Chapter 172: Human Evacuation Plan

Sunan had no idea what lay beneath the Sky God Sealing Node, and he had heard only from Hu Xiaotian that there was an independent space below the node where ancient demons were suppressed. However, after countless years, those demons had long turned into corpses.

"I don't know," Sunan shook his head, pretending to be ignorant.

The old man didn't seem surprised and continued, "Beneath the sealing node, there are divine weapons once used by powerful members of our human race. These weapons are crucial for the node to function."

"Divine weapons?" Sunan was surprised; it was the first time he had heard of this.

"You outsiders have special abilities. Not only can you resurrect after death, but you also have personal spaces to store a vast amount of things."

"I want you to destroy the sealing node and retrieve the divine weapons from underneath during the next demon attack on the node. Then, deliver those divine weapons to the Imperial City of Zhongtian County."

The old man stated the mission, and as soon as he finished speaking, a mission prompt appeared before Sunan.

**Congratulations, you have triggered the "Human Crisis" sub-quest. For detailed information, please check the quest panel.**

It was another game-recognized quest! Sunan's eyes lit up with delight as he immediately opened the quest list.

Under the main quest "Human Crisis," a new sub-quest appeared:

**Sub-quest Two: Escort the divine weapons beneath the Sky God Sealing Node to the Imperial City of Zhongtian County.**

**Quest Difficulty: Three Stars**

**Quest Reward: 3000 Contribution Points**

**Quest Countdown: 12 days**

"3000 Contribution Points. That's almost half of what I need to purchase a drop of Spiritual-Grade Ancient Demon Blood," Sunan nodded to himself. Such an amount of contribution points was a substantial sum for an average person.

However, it was evident that this quest couldn't be triggered by just anyone; it was his position as the head of the Demon Extermination Division that played a role.

"County Lord, does this mean that there's really no hope of repairing the Sky God Sealing Node this time?" Sunan asked.

With the appearance of the mission to escort the divine weapons, it seemed likely that the ultimate outcome of this event would align with his earlier speculation: the complete breach of the Sky God Sealing Node by the demon race.

The old man's face grew solemn, and he sighed, "You outsiders have a special means of communication among yourselves. You should know that two nodes in the Eastern Chen Prefecture have already been breached."

Sunan nodded, not interrupting, and continued to listen to the old man.

"With two nodes breached, it has had a significant impact on the Eastern Chen Prefecture. During the next demon attack on the nodes, the demons that can be mobilized will no longer be Spirit-Grade but Profound-Grade."

"The demon race was already stronger than our human race. With the increasing number of bloodline integrations, the risk of bloodline conflicts spiraled, leading to a much-reduced number of advanced human warriors compared to high-level demon creatures."

"At the Spirit-Grade stage, the number of human warriors is already unable to match that of the demon race, and this disparity only grows at the Profound-Grade level."

"Take my Tianyun County as an example. Our Zhuyu Dynasty has overseen the Demon Extermination Divisions across various regions, and along with the Profound-Grade warriors of the Stellar Sect, we have only around fifty people in total. Meanwhile, just within Tianyun County, there are nineteen Profound-Grade demons."

"Now, all the Profound-Grade demons in the entire county are gathering, and the number of Profound-Grade demon creatures in Tianyun County may reach around one hundred and thirty."

One hundred and thirty!

Sunan was shocked. These were not one hundred and thirty Spirit-Grade creatures. With his current strength, he would have difficulty dealing with even a group of ten Profound-Grade creatures, let alone more than a hundred.

However, he quickly thought about the Contribution Points and became excited. Hunting down a large army of over a hundred Profound-Grade demon creatures could potentially earn him over twenty thousand Contribution Points.

If anyone knew about his plan, they would be flabbergasted. Hunting down an army of over a hundred Profound-Grade demon creatures? Wasn't that seeking death?

Sunan quickly asked, "County Lord, when is the next demon attack on the Sky God Sealing Node in Tianyun County?"

The old man replied, "According to the information we've received, it will happen in five days."

"Five days?" Sunan nodded.

At that moment, another mission notification appeared in his eyes.

