The Great Creator Chapter 10 - I prophesy that you won't die, Knight

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Long Jian Lu convulsed uncontrollably, his lungs severely injured, his body nearly pierced through with a bloody hole blasted open.

He began to cough with difficulty. Yao Guang immediately took off his jacket and pressed it against Long Jian Lu's left ribcage.

"Long Jian Lu! Long Jian Lu!" Yao Guang shouted, "Hang on! You're not going to die! You're not going to die!"

Long Jian Lu closed his eyes and said, "The priest..."

"Forget about him!" Yao Guang said, "We need to find a place to treat you immediately... we must..."

At that moment, he suddenly received a message.

"Why wasn't there any warning when there should have been?!" Yao Guang wanted to roar in anger.

"Riverside Shelter... Lu Shan, Number 7 'Medical Officer', he can definitely heal you... just over 200 kilometers away..." Yao Guang suddenly said, "Hang in there! Knight!"

He carried Long Jian Lu to the off-road vehicle and laid him on the back seat. He was bleeding non-stop, staining the seat red. Yao Guang used his jacket to bandage him roughly, then drove the vehicle onto the main road, accelerating to 240 km/h as they sped away.

Amidst the jolting, Long Jian Lu kept coughing.

Long Jian Lu slowly said, "Stop... listen to me... I have something... I want to... tell you..."

"You're not going to die." At this point, Yao Guang was surprisingly calm. He glanced at Long Jian Lu in the rearview mirror and said, "I prophesy that you won't die, Knight. Your mission is not yet complete."

Distant explosions could be heard faintly. Was it the mechanical army in pursuit? Or was Xing Wu chasing the priest? But Yao Guang had no time to worry about that now. He drove at top speed, moving away from the direction of the explosions.

Long Jian Lu closed his eyes. "It doesn't matter..."

"Don't talk!" Yao Guang shouted, "You're bleeding!"

The world fell silent. The Riverside Shelter appeared on the horizon. Yao Guang accelerated again. On the empty road, the surrounding scenery blurred into shadows.

"Long Jian Lu?" Yao Guang couldn't hear anything and began to fear again.

"Don't be afraid..." Long Jian Lu said, "Prophet... don't cry... My soul... won't be absorbed by the tree... This is... a good ending..."

"We're almost there." Yao Guang's voice was choked with tears. He added, "Don't talk! Knight, you'll survive! You must survive!"

At the top of the Riverside Shelter, guards fired signal flares as a warning.

But Yao Guang didn't slow down. He drove straight through, nearly crashing into the barrier at the main gate.

"Who goes there?!"

"Call Lu Shan out here! Hurry! Long Jian Lu can't hold on much longer!" Yao Guang shouted.

"It's the Great Knight!"

"What happened?!"

Seeing they were human, the guards all gathered around. Someone else shouted, "Boss! Boss! Come quick and take a look!"

"Lu Shan has been notified!"

A tall, burly man quickly leapt down from the watchtower, pushing through the crowd to reach Long Jian Lu and Yao Guang.

Long Jian Lu had stopped breathing. Yao Guang cried out, "He's not breathing!"

Lu Shan knelt on one knee and placed his hand directly on Long Jian Lu's heart. Long Jian Lu's body twitched almost imperceptibly, and he resumed breathing.

"Leave him to me," the man said. "You got here just in time. Five minutes later and he would have been dead."

Only then did Yao Guang lose all strength in his body. He collapsed to the ground, covered in Long Jian Lu's blood.

Lu Shan lived up to his name, which means "mountain road". He was like a mountain himself, even taller than Long Jian Lu and with an even more muscular build.

His hand never left Long Jian Lu's chest as the guards lifted him onto a stretcher. Lu Shan left with him, gesturing with his eyes to a young man standing nearby before he went.

"What's your name?" the young man asked.

Yao Guang waved his hand, still panting heavily.

The young man asked, "Are you alright? Are you injured?"

Yao Guang's heart was racing.

"My name is Chen Ting. If you can walk, please come with me. We need to know what happened."

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Yao Guang, still covered in blood, sat in the hall of a building where people were constantly coming and going. After drinking three glasses of water, he asked, "How is Long Jian Lu? Is he in emergency treatment?"

"Lu Shan is repairing him," Chen Ting replied. "Anyone who sees Lu Shan while still alive won't die. Are you the legendary 'Prophet'?"

Yao Guang briefly recounted how they had met. He hadn't expected the news to spread so quickly, but earlier at the Sand Dune Shelter, the survivors' destination for relocation had been Riverside, so people may have brought the news with them.

Chen Ting nodded after hearing the account and smiled, saying, "I see."

Yao Guang said, "You should send people to search for the 'Priest's' whereabouts. He escaped, just 260 kilometers away. He can't have gone far by now."

"Alright," Chen Ting stood up. At that moment, someone else came to notify them to go to Lu Shan.

