Chapter 408 Ash Academy
The gray mountain ridges in the distance gradually became clear.

The energy source of the National Train comes from obsidian slurry. The conversion efficiency is not high, but it is extremely stable. As for the serious pollution contained in it, there is no need to worry about it in the Age of Ashes.

“I’m about to give birth!”

In the compartment, Jiang He’s short quarter-hour rest was interrupted and he woke up from a semi-sleep. The moment he regained consciousness, his ears felt like they were struck by lightning. To the overlord’s sensitive hearing, this pure and meaningless scream was like noise.

“What’s going on.” Jiang He whispered.

Next to him, Green tilted his head and replied, “Someone is giving birth. The attack just now was too noisy. I guess it’s not a normal birth.”

The old priest was cracking nuts that looked like melon seeds. When he saw someone waking up, he handed over a handful of nuts with a slightly tired look.

When the other party was resting, everyone present, as long as their life level was above the peak of silver, felt a creepy lock without exception. Different from the murderous intent, there was a vague taste of fate in it.

Fortunately, the short torture is over.

A dozen meters away, a woman was slumped on the ground, wailing as if she was being tortured. Her bulging belly looked like it would explode at any time. The passengers stood around her, at a loss as to what to do.

Jiang He was slightly surprised when he saw this. Human breeding behavior was not uncommon, but this fetus actually had nine breaths of life.

The old priest knew that someone was from another place, so he immediately explained, “The living environment is harsh, and the new humans are forced to adapt. The number of newborns in a litter is basically more than 5, and sometimes it can reach or , which is somewhat similar to rats. Moreover, these newborns can learn to stand within a few hours of birth, and those who fail to meet the requirements will be eliminated by the environment generation after generation.”

Jiang He seemed to be thinking about something, and said, “Where does the mother’s body get the large amount of nutrients it needs to nurture multiple silver lives?”

Generally speaking, the higher the era, the more difficult it is for living things to reproduce, and there is almost absolute “reproductive isolation” between different eras.

“Of course it’s the Matrix itself.” Lady Cinder replied with a pale face. Even when facing human killers and temperance sisters, she was not so frightened.

“Every birth weakens the mother’s body. The silver characteristics inherited by the newborn can never be complete. According to the prediction of the Academy’s Tactical Department, in another one or two hundred years, the new humans will regress back to the Bronze Age.”

Lady Ash turned her head away and stopped looking at the situation over there.

The train was still running on the track. A young sorcerer in a suit and tie stood up and planned to use his supernatural powers to help the woman give birth, but unfortunately he was rejected.

The flight attendant said sternly: “Don’t let the sinner come into contact with the newborn. Please ask a professional doctor to come over!”

The source of energy for the extraordinary people in the world is sin energy, that is, human hatred. When faced with a newborn baby of the same kind who is as blank as a sheet of paper, there is most likely only one outcome, which is to transform it into a fallen ghost.

The old priest glanced at someone furtively. The answer to who was not a sinner but also possessed powerful supernatural powers was obvious.

Jiang He looked normal as he sipped the bright red wine in the pot.

Suddenly, a faint voice was heard in the crowd.

“I…I’m a doctor.”

The passengers all turned around and saw a beautiful young woman tentatively raised her hand. There was a timid expression on her face, not because of timidity, but because of a lack of confidence in her medical skills.

“Kill me, give me a quick death!” The woman shook her head and howled like a ghost.

“Come quickly, come quickly!” The flight attendant quickly pulled the other person into the compartment.

Facing the patient, the female doctor named Cross calmed down. She took out a box of rare-looking matches from her pocket and lit the oil lamp. The light was particularly warm, illuminating the compartment.

Half a quarter of an hour later, with no room to retreat, the first fetus was born successfully under the gaze of everyone. The newborn looked only the size of a human head, but in the next moment, the woman let out an extremely sharp wail, and people crowded back.

Only the body of the second fetus was exposed, while the head was still stuck inside. It was painful and caused the exit to contract violently, becoming tighter and tighter.

“How could this happen?” the flight attendant asked in panic.

Cross seemed to be hesitant to talk. She made a circle with her hands like a fruit, and then clapped her hands.

“I don’t understand!” the flight attendant stamped his feet.

“The second head is flattened,” Cross replied helplessly, “because of the collision just now. There may be a mess inside.”

“It’s good to be alive.” The flight attendant comforted the frightened woman.

“Guaranteed to die.” Kloss was shocked and couldn’t understand. She didn’t understand why the other party was still having wild ideas even though she had explained it so clearly.

