CHAPTER 953: CHAPTER 549: DIFFERENT WORLDS, SIMILAR FATES

As the storm over the East Sea became increasingly violent, news of the Demon God Descent began to spread.

Once the news hit the Internet, it stirred up a storm and caused an uproar.

As if it were the inevitable course of history, after the news of the Demon God Descent spread, various voices began to emerge within human civilization.

The voices emerging within human civilization were surprisingly consistent with the factional divisions in the Sikes Civilization.

The most vocal group believed that the Demon God was unstoppable and that they should kneel in devout worship and accept the Demon God’s rule.

This viewpoint was typical of the Descent Faction, also known as the Surrender Faction.

The idea of this group was simple: surrender to Demon God Salion and plead for mercy.

The second was the Escape Faction, which also believed that the Demon God was unstoppable, and the only way to survive was to flee Blue Star.

This faction also had a considerable number of supporters, even surpassing the Sikes Civilization, with a higher support rate for the Escape Faction led by Yeliana Sikes.

As for the means of escape, this group was further divided into many branches.

Some believed they should flee to other worlds, like the Elf World or perhaps the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom.

In the minds of many humans, Black Iron Dwarves were considered a relatively amicable species.

Because there was a Black Iron Dwarf in Quenching Castle.

These people completely forgot that the first time human Superpower Users were summoned to the Black Iron Tribe, they were hunted.

Some in the Escape Faction believed that they should use Sikes Technology to build spacecraft to leave the Solar System.

Currently, humans have mastered Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology, reaching a civilization level of 1.2.

This level is sufficient to leave Blue Star, and though barely achievable, leaving the Solar System to wander the universe and find a new home seems a long shot.

The third group was the Stay and Defend Faction.

This faction was the most reasonable and had the most supporters.

Two different worlds facing the same peril showed nearly identical shifts in situation.

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Lu Heng looked at the report from Qi Jinhui, feeling a bit helpless.

The wisdom of the masses always carries a hint of foolishness; human history is a chronicle of repeating the same mistakes.

Great individuals summarize and document these errors, but they can never prevent history from repeating itself.

Because human nature is greedy.

Everyone focuses on immediate benefits, leading to shortsightedness.

This point is unsolvable.

Thus, every advance in civilization is a burden carried by giants.

Of course, the masses are not entirely without merit.

A sufficiently large group increases the possibility of a giant emerging.

The deeper the civilization’s foundation, the higher the likelihood of producing great individuals.

The erroneous experiences summarized by civilization are not entirely useless.

A five-thousand-year-old cultural foundation is certainly richer than a two-hundred-year-old one.

However, among a large number, there will always be some with unusual behaviors.

Along with them come some demonizing statements.

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On the ninth day of the storm, news about the storm and the Demon God Descent spread even wider.

The debates on the Internet grew fiercer, with conspiracy theories spreading everywhere.

An unknown organization released messages, backed by various evidence, claiming that the reason for the Demon God Descent was that Lu Heng angered this Demon God.

This message, with certainty, stated that Demon God Salion’s descent to Blue Star targeted Lu Heng, and if Lu Heng was handed over, others could live.

This statement sparked worldwide debate once it was spread.

More and more people began to believe it to be true.

Da Xia tried to ban these statements, but the more they tried to ban them, the more some people used them to prove the message true.

This conspiracy theory was difficult to clarify.

Because half of this guess was true.

Indeed, it was Lu Heng who enraged Demon God Salion, leading to this crisis.

This was true.

However, the latter part of this statement was the most malicious part.

Handing over Lu Heng would allow Demon God Salion to spare the humans on Blue Star?

Anyone with a clear mind knows this is wishful thinking.

Once Salion descends, humanity will surely go extinct, with no other possibility.

However, not everyone in this world has a brain.

The statement about "handing over Lu Heng and pleading for the Demon God’s mercy" spread like wildfire.

Numerous Superpower Users even began to gather, march, and threaten the Human United Council to hand over Lu Heng.

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Besides, another organization began to take action.

This organization was the Human Bloodline Transformation Organization.

Since the last Bloodline invasion crisis, the Bloodline groups among humans had been suppressed into silence.

However, with nearly six billion people still on Blue Star, it was basically impossible to completely eliminate all Bloodline humans.

Thus, the Bloodline Organization has always been lurking within human society.

Now, the crisis of the Demon God Descent presented them with an opportunity.

The Bloodline Organization released a message claiming that as long as one becomes a member of the Blood Clan, they could survive the Demon God Descent crisis.

This claim had a certain reasonableness.

Demon God Salion belonged to the Abyss Camp, a Demon God among the Demon Race.

The Bloodline Clan were also demons.

This meant that as long as one transformed into a Bloodline Clan member, they became part of the Abyss Camp.

The relationship between the Demon Clan wasn’t friendly, but due to the presence of the Abyss, they maintained a state of mutual non-aggression.

That is to say, once Salion descends, ordinary humans are doomed, but the Bloodline Clan, being a Demon species, indeed have a chance to survive.

However, by then, human civilization would be over.