"After that …"
Sha Yulan was about to go on, when Xiong Wuji interrupted her and said in a hoarse voice, "After that, most of the shelters were destroyed by the apocalypse. The bombardment of meteoroids cast Iron Plateau into darkness for decades. The land was completely changed. The demon beasts that had been lurking below the ground mutated and became even more bloodthirsty and brutal.
"Only a very small number of people managed to escape the calamity by hiding in the deepest shelters. But even then, they were barely hanging on."
"When they returned to the ground, what they saw was a black sun, a desolate land, rampaging demon beasts, and city ruins one after another.
"All the Cultivators above the Building Foundation Stage were dead. Only a small part of the Refinement Stage Cultivators, who were responsible for maintaining the order and safety of the shelters, survived the apocalypse.
"However, most of the divine abilities and cultivation facilities were stolen by the Spacer Faction."
"Without techniques, legacies, or the enlightenment of a teacher, all the natural paradises were destroyed. They searched in the darkness for thousands of years, but they failed to find a way to build their foundation.
"Hehe. So what if they couldn't build their foundation? Even if they were only in the Refinement Stage, they could still slay the devils and defend their homeland.
"Day after day, these Refinement Stage Cultivators fought against mutated demon beasts and resisted the harsh environment. Gradually, they figured out a way to strengthen their meridians and make them able to hold more spiritual energy. They also comprehended a brand-new technique from the Heavenly Tribulation. From then on, they embarked on a path of cultivation that was completely different from what they had done before."
"Those Cultivators …
"No. They should not be called Cultivators anymore.
"If 'Cultivator' means running away without fighting, abandoning their homeland, and running away like rats, they will forever be ashamed of the name.
"Since they can only train their spiritual gas, they simply call themselves qi-trainers.
"The Cultivators all ran away. But the qi-trainers stayed on Iron Plateau to protect the homeland, the land, and the people on the land. "
Sha Yulan stood up. Her eyes bulging, she glared at Xiong Wuji without backing down. Her voice was not loud, but it was firm. "The Cultivators did not run away. They were simply saving the civilization in another way.
"In space, the blood of the Cultivators was shed. No less than on Iron Plateau. "
"At that time, most of the Cultivators boarded crystal warships that were faster, more agile, and had higher defensive abilities.
"As for the majority of ordinary people, they travel in the slower and more inconvenient Starry Sky Cities."
"When the apocalypse strikes, the crystal warships of the Cultivators are more than capable of escaping."
"However, in order to make more space towns escape from the scourge of the apocalypses, countless Cultivators marched forward one after another. He launched a suicidal charge at the apocalypse in his crystal warship.
"Most of the time, they know that they are going to die, but they still do it without hesitation. It's all because they want to weaken the power of the heavenly tribulation as much as possible and increase the survival rate of the space towns behind them by one."
"Yes. One of the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators stayed on Iron Plateau to die, but the other two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators were killed when the apocalypse struck the space fleet. We will also charge at the forefront and die in a heroic battle! "
"The Home Party cast a steel shield on the surface of the planet, while the Spacer Party. The Space Party, on the other hand, built a shield of flesh and blood with their own lives.
"I don't care how you brag about the valiance of your ancestors, but I will not allow you to insult the Cultivators who sacrificed themselves valiantly."
The short doctor was standing in front of the best warrior of the six tribes of Iron Plateau. She held her head high and did not give in at all, like an infuriated cat.
Xiong Wuji seemed to have not expected Sha Yulan to react so strongly. He was somewhat dazed for a moment.
Li Yao was dazed for a moment, too. He hurried to change the topic. "Faced with such a world-ending catastrophe as the apocalypse, I don't think that the Home Party or the Spacers' choice was wrong. However, before the apocalypse arrived, the members of Plan Prodigious Fire who stole the techniques and the training facilities were … I don't know how to comment on them. I wonder, what happened to them?"
Sha Yulan took a deep breath and calmed herself down. She said, "The members of Plan Prodigious Fire planned to escape to the edge of the Flying Star Sector after they stole all the techniques and training facilities. They would join the main fleet after the apocalypse was over and bring back all the techniques and training facilities.
"In the communication that they sent to the main fleet, they admitted that their behavior violated the laws of the coalition government and even violated the moral boundaries. They were shameless and unpardonable.
"But they also believed that the tinder of civilization would be preserved by doing so and that the wandering civilization of the Flying Star Sector in space would be stronger.
"No matter what the crime is, they will bear it alone. It doesn't matter even if they are sent to court or to the execution ground. Before the operation, they were already prepared to lose their reputation and die without a burial ground."
"As long as the civilization of the Flying Star Sector thrived and thrived, they were willing to sacrifice everything as an offering to the burning fire of civilization.
"It was a pity that the apocalypse struck them one after another before they joined the main fleet.
