The four stages of the species explosion.

Extinction Stage, Mutant Period, Great Returning Period, Genesis.

Ning Zheng rubbed her temples, "So that means, the Extinction Stage is almost here, the Nine-State species' ice age is coming!"

But of course.

This Embers Disaster has been breaking out for several months, snowballing, and now there shouldn't be any living people outside.

Extinction in the wild is inevitable.

Ning Zheng thought for a moment, then asked, "So, what about our dynasty's preparations?"

"We are already mostly prepared."

The Giant Shell Saint Child's expression was gentle, showing a hint of confidence, and said:

"The entire East Sea's populace has converged in an unprecedented super city—Bone Demon Royal City—there are basically no small tribes left outside."

"The area of our royal city already compares to a super-sized country, divided into ninety-nine rings, housing a total of 17.9 billion intelligent people from East Sea. It's somewhat crowded, but it's more convenient for management."

"We don't plan to expand the area, but instead build high-rises and excavate underground cities, thus reducing the defense area for easier defense in the future!"

"Our sanctuary aims to survive this life explosion, completely sealed off, trying to avoid the reckoning of the food chain, and escape to the next era!"

"Other larger sects and factions of East Sea have also built independent shelters, stockpiling goods, accommodating billions to tens of billions of people."

These days, they are practically bustling with activity.

Collecting massive amounts of supplies, plucking everything clean, sweeping through East Sea's wild aquatic produce and various commodities.

As the apocalypse arrives, hoarding grain becomes the greatest assurance.

And now, Bone Demon Royal City has also planted large meat fields and farmland.

At this point, the benefits of meat fields become apparent, as those livestock are 50% immune to outing embers, making them exceptionally safe.

With the nation's resources exhausted in advance preparations, meat fields are now being planted in vast quantities.

In the future, this will become one of the main foods for the "evolutionary winter" of the city's refuge.

Almost no one is left outside.

The other three seas have also established core dynasty imperial cities, crazily stuffing people in; no one dares disperse the population.

The Human Race is the same.

The Nine Great Continent Cities use arks to retrieve a thousand local cities and establish nine official continent city shelters.

The various Human Race sects have also established independent private shelters large and small, all starting to resist the evolutionary apocalypse.

Everyone is welcoming the preliminary arrival of the [Extinction Stage].

Ning Zheng listened continuously to the reports from others, nodding from time to time, revealing a smile and saying, "Well done."

Yan Shuangying stepped forward and asked:

"This [Extinction Stage] doesn't threaten us yet; only the creatures outside die off. Precautions are needed, just unsure of when the next [Mutant Period], with massive fusion embers born in the wild, impacting the shelters... when the second phase will arrive?"

The Giant Shell Saint Child shook his head, explaining:

"They say it's still being calculated, a large model is being established for prediction; the Human Race Emperor was leading the calculations but went to the Emperor's Tomb these past few days, went tomb-raiding, and now that things are settled, he's presumably free to calculate again..."

"But even if the arrival time is calculated, it can't be artificially interfered with!"

"The Nine-State Four Seas are too vast, the food chain collapsed, species reorganized, none of our individual dynasties, forces, saints, these factors can affect this."

This was agreed upon by everyone.

In the face of nature's mighty powers, as the tide of an era crashes in, no one can stop it.

We can only wait for the arrival of each period and strengthen our own power to seek survival.

"By the way."

At this time, another minister spoke: "Recently, we've heard of more movements from the pseudo-humans."

"What movements?"

Ning Zheng, who had no previous intelligence network, now backed by the East Sea Dynasty, had one of the strongest intelligence networks in the Nine-State.

Ning Zheng said, "Previously, during their last wave of attacks, they infiltrated among the populace, and now these infiltrators can't be caught. If they're still restless in their concealment, what's the move?"

"Indeed."

The minister said: "One of our teams, while collecting vast resources in the wilderness, destroyed a pseudo-human secret experiment site, discovering they were conducting experiments."

"What kind of experiment?" Ning Zheng frowned and asked.

The minister said: "Also ember fusion experiments, but in their fusion with these soul shells, they attempted to blend their own offspring, pseudo-human three flowers, into the brains of their fusion embers."

