"Ah!"
Lu Jin and Chang Qing wanted to go and stop them to ensure that their martial uncle could complete the spell, but they were reminded.
"Stay put, it's fine."
Jiang Mo uttered a single word: "Suppress—!"
His words became law, and he used his true power to control the natural energy within a hundred miles, which suddenly gathered and transformed into the energy of rock and soil, condensing into an incomparably majestic phantom mountain that blotted out the sky and moon, shattered the void, and then smashed down with such domineering force.
During this period, measures were taken to prevent those cunning Level 4 Awakened from escaping.
Jiang Mo also activated the Tianheng Gu, and the repulsive force squeezed in from all directions, while the gravitational force dropped vertically, causing the leaders to be terrified and their bodies to fall uncontrollably into the city.
"Boom!"
The illusory images of giant mountains arrived one after another, as terrifying as meteors crashing into the earth, turning the center of the entire city into a deep crater.
Under the desperate gaze of the eight leaders, everyone heard a deafening roar that nearly shattered their eardrums.
The distant starry sky, which was originally far beyond the ends of the earth, inexplicably encompassed them and the entire city.
"That is?"
"Look, intruders!"
"Securities Council, Lu Jin!"
"Wait, there are two more. Who are they?"
Some powerful Awakened Ones, upon recognizing the other's identity, turned extremely grim and uttered his real name word by word.
"Sanyi Gate, Jiang Mo."
"There's one more, damn it!"
Once containment was complete, the figure standing before the azure gate of the starry sky fixed the ratio of the internal and external time flows at 1:3153600000.
This is exactly one second corresponding to a hundred years.
Having completed his preparations, Jiang Mo turned around, stepped forward, and left the Heavenly Kingdom, completely disregarding what would happen to the Awakened below.
They can survive being trapped for a hundred years.
For a thousand years, for ten thousand years, until their consciousness is obliterated into nothingness.
Next, Jiang Mo embarked on a new journey, descending upon the remaining four capital cities in turn. The Heavenly Kingdom unfolded, taking in wave after wave of awakened individuals.
More and more ruined cities are appearing in the starry sky, with countless withered corpses scattered everywhere.
Especially those awakened individuals who were trapped later, initially did not understand what had happened.
As time went by, some people went to explore the stars and never returned, while others were driven mad by the lack of exploration.
Here, apart from their sight, which still functions normally, all other senses are completely blocked under the laws of heaven.
By the time they realize the danger of their situation, it's too late.
Everyone has obtained a different kind of immortality. Their bodies do not age, but their spirits are washed away by the river of time, turning into one bursting bubble after another. Each wave rolls over hundreds or even thousands of years.
These awakened individuals, lacking moral cultivation, are exposed for their true colors by harsh external conditions.
They either desperately unleash their supernatural abilities, bombarding the boundaries of the starry sky, exhausting their life energy, and dying.
They could choose to give up, sit still and die, their spirit dying, while their bodies decayed from the inside out, albeit at an incredibly slow pace, gradually becoming covered in dust and turning into mummies, which is what later generations saw.
........
Outside, at dawn, as the sun rises, the first rays of sunlight illuminate the earth.
Jiang Mo stood beside the empty pit, having just completed the containment of the last demonic cave a few minutes earlier.
Lu Jin followed behind, remaining silent but lost in thought.
He recalled the time when he first met his martial uncle many years ago. The old man killed people like slaughtering dogs. He estimated that he had killed two or three thousand people, including Quanxing, Nasen, and the Japanese Eccentrics.
One night, Lu Jin clearly remembered the faint look of fatigue on his uncle's face. He was, after all, human. After killing so many of his own kind in one go, he still had some resentment.
As the years went by, the number of enemies grew with each battle, and almost every battle was fought over the corpses of the enemy.
During that long period of time, Lu Jin saw that tired look on Jiang Mo's face only once.
Now, having slaughtered nearly half a million rebel awakened individuals in a single night, he remained completely unfazed, showing no sign of distress.
Time passed slowly, and the miniature computer worn on their fingers vibrated incessantly. Someone was making a contact; it was a senior member of the Security Council who was worried about their whereabouts.
Lu Jin gently turned the switch to close it, and together with her senior brother, they accompanied their uncle to see the rising sun climb high in the sky, casting its warm glow and making their shadows very long.
