World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2247 - 1121: Earth’s Dragon Temple?

Just after Lanling left, Li Yizheng collapsed directly onto the ground.

With trembling hands, he took out a cigar only to throw it aside and took out a cigarette, intending to calm his nerves, but the lighter wouldn’t ignite.

The absolutely gorgeous and exquisite white lady nearby walked over, picked up the lighter, and lit the cigarette for Li Yizheng.

Li Yizheng inhaled deeply, trying to calm himself down, but his hands continued shaking, and his whole body trembled so much he couldn’t hold onto the cigarette.

"Get out..." Li Yizheng said coldly, driving the white lady away.

The reason was complex: because he lost face in front of the woman, because the woman’s eyes sparkled and her body heated up upon seeing Lanling.

The white lady walked away, returning to her room, leaving Li Yizheng alone in the nearly ruined room.

After more than an hour, finally, Li Yizheng’s body stopped shaking, and his spirit was not entirely enveloped in fear; his mind gradually regained clarity.

Who exactly is this Lanling?

What on earth is happening in this world? Why are these supernatural phenomena occurring?

Do the upper echelons of this world know of people like Lanling’s existence?

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a suit walked in, asking quietly, "Should we continue the attack on the An Family?"

Li Yizheng was stunned.

Trying to force An Lan to kneel before him and incorporate the An Family’s capital power was Li Yizheng’s goal.

Moreover, having suffered humiliation in front of An Lan today, Li Yizheng had already started investigating and attacking the An Family.

So is it time to stop now?

He should probably stop; after all, An Lan seems quite close with Lanling. Even though Lanling said An Lan wasn’t his, An Lan’s infatuation with Lanling was clear for all to see.

Men have strong possessiveness; whether he wants the woman is one thing. But other men trying to take her is another.

Men are greedy; even if they don’t want something, they want it on their plate and don’t want anyone else to take it.

So, if they continue attacking the An Family, it would be considered provocation and offense to Lanling? Should they continue or not?

Li Yizheng instinctively wanted to stop because Lanling was too terrifying, and the consequences of offending him were dire.

But...

To stop just like that would be too cowardly.

Would anything touched by Lanling force Li Yizheng to retreat later?

That would be too... inefficient, and living like that would be too stifling.

At this moment, the middle-aged man beside him said, "Master, Lanling may be very powerful, but I think he is also flesh and blood, right? A gun won’t kill him, but would a bomb not? Using missiles, lasers, or dozens of tons of explosives can’t kill him? I don’t believe it."

Li Yizheng said nothing.

The middle-aged man continued, "This world is full of ordinary people. If there appears a superhuman, then driven by fear, everyone would want to kill that superhuman, so they could stand at the top of the food chain again. The world is balanced; if anyone tries to break this balance, they will be killed, no matter who they are, no matter how powerful."

After quite a while, Li Yizheng suddenly said, "Don’t provoke Lanling, but continue the attack on the An Family."

...

The next day, Lanling received another text message, still from An Lan.

"The peony misses you, we’re at the old place yesterday waiting for you, will you come?"

The so-called old place was, of course, An Lan’s horse ranch.

Lanling thought for three seconds, then replied, "Sorry, I’m very busy. If you need any help, you can find me."

A moment later, An Lan replied, "I am always there waiting for you, you only need to turn around."

Next, Lanling searched everywhere for the relics of the Ancient Dragon’s presence.

Then, entered a very strange state.

A state of existence and non-existence!

As if the entire Earth was filled with the aura of the Ancient Dragon, yet as if there was nothing, as if shrouded in mist.

Of course, Lanling had already predicted and even understood this.

The Ancient Dragon should have a very deep connection with Earth; otherwise, Yao Xing wouldn’t always be bringing people from Earth to the Dragon Demon Planet.

Lanling even had a more daring imagination: humans on Earth might also be the children of the Ancient Dragon.

If this conclusion is confirmed? Then Lanling could not determine when the Ancient Dragon created Earth humans—was it before or after the Dragon Demon Star System?

