The Great Migration

Boom... boom... boom...

As clusters of firelight erupted across the surface of the Glazed Lamp, this mountain region, sealed away for over thirty years, suddenly burst into clamor.

The Three Major Powers opened fire almost simultaneously, with the Burning Fire Company and Gray Mountain Group unleashing the most ferocious barrages.

Shells screamed in from every direction, converging before dissolving into flames and dust.

Alongside them, bullets from thousands of guns rained down like a violent storm, yet they could not even budge the vastly magnified Glazed Lamp.

No one had anticipated such a scene.

As the first wave of bombardment landed, the artillerymen atop the peaks halted their reloading, and the dense ranks of Evolvers released their triggers.

The mountain range, after a brief thunderous roar.

Suddenly fell into silence!

As the clouds churned overhead, people stared in shock to find the entire solitary peak encased in an immensely thick barrier, seemingly forged from some crystalline material!

And the thermal weapons they had expected to destroy the target had returned with nothing to show.

Silence.

The entire mountain range, at this moment, was plunged into an indescribable stillness.

Evolvers gazed in awe at the incomprehensibly vast protective shield, feeling suffocated, mouths agape, unable even to gasp.

"This... is this... also his... ability?" The mastermind behind Floating Apocalypse stared blankly at the scene, his mind a complete void.

The high-ranking members of Burning Fire Company and Gray Mountain Group were likewise struck mute, utterly unable to comprehend what was happening.

This was also an ability?

The sight before them completely outstripped their imagination, leaving them, for a time, unable to formulate any response.

Some Evolvers even stumbled and fell to the ground in panic.

The mountain wind howled, and as the attack ceased, the sky darkened once more.

A cold gale swept across the land, sending chills through everyone except Lin Tuo.

Even Hua Xi, standing beside him, felt the same.

She stared blankly ahead, through the Glazed Lamp at the blurry figures beyond, unable to speak for a long time. Only after a while did she come to her senses and turn to say something, but Lin Tuo merely said flatly:

"Wait for me here."

With that, he turned and re-entered the laboratory, walking straight to the window facing the sea.

He leaped down, bounding off the mountain rocks in a few strides, arriving at a gap between the Glazed Lamp and the sea. There, he switched consciousness and passed the Secret Seal to his main body.

At Lishan Martial Arts School, in the study.

When Lin Tuo slowly withdrew his right hand from the ocean, he immediately summoned the Virtual Panel and switched to Observation Mode.

Then he located Lishan Martial Arts School on the sandbox, carefully lowered his palm, and dropped the Secret Seal, no larger than a speck of dust, into the Training Ground.

After that, he stood up, pushed open the door, and left. Moments later, he returned, now holding an ancient seal in his hand.

"No time to waste... Whether or not I abandon this wasteland, I must first move the living beings out of their shelters before I can deal with it..."

Lin Tuo switched the sandbox back to the wasteland, standing beside it with a serious expression.

Yes, he planned to use the power of this Secret Seal to compel the living beings across the entire continent to emerge from their shelters voluntarily, making it easier for him to relocate them.

"According to the analysis report, this Secret Seal's range is at most ten meters. Hah, if it were inside the sandbox, ten meters would cover far too few people... But what if I use it from outside?"

Lin Tuo measured the long table in the study where the Evolution Sandbox sat. Ten meters was enough to cover the entire continent!

As for the limit on numbers, by operating from outside the sandbox, the targets' bodies were shrunk many times over, and the difficulty of hypnosis shrank accordingly.

Of course, even so, the sheer quantity would still exceed the Aether the Secret Seal itself possessed. Fortunately, Lin Tuo could continuously inject Aether to sustain the consumption.

"I hope this works."

Lin Tuo muttered to himself, then gripped the Secret Seal in his hand, suspending it above the sandbox continent. He silently attempted activation according to the method described in the analysis report.

The next second, the old, weathered Secret Seal began to glow faintly.

It was as if a sun had been lit from within the jade.

At the same time, Lin Tuo established a mental link with the item. He leaned down, hovering above the clouds, and spoke with deliberate authority:

"This world is about to be destroyed. All living beings shall journey to the Great Western Continent and proceed together to the New Continent."

As he spoke, the Secret Seal in Lin Tuo's hand blazed with light, radiating an invisible ripple that spread the will embedded in his words far and wide.

Meanwhile.

Inside the sandbox.

Across the three hundred thousand square kilometers of wasteland, countless living beings, at that very same moment, stopped whatever they were doing or jolted awake from their dreams.

He jerked his head up, staring at the cloud-shrouded sky.

And heard that slightly indistinct yet immensely majestic and solemn heavenly voice.

Without any awareness, he was successfully hypnotized by the "ripple" sweeping across the entire continent, instinctively following the command of those words, walking outside, toward the wilderness, toward the Great Western Continent.

Mine Town.

In an open-pit mine, countless refugees, wrapped in thin clothes, mechanically swung their tools, clanging and banging, mining ore.

At the center, the "town chief," wearing a worn-out jacket and work pants, holding a horsewhip in his hand, was patrolling the worksite surrounded by a few thugs.

He shouted and lashed out from time to time at the lazy refugees.

