Chapter 1033: Liberating Red Dust

Red Dust Domain.

Clang—Clang—

In the gray wasteland outside the domain, trains were roaring as they departed the Red Dust area. Countless citizens crowded into the carriages, looking through the windows at the receding city outline, their eyes filled with worry and unease.

At the same time, four domain trains moved away from the Red Dust Domain, traveling rapidly toward the south along a brand-new track.

“Three days to evacuate all survivors of the Red Dust Domain... This project is shocking in the history since the Great Cataclysm.” The train conductor looked at the receding domain behind them and couldn’t help but speak. “That’s hundreds of thousands of people.”

“The Red Dust Monarch still has foresight... Ever since the Red Dust Domain suffered heavy damage, she has always put transportation reconstruction first. The two domains the Red Dust Domain originally connected to, the Aurora Domain and the Wuji Domain, were impassable. If a new domain train track hadn’t been laid, rebuilding the domain would have been almost impossible. At the time, the ‘Red-South’ line was built in just one month, almost draining all the manpower of the Tongtian Tower.”

“But for such a long time, many people have left the Red Dust Domain. After all, not everyone is willing to rebuild their homes on ruins... Heading to the South Sea Domain, a place where the seasons are like spring, to start a new life is also a good choice.”

“Even so, there must be a hundred thousand people left in the Red Dust Domain, right? The ‘Red-South’ line, four domain trains, shuttling back and forth within three days... This is the first time I’ve seen a human domain so united.”

“Only by evacuating all the citizens can we liberate the Red Dust Monarch. She is currently a super combat power of the human domains.”

“That’s true...”

“After this trip, the Red Dust Domain should be basically empty... Is it time for that person to move?”

……

Inside the domain.

On the empty streets, Su Zhiwei, dressed in a white martial arts uniform, walked slowly forward.

At this moment, the domain seemed to be empty, with only houses standing silently. These houses looked brand new on the outside, as if they had been rebuilt in the last few months... But if one looked into the distance, one could still see a large amount of building debris standing on the barren ruins.

Traces of human life remained in the houses; some stoves were even still warm, as if the residents who lived here had just left. But the interiors were neat and smooth, as if they had been specially cleaned before leaving, leaving behind a house full of helplessness and reluctance.

Su Zhiwei’s gaze swept over these houses, her expression complex.

After the Red Dust Domain suffered heavy damage, she had been committed to rebuilding it. After all, this domain existed because of her, and generations of people had lived here, leaving behind generations of memories... Even if their homes were destroyed, a considerable number of survivors in the Red Dust Domain were unwilling to leave.

If she could, Su Zhiwei would also like to stay here forever, helping the residents rebuild their homes...

But before that, she needed to clear away some obstacles.

She didn’t want the tragedy of the Red Dust Domain to repeat itself in other domains.

Su Zhiwei walked out of the rebuilt district, crossed large areas of ruins where work had not yet begun, and arrived at a village outside the main city...

Without the carving of the Floating Life Painting, there was not a hint of greenery to be seen in the village. On the soil of this nuclear wasteland, there were only empty houses and withered, yellowed grass and trees.

Su Zhiwei slowly stopped under a withered willow tree. A breeze brushed her temples, and in a trance, it brought a figure from her memory to her side.

“Yao Qing... I’m leaving.”

“I’m going to leave Red Dust for a while to deal with some troublesome guys. After everything settles down, I will return...”

“By then, I will resolve the radiation of this land and let the peach blossoms and willow trees bloom again in this domain... I will make everything here look like the paintings you drew.”

The withered willow tree rustled in the wind, as if responding to Su Zhiwei’s voice.

Su Zhiwei stood here for a long time, finally took a deep breath, and after turning and walking a few steps, her figure turned into a bolt of startling lightning and instantly disappeared from the Red Dust Domain!

The roar of the train echoed under the lead-gray sky.

Just as the outline of the Red Dust Domain was about to disappear at the end of the horizon, the surging clouds began to churn. All the residents on the trains saw a white-clad figure leap up from the empty domain, like divine thunder, instantly piercing the long sky!!

……

Tianxue Domain.

A figure shrouded in black slowly rose from the ruins of the smoke-rolling district.

The glow of the super-large alchemical array flowed under the thick clouds. Massive amounts of souls poured back into the firmament, and as scarlet lightning roamed, a transparent, shining Philosopher’s Stone fell silently downward...

The black-clad figure just lifted his hand gently and pinched the scarlet stone between his fingertips.

Dreamy light flowed within it, and the smooth, round surface of the stone reflected Lou Yu’s calm face.

“The fifth one...”

Lou Yu’s fingertips dissolved like mercury, swallowing the Philosopher’s Stone into them. A wisp of red light roamed within his body, finally rising to the position of his brow. As the other four moved slowly, a pentagram array gradually took shape.

Dong—!!!

A terrifying air wave swept across the sky. At this moment, Lou Yu was like a god descending to earth, his eyes stained with a hint of red.

The air wave surged in the sky, evolving into a monstrous hurricane that swept across the entire domain... Almost all the residents in the Tianxue Domain saw this scene. They screamed in terror and fled frantically in the direction away from him.

Black shadows flew out from the Tongtian Tower, going against the crowd and rushing toward Lou Yu in the sky!

“Damn it... is it the Wuji Monarch?!!”

“How could he be here? Shouldn’t he be in the Wuji Domain with the Silver King!”

“The turmoil in the Wuji Domain was just bait to attract attention?? Their real target is actually the Tianxue Domain?!”

“Tower Master!! Where is the Tower Master?!”

“I don’t know... I haven’t seen the Tower Master since just now!”

“Forget it, no matter what, we can’t let him continue killing people!! The alchemical array in the sky should be the source of his power, let’s go destroy it!!”

“……”

All the high-level combatants of the Tongtian Tower rose from every corner of the domain. They swarmed toward the sky, their target being the super-large alchemical array maintained by Duran.

Lou Yu, hanging high under the firmament, looked down calmly at these moths to the flame, his black robe stirring silently.

“Why seek your own destruction?”

Lou Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The next moment, the movements of everyone in the high sky slowed down. Crystals spread from the surface of their skin, and their bodies actually began to crystallize visibly, as if the carbon-based life that composed them had been forcibly converted to silicon-based...