Chapter 229 : Chapter 229
Chapter 229. The Sleep God Realizes His Dream
At the Guankou Divine Ruins, inside the cave dwelling that emitted pale golden light.
The Sleep God’s black velvet robe flickered with the light of stars. He stepped upon the air, and silver-white Divine Power bloomed with dazzling radiance.
Jiang Yichen looked at the Sleep God in midair, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
As the Sleep God’s boss, seeing his employee become a “god” gave him a special sense of pride.
But he did not say anything to congratulate the Sleep God on becoming a god. Instead…
“Sleep God, congratulations. You finally realized your dream. You can sleep properly like an ordinary person now.” He smiled brightly, feeling happy for the Sleep God.
Those words made the Sleep God, whose eyes had been indifferent, freeze. His gaze slowly fell on Jiang Yichen.
He raised both hands and felt the tremendous changes in his body after becoming a god.
The drowsiness he used to feel was no longer intense, and the voice in his Sea of Consciousness that urged him to sleep was gone as well.
The Sleep God could not help feeling his nose sting, and tears welled in his eyes.
For the past twenty-odd years, he had struggled constantly to keep himself from falling asleep. He had dripped medicated balm into his eyes, stabbed his arms with needles, and when he was so sleepy that he could not endure it, he had even used chili water to stimulate his eyes and keep himself awake.
For more than twenty years, through countless days and nights, he had fought against sleep. He had not wanted to harm the people around him, nor had he wanted to be treated as a monster by them!
Therefore, his dream had never been to possess great power. It had been to sleep properly like an ordinary person.
Tears fell from the corners of the Sleep God’s eyes. The crystalline teardrops transformed into beads that could help people sleep the instant they fell, dropping to the ground.
He slowly descended from midair and stepped barefoot onto the ground. With tears in his eyes, he embraced Jiang Yichen.
“Boss… thank you. Meeting you is the happiest thing in my life.” The Sleep God’s voice choked, and his tears kept falling.
He did not become distant because he had become a god. He was still that sincere Sleep God who did not understand the ways of the world.
In the Sleep God’s eyes, there was no joy at becoming a god. There was only gratitude toward Jiang Yichen, as well as joy that he could live like an ordinary person.
Seeing the Sleep God cry like a child, Jiang Yichen smiled faintly. He patted the Sleep God’s back and said in the gratified tone of a senior watching a junior.
“I am also very happy to have an employee like you.”
He had experienced betrayal in his previous life, and he had found redemption in the Sleep God and everyone in the Starfire Team.
Sometimes, when he watched Su Linyu and the others grow little by little, he always felt a sense of achievement from raising them.
Jiang Yichen gently patted the Sleep God’s back while the Sleep God cried and released the pain and torment of the past twenty-odd years.
Perfected Yuding, who was standing nearby, saw this and revealed a gratified smile.
He had not come to the Huaxia human realm for a long time. The changes that had happened here were truly a pleasant surprise.
Not only was there a legend like Jiang Yichen, who could slay a god with mortal power, Now, a new god had also been born. This meant Huaxia would have the capital to resist Foreign Gods in the future.
Perhaps when Ragnarok began, the battlefield of the human realm would give even his master an incomparably pleasant surprise.
As Perfected Yuding thought this, he nodded with a smile.
After an unknown amount of time, the Sleep God finally stopped crying. Tear tracks hung on his handsome face, giving him a mournfully beautiful look.
Jiang Yichen looked at the beads condensed from the Sleep God’s tears on his clothes. They were extraordinarily miraculous.
After becoming a god, even the Sleep God’s tears had become treasures that could help people sleep. It was truly magical.
“Sleep God, try using the Power of Laws to wake them from their deep sleep.”
Jiang Yichen turned to the main matter and pointed at Su Linyu and the others, who had fallen into Eternal Sleep.
The Sleep God looked around and nodded slightly, then took two steps forward.
His fair palm lifted slightly. Silver-white Divine Power bloomed with dazzling light, and the Power of Laws rippled through space, spreading into the distance.
“Let those who sleep awaken,” he said calmly, yet his voice seemed like an Oracle descending from the heavens.