He was filled with emotion, remarking how quickly time had passed, seventy years in the blink of an eye.
After a full 20 minutes, Jiang Mo turned his gaze away from the vast landscape and gently waved his hand, as if caressing a gentle breeze.
"Boom!"
Heaven appeared in the void, cities fell, and countless corpses filled the sky, as numerous as raindrops.
"call--!"
Golden flames shot from Jiang Mo's palm, instantly splitting and expanding into a sea of fire that burned the five demon caves and countless corpses to ashes.
This is the end.
The first war of the Evolutionary Era, which would be recorded in history, has officially come to an end!
Chapter 363 The whole nation was astonished; it seemed as if immortals existed on earth.
June 1st, 6:30 AM.
At the Security Council headquarters, scattered high-ranking officials and several heads of the nine departments were waiting for news from the front lines.
Most of the councilors and experts are stationed in their respective jurisdictions to defend against the Awakened Legion, which could launch an attack at any time.
Even in online meetings, very few people are actively participating.
Zhang Zhiwei and Wei Yuanming returned safely a few hours ago.
They brought back news of their victory in pacifying the two demonic caves, 'Luowu' and 'Xianquan', and were currently recovering their strength. The two of them had expended a great deal of energy killing thousands upon thousands of awakened beings.
Vice President Su Nianlin frequently inquired about information from his assistant and used the microcomputer's positioning system to ask about Lu Jin's location.
He was filled with anxiety, pacing back and forth in the conference room, unable to find a moment of peace.
According to the two people who returned, the old man and two senior members of his sect wanted to wipe out the other five demon caves in one fell swoop.
Upon hearing this news, Su Nianlin was stunned, as if struck by lightning.
With 70,000 to 80,000 awakened individuals in a single city, and without even summoning mechs, the combined distance exceeds 10,000 kilometers. Can just three people really manage to do it?
If anything goes wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The question that had been weighing on him so much that he could hardly breathe was finally answered before seven o'clock.
"Connected! We've located Chairman Lu's coordinates!"
A data monitor looked up excitedly to report.
The next moment, a signal indicating a loss of connection appeared on the huge virtual projection screen at headquarters. On the other end of the communication, a voice that sounded calm, unlike one that indicated a major victory, rang out.
"I am Lu Jin."
"The Bitter Sea, the Immaculate Sect, the Hidden Abyss, the Crimson Radiance, and the Holy Source will all be wiped out."
"That concludes the summary."
"I'll be back later. Please keep an eye on maintaining order in each province."
Lu Jin spoke clearly and concisely, without the slightest hesitation.
Like a stone thrown into still water, the high-ranking officials and heads of the nine departments present, upon hearing the awe-inspiring results, suddenly brightened up, their faces, which had been shrouded in worry just a moment ago.
They turned their worries into joy, vented their pent-up frustrations, and felt extremely happy and relieved. They immediately notified their members of parliament and subordinate agencies in various places.
They even set about arranging for the Security Council branch closest to those seven cities to mobilize drones and some members to go there to clear away traces of the battlefield and search for any survivors of the Awakened Ones.
The vice presidents and councilors stationed in various locations were astonished. What happened to the promised tough battle? Why did it end prematurely without them even arriving?
When they carefully read through the internal announcement issued by Su Nianlin, and learned that Lu Jin and his master had wiped out seven demonic strongholds overnight, their eyes, filled with turbulent emotions, stared at the screen.
The three of them slaughtered at least half a million Awakened Ones—what an astonishing ability that is!
Keep in mind that even if you kill one person per second, 24 hours a day without stopping, you can only slaughter a maximum of 86400 Awakened Ones per day.
Even so, the number of Awakened who died in battle is still enormous. It would take five days and five nights to wipe them all out. Looking across the world, there is only one person who could do something so outrageous.
The truth was known to everyone without needing to guess.
Half an hour later, more news came from the front lines: Security Council members who had arrived at the battlefield ruins took numerous photos, confirming the defeat and destruction of the seven demonic strongholds.
Soon, thanks to the Security Council's extensive propaganda, the news reached the entire nation, including the most awakened individuals, in less than an hour.
They were lucky, they cheered, and were not affected by the war launched by the Seven Demon Caves.
Similar incidents are commonplace overseas, with countless countries mired in war, social order collapsing, and people suffering immensely.
