The red mist spread at a terrifying speed.
It kept multiplying and expanding, growing unchecked like a pathogen.
The once-blue planet gradually turned blood red.
The soldiers on the Great Qin Empire's front lines received orders to retreat immediately, but it was already too late. Many were swallowed by the red mist.
"Wh-what the hell is this stuff?"
"Aah..."
"Retreat! Retreat now!!!"
"Bioweapons! These are bioweapons!"
"Is the American Empire trying to wipe out all humanity?"
"Fall back!"
"..."
Before long, everyone enveloped in the red mist had died.
Within Great Qin's borders.
Many of Great Qin's citizens panicked.
Through satellite images, they witnessed one horrifying scene after another.
That red mist was far too terrifying.
The authorities began deploying large quantities of antidote smoke bombs, but they had no effect whatsoever.
They failed to stop even the slightest advance of the red mist.
Then energy shields were deployed from above in an attempt to seal off the deadly red mist, but that, too, proved fruitless.
The red mist continued seeping through.
"Your Majesty!!!"
Inside Great Qin's imperial palace, officials knelt in a vast, densely packed mass.
"Your Majesty, please activate the evacuation plan to escape Earth."
"If we begin relocating now, we can still preserve the seeds of human civilization."
"Please reconsider, Your Majesty!"
The First Emperor rubbed his temples, his expression grim.
A moment later.
"Prepare the spacecraft. Select one hundred outstanding individuals to evacuate first."
Even after thousands of years of development, sending a hundred people into space was no easy task.
For Great Qin as it stood, a hundred people was already the absolute limit.
They could take no more.
"What about Your Majesty?"
"Don't be ridiculous. His Majesty will, of course, lead ninety-nine outstanding individuals into outer space to find a habitable life-bearing planet."
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