After listening to Heinrich's account of his previous experiences, Haoyun and the others gained a comprehensive understanding of the current situation. Due to the hidden complexities behind the purification task on Earth in timeline N38, once the final transplant step of this purification mission began, it would inevitably stir up a storm in the divine realms.
Though Haoyun and the others considered Eve and Elina's attack on the divine realms as a deserved punishment for the misdeeds committed in secret, they believed the true retribution should be aimed at the high-ranking priests who controlled the divine realms and the covert systems executing these nefarious plans, rather than the innocent spirits living unaware within the surface systems.
Therefore, despite their deep dissatisfaction with the divine realms and their loss of faith in them, Haoyun and his companions—always adhering to sacred morality and absolute justice—could not simply stand by as the group of innocent spirits suffered. This conviction led them to believe they must find a way to stop Elina's plan, thereby fulfilling their final duty as mold spirit energy chasers and giving the divine realms an explanation.
Thus, Haoyun asked Heinrich, "Heinrich, do you know how much time is left before Elina attacks the divine realms?"
Upon hearing this, Heinrich glanced at Uryll with questioning eyes. Haoyun immediately understood: as the chief figure of the dark chain plane, Uryll was the one capable of currently monitoring Eve and her group's actions. Haoyun quickly turned and asked, "Guardian Uryll, could you help us investigate Eve's situation again? How much time is left before they start transplanting Earth NX?"
Uryll nodded while responding, "I'm already looking into it! The preliminary work for the purification mission is nearing completion. They should be waiting for the energy of those two Earth worlds to weaken to their lowest critical point. Then, they can immediately pull Earth NX into the divine realms and complete the replacement of another Earth world!"
As Uryll spoke, three beams of light emanated from his lone eye. These beams displayed three entirely different scenes simultaneously before everyone.
In the first scene, inside the base of Purification Squad P1557, Eve and others were busy commanding the main hall. Elina was alone in a secret chamber beneath the base, standing in front of a sophisticated large-scale instrument, continuously absorbing energy from the vortex created by this device.
"That machine is our decoder for cracking the deum ore in Earth NX. As long as we set up sensors around the deum ore in Earth NX, we can directly establish contact with the decoder in the base and use it to crack the seal on the ore. Simultaneously, according to the pre-planned extraction rate, we will directly extract the energy from the deum ore into the base and then use this energy to cause disasters on Earth NX, in order to effectively increase the consumption of Earth NX's energy," explained Heinrich.
After examining the decoder in the image, Heinrich continued, "According to the data displayed on the decoder, the deum ore in Earth NX has already been nearly consumed. Earth NX should soon enter its weakest state and can be forcibly pulled over by the divine realms to replace Mr. Hao's Earth world!"
Heinrich then pointed to the second scene in the picture. This scene showed a war outside a human main city in Earth NX. From the scene, it was evident that the defensive line of the human defenders was collapsing under the overwhelming attack of the Western Bo people's army. The Western Bo army had breached the outer defensive line of this human main city and was attacking the mountain defense fortifications built around this city, which was constructed along the mountain.
"Ah! Although these Western Bo people are just basic units we replicated based on ancient technology, it is precisely because of their simple construction that they are easier to control in the dark chain plane and unlikely to experience serious malfunctions," Heinrich remarked satisfactorily as he watched the Western Bo army attack.
"I don't understand. Since you already have Elina helping to consume the energy of the deum ore, why continue to attack humans on Earth NX? Wouldn't it be simpler to just wait for Elina to drain the energy from the deum ore and let these humans perish with Earth NX?" Dream Jia couldn't bear to watch the one-sided slaughter of the human defenders by the Western Bo army any longer and turned to ask.
"Because the invasion of Earth NX by the Western Bo people is the catastrophic plot we have set for Earth NX. If we were to cut out such a good plot segment entirely, wouldn't that be a pity? Therefore, even though we have Elina's help, in order to pass the time during this long purification mission, we decided to ensure that the plot we designed plays out from beginning to end. Furthermore, Elina is ultimately a mold spirit energy. This means we dare not entrust all tasks to her, nor can we hand over the remaining task of consuming the deum ore to her alone. Otherwise, who knows if Elina will tear up the agreement and turn against us once she achieves the strength she desires?" Heinrich answered seriously, revealing throughout his words a complete lack of compassion for the humans living on Earth NX. He simply did not care whether those humans lived or died.
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Heinrich's heartless response deeply troubled Haoyun, who felt that it was unjust for Heinrich to have escaped death at Elina's hands. The fact that Heinrich hadn't been dealt with adequately had allowed this guy to escape unscathed. However, Haoyun didn't have time to dwell on his indignation towards Heinrich's cruelty because, in the third scene displayed on the projection screen in the command hall, was the current situation of Earth N38, where Haoyun lived.
The scene depicted a highly developed modern metropolis. However, unlike before, the city had lost its former glamorous appearance, now shrouded as if through a gray-white filter, robbing it of much of its vitality.
