"You yourself?" Kunlun Maggot was slightly taken aback. He looked at the rusty Kunlun Mirror and found that Fang Xiu's figure was indeed reflected on it, thin, dim, and crooked.
“Um… my lord, are you sure you’re not mistaken? There is indeed your reflection in this, but the problem is, this is just a normal mirror. Anyone would see themselves when they look in a mirror.”
Faced with the Kunlun maggot's question, Fang Xiu replied, "It's better to rely on yourself than on the gods."
After saying that, he turned and left Kunlun Mountain without lingering.
He knew very well that if he, a fifth-level cultivator, could see the blurry figures of ancient immortals and gods, there was no reason why immortals and gods couldn't see the present world. If they saw it but didn't respond, what did that mean?
This indicates that the gods and immortals do not intend to save the world.
In other words, the gods and immortals tacitly approved of the destruction of the present world, but... the prophets objected!
Fang Xiu intends to save the world in his own way.
After returning to the mortal world, he did as before, collecting all the forbidden demon bodies, refining the forbidden demons, and then he began to experiment.
He thought, since the Demon-Suppressing Techniques can block spatial nodes, if the Demon-Suppressing Techniques could also seal off the entire Xia Kingdom, wouldn't that protect the Xia Kingdom?
The large ship in the present world is about to sink to the bottom of the sea because it has too many holes in its bottom. So, we use the power of forbidden magic to build a small boat that can only carry the Xia Kingdom, so that it can continue to float on the sea.
This was the first method Fang Xiu could think of to save the Xia Kingdom.
After fusing with the forbidden demonic power, he unleashed its full force, and terrifying power spread outwards like a tidal wave, covering ten miles, a hundred miles, a thousand miles, ten thousand miles...
Until the entire Xia Kingdom was completely enveloped.
Then, he failed. The power of the forbidden demons was simply not enough to cover the entire Xia Kingdom. Moreover, even if it were forcibly covered, it would cause the power to be too dispersed and would shatter at the slightest touch, unable to protect the Xia Kingdom.
Fang Xiu changed his approach. Since he couldn't cover the entire Xia Kingdom, he decided to cover only a portion of the region.
After numerous attempts, he finally managed to envelop the entire city of Shangjing with the power to suppress evil spirits.
Such a range is actually too weak; it can only defend against some low-level monsters and cannot defend against S-level monsters or those above S-level at all.
But this is the limit he can currently achieve.
"Pass on my order: convene an emergency meeting."
As soon as Fang Xiu gave the order, all the top executives at headquarters were summoned within ten minutes.
The entire conference room was shrouded in a somber atmosphere. Because the body of the forbidden monster had been taken away, waves of strange creatures were rushing towards Xia Kingdom from all directions. Now, battles had broken out on the border with small groups of strange creatures, and the situation was not optimistic.
The senior executives looked at Fang Xiu with solemn expressions, while some showed anticipation, hoping that Fang Xiu would say those inspiring words as before.
I can already see the future.
He then led the Xia Kingdom to victory.
However, they were destined to be disappointed. Fang Xiu's words plunged them into an icy abyss.
"Contract all defenses, use the capital city as a fortress, and resist the invasion from the other side."
Everyone was instantly shocked.
"Commander-in-Chief, what do you mean by this? Shrink all defenses and only protect Shangjing City? What about the other cities besides Shangjing City?"
Fang Xiu's voice remained calm, like a stagnant pool: "Give up."
"What!?"
The meeting room erupted in uproar. Everyone stared at Fang Xiu in disbelief, unable to believe that this was the same prophet who had led the Xia Kingdom and was regarded by everyone as their guardian deity.
"Commander-in-Chief, do you know how many people in Xia Kingdom will die if we do this? Although Shangjing City is very large, time is so tight now that there is no time to evacuate the masses. Before the other side arrives, Shangjing City can only hold a maximum of 100 million people."
"Only one hundred million people! Our Xia Kingdom has over a billion people, plus hundreds of millions of foreigners who have recently fled from abroad, nearly two billion people. You're only saving one-twentieth?"
"Commander-in-Chief, has the situation really become this dire? Our Xia Kingdom has hundreds of millions of soldiers, millions of Spirit Masters, tens of thousands of Taotie beasts, and you and all the captains are here to oversee things. Is it possible that with such a force, we can only protect the mere Shangjing City?!"
The crowd questioned Fang Xiu. In the past, they would never have questioned Fang Xiu, but this time was different because Fang Xiu's first words were to abandon nearly two billion people.
This is not just a cold, hard number; it represents a living, breathing human life!
Fang Xiu didn't explain, but instead waved his hand, directly simulating the tragic scene of the last invasion from the other side.
Corpses littered the fields, the entire Xia Kingdom was reduced to ruins, and endless strange occurrences raged.
Everyone who finished reading it turned pale.
"This...this is the end of the world!?"
"Is this a scene from the future?"
All doubts vanished at that moment; they even saw themselves dying in the footage.
A brief silence fell over the entire conference room; such a heavy future was not something anyone could bear.
"Now, do as I say." Fang Xiu slowly stood up and left the conference room.
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After Fang Xiu issued his order, the entire Xia Kingdom descended into chaos.
Such a large-scale relocation of the population to Shangjing City could not be kept secret from everyone, and the headquarters was not an impenetrable fortress; everyone had relatives and friends.
They frantically called their relatives and friends, urging them to rush to Beijing.
In just half a day, the news had been completely leaked.
The entire Xia Kingdom was filled with curses.
"We've been abandoned!"
"What kind of bullshit prophet is he! He only cares about protecting those high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital. The lives of us ordinary people are nothing to him!"
"A guardian angel, my foot! He's just like those vampires. When he's useful, he treats us like cattle and horses. Now that he's no longer useful, he's like toilet paper, thrown away without a second thought!"
"If you won't let me live, then nobody else will live either!"
The crowd began to riot; this has always been the case. It is not scarcity that is the problem, but inequality.
If we're talking about dying together, that's fine, but why should we be the only ones to die while they get to live?
Before the strange creatures even entered Xia Kingdom, chaos erupted within the country itself. Some people recklessly headed towards the capital, while others began storming investigation bureaus in various regions, creating widespread disorder.
Fang Xiu sat calmly in the captain's office. The chaos in the entire Xia Kingdom could not be hidden from his eyes, but he just watched quietly, watching people curse and smash things.
Endless fear gathered over him, but instead, his faith dwindled.
People's faith can collapse in an instant.
The chaos started quickly, but it also ended just as quickly, because something strange happened.
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