Along with the description of the voice, black silhouettes appeared in Li Yao's mind again. He could vaguely tell that they were bizarre-shaped human beings.
Some of the human figures were surrounded by glamorous flames. Some of the human figures had sharp limbs on their arms and backs. Some of the human figures had glamorous wings. Some of the human figures seemed to have been combined with octopuses and had tentacles that could be both long and short. Some of the human figures seemed to be ordinary, but they could release unstoppable spiritual waves that congregated into indestructible blades.
Those remarkable superhumans, with their superpowers, galloped on the rusty desert, fought each other, conquered the dilapidated towns, explored the military bases that were full of weeds and bushes, raised the ferocious beasts that were also highly mutated, and even tried to produce the first batch of magical equipment with the most clumsy technology, which was the most primitive storm bolters by melting the crystal powder into fire and metal.
Just like that, the superhumans gradually grew and occupied almost the entire wasteland.
"At that time, the 'radiation' and the 'modified humans' who lingered on the surface of the planet, especially in the areas with heavy radiation, were a bunch of guys who hated the authorities and the locals," the voice said.
"They believed that it was the war launched by the authorities that destroyed their homes, killed their families, and transformed them into such hideous creatures. The nobles, magnates, and their lackeys, on the other hand, fled to the underground world and hid in the shelters and the military bases comfortably, completely avoiding the scourge of the war. However, they were left on the surface of the planet to suffer the most excruciating sufferings.
"Therefore, after the radiation and the modified humans grasped superpowers and slightly restored order on the surface of the planet, excavated the remaining light weapons in the forsaken military bases, and boasted an organized army of superhumans, they immediately aimed their weapons at the underground world.
"They were going to excavate all the shelters and kill all the nobles, magnates, and their families and accomplices in order to vent their fury that was fermented by the thermonuclear war.
"In the meantime, the anomalies on the surface of the planet, the surging spiritual energy, and the expansion of the radiation and the modified humans were naturally discovered by the governments of the underground countries that were still functioning. The remaining forces of the superpowers naturally could not allow such a precious and dangerous force to fall into the hands of a bunch of beasts and lunatics.
"A new, smaller, but more intense war has broken out.
"The war can be regarded as a continuation of the Third World War. It can also be regarded as an independent war known as the 'War of the Overspirits'.
"The two sides of the War of the Overspirits, the radiation and the modified humans on the surface of the planet, fought against the authorities and the elite soldiers in the shelters. One side had the brutal instincts honed in the wastelands and the superpowers brought by the crystals, while the other side had a high degree of organization and discipline, an iron army of industrial weapons, and all kinds of high-end ultimate killing machines.
"The claws and teeth fought against the turrets, the wings fought against the missiles, the howls of the beasts fought against the roars of the tanks, and the mobs with spirit energy fought against the iron meat grinders that operated in an unhurried and orderly manner. The result was self-evident. The radiation and the modified humans were utterly defeated, and the underground people won a complete victory and controlled all the meteorite fragments. From then on, the research of spirit energy was put on the track of industrialization, science, and large-scale application, officially entering a new era of civilization.
"Other than that, the War of the Overspirits also brought an unexpected benefit. It laid a solid foundation for the salvation and sublimation of our civilization.
"Before the War of the Oversoul broke out, there was still a deep grudge and hatred between the superpowers below the ground. Most people still clung to the concept of 'country' from decades ago and regarded other countries as their greatest enemy.
"However, the appearance of superpowers and the outbreak of the War of the Overspirits changed the main conflict from 'between countries' to 'between the underground government and the forces on the surface'. When the first batch of radiation and modified humans from the surface with superpowers rushed into the underground shelters and launched a surprise attack, many underground governments that were not ready were hit hard and almost fell apart, forever losing the legitimacy and control of their rule.
"It can be said that although the radiation and the modified humans failed in the battle, the old national system was seriously destroyed. In order to fight against these unpredictable and extremely dangerous superpowers, the authorities who hated each other and were full of doubts had to reluctantly unite. The dialogue mechanism that had been suspended for decades was restored. On the ruins of the old United Nations, a new global joint organization, the 'Earth Council,' was established.
"The establishment of the Earth Council was originally to deal with the threats and challenges brought by the superpowers.
"The remaining forces and extreme nationalists of the powerful countries would not give up the glory of their countries and the blood feud so easily.
