Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 312 - 192: Heavenly Fire Descends!
But at this moment, this seemingly surreal yet incredibly magnificent and real event unfolded before them!
"Heavenly Fire, it’s the Heavenly Fire!"
Someone was already shouting loudly.
"An Immortal has intervened!"
"We are saved!"
"Thank you, Immortal, thank you, Immortal!"
"Exactly, burn away these beasts!"
"..."
Only those truly trapped in despair can deeply feel the overwhelming emotion of hope when it arrives.
Many even directly knelt towards the Imperial Palace, not worshiping the Emperor, but bowing to the "Immortal Dharma Image" slowly dissipating!
When the news reached the Imperial Palace, the ministers, including Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, were so excited they were trembling.
Too sudden.
The appearance of the Immortal is like the appearance of monsters, too sudden!
Many people, even at this moment, found it hard to believe.
Yet it is so real!
Indeed, an Immortal descended upon the world, in their moment of despair, directly used Heavenly Fire against the enemy to save them from disaster!
It can be said that, at this moment, regardless of who they are, whether Emperor, minister, civilian, or soldier, their ecstatic joy is all the same.
It represents the salvation of their lives!
However, Shen Yu at this moment was not that ecstatic.
Because the Gray Mist he obtained was not substantial.
Even though among the surviving population of Great Ming over 30 million, most are quite powerful and could offer him more Gray Mist.
But even after saving them, the Gray Mist he ultimately gained only totaled over seventy million.
To Shen Yu at this moment, that amounts to nothing.
Only, this situation was anticipated.
Ultimately, he did not search this world for the Gray Mist.
He sought Extraordinary Resources!
The current extraordinary resources of human civilization are too limited, especially in Martial Arts. If it weren’t for the worms, there is no way to promote Martial Arts on such a large scale.
Even with worms, their role is very narrow.
They merely provide a certain amount of Earth Evil Power.
Martial Arts is not just basic Primordial Energy.
Various extraordinary resources are indispensable in the development of the Extraordinary Path.
And in this aspect, it has always been a weak point in Shen Yu’s original world.
Even with transactions with other worlds, it’s difficult to achieve.
After all, the entire planet of the Martial Arts World is already covered by the cold tide, where could there be resources, while the resources of the Magic World are in incredible demand by the Magic Civilization itself? They still have to trade with the Interstellar Civilization, how much can be supplemented to Shen Yu’s original world?
That is a demand for resources for fifty billion people!
Under these circumstances, excavating the extraordinary resources of this world is extremely important!
"Over in Great Ming, send some specialists immediately. Don’t forget the monsters in other places; local warriors can be armed to resolve them." Shen Yu quickly issued the next phase of orders, "As for us, more tasks should focus on the various extraordinary resources in this world, not only Great Ming but also surrounding countries, and the western lands. Conduct research, collect in the shortest time possible..."
The teams receiving Shen Yu’s orders soon began acting.
They even formed small teams, rapidly dispersing to other countries.
They actually arrived a bit late.
Such ancient civilizations can’t compare to the modern era in terms of information transmission.
Similarly, the precision and effectiveness of decision-making couldn’t meet expectations.
In Great Ming, it can only be said that the decisive actions of Emperor Hongwu, along with sufficient strength, allowed them to build such walls within these mere three years.
Yet even so, if they had arrived later, they would also fall to the fate of extinction.
Much less those smaller countries with little ability to reach this step?
And as the probing continuously expanded and deepened, the results were expected.
The remaining population of the entire world may be less than one hundred million.
Some small countries entirely showcase apocalyptic scenes, with only a few struggling to survive.
Of course, these survivors are all accommodated by human civilization with the core purpose of salvation.
Meanwhile, with Shen Yu allocating more people, the state of extraordinary resources in the whole world has also been preliminarily summarized.
"The active extraordinary power characteristics of this world have a high degree of similarity to Martial Arts Primordial Energy." The expert in charge of the domain reported to Shen Yu, "The energy has not been extracted but has primarily integrated into the body, controlling blood and forging flesh. The strongest power, can reach the level of Li Yuan, but that is the limit. And the related extraordinary resources are largely related to blood. The quantity of extraordinary minerals is small. Additionally, the civilization development has not reached the technical level of large-scale cultivation of extraordinary resources, and many resources still require self-collection..."
These introductions, along with specific report contents, basically clarify the extraordinary situation of this world.
What to say.
Shen Yu himself didn’t feel much, but the experts were quite delighted.
Because, within this short period, they already collected many resources beneficial to Martial Arts cultivation.
Furthermore, they have a preliminary plan for large-scale cultivation and breeding.
Although the level is not high, the current human civilization actually most lacks these kinds of lower-level Martial Arts resources!
After all, most people are just beginning.
Moreover, not everyone is suited for physical tempering on the Martial Arts path.
In many experts’ view, this world can serve as a large-scale, low-cost resource cultivation base!
It will significantly promote the development of Martial Arts in human civilization.
This perfectly fulfills their initial expectation of coming to this world.
Shen Yu is somewhat satisfied with this point.
But these matters are left to the experts to consider, Shen Yu is more interested in other directions.
For example, destiny!
With deeper contact with Great Ming, the human history of this world was soon delivered to the experts.
And after accurate research by historians, a conclusion was easily reached.
— The history of this world is seventy percent similar to other recorded histories in parallel universes!
Yes, seventy percent!
In normal logic, this is almost impossible.
Extraordinary power has such a profound impact on civilization, and the impact on historical development needs no elaboration.
Just longevity alone is enough to change many things.
But the answer is written here.
"Through our careful comparison and detailed analysis, we can confirm that there truly is an invisible force maintaining the overall unchanged progression of history!" The tone of the history expert during the report had an indescribable fear, "Especially at those key nodes that could alter history, some events that should not have occurred turned into reality through various coincidences and forces with a logic and destiny fitting of the era!"
Not to mention the distant past, let’s talk about the recent.
Extraordinary forces have always existed in this world.
Normally, in such a world, the difficulty for a man with just a bowl at the start to become an emperor would be more arduous.
Almost to the point of impossibility.
Because, any expert would have started Martial Arts at a young age.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang had his opportunities.
When he was young, he consumed an Exotic Fruit, and the power didn’t show until he began Martial Arts practice, progressively compensating for his foundational weaknesses.
Moreover, many battles achieved almost identical results to history through completely different means that matched the combat styles of the Extraordinary World!
It’s not just in these experts’ view.
Even the natives of this world themselves perceive the birth of an emperor as something involving "Celestial Destiny".
Because there are indeed too many coincidences, too much luck.
