# Chapter 1725: Humanity's Calamity! (Bonus Chapter)
At this moment, no one could remain calm!
The moment the Spirit-Sealing Pillar was pulled out, all the ancient Gusu Spirit Ruins from three thousand years ago would return, and spiritual energy would fully recover!
Everyone knew what this meant!
Liu Mang's face turned pale with shock: "Spirit ruins sealed for three thousand years? This... this damn... just how powerful must the spirit beasts inside be?"
"And how many more spirit ruins will be completely unsealed? Doesn't this... doesn't this mean..."
Jiangnan's expression was extremely grim: "The ancient Gusu Spirit Ruins are appearing all over the world, covering the entire Lan Xing!"
"And now the spiritual energy density on Lan Xing is generally higher than that inside the spirit ruins. Coupled with the illumination of the Blue Moon, all creatures bathing in the moonlight have a chance to evolve!"
"This is a fatal temptation for spirit beasts. They will rush out of the spirit ruins recklessly, invading Lan Xing!"
"This will be a spirit calamity sweeping across the entire world! The scene from over twenty years ago will repeat itself at this moment!"
At this moment, everyone's hands and feet turned cold, their backs already soaked with cold sweat!
Jiangnan never expected that lighting the Blue Moon, while benefiting humanity, would also help drive the World Purification Plan forward!
The dense spiritual energy and the Blue Moon in the sky were all reasons for spirit beasts to charge out of the spirit ruins!
Liu Ming punched the ground heavily, his eyes filled with ferocity!
"Secondary spiritual energy recovery, global spirit calamity outbreak? The World Purification Plan is really ruthless enough!"
Shanmiao felt cold in both body and heart: "The world's population exceeds 7 billion! How many spirit warriors have the ability to protect themselves? How many are ordinary people?"
"Under the full outbreak of the spirit calamity, the structure of human society will inevitably collapse. How many people will die at the jaws of beasts? Famine, plague, beast tides, radiation... damn it!"
"If we're not careful, humanity will lose its civilization! It will be utterly destroyed!"
Jiangnan's heart clenched. By then, the casualty count would likely be in the billions!
Compared to the rare spirit warriors, most people on Lan Xing were ordinary!
The ultimate goal of the World Purification Plan was to eliminate these ordinary people and the weak spirit warriors!
Survival of the fittest. Even if the strong remained in the end, they wouldn't be able to maintain the existing human civilization and social structure!
Medical staff, scientists, top scholars, teachers, programmers, farmers...
Too many to count. They were ordinary, yet not ordinary!
The main body of human civilization was not just spirit warriors, but those working on the front lines, silently dedicating themselves!
Billions of ordinary yet extraordinary people formed the cornerstone of human civilization, supporting humanity's development to this day!
If all these people were eliminated, would human civilization still exist?
Jiangnan clenched his iron fists, his eyes bloodshot: "The Holy Star wants to cut off the foundation of human civilization this way, turning us into a slave race like the Pupil Race, which can be used and traded at will!"
How do you make a race lose hope? First, you destroy their civilization, their faith...
It was easy to imagine that after the spirit calamity began, there would be city ruins everywhere, burning battlefields, and smoke covering the sky!
That would be a true apocalypse!
Black Crow's eyes were almost splitting with rage: "We must! We must stop the Spirit-Sealing Spell Array from opening! The Spirit-Sealing Pillar absolutely cannot be pulled out!"
Jiangnan smiled bitterly, a sense of powerlessness in his eyes: "We can't stop it!"
At this moment, everyone stared at Jiangnan in shock. The always most energetic and optimistic Nan Shen, why was he so pessimistic?
Things haven't developed to that point yet. Anything is possible, right?
Jiangnan said quietly: "The Holy Star's plan has advanced to this point, leaving only the final Spirit-Sealing Pillar. Igor won't hesitate on this matter!"
"He will do everything he can to pull it out, bring people from outside the starry sky, call reinforcements from home!"
"Even if we summon Transcendents to guard it, do you think the Bose Clan, as the overlords of the starry sky, would lack such powerful beings?"
"It's not that they don't have them! It's just that they haven't arrived yet! To the Holy Star, humanity is still too weak. If we really try to defend, we won't be able to hold it!"
Shanmiao said urgently: "Xiao Nan! You can't be so pessimistic. We held the Blue Moon, didn't we? The lunar battle was quite impressive, wasn't it?"
Jiangnan took a deep breath: "Do you know why Igor didn't try to destroy the moon after humanity lit it, but instead let it exist and shifted his focus to Lan Xing? Why?"
"First, in a short time, the Blue Moon can't help humans break through their racial limits. Second, the Blue Moon helps implement the World Purification Plan!"
"The Holy Star's No-Moon Plan was originally about destroying human civilization. If the moon shattered and meteorites fell, it would also be survival of the fittest!"
"And so is the World Purification Plan. That's why, after humanity lit the star, Igor didn't send anyone to attack the Blue Moon again!"
Xia Yao's pretty face turned pale: "You... you mean it wasn't that humanity managed to hold the lit moon, but that the Holy Star never planned to destroy it after it was lit?"