If Earth humans came earlier, it would prove that the Ancient Dragon was a latecomer to the Dragon Demon Star System, and the Ancient Gods and Demons were the original creators of the Dragon Demon Star System.

If the Ancient Dragon created Earth humans later, it would prove that after the battle with the Void Master, the Ancient Gods and Demons sacrificed themselves to allow the Ancient Dragon to escape. In seeking ways to destroy the Void Master, the Ancient Dragon wandered the universe and accidentally discovered Earth, a planet full of life, so it made a brief stop there and created humans.

Otherwise, why would Yao Xing select humans from Earth one after another to go to the Dragon Demon Planet for a salvation mission?

If so, the Ancient Dragon must have left something on Earth. It must have left something valuable for Lanling, perhaps some information or energy.

What Lanling is seeking is precisely what the Ancient Dragon left on Earth.

...

In the north, Li Yizheng’s home!

There were only three people in the study room: Li Yizheng, a middle-aged man who was Li Yizheng’s father, and an old man who was Li Yizheng’s grandfather.

Li Yizheng played the surveillance video for his father and grandfather.

After watching it, the two exchanged glances, sharing the shock inside.

"Have you shown this to anyone else?" the middle-aged man asked.

"No," Li Yizheng replied.

Li Yizheng’s grandfather, holding the cane, had trembling hands. He was already in his eighties, but his mind was still strongly overturned and impacted.

The middle-aged man asked, "Father, what should we do?"

The old man ignored it, kept his eyes closed, and after quite a while, he opened his mouth, "What should be done is not your or my concern; submit this video and then act as if you know nothing. At our level, we’re not qualified to decide what should be done."

"Yes." I will submit it tomorrow.

"Now, submit it now," the old man said.

The middle-aged man said, "Yes, father, I will submit it now."

The middle-aged man took Li Yizheng out of the house, placing the hard drive in a highly protected lockbox.

...

These days, Li Yizheng was not under house arrest, but he stayed close, mostly just going to one of his estates, where everything was available; he needed to wait for news there and might be requested for inquiries at any time.

Meanwhile, his forces continued attacking An Lan’s family.

Lingling seemed to have no reaction to this, which made Li Yizheng slightly relieved.

At this time, he was listening to a report from his trusted aide.

"An Zhaozhong’s rise is very clean, much cleaner than we imagined," the aide said.

Li Yizheng replied, "Impossible, is there any primitive capital accumulation that is very clean in this world?"

"Yes," the aide said, "because his primitive capital comes from the overseas branches of the An Family, so he doesn’t need primitive accumulation."

Li Yizheng asked, "Didn’t you find any illegal behavior? Like murder cases or bribery cases."

The aide said, "There is something, but it’s not significant, many people in the country play like that."

"What behavior?" Li Yizheng asked.

"Privately manipulating the stock market," the aide said, "This would be a crime across the Pacific in the United States, but everyone plays like that domestically, even bigger than him, An Zhaozhong is pretty clean."

Li Yizheng sneered, "Clean or not, he does not decide. Saying he’s clean, even if not clean, is clean. Saying he’s not clean, even if clean, is dirty. Follow this line of investigation and try to get him in jail and have the An Group suspended."

"Yes," the aide said, "but this will consume many resources."

"Do it, it’s all worth it," Li Yizheng said, "Once An Lan marries me, everything comes back, a profit-rich business."

"Yes!" the aide said, "I’ll get to work then."

...

Li Yizheng got so tired of staying in his estate; he couldn’t go out into the vibrant world outside, which felt utterly dull, but he was too afraid to leave. If he left, and they needed to find him right after he wasn’t available, it wouldn’t be good.

Finally, when Li Yizheng was almost losing patience, someone knocked on his door.

"Are you Li Yizheng? We need to know more about Lanling," asked a middle-aged woman.

Her attire was very peculiar, wearing a robe of ancient style, embroidered with golden dragons. But it wasn’t embroidered with gold threads, more like a kind of light, resembling energy-like illumination.

...

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