Chapter 28: An Unexpected Harvest
"My good brother, the seas are not good, nor are the islands, think about it. The salty air, the treacherous weather, and the unceasing bloodshed, the ocean in itself is pure insanity, truly it's not a place for us, so how about it? How about we leave here for a mass of land without borders, that stretches out for meters countless, doesn't that sound wonderful?"
Confused, before him, this was his brother, he had questions but now was not the time, and so with a smile, Jiao Long replied, "Of course, of course, I too have always dreamed to see this undying land that by some fluke continuously manages to escape the seas unyielding waves of destruction," however Jiao Long too wasn't being completely honest, he too was scheming, this mass of land his brother spoke of he knew of it, in fact, he had been there before to that horrid place with warm weathers, and unfriendly individuals, he had been before, and so to such a place he would never go, but Yufang would never hear of that.
Two individuals smiling inside, scheming as opposites, taking each other for a ride. In search of a land new, they abandon this island and the civilization of savages that dare God reigning above the mountain tops.
For a trip, long-awaited Kong Yufang moved to return upon those beachy shores were trees and fauna flourish, to gather fruit and water.
Walking off, a voice rang out, "Where are you going?" The voice of Jiao Long, he was confused, no, he was befuddled, he couldn't understand it why would Yufang abandon it? These scavengers their warriors were no more, and they had taken a serious hit their resources now were practically free for the taking, but Yufang moved for the beach regardless, on the laws of the ocean, Jiao Long couldn't comprehend it.
Replying without much thought, Yufang spoke, "Jiao Long, in times of battle, in times of war, in times of chaos you can kill millions, you could even kill trillions, but even in something as unforgiving as war, there are rules unwritten. This species although evil, deserves a chance at life, to kill those uninvolved, that would make us the same as them, mere trash, to force yourself to such a level, it's the act of those idiotic."
A complete lie from Yufang, in the past during times of war, Yufang would even appear in completely unrelated worlds just to devour, from a man that devoured trillions without batting an eye, such a lie was truly laughable. But Yufang, he lived off emotion, if he didn't feel something he wouldn't, and if someone questioned his actions, he'd question their very existence, treating anything they said even if he believed it as complete and utter nonsense.
Continuing on, Yufang walked with a great stride to a beach rich of treasures, while behind Jiao Long followed with his head hung low.
The beach, where trees grow immense, unconventional, however, these trees an oddity, absorbing, and filtering saltwater, they flourish where no life grows, and from these trees, water filtrated is spread, giving birth to new life, trees and bushes of plenty.
Collecting fruit, however looking among these godly trees, to one, in particular, Yufang smiles and says, "It seems you were correct to come to this island, but just what kind of dog shit luck do you have?" Moving in closer, Yufang mutterers, "Demonic roots, truly... It is an unexpected harvest, from an island you merely wished to reside on."
On the side, collecting fruits with his head hanged low, intrigued, Jiao Long spoke, "Demonic roots?"
Explaining Kong Yufang, began to speak, "A God born from nothing, a being born limitless yet limited, a being with only one ability, to inhabit the body of lifeforms near death, raising them, and letting them flourish. This demonic being raises a family, taking care of them, feeding them, and allowing them to grow, so that one day when this tree awakens from its slumber once more, it can devour everything, and spawn upon this world a true demon."
Standing before this tree demonic Yufang places his hand upon the trunk of its might trunk. This creature's roots, entangle all life, forcefully taking control, feeding on all under its control, issuing them to collect resources, and infect others. In this place where plants reign king, Yufang recites a poem from an age long passed, "Beneath life lays life," a weirdly spoke verse from a friend long gone.
Laughing lightly Yufang thought back, and said, "Truly I could never completely comprehend your words, that tale of the demonic roots you once told me, I never did believe you, but who would have thought I couldn't be more wrong."
Running his hand down the tree's trunk, Yufang's hand reaches sand, but his hand continues to recede, digging down further, and further until his hand meets nothing. Until his hand meets a crevice under the tree, with a smile as bright as the summer sun, Yufang began to dig with a passion, the passion of a madman, crazily opening up a hole 1 meter wide, glancing down, a smile, for what he saw inside, within hundreds of thousands of animals lay hidden, sleeping under this scorched earthen beach.
With such supply, Yufang grew happy, with all this he could breach the boundary of trash, becoming something average, but his happiness it was short-lived, he couldn't... Meats, this supply that this tree had meticulously cultivated of eternity, it couldn't be put to waste for ahead laid the grand travel to the mainland, and to traverse a sea with only fruits, it was never a good idea, to swim Jiao Long needed meat, and to protect him Kong Yufang needed the same.
Kong Yufang, despite being able to split rocks, and break apart mountains, his strength... Truly it was akin to that of trash, with such strength if he was born into any normal family, his future could only be that of a slave's, forced to push carts, guard shops, participate in life or deathmatches, or to be sold off to do harsh manual labor.