**Congratulations, you have triggered the "Human Crisis" sub-quest. For detailed information, please check the quest panel.**

Seeing the prompt, Sunan didn't even need

 to read it to know what the quest was about. As expected, the mission to guard the Martial King Temple had reappeared.

The countdown for the quest to start was set for five days.

"Five days may seem short, but it's not too long either. If I want to infiltrate and escape from a group of Profound-Grade demon creatures, I need to have all three of my characters fully integrated with four bloodlines and possibly advance one of them to the Profound-Grade level," Sunan calculated in his mind.

Achieving this goal would be no small feat. The issue wasn't just the demon power; he also needed Ancient Demon Blood. After experiencing the benefits of fusing with Ancient Demon Blood, he didn't want to rely on ordinary bloodlines for advancement anymore.

Not only were ordinary bloodlines prone to instability, but the resulting increase in strength was also limited.

As for Ancient Demon Blood of the Mystical Power lineage, it had a clear source—the Dragon Turtle Egg. Once he successfully hatched it, he would receive the quest reward of Mystical Power Ancient Demon Blood.

However, he had no leads on Ancient Demon Blood of the Martial Art and Physical Prowess lineages. Even if he wanted to purchase them with Contribution Points, he was still over a thousand points short.

To accumulate over a thousand Contribution Points solely through daily tasks would be nearly impossible. Even with all three characters completing all three tasks daily, they would only gain around 50 Contribution Points each.

Sunan's thoughts raced while the old man continued, "This first demon attack has already led to the imminent loss of two counties out of the nine in the Eastern Chen Prefecture. When the demons attack again next time, our human race will undoubtedly suffer heavy losses."

"His Majesty the Emperor has already ordered all counties to prepare for evacuation."

"Evacuation? To Zhongtian County?" Sunan was taken aback, immediately thinking of the mission to escort the divine weapons.

"That's right," the old man nodded. "Zhongtian County is the center of the Eastern Chen Prefecture, the largest county among the nine, and also the location of the Imperial City of the Zhuyu Dynasty."

"In fact, even before the demon race's complete attack on our sealing nodes, the Three Sects and Six Schools, along with the Zhuyu Dynasty, had already realized that this time, our Eastern Chen Prefecture would be lost."

"Long before that, major forces began preparations for evacuation. For example, the Point Star Sect made a move against the Celestial Wolf Tribe, disregarding everything for the sake of their evacuation plans."

"The Point Star Sect wanted to obtain the Celestial Wolf Tribe's Heavenly Prison to prepare for evacuation?"

Sunan was astonished by this revelation. He had never heard of such a secretive plan before.

Chapter 172: Human Evacuation Plan

"Even before this incident began, our human race's three sects and six schools had already prepared for the worst outcome and even made corresponding plans."

"The plan is quite simple. If the Nine Counties Formation is indeed completely destroyed, then the forces responsible for guarding the formation nodes must do their utmost to escort the divine weapons beneath the formation nodes to Zhongtian County."

"After the divine weapons are escorted to Zhongtian County, our human experts will arrange a new Sky God Sealing Node there according to the layout of the Tianqiong God Seal. However, this new Sky God Sealing Node can only cover one county."

"Gathering the divine weapons of all nine counties in one county, the power of that Sky God Sealing Node will reach an unprecedented level, even surpassing the ancient times!"

"At that time, even if the other eight counties are lost, relying on the Sky God Sealing Node created with the nine divine weapons, we can easily defend the last county. That will be the last hope of our human race."

Abandoning eight counties and defending the last one with the gathered divine weapons!

After listening to the old man's words, Sunan's mind churned. He had never imagined that the human race's final plan would be like this.

If this were to happen, it would mean that the human territory in Eastern Chen Prefecture would suddenly shrink by nine times, and all the human populations of the nine counties would be concentrated in one county.

And from the current situation, it was highly likely that this outcome would become a reality!

"The evacuation plan has already begun. Two nodes in Yongzhou County and Fushan County have been breached. These two counties are no longer defensible."

"According to the plan, most of the human populations in these two counties will evacuate to the nearest counties within three days, leaving only a few warriors to guard the formation nodes."

Upon hearing this, Sunan couldn't help but ask immediately, "County Lord, where will the human populations of those two counties evacuate to?"

