42: Chapter 42 This is the delivery room you were talking about? This must be Laozi's alchemy furnace!

The Western Theater, codenamed "Earth Fire Crucible" Forbidden Zone.

This place was the largest active volcano cluster on Blue Star, also known as the "Forbidden Zone of Life, the Graveyard of Fire Elements."

Due to the resurgence of Spiritual Qi, the underground magma showed no signs of cooling; instead, it was as if it had been injected with stimulants, transforming into Earthly Fiend True Fire filled with volatile fire elements.

Looking around, not a blade of grass grew for a hundred miles. The ground had a charred, glassy texture, formed by rocks repeatedly melting and solidifying.

The air was thick with the pungent smell of sulfur and lethal, high-temperature toxic gases.

Usually, let alone a living person, even a passing metal bird would have its paint scorched off by the sky-high heat waves and be turned into a roasted bird if it did not activate its energy shield.

But today, this place, where even the King of Hell would lose a layer of skin, was as bustling as a market on a fair day.

"Hummmm—!!!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, over a dozen Vermilion Bird-class fighter jets, coated with the latest heat-insulating paint, escorted a specially modified heavy transport plane.

It forcefully broke through the billowing thick smoke and, with an almost arrogant posture, hovered directly above the largest volcanic crater.

Under the belly of this transport plane hung a massive heat-resistant pod, on which were written a few bright red characters: [Huaxia Express · Keep Out].

"Hiss—" With the sound of a pressure valve releasing, the pod door slowly opened.

A heat wave capable of instantly cooking a steak rushed forward, instantly blowing Wang Dachui's freshly styled "doting father" hairdo into a Super Saiyan style, and even his eyebrows began to smell singed.

"Cough, cough, cough! This smell is too intense! It's like sulfur mixed with barbecue, and there's even a hint of... cumin?"

Wang Dachui waved his hand to fan the air while carefully helping Su Qianqian out of the cabin door.

He looked a bit disheveled; to prevent fire damage, he had to go shirtless, wearing only a pair of specially made fireproof trunks, revealing his sturdy, muscular build.

He didn't look like he was here to have a baby, but rather like a fitness coach on vacation.

"Qianqian, slow down! This place is hot on the feet; let's walk on the red carpet!"

Wang Dachui waved his hand, and several soldiers wearing fully enclosed heat-insulating suits quickly rolled out a... specially made asbestos carpet.

At this moment, the movement inside Su Qianqian's belly was getting stronger and stronger.

Red and gold lights flickered alternately, as if a heavy metal rock disco was being held inside her belly.

If a normal pregnant woman came to a place like this, she would probably be dehydrated and in shock before even getting off the plane.

But strangely, in this environment of several hundred degrees, not only did Su Qianqian not sweat, but she groaned comfortably, with an expression of contentment on her face, as if she had just had a full spa treatment.

"So warm..." Su Qianqian narrowed her eyes like a cat basking in the sun in the middle of winter, and even stretched.

"Dachui, listen, the two little ones in my belly really like it here. They are cheering, and... absorbing fire?"

Wang Dachui looked down, his eyes nearly popping out.

He saw that the air around Su Qianqian was twisting in a strange way.

Those high-temperature fire poisons that were lethal to ordinary people, and the volatile fire elements drifting in the air, were actually converging like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

They formed a visible red vortex and frantically drilled into every one of Su Qianqian's pores!

With every bit of fire energy inhaled, Su Qianqian's belly brightened a little more, and her complexion improved as well.

"Good grief, they're eating a buffet before they're even born?" Wang Dachui's mouth twitched as he looked at the air, which had become noticeably cooler.

"This suction power is stronger than a range hood! If they are born, will my family save on heating bills in the future? In winter, if I just let them sit in the living room, will the whole family be warm?"

[System Notification: Top-grade Fire Spiritual Qi environment detected! Your second son (Fire Element Talent) expresses great satisfaction and gives you a thumbs up.]

[Host Suggestion: Get closer! Go to the place with the most intense fire energy! He wants to have a full meal!]

"Consultant Wang!" Just then, the commander in charge of guarding this place, a sturdy man scorched as black as charcoal by the perennial high temperatures, came running over with a "clank, clank" sound in his heavy power armor.

He saluted, looking at this family with strange eyes under his mask, as if he were looking at two lunatics:

"You... are you Consultant Wang? The emergency rescue mission mentioned by the higher-ups is... giving birth?"

The commander looked at Su Qianqian, who was holding her big belly with a look of enjoyment, and then at Wang Dachui, who was shirtless in big trunks, and his worldview was on the verge of collapse.

"The surface temperature here is as high as 180 degrees! The air is full of fire poison! Are you sure this is a delivery room? This is a damn oven!"

Wang Dachui glanced at the rolling red magma below, swallowed, then puffed out his chest and put on an inscrutable look that said, "You don't understand science."

"This is called being professional! You don't understand; this is called high-temperature quenching, which is also a scientific method of child-rearing."

"As the saying goes, true gold fears no fire; a good child needs to be roasted from a young age... ah, no, trained from a young age!"

"Enough talk, hurry up! Is the VIP delivery room I requested ready?"

The commander wiped the cold sweat off his mask (although there was air conditioning inside) and pointed below.

"According to your request... the altar is ready. It's on that isolated stone platform in the center of the lava lake."

