various laboratories suddenly stood up from the ground, positioning themselves before the World Tree design, their metallic bodies attracting the lightning, and it struck them.

Accompanied by the sound of mechanical damage, Janos exerted its last strength, turning its triangular head toward He Ao.

Whoo-

It let out its final angry roar, its massive body tipping to one side and crashing to the ground.

Dust and stones scattered.

Like the final note of a song.

He Ao struggled to stand up, accompanied by a crisp sound, the dagger in his hand shattered into countless pieces.

The amount of force the blade had endured, the battles it had faced, had long exceeded its designed limits; had it not been supported by Divine Sense, it would have been destroyed in this fight.

He Ao gently placed down the dagger hilt from his hand and staggered step by step through the smoke to the side of the monstrous beast.

Under the vision of Super Memory, the soul attached to this ’Giant Dragon’ was rapidly fading away.

It was dead.

The robots guarding the World Tree design were prepared by He Ao and Eve as soon as they discovered the lightning power of the Giant Dragon.

Janos’s only weakness was actually his soul, his soul was a hectic mess, perhaps that’s why he collected those souls—to strengthen his own soul.

He did not take the normal route to ascension; even with this method of enhancement, his soul was not as strong as a normal B-grade.

But this time, He Ao wasn’t like in Rock City, with the blessing of the War God; he needed to mobilize all his power to cause a mental disturbance on Janos, so he could only use this ability once.

To use it at the most critical moment.

He Ao turned around and staggered toward the outside; his body was already at its limit and could collapse at any moment.

He took out the last two Life Elixirs from his waist, opened one, and poured it into his mouth.

His greatcoat had already been destroyed in the battle; these two Life Elixirs were tied around his waist.

He fumbled in his pocket, pulling out the pocket of a greatcoat containing a small box that was already halfway destroyed.

He Ao struggled to pull open the box; inside, there was only a small piece of cake and some cream left.

He Ao gave a bitter smile as he put the small piece of cake into his mouth.

It was sweet.

Even though it was just the cheapest synthetic cake mix and synthetic cream.

After losing Janos, the resistance of the Fountain of Youth weakened slightly.

In the sky, the radiance of the Life Goddess shone over the mountain-sized beast outside the city.

The Giant Beast wanted to escape, but it couldn’t move; its life force far exceeded what it should have had and the Life Goddess was rapidly taking it back.

He Ao looked at the city still twinkling with lights.

Neon lights don’t turn off just because the operator disappears.

He leaped onto the roof of an adjacent building.

— Twenty minutes later —

He Ao glanced at the Novice Bracelet on his hand, already destroyed by the battle, took it off, and put on another bracelet.

This was his original bracelet; he had gone back to his rental home and retrieved it.

This bracelet was flashing with missed calls.

It was Ennie who had called.

She didn’t know the number of He Ao’s Novice Bracelet, so she kept calling this old bracelet.

Ennie made thirty-seven calls, the last one at 00:43.

The little girl usually went to bed around nine or ten o’clock.

She must have been too tired and fallen asleep without making any more calls.

He Ao glanced at the familiar yet strange door before him, taking out the last Life Elixir and pouring it into his mouth.

He verified the password and opened the door.

This was his ’home’.

The living room light, damaged in his fight with Shadow, still hadn’t been replaced; he reached out to turn on the dining room light.

He wanted to sit on the sofa for a while, but the corner of his eye caught sight of a small suitcase leaning against the fridge door.

He slowly walked towards the suitcase, falling into a brief silence.

This suitcase was the one Ennie had taken with her when she left in the morning.

He glanced at the fridge in front of him and pulled open its door.

Inside the empty fridge, a small exquisite round cake was placed there.

He Ao took out the cake, which had written on it in red jam,

[Daddy, Happy Birthday.]

A drop of fresh blood trickled down He Ao’s cheek, falling between the red jam and the white cream.

He Ao took the cake out, placing it on the dining table, found the birthday candles Ennie had prepared for him, and lit the faint flame.

Outside the window, a hazy fog and sparkling white radiance loomed; the stars were hidden between the cities.

The man blew out the candle and ate the cake piece by piece with a knife and fork.

He turned on his bracelet, his daughter had sent him many messages, the last one read,

[Dad]

This message wasn’t finished, probably sent by mistake.

He Ao had always known what his daughter was worried about in her heart.

The setbacks of family life had made her see the truths of this world too early, fearing both the destiny she was born with and the destiny her father was born with.

Despair in this world not only lies in huge setbacks but also in realizing during the most promising years of youth that there is nowhere left to go.

It was not the night that was desperate, but the knowledge that all roads ahead were shrouded in darkness.

He Ao opened the chat box on his bracelet.

The fog in the sky gradually faded away, and the dim light of the stars began to be scattered across the earth once again.

Huge green leaves gathering the light swayed in the air, disappearing into the stars’ curtain.

[Mission Completed]

[Evaluating current mission...]

[You will return to the original world in 90 seconds]

[Return Immediately (90)]

The man in the room picked up the photo frame on the table, looked at his daughter sleeping in the frame, and revealed a gentle smile.

His body turned into a pure white radiance, slowly dissipating.

——

The morning light streamed through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, casting its glow on the girl’s tender cheeks.

The fair eyelids trembled, then slowly opened, revealing eyes as bright as gems.

"Dad, what’s for breakfast..."

She instinctively got up, stretching her body.

As she saw the bright hall around her, her voice gradually lowered.

She glanced at the sofa beneath her; last night, she had fallen asleep directly on it.

Every time she fell asleep on the sofa as a child, she would wake up in bed.

But not anymore.

She picked up the bracelet in the corner, unlocked the screen, stood up, and looked out at the unfamiliar city.

There was a new message on the bracelet, sent by her father.

"You see the wind outside the window, the flowing clouds, the sunlight on your fingertips, and the smiles on the faces of passersby."

"This very moment, is hope."

"I love you, child."

From afar, the sound of construction echoed from the buildings, as early risers with slices of bread in their mouths hurried off to work.

Each person bore a faint smile, their eyes filled with the bustling city under construction, the roads illuminated by lights.

That was the future, and it was hope.

Hurried drops of water slid down the girl’s cheeks, falling onto the sunlight at her fingertips.

That too was her father’s life.