Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 145 Preparing to Escape
"so."

Outside the secret room.

Zhu Lao continued, "To prevent the situation from escalating further, I have dispatched troops to block the area affected by the Puppet Master."

Xie Shen was puzzled after hearing this and asked, "Why not kill all the humans controlled by the puppeteers? Wouldn't it be possible to stop the spread of pollution directly from the source?"

"Those humans who have become dream puppets, although their physical fitness will be greatly enhanced, can indeed be killed." Zhu Lao replied: "But the problem is that killing them will cost a huge price."

"What do you mean?" Xie Shen asked.

Zhu Lao replied: "After a human controlled by a puppeteer dies, a large amount of pink mist will gush out of his body."

"Once someone inhales the mist, his dreams will become very long."

"Ah?" Xie Shen didn't quite understand: "What do you mean by dreams become very long?"

"Let's put it this way."

Mr. Zhu gave an example: "When ordinary people sleep, they may close their eyes and open them again, and the whole night will pass."

"Even if I dream during this time, the dream only lasts about 5-10 minutes."

"But for those who absorb the pink mist, the duration of their dreams is much more exaggerated."

Mr. Zhu said: "On the first night of inhaling the pink mist, a person's dream will be directly extended to about 1-2 hours."

“Maybe I’ll have 4-5 dreams a night.”

"By the second night, the dream duration will increase to 10-20 hours."

"And so on."

“By the third night, the dream duration had reached a terrifying 100-200 hours!”

"As for what's next?"

Mr. Zhu continued, "Due to the puppeteer incident, it has only been four days since it appeared."

"And those who inhaled the pink mist only survived three nights."

“So no one can tell how long the dream of the fourth night will last.”

"But the probability is 1000-2000 hours."

"2000 hours is probably about three months." Xie Shen thought thoughtfully, "So, the time in a dream is different from the flow of real time?"

"Ah."

Mr. Zhu nodded.

He continued, "It would be fine if all the dreams of those who inhaled the pink mist were random."

"The key is that most of the dreams they have are painful memories, or simply weird nightmares."

“So sleeping has now become a torture for those people.”

"Nearly 6-7% of them could not accept this painful reality, so after three nights, they tried every possible way to commit suicide."

"The remaining 3% of people are in a state of panic, considering whether to commit suicide or continue to live."

After telling Xie Shen the general situation about the puppeteer incident.

Zhu Lao Chong asked Xie Shen, "I came here this time just to ask you if there is any way to cure those who inhaled the pink mist?"

In the secret room.

Xie Shen thought for a moment and then replied, "If I'm not mistaken, those who inhaled the pink mist should be cursed."

"Curse?" Mr. Zhu was stunned when he heard it.

"Yes, it's a curse." Xie Shen explained: "A similar curse also appeared on my home planet Earth."

“And there were three of them at once.”

"They are: the underground curse that can transform pain into happiness, the flesh curse that can make people immortal, and the mirror curse that can make people immortal."

"This..." Zhu Lao asked doubtfully, "Are you sure these are curses? This is clearly a blessing, right?"

Xie Shen replied: "These three curses all have side effects, and the side effects are far beyond your imagination."

As he spoke, Xie Shen informed Zhu Lao about the undead in the flesh and blood world, the high-ranking humans who had mutated into monsters due to the mirror curse, and the underground people who were addicted to death.

The latter said with a hint of fear in his tone: "Unspeakable creatures are spreading pollution on the planet and torturing humans. What is their purpose in doing this? What benefit does this bring to them?"

Xie Shen replied: "Li Xiu and I have both speculated on this issue before."

"We guess that the unspeakable creatures feed on human emotions."

"For example, the indescribable creature 'Buddha' that once appeared on Earth and in the Buddhist world."

"It is suspected to feed on human's 'painful emotions'."

"Painful emotions?" Zhu Lao instinctively asked, "What about the indescribable creatures on our Jingchen Star?"

Xie Shen said: "If nothing unexpected happens, the indescribable creatures on Jingchen Star are most likely feeding on humans' 'desire for sleep'."

"That's why this indescribable creature gave rise to a monster like the 'Puppet Master'."

"The purpose is to drag all humans on the Quiet Morning Star into an eternal dream."

"Okay, I understand." After listening to Xie Shen's explanation, Zhu Lao said in a heavy tone: "So is there any way to completely cure these curses brought by unspeakable creatures?"

“There is no cure.”

Xie Shen said bluntly: "The only thing we humans can do is to escape."

"Leave in advance on a Galaxy-class spacecraft before the entire planet is completely invaded by indescribable creatures."