The passengers’ discussions, the attendant’s cursing, the woman’s increasingly shrill screams, and Cross’s arguments made the carriage seem like it was about to explode at any second.

In the compartment, Jiang He looked at Lady Ashes and asked expressionlessly, “Has the Ring Railway always been so difficult, or has it only been like this recently?”

“It has always been like this.” Lady Ash thought for a moment and answered. Because there is no censorship mechanism, there are all kinds of people on the train, just like the Sinnerman just now. Judging from his temperament and posture, he is most likely a member of the cult of the End that believes in fallen demons.

The chaotic noise swept over like a tsunami.

Jiang He couldn’t bear it any longer, he pinched his brows and snapped his fingers, the light of the black sun suddenly spread out and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The moment the field touched the woman, the newborn in the flight attendant’s hands turned into scattered light spots, the placenta and amniotic fluid disappeared, and the woman was shocked to find that the severe pain suddenly stopped.

Just when everyone was confused and talking about it.

Jiang He couldn’t help but frown.

Eventually the time ring was activated, successfully restoring the bodies of the newborns to the state before the impact, but those who died during this period did not resurrect. Instead, they became empty shells without souls.

“The death time was more than half an hour.”

“Soul and time are forces of equal magnitude.”

“The time ring can only refresh the broken, but cannot rewrite the annihilation.”

Jiang He summarized the conditions for activating the ability. If you want to bring someone back to life, it is best to do so within half an hour, and the deceased needs to have a certain amount of soul fragments.

“Gluttony, Beelzebub, Westworld.”

“Final Time Ring, Lilith.”

“Go back to the sailing world thousands of years ago…”

“The secret technique of reincarnation.”

“What on earth is this guy plotting?”

Jiang He suddenly thought of Lilith in the spiritual world. She was in a special case with residual soul fragments, but it seemed that the best time for treatment had been missed.

The chaos in the carriage calmed down, or more precisely, it was as quiet as a cicada. The newborn baby turned into a point of light and disappeared. The passengers had no intellectual disabilities and all knew that there was a powerful sinner around them. Six hours later.

The train drove into a dark, towering city wall and arrived at the Holy City Railway Station.

The five people in the compartment stood up and got off the car. Jiang He turned his head and saw the young doctor standing next to him.

“Thank you for your help. My name is Cross.” The female doctor smiled kindly.

Jiang He nodded, then threw a punch.

The tip of his fist stopped just in front of the opponent’s nose, just a hair’s breadth away.

Lady Ash turned around and drew her sword. The old priest instinctively took a step and ran away. Green and Rorona did not react at all.

“What a unique way to say hello.” The female doctor was surprised and said, “I am not a timid person.”

“Just say it if you have something to say.” Jiang He said indifferently.

The female doctor handed over a card with a smile and said, “I have always believed that violence cannot solve all problems. This is my business card. If you want to contact me, just find a phone booth and call the Holy City Fallen Doctor Mansion.”

Jiang He took the business card, and the woman in front of him suddenly caught fire. The signature on the lower left corner of the business card was written in Ash Language with beautiful handwriting. Cross translated it phonetically and it roughly meant the end.

“What happened?” Lady Ash asked vigilantly.

There was a moment of silence.

Jiang He put away the business card and replied calmly: “It’s just an acquaintance, don’t worry about it.”

“How could a guy who slipped away from under our noses be so simple?” Lady Ashes said seriously, “He must be an angel or a cardinal at the very least. This situation should be reported.”

“Then what are you waiting for?” Jiang He didn’t care.

Lady Ash gritted her teeth. She had no idea about the relationship between the female doctor and the other party, so it would be very difficult for her to handle the matter. After all, she was about to ask for help from others. Her father, who was sleeping in the basement of the academy, might be able to be reborn through that strange ability.

After a while, Lady Ash snorted twice.

“The Holy City is full of powerful people. You should make your own decision.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she walked out of the station first and hailed a noble carriage with luxurious carriages.

The five of them got in the car and headed straight to Ash College in the city center.

Similar to Carmel, the streets of the Holy City are not clean and tidy. Ivy spreads on the dilapidated viaduct, and there is little glass on the buildings on both sides. But in the decline, there is also vitality. A large number of vendors walk the streets, traffic signs are everywhere, and some areas are crowded with people.

In the center of the Holy City, the largest Scarlet Theatre in the entire empire is located. Thirty percent of the annual revenue will be transferred to the Tommen family. Given that the Tommen family currently has only one direct member, the revenue has fallen into the hands of Lady Sylvia Tommen of Ashes.