Yao Guang wiped the blood from his arm, trying to clean himself up as best he could. Knowing that Long Jian Lu had been saved, he finally noticed the layout of the Riverside Shelter. All the buildings here were low, built along both banks of a huge river. In the middle of the river was a dam that cut it in half.

The north side of the river housed various military installations, including electromagnetic coils and anti-aircraft batteries. The south bank was the residential area.

Chen Ting led Yao Guang across the dam to Lu Shan's office. Nearby were the guard barracks.

"This is the first time I've seen a knight so severely injured," Lu Shan said to them, sitting behind an office desk.

"Me too," Chen Ting said. "Is he better now?"

Lu Shan said, "He's in there. You can go in." He pointed at Yao Guang, then said to Chen Ting, "But Tingting can't go in."

"Why not?" Chen Ting asked, puzzled. "He's my friend too!"

"Because he's not wearing clothes," Lu Shan said seriously, then burst out laughing.

Chen Ting covered his face with one hand and said, "Do you have to be jealous in every situation?"

Yao Guang sensed something. Were these two a couple? But right now, he was only concerned about Long Jian Lu. He nodded and entered through the side door, walked down a corridor, and pushed open the door to the medical room.

When he saw Long Jian Lu, Yao Guang felt like he could finally breathe again.

Long Jian Lu was indeed completely naked, but it wasn't as Yao Guang had imagined. In the medical room was an incubation chamber filled with liquid. He was floating in the culture fluid, and in his chest, which had been pierced by shrapnel, human tissue was slowly regenerating and repairing.

He wore an oxygen mask and had his eyes closed peacefully. His body was broken, with long arms and legs and large hands and feet. The muscle lines of his body were clear and beautiful, complementing his somewhat rugged features. There was a sense of dormant masculine power, like a war god suspended in flight, exuding a captivating beauty.

Seeming to sense Yao Guang's approach, Long Jian Lu opened his eyes and looked at him.

Yao Guang stopped and looked up at him.

"Are you alright?" Yao Guang said. "You really scared me earlier."

Long Jian Lu raised one hand and pointed to the side, his long fingers tapping lightly on the transparent cover of the incubation chamber, making a soft sound.

Yao Guang turned to look and saw a display screen on one side with a line of text.

[Staring so intently, do you like what you see?]

Yao Guang exclaimed in frustration, "Can't you be serious for a few minutes?"

Long Jian Lu's eyes narrowed; he was smiling.

[Where's Lu Shan?]

"Outside," Yao Guang said. "He probably wanted to give us some time alone."

Long Jian Lu: [Are you hurt? Why is there still blood on your face?]

Yao Guang: "It's your blood. How long do you need to stay in there?"

Long Jian Lu: [Twelve hours.]

Yao Guang was truly relieved now and asked, "Is it uncomfortable in there?"

Long Jian Lu smiled again.

[Just a bit cold. Want to come in and hug me?]

Yao Guang: "Enough."

Yao Guang looked around. There was only a high stool in front of the display screen, so he pushed it in front of the incubation chamber and looked at Long Jian Lu.

The screen was flashing with Long Jian Lu's information, but Yao Guang didn't turn to look. He just admired Long Jian Lu's body. Sitting on the high stool, he was at eye level with Long Jian Lu's important parts. Long Jian Lu felt embarrassed being stared at and had to raise his hand to cover himself.

Yao Guang's prank succeeded, and he started laughing loudly.

Long Jian Lu had been teased, but being shameless, he used his thumb to prop it up as if to say, "Didn't you want to look? Let me give you a good view."

"Hey, don't do that!" Yao Guang lost this round and had to stand up and return to the screen, saying, "I'm leaving!"

Long Jian Lu: [Don't go, stay and keep me company.]

Yao Guang thought for a moment and said, "I need to change clothes first. I'll be back later."

Long Jian Lu: [Alright, come back soon.]

Yao Guang walked through the corridor and returned to the office. Lu Shan was now sitting in the large chair behind the desk, with Chen Ting sitting on his lap, arms around his neck and one hand on his chest, whispering in his ear. They were clearly a couple. Occasionally guards would come and go, but everyone seemed used to it, and the two didn't mind at all.

Lu Shan wore the same tight-fitting suit as Xing Wu. He was incredibly burly, standing at least two meters tall. The suit accentuated his large, solid chest muscles and thick arms. Fortunately, his broad shoulders and narrow waist gave him good proportions. With delicate eyebrows and eyes and a pronounced jawline, he still looked like a human male rather than a bear or other animal.

But given his size, Yao Guang found it hard to associate him with the title "Medical Officer." Especially since Chen Ting was less than 1.7 meters tall, with a completely boyish figure, the contrast was quite striking when he was in Lu Shan's arms.

Lu Shan and Chen Ting stopped talking and looked at Yao Guang.

Yao Guang: "Did I... interrupt something?"

"No," Chen Ting jumped down from Lu Shan's lap and said, "I was just about to arrange food and lodging for you."

Lu Shan asked with interest, "I have many questions for you, Prophet. Do you know everything?"