"That is the place with the most concentrated fire elements and the highest temperature in the entire forbidden zone; it is said that even if you throw a piece of steel down, it can instantly turn into water."

"But... Consultant Wang, for the sake of safety, shouldn't we..."

"Safety? My wife is the biggest safety hazard!" Wang Dachui interrupted him.

"Clear the area immediately! Except for me and my wife, don't let a single mosquito in! Turn your defensive shields to the maximum to prevent the heat from escaping... ah, no, to prevent outsiders from disturbing us!"

The commander's mouth twitched: "There... were no mosquitoes that could survive here anyway."

...

Five minutes later, at the isolated stone platform in the center of the lava lake.

The scene here was simply like purgatory.

All around, crimson magma was rolling and roaring, occasionally bursting with a huge bubble, spewing out a column of fire several meters high.

The only foothold was that black, isolated island in the middle that emitted a metallic luster.

Wang Dachui stepped on a hoverboard and carefully placed Su Qianqian on the "delivery bed" made of thousand-year cold ice jade, which had already been laid out in the center of the island.

This cold jade bed was priceless; usually, even a fingernail-sized piece could be sold for an astronomical price, but now it was being used by Wang Dachui as a disposable delivery bed, which was simply inhumanly wealthy.

"Sizzle, sizzle..." As soon as the cold jade bed touched the ground, it emitted bursts of white smoke, but the moment Su Qianqian lay on it, the two forces reached a delicate balance.

At this moment, Su Qianqian's labor pains began.

This time, it was no longer a normal childbirth, but a rampage of energy!

"Ah—! Dachui! So hot! My belly is so hot!" Su Qianqian grabbed Wang Dachui's hand, her nails almost digging into his flesh.

The red light in her belly grew brighter and brighter, and one could even clearly see the silhouette of a tiny baby through her skin, mouth open, greedily devouring the terrifying fire elements around it.

As he devoured, the liquid level of the entire lava lake was dropping, and countless streams of crimson light, like ten thousand birds paying homage to a Phoenix, frantically poured into Su Qianqian's abdomen.

[System Alert! Second child (Fire Element) is about to be born!]

[Environment Detection: Geocentric Fire Evil concentration is extremely high! Perfectly meets the conditions for 'Deadly Pregnancy Preparation'!]

[Warning: Fetal energy is excessive! This kid is overstuffed! If not guided in time, he might set his mother on fire!]

[Please, Host, immediately act as a humanoid cooling tower and use your Perfect Primarch body to neutralize the excess fire poison!]

"Damn it! Am I being a tool again?"

Wang Dachui looked at Su Qianqian, who was bright red all over and seemed like she might spontaneously combust at any moment. Without a word, he bit the tip of his tongue, spat a mouthful of essence blood into his palm, and then hugged his burning-hot wife.

"Qianqian! Don't be afraid! Your husband, this big block of ice, is here!"

"Although I can't put out fires, my skin is thick! Let him absorb me!"

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

As soon as Wang Dachui's skin touched Su Qianqian, it made a teeth-gritting sound like roasting meat.

A visible plume of white smoke rose from the place where the two made contact.

Pain! Heart-piercing pain!

It was like holding a red-hot branding iron!

But Wang Dachui gritted his teeth, holding on tightly without letting go. His Endless Vitality talent operated frantically, sucking the rampaging fire poison from Su Qianqian's body into his own, and using the super-strong metabolic ability of his Perfect Primarch body to forcibly digest and expel it.

From a distance, Wang Dachui looked like a smoking human chimney; even the top of his head had started to spew fire.

"Waaaa—!!!"

Just when Wang Dachui felt he was about to be cooked, and was even thinking about how well-done he was.

A loud and extremely domineering cry, accompanied by a pillar of fire over ten meters in diameter, exploded from the center of the lava lake!

Rumble—

The pillar of fire shot directly through the clouds, dyeing the sky a crimson red, as if it had burned a hole in the firmament!

The entire lava lake was boiling, and countless magma gathered into the shape of a Dragon, bowing its head toward the isolated island, as if cheering for the arrival of the Flame Monarch!

"It's born! It's born!"

Wang Dachui raised his head, covered in dust and dirt. His eyebrows were completely gone, his face was scorched pitch-black, and only his teeth were white.

In Su Qianqian's arms, there was now a baby boy who was bright red all over, with hair that stood up like flames.

This kid didn't cry or fuss right after birth; his two chubby little hands grabbed a piece of crimson stone that had flown out of the magma and hadn't cooled yet, took a "crunch" bite, and chewed it crisply.

[Congratulations, Host! Second son born!]

[Name: Unnamed (Suggest naming him Wang Huohuo or Wang Sanwei).]

[Talent: SSS-rank Flame Emperor Burning Heaven Body (Comes with companion exotic fire · Myriad Beast Spirit Fire)!]

[Special Habit: Likes to eat hot things; the hotter, the better.]

[Evaluation: This kid has a violent temper; don't ever make him get angry in the future, or he might easily set the house on fire.]

"Eating stones? You eat stones too?" Wang Dachui looked at this scene in despair, his mentality slightly broken.

"Is our family running a quarry? Why does the whole family have a vendetta against stones? Isn't there anyone who wants to drink milk?"

Before he could finish complaining, Su Qianqian gave another cry of pain, and her face instantly turned pale.

"There's another one... another one is coming out!"

"This one... is so heavy! It feels like I'm carrying a lead ball! It's making my waist ache from the weight!"