As much as Yufang wanted to devour, as much as he wished for this immediate growth, he couldn't, and so entering this demons layer, Yufang began moving animals, bringing outside the cavern and placing them upon Jiao Long's armored shell.
Yufang participated in the gruesome manual labor of transporting sleeping bodies, but this demon's curse, when it would end he didn't know, all Yufang knew was that at the time these animals awoke from their eternal slumber, by that time they needed to be far out at sea, where no mammal could ever survive.
Collecting everything, Yufang nodded twice, in approval, but this poem it was not complete for there was still one more verse, standing before this crevice, Yufang muttered, as Jiao Long just watched in bewilderment, "Beneath life resides God," laughing crazily he continued, "Dangerous words from a man that knew no equal, but God will you be asleep or will you be awake? This bet, I'll take it."
Looking over to Jiao Long, Yufang with complete seriousness in his voice screamed, "Leave, don't come back for 1 day, and promise me after this time has passed, if you don't see any traces of me upon arrival, leave. Forget about me as an entirety, treating me as a mere figment of the past."
Unwilling, Jiao Long muttered, "...But," however, cut off Yufang screamed, "Promise me." Although this crustaceans ancestor was his sworn enemy, undoubtedly, this was his old friend's only inheritor, he couldn't take him down with him if anything was to go wrong.
Although reluctant, and unknowing of everything, begrudgingly Jiao Long uttered the words, "I promise."
Watching Jiao Long swim off with countless animals on his back, Kong Yufang muttered, "You've grown weak... No, that's wrong I've grown weak, but I can't give it to you, God's seed this time it's mine." Jumping into the hole, Yufang got back to digging with his hands.
Digging down, Yufang thought back to a time, fifty trillion years ago, in a universe no longer to a period in time were a rivalry brewed, a rivalry, between someone of legends, The God of Scavengers, and someone completely unknown, a seemingly ordinary crab. But this ordinary crab, certainly was nothing of the ordinary, at merely 10 years of age, this being with the appearance of a crab rose to a hight never before reached, the only one of its kind. All alone in this world, from nothing in this world of bloodshed it flourished.
At 10 years old, this crab competed against not only the Gods above, but even reclusive immortals of Hell in search of treasure and hidden remnants, but this crab, each time without exception, no matter who appeared, nor who fought, came out on top since his appearance, the one that prevailed was none other but him.
Of the seas, or of its species, very little was ever known, and to this little demon of a crab, that stood apart from the rest, exempt from normalities there was one that knew, the God of Scavengers. In this world only the God of Scavengers knew, he knew just what this crab was, the species that had once devoured the sun and moon, the being with the greatest inborn ability throughout history, a creature that could mend, and devour life-force, a creature with the inborn ability so insane, its species was once defined as chaos itself.
A species so dangerous a million-year-old war begun between the Gods and 4 of these crabs, in the end, all Gods died, and only one crab escaped the onslaught. The only ones the escape God's wrath, this species, the Yue Guo, the species that held galaxies worth of talent, the only ones that could stand as equals with Kong Yufang's past self.
This species, however, it was cursed, a being that as the generations pass, each descendant grew more and more infertile, until there was only 4 fated to never have children.
A successor, however, he had done it, Yufangs old enemies, against everything somehow this boy Jiao Long was born, but his talent... It was nothing near even mediocre, muttering to himself Yufang spoke, "Old man just what did you do? What crazed experiment did you have to go through with? To create something from nothing... To accomplish a feat that all have attempted, something even the so-called Gods of this world failed to achieve or...HAHA, no, no it couldn't be."
Digging further and further down, something changes, with a maniacal smile, Yufang laughed, "Beneath life resides God. Old man, truly you weren't lying." Under the protection of this tree, the true king laid unmoving.
A white wisp encompassed in roots, "Ha-ha... All this, to have captured so many, to have all these roots leading to you, just how much did you take over? The whole island perhaps?... Such greed, to want everything under you," smiling lightly, with a laugh Yufang continued "Remember in your next life, not to greed, be happy with what you get."
Breaking and pushing the roots to the side, Yufang picked up this wisp, but upon inspecting it, something was odd, Yufang's face blackened, as he cursed, "You fucker, why?!" Looking to the sky Yufang screamed at the top of his lungs, "FUCK, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS FORSAKE ME?! When I rise, you're dead no matter who is truly reigning over this world fake."
Dead, Yufang cursed the world, to treat him such a way cursing him to only reap half the profits, he was infuriated, biting his tongue Yufang begrudgingly began to bite and tear, devouring this wisp whole.
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Reclusive_Ant "Devour!"
And so it begins once more, the treacherous path to godhood.
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