But at that moment, he suddenly sensed something, looked up at the sky, and saw the thick clouds churning above as if boiling, and above the clouds, a vague yet solemn voice slowly echoed:

"This world is about to be destroyed..."

The moment he heard that voice, the "town chief's" murky eyes suddenly went vacant, as if in a trance.

Beside him, countless refugees also stopped their work at the same time, lifting their heads, their dirty, rough, numb faces showing expressions of confusion.

"Clatter."

"Clang."

The town chief dropped his horsewhip, the thugs threw down their rifles, the refugee miners set down their baskets and abandoned their picks... Everyone, as if sleepwalking, looked toward the direction of the Great Western Continent.

Black Stone City.

Inside a large base within the Burning Fire Company's sphere of influence.

Countless sleeping people opened their eyes at that moment.

In their ears echoed the voice coming from the distant sky.

Then their eyes went vacant, they slowly rose, instinctively packed their bags, took their most treasured belongings, pushed open their doors, and merged into the crowd on the street.

In the vast Black Stone City, countless people left their homes, joined the flow, and walked toward the city gates.

No communication, no obstruction.

Everyone, including the Black Stone City garrison, under the power of the "hypnosis," actively opened the city gates, leading the people onto the wilderness, migrating toward the Great Western Continent.

It wasn't just humans.

On the open plains, a pack of Wasteland Wolves surged out of the dense forest. The leading, powerful Gray Wolf King raised his neck, ears pricked high.

He couldn't understand human speech, but at that moment, he was infected by the will contained in Lin Tuo's voice.

Thus, he raised his head and let out a whimpering howl, leading his tribe, charging toward the Great Western Continent.

Behind him, countless Mutant Beasts also emerged from the forest one after another, joining the migrating procession.

Many of them were natural enemies, but under the power of the "Secret Seal," they suppressed their hunting instincts.

Similar scenes played out across the entire continent at that moment.

Countless humans and mutant beasts, driven by the spiritual will covering three hundred thousand square kilometers of land, formed a surging torrent, crossing the cold wilderness, advancing toward the Great Western Continent.

Even in the distant ocean, some fish were affected, entire schools leaping out of the Endless Sea, rushing toward the land—a magnificent spectacle.

Great Western Continent.

Within the Mountain Range, the Evolvers of "Burning Fire," "Gray Mountain," and "Floating Apocalypse" also heard the voice from the sky at that moment.

Compared to ordinary people, these Evolvers had stronger spiritual wills, so the effect on them was weaker.

Some of the stronger ones even only experienced a brief dizziness before breaking free from the hypnosis, staring in horror at the high sky.

"This world is about to be destroyed... All living beings shall go to the Great Western Continent... to journey together to the New Continent..."

Hearing that majestic and unfamiliar voice, countless Evolvers atop the mountain peaks nearly lost their composure.

Some of the more timid ones simply fell to their knees.

At that moment, the same word surfaced in countless minds:

"God!"

Yes, even though civilization had regressed, many things from the Old Era had not been completely severed. The people of this world still remembered that gods existed.

In fact, back when the Great Cataclysm began and the explosion scorched the earth, countless people had prayed for the gods to descend.

Yet no matter how they prayed, they received no response.

Later, a rumor gradually spread among the survivors of the wasteland—that the Mad Emperor's actions had angered the Heavenly God, and thus this land had become a god-forsaken place.

But who would have thought that today, they would once again witness a power that only a god could possess.

At this moment, even those who had not been affected still cast aside their weapons, gazing up at the heavens in awe.

Even some high-ranking officials tried to intervene, but they could not reverse the tide.

Lishan Martial Arts School, in the study.

The Aether stored within the "Secret Seal" had already been depleted within seconds of activation, forcing Lin Tuo to inject a small amount of his own Aether to see the process through to completion.

Only after confirming that the hypnosis sweeping across the entire continent had succeeded did Lin Tuo cease his Aether output. The "Secret Seal" abruptly dimmed, its surface sprouting even more cracks.

"Good, the Aether consumed wasn't much. Hmm, the hypnosis effect shouldn't last too long, but it's already enough." Lin Tuo gazed down at the Sandbox continent, thinking to himself.

In truth, if he only wanted to relocate humanity, even without using the Secret Seal, simply disguising himself as a deity would have sufficed—at most, it would have been more troublesome.

But the problem was that Lin Tuo didn't just want to take humans; he also had no intention of abandoning those beasts mutated by radiation.

Thus, leveraging the power of the Secret Seal was the simplest and most effective method.

"Let as many living beings in this world survive as possible... After all, I'm not like the old emperor. I'm no mad god..." Lin Tuo shook his head and murmured.

Having said that, he suddenly froze, re-examined his own words, and his expression shifted slightly. His gaze toward the Secret Seal in his hand grew increasingly wary.

"A side effect, is it... Indeed, this thing cannot be kept." Lin Tuo's expression turned cold. With a squeeze of his right hand, the Secret Seal shattered completely, destroyed, reduced to a clump of residue devoid of any supernatural power.

Casually tossing the jade dust into the Endless Sea, Lin Tuo closed his eyes and composed himself for a moment before looking back at the Sandbox.