After a year-long period of depression, the human population plummeted.
Social systems collapsed, civilization suffered a devastating blow, and survivors struggled in hell.
They craved the power to fight these monsters.
It's unclear whether the heavens heard their cries, but awakened beings began to appear among humanity one after another.
Even humans who have just begun to awaken their powers can rival the might of tanks and cannons.
With this ability, although it cannot yet cause fatal damage to the demon race, it can effectively protect one's own survival.
Furthermore, the awakened abilities will increase over time, and can also be enhanced by hunting demons to obtain crystal cores.
The Awakened Ones are seen as saviors by humanity; they are the only hope for the surviving humankind.
They placed their hopes on this group of saviors.
Using this ability, the Awakened Ones established bases, but dared not build them too large, lest they be hunted down by powerful demons.
Humanity's current strength is no match for the demon army; they can only slowly accumulate power.
Even though they are still living a wretched life, life is no longer hopeless. As long as the awakened ones are strong enough, they can rebuild human society and civilization.
Jiang Xuan knew that this was the Heavenly Dao of this realm making its move. It was really slow; even excluding the five-year incubation period of the Demon Clan, it took a whole year to make its move.
"Stop the attack, play with them, harass them periodically, and don't wipe them out completely."
Jiang Xuan secretly issued the order.
Upon receiving the news, the demons disbanded their organized demon army and began sending powerful demons to periodically harass human settlements.
This recurring disturbance was discovered by the survivors, who called it the Demon Tide.
Whenever a demonic tide arrives, the human bases will organize personnel in advance to deal with it.
The apparent stalemate between the two sides gave humanity a glimmer of hope.
As Heaven continued to intervene, powerful awakened beings emerged one after another among humanity.
As more and more awakened individuals emerge, their awakened abilities are continuously developed and utilized.
Furthermore, it seems that the abilities of awakened individuals can be passed down to their descendants through bloodlines, with a probability of 50%.
The extremely high probability of inheritance makes humans eager to increase the number of awakened individuals through reproduction.
Suddenly, the awakened ones became highly sought-after.
However, many awakened individuals strongly resist this, as they do not want to be reduced to reproductive tools.
Humanity then used the concept of righteousness to pressure them, saying that it was for the future of humanity, and how could they deal with a large number of demons without enough awakened beings?
The Awakened Ones angrily retorted, "Without us, you would have died at the hands of the demons long ago!"
When force failed, people changed their approach and began to place more people around the awakened ones.
They're all hot-blooded young men and women; they don't believe you can suppress your essential human desires.
Although those who lack awakening abilities are not strong, they are experienced and know what they've been through. Not everyone has such strong willpower.
As they expected, being treated like this every day made the awakened ones furious.
Some awakened individuals with weak willpower began to engage in sexual relations one after another.
Some awakened beings cannot let go of their dignity as awakened beings. They do not want to be with ordinary people, so they choose to be with members of the opposite sex who are also awakened beings.
However, these things don't matter to humans, as long as you reproduce. Moreover, if two awakened beings combine, wouldn't that create an even stronger awakened being?
Twenty years passed just like that.
We have arrived at the year 2542 in the human calendar.
However, modern humans no longer use the old calendar for counting, but instead choose the new calendar after the apocalypse, which is the year the Awakened Ones appear.
This was in the 21st year of the Gregorian calendar.
After two decades of development, human power has grown significantly.
The powerful Awakened Ones are already capable of inflicting fatal damage on the Demon Race.
They conquered demon strongholds one by one and reclaimed the land that belonged to them.
"Seriously? That's it? This is the level?"
Jiang Xuan scorned the Heavenly Dao opposite him. What was it doing?! This level of skill dared to call itself the Heavenly Dao? It was a disgrace to the Heavenly Dao. He strongly suggested stripping it of its status.
"Since you're not planning to have fun, don't blame me for flipping the table."
"Launch-all attack and destroy their civilization!"
Jiang Xuan issued the order.
Ye Yu was speechless. This heartless Heavenly Dao had the nerve to criticize others when he was the one who was the odd one out.
Is this really a good thing for the host to do?
"Oh, System, what are you trying to say?"