"But instead, they used this point to push forward the World Purification Plan? Not that they couldn't destroy it, but that there was no need, so they..."
Jiangnan rubbed his brow: "From the very beginning, this has been an unequal war!"
"The Holy Star backs the Bose Clan, the Thousand Stars City, the endless brilliant civilizations under the starry sky, developed for countless years. Humanity only has Lan Xing!"
Zhong Yingxue asked with difficulty: "Is it really impossible to defend? No chance at all?"
"What if we gather all of humanity's top experts, like the lunar counterattack, and go all out to guard the Spirit-Sealing Pillar?"
"Would there still be a chance?"
Jiangnan said hoarsely: "No chance. What will happen will still happen!"
"Have you noticed that the Spirit-Sealing Spell Array in this rain maze only seals the spiritual energy and spirit ruins from three thousand years ago?"
"The eras of Xiao Di two thousand years ago and Yu Shen one thousand years ago both experienced worldwide spirit sealing!"
"Where did the spiritual energy and spirit ruins from those two eras go? Have you ever thought about that?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhong Yingxue's eyes widened!
"You... you mean the Spirit-Sealing Spell Array isn't just one place in the rain maze? At the end of each era, before the Holy Star leaves Lan Xing, they seal the spiritual energy and spirit ruins?"
"The rain maze is just one part of the Holy Star's World Purification Plan! There are two other Spirit-Sealing Spell Arrays we don't know about?"
"When this spirit calamity comes, all the spirit ruins that ever existed from four eras will open simultaneously? Oh heavens! This..."
At this moment, everyone was too shocked to speak. If that were true, how many spirit ruins would appear in the world?
Just from Jiangnan's era alone, the number of spirit ruins was already terrifying!
What about adding the spirit ruins from the previous three eras?
This era would be the craziest era in history!
Jiangnan took a deep breath: "This is just my speculation. It may not be true!"
But Hairpin Wei shook her head with a bitter smile: "No... it might actually be true. The World Purification Plan I got from Bracelet Wei wasn't the complete content either!"
"There are other Weis in places I don't know about, doing things I don't know about..."
At this moment, no one could be happy anymore!
If it were true, all spirit ruins from four eras would open simultaneously, appearing on Lan Xing together. That would be humanity's death sentence!
Liu Mang's face was full of bitterness: "How can we fight this? Even if humanity concentrates its top combat power and holds this Spirit-Sealing Pillar here..."
"The other two Spirit-Sealing Spell Arrays will still open. We don't even know their exact locations. The spirit calamity will still descend!"
And operating like this wouldn't work anyway. If all of humanity's top combat power rushed into the maze and got stuck here...
When the other two arrays opened and the spirit calamity struck, what about the humans outside?
Only more would die!
It seemed that no matter what they did, they couldn't stop the World Purification Plan from happening!
Igor had played this hand beautifully!
Jiangnan's expression gradually turned fierce!
"I, Jiangnan, am not very strong. Maybe I can't change the trend of events or stop things from happening. But at least I can do what I'm capable of at this moment!"
"Even if we can't hold it, we still have to try. At least we can buy some time for the humans outside, give them enough time to react and take shelter!"
"Even if it's just one more second, it's still good! Knowing it's impossible! I still choose to do it!"
The real weak, the real losers, are those who are afraid of failure and don't even dare to try!
Courage isn't about being unafraid of death or charging recklessly! That's just solitary bravery!
True courage is knowing you'll fail and still choosing to act!
Maybe you rarely win, but sometimes, you just might!
At this moment, everyone's eyes became firm!
It was clear that they had made up their minds!
There was no time to hesitate here. Finding the initial-era spirit ruins was the top priority. Not a single second could be wasted!
Jiangnan waved his hand, and the Death Off-Road Vehicle formed. Wu Liang was tied to the front as a mascot!
They had to find the initial-era spirit ruins before Ruiya, no matter what!
Shanmiao urged: "Does home know about this? How will they respond? Since the Spirit-Sealing Spell Array will inevitably open, they must be prepared to face the impact!"
Jiangnan said seriously: "Long ago, Hua Xia had already begun preparations!"
"After the Western Frontier Spirit Calamity, to prevent similar incidents from happening again, Hua Xia had already started clearing spirit ruins for shelter, launching the Nest-Overturning Plan!"
"After I returned to Jing Du from the moon, I worked with Grandpa Di and the others to formulate a series of countermeasures!"
"The Nest-Overturning Plan, the Spark Plan, the Spider Web Garrison Operation, and a complete disaster response strategy. I never thought we'd actually use them one day!"
Jiangnan smiled bitterly. If he could, he would rather these plans gather dust and never be activated!
Because Jiangnan knew exactly what it meant to activate these plans!
But facts proved that foresight was necessary. At least Hua Xia wasn't completely unprepared!
"Right now, the biggest problem is how to get this news out. I can't contact the outside at all! If we can't get the message out, no matter how long we hold out, it's useless!"
Just then, Hairpin Wei quickly raised her hand:
(๑•̀～.–)۶ "Me! I left a backup Wei outside! She can be used to relay messages!"
Jiangnan: !!!
His eyes lit up!
"You've saved us! Can I give you a kiss?"