Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 584: Chapter 436 Scared Baby to Death

A heart-wrenching scream arose in the distance, sending waves of terror through the air!

The next moment, a purple figure, carrying an aura of devastation that could obliterate the heavens and the earth, swept toward the red silhouette!

”Changsheng!”

”Mother!”

With a thunderous boom, the purple light collided with the red light, and Zhou Mu, disregarding all else, stretched out his hands to catch Gu Changsheng, who was suspended in midair!

”Changsheng! Gu Changsheng!” Zhou Mu looked anxiously at the woman in his arms, whose eyes were tightly closed. His trembling hands tried several times but ultimately dared not touch that pale face so close to him.

She... she had actually detonated her Inner Strength in a bid for self-destruction!

Why? Why!

In that moment, the fear in Zhou Mu’s heart made his entire being tremble.

”Mother! Mother! Wake up, Mother, what’s wrong with you? Wuuu...” Little Gu Ze, in a state of disarray, lay on his mother’s chest, crying out in panic, ”It’s all my fault! All my fault! It’s because I came back! Mother, don’t scare me! Don’t leave me...”

Gu Changsheng felt so tired!

She couldn’t remember how many she had killed!

The towering rage, the bone-deep hatred, compelled her to kill those in her path regardless of the cost!

Ten... a hundred... a thousand...

Like a relentless executioner, she reaped countless lives!

But it could not bring back those who had died for her!

She was not a coward!

Yet faced with burdens too heavy to bear, she recoiled for the first time!

She lacked the courage to face the deaths caused by her, and even less to confront the desolation of losing everything!

Her very existence was a mistake!

So...

She chose to run away!

She mustered all her Inner Strength, to detonate it within herself, so she would no longer have to endure those injuries imposed on her by others...

But then, a familiar voice that was etched in her soul reached her mind!

”No!”

Just that one word!

Such terror, shaking with trepidation and uncertainty!

The evildoer...

Her evildoer had actually returned amidst the raging inferno...

The next moment, Gu Changsheng felt a powerful Inner Strength collide with the one she had amassed!

With her current level of Inner Strength, even the evildoer, so recklessly charging in, would either die or be seriously injured!

Gu Changsheng had no time to think; instinctively, she chose to withdraw her Inner Strength!

”Mother! Mother! Don’t you want me anymore? Open your eyes! Wuuu...”

Gu Changsheng heard a worried voice crying non-stop beside her ear.

”Little... little bun...” Gu Changsheng struggled to open her eyes and with all her strength, lifted her hand towards the source of the small voice.

”Mother!” The little bun shouted with joy, quickly grabbing his mother’s hand and pressing it against his tiny, sooty face, ”Mother! It’s me! You’re awake! You scared me to death, wuuu...”

”You’re... you’re okay... that’s good...” The corners of Gu Changsheng’s lips lifted weakly into a smile, looking at the little figure before her, her eyes gleaming with a hint of relief.

Her son!

Was still alive!

How wonderful!

Gu Changsheng looked at the little bun before her, lacking even the courage to look back, knowing that the figure in purple gold was holding her at that very moment!

Yet, she found she didn’t even have the courage to face him!

”The Female Star of the Occupation Room... the Heavenly Destined Girl... Ning Er... dead soldiers... the carnage in Southern Fujian... the lives of tens of thousands... evildoer...”

Evildoer, your love and generosity are truly too burdensome...

Gu Changsheng didn’t have the strength to finish her sentence; she gripped the little bun’s hand, her head tilted to the side, and she fainted!

”Changsheng!”

”Mother!”

Zhou Mu and the little bun were immediately shocked and panicked, rushing over.

”Oh my, my little heart! I was scared to death! Just born, and nearly died—there’s nothing more frightening than this!” A little voice rang in Gu Changsheng’s mind, carrying a hint of relief at having survived a disaster, and a bit of smugness, ”Thank goodness these two people hurried over, or I wouldn’t even have had the chance to take action!”

”The person who woke me up, why aren’t they considerate, to ask for death like that? If one dies, another is implicated, I would have had to be buried with them! Inconsiderate! So inconsiderate! You might as well just stay and have a good sleep with me...” The little voice grumbled discontentedly, shifted to a comfortable position, and soon fell into a deep sleep!

”Uncle Wood! Uncle Wood! What’s happened to my mother?” The little bun, seeing his mother close her eyes again, was suddenly scared and didn’t know what to do, looking to Zhou Mu for help in desperation.

Only then did Zhou Mu dare to extend his hand, slowly pressing on the pulse of the woman in his arms.

”She’s exhausted her inner strength, she’s tired...” Zhou Mu muttered to himself, lost in thought.

The person in his arms, clad in red, was covered in bloodstains...

Around them, fifty to sixty thousand elite soldiers from the Three Kingdoms had not one survivor!

In her hand, she still held a bloody head, not letting go even as she fainted!

The Second Prince of Liaodong! Jin Linyuan!

Raising his hand, Zhou Mu slowly brushed across the blazing flame on her forehead, and his eyes couldn’t help but shift in color!

What in the world happened? What drove her to such rage that she embarked on a killing spree?

”Ning Er... Dead Soldiers... casualties from Southern Fujian...” Zhou Mu’s eyes flashed with a hint of pain as he looked at the corpses stretching to Hengtang Lake...

What were her unfinished words?