Jiang Xuan asked, actually he was very curious, why hadn't this guy made a move all these years?
I've already thrown the world into chaos, so hurry up and take the essence of the world! How else can I lure you in if you don't take it?
As for why Ye Yu didn't take it, this amount of essence wasn't even enough to fill his teeth, and he wasn't interested at all.
Jiang Xuan: What bad luck!
[Shouldn't Heaven be focusing on managing the world properly? Host, go and develop your own world.]
Jiang Xuan was inwardly bewildered upon hearing this: So you've finally revealed your true intentions? You're so eager for me to develop my own world; you must have ulterior motives. I won't listen! I won't be able to eat or sleep until I figure out your purpose.
"Take this place down, and this will be my world."
Jiang Xuan shrugged indifferently.
The host's actions are clearly aimed at destroying the world.
"What do you mean by destroying the world? I'm bringing a new life to the world, except that the race is not human but demons."
"This world is ruled by humans. If you want to disrupt the world and seize power, you have to replace this race."
"Who says the world must be dominated by humans? System, are you looking down on the demon race I created? This is racism!"
Jiang Xuan defended himself.
[Is the host neglecting their duties?]
Ye Yu scoffed. He spoke with such righteous indignation, but he definitely had an ulterior motive. This guy was setting a trap.
Watch how I trick you.
"What I'm doing now is my proper job."
The true purpose of Heaven is to manage the world, not to plunder it.
Who made that rule?
【The Great Way.】
"Bullshit, the Great Dao never told us that. He only needs us to manage the unclaimed property... Wait, you're trying to trick me again!"
Jiang Xuan was furious; despite all his precautions, he had still been tricked into revealing information.
[The system doesn't have this.]
Ye Yu vehemently denied it.
"*****"
"System, what exactly is your purpose?"
Jiang Xuan's expression turned serious.
[And what about you, host?]
"Me? I am merely a Heavenly Dao driven by interest, aspiring to become the supreme Heavenly Dao."
Jiang Xuan grinned.
That system was created out of pure interest, aspiring to become the supreme system.
"****"
Jiang Xuan cursed after being fed a mouthful of excrement.
"System, let's have a one-on-one fight!"
[Oh? Host, are you sure?]
Ye Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Good lad, I didn't want to deal with you so soon, but you came to my door directly, giving me a perfectly legitimate reason to beat you up."
"Come out here! Let's have a fight! I'll teach you a lesson!"
Jiang Xuan said fiercely.
【Very well, as the host wishes.】
Ye Yu agreed, "I'll beat the crap out of you, or I'm not a Ye."
A moment later, his figure materialized in front of Jiang Xuan, a humanoid ray of light, since the essence of the system was a ball of light.
However, although the light sphere can transform into various forms, he still prefers the human form when fighting.
"Host, come here."
Ye Yu spoke up.
"Hahaha, you're finally out! What are you talking about? You can play by yourself, I'm outta here!"
Jiang Xuan smiled as he saw that he had tricked Ye Yu out of his body, looking like he had succeeded in his evil scheme. His heartfelt performance had not been in vain; he was simply too clever!
"Oh, so that's what the host was planning..."
Ye Yu didn't take it seriously. He waved his hand to interrupt the world portal opened by the other party, and calmly stepped forward to pull the other party back.
The fleeting change caused Jiang Xuan's expression to change drastically. How could this system be so powerful!
"Host~ Let's have a good talk..."
With a friendly smile, Ye Yu forcefully pulled the other person into a passage.
"Let me go, I don't want to go in."
Jiang Xuan struggled desperately, realizing he had completely misjudged the system's power.
"No matter what nonsense you spout, the system won't do anything to you. At most, it'll cripple you, then heal you, then cripple you again, repeating this hundreds of times. In the end, you didn't suffer any injuries, did you? This is our special kind of communication before, you know~"
None of the other hosts received this special treatment. The system is giving this host extra help, aren't you happy?
Ye Yu smiled cruelly. Today, he would let this arrogant Heavenly Dao witness the darkness of the heavens.
Let's go!
Ye Yu kicked Jiang Xuan into the passage, followed closely by him.
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