With our support, the camouflaged men, who were originally on the offensive, gradually fell into a disadvantage. However, their combat prowess was truly astonishing; even He Bailing and He Jinghui couldn't subdue them immediately, and everyone was still locked in a fierce battle.
Led by the old patriarch, the masters of He Family Village fought with renewed ferocity. The old patriarch, much like She Taijun, wielded a divine staff made of dark wood and struck down any criminals he saw. His movements truly echoed the valor of the Yang Family generals of old.
The masters of He Family, all clad in white, each seemed like descendants of Dugu Nine Swords or Ip Man, proficient in swordsmanship, boxing, and every other art. They threw themselves at the criminals, fighting with reckless abandon. Liu Yuning and I, caught up in the fervor, put away our weapons and engaged in bare-handed combat with the camouflaged men. Though my combat skills were limited, my rage turned me into a wolf in a frenzy, and I managed to take down several camouflaged men who were stronger than me. Just as Liu Yuning and I were catching our breath, leaning against each other, we heard the sound of approaching vehicles.
We initially thought it was our reinforcements, but instead, more arrived – dressed in black!
From a nearby villa, a figure emerged. It was Liu Haokang!
Liu Haokang raised his hands as if an emperor commanding his troops. "Everyone, welcome to the Elysian Fields Crematorium! Ahahahaha!! A ten-level inferno will ignite here, and within a hundred-mile radius, it will become a sea of fire. Ahaha ha ha ha ha!! The nearby citizens will become the corpses of my crematorium, my puppets! Awaken!! You shall become the servants of my crematorium, staying by my side forever!"
"Liu Haokang! Are you insane? What are you doing?" Liu Yuning cursed.
"I'm not doing anything. You should all die. I love being with corpses. I want to burn you all to death! Turn you into members of my crematorium, and then forever, forever, never leave me! Never leave me!"
"You madman, do you love being with corpses so much?" He Xin also shouted.
Liu Haokang waved his hand, pulled out a lighter, and lit his own finger. "No, I don't love corpses. I love the feeling of burning them. I admit I'm a madman, but I'm a madman who fears no burning!"
"You!!" At that moment, we witnessed the flames automatically extinguish upon contact with Liu Haokang. How was this possible?
What kind of physique did this guy have?!
Liu Haokang put away the lighter and took out a cigarette. Without a lighter, he simply blew on it, and the cigarette ignited!
While this situation was unbelievable, I had once read in a book by my father that this world had not only electric people but also fire people.
The phenomenon of fire people, also known as spontaneous human combustion, meant we lived on a mysterious planet. To this day, there are far too many things on Earth that science cannot explain, and this includes "spontaneous human combustion." The phenomenon of spontaneous combustion has been occurring since the seventeenth century. For hundreds of years, numerous cases have been recorded.
In France, a woman with a severe alcohol addiction spontaneously combusted in her sleep. The next morning, only her fingernails and hair remained on her bed; the rest of her body had turned to ash.
In India, a baby boy experienced spontaneous combustion four times within the first three months of his life. Scientific research indicated he suffered from an extremely rare combustion syndrome, where he would inexplicably burst into flames even without external causes.
In the 1960s, an electric meter inspector went to Dr. Bantley's house to check the meter. After knocking without an answer, the inspector assumed the doctor was still asleep and went to the basement to check the meter. Upon entering, he found a pile of cooled ash on the floor, and a hole burned through the basement ceiling. Frightened, the inspector rushed upstairs to find the doctor. In the doctor's bedroom, he was further terrified to find a roasted human leg next to a burned hole in the bedroom floor. The rest of the doctor's body had turned to ash, yet the bed mattress remained intact, and there was no strange odor in the entire room.
Liu Haokang, however, not only spontaneously combusted but also seemed to have mastered this bizarre ability perfectly!!
"Foolish police officers, prepare to be burned to death. I am the great god of fire, Zhurong. I am the god you worship. I am the Lord of Elysium in the crematorium, the King of Flames! Humble mortals, accept the eternal purgatory of a god! Die! Turn into powder in the flames, dust in the inferno!"
As Liu Haokang finished speaking, the entire villa erupted in flames instantly. Yet, he seemed unaffected, completely engulfed by the fire. Then, I saw him fall from a height.
Had the guy committed suicide?
I couldn't understand his motives at all. However, the fire did spread as he claimed, engulfing a hundred-mile radius. I didn't know how he achieved it. Perhaps flammable materials had been planted long ago, and he had triggered them, causing the surrounding flames to ignite immediately. Liu Yuning quickly notified the fire department, but this inferno was likely beyond the capabilities of a single fire unit.
I also took out my phone and reported the incident. Consequently, a large number of firefighters from surrounding cities such as Fuming, Gaogang, Guangming, and Zhenshui were mobilized and heading to Guangming for reinforcement.
But we were still trapped in the inferno, unable to escape. We were surrounded by flames, yet the camouflaged men, as if fearless, continued to harass us. I now understood their purpose for being here: they were merely delaying us, ensuring we would all perish in the conflagration!
In fact, the location we were at, Liu Haokang's home, was on a famous mountain in Guangming City called Moon Gui Mountain, named in honor of the Moon Gui goddess. Little did I expect such a sacred place to be set ablaze by Liu Haokang!
The Moon Gui goddess, Daphne, was an exceptionally beautiful nymph who was infatuated with Apollo.
Apollo, the eldest son of Zeus, and the nymph Moon Gui were mutually fond of each other. One day, Apollo, unable to suppress his love for the nymph Moon Gui, began to pursue her. However, because Apollo was the sun god, his body radiated intense heat, making it unbearable for Moon Gui. Thus, whenever Apollo chased Moon Gui, she would flee. This chase and flight continued until Moon Gui could no longer bear it and cried out for help. Her father, the river god Lynn, unable to bear his daughter's suffering, split the earth, creating a great chasm. Moon Gui leaped into the chasm and transformed into a great tree that grew from the fissure. From then on, this tree was called the Moon Gui tree.