Chapter 1218: Chapter 1218

1218: Chapter 1204: Surviving by Amputating a Limb 1218: Chapter 1204: Surviving by Amputating a Limb The dock was packed with people, a sight that was once rare to see, but this time the human professionals appeared quite orderly.

Some were quietly discussing, while others were annoyed, pouring out their grievances…

Most of them wore grim expressions, with fatigue being the prevailing look.

The world’s isolation was too sudden, breaking all plans and separating many friends and teams.

It was like the modern world, once connected by high-speed trains, airplanes, and the internet, suddenly lost the network and most of its transportation facilities, leaving only the outdated and inefficient marine transport.

The originally unified “world” was directly isolated into individual islands, it wouldn’t be surprising for people to feel neither urgent nor chaotic.

“….Fortunately, things haven’t come to the worst.”

After the plan was initiated, those document bags that were finally sent to various locations at least dealt with some “future issues”.

Thus, although there was still some panic and unease, at least it did not lead to a panic due to lack of information…..

A sudden blackout and a notified maintenance shutdown exert entirely different pressures on those waiting.

Among a group of anxious people, Lu Ping’an seemed the most relaxed.

Walking on the seaside wooden boards, Lu Ping’an enjoyed the comfortable sea breeze, gazing at the seascape, and waiting for the arrival of the big ship.

Without the Redemption, even now, he could only honestly hitch a ride out to sea.

“….How embarrassing.”

Accepting the fast food that Lu Ping’an had bought over, Mei Yuge, sitting on the chair, felt somewhat embarrassed.

As a subordinate going out with the boss, how could she let the boss take care of everything?

“It’s fine, I’ve gathered some information along the way, and it seems a lot of people are panicking…..

Besides, you really are inconvenienced right now.”

Lu Ping’an subconsciously glanced at the woman’s right foot, which reflected the luster of metal.

Mei Yuge had shown Lu Ping’an before, in a previous battle, she had lost part of her right foot below the knee, and now it looked like a support made of several steel pipes and sticks tied together.

From the woman’s limping movements, obviously, this makeshift prosthetic limb was not well-fitted.

“…I’ll have Fang Wen make one that fits you.”

“There’s no need, this one has a mechanism.”

Saying so, the woman even showed Lu Ping’an the “ice block” inside the makeshift steel pipe prosthetic.

In Lu Ping’an’s eyes, it appeared to be “water” compressed to the extreme.

It seemed, even the prosthetic limb was a part of her weapon.

“You can make requests to her, she can help you modify one that is suitable as a weapon-type prosthetic limb.”

Mei Yuge’s wound was one that Lu Ping’an had observed and it was already “complete”…..

This was actually not a good sign for her.

Lu Ping’an’s healing ability was almost useless for old wounds, and for the Sixth Tier Peak Mei Yuge, the help from average healers was nearly non-existent…..

This old wound, even devoid of nerves, might be beyond the means of a high-level Healer’s “limb regeneration”.

“Then, thank you in advance.”

After thinking for a moment, Mei Yuge did not refuse again.

Now recalling the past, she was certain that the Metal Man who was always scowling in the courtyard was indeed an extraordinary machinery master.

Regardless of her limping now, the “vent” that was made actually became her fifth “Phantom Limb”, a kind of extra organ similar to element manipulation.

In actual combat, as long as she truly activated her Talent Abilities, her mobility would not be affected, and installing some advanced prosthetic limb would be basically useless to her…..

but since it was this man’s goodwill, she did not refuse it.

The two sat on the wooden chairs by the sea, watching the seabirds pass by, while also engaging in idle chatter.

Most of the time, it was Mei Yuge talking, with Lu Ping’an listening…..

Compared to hearsay, the information provided by Mei Yuge might not be the most comprehensive, but it was probably the most reliable.

The era has changed a lot.

Heaven knows how many times the population of the Long Hand Clan has multiplied over the years, but at its craziest, having five generations under one roof became a norm.

The birth of a multitude of Newborns made the new generation of the Long Hand Clan, and even the entire society, seem young and vibrant.

The books that Lu Ping’an saw before truly changed the thoughts of many young people…

but most Newborns still neither read nor attended school.

If one must make a somewhat inappropriate comparison, it’s like the darkest of times, where various ideologies—revolution, feudalism, primitive superstition, and even racism—were mixed together.

Some understood and believed them, while others treated them merely as conversational pieces.

Accordingly, the attitude of the various islands and ethnic groups toward humans also varied greatly.

Some were as friendly as this island, others saw humans as invaders, and there were even those who disregarded them…

“…Has the World Consciousness completely fallen into slumber?”

As they chatted, Mei Yuge couldn’t help but ask.

Unlike the past, she now had access to frontline information.

“Hard to say, it’s very hard to tell whether It’s temporarily asleep or permanently so.”

Lu Ping’an furrowed his brow; some things even the planners and schemers find difficult to clarify.

Based on the intelligence and the scenes that occurred at that time, there were multiple daggers that pierced into the World Consciousness simultaneously.

But obviously, Elder Liu’s “Nature’s Curse” was the most vicious and targeted…

a curse to return It to nature, which is the very instinct of World Consciousness, and It probably found it extremely hard to resist.

But witnessing that scene, Lu Ping’an also vaguely guessed…

“Dismemberment for survival, huh…

Oh, sorry, I didn’t mean you.”

Facing the somewhat confused woman, Lu Ping’an explained a couple of sentences.

Waiting for Nature’s Curse to spread would be too late.

Severing the eroded, problematic part is the most direct and effective way to save oneself.

At that moment, the countless shooting stars that fell from the sky were likely the “parts” torn from the World Consciousness…

“…But there is a completely opposite possibility…”

If the whole is beyond saving, then those torn-off parts might just be the only salvageable parts.

The two completely opposite possibilities mean little more than the difference between a major victory and a minor victory for high-level humans like Lu Ping’an.

But the transmission of intelligence to every corner also resulted in a death warrant for the “shattered parts.”

From the start, these matters had all been calculated by the human high level, though they had also paid a substantial price.

All this was written inside the highest-grade intelligence bag that Lu Ping’an had, and this time he took a ship to head for the nearest “Falling Site.”

“If It hasn’t fallen asleep, we will ensure It sleeps to death…”

When high-level professionals like Lu Ping’an started to get busy with such intelligence, some things were also quietly changing.

In ten years, the original gates to the Exotic Realm had been weakened or even sealed…

but these days, even more gates had appeared around where the original ones were.

The slumber and weakening of the World Consciousness directly led to the obvious weakening of the World Barriers, also bringing in more Exotic Realm Invaders.

Though this was anticipated, the frontlines didn’t show significant flaws…

But more “frontlines” emerged from Spatial Rifts, adding pressure to the entire world.

And as the attention of ordinary warriors was drawn to these new Exotic Realm Invaders, some subtle troubles were brewing.

Among the “Star fragments” that fell that night, some plunged into the depths of the ocean, and others onto land.

Yet the majority of the places where they landed were far from uninhabited…

In the deep sea, a Devouring Sky Beast slowly rose to the surface, within a volcano, the Flame Holy Beast completed its rebirth, and even in a remote deep mountain village, the eyes of a group of young people were filled with starlight.