During the three days of Earth's tremors, half of human civilization collapsed instantly; skyscrapers, technological buildings, and research bases were almost completely destroyed.
Some of the damage caused by the earthquake can still be salvaged, but those swallowed by cracks are completely destroyed, with not even a corner left to be found.
In a small town near a primeval forest, a boy leans against the ruins, his lifeless eyes staring at the snow on the ground, conveying desolation and helplessness.
The paramedics carrying the stretcher passed by without paying him any attention. People like him are everywhere here. In such a disaster, being able to breathe outside is already lucky enough.
In just three days, everything collapsed, and separation and death became commonplace. Wailing and weeping were the most frequent background music.
The snow continued to fall, and the cold wind never stopped. The thick snow was dazzlingly white, and the high-hanging sun emitted a bright light, but the warmth it brought also became an accomplice.
The dazzling sunlight shone on the snow-white snow, reflecting an intensely bright light that was enough to make one's eyes uncomfortable.
The boy seemed oblivious to the noise around him. Tears streamed from his numb, empty eyes, not from excessive sadness, but from an unconscious, physiological tearing.
Stinging and redness spread around his eyes; if he continued to stare at the snow, he would normally develop snow blindness.
The stinging in his eyes didn't move the boy at all. He remained sitting motionless like a puppet, his eyelids slightly lifted, a glimmer of light flashed, and the redness and stinging were completely gone.
"Superpowers..."
A soft whisper, tinged with sarcasm and a sigh.
The disheveled boy closed his eyes and remained motionless against the ruins.
Everything has its blessings and misfortunes. The disasters caused by the revival of spiritual energy brought countless deaths, but also brought tremendous opportunities.
But this opportunity came too late for this boy who had no close relatives left...
Tragic deaths occur all over the world, and sorrow and wailing are everywhere.
Those buried underground cannot receive the usual rapid rescue; communications have been completely paralyzed.
Those sites that were once built with enormous resources and manpower, and the buildings that maintained communications, have long since collapsed in the continuous earthquakes, and electronic devices are naturally unusable.
The culmination of human wisdom was completely destroyed by a single action of the home planet.
In this global catastrophe, only Daxia was able to provide immediate relief.
Even with communication cut off and no timely contact possible, people in various locations still organized manpower as quickly as possible to rescue those buried in the disaster.
Wide, less developed areas actually had an advantage in this disaster.
Without the dense population and buildings of bustling cities, and without numerous high-rise buildings, both the initial emergency evacuation and the subsequent digging and rescue are faster and more effective than in big cities.
The earthquake also had an impact on the sea. The large-scale changes it brought about pushed the coastline outwards, causing the pushed seawater to flow back and creating tsunamis.
As the blizzard spreads to the sea and the storm sweeps across the island nations, those unable to cope could perish in this disaster.
At this time, communications were still disrupted and not yet restored, leaving the countries in the sea with no way to seek help and no choice but to save themselves.
Even if there were a way to contact other countries, no one could launch a rescue effort because each country was busy with its own rescue work and post-disaster reconstruction, and no one would care about how other countries were doing.
Humanity has experienced a devastating catastrophe, yet people continue to strive for self-preservation. Those who possess supernatural abilities mostly join rescue teams spontaneously; their stronger physiques and greater strength allow them to play a more significant role.
But some choose to conceal their evil to protect themselves. Civilization has collapsed, social order has crumbled, and evil breeds in the ruins. No one dares to underestimate the wickedness in human nature.
Some people chose the light, while others chose to fall into darkness.
Between these two extremes, there is naturally someone who stands in the middle.
The complexity of humanity begins to be magnified at this moment; human nature is never fixed as either good or evil.
It is only because of the influence of different environments that they present different states.
Lin Qianyi snuggled up beside his father, fast asleep. He was unaware of the extent of the earthquake or the changes in humankind.
As a tiger cub that is not yet an adult, he has eaten his fill and of course needs to take a good nap.
Since waking up and discovering that Tiger Dad was seriously injured, he hadn't rested at all, and Lin Qian slept very soundly this time.
When the earth developed a large crack, the second, widespread surge of spiritual energy occurred.
This time, however, the spiritual energy was not as intense and overwhelming as before. This time, the tide of spiritual energy was like a gentle breeze, slowly spreading out and silently filling the world.
Therefore, no living beings fell into a deep sleep due to the impact of spiritual energy, and no living beings even noticed the change.
Lin Qian could have sensed it with his spiritual awareness, but he had been so tense these past few days that he had overlooked the subtle changes.
Now, once he falls into a deep sleep, his exhausted body begins to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to replenish what it has consumed.
A tiny wisp of spiritual energy was absorbed with the tiger cub's breath, but the spiritual energy entering Lin Qian's body was not directly absorbed by his bloodline like other animals.
Instead, it was immediately absorbed by the spiritual bead in the mind.
When spiritual energy enters the bead, it is as if it has been tempered. Impurities are removed, and the spiritual energy is condensed into droplets of water that sink into the bead's surface. The more droplets sink into the bead, the more solid the bead's surface becomes.
About two-thirds of the spiritual energy was consumed in the bead, while the remainder flowed back into Lin Qian's meridians to form spiritual power, which was then absorbed by his bones and blood vessels.
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