Chapter 228: Cause and Effect, Prelude to Destruction

"Report! An ancient poisonous volcano was discovered in the southern seas and began to erupt again!"

"Report! A landslide has occurred in the northern sea area, and the fire flowing from the ground has boiled the sea water!"

"Report! Southern Sea Area..."

Three retired astronomical officials who were ordered to monitor abnormal conditions in the East China Sea would return to Tanggu to report from time to time. The disasters reported included but were not limited to volcanic eruptions, undersea earthquakes, and tsunamis!
These disasters are common in the East China Sea. After all, it would be strange if there were no disasters in such a large sea area.

But these three are obviously not losers who would report even the smallest matters. A disaster that can make three True Immortals so busy is obviously big news beyond the normal range!

In fact, the more Jingxin and the other two reported, the more frightened they became:

Without visiting the area in person, they never imagined the situation would be so bad.

Just in the East China Sea, there are countless earth veins erupting, causing volcanoes and earthquakes to be seen almost everywhere, and all of this is because the geology is too fragile!

On this basis, the vast earth is like an increasingly fragile pancake. If there is any movement in the earth's veins, it will be pulled, torn, and broken down.

This trend is obviously not a recent phenomenon. Actual exploration has shown that the scars on these strata have always existed, but for some reason, they have never erupted on such a large scale before.

All major disasters will only occur in the next one or two years.

And in the past one or two epochs, the Heavenly Court happened to unify the five regions, so when these two sides met, it seemed as if the heavens were punishing the Heavenly Court...

As a result, an invisible fear surged into the hearts of the three people:

Is the prehistoric world going to end?!

Under the threat of the demise of heaven and earth, they finally stopped feeling angry and unwilling about Emperor Xuantian's abdication, and instead felt relieved:
Fortunately, the Emperor of Heaven handed over power early, otherwise the title of "the last Emperor of Heaven" would have to be borne by his own Emperor Xuantian!
At this point, Jin Bing was no longer a despicable villain trying to seize power in their eyes, but a miserable scapegoat...

It is an obvious consensus that heaven and earth will perish.

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[After receiving reports of one abnormal situation after another in the East China Sea, your already depressed mood has become even more depressed, even gloomy...]

[The East China Sea is just the tip of the iceberg. These disasters are happening all over the prehistoric world, causing chaos in the newly unified Heavenly Palace. I'm afraid Jin Bing is already feeling uneasy in his position...]

[It was only then that you put together some of the known information that you had not paid attention to back then, and saw the key points.]

【For example, the scam of "Xianjie". 】

[You have never figured out who spread this hoax, and why all the completely unrelated regions in the prehistoric world know about this rumor? ]

[Now you have probably guessed that this scam should have been passed down by the Styx. Since the end of the Dharma, only He has the ability to spread such unreliable news to everyone.]

What is His purpose in spreading this deception?

[You subconsciously thought of the leeks-cutting space in Zhongtian Gate. Every hundred years or so, Zhongtian Gate would emit a red light to suppress the power of Pangu near Buzhou Mountain, allowing the true immortals from all over the world who yearn for the beautiful life in the "immortal world" to enter.]

[After entering the "Immortal Realm", people will fight each other without reason, and after death they will turn into bloody gas, which will be transported to the starry sky and underground by the hollow Buzhou Mountain...]

[You used to think that the Styx was consuming the nutrients of the immortals, but now think about it, why would a saint need this kind of nutrition? ]

[Considering the frequent natural disasters nowadays, and thinking about the relative stability of the world in the past, an answer you never imagined is about to emerge: these nutrients should be supplied to the needs of various parts of the world. The fragile world has no saints to fill the gaps, so it can only let the immortals turn into nutrients to fill the gaps...]

[So, this scam should actually be a set of "sky repair mechanism" set up by the Styx. Under the scam, the true immortals spontaneously went to the "immortal world" to die, and the sky was repaired automatically, so that He would have the energy to continue to stalemate with Hongjun Tiandao in the starry sky! ]

[From this perspective, the cruel and merciless Styx has become a great saint who saves the ancient world...]

[This strange turn of events leaves you at a loss, because if the Styx is a good guy standing in the light, then wouldn't you who is blocking Him become a bad guy?! ]

[You worked so hard to restore the Heavenly Court, unify the five regions, and eliminate the evil monks who eat people, saving the people from danger... After all this time, it turns out that you are the villain. Is there such a reversal in the world? ]

[Thinking of this, even if you have already become a Golden Immortal, you can’t help but feel dizzy and find it hard to accept...]

[It was also at this time that you finally figured out why the Styx agreed to let you run the game alone, but not to bring everyone in the prehistoric world with you. You also understood why He cursed at you after knowing that you had done so many good things for the country and the people.]

[“What I want is their death…”]

[Silently reciting Minghe's angry words, you laughed at yourself: The wool comes from the sheep, and the necessary means for Minghe to maintain the stability of the prehistoric world is to cause chaos in the five regions, so that all the immortal cultivators in the world will eat humans, and after they become true immortals, they will go to the "immortal world" to die...]

[What a perfect mechanism for saving the world! ]

[After thoroughly understanding its operation mode, even you can't help but admire it: Should monks who eat people die?] [Of course! So the Styx tricked them into becoming leeks, and there is no need to feel any psychological burden when harvesting them...]