On this very day, the arrogant fantasies of both the Level 4 Awakened Ones at the top of the food chain and the Level 3 Awakened Ones who wielded power and acted recklessly in their respective regions were shattered by the cruel reality.
The Security Council has become a hegemonic power, and almost no one dares to challenge or provoke its authority.
What lay before those ambitious and restless individuals was the death of more than 50 Level 4 Awakened.
It is no exaggeration to say that if these forces appeared in any country in the world, it would be a catastrophic disaster. They might not be able to bring down a major power in a short time, but they would be like a malignant cancer, frantically eroding the territory and plunging the entire country into a chaotic abyss of war.
At 6:6 AM, the Security Council seized the opportunity and issued a series of planning bills, proposing the launch time of the Power Lock from June 5, 2016 to June 5, 2018.
It details the progress of removing the superpower locks, which is linked to the number of Class B and Class C mechs stationed in each province.
Once certain requirements are met and the ability to maintain order is established, all citizens who awaken supernatural abilities will no longer be subject to supervision and can use them freely, provided that they do not harm others, damage city buildings, or violate legal boundaries.
The power limit of the ability lock is divided into three levels:
100% ban, 5% release, 10% release.
The Awakened One who wears the device initially has access to 5% of their abilities. If there are no criminal cases or forced breaches of the ability lock within 3 months that cause abnormal monitoring data, then 10% of the abilities will be unlocked.
Within a year, if any data anomaly occurs, or if a case of death is caused by the ability, the individual will face a 100% ability ban, imprisonment by the Security Council, and special legal procedures.
Once the news was released, billions of ordinary people breathed a sigh of relief, finally no longer having to live in fear of threats from those awakened individuals.
The nearly 30 million awakened beings, especially those at levels 3 and 4, were indifferent.
Even though they are restricted by the power lock and cannot use their abilities, they still possess terrifying physical strength, easily achieving supersonic movement or the power to smash through metal plates several meters thick with a single punch. Compared to ordinary people, they are still far superior.
Due to the simultaneous appearance of the supernatural energy fluctuation detector, they were left with only two choices.
Some stayed because of their families and were willing to accept the superpower lock;
Some, unwilling to submit, secretly smuggled themselves out of the mainland to find a suitable place to settle overseas, planning to return after two years.
The remaining 20 million+ Level 1 and Level 2 Awakened individuals, some of whom expressed discontent, began protesting, attempting to secure more ability release slots, at least 30%.
What they were met with was criticism from radicals among ordinary humans, who reprimanded them for their greed and demanded that the restrictions on the weakening of superpowers be increased to over 97%.
In just a few days, the dispute escalated, even resulting in bloodshed, until the Security Council could no longer tolerate it and dispatched mechs to suppress the conflict. Upon seeing this, the troublemakers on both sides fell silent and retreated into the background, allowing the conflict to be resolved quietly.
During this time, several leaders of the Ninth Division asked Lu Jin whether their elders minded the Security Council making his achievements public to intimidate the most powerful Awakened.
When Lu Jin mentioned it to Jiang Mo, the reply he received was:
"can."
"If my empty name can add a touch of splendor to the vast land, then so be it."
On June 3, the Security Council, with the authorization of the Ninth Department and after careful discussions with Lu Jin, finally compiled the data on the number of Awakened killed over the past three months and released it to the public.
At the top of the list was a name not belonging to any of the known high-ranking members of the Security Council, but to many powerful figures—Jiang Chenqing.
Following his name, the accompanying data showed that he had over 56 kills, over 46 level 4 awakened individuals, and over 7000 level 3 awakened individuals.
The release of the list caused a national uproar, with many people finding it hard to believe the authenticity of the data.
The data for Jiang Chenqing alone is more than the data for all the statisticians on the entire list combined.
Second on the list is Lu Jin, a disciple of the Trinity Sect, with 2920+ kills, 12 level 4 awakened beings, 460+ level 3 awakened beings, and 2455+ level 2 awakened beings.
Zhang Zhiwei of the Third Celestial Master's Mansion has over 2890 kills, including 5 level 4 Awakened, over 400 level 3 Awakened, and over 2485 level 2 Awakened.
Wei Yuanming, one of the chairmen of the Fourth Security Council, has 2830+ kills, 3 Level 4 Awakened, 320 Level 3 Awakened, and 2507+ Level 2 Awakened.
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