“As for those humans who have been infected by the curse and invaded by unspeakable creatures.”

"Kill him."

"For those people, death is sometimes a relief."

Outside the secret room.

After receiving this answer, Mr. Zhu stood there in silence for a long time. No one knew what he was thinking.

After about a quarter of an hour, he finally said, "Tomorrow, the sports administration of Xinxue City will hold its second summit meeting. Will you attend?"

"I can't come." Xie Shen replied truthfully: "I am in seclusion to fuse the totem. This process will take a long time. So if there is anything important later, you can contact Li Xiu directly through the Shendao Ding. You don't need to come to me again."

"Okay." Mr. Zhu finally said to Xie Shen, "Since you can't attend, when the meeting starts, I will convey what you told me today to the leaders of various countries present at the meeting, so that we can promote the unification of Jingchen Star as soon as possible."

"You should have no objection to this, right?"

"No problem." Xie Shen replied.

after that.

Mr. Zhu had a brief chat with Xie Shen about the major events that had happened on Jingchenxing in the past few days.

After informing everyone of this information, he said goodbye and left.

...

The next day.

Inside the Niseko City Gymnasium.

Under the watchful eyes of the leaders of the countries on Jingchen Star, several cultivators in the early stages of Qi training worked together to transfer a small amount of spiritual power into the Divine Dao Cauldron.

With the blessing of spiritual power, a black shadow appeared from the Shinto Cauldron.

The Divine Cauldron emitted Li Xiu's voice and said, "You said you wanted some time to think about it, and now the time has been given to you."

"So how are you thinking about it?"

"Who will take the lead and express their views?"

in the hall.

After hearing what Li Xiu said, the leaders of various countries looked at each other at the same time.

Then, as if they had discussed it privately, they all sat in their seats in silence.

Seeing this, Li Xiu said calmly, "It's just as I guessed."

"You are still unwilling to make sacrifices, and you are still unwilling to give up the power in your hands."

"That's fine."

He changed the subject and said, "I will not continue to insist on unifying the entire planet."

"Let's talk about something else."

"I believe that everyone here has heard of the recent 'Puppet Master Incident', or even witnessed it with their own eyes."

"Simply put it in one sentence"

"This is pollution or erosion of your planet caused by unknown creatures."

"Your planet is doomed."

Li Xiu pointed out the stakes and said, "In order to preserve the civilization of your Jingchen Star, or to put it more bluntly, in order to save the lives of the few people on your planet, some countries, led by the Yigu Kingdom, have begun to build Galaxy-class spacecraft, intending to escape to the universe after the end of the world."

"You don't need to question whether this news is true or not."

"Because it's the same as last time."

"Before the meeting started, I had already disassembled the design drawings of the Galaxy-class spacecraft and sent them to your official email."

"You just need to make a phone call back home to confirm and you will know whether the 'Galaxy-class spacecraft' is a scam or not."

This is a matter concerning national interests and we cannot afford to be careless.

As soon as Li Xiu said this, the heads of state present at the meeting immediately called their respective logistics departments or secretariats.

Soon, the matter of the Galaxy-class spacecraft was confirmed by various countries.

Inside the gymnasium.

Li Xiu took advantage of the situation and said again.

"For those of you who have not yet participated in this plan and want to get a ticket and board the spacecraft, just pay money or donate supplies."

"Without saying so much, just express your opinion."

When something involves one's own life and death.

Then no matter what your stance is, what is right or wrong, or even your country and nation, as long as you can survive, all of these can be thrown aside.

Sometimes, that's just human nature.

So when Li Xiu mentioned the construction of the 'Galaxy-class spacecraft', all the heads of state present unanimously expressed their willingness to participate and provided money and supplies in exchange for tickets.

Their only requirements are:
During the construction of the spacecraft, supervisors will be sent to supervise so that the progress of the construction can be understood at any time.

"One last thing, by the way."

On the divine cauldron.

Li Xiu proposed to the heads of state: "I will integrate the heads of state on Huanrang Star, your Jingchen Star, and the management of our Earth side, and form a 'Human Alliance' to fight against the indescribable creatures."

“The reason why I came up with this idea is very simple.”

"After all, it won't be long before both Phantom Soil Star and Quiet Morning Star are finished."

"By then, everyone will have to wander in the universe and become homeless, so gathering together for warmth will naturally be the best option."

"Of course."

"It's a bit too early for me to say this now."

"So, wait until the Galaxy-class spaceship on your Jingchen Star is built!"

After saying this, Li Xiu remained silent and said no more.

So the heads of state in the hall began to argue with each other over who should pay how much money and materials, and how the tickets should be distributed.

(End of this chapter)