"It's not like that," Yao Guang said. "Only at certain key points."

Lu Shan: "Like how Number 2 hid the 'Priest'?"

"Yes." Yao Guang knew every guardian cared about this. Everyone wanted to know their own future and the fate of this world. "But I don't have any prophecies about you... at least not now."

Lu Shan said with disappointment, "Perhaps my personal fate is insignificant compared to the world's."

Yao Guang guessed this was a continuation of what Chen Ting and Lu Shan had been discussing earlier.

"Where would you like to stay?" Chen Ting said. "I guess you need a shower first."

Chen Ting led Yao Guang outside to a room and said, "You can use our bathroom for now."

"Can I go back to stay with Long Jian Lu later?" Yao Guang asked.

Chen Ting: "Of course, I'll arrange it for you. Here are your clothes."

Yao Guang: "About the priest..."

"I'm searching for his whereabouts now," Chen Ting replied. "Don't worry, we'll notify you immediately if there's any news."

Yao Guang knew the priest was important to Long Jian Lu. Whether to capture and beat him or how to deal with him, there needed to be a conclusion.

Suddenly, Yao Guang stopped moving.

"No need to search," he once again "learned" the truth, "He's already been captured by the tree."

"Is this a prophecy?" It was Chen Ting's first time seeing Yao Guang prophesy, and while he was taking a shower no less. He asked, "How do you know?"

"Just some information," Yao Guang replied. "It's like reading a book, knowing the plot, and suddenly remembering it."

Chen Ting: "The search team has already been sent out. Let's wait for the results."

Yao Guang finally got himself clean and changed out of the work clothes he'd been wearing since the Marshland Shelter. This was his eighth day in this world. Chen Ting had food prepared for him as well. After eating, Yao Guang stood outside the office, looking at the huge dam. The Riverside Shelter used hydroelectric power, so they had abundant and secure energy.

Their main food source was fish. The shelter housed at least hundreds of thousands of people and was a huge city, but supplies were clearly more plentiful than in the Marshland Shelter controlled by Xing Wu.

As the sun set and another day was about to end, Yao Guang returned to the medical room. There was now a sofa with a folded blanket, clean clothes, and water prepared.

Long Jian Lu had his eyes closed, as if sleeping. Was the culture fluid in the incubation chamber the same density as the human body? Was sleeping like this more relaxing?

Yao Guang tiptoed over.

But Long Jian Lu was already awake, watching Yao Guang's every move. As Yao Guang turned his back to walk to the sofa, the screen suddenly made a "beep beep" sound.

"You startled me," Yao Guang said, frightened again.

Long Jian Lu looked at him with a smile, a string of bubbles escaping from his mask.

"Your wound is healing so fast!"

[Six more hours. Are you tired? Get some rest.]

Yao Guang hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to tell him about the prophecy of the priest being captured. Long Jian Lu noticed he had something on his mind and asked: [Did something happen?]

After careful consideration, Yao Guang finally told him.

[I see. This was inevitable.]

Yao Guang: "Don't be anxious."

[I'm not. I don't care anymore.]

Yao Guang looked at him doubtfully, but Long Jian Lu's expression was indeed calm. What he cared about was no longer the priest.

"So have you made any decisions?" Yao Guang returned to the sofa and brought over the display screen. It felt strange, as Long Jian Lu was still completely naked while they conversed, giving a sense of "bare honesty."

[Yes.] Long Jian Lu said, [He was different from what I imagined. Or rather, I've been trapped in my own fantasies.]

Anyone whose chest was blasted open by their own "mission" would undergo a massive change in mindset. Yao Guang could understand the current Long Jian Lu.

"So what should we do next?" Yao Guang felt a bit troubled. All along, he had been following Long Jian Lu, subconsciously treating Long Jian Lu's mission as his own. Now he couldn't help but worry for him.

"What are you smiling at?"

Long Jian Lu's eyes were narrowed, constantly watching Yao Guang. At first, Yao Guang had felt a bit embarrassed to look at him, but now he was openly examining his body.

Long Jian Lu: [Why do you look so lecherous?]

Yao Guang: "This is the gaze of appreciating art and sculpture. It's a shame not to let everyone appreciate it together."

Yao Guang lay on the sofa, turning to his side to look at him.

Long Jian Lu: [I'm sorry, Yao Guang.]

Yao Guang: "What for?"

[You've followed me for so long, but I haven't fulfilled any of the promises I made to you. I've even often let you go hungry.]

Yao Guang: "You only promised me one thing, to help me find my memories. That is indeed difficult. It's okay."

He yawned. He was truly exhausted, his consciousness becoming hazy.

[I know you don't care much about the future of the world.]

[You've been by my side all this time, just because of me.]

Characters flashed on the screen, but Yao Guang didn't see them anymore. He had fallen asleep from exhaustion. If he were awake, he might have refuted Long Jian Lu—it wasn't entirely true. He just had nowhere else to go, and Long Jian Lu was his only friend in this world.

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