Super Gene Hunting Ground

Chapter 1261 - 1251: You’re Awake?

The Emperor of the Great Dragon Empire glanced at Long Aotian beside him and said:

"Ao Tian, come with me into the cave."

"Yes, Father!"

The two flew to a natural cave halfway up the mountain and landed at the entrance.

Long Aotian looked at the surrounding environment and asked:

"Father, when was this cave constructed? Why have I never heard of it?"

"This cave was naturally formed and was discovered by your Thunder God grandfather when he was young, enjoying himself here. Later, he had it transformed into a top-secret cultivation site,

and besides me, no one knows about this place. Let’s go."

Long Aotian followed his father into the cave, and after a few meters, it became pitch black inside.

Long Aotian took out a flashlight from his Space Ring and turned it on, continuing to move forward.

The two walked for about a hundred meters when the space suddenly widened.

Suddenly, a stone wall door blocked the way ahead, with some strange runes on the stone door, and a blue Defense Light Screen enveloped the entire door.

"Father, what is this?"

"This is a defensive stone door. Without the correct opening runes, even someone at the Emperor Level Realm would find it difficult to open."

As the Great Dragon Emperor spoke, he took out a palm-sized Jade Token filled with strange runes from his Space Ring.

The Great Dragon Emperor slowly infused his Genetic Evolution Ability into the Jade Token, and the runes on the token began to glow.

Then, he pressed the whole Jade Token against the Defense Light Screen on the stone door.

The entire Defense Light Screen burst into brilliant light.

A moment later, with a "swoosh" sound, the light screen disappeared, and the stone door appeared in view.

Long Aotian stepped forward, trying to push the door open. Even with a push, it didn’t budge.

With his current Empire Level Advanced Peak cultivation, even if the stone door weighed a hundred thousand pounds, he could handle it easily.

The Great Dragon Emperor chuckled and said:

"Is this stone door something you can push open? Even I can’t open it."

Saying this, he took out a black five-pointed-star-shaped Jade Token from the Space Ring and placed it into a similarly shaped groove in the stone wall beside the door.

Once the black five-pointed star Jade Token was inserted into the groove, a brilliant light flashed, and after a moment, creaking sounds were heard, and the heavy stone door slowly opened before them.

"Ao Tian, everything here was personally designed by the Rune Array Master invited by your Thunder God grandfather. It can withstand an attack from a Transcendent being at the Emperor Level Peak Realm. When we enter the stone cave, there will also be numerous traps and arrays. You must follow me and not move around recklessly, and do not touch anything inside."

Long Aotian immediately said:

"Yes, Father!"

Long Aotian followed his father into the stone door. Inside, it had some simple decorations and lighting.

The Great Dragon Emperor closed the stone door behind them, reactivated the Defense Light Screen, and continued walking with Long Aotian.

After walking a distance of dozens of meters, they encountered a second stone door.

After opening this door, the lighting inside was dim, and in the distance, there was a vague figure, sitting cross-legged on the cave floor, motionless.

Just as Long Aotian was about to speak, his father signaled him to stay silent and indicated for him to stand still.

Long Aotian nodded, standing two meters from the door, looking into the cave.

The Great Dragon Emperor slowly walked a few steps forward and knelt with a thud, about ten meters away from the figure.

"Great Dragon Empire, Emperor Long Heng, brings his son Long Aotian to pay respects to the Thunder God!"

Long Aotian, hearing this from a distance, also immediately knelt like his father.

Long Aotian had never met the Thunder God, but he often heard his father mention this terrifying figure, and he harbored deep reverence and awe for the Thunder God.

Under the dim lighting, the elder sitting on the ground remained completely still, resembling a stone statue.

There was even a bit of dust on the statue, as if it had been a sculpture placed in the cave for decades.

If one didn’t know the truth, anyone seeing this figure would have taken it for a genuine statue, never thinking it was a person.

The Great Dragon Emperor knelt respectfully on the ground.

Long Aotian was witnessing his father’s respectful, humble, and cautious demeanor for the first time, a demeanor he hadn’t seen even during the annual ancestral ceremonies of the Great Dragon Empire.

The elder sitting on the ground had no response, seemingly having been dead for a long time.

After waiting for a long while, Long Aotian stood and slowly walked to his father’s side, quietly asking:

"Father, is he the Thunder God?"

"Kneel down!"

The Great Dragon Emperor didn’t even glance at his son, but reprimanded him sternly.

Long Aotian shivered and knelt beside his father, not daring to breathe loudly.

However, after waiting several minutes, the elder in front of them still showed no reaction.

Long Aotian couldn’t help but sneak a glance at his father’s expression, quietly saying:

"Father, are you sure Grandfather Thunder God is still alive?"

"Pa!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Long Aotian received a slap from his father.

"Silence!"

The Great Dragon Emperor reprimanded again in a low voice.

Long Aotian could tell that his father was truly angry.

In his memory, it had been over twenty years since he last received a beating from his father; he never expected that a simple question today would result in a slap.

The slap wasn’t heavy, but Long Aotian was deeply frightened and immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak.

After another moment, the Great Dragon Emperor kowtowed again, respectfully saying:

"Great Dragon Empire, Emperor Long Heng, with the Eldest Prince Long Aotian and a hundred war generals from the empire, humbly requests the Thunder God’s awakening!"

Yet the figure before them still showed no reaction.

Long Aotian muttered inwardly, wondering if his father had gone mad. The person before them, clearly dead for years and turned into a dried corpse, how could his father believe he was still alive?

Having been slapped earlier, Long Aotian could only keep these thoughts to himself, not daring to speak them aloud.

After a while longer, even the Great Dragon Emperor began to lose his composure, murmuring to himself:

"Strange, could the timing be off? It shouldn’t be; I’ve calculated the days correctly. Waking every three years, it should be today."

Just as the Great Dragon Emperor began doubting whether he got the timing wrong, the eyelids of the elder sitting cross-legged trembled slightly, and an extremely cold, authoritative elderly voice echoed within the cave.

"Long Heng, what are you mumbling about, doubting such a simple matter?"

Hearing this voice, the Great Dragon Emperor was overjoyed, immediately kneeling and saying:

"Uncle Thunder God, you are awake; I thought I misjudged the time."

Long Aotian gaped, as if he’d seen a ghost, staring blankly at the figure under the dim light in the distance, his heart filled with shock and terror,

"Damn, this old man really isn’t dead?"

The elder who had been sitting cross-legged opened his eyes slightly, and instantly, an overwhelming aura filled the cave.