”Ning Er is dead, the over a hundred Dead Soldiers brought by Yue Xilou also perished, Gu Changsheng said that you, Elder Brother, for her sake, ordered the army of Southern Fujian to pursue the defeated enemy to the ends of the earth, she’s caused the death of many... she thought Xiao Gu Ze would die at Baili Mountain, and you might not escape either, wanting to kill all these people, cutting ties as atonement...” Borjigin Nian explained intermittently.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mu’s expression changed greatly, his face turned as dark as ink, and he spoke in a deep voice, ”She killed all these people?”

”This subordinate is at fault! Our rescue arrived too late, Lady Changsheng had already begun her slaughter, and this subordinate failed to prevent her from killing off all her enemies. With only revenge in her heart and a desire for death, she let Sima Changhao and his brothers escape!” Jiang One immediately kneeled on one knee and explained somberly.

Zhou Mu glanced at his tired subordinates, then covered Gu Changsheng’s forehead with his hand, and slowly began to speak, ”Then what about this Sacred Flame Mark on her forehead? What about Tan Nv?”

”When we arrived, Gu Changsheng was already driven mad with rage, collapsing unconscious from exhaustion of her inner strength, Tan Nv... Tan Nv fell into an eternal slumber trying to wake her...” Borjigin Nian spoke mournfully, ”She said... she couldn’t bear this mountain of blood debts, that her existence was a mistake... that’s why she...”

”None of this has to do with her!” Zhou Mu exclaimed in a cold voice, and as he stood up holding Gu Changsheng, his body nearly wavered for a moment, but he still managed to stand straight, carrying the woman in his arms, stepping through the thick blood, slowly walking out.

”These blood debts were all caused by me, all the sins will naturally be borne by me alone!” Zhou Mu looked at the woman in his arms with her eyes tightly shut and a trace of tenderness flashed in his eyes, ”I did not hesitate to recall the Southern Fujian army, knowing that the people of the Three Kingdoms would not let things rest, but I was wrong; it was all because of my negligence that you had to bear all this alone!”

”I alone will bear all the responsibility for this!”

”Uncle Wood...” The little bun, seeing the solitary figure of Zhou Mu ahead, hurriedly called out.

Zhou Mu gave him a comforting smile and then spoke in a cold voice, ”Jiang One, immediately order the three armies to prepare for dispatch!”

”Tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Three Kingdoms, half perished at my hand, the other half at the hand of my beloved. Not a single person from Liaodong survived. Upon hearing this, Empress Xiao will surely be furious. I must personally lead the troops to the North to quell the chaos in Liaodong!”

”Southern Chen and Northern Mongolian have suffered a great loss this time. Send a message to the Sima brothers, Sima Changhao and Sima Liancheng, and tell them to take Huo Shuixian away! Deploy six hundred thousand troops to the border of Southern Chen and Northern Mongolian to guard against any unexpected events!”

Zhou Mu, gazing at the person in his arms, commanded in a solemn voice.

”Your subordinate follows the order!” Upon hearing the command, Jiang One immediately responded with solemnity.

”Seal today’s news, and tell Sima Changhao, Sima Liancheng, and Borjigin Lvchi, if there’s even a whisper of rumor about my beloved’s actions today among the Four Kingdoms, my iron cavalry will surely trample their Imperial Capital!” Zhou Mu continued gravely, ”Order the City Lord of Liuzhou City to come and see me at once!”

”Understood!” Jiang One responded once again.

Only then did Zhou Mu let go of the coldness emanating from him and turned to the little one at his side, speaking gently, ”Xiao Gu Ze, I will send you and your mother home now. From today onwards, you must stay by her side and take good care of her... ”

”Yes! I understand!” The little chubby one nodded hastily upon hearing this, and then a trace of worry appeared on his face, ”Uncle Wood, are you going to war? But what about your injuries...?”

He still remembered Uncle Wood desperately shielding him from that arrow and protecting him with all his Inner Strength, yet he himself had ended up kneeling on the ground, coughing up blood...

”It’s nothing serious!” Zhou Mu glanced at him reassuringly before turning his gaze worriedly to the person in his arms...

It might be for the best. She had been exhausted until she fainted, without finishing what she had to say...

And he, he didn’t have the courage to hear the words she had left unspoken!

At this moment, she must hate him to the core...

Even if he was injured, she probably wouldn’t feel sorry for him anymore...

A group of people headed in the direction of the Gu Residence. Borjigin Nian watched them disappear, then turned back, helping Yue Xilou up, and said to the guard at his side, ”Keep the bodies of those black-clad dead soldiers well preserved...”

”Yes!”

A chorus of responses followed.

”Borjigin Lvchi, when you return to Northern Mongolian, it’s best you don’t mention a single word about today’s events. The casualties of these soldiers are all due to your poor command. All these crimes, you go and beg my Father King for forgiveness!” Borjigin Nian spoke coldly as he passed the exhausted Borjigin Lvchi, who was kneeling on the ground and gasping for air.

Having said this, he didn’t glance back at him again, and continued on his way out.

Leaving behind a Borjigin Lvchi who struck the ground with hatred, but was helpless to do anything.

Blood was scattered everywhere. From the battle at Hengtang Lake, no one from Liaodong survived, two princes of Southern Chen barely escaped with their lives, and Borjigin Lvchi of Northern Mongolian survived by the plea of Borjigin Nian!

They arrived with unlimited glory, yet left in utter disarray, the three men fled from Liuzhou City like dogs that had lost their homes...