As soon as these words fell, everyone immediately started discussing.

"What are they up to now, those pseudo-humans?"

"They can't settle down at all!"

"Embers are the shell, they are consciousness... consciousness + shell, they're also creating, preparing evolution virus, trying artificially to create new powerful life?"

"In the future, it'll likely be the era of evolution theories, our dynasty also needs to research in this direction."

"Indeed, every dynasty is an evolutionary dynasty; evolution, fusion, creation! Under the Creator Dynasty, there must be a lot of evolved species. If we can't keep up with the times, we'll be eliminated."

"Disgusting, pseudo-humans also want to harvest evolution's fruit; clearly, such weak creatures, even if they grow peacefully, it takes them a hundred or two hundred years to rise, it's already very fast, but what else do they want?"

...

Afterward.

Everyone discussed some national policies, how to survive the disaster, how to hoard grain, how to maintain public order, and increase population...

Ning Zheng didn't find it tedious, listening never really hurts.

Just feeling a little sentimental inside.

In the future, who knows how many old day races will endure without extinction to reach the new era of species explosion?

Moreover, from this perspective.

The Gold Value of the Ghost King rises again!

Everywhere will be ghosts in the future; Embers Disaster, surviving as a living person is hard, and ultimately, one must die once to escape to the next era.

But the Ghost King is more fortunate, already holding the key to the new era ahead of time.

From this point of view.

Li Youzhu, Xu Huan... these younger generations seem still in the One Heart Realm, Two-Phase Realm.

But when the future era erupts, these old monsters in the Self-Transformation Realm look strong, but if they don't transform into Ghost Kings, risking death to rebirth, they might lose to these young Ghost Kings!

The Evolution Ark has arrived, the Ghost King's identity is the boarding pass to the new era.

Ning Zheng showed a pensive look:

"Luckily, I'm already a Ghost King early on, but unfortunately, Xin Xichen, Cursed, Phoenix Yi... even the Nine-headed Dragon Emperor, these top experts are also already Ghost Kings."

"These top practitioners aren't foolish, their vision is very high, each already has a new boarding pass."

"The ticket threshold for Ghost Kings can't eliminate them, they still want to compete with me."

...

Noon.

Ning Zheng finished the morning assembly and began lunch, sending off Su Yuniang and Ning Jiaojiao, who ventured out to synthesize embers and explore.

Speaking of it.

Now, having just entered the Extinction Stage, the biological ice age has fully arrived, and eating means there are basically no living fish.

You can't catch live fish outside, let alone go hunting; the outside ecology chain has collapsed, only stored grain can be eaten.

Recently, these few days, Ning Zheng has been eating only from meat fields.

Fortunately, the blacksmiths on the mountain estate were clever, managing to bring back various beast meat meat fields, thus enriching the diet.

And with the gradual eruption of the Embers Disaster, one can only watch, unable to intervene in nature's evolutionary progress.

Ning Zheng's goal still focuses on the Longevity Imperial Mausoleum, preparing to steal more resources to endure the cold winter.

"Got a large batch of resources from the Tomb of Longevity; although still frantically digging... but there's no rush to open the next tomb."

"First, clear out the Longevity Imperial Mausoleum, don't aim too high."

"And now with resources, I do have the ability to make a breakthrough to the next realm."

[Current Qi Fortune Value: 280 million.]

[Daily Qi Fortune Value gain: 2 million.]

What limits Ning Zheng has never been the Qi Fortune Value, but the cultivation resources.

-5 million Qi Fortune Value!

Boom!

Ning Zheng's brain suddenly exploded.

His entire body's circulation accelerated, and his heart began beating violently.

He was going to breakthrough to the last stage in the theoretical cycle of the One Heart Realm: One Heart Six Apertures Realm.

Circulation of fur.

Though called fur circulation, it actually involves skin-meridian-hair-blood vessel... this super meticulous grand circulation.

It should be known that a person's individual blood vessels and meridians, when spread out, could circle East Sea several times, imagine how extensive that is.

The Six-Orifice Exquisite Heart, breaking through is not simple.