Over the next three days, all of Huaxia-and indeed the entire world-went utterly mad.
The announcement that Chen Family Village would close and relocate, combined with the "East China Sea Deity" video gaining ever more traction online, made everyone realize one thing-their chance at immortal destiny was about to vanish!
Countless people traveled vast distances, rushing toward Yicheng in a frenzy.
High-speed trains, planes, old green passenger trains-every means of transportation to Yicheng was packed. Traffic jams stretched for over a hundred kilometers along the highways. Countless people simply abandoned their cars and raced toward Chen Family Village on foot.
"Quick! One breath of the air there, and my lung cancer can be cured!"
"I'll spend everything I own for a ticket into the village! I want to cultivate immortality!"
In just three days, well over a hundred thousand people gathered in a dense mass on the outskirts of Chen Family Village!
People filled every inch of space, and tents stretched as far as the eye could see.
Yicheng's mayor, An Changlin, was sweating with anxiety. He mobilized every police officer in the city, and even all three Heavy Combined-Arms Brigades stationed in Yicheng were deployed. Only then did they barely manage to establish a wall of steel five kilometers from Chen Family Village.
"Back away! No one is permitted to take so much as a step beyond the perimeter line! Violators will be dealt with under military law!"
Soldiers armed with loaded weapons formed a human wall. Armored vehicles blocked the roads, their dark gun barrels holding the fanatical crowds at bay.
But even stopped five kilometers away, the crowds remained crazed.
The Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation in Chen Family Village covered a radius of exactly five kilometers. The closer one came to the village, the denser the spiritual energy