Chapter 95: Chapter 84: Raise the Imperial Banner, Unify the World!
Among the three worlds at present, the Martial Arts World has the highest casualty rate, but at the same time, it’s also the one facing the smallest apocalypse threat.
This is mainly due to the existence of the Interstellar Civilization.
For the Interstellar Civilization, an environmental apocalypse happening on a single planet—even if the entire planet explodes—can’t really be considered an apocalypse.
A single spaceship is always enough to preserve the fire of civilization.
The reason it wasn’t dealt with swiftly before mostly comes down to two aspects.
First, interstellar world Shen Yu didn’t have access to his civilization’s authority, so the resources he could mobilize were insufficient.
Second, Martial Artist Shen Yu hadn’t yet taken control of the entire civilization, and there was even still internal strife within it.
All things considered, it’s been less than a week since the Association was founded.
No one expected that the situation of the Martial Arts Civilization would suddenly deteriorate right now.
Luckily, interstellar world Shen Yu has now obtained a certain amount of resource allocation authority. Plus, with the urgent need for martial-world-exclusive minerals, the biggest construction challenge has already been resolved.
What’s left is only the problem of Martial Artist Shen Yu integrating the entire civilization.
That is, gathering and managing the population.
"How much time do I have left?" Martial Artist Shen Yu asked.
"The AI has already built a new meteorological model based on energy monitoring," interstellar world Shen Yu directly checked the weather satellite data and gave an answer. "Three days, at most three days. By then, the whole surface will be covered by storms, the temperature will drop to about minus 100 degrees Celsius, and the special energy contained within the storm means nothing living will be able to survive on the surface. At the same time, the entire planet’s ecosystem will be completely destroyed."
"Three days?" Martial Artist Shen Yu was completely stunned. "How could it be so fast?"
Although he knew the sun was slowly going out and the entire civilization would fall eventually, he originally thought there would at least be a few more years.
"Normally, it shouldn’t be this fast, but again, it’s the Primordial Energy problem." Interstellar world Shen Yu pulled up a projection. "The weather satellites have detected underground energy flows, centered on the Earth Martial Sect headquarters. Look—doesn’t this look like a volcano?"
In the 3D projection, the entire planet was crisscrossed with dense energy veins.
Most were hidden deep underground.
But, in a few places, they connect to the surface.
The Earth Martial Sect is one of those places.
"So our whole planet is a giant volcano?" Martial Artist Shen Yu’s eyes went wide and he sucked in a breath. "Earth Evil Power really does surge up from the depths underground?"
"Volcano is just a metaphor, but it’s very possible that the source of active Primordial Energy is underground." Interstellar world Shen Yu made a reasonable deduction. "The first Earth Evil Power surged up to the surface from the deep underground. After being constantly absorbed and recycled by surface life, it finally formed relatively gentle Primordial Energy. This could very well be the source of the Martial Arts World’s active Primordial Energy, but obviously, the Primordial Energy on the surface is just a drop in the bucket compared to the energy accumulated underground."
Martial Artist Shen Yu stared silently at the 3D projection before him.
In the Martial Arts World, everyone just assumed Primordial Energy was a natural part of the world. No one ever thought about its source.
Even someone with some scientific thinking ability like him had never considered the question.
After all, Martial Arts Extraordinary was already unbelievable enough.
He was a young man who hadn’t even gone to college in his last life, why would he dwell on these things?
"So, if you put it that way," Martial Artist Shen Yu’s tone was a bit dry, "if the underground Earth Evil Power suddenly erupts, wouldn’t it be over no matter what? Power that strong is deadly even to Body Refining Martial Artists, let alone ordinary people."
"Not necessarily." Interstellar world Shen Yu shook his head, his expression even showing a bit of excitement. "Since there are energy veins, there must be dense and sparse areas. If we choose sparse areas to build underground survival bases, we can minimize the impact of Earth Evil Power. What’s more, if our previous guess is correct, isn’t it possible to accelerate the transformation from Earth Evil Power to mild Primordial Energy? Even if Martial Arts can’t, we still have the Gray Mist. If that’s the case... you’ll be in an era with much denser Primordial Energy than before!"
Martial Artist Shen Yu’s eyes lit up.
Right, there’s still the Gray Mist!
He’d gotten flustered and overlooked even something this important!
Now he immediately asked the Gray Mist how much it would consume for this method.
"Anywhere from eight million to 1.7 billion units, depending on the quantity and quality of Earth Evil Power!" This time Martial Artist Shen Yu was truly excited.
Even though the numbers are significant, it’s still entirely feasible.
As long as he can save as many people as possible in the coming days.
Although his world only has around 800 million people left, don’t forget, Martial Arts Masters are even more valuable!
"In that case, the plan can be set." Shen Yu finally spoke up at this moment. "Pick suitable places to build underground bases—let interstellar world Shen Yu handle the resource allocation for that. As for the most important part, quickly gathering the population and establishing a unified system, that part can only be done by you, Martial Artist Shen Yu. Both parts must be completed in three days—the sooner the better. Time is life!"
Three days means in three days’ time, the world destruction level storm will cover the entire surface.
It doesn’t mean the crisis only starts three days from now.
If the population can’t be gathered urgently, there will still be massive casualties.
The reduction in Gray Mist will directly affect the efficiency of later responses to Earth Evil Power.