Prehistoric Evolution: Squidward Becomes a Great Old One

The official crackdown is indeed quite forceful.

Professor Lin and the iron-blooded commander quickly walked up to Lei Dong and confirmed his identity as the "weakling" Star Turtle.

They showed him great concern and immediately decided to arrange the highest level of security and psychological counseling for him.

"Lei, get some rest. The country will take care of things, even if the sky falls!"

The commander patted Lei Dong heavily on the shoulder.

Lei Dong nodded obediently, took Su Qinghan's hand, and prepared to walk towards the bulletproof vehicle arranged by the military.

However, at this very moment...

Without warning, the skies around the world suddenly darkened!

It wasn't the kind of overcast sky where dark clouds block out the sun, but rather as if the entire atmosphere had been instantly drained of all light by some invisible force.

Immediately following, the enormous black canopy of "Earth Online" appeared, hanging above the heads of all humanity.

It burst forth with a dark golden light even more dazzling than a supernova explosion!

"boom!"

A majestic, emotionless mechanical voice boomed like thunder from the heavens.

It exploded simultaneously in the mind of every human being on Earth.

Whether you are in a bustling city or a quiet mountain, you cannot escape this voice that strikes straight to your soul.

[Ding! Server-wide announcement!]

[Earth Online Phase One – Ordovician Survival Sandbox: Evolution Has Completely Ceased!]

[The Era Settlement has officially begun! Total points data for all regions worldwide has been locked, and the final rankings and rewards/penalties calculations are now underway!]

At that moment, billions of people around the world stopped what they were doing and stared intently at the sky.

On the campus of Jiangnan University, there are foreign agents who have not yet been put into prison vans.

The fully armed Yunxia special forces soldiers around them also subconsciously raised their heads.

Above the sky, a golden list that blots out the sun slowly unfolds, like a decree descended by a god.

[Ranked #1 in the Era: Eastern Cloud Summer Region!]

[Final total points: 1,088,000! (Leading by a wide margin)]

When the word "First Place" in dark gold lettering was imprinted at the very top of the sky.

Across the entire land of Yunxia, ​​from south to north, from the bustling metropolis to the border outposts, cheers that shook the heavens erupted!

This is not just a ranking; it is a bloody path fought for in a brutal, high-dimensional apocalyptic game!

[Ding! Yunxia Region has been detected to have taken the top spot with an overwhelming advantage. A 'Civilization-Level Extraordinary Reward' is being distributed!]

Accompanied by the system's voice, a golden rain of light suddenly descended from the sky.

These rays of light ignored the obstruction of buildings and directly merged into every inch of Yunxia's land and into the body of every citizen.

[Basic bonus distributed to all members of the Yunxia Region]

(Including non-experiencers), the base lifespan is forcibly increased by ten years!

The entire immune system evolves, eliminating all underlying diseases except those caused by gene mutations!

"Oh my god! My asthma... my asthma is cured!"

On the campus of Jiangnan University, a girl who was originally frail and sickly clutched her chest in shock, realizing that she had never been able to breathe so easily.

"Look at the news! Quick, look at the news!"

In the intensive care units of hospitals across the country, patients with advanced cancer are experiencing widespread necrosis of tumor cells!

It's not just about lifespan and health; the most shocking things are yet to come.

[Resource Materialization Rewards Distributed: 300,000 Faction Points to be Given Back to Reality!]

Congratulations to Yunxia Region! Three 'High-Dimensional Crystal Veins' have been successfully materialized in the Northwest Desert area!

(Note: This mineral vein can be used to extract clean energy that is hundreds of times more efficient than current nuclear fusion.)

[Congratulations to the Yunxia Region! The fishing grounds in the eastern waters have undergone a primary ecological change, with marine life reproduction rates and nutritional value increasing by 500%!]

[Technology Tree Unlocked: Grant the Yunxia military a blueprint for a 'Basic High-Dimensional Energy Shield'!]

crazy!

Totally crazy!

If the previous ones were just things to cheer about, then the subsequent resource realization and technology blueprints are even more exciting.

It simply elevated Yunxia's national strength by an entire era!

High-dimensional crystal veins? This not only solves the energy crisis, but could even enable Yunxia's aerospace and military technologies to achieve a dimensional reduction attack in a short period of time!

The military commander standing next to the armored vehicle was so excited when he heard the "energy shield blueprints" that his legs went weak and he almost knelt on the ground.

He clenched his fists tightly, his tiger-like eyes filled with tears: "God bless Yunxia! God bless my Yunxia!"

With this, we no longer need to fear Western nuclear threats!

Amidst the nationwide jubilation and shower of light, only Lei Dong remained unusually calm.

Because at the very moment the rain of light fell, an SSS-level encrypted notification popped up on his personal panel, visible only to him:

[Ding! It has been detected that you have contributed 99.9% of the points to the top-ranked region.]

As an 'Abyss Titan', you have automatically received the maximum 100x boost from the Cloud Summer region's rewards.

(This has been secretly sent to your physical body. Please check your inbox.)

Lei Dong clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying power within his body that seemed capable of easily tearing through the void, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.

The real-world feedback from one million points has truly transcended the realm of "mortals."

However, the calculations in the heavens were not yet complete. Where there is heaven, there must be hell.

As the golden rain of light gradually dissipated, the color of the sky suddenly changed, turning into an extremely oppressive scarlet.

The golden list scrolled down rapidly, skipping over the trembling Western countries in the middle, and went straight to the bottom.

[Third from bottom in the Epoch Ranking: Southern Giant Tree Region. Total Points: 420.]

[Second to last in the Epoch Ranking: Icefield Snow Country Region. Total Points: 115.]

The citizens of these two regions fell into a deathly silence upon seeing their rankings.

But at least they still had some points, which means that a few players survived.

Next came the final line, a chilling sight, flashing with a deathly black light.

[Ranked last in the entire era: Kuroshio Island Region!]

[Final total score: 0 points! (Faction core crystal physically destroyed, all members brain dead)]

"boom!!!"

As this predictable result was announced, a chilling death knell suddenly tolled in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a huge line of blood-dripping characters, like the pronouncement of death, appeared before everyone on Earth.

[Earth Online's Ultimate Elimination Rule Revealed: Last-Place Elimination!]

[Warning to all civilizations worldwide: In the settlement of each upcoming era.]

Any region that falls into the bottom three twice will no longer have resources deducted, but will directly face the ultimate punishment of "civilization deprivation"!

The tectonic plate containing this region will be completely erased from geophysics!

The moment this rule was announced, the global internet was instantly engulfed in fear!

"Two consecutive times ranking in the bottom three, and they just physically wiped out the entire board?!"

"My God! This isn't a game, this is real—wiping the country off the map!"