manynovel Chapter 161 A New Era!
Chapter 161 A New Era!
The observer's figure vanished completely into the void, as if it had never existed.
Su Chen held the cold crystal cube in his hand, which was the "Star Sea Terminal," feeling as if he were holding a Pandora's box.
He looked up at the vast universe.
It was no longer a tranquil starry sky, but a dark forest filled with unknown dangers.
He suppressed his chaotic thoughts, moved, and slowly descended from a height of ten thousand meters.
The landing point was the East China Sea defense headquarters, which had long since been reduced to ruins.
As soon as he landed, several figures rushed over from a nearby temporary shelter, with Elder Long leading the way.
He was followed by Lin Xue and several of the highest-ranking members of the alliance.
They looked at Su Chen, their eyes filled with complex emotions.
There was awe, excitement, and a touch of... unfamiliarity.
The aura of Su Chen before me has completely transformed.
He simply stood there calmly, yet seemed to be one with the entire world, his every gesture carrying a profound and unspoken meaning.
That feeling was completely beyond the realm of human beings.
"Xiao Su...you..."
Old Long's lips moved a few times.
In the end, I still habitually called out that name, though my voice was a little hoarse.
"I'm fine, Elder Long."
Su Chen nodded to him, then glanced at the crowd: "What's the casualty situation?"
"Thanks to you, after you issued the final warning, all surface personnel were evacuated to the deepest part of the underground city, and there were few casualties."
"But... the base and all the buildings on the surface are destroyed."
One person reported to the leader in a deep voice.
"It's good that people are alive. Destroyed things can be rebuilt." Su Chen's tone was very calm.
Seeing the puzzled and inquisitive looks in everyone's eyes, he knew that some things needed to be explained.
"Come with me."
He led the alliance's top officials into the temporary command center, dismissing everyone else.
Then, the cruel truth of the "civilization test" is concisely and completely revealed.
When Su Chen finished speaking the last word, the entire command center fell into a deathly silence.
Every face was filled with utter shock.
"A test... everything we went through... was just a test?"
Old Master Long's voice trembled uncontrollably.
He was an old man who had spent his life in the military and had seen countless deaths.
For the first time, a look of bewilderment and absurdity appeared on his face.
"The demonic tide is the test... the reborn are the variables... and the gods are the examiners?"
The other person muttered to himself, his eyes vacant.
"Then what are we? What about those of us who died... those compatriots...?"
"An experimental subject?"
"Bang!"
A hot-tempered man slammed his fist on the alloy tabletop.
The table dented instantly, and his eyes turned bloodshot.
He roared, "Why! Why do they have the right to decide our lives and deaths from such a high and mighty position!"
"The Starry Sea Council? I'll fucking fuck the Starry Sea Council!"
Anger, resentment, lingering fear, humiliation... all sorts of emotions fermented in everyone's heart.
They are the elite of humanity, the heroes who led civilization out of its doom.
But in the end, they discovered that everything they were so proud of was just a game on someone else's chessboard.
This immense sense of disparity nearly shattered their beliefs.
Su Chen didn't speak, but just watched them quietly.
He needs to let them process this fact on their own.
Because he experienced more intense emotional fluctuations than they did.
After a long while, Elder Long sighed deeply, and a glimmer of light rekindled in his cloudy eyes.
He looked at Su Chen and said in a deep voice, "Su, do we... have any way out?"
"No more." Su Chen shook his head.
"From the moment we passed the test, Earth's coordinates were exposed on the big map of the universe."
"Our only way forward is to move forward, become stronger than anyone else, strong enough to overturn the chessboard and make our own rules."
His words resonated powerfully, instantly lifting the spirits of the dejected atmosphere in the command center.
Yes, there's no turning back!
Anger solves nothing, and resentment changes nothing.
Humanity must confront this vaster, more dangerous universe.
"I hereby declare," Su Chen's voice echoed throughout the command center.
"From this day forward, the apocalypse ends. Earth enters the 'Starry Age'!"
"Our top priority right now is, first, to rebuild our homes."
"Second, analyze all the high-dimensional technologies I brought back, and develop our technology at all costs."
"Third, prepare for the end of the 'newbie protection period' a year later. The observer mentioned 'scavengers,' which is by no means an exaggeration."
When the words "The End of the World" were broadcast throughout every dungeon via the global broadcasting system.
After a brief silence, a thunderous roar of cheers erupted.
Countless people embraced and wept, their joyful tears washing away the weariness and vicissitudes left on their faces by the end of the world.
They may not know what the future holds, but at least for now, peace and rebirth are real.
After the meeting
Su Chen didn't rest; he went straight to the medical center.
He pushed open the door to a special care ward, where Lin Xue was sitting by the bedside.
Seeing him come in, she quickly stood up, her eyes red-rimmed.
On the hospital bed, Liu Yiyi lay quietly, her face as pale as paper, her breathing weak.
Her life force was almost completely burned out in the battle with the Kuisi.
Even more deadly was the need to seal the remnant soul of the Demon Emperor.
Her soul became entangled with that evil force, forming an extremely dangerous balance.
It was like a time bomb buried deep in her soul, ready to explode at any moment.
Su Chen walked to the bedside, reached out his hand, and mobilized the gentle power of the world.
He carefully probed into Liu Yiyi's body, attempting to repair her wounds.
However, when his power touched Liu Yiyi's soul, his brows furrowed tightly.
The situation was worse than he had imagined.
Kui Si's demonic soul was like a leech, inextricably intertwined with Liu Yiyi's soul essence.
You have me I have you.
If forcibly separated, Liu Yiyi's soul would shatter on the spot, and her spirit would be scattered.
"How is it?" Lin Xue asked nervously.
"This is troublesome." Su Chen withdrew his hand, his expression grave.
He took out the crystal cube—the Starry Sea Terminal—and tried to activate it with his mind.
[Su Chen, representative of Earth civilization, welcome to the Starry Sea Terminal.]
A mechanical voice echoed in his mind.
He immediately looked up solutions for soul restoration.
Soon, the terminal presented several options, but each one made his heart pound.
Option 1: Find the cosmic wonder 'Fountain of Souls,' which can cleanse the soul and remove all impurities. Rarity: Extremely High.
Option Two: Use the "Soul Reconstruction Technology" of an advanced civilization, which requires paying a huge technology transfer fee or transaction points.
Su Chen stared at the astronomical number of trading points and fell silent.
The Earth today is extremely poor.
He decided to take a two-pronged approach.
He began to connect to the terminal using his mind and attempted to access the parliament's public trading platform.
I'm wondering if I can use local products from around the world to get some start-up capital.
He listed some rare mineral samples unique to Earth and gene sequences of mutated organisms as product information.
This is the first time that Earth's civilization has cautiously extended its reach into the universe.
At the same time, he retrieved some of the technological data extracted from the Seraph's remains.
He began to seriously study and try to build a rudimentary "soul reconstruction device" on his own.
Just as Su Chen was fully immersed in his research, Liu Yiyi, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly began to tremble without warning.
A holy power of light and a malevolent abyssal demonic energy erupted simultaneously from her body!
These two forces, which were originally incompatible, were unconsciously nurtured by the power of the world.
They reached a strange balance and began to merge and transform into each other!
Liu Yiyi suddenly opened her eyes.
Her left eye was a brilliant gold, sacred and majestic.
Her right eye turned an eerie purple, filled with chaos and evil.
A terrifying aura, both sacred and evil, both light and darkness, swept out from her body.
She turned her head, her strange heterochromatic eyes looking at Su Chen, who was in shock.
She spoke hesitantly, her voice ethereal yet hoarse:
"who I am?"