Two days have passed.
No one knows the result of the brawl among those Saints.
But the Nine-State has ushered in a complete upheaval.
As the experimental results of the [Ape Ancient Virus] were made public, every region of the Nine-State fell into extreme panic.
"If it werenât for Xirong Divine Craftsman discovering it early and leading the research, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
"Indeed."
Many have heard of the deeds of Xirong Divine Craftsman.
Sacrifice! Facing death!
This is a pure and great Saint organization.
Even more worshippers now, some scholars with noble ideals to save the world also want to join this organization.
This made the young blacksmiths at the manor beam with joy these past two days, too happy, this reputation-boosting was too fun!
This pretense was beautifully done.
While the young blacksmiths were carefree, unease permeated the outside world:
"But even with Xirong Divine Craftsmanâs warning, even if cautious..."
"Infected individuals will soon erupt, thereâs no need to be afraid of this, very easy to identify, but those animals and plants, all are carriers of the Ape Disease Source, they canât be allowed on board anymore!"
The current forces are like moving fortresses, rescuing sects from various small and medium powers along the way.
But now almost all the Ark rescue teams of the Nine-State have made one decision.
Abandon any animals, even Spirit Pets, Demon Beasts.
Only save humans!
Yet clusters of infections still happen now and then.
Even some Middle Grade, Lower Grade families face complete infection, the entire clan becomes dressed Human Apes, a sight extremely horrifying.
"Reversion to ancestors."
"Alas, terror beyond the Ancient Era emerges, who in this world can escape?"
Gazing at the infected apes one after another, everyone sighed, not killing these Human Apes.
Because todayâs them might be tomorrowâs themselves.
A wave of pessimism continued to spread.
Those Human Apes were not taken away, left in the wilderness to fend for themselves.
However, in less than half a day, an even more terrifying message arrived:
Reportedly, Rose Continent already had a One Heart Realm level Sect Leader straight-up infected!
This infectiousness ignores Realms, it targets your bloodline.
Moreover, this isnât even an infection; itâs completing your foundation, a return to ancestry, a positive beneficial major opportunity!
This causes your immune system not to reject it but even actively accept it.
The most notable feature is:
Sect Leader level beings who revert to Human Apes have even stronger combat powers!
Moreover, this Sect Leader level One Heart Realm expert, weighing pros and cons, decisively became a traitor:
"Come, join us! Now I realize, this is not death, it is rebirth!"
"He is the Human God."
"He personally took away the fur, created the human deity!"
"Humans were born from Him, how can we resist??"
"There were originally no humans in this world, with Him, there were humans... the existence of humans is a mistake, and today all must return to ancestors, correct this mistake!"
"There shouldnât have been humans in this world!"
This ape directly attacked various forces, infecting them all.
The first case of a High Tier human traitor appeared, shaking the entire Nine-State to its core, everyone gnashing their teeth!
"Traitor, humanity destroyed by traitors."
"Do we humans have any hope?"
"Ugh, without hope, how is there any hope!"
"Itâs over, weâre all finished!"
"Who can save the world? Can Xirong Divine Craftsman? No, His Majesty Jiushui, we miss you."
...
Countless people laughed bitterly, an aura of unease spreading.
Immediately thereafter, something even more terrifying happened.
They discovered that this One Heart Realm human traitor could retract all his fur, disguise as a human, then infiltrate human residential areas.
And using this deliberate concealment ability, he directly infiltrated Rose State City.
This caused an extremely terrifying disaster.
In just over a dayâs time, one of the Nine Great State Cities, Rose State City, had fallen!
None of the high-end powerhouses were spared, the entire city began to ape, bodies covered in thick black fur.
Cultivators, scholars, women, billions of people in the State City rapidly aped.
Even the 3,000 ancestors outside the city walls quickly turned into apes, all reverting to ancestors.
"Even the dead, would they return to ancestors?"
"No hope left, how could there be hope, there was no hope from the start."
Some find themselves collapsing onto the ground, eyes vacant, watching the streets filled with fleeing, screaming Human Apes.
"Where is the one who can save the world?? Is there really no one who can save this chaotic era?"
An elderly ape knelt on the ground, wailing in tears, "We have witnessed the most incredible, the most tragic era."
Boom!
In the elegant and classical Rose Princeâs Mansion, a great ape roar echoed arduously throughout the entire city.
The tall and strong old Rose King, staring blankly as strands of hair sprouted, quickly covering in fur, stood dumbfounded.
He is among the living Nine Kings of the Nine-State.
In the era of Jiushui Foundation, he was known as the "Iron Wall of War," a man who single-handedly bore all the attacks at the front, undefeated general.
He was seriously injured thousands of times, on the brink of death nine times, but pulled through with a strong physique.
His lifespan was longer than the short-lived Jiushui Saints.
Because the Yang Spirit Root was full of vitality.
But now as one of the few remaining founding elders of the Nine-State, humanityâs strongest bastion, before having a chance to wage a battle to the fullest, he just...
"Strangely, inexplicably defeated." This tall and imposing man looked towards the sky, faintly seeing the figure of a young scholar.
"I truly miss you, if it were you, you would have taught me what to do now."
"All the ancient emerge, all obscure and murky histories unfold, we simply canât stop it."
This tall and brawny old man suddenly choked, "We canât stop it."
Boom!
With countless clouds surrounding, shadows enveloped below, it entirely transformed into a city of Human Apes.
In the distance, Xinyi Yun, leading reinforcements for Rose Continent, stared blankly at the sky.
"Rose Continent, is finished."
With that imperial old marshalâs fall, the entire Rose State City vanished completely, the downfall of one of the Nine Great States, Rose State, became inevitable, the heavy shadow of ancient Human Apes like thick clouds, dragged everyone back to those remote tens of millions of years ago.
...
Snap!
In the secret wilderness not far outside the city.
A Teleportation Array suddenly lit up, a young man from the Rose Family kneeling on the ground, weeping uncontrollably, looking at the unbroken wall of humankind.
He remembered the last message from his father:
"We are going to seek Xinyi Continent, seek Xirong."
"Their desperate sacrifices ignited humanityâs initial courage for this battle, otherwise Rose State would have been even more defenceless, and the various forces in the Nine-State would not have eagerly sailed the Ark to save people."
This ancient founding general understood more than anyone that in times of war, emotions are contagious.
Humansâ bloodlust can spread, fear even more so.
Because everyone witnessed the retained images.
The factionâs leader heroically sacrificed, four members of a familyâparents, spouses sacrificed, all living sacrifices just to find information on the Human Ape Virus.
Those heroic scenes ignited a fierce determination in these scholarsâ hearts, that intense fire!
That elderâs words still echoed, etched in their hearts.
"In this world, if human raceâs spirit arose, it did it through them."
"So."
"If thereâs any hope left."
"Only in the last hopeful city on this land, might this still exist."