Absolute Physics Circle

The matter of Red Pine City had come to an end. The fog dispersed, the crowds left, and only an empty city remained.

No one knew how many people had abandoned the assets they had painstakingly acquired and moved inland after receiving some compensation.

Of course, some would remain or return later. It was not mere talk when people said it was hard to leave one's homeland.

But modern society differed from ancient times. Once a modern city was abandoned, its water, electricity, medical care, education, and public security all vanished. It was difficult for just one or two people to survive there. They could only leave, or solve everything themselves and stubbornly cling to life.

What happened in Red Pine City was only the beginning. Many more cities lay ahead.

Wenren Sheng did not concern himself too much with it and continued his usual routine, studying skills every day while admiring the scenery of the Northern Land.

Getting paid to study made him happy.

He continued refining his Defense System skills. Through Soul Contact with Lou Nan last time, he had directly learned four of the five skills in his plan. Only the final Etherealization Art remained, and he had yet to master it because Lou Nan himself had not succeeded either.

He was still feeling his way through it.

This skill truly went somewhat against the natural order. It required one's body and mind to gradually attune to the mysterious world, ignore the flesh-and-blood rules of material reality, seek out that sliver of opportunity, and finally transform one's material shell into an ethereal form.

That was only the beginning. One also had to be able to transform back.

What was real, and what was ethereal? The human body consisted of countless atoms. Did one have to turn all