Opposite the theater, the hundred-story Obsidian Building stands quietly. As the only building built from scratch in the Age of Ashes, it symbolizes the rebirth of the empire.

Between the Scarlet Theater and the Obsidian Building is a complex of classical buildings, with the most eye-catching being the majestic Gothic main castle, with towering spires reaching into the sky and ancient stone walls covered with dark green ivy.

The carriage stopped in front of the solemn and quaint gate. In front of it was an open lawn with an exquisite fountain in the center. The water was gurgling and a heavy sword stood on the top. Teaching buildings of various styles and a floating sky bridge could be vaguely seen around the lawn.

“Welcome to Ash Academy,” said Lady Ash.

This was not the old priest’s first visit, so his mood did not change much. As for Green and Rorona, they had already been immersed in the magnificence of the academy.

Jiang He’s expression remained the same as always. Since he had a portable imperial city, the Ashes Academy was not considered a luxury in his eyes.

To a certain extent, the essence of true luxury is its rarity and the unnecessary waste of manpower. For example, ordinary people can keep warm in the cold winter by wearing cotton clothes, but the emperor’s court robes require the mobilization of tens of thousands of weavers. The hidden organizational, productivity, and mobilization forces must be combined to eventually become the clothes of power.

Even if the goods on the production line are sold at high prices, it cannot cover up the fact that they are fraudulent.

Overall, Ash Academy actually tends to be pragmatic.

boom!
A crystal cannon fell at the fountain, and the exquisite pool collapsed instantly, revealing the rugged ancient stone base inside. Not far from the crater, a humanoid mantis and a tiger-like monster collided violently, causing the ground within a radius of dozens of meters to crack.

On the overpass, someone stretched out his hands, and lush forests immediately appeared around him. Humankind’s hatred of forests gave birth to corresponding Abyss Ghosts. For this kind of gold-level Abyss Ghost, as long as the degree of fit reaches 80%, it can basically stand firmly on the baseline of gold combat power.

It’s sizzling!

Waves of lightning rose from the ground into the sky, and the Thunder Sin Mage used all his strength to destroy most of the overpass and the forest.

The entire academy was filled with battles. Among the nearly ten thousand students, there were as many as two thousand sinners. No matter whether they were A-level, equivalent to the peak of silver, or C-level, who had not been able to break away from the ordinary level, possessing extraordinary powers meant tremendous destructive power.

The old priest took Rorona and Green to take up their duties.

Lady Ashes led someone to the student office to register and prepare to go to the Tomb of Ten Thousand Abysses.

The two walked side by side, attracting countless attention.

“What kind of weird festival is this today?” Jiang He asked.

Lady Ashes shook her head and replied, “It’s not a festival. The Cardinal conspired to attack Carmel City, killing hundreds of thousands of people. The Empire must retaliate. Since the Rusted Iron Fortress Army in the north is planning to attack, someone has to do the job of holding on. The students are all preparing for battle.”

All Ash cadets can be regarded as core reserve officers, and some A-level cadets can even directly serve as battalion commanders.

“You seem to be very popular.” Jiang He said, looking around.

Pure admiration was quite rare in the eyes directed at the baroness. In the Age of Ashes, youthful love could indeed be considered a luxury. After all, the current environment required survival as the prerequisite for everything.

Lady Ashes rolled up her long silver hair and said casually, “There is no need for me to be modest about this matter. My dowry is unique in the entire empire. The title of Marquis and the Scarlet Theater are only a small part. The golden attendants forged from the flesh and blood reconstruction technology of the Parliament and the strongest corpse are the most precious.”

“How many?” Jiang He tilted his head.

Lady Cinder held up two fingers, “One was bought by the head of the family at a high price fifty years ago, and the other was obtained by my father during the total war seven years ago. Both can maintain the combat power of the legion commander level, and as puppets, they are loyal.”

Jiang He pondered for a moment and asked, “Do you mind going on a blind date with a canine life form? The other party is honest and loyal, and his human form is not much different from a normal person.”

“Not only do you say hello, your way of insulting people is also very unique.” Lady Ash said expressionlessly.

“That’s wrong. I regard him as my elder brother.” Jiang He waved his hand. “You were already reluctant. Just forget it.”

Just as the two were chatting, the Imperial Sword, which had been silent for decades, suddenly began to hum at the central fountain, and the clear roar of the Abyss Ghost echoed in the academy.

(End of this chapter)