Chapter 576: Array
It wasn't just the people on the Moon who found it hard to part with Earth; people on Earth were also commemorating this historic moment in their own ways.
Some lit candles, some prayed silently, and of course, there were a few heartless or emotionally detached individuals who simply didn't care about such things.
Ultimately, the humans on both Earth and the Moon, originating from the same source, harbored no deep-seated grudges against each other. Everything that led to humanity's great schism today stemmed from one person's madness.
But regardless, the separation was irreversible. Those who were meant to leave, left.
However, there were some unforeseen benefits in all of this.
Humanity had indeed been forcibly accelerated by at least thirty years compared to the space exploration plans originally formulated by various nations.
A human government, unified under duress, integrated all the achievements of the major powers that had previously been competing in the space race, all to fully colonize and control the Moon at the fastest possible speed.
Numerous exploratory research projects, which ideally should have been tested slowly to ensure stability, were pushed forward regardless of cost during those few years, solely to complete the departure mission within the deadline.
Under the high pressure exerted on society as a whole, scientific research plans that had always advanced slowly suddenly accelerated.
After the Spirit Energy fusion engine network, which covered a third of the Moon's surface, awakened, the artificial atmosphere, which had previously seemed "innocuous," revealed its true nature for the first time.
It was a soft, thick, semi-gaseous gel layer, spread across the Moon's surface outside the engine network.
To describe it in a more anthropomorphic way, it was like a person whose upper body was tightly wrapped in a blanket, with only two legs exposed from the waist down.
This giant "quilt," in addition to isolating the omnipresent space radiation, also served as a protective shield for the Moon God fortress.
Kinetic weapons, laser weapons, and spirit energy weapon attacks, as long as they didn't exceed a certain threshold, would all be absorbed by the "quilt," ensuring that humans living on the surface of the Moon God fortress would not perish from the residual shockwaves of space battles.
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At the same time, in New Florence, the core city and power base of the Luminous Holy Church's grand cathedral, several young people hurried nervously, carefully dodging the Holy Temple Guards who were maintaining order.
The white-clad spirit-armored guards were conducting house-to-house inspections, doing their best to quell the disturbances caused by the Moon God fortress's activation.
"Master, can our plan truly succeed?..." A young man walking at the front couldn't help but worry.
"As long as we succeed this time, all of you can defy fate and change your destiny!" Dong Fang Sa, the mysterious figure hidden in the middle of the group, began to hype up the young hotheads again.
"You are the chosen ones; you will absolutely complete this mission."
"..."
"One more minute, one minute until the moment of witnessing a miracle!"
At least at this point, the eight young people had no doubts about Dong Fang Sa's words.
Throughout their journey, they had experienced the mysterious master's abilities many times.
After being motivated, each of them clutched tightly to the special spirit artifacts in their hands—keys, in their eyes, that could change their destiny.
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"Boom boom boom boom!!!" After precise calculations, as the gravitational pull of Earth diminished to a critical point, the Moon God fortress, a symbol of humanity's hope, began to break free from its fixed Earth-Moon orbit, preparing to fly towards its first destination—Mars.
Standing on the surface of the Moon God, the impulse from the engine network was earth-shattering. Fortunately, the Moon's buildings, from the very first one constructed, had been designed for this very day.
There were no towering skyscrapers on the surface, only low-lying houses intertwined like vines. A vast number of facilities were built deep within the Moon's interior, extending all the way to its core.
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"When Heaven unleashes its killing intent, stars shift; when Earth unleashes its killing intent, dragons and snakes rise; when Man unleashes his killing intent, heaven and earth overturn!"
The moment the moon God broke free from its orbit, Dong Fang Sa, whose figure had been hidden within a black cloak, pulled out a golden compass from his arms and softly recruited.
Before his words faded, eight rays of light shot out from the eight trigrams of the compass, directly piercing the hearts of the eight young people standing in the corresponding eight directions.
"Master said it might hurt a little, but I didn't expect it to hurt this damn much!!!" The young people, intent on defying fate and changing their destiny, gritted their teeth as their hearts were pierced by the light.
The intense physical pain made them strain with every ounce of their being to clutch their spirit artifacts. Cold sweat seeped from their foreheads, their faces slightly contorted, as if pain was written all over them.
"Heaven... Earth... Unite... Power!" Dong Fang Sa, standing in the very center, also had a somewhat contorted expression.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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At this specific moment, he was attempting to leverage a power far beyond his control. The terrifying pressure crushed one after another of the defensive spirit artifacts he had prepared.
It was a power that a flesh-and-blood body simply couldn't withstand. If he didn't succeed before his trump cards were completely expended, it would be Dong Fang Sa's own body that would be crushed.
Yet, at this critical juncture of life and death, he still appeared remarkably confident, as if everything was proceeding according to plan.
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"Master, how much longer?" Soon, several young people indicated they were nearing their limit.
"Ten seconds," Dong Fang Sa uttered with difficulty.
"For the Primeval Sacred Body, I'll risk it all!"
"Risk it all!"
Upon hearing the ten-second reply, even the two young men who were already teetering and whose legs wouldn't stop trembling ignited their little cosmos.
Once, they had been nothing more than common hooligans found everywhere in the Moon's slums, without talent or resources, living and dying in obscurity.
The sudden arrival of the mysterious Dong Fang Sa had given them an opportunity: to gamble their lives for a chance at power and wealth.
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"Hmm?" Bai Mo, through his spirit energy vision, seemed to detect something amiss.
At this moment, Gondor, who was burning himself for his ideals, was reduced to just a skull. In his dying state, he also sensed something, but he was willing, but powerless.
"Why would Dong Fang Sa choose this moment?" He briefly used the Destiny System and quickly found out what had happened.
"To create a Feng Shui human array specifically to attract my attention?"
Bai Mo couldn't quite grasp what the other party was thinking, but he clearly understood that they had used eight people to form a special human array, leveraging a portion of the world-overturning power generated by the Moon God's departure, specifically to draw his attention.
The Spirit Energy era had begun decades ago, and people from all walks of life were constantly trying to integrate spirit energy into their respective fields, hoping to revitalize themselves in the new era.
Just like the sound path that used singing as a weapon, or the painting path that used paintbrushes, the traditional art of Feng Shui geomancy had also seen significant development with spirit energy, leading to the emergence of a unique group of Feng Shui array masters and physiognomists.
Although the number of people pursuing these paths was far less than those on the mainstream routes, and many were actually just branches of the mainstream cultivation system, they were also working hard to forge their own professional paths.
After all, a normal civilization, besides needing destructive combat power, also needs creation and construction.
PS: Suddenly realized, after a week without updates, I actually gained over four hundred new followers ORZ.
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