Over the past two years, the seven continents had been experiencing unprecedented changes.
In the beginning, there were some blurry mirages in the sky. There were buildings, temples, and another world floating in the sky. As time went by, the mirages became clearer and clearer. The area was expanding as well. In the end, the mirages could cover half of the continent, as if there really was another world in the sky.
The flight paths in the sky crisscrossed, and many of them passed through the mirages. On a certain day, the airships flying along the flight paths and passing through the mirages suddenly became uncontrollable. It was as though a terrifying suction force was sucking them into a non-existent world!
"Ah!!!"
When the first heart-wrenching scream was heard, all seven continents were shaken.
The commercial airship traveling from the Subcontinent to the Continent was forcefully pulled into the mirage. It was swallowed alive under the watch of several super forces!
Baleful aura surged, and the scene became clear and real.
The nearest numbered mechanical city was mobilized at once. Several other super forces joined hands and sent out airships to investigate.
However, the airships were repelled by a horrifying and powerful force before they could even get close to the mirage. If they tried to force their way in, they would be "swallowed" just like the airship.
They could only watch as the airship entered Fata Morgana and disintegrated inexplicably. The people inside were thrown out, their physical bodies annihilated, and their souls turned into nothingness. They disappeared amidst painful screams.
Then, the mirage expanded again. It covered more of the sky and looked down at the Subcontinent.
Judging from the observation devices of the super forces, the mirage was also a super city. It spanned tens of millions of miles and covered an area equal to one-third of the Subcontinent. It seemed that the city was still expanding. Maybe it would be as large as the Subcontinent in the end. The two worlds were worlds apart.
In the mirage, there were warriors in armor. They were tall and strong, and they held spears in their hands. There were also palace maids who danced gracefully. They had charming faces and impressive figures. Sometimes, they would pass by chariots pulled by mythical creatures. There were also palanquins carried by strange people who looked like beef and horse faces …
Li Xiang was no stranger to this scene. During the Blue Planet era, it was called the Ancient Wind. It came from his hometown, an ancient eastern country with a history of thousands of years. It might be the oldest civilization of the Blue Planet era!
This mirage that was gradually turning from illusion to reality made him think of the Mind Island. This was probably the Mind World of a Level-10 being, a projection of his heart and past experiences.
Among the seven dead who returned, he knew that one of them had once lived in a similar country — True Immortal Tai Hao.
But he remembered that Taiyin had said that True Immortal Taihao would usually return from the Immortal Devil Ruins in the City of Heaven. Puzzled, he went to the City of Heaven and found out that the entire City of Heaven disappeared overnight. Only Taiyin and the Golden Armored War God survived!
On the other side, unexpected changes were also taking place in Europe.
The pitch-black haze covered a large area of the barren land in the north. From the rivers to the mountains, nothing was spared. As long as one was enveloped by the black haze, they would be swallowed up, never to come out again. Only miserable cries could be heard.
Some people said that they heard singing at the edge of the black haze. The laughter of young girls rose and fell one after another. It made people want to rush in and find out what was going on.
Europe was still the territory of the Dong Ling family. The First Lady sent several teams of high-level players to investigate, but only a few people returned in the end.
Their mental states were greatly affected. They fell into all kinds of negative emotions, unable to extricate themselves.
Sophia and the others, who were good at research and analysis, quickly returned from the new world. They set up a team of experts to diagnose the abnormalities of these players. In the end, they came to a horrifying conclusion —
Their souls were badly damaged and full of holes, as if they had been gnawed by something.
The black haze was also spreading pollution. It contained mental attacks, inexplicable charms, and strange sounds that were enough to drive high-level players crazy. The players were helpless.
Lulu Kiana Psy, who was the best at purifying and healing in the Rose Maid Group, was also helpless. All of her healing spells were ineffective. That was an attack aimed at the soul. To affect the soul of a living being, one had to be at least Level-9 or above.
Li Xiang tried using the purification power of the Paradise of Annihilation. He was shocked to find that even the purification beam that could degenerate disaster and turn players into ordinary people only had a moderate effect on the black haze.
It could resist and heal to a certain extent, but it was still far from purification.
This meant that there was someone in the black haze whose level was not lower than his, and whose combat power was extremely strong!
It was most likely one of the seven dead.