"Originally, after the War of the Overspirits ended, the radiation and modified humans were completely defeated, and all superpowers were placed under the surveillance and control of the country. After the research of psionic energy embarked on the path of standardization and industrialization, the Earth Council existed in name only. The governments of the various countries were about to embark on a new path of cold war and all-out confrontation.
"At this time, the scientists of the various countries obtained a shocking prophecy from the research of the meteorite debris.
"The meteorite that fell a few years ago was only the vanguard of a larger meteorite shower. It was a ripple in front of the stormy waves, a drizzle that fell sparsely before the storm.
"The real 'main force of the meteorite shower' had already entered the outer edge of the solar system. In a hundred to a hundred and twenty years, it would follow the trajectory of the vanguard and attack the core area of the solar system.
"Of course, from the scale of the universe, the size of the Earth is so 'small', and it moves quickly in the orbit. The probability of the meteorite shower directly hitting the Earth is not high.
"The meteorite shower is not coming for the Earth.
"Their target is very likely to be the most massive celestial body in the solar system, which is also the eternal star that gives us energy and life — the sun.
"Calculating the total energy that they can trigger based on the content of crystals contained in the meteorites, if the main force of the meteorite shower completely hits the sun, it will definitely trigger a chain reaction and raise the solar storm of the greatest scale in hundreds of millions of years.
"At that time, half of the solar system may be immersed in the flames of destruction. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and even Mars will be swallowed by the sun. Even if the storm only sweeps for a few seconds, it will be enough to burn the Earth's atmosphere and evaporate all the rivers, lakes, and oceans. Even if we can hide in shelters thousands of meters underground, it will be impossible for us to survive. Even if we can survive the solar storm and return to the bare ground, how can we survive?
"This is the real catastrophe. It is the complete destruction of the Earth. No one can escape."
The voice paused for a long time on purpose so that Li Yao could consider the heaviness and desperation of the word "catastrophe" carefully.
It was true that even in the age of Cultivators forty thousand years ago, the Cultivators and Immortal Cultivators who grasped the cutting-edge spiritual energy and boasted tough bodies were still insignificant and helpless when faced with the savaging solar storm in the Empyreal Terminus Sector. If the intensity of the solar storm was increased by 1%, the entire Empyreal Terminus Sector might've been destroyed.
It was needless to mention the earthlings in the primeval age billions of years ago who had just begun the studies of spiritual energy and did not have any sources of spiritual energy except for a few meteorites. What about the Primeval Lords?
"The specialists and scholars of various countries reached the same conclusion independently from different perspectives and proved the authenticity of the catastrophe," the voice said.
"It was a catastrophe that was a hundred times more dreadful than a thermonuclear war. None of the countries could've resisted it alone. Under the threat of the destruction of their civilization, the remaining forces of the superpowers finally let go of their bloody grudges and worked to save their civilization under the framework of the 'Earth Council'. From that day on, the concept of 'country' gradually withdrew from the stage of our civilization, and the Earth Council became the highest governing body of the entire civilization.
"We only have a hundred years. It is obvious that it is impossible for us to stop the meteorite showers from scouring the solar system or the solar storm from breaking out. It is also impossible for us to build a shield to cover the entire Earth. The only plan that is slightly feasible and has a 1% chance of success is to run away and develop advanced or 'passable' space navigation technology in a hundred years so that all the survivors can escape from Earth and wander in the universe to somewhere far away in the sea of stars.
"Leaving aside the difficulties and obstacles that we will face in developing powerful space navigation technology in just a hundred years, the biggest problem is, where are we going to run to?
"The sea of stars is vast, but there are very few planets that can accommodate carbon-based intelligent life. If stars are regarded as the first element for the existence of life, then the closest star to the sun is the 'Alpha Centauri', which is 4.2 light years away. Even if we can sail at 1% of the speed of light, it will still take us 420 years to reach it. However, the Alpha Centauri is a 'red dwarf'. It is half the size of the sun, and its temperature is lower and dimmer. It is destined that it cannot provide much energy for us, and it is difficult to create a fertile habitable planet.
"If the Alpha Centauri, which is' close at hand ', is already so difficult to reach and utilize, it is needless to mention the stars hundreds of light years away. Even if we can develop advanced hibernation technology and let all the fugitives sleep for a thousand years, it will still be difficult to find a rebirth place where milk and honey are flowing in the billions of stars.
"While all the astronomers and biologists were troubled by the problem, an energy scientist threw out an earth-shattering idea.
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