DLWAV CH155

Half an hour later, Ao Ruize, having shifted back into human form, was brought to the police station.

Awaiting him, naturally, was not an interrogation, but tea poured personally by the Chief of Police.

“Student Zhang, have some tea.”

Ao Ruize rested both feet on the desk, reaching out to accept it.

Taking a sip.

It was actually Longjing, and pre-Qingming at that.

“Not bad.”

Seeing this, the Police Chief offered without hesitation: “I still have more. If Student Zhang likes it, I’ll gift you a pack.”

His father-in-law was a tea farmer, so these tea leaves had been roasted personally by his father-in-law, who had only given him a pack and a half in total.

“Mm.”

Ao Ruize did not refuse.

As for Principal Li and the others beside him, they still hadn’t fully processed reality even now.

Although the first to react and seal off the scene had been Principal Li.

The first to report this matter to the police station had also been Principal Li.

One could imagine what the Police Chief’s initial reaction was upon hearing the news.

His first thought was that Principal Li must be messing with him!

Otherwise, why would Principal Li utter such preposterous nonsense?

But then he came to his senses.

Just thinking about it, would the esteemed principal of Qianda, a prominent educator renowned both domestically and abroad, play such an absurd joke on him?

Immediately, he turned his head to look at the freshly written big-character posters on his desk.

Because written upon them were:

‘Eradicate superstition for a clear sky; liberate the spirit for a vast world.’

‘Vigorously promote the wind of venerating science, dismantle feudal superstition and outdated vulgar customs, and build a civilized, harmonious, and happy New Great Yang.’ ①

He wondered: could the new policy—finalized after the government held plenary conferences for an entire month to dismantle feudal superstition and develop science from top to bottom—still be carried out smoothly now?

None of that mattered anymore, however.

What mattered was—

A student in the Qianda Youth Class had extracted an awakening potion from meteorites.

And this potion could actually allow humans to awaken the bloodlines of ancient divine beasts—

So humans truly were the Descendants of the Dragon!

At present, what Great Yang lacked least was meteorites; Great Yang was truly about to soar!

He had immediately charged out of his office toward the reception room.

But an affair of this magnitude was clearly not something a minor municipal police chief could handle.

So just as he stepped one foot into the reception room, he abruptly doubled back, dialed the Capital Police Department directly, and reported the matter up the chain.

Only then did he return to the reception room.

Which led to the scene unfolding right now.

The Deputy Chief, who had also rushed over upon hearing the news, subsequently brought in a fruit platter, presenting it first to the great hero: “Student Zhang, have some fruit.”

“This was just delivered yesterday from Qianshi’s sister city, Gucheng of Country T.”

Ao Ruize casually picked up a piece of pineapple and took a bite: “Quite sweet.”

The fruit platter was then offered to Principal Li and the others.

But they still hadn’t recovered from the shock yet.

As for whether Xue Jiazhi lived or died, that had long since been cast to the back of their minds.

Immediately following, another officer—the Captain of the Criminal Police Brigade—pulled a crumpled pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket: “Student Zhang, have one—”

“This is Zhonghua, mind you.”

In these times, pork was only sixty cents a catty, whereas a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes cost a whole one yuan and fifty cents.

This pack was a bonus benefit he had received this year, so on ordinary days he couldn’t bear to bring it out.

But—

Ao Ruize: “…”

The Chief: “…”

Principal Li and the others: “…”

Principal Li snapped back to reality at once.

Smoking is harmful to your health, don’t you know?

You’re corrupting a minor—wait, perhaps you’re corrupting an underage dragon.

Imagining the image of a dragon puffing clouds of smoke with a cigarette dangling from its mouth, they instantly felt thoroughly unsettled.

The Brigade Captain, suddenly feeling as if eighteen generations of his ancestors were being thoroughly cursed in everyone’s minds: “…”

He instinctively wanted to pull his hand back, but Ao Ruize had already looked over.

Fortunately, in the next second, Ao Ruize spoke: “No need for that.”

“I just suddenly remembered that my old man got a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes before, and hid it away like a treasure just like that, never bearing to smoke it.”

The Captain breathed an instant sigh of relief.