Not long after his words fell, Mei Xue’er, Su Linyu, and the others’ eyelashes trembled slightly, showing signs of waking.
Seeing this, Jiang Yichen let out a sigh of relief inwardly. He walked to Su Linyu’s side and helped her up.
“It is finally over. The process was a little winding, but it was also quite exciting.”
He recalled the scenes he had seen inside Su Linyu’s inner illusion, and a trace of heartache flashed through his eyes.
The spoiled arrogance of his previous life would not happen again in this life.
Jiang Yichen gazed at Su Linyu’s cute little face, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
At the same time, the Sleep God’s Laws rippled outward. Outside the ruins, Gu Yuan and the others, the Fifth Military District, and even farther away, those who had fallen asleep under Hypnos’s Laws all showed signs of awakening.
However, inside the Command Headquarters of the East China First Military District, everything had already fallen into chaos.
“Commander Xu, the Fourth Military District has also lost contact. According to the satellite surveillance footage they sent over, everyone has fallen into deep sleep.”
“The Third Military District is the same. In addition, the civilians living along the border have also fallen asleep.”
“Commander Xu, what should we do? Anyone who enters the range will fall into deep sleep, and no matter what method we use, we cannot wake them!”
“…”
Inside the command headquarters, the high-ranking military officers in uniform all had anxious and grave expressions on their faces.
Xu Lin’s brows were even more tightly furrowed. He felt extremely powerless inside. Before gods, they were truly so insignificant.
Even the Divine Contract Holders dispatched by the Divine Battle Division had been unable to resist Hypnos and had fallen into deep sleep.
He took a deep breath and looked at the surveillance screens, which showed the three military districts sunk in slumber. After a long silence, he finally said, “Closely monitor the situation in the three military districts. I will go ask the Commander-in-Chief.”
Xu Lin walked out of the command headquarters with a grave expression.
“Commander-in-Chief, all three major military districts have fallen into deep sleep. According to mythological records, this is Hypnos’s Eternal Sleep, which causes people to die in their sleep and never wake again.”
“What should we do? Are we really going to ignore them?”
In the office, Xu Lin spoke with incomparably worried eyes.
Hong Wu, who was usually dignified and calm, now clenched his fists as an anxious look appeared on his face.
Ignore them? Of course not. The three military districts, along with the civilians living along the border, amounted to more than two hundred thousand lives. How could they be abandoned?!
But if they were to intervene, how were they supposed to intervene!?
Anyone who approached the range would fall into deep sleep. Even the Divine Contract Holders of the Divine Battle Division could not resist it.
Even if they used unmanned equipment to carry those people out of the range, they still could not make them wake up.
If they continued saving people blindly like this, they would only cause even more people to die in their sleep.
The request for aid sent by the Divine Battle Division to the Heavenly Court had still not received a response.
As for the Guankou Divine Ruins, under the influence of Divine Power, the satellites could not observe even the slightest bit of information.
Sigh. The power of gods truly made people despair.
Hong Wu slowly closed his eyes, his face filled with powerlessness.
When Xu Lin saw the Commander-in-Chief’s expression, he felt even more despair inside.
He had followed the Commander-in-Chief all the way from the Great Cataclysm until now, but he had never seen the Commander-in-Chief show such an expression.
Was there truly no way?
That was more than two hundred thousand people.
Xu Lin clenched his fists and gritted his teeth slightly.
The office fell into silence.
“Xu Lin, stop the rescue efforts. Right now, the only thing we can do is wait for Huaxia’s gods to appear.”
After thinking for a long time, Hong Wu issued the order. “If Huaxia’s gods do not appear, we… can only give up.”
Xu Lin was stunned, and his arm trembled slightly.
He knew that if they continued the rescue, they would only cause more people to fall asleep and die.
But this outcome was difficult for him to accept. How could they give up on the lives of more than two hundred thousand people!?
Knock, knock, knock!
Just as both of them sank into deep helplessness, a series of urgent knocks sounded on the door.
“Commander-in-Chief, Commander Xu, the people who fell asleep in the three military districts are showing signs of waking up.”
“The Fourth Military District has already responded to the message we sent them. They are awake!”
!!!
Hong Wu and Xu Lin’s eyes widened at once.