Chapter 1774: Facing the Future Together
With the roar of the ground, Xing Cheng carried millions of people and headed toward the Red Leaf Valley Ling Xu!
With Xing Cheng around, naturally no reckless beast hordes came looking for trouble.
But this girl still hadn't learned how to be human again!
Along the way, Xing Cheng kept winking at Xia Yao, as if hinting at something!
They had agreed before that she would ask for food tickets and Incense Beads for Cheng Bao to eat!
But Xia Yao completely failed to notice Xing Cheng's hinting gaze, probably because her eyes were indeed a bit too large!
Seeing that Xia Yao still didn't respond, Xing Cheng was a bit sulky, but with so many people around, she was too embarrassed to bring up the matter of snacks!
There were millions of people; Cheng Bao needed face, right?
Jiangnan just grinned:
(๑՞ٹ՞) "Now we have two villas. When we get back to Pioneer Basin, we'll fix up our Sky Island properly!"
"Stick a God-Slaying Spell Array as a protective shield. Even under the current circumstances, we can still have our own little home!"
"And with these several tons of Spirit Beads, it's enough to restock our underground treasure vault!"
No matter how difficult the times, Jiangnan still looked forward to the future!
However, the expressions of Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the others all froze!
Zhong Yingxue raised her hand: (٥･᷄﹏･᷅)ﾂ "Um... though I really hate to interrupt you, Pioneer Basin was a week ago!"
"Now it's Pioneer Abyss. Rongcheng is completely gone, and our Sky Island is..."
The smile on Jiangnan's face froze. A scream like a pig being slaughtered echoed above Xing Cheng's head!
(ง˃̶口˂̶)ง Ah!
He couldn't hold back and burst into tears on the spot!
(*꒦ິ口꒦ີ) "My Sky Island is gone? I still had a lot of treasures stored at home! All gone? What happened? Who did this?"
The saddest thing in the world is nothing less than being alive while your money is gone before you even spent it!
Obviously, Jiangnan's information level was still stuck seven days ago!
Mila said weakly: (′◔～◔`) "Karl did it. Karl from the Holy Star brought people to snatch Sister Jiang Jing. He was blocked by Xiao Yeye, Sister Mi Ye, and Odin!"
"Everything around was destroyed!"
Jiangnan gritted his teeth: (ꐦ｀益´) "Dammit! I had a feeling the Holy Star had ill intentions toward Jing Jing, good thing we guarded against it!"
"Hiss~ Xiao Yeye and Bad Sister have all successfully Transcended? How's Karl? Is he strong? Are Sister Ningning and Jing Jing still safe?"
"I even prepared a gift for her but haven't given it yet!"
How much had he missed while frantically slaying spirit beasts these past days?
Xia Yao quickly said: "Don't worry, Jiang Ning and Jiang Jing are still fine. Xiao Yeye and the others were strong enough, even overpowering Karl!"
"Otherwise, without Xiao Yeye and them holding Karl back, the first wave of the beast tide would have been even worse!"
"It's just that I heard the Holy Star set up an alien-tech war fortress in the Polar Icefield as their base. It's tough to deal with, can't break it. It's called the Beacon Star Palace!"
"After the first wave ended, Xiao Yeye and the others should have returned to Jing Du!"
Jiangnan's eyes lit up: (ง￥﹃￥)ง "What? An alien-tech war fortress? Beacon Star Palace? Damn, damn!"
"Is it powerful? Is the exterior cool? Does it transform?"
"How come I feel this Beacon Star Palace is a bit like my future home?"
Everyone present instantly turned to stone!
Not really? That's the Holy Star's main base now established on Lan Xing!
You just heard about it and are already planning to snatch the Beacon Star Palace as your own home?
That's bandit behavior!
Preparing to upgrade your lost Sky Island into a Beacon Star Palace?
Zhong Yingxue's eyelid twitched: "Don't think about that first. I heard its defenses are very strong. Xiao Yeye and them couldn't break it. That plasma cannon or something can even rival the three-domain fusion!"
Jiangnan got even more excited. There's no home I can't steal!
"What else? Tell me everything!"
Liu Mang didn't hesitate, directly opening a spiritual link and synchronizing information in real time!
Jiangnan's expression kept shifting in shock as he frantically absorbed the information he had missed these days!
He learned about the global communication blackout and the Great Wall's Heaven-Spanning Barrier!
So Qin Shou wasn't bragging to me; he really is a descendant of Emperor Qin!
The Great Wall of thousands of miles all rose as a barrier, protecting the beautiful rivers and mountains of Hua Xia in troubled times?
Emperor Qin is awesome!
He also learned that humanity now had four Transcendents, who blocked Karl and bought precious time for humanity's respite!
After synchronizing a wave of information, Jiangnan frowned deeply!
"The Holy Star won't let this go. Karl is so strong and came for Jiang Jing. He won't stop until he gets her. There's definitely a next move!"
"We need to figure out why the Holy Star wants a Spirit Medium. Sister Jiang Ning should know something about this!"
"And what's with the communication system outage? The Holy Star is cunning enough to pull this trick?"
Xia Yao said: "Currently, Hua Xia is relying on WeChat to hold things together. The specific reason is unknown!"
"But all technological communication methods have become unusable. Even trying to relaunch communication satellites has no effect. They fall as soon as they're launched!"
