Chapter 879 - Qiu Dao (1/2)

Chapter 879: Qiu Dao

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

Fang Xingjian frowned slightly and said, “What is the Qiu Dao Alliance?” At the next moment, he threw a glance toward the young lady’s body with some doubt and suddenly asked, “How old are you this year?”

“Haha,” the young lady smiled bitterly and said, “I’m called Ah Li. I should only be ten this year.”

After the group’s explanation with everyone trying to get a word in, Fang Xingjian finally gained some understanding of this world.

This world was like what he had forecasted previously. It was also one of Earth’s parallel worlds.

In the past, this world had been very close to Earth. Its countries, cultures, and histories all bore a huge resemblance from that of Earth’s.

However, things changed ten years ago.

Ten years ago, a disaster known as the first onslaught appeared. A myriad of golden light had encompassed the entire planet.

The golden lights had been like the radiance of the gods. Other than emitting a faint warmth, they had not brought about any other negative feelings.

Countless religions had announced the light to be the gods’ blessings, and many civilians had felt curious toward the golden light. Within three days, countless people had joined as believers of the various religions.

However, back then, the people did not know that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.

The golden light disappeared three days later, and things on Earth returned to how they had been originally. The entire society seemed as if it would continue operating as previously planned.

However, people soon realized that things were not right. Some people’s hair turned white overnight, and some children discovered that they had grown over ten centimeters after a night of sleep.

Many old men and old women died a few days later, while many young men and young women became middle-aged over ten days later and their parents stepped into old age.

A large number of living creatures had started to die. Be it on the streets, in the forests, on the plains, or deep under the seas… a large number of animal corpses could be found everywhere.

People discovered to their horror that after the golden light disappeared, it seemed as if time had been adjusted to flow quicker for all living creatures on Earth.

All living creatures were living at a rate of each day being as if a year had passed. They were witnessing their life flow away.

Within a mere one month, over two million humans died, the entire Earth seemed to have turned into hell, and the countries’ governments were close to breaking down.

However, heaven would always leave a door open. After over 90% of the population was sacrificed, people discovered the existences of safety zones.

Throughout the planet, there were some domains of varying sizes where the lifespans of lifeforms would not be affected by the acceleration.

The appearance and disappearance of such domains were completely randomized. However, humans had still managed to find out some of the regulations through repeated probing.

Firstly, these domains could sustain for one year or more. The longest one had stayed for five years before disappearing.

Secondly, in the areas where these domains were located, there was a faint layer of golden glow appearing on the ground.

Due to these discoveries about the safety zones, humans had managed to survive and were not completely wiped out from the first onslaught. Despite this, their lives were still very arduous.