Chapter 1471: Technological Regression

Without waiting for Su Zhiwei to say anything, Wu Tongyuan’s voice came again:

"How about this?

The Ling-Xu Realm can no longer accommodate more residents because it has absorbed too many workers. Since the infrastructure of the Cang-Yun Realm is relatively well-preserved, you can send some residents to the Cang-Yun Realm first to reduce the pressure on the Tian-Shu Realm...

At the same time, I will try my best to mobilize some daily necessities to support your Tian-Shu Realm. As for food, Old Qi can control the weather and hurry to grow another batch... As for medical care, isn't the Paper Kite Rescue Society in the Tian-Shu Realm now? They should be able to come in handy."

The Cang-Yun Realm’s signal light flashed, seemingly hesitant...

The Tian-Shu Realm’s signal light remained silent.

Anyone could feel that,

behind that silent signal light, Su Zhiwei was suppressing her anger...

"Give me a reason, Wu Tongyuan." After a long time, Su Zhiwei’s voice sounded coldly and slowly. "Why must the 'Tower of Akasha' be built within a month?"

"Although the Red Star was knocked off course by Old Lu, as long as we and those world-ending Calamities are alive, it will eventually come back... This time, we don't have a hibernation plan, and the speed of its return will be unimaginable... Perhaps in a year? Half a year? Or even... three months?" Wu Tongyuan’s voice was also extremely rational.

"If we can't find a way to completely destroy the Red Star before then, we will all die."

This time, both the Tian-Shu Realm and the Cang-Yun Realm fell silent.

"A way to destroy the Red Star..." The Cang-Yun Realm’s signal light flashed slightly. "Does it really exist?"

"I don't know... but as long as it exists, it must be stored in the Akasha Records. It hides the past, present, future... and all possibilities of the universe." Wu Tongyuan’s voice was firm.

After a long silence, the Tian-Shu Realm’s signal light lit up:

"One month... you only have one month."

"Don't worry, once the 'Tower of Akasha' is built within a month, I will return the people to you."

The Tian-Shu Realm’s signal light went out completely.

After a brief silence,

Qi Muyun’s voice sounded again:

"Dr. Su has this kind of personality and thinks things through more thoroughly... She doesn't have a grudge against you; she just foresaw that people might freeze or starve to death, and she couldn't just sit idly by."

"I know." Wu Tongyuan sighed softly.

"One month, can you do it?"

"Yes, but..."

Wu Tongyuan didn't continue.

"Anyway, if you need my help, just say so." Qi Muyun added.

"Thank you."

The Cang-Yun Realm’s signal light also went out.

Inside the Ling-Xu base, Wu Tongyuan took a deep breath and turned to walk out of the corridor.

Bright lights flickered over his head. Wu Tongyuan lowered his head, as if thinking about something seriously...

*Snap—*

The next moment, all the lights above his head went out suddenly.

Wu Tongyuan narrowed his eyes and looked up at the lights... A faint light flickered in his pupils, as if he were checking something.

It wasn't an enemy invasion, not a device failure, and not someone turning off the lights...

Was there no power?

Wu Tongyuan had an ominous premonition. He immediately walked out of the corridor hurriedly, stood outside the door of the Ling-Xu base, and looked down the mountain.

The Ling-Xu Realm under the dusk had fallen into complete darkness. Whether on the road or in the buildings, all lights were turned off. Exclamations and confused curses came from the city.

A moment later, a figure rushed behind him:

"Lord Ling-Xu..."

"What happened?"

"It’s... it’s the power plant..." After the staff member stammered for a long time, he said the words that made Wu Tongyuan’s heart go cold. "All our steam power generation equipment... has failed."

Wu Tongyuan’s brows furrowed tightly.

Civilization,

had regressed once again.

After the Red Star crossed the sky for the second time, the power that caused civilization to regress surged again... Steam power failure meant that almost all large-scale power generation methods could no longer be used.

Humanity could no longer use "electricity."

"Then the radio equipment..."

"Also failed." the staff member added.

Without electricity, the human realms were like losing an arm. Now, even the most basic realm communication could not be used, which was like piercing their ears...

Wu Tongyuan could feel that after the second Red Star crossed, the world seemed to have started some kind of countdown to destruction. As time passed, they would lose more and more, and the situation they faced would become increasingly severe.

Is there really any hope for humanity?

Wu Tongyuan’s gaze fell once again on the high tower under construction... His fists clenched tightly.

"Help me call all the newspaper media in the Ling-Xu Realm."

"Lord Ling-Xu, are you going to announce something?"

"Our time is running out, and the future of humanity is ethereal. The more this happens, the more we need to gather all the power we can use... I want them to help me spread a message. I want to find someone... no, a group of people."

"Who?"

Wu Tongyuan’s lips parted slightly, slowly spitting out three words:

"Twilight Society."

……

"Extra, extra!!"

"Breaking news!! Breaking news!!"

"Lord Ling-Xu announces a public meeting in the Ling-Xu Realm next week! Inviting the Twilight Society’s Red King, Gray King, and all members to attend! To discuss the future of humanity together!!"

"Extra, extra..."

In an era where no remote communication could be used, newspapers once again became the most effective medium for information dissemination. Newspapers were distributed in the Ling-Xu Realm, and as the realm trains started, these newspapers were sent to the Tian-Shu and Cang-Yun Realms, delivered into the hands of one person after another.

"Hello, how much for the newspaper?"

"One copper coin!"

As a copper coin flew, a newspaper was handed to an inconspicuous girl.

She looked at the headline of the newspaper, her expression becoming visibly spectacular. She immediately turned back, wove through alley after alley, and finally arrived at the door of a hidden hut.

She looked around to make sure no one was there and knocked gently on the door.

*Knock, knock, knock—*

After a while,

a figure in a white medical coat opened the door.

"Why are you here?" Chu Muyun saw the girl in front of him, his face looking as ugly as if he had eaten a fly.

The girl didn't say a word, pushed Chu Muyun back into the room, locked the door, and without waiting for Chu Muyun to ask, stuffed the newspaper in her hand into his hand...

"Read it yourself."

Chu Muyun opened the newspaper suspiciously. Seeing the large characters in the first line, he stood there as if struck by lightning.

"This... what the hell??"