Godzilla's Kin

The sky was gray, darkened by the continuous eruption of volcanic ash.

Below, the ground was bright, but dyed a fiery red across half the horizon.

By now, most of the mountain range and plains were utterly barren, not a blade of grass in sight.

The underground had completely transformed into a sea of molten lava.

Within this sea of fire, a terrifying giant beast towered against the sky.

Beneath the giant beast, countless small creatures densely gathered, chanting praises in high voices.

Kangqiao was truly stunned at this moment.

He had only intended to unleash a wave, but before the wave even fired, it triggered an extraordinary upheaval.

Of course, the power gathering in his chest and abdomen hadn't been fully released, but it had still leaked out in a way.

The ring of flame ripples that had just radiated from him could be considered a kind of wave, right?

The spread of those flame ripples turned everything within a five-kilometer radius into a sea of molten lava, while the area beyond five kilometers was scorched black.

In many outer regions, the ground had even crystallized.

In short, this incomplete ultimate move of Kangqiao's had indirectly affected an area spanning at least seven or eight kilometers.

Such an exaggerated scene was clearly shocking even to Kangqiao himself.

But beyond these awe-inspiring sights, what left Kangqiao most dumbfounded and astonished was that many of the Dinosaur Elder and their blood relatives caught in this wave of flame ripples had undergone dramatic transformations.

It was the ability to control flames, bodies unafraid of lava's heat.

Like Godzilla, whose entire body was now fiery red and covered in countless rune-like patterns, these dinosaurs that had successfully gained flame abilities also bore streaks of crimson runes, varying in number.

Watching these dinosaurs that had mutated or evolved again because of him, Kangqiao finally understood one thing clearly.

That was, the birth of these Dinosaur Elder truly had a profound connection to him.

Like radiation?

Was he himself a radiation source?

And the existence of the Dinosaur Elder was the result of being irradiated by him?

Just thinking this, Kangqiao felt his former understanding as an upright ape from his past life overturned.

Indeed!

This world was not a normal one, and what did he himself count as?

Perhaps in the eyes of these tiny Dinosaur Elder, he really was their deity?

With a slight start, Kangqiao wasn't sure whether to laugh or make some other expression.

In any case, after a moment's hesitation, he chose to lower his body.

No other reason—just that standing too high made it too tiring for his pupils to keep observing the little ones on the ground.

At this moment, because the wave hadn't been fully released, Kangqiao's Godzilla body was still in a glowing red state, radiating extremely high temperatures.

As he lay down, the lava beneath him was like water, and he was like a giant beast half-floating on its surface.

As for the Dinosaur Elder and their blood relatives?

These little creatures were far too small compared to Kangqiao, and the surface tension of the lava was enough to support them standing on it.

What's more, these Dinosaur Elder actually didn't dare get too close to Kangqiao in his full-power state, because the temperature around his body surface was far too high—if not ten thousand degrees, it was probably no lower than three to five thousand.

And that was just Kangqiao's surface temperature; if he released a wave, who knew how high that temperature would be.

With such heat, getting too close was simply asking for death.

So, the Dinosaur Elder and their blood relatives who were still alive had all gathered about a kilometer away from Kangqiao's body.

Nature absorbs heat; although the lava around Kangqiao, the source of high temperature, was like water, the lava a kilometer away had already begun to cool gradually.

The fiery red lava was speckled with black, a sign of slow cooling.

Thus, the Dinosaur Elder and Primal dinosaurs standing on these spots wouldn't sink.

The leading Dinosaur Elder, seeing the deity dissolve into the lava and lower his posture to observe them with giant eyes, was undoubtedly excited.

Standing before all his kin, in the line of sight of the lava giant beast, the Dinosaur Elder tried to approach the deity.

Five hundred meters? A bit hot, but barely bearable.

One hundred meters, very hot, very uncomfortable, but not enough to die instantly.

Finally, under the deity's silent gaze, the Dinosaur Elder respectfully and cautiously stopped at about two hundred meters.

Then, this Dinosaur Elder began to kneel and worship his deity, shouting loudly.

"Mighty and merciful Father God, you are the master of lava, the ruler of the earth, the greatest existence in this world!"

"Thank you for once again granting the Lava Populace strong bodies. May we ask what your people should do for you next?"

As the Dinosaur Elder shouted, he also beat his chest and forehead with his hands.

Probably some kind of prayer gesture!

However, to Kangqiao's eyes, it was completely incomprehensible.

There was no helping it—Kangqiao couldn't understand a word the little creature before him was saying.

In Kangqiao's view, he even felt that all dinosaur people looked the same, with adults and elders nearly indistinguishable.

In any case, they were all just small-scale, offbeat honey badgers.

If he couldn't understand, then he couldn't understand. After all, the heights of life were different; ants were always ants, only differing between domesticated and wild ones.

Kangqiao had always been curious about the dinosaur people.

Now that he finally had time to scrutinize these little fellows, he naturally wouldn't let the opportunity slip.

So, looking at the small, flat-headed one before him, who still showed him some respect, and assuming it wouldn't be frightened by his next move—

From beneath the blazing lava, Kangqiao extended his forelimb.

Because he had been soaking in the lava, his forelimb naturally emerged from underneath it, and in one motion, he lifted the Dinosaur Elder.

The Dinosaur Elder panicked for a brief moment upon being lifted, but quickly shifted to excitement and elation.

In his eyes, this was precisely the result of Father God acknowledging him—so was Father God planning to question him up close? Or perhaps issue a new divine revelation?

Like the Dinosaur Elder, the vast crowd of dinosaur people gathered at the periphery watched their elder being lifted by the deity, equally thrilled beyond words.

Their Father God hadn't dozed off into oblivion after all; He had recognized them, the people of Lava and Earth.

But while these dinosaur people were overjoyed, they forgot one thing: the temperature of their deity's body at that moment was absolutely terrifying.

Thus, before the Dinosaur Elder could enjoy even a second of happiness, he suddenly turned into a man of fire.

It hurt, it hurt so much—his entire body, glowing red like Kangqiao's, made the Dinosaur Elder feel as if he were about to melt.

The agony was almost inhuman, to the point that it eventually numbed his nerves.

So the pain lasted only a moment; then the Dinosaur Elder's pained expression smoothed out, the entire process taking mere seconds.

From panic, to surprise, to agony, and finally to numbness—

In just a few seconds, the Dinosaur Elder had experienced everything others could never go through.

Watching the small flat-headed one turn into a man of fire in his grasp, Kangqiao was momentarily taken aback.

Because he, too, had forgotten his own state for a moment.

So, a bit careless, Kangqiao felt some chagrin.

He even thought his carelessness might have directly killed the little flat-headed one.

But the next moment, Kangqiao discovered that although this little fellow had turned into a fiery humanoid shape, he hadn't melted, nor had he died.

Instead, his eyes held a kind of serene calm, like that of a sage—or perhaps numbness?

"How interesting."

Kangqiao widened his eyes and examined closely, finding that this dinosaur person, within his palm, was actually absorbing energy from the massive patterns on his forelimb through his fiery body.

This energy, like threads or curling wisps of smoke, wrapped around the dinosaur person's body.

Extremely subtle, but it indeed established a connection between Kangqiao and this Dinosaur Elder.

Of course, this connection was merely one of energy, with nothing else divine or extraordinary about it.