"At that time, the entire Flying Star Sector was like a pot of hot porridge. Several planets were torn apart. Countless stone belts appeared. The world fragments were splitting and merging. They were born or perished in the blink of an eye, too.
"Eventually, we lost track of the Fire Stealers. After such a long time, they must've gone extinct a long time ago."
Li Yao secretly sighed.
The members of Plan Prodigious Fire had escaped to the edge of the Flying Star Sector in advance. They also had a lot of techniques and training facilities under their control. If they had survived, they would've been a force to be reckoned with. But they had perished just like that.
Thinking for a moment, Li Yao asked, "The apocalypse happened five thousand years ago. Why is there still a battle of the apocalypse?"
Xiong Wuji sniffed. "Don't underestimate the apocalypse. The apocalypse that attacked Iron Plateau was not a meteorite but an egg."
"Egg?" Li Yao was confused.
Xiong Wuji explained, "In the first few hundred years, the survivors thought that the apocalypse was over and crawled out of the underground shelters to rebuild their homes. At that time, the land was still a mess, except for countless giant meteorites that stood like mountains.
"Very soon, the survivors realized that they were wrong. Very wrong.
"These meteorites aren't made of pure rocks and metals. They're Eggs of Heavenly Tribulation. Countless terrifying beasts are being nurtured within them. Every few years, several Eggs of Heavenly Tribulation will mature, and a large number of beasts will emerge from them and wreak havoc on the earth."
"To deal with the apocalyptic beasts, the qi-trainers reestablished the six tribes of Iron Plateau according to the organizational structure of the six major sects in the beginning.
"The six tribes of Iron Plateau were each assigned to a different area. They agreed that when there were signs that an egg of apocalypse was about to mature in the territory of one of the tribes, reinforcements would be sent from all directions to resist the apocalypse.
Li Yao gasped. He didn't know that the meteorite mountains he saw in the desert were actually immature eggs.
No wonder so many weird runes had been carved on them.
Apocalypses. Mysterious Apocalypses.
When Li Yao was in the Tian Yuan Realm, he had studied 'Nine Levels of Apocalypses' and 'Hypotheses on the Origin of Apocalypses'.
However, the few apocalypses that he had encountered in the Tian Yuan Realm were all targeted at a certain expert.
In the early years of the Xing Yao Federation, several experts had encountered apocalypses when they tried to break into the Divinity Transformation Stage from the Yuanying Kingdom.
The form, duration, and nature of each apocalypse were different.
Some of them were regular strikes such as meteorites falling from the sky. Some of them were even said to be weird mental attacks in their sleep.
But whatever the form, the apocalypses were all targeted at individuals. Even the family members of the experts were rarely affected.
According to the textbooks, the apocalypses that targeted individuals were called 'minor apocalypses'.
The destructive strikes that targeted a planet or even a Sector were called 'major apocalypses'.
The Cultivation civilization of the Tian Yuan Realm was not advanced. Therefore, they didn't know much about major apocalypses.
This was the first time that Li Yao had learned the whole process of a major apocalypse.
The power of a major apocalypse was so terrifying that it hadn't ended even after five thousand years.
Li Yao couldn't help but ask, "What kind of monsters can be incubated inside the eggs of apocalypse for five thousand years? Can we blow up all the meteorite mountains in advance in order to destroy them? "
Xiong Wuji replied, "Those apocalyptic beasts are not brought here by the apocalypse. They are the native demon beasts of Iron Plateau.
"The eggs of apocalypse are like modification factories. They can absorb the cells and flesh of the demon beasts on Iron Plateau through secret arts and produce even stronger apocalyptic beasts.
"When you were fighting in the desert, you must've noticed that the demon beasts on Iron Plateau were different from those in other places. Their bodies were mixed with more metal components, right?"
Li Yao nodded.
He had been wondering why the demon beasts on Iron Plateau were so difficult to deal with in the first place. Besides, their bodies and bones all contained a lot of metal components. Their heads were made of copper, and their teeth and claws were made of iron.
Xiong Wuji said, "The demon beasts you see are only slightly mutated. The apocalyptic beasts that are hatched inside the eggs of apocalypse are ten times more horrifying.
"The meteorite mountains are scattered all over Iron Plateau. It is impossible for us to blow them up one by one. Besides, if the meteorite mountains are blown up, countless apocalyptic beasts will lunge out.
"Therefore, we can only build high walls and train our troops so that we can grow stronger on the path of Refinement. Whenever an egg of apocalypse is about to mature, we will make preparations in advance and send our troops into the battlefield of apocalypse to slay the apocalyptic beasts and blow up the apocalypse.
"Right now, in one month at most, another egg of apocalypse is about to mature, and it is right in the territory of the Furious Bears Tribe.
"During this month, all of our resources will be used to deal with the heavenly tribulation. I really can't spare any resources to trade with you. Let's wait for a month. After we've endured this wave, we'll talk about the trade again. Perhaps at that time, we'll be able to make an even bigger trade."
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