Soon, Bai Lili brought news. She had studied the Final Catastrophe a long time ago and knew a lot about the seven dead who had returned. Unfortunately, the civilizations of many eras had long disappeared, and the information was difficult to find. She had wandered the universe and rummaged through the collections of the royal families in the new world. Only then did she know about them.
The Bride of the Mist — the ruler of the Mist Kingdom, the only God of the First Era of the Third Era, the Mother of Gods.
She was the first Supreme to be born in the new reincarnation after the Second Era was destroyed. The era she lived in was also named after her, the Mist Era.
Unfortunately, too much time had passed, and Bai Lili could not find much useful information. They could only temporarily seal the Mist Kingdom and the mirage in the sky, forbidding anyone from approaching.
The mirage in the sky was almost certainly created by the True Immortal Taihao. He was the protagonist of the Second Era of the Second Era. He had fought with the protagonist of the Second Era of the First Era, the King of Cosmic Beasts, Salymor, and both fell.
Not long after the appearance of the Mist Kingdom, Salymor's Divine Kingdom also descended on Feidland.
After the destruction of the Ji family and the endless war, Feidland's status as the third continent plummeted. Many people moved to other continents. Feidland, which was not developed enough, could not stand up again. Now, it was reduced to a second or third-rate continent. There were not many mechanical cities, and people who lived here were those who advocated freedom or darkness.
Feidland became a gray area. Many people and forces who could not see the light took root here, giving it another possibility.
Salymor's Divine Kingdom was a large pile of Cosmic Beasts' corpses. The corpses were shockingly large, scarier than mountains. The bones exuded the power of rules, and people who were weak would turn to ashes if they got close.
Many people had a feeling that once the catastrophe descended, these corpses would regrow flesh and blood, turning back into the super beasts that had once dominated many worlds in the universe. Feidland would be plunged into a bloody storm.
The God Kingdom of the Lord of Disaster had also spread across Galaxy. More and more islands sank and disappeared. Below Galaxy was an endless black hole. Now, it was starting to form a world that belonged to him. Some Level-9 people who were not afraid of death tried to dive down and saw with their own eyes the appearance of ancient temples. They seemed to be rooted at the bottom of the sea, and could awaken at any time.
Countless of the Lord of Disaster's followers were sealed in those temples. Once his main body awakened, those disasters would also go out of control.
Unfortunately, after the descent of the God Kingdom, the slightest carelessness could lead to death. Galaxy was already very unsafe. Even Level-9 people did not dare to take the risk alone.
The hunting operation of the training school had to come to an end. The players began to evacuate in batches, rebuilding a new line of defense at the border.
This time, the Great Wall of the Eternal Night was even sturdier and more majestic!
The soldiers stationed on the Great Wall were no longer the sinners. Every soldier who was willing to contribute to the survival of mankind could come. Anyone could be a Night Watcher, contributing a spark to this dark night.
Until a single spark became a prairie fire, lighting up the long night and ushering in a new dawn for mankind.
The Lord of Disaster was the last protagonist of the Second Era. He studied disasters and created these twisted and terrifying creatures to stop the final catastrophe from slaughtering the human world.
Unfortunately, he failed and died at the end of the era with everyone who supported him.
He returned unwillingly and became a member of the army of the dead.
Every time he thought of this, Li Xiang would sigh. He did not know if he would be like him many years later, becoming a speck of dust that was annihilated in history. Or perhaps, he would pursue the bright dawn?
The King of Cosmic Beasts, Salymor, the True Immortal Taihao, the Lord of Disaster, and the Bride of the Mist. Four protagonists had returned at once, causing the seven continents to fall into a state of panic.
Their God Kingdoms were filled with darkness. Some would be contaminated, shattered, and annihilated. There was no way to escape.
"The descent of darkness was not stopped in the end." A Level-9 sighed and began to make arrangements.
After witnessing the horror of these God Kingdoms, they finally understood that this was a catastrophe of an era. The outcome was unpredictable. Even if they could win in the end, it would be a pyrrhic victory. As a member of the top combat power, the chances of survival were close to zero.
Since that was the case, they agreed to Li Xiang's plan without hesitation. A portion of their descendants, who were weak but had great potential, would participate in the Ark Project. They would head to the New World to preserve the last spark of humanity.
This was an unavoidable problem. After reaching a consensus, all the superpowers took action.
Those who obtained the tickets would shoulder another important responsibility. Those who stayed behind to fight were all prepared to die. They no longer had any hope of surviving.