The Chief hurried to add: “Conveniently, I still have a carton of Zhonghua in my office. In a bit, I’ll have Student Zhang take it back…”

Ao Ruize nodded in satisfaction: “Alright.”

And in the time it took them to talk, the capital was already in an uproar.

“Call Minister Jiang and have him go to Qianshi immediately…”

“…Forget it, I’ll go personally.”

“Have you contacted Mr. Gao?”

“We have.”

“Ask him to immediately lead the personnel of the Special Operations Division to rush to Qianshi.”

“Understood.”

“Where is Professor Zhou? The plane is about to take off; why hasn’t Professor Zhou arrived yet?”

“Coming, he’s coming!”

…

Six hours later, they all finally arrived in Qianshi.

The first thing they did upon stepping off the plane was receive the detailed dossier on Ao Ruize handed over by Qianshi’s reception staff.

“Zhang Ruize, male, Han ethnicity, born in 1967…”

Seeing his convoluted family background, everyone’s brows furrowed in unison.

Because this made it very difficult for them to believe Ao Ruize was upright and reliable.

The President could only say: “Never mind that for now; let us see the awakening potion first.”

“Yes.”

Everyone couldn’t help but grow excited.

Soon, they arrived at the Qianshi Police Station.

Although it was already the dead of night, the police station was ablaze with lights.

They eagerly rushed inside.

“Where is he? Where is Student Zhang?”

Soon, they were led by the Captain waiting outside to the Qianshi Police Station’s suburban training grounds.

And then they saw, above the steps of the training ground, a human-sized, five-clawed golden dragon soaring in midair.

In that instant, even their breathing stopped.

What the Chief of the Qianshi Police Station said was actually true.

This student from the Qianda Youth Class named Zhang Ruize had truly used those meteorites to extract a potion that allowed humans to awaken the bloodlines of ancient divine beasts.

And he had even successfully awakened into a five-clawed golden dragon himself.

This wasn’t even the most astounding part—

What was most astounding was that in the next second, the five-clawed golden dragon in midair abruptly spat out a fireball.

The fireball shot straight toward a small distant hill.

The instant the fireball collided with the small hill, blinding flames swept across the entire sky.

Everyone instinctively raised their arms to shield their eyes.

Only when the violent roaring of the explosion completely subsided did they lower their arms.

Where was any small hill in the distance? All that remained was a colossal crater in the earth.

Professor Zhou muttered in disbelief: “This destructive power… not even the No. 3 rocket missile our nation just developed can match it.”

Most importantly, if every person who awakened an ancient divine beast bloodline could unleash such a devastating ultimate move—

The President had already dashed straight forward.

Seeing this, the others quickly followed suit.

Except for one person: the Deputy Director of the Special Operations Division, Gao Zong.

Looking at the five-clawed golden dragon in midair, his delicate brows furrowed instantly.

Yet in the end, he lifted his feet and followed along.

And in the next second, the Little Milk Dumpling’s voice rang out again: “Ow, these sharp eyes, this high-bridged nose, this enticing lip line… I’ve decided! This is my new wife…”

But it quickly came to its senses.

Wait, whose wife he would be wasn’t certain yet, was it?

Not to mention that every time it took a fancy to a new wife in the past, he would end up becoming Ao Ruize’s new wife in the end.

—If it weren’t still young, it probably would have developed a psychological trauma long ago.

Most importantly, he might truly be Ao Ruize’s wife.

Wait a moment more—

What was it seeing?

The gaze Gao Zong cast at Ao Ruize clearly held a tinge of disgust.

The Little Milk Dumpling: “…”

If he were truly Ao Ruize’s wife, how could he possibly look down on Ao Ruize?

—Meng Jiao had definitely guessed wrong; its previous wives couldn’t possibly be the same person!

So this was its new wife!

In its joy, it twirled a delighted circle right inside Ao Ruize’s sea of consciousness.

Ao Ruize: “…”

Were it not that the soul was still the exact same one,

he would have thought he’d mistaken the person.

But the Little Milk Dumpling had already called him “wife,” so how could he possibly be mistaken?

