Chapter 87: Humanity Still Resists

Chu Yunsheng ultimately left, picking up his cane and the Thousand Cleave Sword, and carrying the doll, he limped on the perilous journey to Jinling.

Even if he arrived at Jinling and saw only ruins, he wanted to take a look. If humanity truly had no hope, living alone would be meaningless.

More importantly, his aunt was still there. Whether dead or alive, he had to see her, even if he might not even see her body.

Chu Yunsheng stood alone, leaning on his cane, walking through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He no longer cared about the cultivation techniques for healing; his heart was already dead.

He had never understood why those who committed suicide so easily gave up their precious lives. But now, he seemed to understand—everything was forced upon them!

He didn't know how far he had walked or how much time had passed. His watch was broken, but the faint light in the sky indicated that the day was not yet over.

The corpses were no longer so dense, and the road gradually widened.

On the downhill path, Chu Yunsheng was not paying attention and slipped on the blood, rolling down and colliding with a withered tree.

His head was instantly split open and bleeding, but he did not lose consciousness. At that moment, he heard the screech of a red-armored beetle, which stimulated his nerves, making him exceptionally alert.

He straightened his body and looked far ahead. He finally saw the first living person!

Three red-armored beetles were surrounding him. No, that's not right. Chu Yunsheng wiped the blood from his eyes and saw that there were only two! The other one was a tiger!

Strangely, the tiger was standing on the person's side, fighting against the red-armored beetles!

Since the Dark Age, Chu Yunsheng had never seen any large animals other than cats and dogs. This was the first time he saw the once mighty king of beasts, now so pitiful.

The tiger was enveloped in a golden light, constantly opening its mouth to roar, sending streams of air towards the red-armored beetles.

The person fighting alongside the tiger was a fire energy warrior, using his fists to fend off the beetles' pincers.

Three red-armored beetle corpses already lay around them.

Chu Yunsheng stood far away. By the time he took out his bow and arrows from the storage talisman and approached them, he realized that both the person and the tiger were severely injured, covered in blood.

He hated the bugs; they had destroyed his world, his beliefs, and everything. A fierce desire to kill surged from his dead heart.

Chu Yunsheng gathered his remaining essence, infused it into the arrow, and aimed at a red-armored beetle, shouting: "Die!"

The ice arrow shot through the air!

Before he finished speaking, the arrow had already pierced the beetle's shell, freezing it solid.

The fire energy warrior followed up with a punch, shattering the ice sculpture.

At that moment, another beetle went berserk, completely ignoring the tiger's air streams. Its pincers were broken, but it pounced on the fire energy warrior, its sharp legs aiming for the back of his head.

Fire energy warriors had very weak defenses. If hit, the person would surely die instantly.

The beetle was too fast. Even though Chu Yunsheng had shouted a warning, the person could not react in time.

Chu Yunsheng thought he was doomed.

However, what happened next was unforgettable. The tiger growled and leaped out, blocking the fatal attack for the fire energy warrior.

The tiger's neck was pierced by the beetle's leg. Its body glowed with golden light, and despite the gushing blood, it fearlessly broke the beetle's leg and bit into the beetle's vulnerable head, never letting go.

The fire energy warrior, a man in his forties, turned around in shock, swinging his flaming fists and smashing the beetle's shell until it was broken and oozing.

The beetle died, and the tiger died.

The fire energy warrior, holding the tiger's head, burst into tears.

Chu Yunsheng stood to the side, silently watching the man and the tiger.

After a long time, the fire energy warrior gradually stopped crying, trying to stand but stumbling and falling to the ground. Chu Yunsheng then noticed a blood hole in his right chest and helped him up.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, no matter who you are, thank you."

Chu Yunsheng shook his head. He killed the bugs because he hated them, hated them to the bone.

The fire energy warrior coughed violently, sat next to the tiger, and stroked its fur, sighing with difficulty, "My wife is dead, my daughter is dead, and now Tiger Cub is dead. I have no reason to live anymore!"

He pulled out two boxes from his pocket and handed them to Chu Yunsheng, saying, "Brother, cough, I don't have much time left. I have a favor to ask. I was originally a zookeeper in Suzhou, cough."

He gestured, as if recalling, "I started taking care of Tiger Cub when it was this big, and I raised it for ten years, cough."

He then pointed to the larger box and said, "This is its cub, conceived during the Sunlight Era. I don't know why, but after half a year, it gave birth a few days ago. Three cubs, two died, and only this one survived."

He looked up, with a pleading and hopeful expression, "Take it to Jinling. You can raise it yourself or give it to the government, cough, just promise me, no matter how hungry you are, don't eat it, okay? It's not an ordinary cub. It was born with its mother Tiger Cub's awakening ability and will surely become great in the future! Cough."

Chu Yunsheng took the box, gestured for him not to worry, and nodded, "Don't be upset. I won't eat it, I promise!"

The fire energy warrior looked into Chu Yunsheng's eyes and said, "Cough, thank you for helping us. I trust you. I trust your word. I entrust my cub to you. Take it, cough..."

Chu Yunsheng hesitated but before he could speak, the zookeeper had already died.

He opened the box with ventilation holes. The little tiger was still sleeping, as if the terrible events had nothing to do with it.

Chu Yunsheng lifted it out. The little tiger, disturbed from its dream, yawned and pawed a few times, then fell asleep again.

Looking at its small body, a completely new life, a life of Earth's animals, born and continuing the species in the Dark Age!

Chu Yunsheng felt a glimmer of understanding. His dead heart seemed to soften, and a sprout of hope emerged from the ruins of his heart: life goes on, endlessly!

As long as life continues, one day, humanity will surely drive the bugs out of their home and rebuild Earth.

There will be hope for the future, and life will have a purpose!

Chu Yunsheng put the little tiger back in the box and picked up the other small box, which read: "Ashes of my beloved wife and daughter."

His heart stirred, and he sighed, "Since that's the case, I'll help you bury them. Your family of three, plus this tiger, may find peace in the afterlife!"

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After burying the zookeeper's family, Chu Yunsheng set off again with the box containing the little tiger.

Feeding the little tiger gave Chu Yunsheng a headache for a while. Fortunately, the zookeeper left his notes in the box. Because Tiger Cub's mother had an unusually long pregnancy and gave birth to three cubs, one of which survived with innate awakening abilities, he made many observations.

The little tiger grew very quickly, far exceeding the normal growth cycle of tigers in the Sunlight Era. Based on Tiger Cub's mother's ability to consume red-armored beetle flesh, the zookeeper deduced that the little tiger could eat red-armored beetle meat after one month.

This solved Chu Yunsheng's biggest concern. If the little tiger needed food from the Sunlight Era, the meat he had stored would not be enough.

But with red-armored beetle meat, there was no problem. He had plenty of it, stored in piles in the storage talisman.

The appearance of the little tiger brought a bit of life back to Chu Yunsheng, no longer completely dead.

Additionally, encountering several red-armored beetles indicated that he was approaching a beetle-infested area. He found a hidden spot and spent three days cultivating to restore his essence and heal his leg, so he no longer needed to lean on his cane.

Before setting off again, he inscribed a Six Jia talisman on the little tiger's head. The little tiger's growth exceeded the zookeeper's estimates; it had already opened its eyes and often played with Chu Yunsheng's hand.

What surprised Chu Yunsheng was that the little tiger not only had the strongest defensive ability, gold energy, but also a strange wind manipulation ability, which he had never seen before.

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End of Chapter 87