[Look! Justice for the mortals has been served, and the primitive world has also been supplied with nutrients, thus being preserved. Then the preserved primitive world can feed an infinite number of mortals, and the mortals are then eaten by the monks... This cycle repeats itself, it's simply perfect! ]

[But, is this really perfect...]

[If you take your perspective away from the macro narrative, and stop looking at the rise and fall of the world, and only focus on the billions of people living here, then you can see another perspective: a dark, desperate perspective of suffering! ]

[From the moment we are born, mortals are destined to be consumables for the operation of heaven and earth. Birth, aging, sickness and death are all planned by the saint who is high above us, the Styx. He even arranges birth, aging, sickness and death for mortals on his own initiative. Without them, it is impossible.]

[The saints high above carefully wove the fate of all living beings in the mire, and then a group of monks who were unaware of the scheme began to eat humans to cultivate immortality, until they were bloated and fat...]

[Then the saint who was fishing for law enforcement would jump out and do his job impartially, and liquidate these valuables who were cultivating immortality by eating people. This would not only allow him to harvest the nutrients that sustain the heaven and earth, but also bring justice to the dead mortals...]

[For the operation of heaven and earth, this is really perfect! 】

[But for mortals, this world is simply a breeding farm, no different from a living hell! ]

[“Since the maintenance of this world is based on the suffering of the vast majority of mortals, it cannot exist without suffering... then why do we need it to exist?”]

[You suddenly laughed: It would be fine if everyone could just go to the "Eternal Wilderness", why do we have to use the suffering of mortals to forcibly maintain this broken ship? ]

[Is this a kind of selfish desire? Is this Minghe's wishful thinking? ]

[In order to satisfy the selfish desire of the Styx to maintain the existence of the wilderness, it has to bring suffering to these innocent people. Isn’t this a kind of inhumane tyranny! ]

[“Let this vast world and all the people in the world be destroyed together with the ridiculous selfish desires of the Styx!”]

[You laughed crazily, but there was sadness hidden in your smile...]

[You grieve for yourself, and for all the people who will eventually be destroyed. The Styx has brought them eternal suffering, and they will also be destroyed along with the suffering! ]

[It was the saint's obsession that created this tragedy that should not have happened! ]

【…】

[From then on, you figured everything out and completely gave up your ideal of saving the world, but you didn’t think about going out to enjoy life alone, because the moment your ideal was shattered, you no longer wanted to live.]

[You just want to stay quietly on this small island in Tanggu, waiting for the day when the world will be destroyed...]

[In the 43rd year of the human calendar, in order to cope with the increasingly severe natural disasters, Emperor Jin Tian was forced to issue an edict to restore the mining of spiritual stones in the Blood Sea to supply the Heavenly Court with spiritual stones! ]

【With the large-scale application of spiritual stones, the originally serious casualties have been greatly improved. The heavenly officials have performed their duties faithfully and worked hard to protect the people in various places from natural disasters. For a time, the heavenly court has a great momentum of recovery and prosperity. 】

[But these measures are only temporary solutions, not permanent ones. Heaven can protect people from natural disasters, but there is nothing we can do about the disasters themselves.]

[Moreover, as time goes by, the already frequent natural disasters become more and more serious, gradually leading to a situation that is beyond human control...]

[In the 43rd year of the human calendar, the 9th meeting and the 10th cycle, a large volcano in the old land of the Southern Wild Phoenix Clan erupted on a large scale. The poisonous fire from the ancient times spread indiscriminately in all directions. Wherever it passed, people and animals died. Hundreds of states were littered with corpses, and there was no life anymore...]

[The Heavenly Court had no way to save them, and was forced to relocate the remaining people in the volcanic area, leaving the poisonous fire to rage.]

[In the 43rd year of the human calendar, during the 20th year of the 9th year of the Yuan, there was a great earthquake in the Northern Wasteland. The light from the ground reflected hundreds of states, and then the ground split and the mountains and rivers were flattened. After the earthquake, poisonous gas leaked out from underground, and half of the Northern Wasteland became dead silent...]

[The Heavenly Court was horrified and had no choice but to gather the remaining people of the Northern Wasteland and settle them in Zhongzhou, completely abandoning the Northern Wasteland.]

[In the 43rd year of the human calendar, during the 10th year of the 8th cycle, a great earthquake occurred in the Western Wasteland. The water from the sea of ​​blood flooded into all the states, causing countless casualties among ordinary people. The monks’ markets also suffered heavy losses. Those below the level of True Immortals were almost wiped out! ]

[The Heavenly Court had no choice but to relocate the people of the Western Wasteland. In addition to continuing to organize immortals to mine spiritual stones, they almost completely abandoned the Western Wasteland, the place where the dragon rose.]

【…】

[The four regions of South, North, West, and Center have experienced major disasters one after another, but the Heavenly Court can do nothing about it. All the staff can only act as paperhangers, relocate all the people in the four regions to the East Wasteland, gather all the power of the Heavenly Court, and protect the last pure land of the East Wasteland.]

[The New Heavenly Court, which had just unified the five regions for less than a Yuanhui, suddenly became a separatist regime in the Eastern Wasteland! ]

[And this is just the appetizer for the annihilation of heaven and earth, the main event is yet to come...]

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(End of this chapter)