Most importantly, once he finished the test, landed on the ground, and shifted back into human form, the disgust in Gao Zong’s eyes visibly diminished.

Ao Ruize: “…”

So his wife didn’t like his true dragon form?

But hadn’t his wife trimmed and filed his claws before, and even specifically asked him to shift back into his true form to sleep with him thousands of times?

So how could he dislike his true form?

But he couldn’t dwell on this right now, because in just this brief moment, the President and the others had already swarmed around him.

Incoherent with excitement, they hardly knew what to say.

They grasped Ao Ruize’s hand tightly: “…Our policy was indeed correct! You prodigies truly are the future of the nation… No, no, no—one should say that you have already created a brand-new future for the nation!”

“Student Zhang, you are the indisputable pride of Great Yang, a true hero of the Chinese nation in every sense of the word!”

…

But this wasn’t the most important thing right now—

The President and the others calmed down at once: “Student Zhang, can the awakening potion you developed be mass-produced?”

“Is it suitable for everyone?”

“Do you still have samples on hand?”

Ao Ruize could only deal with them first: “It can be mass-produced. Based on the reserves of those meteorites, making tens of millions of doses shouldn’t be an issue.”

“It should be suitable for everyone.”

“I still have twenty sample vials on hand.”

The President immediately asked: “Could you let us test it right now?”

Only by witnessing a test subject awaken an ancient divine beast bloodline with their own eyes could they truly put their minds at ease.

Ao Ruize: “Of course you can.”

Principal Li and the others said at once: “I will be the second test subject.”

But how could the government allow these educators, who shouldered the nation’s future, to take such a risk?

So in the end, this mission was claimed by the Chief of the Qianshi Police Station and his subordinates.

To be safe, however, they only requested eight vials of potion for the test.

Soon, the potions were distributed into the hands of the Chief and his officers.

Without hesitation, they uncapped the needles and injected the potion straight into their bodies.

Seeing this, everyone’s hearts leaped into their throats.

Before long, the complexions of the Chief and his men shifted.

Their lips began to pale, and their bodies began to tremble violently.

Yet no one voiced any doubt.

Because anyone could understand that awakening a bloodline would naturally be an excruciating process.

Soon, they couldn’t stand any longer. Aside from one policewoman who merely fell to her knees on the ground, the others were already writhing and rolling on the floor, including the Chief.

Horrific screams instantly echoed across the entire training field.

Then, blood began seeping from their seven orifices, their bodies convulsed violently, and some even began foaming at the mouth.

Witnessing this, even knowing that bloodline awakening would be agonizing, the President and his officials still began to panic.

Fortunately, just as they couldn’t hold back from questioning Ao Ruize, a burst of white light suddenly flared from the policewoman’s body.

Principal Li and the others were all too familiar with this, shouting in excitement: “She succeeded—”

Sure enough, the instant the white light vanished, the policewoman’s body vanished into thin air, and following right behind was a dragon… wait… a pig.

The President and his officials, who had clenched their fists in anticipation: “…”

It really was a pig.

Five meters long.

A pig whose tusks alone were over a meter in length.

What happened to the Descendants of the Dragon?!

Principal Li was the first to react: “This police comrade’s ancestor was probably an entelodont.”

So that was it.

The President and the others breathed an inexplicable sigh of relief.

Before the words had fully landed, a white light erupted from another person’s body.

And then, he turned into a pig as well.

Principal Li: “His ancestor was actually an entelodont too?”

Then came the third, who turned into a pig as well.

Principal Li: “…This is a bit coincidental.”

Closely following was the fifth, who also became a pig.

The sixth, the seventh, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth… every single one of them turned into a pig.

Principal Li: “…”

He had no way of explaining this anymore.

Subconsciously, they all turned their gazes toward Ao Ruize.

Including Gao Zong.

He thought: compared to having a pig’s head and brain, reptiles didn’t seem quite so unbearable after all.

Ao Ruize: “…”

The Little Milk Dumpling: “…”

Truly worthy of being an awakening potion meant to make Shadowfire Pig meat more balanced; even humans turned into Shadowfire Pigs after using it.

Ao Ruize could only say with regret: “It seems there are still minor flaws in these reagents.”