"Easy?" Shen Yi raised his eyebrows and shook his head helplessly.
Looking at the Lord Immortal's expression, Wu Jiong knew that she had said something wrong again.
"Do you know what the crisis in 20 days will be like?" Shen Yi did not wait for Wu Jiong to reply. He directly raised his finger and tapped lightly.
An image appeared in Wu Jiong's mind.
It was a prosperous city. Small spaceships shuttled back and forth between tall buildings. The ground was densely packed with humans, constantly shuttling back and forth between various shops.
It was a scene full of vitality and prosperity.
But, in the next moment.
Starting from a certain place, a large number of people suddenly fell down. That's right, just like a wheat field being blown over by the wind. Large numbers of people fell down, and the speed was getting faster and faster. In almost a few seconds, the entire city of humans was swept away.
There were no screams, no fear.
Because it was simply too late.
Wu Jiong could not help but hold her breath and clench her fists tightly. She felt her face contorting and her heart beating faster.
That was fear.
An indescribable fear, as if there was an invisible force squeezing her heart.
Although she already knew the consequences of the end of the world, when she really saw such a scene, it was still far more terrifying than she had imagined.
It was as if there was an invisible Grim Reaper taking away everyone's lives in an instant. Then, the spaceships crashed into the buildings, some splashed with sparks, and some simply fell to the ground. Wu Jiong saw some robots constantly calling for ambulances, trying to give first aid to some people who had fallen to the ground, or trying to move some people away … but there was no effect at all.
This was a chaos filled with dead silence.
"It took 178 seconds for the poison to disperse in the air around the world. Humans in an environment with such a concentration of poison will fall into a coma within three seconds. After five minutes, their organs will fail, and after eight minutes, their hearts and lungs will stop." Shen Yi's calm voice said the most terrifying words. "In other words, it took about 10 minutes from the release of the poison to the death of 12 billion people."
Goosebumps appeared on Wu Jiong's body, one after another.
She had never thought that humans could be so fragile.
This was the "efficient" means of destruction that Su Yao had mentioned.
Even —
They only killed the humans and did not destroy anything else.
For those aliens, using this method to kill all humans was like humans killing 12 billion ants gathered together. They only needed to spray some poison to kill ants, and they could kill a large number of them without affecting other animals or plants.
"What … what can we do to stop it?" Wu Jiong realized that his voice was trembling.
Most of the humans could only die like ants under such a sudden massacre.
There wasn't even any pain.
It would only take a few minutes.
However, for the ants that knew about this disaster in advance, what they had to face was the greatest fear and despair before the disaster arrived.
"For the humans in this world, there are three biggest difficulties." Shen Yi's voice was still calm. "First, we don't know the characteristics and types of the poison. Secondly, he didn't know how to release the poison. Thirdly, the time the poison takes effect is too short. "
Each of the three difficulties would cause one to despair.
Firstly, this was a poison that was specially designed to target humans. Even human technology could not make it. Therefore, everything was unknown. They could not even be sure whether this was a chemical poison or some kind of mysterious method.
Secondly, the way the poison was released was too strange. It seemed to spread around a certain point, but the speed of the spread was not in line with the normal flow of the atmosphere. How could it spread to the entire world in 178 seconds?
Thirdly, they could not make a response based on the information about the poison. This meant that they had to solve the crisis within eight minutes … How difficult was that?
This was a complete suppression of a lower civilization by a higher civilization.
Their goal was not just to destroy the human race.
They wanted to efficiently, cheaply, and minimally destroy the human race.
They did not destroy anything else on the planet.
However, it was this kind of crisis that was enough to make people despair.
Su Yao and the others did it.
Wu Jiong felt her mind go blank. Fear, confusion, and all kinds of indescribable emotions kept surging out. Shen Yi did not say anything. He just looked at her.
In the end, Wu Jiong calmed herself down.
She said tentatively, "Su Yao and the others … should have relied on luck."
The Highest Federation had everything that Su Yao and the others had, but in the end, the ones who saved them were Su Yao and the others. It seemed that this could only be explained by luck.
"No." Shen Yi refuted. "You're wrong."
Wu Jiong's eyes widened.
"In terms of ability, Su Yao and the others are naturally inferior to the Highest Federation. However, the reason they were able to successfully resist this seemingly desperate crisis was not because of luck." Shen Yi's tone became slightly heavier. "It was the courage to face the end of the world, the belief to not give up, and the awareness to do whatever it takes."
When he said this, Shen Yi himself was a little absent-minded.
It had been a long time since he said something like this.
At the very least, he had never said it in the previous world.
Wu Jiong seemed to understand, but also seemed to not understand.
Shen Yi looked at her, shook his head, and said, "The Highest Federation has the Highest Federation.
"The Highest Federation does indeed possess greater power. However, what exactly is this crisis that's enough to wipe out humanity for the humans on this planet?"
Wu Jiong was stunned.
Then, a bone-chilling chill surged from her ankles all the way to her spine.
It was as if even her blood had frozen, and even her heart was about to stop beating.
This was a disaster that would destroy most of the human race in just ten minutes and make them feel despair. However, such a disaster was only a way for the enemy to pursue "higher, cheaper, and less destructive".
Even though they had put in a lot of effort and struggled desperately, it was still resolved in the end.
Then?
What would the entire human race face?
That would undoubtedly be a greater disaster and greater fear. What really made people feel despair was not the crisis this time, but the darkness and the future without any light.
"The Highest Federation …" Wu Jiong felt that her voice was filled with bitterness. "They gave up."
She seemed to have understood.
It was not that the Highest Federation was weaker than Su Yao and the others, nor was it that the Highest Federation did not have such luck.
They just chose to give up in the face of true despair.
Wu Jiong could even think of that.
If the human race was still going to go extinct in the end …
In that case, the crisis this time might be the easiest and most comfortable way of extermination.
Look, there was no despair, no pain, and no separation. Everyone was still living happily in their own lives. Then, they suddenly fell asleep and everything was over.
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