Chapter 260 - Physique Demon (1/2)

Hao Xuan spent the entire night cradling the scaled egg for dear life. The black blood on his forehead burned non-stop for hours, sometimes faster, sometimes slowing down to a crawl but never completely stopping.

He didn't know when but at some point in the night he passed out due to the sheer mental exhaustion and was woken up by flapping of wings sometime later.

He looked around and realized where he was. The same winged monkey that had first brought him to the swamp was now carrying him back.

Closing his eyes once again, he passed out for good.

The war had been going on for more than a month now. The situation changed greatly in the favor of Mei after Great general Ouki took back that city, effectively cutting off the supplies to Jia and 'Wu' clan armies.

That created a panic within their ranks, prompting many of the bigger armies to withdraw back to the border.

But things still hadn't calmed down.

The situation in the city of Fortuna, for example, was coming to a boiling point. Several incidents involving the humans from earth took place that divided the city and its people.

One man went into a school and started a killing spree. Another did the same in a crowded mall, while another killed a dozen of his coworkers before committing suicide himself.

A group made up of earthlings took responsibility for these attacks, claiming they wanted to bring attention to the plight of earthlings that had been mistreated and deserved better.

Of course, these were the doings of a select few out of the several million that came here, but the native residents of Mei didn't differentiate between them.

They treated every earthling as a plague which were to be avoided at all costs, further increasing the divide between them.

Every earthling paid for the misguided mistakes of these few souls.

They were fired from their jobs, refused to be served by businesses, alienated and hated by their peers, but what could they do?

And while the attention of the military was focused on this matter, they ignored the sudden influx of foreign influences into the country and the city itself.

Hao Xuan slowly opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of his room. He took a moment to gather his thoughts before getting up.

He was back in his mansion in Fortuna. His body felt extremely weak for some reason, so much so that he couldn't even get out of bed.

”What's…going…on…” he murmured weakly while rubbing his temples. A throbbing headache welcomed him back to the land of the living.

”Baracus, what happened? How did I get here?”

*Beep*

His usual emotionless, somewhat robotic voice, came from the watch.

”The person you call First found you and brought you back while you were passed out. The egg did something to your body. It absorbed your life essence at a terrifying rate. If not for First finding you in time, things could've gotten out of hand pretty quickly.”

Hao Xuan looked around and saw the egg sitting not too far from him on the other side of the room. The blue light was pulsing at a slightly faster rate than before within the cracks, making it look quite mesmerizing from afar.

”Mhm…”

Hao Xuan nodded once before closing his eyes, giving in to the drowsiness that overtook him completely. He woke up a few hours later feeling much better.

After inquiring from Baracus he found out that it had been 5 days since he was brought back from the frozen graveyard. He gave an update regarding all the matters that had taken place in the meantime as well.