The old man replied, "Yongzhou County is closest to Yinsong County and Fengqi County, while Fushan County is closest to our Tianyun County and Hongshan County. So, the human populations of Fushan County will evacuate towards my Tianyun County and Hongshan County."

The human population of Fushan County will evacuate to Tianyun County?

Sunan's eyes lit up. The human players would naturally follow the human evacuation, which meant that some players from Fushan County would pour into Tianyun County.

The number of players in Tianyun County would skyrocket.

In that case, wouldn't the number of spirit-level players he could hunt increase again?

The old man continued, "Besides this matter, there is another important thing I want to tell you."

There's more?

Sunan immediately said, "Please go ahead, County Lord."

"This matter is related to you, the outsiders."

"Related to us outsiders?" Sunan became alert.

"Although you outsiders are not natives of Eastern Chen Prefecture, you are still part of our human race. Moreover, you are not easy to kill, and you gain strength by killing demons. This means that as long as there are enough resources, you can grow quickly."

"Now, our human race is at a critical moment of life and death. At this time, we urgently need to cultivate a group of forces that can support our human race, and you outsiders are the best choice."

Upon hearing this, Sunan quickly grasped the old man's meaning. "County Lord, are you saying that the major forces are preparing to cultivate a group of outsiders?"

The old man nodded and said, "That's right. After discussion among the major human forces, we are preparing to implement a plan called 'Star Awakening' after this crisis is over."

"The plan's content is to select one hundred individuals with great potential from among you outsiders and focus on their cultivation, providing various resources, among other things."

"Of course, these resources will not be given to you freely but will be based on your contributions to our human race. The more you contribute, the more resources you can obtain."

The Star Awakening Plan!

Sunan was surprised. He hadn't expected the major forces to come up with something like this.

After a brief thought, he understood the significance of this plan. Previously, each major force cultivated their own outsiders separately, but this time, they were taking a portion of their resources and making them available as public resources for all players to compete for.

This would create a competitive atmosphere among the major forces. If any force wanted their cultivated outsiders to excel, they would have to put in extra effort.

In this momentum, once a player was selected to join the "Star Awakening Plan," even a newcomer could rise rapidly and surpass other players.

"One hundred individuals with great potential. Doesn't that just happen to be the top one hundred on the rankings?" Sunan thought.

However, the old man's next words corrected his misconception.

"As far as I know, among you outsiders, there is something called a 'Realm Rankings.' The higher you are on the Realm Rankings, the greater your potential."

"But the potential I mentioned this time does not refer to the potential from the rankings but rather the potential of our human race."

"Human race potential?" Sunan's heart sank.

If it was potential from the rankings, there was no doubt that no one's potential could surpass his.

But if it was human race potential, he couldn't guarantee that he would be among the top one hundred.

This could be seen from where they had first entered the game.

Others had arrived in human territory, and many had even been accepted as disciples by major forces. In contrast, he had landed in a demon prison. If he hadn't possessed the talent to foresee the future, he might have been eliminated after the first survival mission.

In this regard, he couldn't be considered someone with great potential for the human race.

Fortunately, the old man continued, "As the head of the Demon Extermination Division in my Tianyun County and for your significant achievements this time, I have already applied to Emperor Yuhuang. Your name will be included in the allocation of slots for our Great Yuhuang Dynasty."

"Thank you, County Lord!" Sunan felt elated.

In terms of resources, who would complain about having too many?

Leaving the hall, Sunan's mind couldn't calm down for a long time.

He could already foresee that after this human crisis mission was completed, the landscape of the human race would undergo a dramatic transformation.

The top ten forces, all players concentrated in one county—it felt like a merger in a game server.

Without rushing to leave the County Lord's Mansion, he headed straight for the county's treasury.

He wanted to exchange that purple stone from before.

A few minutes later, he left the County Lord's Mansion, having spent a total of 3,200 Demon Extermination Points to exchange for the purple stone and ten bottles of Life Essence Elixir.

Leaving the County Lord's Mansion, Sunan headed directly to the White Water Lake.

He planned to kill the Purple Armor Spirit nearby, lure out the White Water Demon King from White Water Lake, and then immediately search for the Fountain at the heart of the lake.

(End of this chapter)