"WeChat sent news that it might be Wu Liang's fault. All the falling satellites hit Wu Liang!"
Jiangnan: ∑(°口°๑)
Crap! I forgot about that. I fed Wu Liang so many Little Cherries, and his bad luck caused all global satellites to fall?
Such powerful range? Isn't that causing trouble?
"Hmph~ Regardless, as long as people are still alive, it's fine!"
Xia Yao's mouth twitched: (‧̣̥̇͡°﹏͡°) "Some people are alive, but it's no different from being dead. Haven't made it back to Jing Du yet. How many days has it been?"
Jiangnan shuddered violently. Wu Liang really had it rough too!
After sending the people on Xing Cheng to Red Leaf Valley and Tianchi Ling Xu for proper placement, Jiangnan didn't delay!
He drove Xing Cheng straight toward Jing Du. Currently, there should be no cooler ride on Lan Xing than Cheng Bao!
But the problem of finding a parking spot was a bit tricky!
Along the way, Jiangnan saw cities reduced to ruins, and also saw the Great Wall's Heaven-Spanning Barrier standing between heaven and earth.
Giant beasts roamed everywhere, as if returning to the wild!
The former peace, tranquility, and prosperity were long gone, replaced by an apocalypse-like world. Looking around, all was desolation!
Having personally experienced all this, Jiangnan's heart was filled with indescribable emotions!
Having gone through the Spirit Qi Revival era, and then personally ignited the star to start the Blue Moon Era, universal evolution!
Now the era had changed again. The second Spirit Qi Revival brought the most severe blow to human civilization, entering the Global Spirit Calamity Era!
"The times have really changed... so unfamiliar..."
Everyone who had gone through this together really felt like they were dreaming. It seemed like everything before them wasn't real, yet it was painfully real!
Zhong Yingxue couldn't help but hold Jiangnan's hand, her gaze filled with determination!
"At least everyone is still here. No matter what the future holds, good or bad, we'll face it together!"
"The sun will still rise tomorrow, won't it?"
The dawn sun broke the night's tranquility. When the first ray of light fell on Jiangnan and the others, everyone felt unprecedented warmth!
Morning light spilled across the land. Jiangnan saw Jing Du bathed in the rising sun, standing tall amidst the calamity, surrounded by lingering spirit mist!
It had preserved the last trace of peace!
Jiangnan smiled brightly: (๐❛ั◡❛ั) "Yeah? Who cares what the future holds? We'll face it together!"
...
Jing Du was now protected by the Great Wall's Heaven-Spanning Barrier to the north!
To the south, a thick wall a thousand meters high had been erected to deal with possible beast tide impacts at any time!
In this chaotic world, it played an irreplaceable role. Within Jing Du city, that bright red flag still fluttered!
Parking Xing Cheng outside the city, Jiangnan directly brought everyone to teleport into the city!
Jiangnan's return caused a huge uproar within Jing Du!
He wanted to find Yang Jian first to understand the situation and formulate follow-up strategies!
But Yang Jian was busy coordinating and couldn't spare time for now, telling Jiangnan to handle his own affairs first!
Back in Jing Du, Jiangnan was dumbfounded. For a moment, he didn't know what to do!
He also didn't know where Sister Jiang Ning, Xiao Yeye, and the others were!
Just then, Xia Yao suddenly remembered!
(๑•̌～•̑) "Hey hey hey~ Xiao Nan! Xuexue and I prepared gifts for you!"
"How about we go find Sister Li Bing first?"
Jiangnan was taken aback, then eagerly rubbed his hands together:
(ʃƪ͡°▿͡°) "What gifts? Love tokens?"
Xia Yao rolled her eyes:
(꒪ั～꒪ั*) "Pfft~ Why would I need a love token with you? Lan?"
Lan opened the Alternate Dimension, rummaged around inside, and pulled out more than a dozen cans of golden Sun Sparrow heart blood!
(｡･ˇ◡ˇ･)っ "Here~"
Jiangnan looked puzzled...
(•︠～•︡) What's this?
Zhong Yingxue smiled warmly: "Didn't Sister Li Bing say before that Sun Sparrow heart blood can upgrade your Blood Incineration?"
"When we killed the Sun Sparrow, we collected it for you!"
Jiangnan's eyes lit up with excitement. He couldn't help rushing over and giving Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao kisses on the cheeks!
(ૢ⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴)~ෆ "Haha! I love you guys to death! How could I forget that?"
Back in the Rainforest Maze, Jiangnan had wanted to get the Sun Sparrow but failed, only making it bald!
Unexpectedly, it eventually fell into Zhong Yingxue's and Xia Yao's hands!
Zhong Yingxue blushed deeply, said shyly:
(⑉Ծ₃Ծ⑉) "It... it wasn't intentionally collected. Just... just incidental, incidental only!"
Xia Yao chuckled happily. Incidental my ass! Who was it that stuffed the Sun Sparrow with small ginseng endlessly, afraid there wouldn't be enough blood, and ended up collecting more than a dozen cans?
But it's not a loss, not a loss. Got several kisses from Xiao Nan in return. Worth me turning into Xia Sparrow and playing a sparrow-jumping-wall game!
Jiangnan hugged the Sun Sparrow blood excitedly and led everyone rushing toward the Spirit Martial Research Institute!
Under the current circumstances, Jiangnan wouldn't miss any method that could make him stronger!
Blood Incineration was also due for an upgrade!