Chapter 1441: Humanity's Starry Moment (Part 1)

Director Chen, it feels like we meet again through this letter.It’s been three hundred years. I wonder how you’ve been?

We were in a hurry just now, and didn’t have a chance to properly catch up. But seeing you, I assume you’re doing well.

I’ve resolved the issue with Lou Yu. I know you might have some opinions about him, but I understand him. Lou Yu isn’t a bad person in the true sense of the word… it’s just that his way of thinking is rather extreme.

In these three hundred years, human society has truly undergone immense changes. I remember before I fell into slumber, the Polaris Domain was just a town-sized place. When I went out just now, I discovered it has transformed into something I couldn’t have imagined…

Do you remember when a few of us sat together and discussed what humanity would be like after the Great Cataclysm? Qi Muyun said it would probably be like something out of a wasteland novel, with everyone struggling to survive in an underground world, scrambling for scarce resources, and then painstakingly trying to develop the outside world. Lou Yu suggested that many steel factories would be built because the wasteland would require tough and reliable tools. Ji Xuan said everyone might awaken supernatural abilities, and then immediately test their power levels, like a ‘Sword Power Level Three’!

But none of us back then could have imagined that three hundred years after the Great Cataclysm, the world would be so prosperous… It turns out that even without efficient power generation technology, lights can still illuminate the city at night. Even if internal combustion engines can’t start, people would modify steam engines to make cars. And in this era, people can still travel between different cities using domain trains, and residents can still live well within their domains, with enough food, warm clothes, schools, and performances…

Please forgive me; as a man of science and engineering, I don’t know how to describe that feeling. But my mood when I saw the Polaris Domain was like when I first arrived in Shanghai after leaving an orphanage in a small county town… shock, emotion, and an indescribable awe.

It turns out that humanity’s creativity and vitality truly shine brighter than the stars in the sky.

Unfortunately… I don’t have enough time to properly get to know this domain.

I have calculated the precise trajectory of the Red Star, with an error margin down to seconds. After my death, my body will return to the cosmos, drifting through deep space along a predetermined path. In this process, stars will gather around me…

When the Red Star descends, I will return as a star, becoming the ‘satellite’ for all humanity.

This is the last thing I can do for humanity.

After that, it’s all up to you…

You were the one who led us down this path. It has been difficult and arduous, but we have never regretted it… Ji Xuan, Lou Yu, Chu Changqing, Qi Muyun, Su Zhiwei, Wu Tongyuan, Yang Xiao, Wen Ruoshui, and I—though our personalities and methods differ, please believe that…

The Nine Lords will forever be the Nine Lords of humanity.

Finally…

Human civilization will never be extinguished.

Rustle, whirl—

The neatly written letter paper rustled crisply in the howling wind.

A pale, youthful hand silently clenched a corner of the letter paper. A large red opera robe flapped wildly in the wind, as the head, with its high-tied black ponytail, slowly lifted. Deep, complex eyes gazed up at the sky…

Above the sky filled with red clouds, a brilliant star with a long, trailing tail streaked across the heavens, seemingly having precisely predicted the Red Star’s trajectory, and collided with it!!

Someone asked: In an era where even nuclear weapons no longer exist, how could humanity possibly intercept a meteor from space?

The answer was…

The Polaris Lord, Lu Xun.

“It’s a meteor!!!”

As the meteor tore through the red clouds and streaked across the sky, someone on the chaotic and desperate battlefield cried out in shock.

Everyone looked up, their mouths unconsciously agape…

“A meteor!! Where did it come from?!”

“Wait… the trajectory of this meteor…”

“Can it hit?!! Can it really hit?!!”

“Could it be that even Heaven believes we aren’t meant to perish, so it specifically sent a meteor to save us?!!”

“A miracle… This is a miracle!!!!”

Noisy, chaotic voices erupted from all directions. Jian Changsheng and Jiang Xiaohua, who were on the battlefield, were also stunned. They stared blankly at the meteor hurtling straight towards the Red Star, their minds unable to process it for a moment.

“Speaking of which, I’ve had a question for a while now.”

Sun Bumian’s voice sounded from nearby.

The figure in a Tang suit walked directly towards them, pushing up his small round sunglasses. His eyes, complex with emotion, watched the meteor streak across the sky.

“Our Twilight Society’s mission is to recover the Nine Lords… But the Polaris Lord clearly died in battle long ago, so why haven’t we recovered his body all this time?”

Jian Changsheng’s eyes widened suddenly, as if he had just realized something.

“Are you saying…”

“I’m afraid that meteor hurtling towards the Red Star… is the Polaris Lord.”

“That’s… the Polaris Lord?!!!”

In the Clouded Domain, the Master of the Sky-Piercing Tower and others watched this scene, their expressions filled with immense shock.

It wasn’t just them; people from the Polaris Domain, the Jade Domain, the Clouded Domain… everyone across all domains had not anticipated the appearance of that meteor. It was like a savior descending from the heavens, offering them a glimmer of miraculous hope in this desperate situation!

Not only humans, but even the several World-Ending Disasters that were fiercely attacking the domains seemed somewhat bewildered at this moment.

Delirium Disaster, confronting Chu Changqing, widened its beastly eyes and looked up at the sky;

The Flesh-and-Blood Turbid Buddha, which had occupied the Sky-Piercing Tower, slowly raised its head, toxic mist swirling around it;

Taboo Disaster, rapidly crawling through the Melting Ash Domain, paused, its lanterns swaying;

Repose Disaster, wildly slaughtering lives, abruptly halted its movements, and the fierce winds instantly died down;

Even the aged figure in the ruins, who had erected a demigod domain to brace against the Red Star, looked up at the sky in disbelief, a storm of thoughts wildly churning, unable to calm the shock in their heart…

No wonder the Nine Lords of humanity hadn’t launched any effective counterattacks until now…

The World-Ending Disasters’ goal was to conquer the domains and survive as much as possible during the Red Star’s return.

But the Nine Lords of humanity had set their sights much further from the very beginning.

The foresight and vision of the Nine Lords of humanity had long transcended that of the World-Ending Disasters. While the Disasters were focused only on battling for survival, the Polaris Lord had, long ago, been preparing a way to confront the Red Star!

At this moment, an indescribable mix of complexity and despondency surged within Thought Disaster. It had planned everything, calculated everything, but only when that meteor appeared did it realize how “naïve” its actions truly were.

It realized that Disasters and humans… were fundamentally different after all.

The opera robe, with its red background and black patterns, silently flapped across the ground.

Chen Ling witnessed it firsthand:

The meteor, streaking from amongst the stars, directly impacted the edge of the Red Star…

In that vast, silent collision, the meteor shattered instantly. Yet, at the same time, a piece of the Red Star was chipped off!

This terrifying entity, which was about to hit Earth, was forcefully deflected slightly, now flying towards the edge of the planet!