New Influx, New Opportunities

When Ye Xiu returned from Northern Province, the wind and snow across Yu Prefecture had largely melted away.

The weather and temperatures of the cultivation world were far more volatile and extreme than those on Blue Star. Perhaps only in such bizarre conditions could spiritual energy transform into such a vast multitude of things.

"The application to open a route to Northern Province has been approved. The Myriad Clouds Sect has suffered a grievous blow and urgently needs to establish a dedicated passage with Heyang City to help offset the chain reaction caused by the loss of its subordinate sects."

At Alliance headquarters, Ye Xiu spoke to Qi He before him.

Files lay piled on the table like a small mountain. Although, after the satellites had been launched into the sky, Heyang City had gradually begun adapting to and accepting the changes brought by terminal technology, some more highly confidential matters were still kept as physical records.

This habit was a peculiar custom brought over by the researchers from Starfire.

When Blue Star had suddenly encountered its apocalyptic crisis, the global water, electricity, and network systems had almost entirely collapsed in an instant. Special fluctuating frequencies had destroyed all existing communication equipment, and even the data stored online had not escaped disaster.

Coupled with the pressure brought by mutated beast hordes and zombies, human society, thrown into panic, had nearly been wiped out by that colossal upheaval.

Fortunately, research into ability crystals restored the energy supply system. Through the peculiar mutated substance known as Aerospace Stone, the sky islands were rebuilt, preserving precious sparks of hope for humanity.

In the blink of an eye, twenty or thirty years had passed. On Blue Star today, humanity, which had once merely clung to life, had long since regained its vitality and begun,