Haoyun knew well that this gray-white filter wasn't an overlay on the scene before his eyes; it was the true appearance of the city at this moment. The fundamental reason behind the city's bleakness was undoubtedly linked to the gradual decline of the dohm ore in the Earth world. As the energy within the dohm ore continued to dwindle, the Earth world wasn't just losing its vigor but was also deteriorating into a bleak black-and-white existence. Even more terrifyingly, as the foundational energy of the Earth world weakened, the entire world began to show signs of dissolution.
Taking the city in the picture as an example, the world's dissolution had inexplicably caused numerous spatial rifts to appear throughout the city. Unnamed energies leaked from these rifts, continually affecting the structural integrity of the surrounding world, transforming areas near the rifts into blurry mosaics. As these mosaic-like fragments, each the size of a grain of rice, gradually formed and coalesced, they would shatter with a crisp sound and fall into the black rifts. Since these collapsing rifts still affected the real world, people had to be extremely cautious to avoid them. Contact with the environment turning into blurry mosaic shapes could immediately subject their bodies to the collapsing forces, resulting in a gruesome and panic-inducing scene.
Of course, living beings could actively avoid these eerie rifts, but the city's various buildings couldn't escape their destructive reach. Many structures in the city were damaged by rifts that appeared out of thin air above them, and many streets turned into deep, bottomless pits due to these time-space rifts.
The city's police force had already mobilized entirely, and with the help of a large number of troops rushing to assist, they were swiftly setting up cordon lines around all discovered rifts to prevent accidents for those who might inadvertently fall into the traps. Due to these unknown dangers, the city's residents were plunged into panic. Calls from city officials urging everyone to seek refuge indoors or to evacuate orderly under police and military guidance had become meaningless at this point. Almost everyone ran to the streets, eager to witness this inexplicable marvel. Reporters and media from all walks of life scrambled to capture this unexplainable wonder, seizing the rare opportunity to propagate various doomsday theories to profit from the sensational global event.
However, not everyone wanted to wander the streets. Many people, in order to avoid these dangerous time-space rifts, had chosen to leave the city with their families at the first opportunity. Everyone was desperate to escape, causing the evacuation directions from the police and military to be completely ignored. The collapse of order had turned the city's streets and alleys into a gridlock, forcing many residents to abandon their vehicles and resort to leaving the city on foot.
Watching the crowds fleeing the city, Haoyun couldn't help shaking his head in resignation and bitter amusement. Even if these humans managed to escape the city, what good would it do? These dangerous time-space rifts weren't confined to this city alone. Now, rifts were appearing in every corner of the Earth world, their purpose to engulf the entire Earth world entirely. Unless humans could escape this timeline, where could they possibly flee?
As Haoyun pondered this, his body involuntarily trembled. Haoyun had never imagined that one day he would witness his world's destruction firsthand. What was even more painful for Haoyun was knowing the cause behind the destruction of the Earth world but being unable to come up with any way to counter it. Suddenly, Haoyun felt a heavy weight on his shoulder, causing him to turn in a daze and discover that Dao Lao had reached out to steady him, trying to help stabilize his emotions.
Seeing Haoyun overwhelmed by stress and helplessness, Dao Lao immediately stepped forward, respectfully bowing to Guardian Uryll and Heinrich, and with an exceptionally humble tone, asked, "Um... may I ask you two omnipotent strongmen if there is any way to help Haoyun save his world? If it can be fulfilled, even if I have to serve you both like oxen and horses, I will not hesitate!"
"Oh my! Dao Sir, please don't be so polite to me! It's not just you who wants to save people; if there's a chance, I'd like to save my daughter too!" Seeing Dao Lao's politeness, Heinrich quickly waved his hand and said.
Then, Heinrich looked at Uryll and said, "You have to ask him about saving people and see if he's willing to help! Because besides him, I'm afraid no one else can help you!"
Listening to Heinrich's implication, it seemed that Uryll had a way to prevent the Earth world from falling into destruction. Therefore, Haoyun hurriedly bowed respectfully to Uryll and said, "Guardian Sir, do you really have a way to save the Earth world? If you are willing to help, I, Haoyun, am willing to serve you here, with no complaints about being an ox or a horse!"
"That's right! As long as you can help us with a favor, we can serve you. But let's be clear! They can serve you like oxen and horses, but I can't! However, I can reluctantly be responsible for feeding your cattle and horses!" Seeing both Dao Lao and Haoyun making such declarations, Dream Jia naturally wanted to express her attitude positively. However, her statement always seemed to have an unusual taste, suggesting that she also wanted to stay here primarily to better enslave Haoyun and Dao Lao?
"But with your abilities, saving a mere Earth world should be a breeze, right? It feels a bit unfair to serve you for such a small matter! Otherwise, if you can really help resolve the crisis of the Earth world, the three of us are willing to serve you again for a hundred years, how about that?" Dream Jia added, her tone firm and assertive.