13: Chapter 13 Bridging Life

Finally, the day of the expected due date arrived.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared outside the window as a torrential rainstorm blanketed the capital.

It was as if even Heaven and Earth sensed something; heavy dark clouds hung low, with golden lightning faintly snaking through the layers of clouds.

Outside the delivery room.

Wang Dachui was pacing back and forth, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

The corridor was packed with people.

Elder Long had arrived, Director Zhao Gang was there, and Su Qianqian stood ready with a team of experts from the entire hospital.

Even several national Guardian War Gods, who had never shown their faces before, were hidden in the shadows to act as Protectors for this soon-to-be-born little life.

"Why is there no movement yet? It's been three hours since she went in!" Wang Dachui clutched his hair, his palms drenched in sweat.

He wasn't afraid of anything else right now; he was just worried the child would be too strong and end up hurting his mother.

"Don't worry, the Physique of an S-rank powerhouse differs from ordinary people. It's normal for the labor process to be a bit slower."

Although Su Qianqian spoke words of comfort, the data tablet in her hand creaked under her grip. The values on it were jumping erratically; clearly, the situation was not as optimistic as she claimed.

Suddenly!

"Beep—Beep—Beep—!!!" A piercing red alarm blared from inside the delivery room.

Su Qianqian's expression changed drastically. She pushed open the door and rushed to the observation window: "What's happening?!"

The terrified cries of a midwife came from inside: "This is bad! There isn't enough energy! Nowhere near enough!"

"The three hundred tons of high-energy nutrient solution we had in reserve has all been infused, but it's like a drop of water falling into a desert—it dried up instantly!"

"The fetus... the fetus is instinctively devouring the mother's vitality! General Leng's vital signs are plummeting!"

"What?!" Wang Dachui's brain buzzed. He shoved aside the guards blocking him and rushed to the glass window.

Inside the delivery room, General Leng Feng, whose face had been rosy, was now visibly wasting away at a speed detectable by the naked eye.

Her hair began turning white from the roots, her once supple skin started losing its luster, and her entire being looked like withered wood drained of life.

At her high, protruding belly, a golden vortex was spinning wildly, greedily plundering all surrounding energy.

"Damn it! This is the Ancient Sacred Body!"

Su Qianqian slumped to the floor in despair: "I miscalculated... I miscalculated the concentration of Spiritual Qi on Earth!"

"The Ancient Sacred Body is a legendary divine body. Its birth requires a massive baptism of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi! But Earth is currently in the Age of Dharma Decline; there is simply no Spiritual Qi!"

"To be born, it has instinctively entered plunder mode! If energy isn't replenished, General Leng Feng will be sucked dry within five minutes!"

"Energy? You need energy, right?" Elder Long's eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "Mobilize all the Exotic Beast Crystal Cores from the national treasury! Fast!"

"It's too late!" Su Qianqian cried out. "Crystal core conversion takes time! General Leng won't last that long!"

Wang Dachui looked at the woman inside who was rapidly approaching death just to give birth to his child.

He saw how, even in her coma, her hands still tightly protected her belly. His heart felt as if it were being ripped apart.

"System!" Wang Dachui roared in his mind, "What the hell is going on? Didn't you say 'Fathers Glory via Offspring'? This is 'Many Children, Dead Spouse'! Give me an explanation!"

[Ding! Emergency Alert!]

[Due to the extreme scarcity of environmental Spiritual Qi, the SSS-rank Divine Embryo has entered a state of hungry berserk.]

[Current Solutions:]

[1. Forcefully terminate the pregnancy (Child dies, mother's survival rate is 50%).]

[2. Find an alternative energy source for a life sacrifice.]

"Alternative energy? Where is there an alternative energy source?"

[Detected that the Host is a Perfect Primarch and possesses a Bloodline link with the fetus through the 'Fathers Glory via Offspring' talent.]

[The Host's life Origin (Vitality, Longevity, Potential) can serve as the highest-grade alternative energy source.]

[Do you wish to initiate Life Bridge?]

[Warning: This will consume a massive amount of the Host's vitality, potentially leading to a regression in strength, reduction in lifespan, or even... instant death.]

Hearing these words, Wang Dachui did not hesitate for even a second.

He looked at the white-haired, dying woman behind the glass—the female war god who was once peerless but had now become so fragile for his sake.

"Open the door!" Wang Dachui slammed a fist against the bulletproof glass. Though it didn't break, the glass hummed from the vibration. "I have a way! Let me in!"

"What's the use of you going in? This is energy depletion!" Su Qianqian shouted.

"I'm his father! I am the biggest damn energy pack there is!"

Wang Dachui turned around, his eyes devoid of their usual playful smirk, replaced only by a moving sense of resolve: "Since this brat wants to suck energy, let him suck mine!"

"Want to suck my wife dry? You'll have to go through me first!"

"System! Initiate Life Bridge! Give my life... to him!"

With Wang Dachui's silent roar, an invisible chain of laws instantly snapped within his body.

[Ding! Warning! Life Bridge procedure initiated!]

[Constructing energy transmission channel: Host (Perfect Primarch) -> Fetus (Ancient Sacred Body).]

[Warning: The transmission process will be extremely painful and irreversible. The Host's life Origin will drain at a rate of 1% per second. Please be prepared.]

"Cut the crap! Start it!"

Wang Dachui shoved Su Qianqian aside and rushed into the isolation zone.

By now, General Leng Feng had fallen into a deep coma. Her silver hair was like snow, her once tight skin had turned dry, and her breathing was so faint it was almost inaudible.

The golden vortex at her abdomen was still spinning wildly like a bottomless pit. Because it couldn't find energy, it had begun devouring the vitality of her internal organs.

"Wife, hang in there! Your mobile power bank has arrived!"

With bloodshot eyes, Wang Dachui grabbed General Leng Feng's skeletal hand.

Boom!

The moment their hands touched, a terrifying suction force erupted!

If the previous suction was a water pump, the current suction was like an industrial-grade turbocharger!

The golden vortex that had been localized at General Leng Feng's abdomen seemed to scent a peerless delicacy. It instantly shifted its target, following their connected arms to pounce wildly upon Wang Dachui!

"Ngh—!!!"

Wang Dachui threw his head back, letting out a muffled groan.

He felt as if his very Soul was being gripped by a giant hand and forcibly ripped outward.

The blood, Qi, and even some kind of essence deep within his bone marrow boiled in that instant, pouring out like a river breaching a dam.

"Beep—Beep—" The vital signs monitor, which had been alarming, suddenly changed its tune.

General Leng Feng's data began to bounce back from the bottom. Her depleted vitality stopped draining and even began to slowly recover.

On the other side, the data line representing Wang Dachui plummeted like a free-falling elevator!

"This is crazy! This is suicide!"

Outside the glass window, Su Qianqian watched the shocking data on the screen, covered her mouth, and burst into tears: "Wang Dachui! You'll die! At this rate of loss, you won't last more than two minutes!"

Two minutes?

Wang Dachui heard her, but he no longer had the strength to even speak.

He could feel his skin rapidly losing its luster, his lean muscles withering away, and his jet-black hair starting to turn gray.

These were the signs of his life Origin being extracted.