Chapter 122: Upheaval of Heaven and Earth

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This Crimson Descent came utterly without warning. Yet, thanks to their experience with the previous occurrences, the moment the sky began to change, ordinary people fled for shelter without waiting for any official announcement. Compared with the earlier Crimson Descents, far fewer people were infected this time.

However, the scale of this event was simply too immense.

The zombies and feral beasts seemed to go mad, launching large-scale assaults on human cities. Worse still, this Crimson Descent lasted an extraordinarily long time—three whole days and nights.

Many human fortresses fell.

There was no way around it. Because of the Crimson phenomenon, protective suits were in short supply, and the human armies could not all be deployed to resist the zombies and feral beasts. When the corpses and beasts attacked the cities, the defenders were therefore woefully understaffed.

But the greatest upheaval came afterward.

When the three-day Crimson Descent finally ended, Earth had changed. It had become incomparably larger. For no discernible reason, countless towering mountains and mighty rivers had appeared.

Some mountains were vast and majestic, their grandeur overwhelming. Many rose more than ten thousand meters into the sky—far higher than Mount Everest, once hailed as the highest mountain in the world. And such peaks were everywhere.

The seas surged, the rivers roared, and entire ranges of colossal mountains stretched across the land. All of them had appeared out of thin air. They shimmered with dazzling radiance and overflowed with vigorous vital energy, resembling realms of immortals.

In some places, strange structures had materialized: palaces a hundred meters high, pavilions suspended in midair, and more. Elsewhere, entire cities had emerged, possessing technology far more advanced than anything on Earth.

These changes brought both calamity and opportunity.

The calamity lay in the emergence of countless powerful feral beasts and zombies. The opportunity was that many of the famous mountains and great rivers, which had inexplicably grown enormous, now contained strange flowers and exotic fruits brimming with source energy—as well as formidable weapons and other treasures.

Countless superhuman beings rushed to every corner of the world to seize these opportunities.

Some became astonishingly powerful overnight.

Some obtained divine weapons that acknowledged them as their masters. Some underwent bodily mutations more terrifying than those of the feral beasts.

King-tier and Emperor-tier powerhouses emerged one after another.

A transformation such as the world had not witnessed in tens of millions of years had begun.

…

The final scene froze on Gu Sha searching for an opportunity within a blessed grotto-heaven.

“It has changed completely!”

After absorbing all the memories, Gu Sha’s expression grew extremely grave.

Everything was different—utterly different from the memories of the twenty-year future he had experienced.

In those memories, even by the time of his death, Earth had never undergone a mutation so vast and earth-shaking.

“The variables all seem to originate from that mysterious temporal upheaval!”

Gu Sha carefully reviewed the clues he currently possessed and discovered that the beginning of every change could be traced back to May 20, 2123—the temporal upheaval that had occurred on the first day of the Crimson Descent.

Afterward came the second Crimson Descent. It should have lasted three days, but the Crimson phenomenon that was supposed to occur on the third day never arrived. Instead, the natural disaster appeared far earlier than it should have.

Then the C City Fortress was destroyed.

After that, the Origin Heaven Realm descended upon Earth ahead of schedule.

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Immediately afterward, the blessed grotto-heavens appeared in the world before their time. Then, in the future scene he had just witnessed, the third Crimson Descent had actually taken place.

Yet this time, the Crimson Descent was not accompanied by the appearance of source orbs. Instead, the blessed grotto-heavens emerged one after another, while the alternate dimensions of the Origin Heaven Realm all opened spatial passages to Earth.

There was something else.

In the future scene Gu Sha had just witnessed, he had also seen familiar figures from his previous life: Gu Xiao, Meng Qingping, Duan Jianhun, and others. All of them had been influential figures in the twenty-year memories of his former life—powerful individuals who had only gradually appeared many years after the apocalypse.

But in this life, Gu Sha had never found any information about them.

And yet, in the memories he had just seen, every one of them had appeared.

There was something else as well—

Ancient script.

Later, when the world underwent its great transformation and the blessed grotto-heavens appeared throughout the land, as superhuman beings everywhere fought over the opportunities within them, Gu Sha had found ancient texts inscribed in the grotto-heaven of Mount Taihang.

Now, Gu Sha could be absolutely certain that the ancient script was indeed the written language used in antiquity.

…

“Damn it. I still have to study!”

Gu Sha found himself in a difficult position. In the memories of the future, he had already recognized most of the ancient characters, but he had not had time to fully understand the manner in which ancient texts were expressed.

Fortunately, he now had some direction.

The language of those documents bore a certain resemblance to the classical prose of ancient times. In addition, their terminology for parts of the human body was quite similar to that used in ancient Chinese medicine.

At least he already knew the ancient script.

He no longer needed to waste time searching for it.

“Wait, no…”

Gu Sha’s eyes suddenly lit up. Would it not be more convenient to activate his ability to foresee the future once more and devote that time specifically to studying classical prose, traditional medicine, and other ancient knowledge?

In that instant, Gu Sha felt that he had found the best way to use his ability to foresee the future.

Without delay, Gu Sha activated the ability again.

This time, however, he did not waste much time studying the ancient script. Instead, he began researching ancient literature, medicine, metaphysics, and other fields.

With official assistance, he learned this knowledge very quickly.

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The subsequent developments unfolded just as they had during his previous glimpse into the future.

The third Crimson Descent arrived as scheduled.

The great transformation of Heaven and Earth occurred right on time.

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After receiving the memories of the future, Gu Sha immediately rose and hurried away. He then boarded a fighter jet and flew into the sky. On the global forum, he made another post and tagged the official account of Flower Continent:

Be ready. It is your turn!

…

He had to fleece every opportunity he could.

With only a few months remaining, he had to seize every benefit available before the great transformation of Heaven and Earth arrived. The stronger he became, the greater his advantage would be.

However, while Gu Sha was flying toward Flower Continent, he took out his phone and called the First Grand Elder.

At that moment, the meeting of the senior officials of Longzhou was still underway inside the J City Fortress.

The First Grand Elder was listening to someone speak when he suddenly felt his phone vibrate. He took it out and saw that the call was from Gu Sha. He immediately gestured for everyone to be quiet, answered the call, and switched on the speaker.

“Gu Sha, you finally remembered to return my call?”

“Grand Elder, I am on my way to Flower Continent. I am flying, so the signal comes and goes. I will spare you the pleasantries. I mainly called to tell you two things. First, you no longer need to help me find the experts I asked for earlier.”

The First Grand Elder asked in confusion, “Why not all of a sudden? Are you worried about troubling us…?”

“No, Grand Elder. That is not important,” Gu Sha said. “I still stand by the conditions I promised you. Just let me know when the time comes. What I want to tell you now is something else. You need to prepare yourselves.

“At noon on April 18 next year, the third Crimson Descent will cover the entire world. Terrifying zombies and feral beasts will launch an all-out assault. Make your preparations in advance. As for whether you believe me—that is up to you.”

With that, Gu Sha ended the call.

The expressions of all the senior officials immediately grew extremely grave.

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