They would fight to the death here. Only then would their loved ones who left have a chance to live longer.
It was very cruel but very realistic.
At the beginning of the third year, a new God Kingdom appeared. Countless giant candies, chocolates, and other sweets fell, crushing mountains and melting rivers. There was also a projection of an amusement park larger than a city. It was filled with clowns and other strange creatures.
No one knew the owner of this God Kingdom. It looked like a fairy tale. However, after these things were magnified thousands of times, they no longer brought joy. Only horror and bloodshed were left.
It descended on the land of the sea. It was now a peaceful continent jointly ruled by Wessex and several superpowers.
Soon, the land where all the players' bases were located welcomed a God Kingdom. It appeared out of thin air one day. It was only a projection. It was filled with the aura of technology. The cyberpunk feeling was amazing. It was similar to the current mechanical city. However, from the projection, it was obviously a different style from the Seven Continents.
Under Li Xiang's influence, the Seven Continents were more inclined toward mechanization. All kinds of giant mechanical creations were everywhere. There was no excessive development in technology.
As he came from the Blue Planet era, he clearly knew that technological civilizations grew slowly. Furthermore, the technology of the Blue Planet era was obviously incomparable to the players' cultivation system. There was no need to change the direction of the Seven Continents civilization that had already been set.
He was more familiar with the mechanical civilization. He had also obtained the authority in this area through his Polar night player status. It was safer to take this path.
However, this God Kingdom resolutely went to the other extreme, developing technology to the extreme. This was a scene that Li Xiang had never seen before. It was shocking.
Furthermore, these cities and buildings were inexplicably familiar. There was a certain sense of deja vu. He immediately realized that this might be the God Kingdom created by the protagonist who returned from the Blue Planet era!
All this time, he and the others had been very curious about what had happened in the previous era.
The beginning of the Fourth Era was the Loulan era. Perhaps the destruction of the previous era was too thorough. Everything had to be restarted, causing the development of the Loulan era to be very slow. In the end, humans were unable to create any decent system and civilization. They were submerged in the waves of ordinary mutant disasters.
Li Xiang had experienced a corner of the apocalypse of that era. Even the most powerful King Loulan was only so-so. There was a huge gap between it and the current player era.
According to historical records, the Blue Planet era was also destroyed by disasters. The entire Blue Planet had collapsed and shattered into seven incomplete continents like this. The remaining humans were curled up in the Core World, remotely controlling the outside world through the Goddess of Calamity's system. They did not dare to show their faces.
Even Bai Lili, who had destroyed the Emperor race and rummaged through their archives, did not know much about the Blue Planet era. There was too little historical information left behind. The Emperor race was very secretive about the destruction of the era. They only described it as "terrifying."
It was unknown what kind of power had destroyed them.
However, Li Xiang always believed that when he transmigrated, the Blue Planet was still in a period of vigorous development. It was far from the day of destruction.
Looking at it now, if this God's Kingdom represented the former glory of the Blue Planet, it meant that human technological civilization had reached a peak at that time, a peak that he could not imagine.
Perhaps humans at that time could already travel across the universe, roam the planets, and understand many mysteries.
Unfortunately, it was destroyed in the end.
Including the fairytale God's Kingdom and this Cyberpunk Future Kingdom, six of the seven returned dead had appeared.
The other one from the Third Era had yet to appear.
They appeared one by one and gradually materialized, giving the seven continents a huge sense of oppression. It also made Li Xiang realize the difficulty of resisting once again.
Taking advantage of the fact that the last God's Kingdom had yet to appear, he accelerated the "Ark Plan" and continued to strengthen the mechanization of the seven continents. The training academy also continued to expand. It was necessary to integrate the strongest combat power.
In the New World, with the Space-Time Behemoths and the Black King, the small world had already become something.
In the middle of the year.
The first steam armored train to the small world was about to start. It would cross the Space-Time Gate and pass through the Void Tunnel with a mechanical body. Li Xiang would personally escort it to the small world.
Before the train set off, Li Xiang saw Ji Yanqing, who was also in the escort team. The two of them looked at each other and recalled the final ranking competition.
As guardians, they had escorted the last spark of humanity together.
Wasn't it a similar scene now?
Li Xiang felt a chill in his heart. This was a corner of the future that the Goddess of Calamity had glimpsed. It was also Bai Lili's prophecy.
Was the future really unchangeable?
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