Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 157 The whole city is under martial law

When Qiu Ci entered, she discovered that the space inside was vast and extremely deep, probably two or three hundred meters underground. It was crowded with people dressed in all sorts of clothing, some in long gowns like hers, others in modern T-shirts, fully demonstrating the freedom of dress. No one noticed anything special about her.

Moreover, these people generally have cultivation levels, but they are not very high. Most of them are at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage, a few are at the Golden Core stage, and there are almost none at the Nascent Soul stage.

Within ten minutes of her entering, the space was already full, with tens of thousands of people densely packed together. The entrance closed automatically, and at the same time, complex magic arrays suddenly lit up around the space, completely enveloping the underground shelter.

Qiu Ci only glanced at them before recognizing that the formations were all defensive formations of around the sixth rank. She became even more curious about what had happened that would cause everyone here to hide here.

"Damn system, what's going on?" She finally had time to ask the system, "Where exactly is this place? Is it Earth?"

【No, Master, this is the Divine Radiance Continent, 4C18E. We haven't teleported to the wrong location.】

"Then what's going on here? Why does it look so much like Earth?" Nobody told her that this continent has such advanced technology.

The small ball of light flickered before answering, "[Blue Star has never been stingy in passing on the seeds of civilization, and perhaps it's because... they've learned them well, that over 20,000 years have passed.]"

"..." That seems to make sense.

After all, 20,000 years have passed, so it's not surprising that a continent could have developed its technology to this extent.

"Do you know what's going on outside right now?"

[Please wait a moment, Master, while I scan.] The small ball of light flashed and quickly replied, [The entire city is under martial law. There are three Nascent Soul stage cultivators outside, seemingly searching for something.]

Search? Who?

It can't be her, right?
Qiu Ci felt that this matter was somehow related to her, as if something had been missed, but she didn't know the specifics, so she could only wait patiently. Meanwhile, the people taking refuge nearby were already discussing it enthusiastically.

"Why does this happen to Yizhong City again? Can't those old monsters go and cause trouble in other cities?"

"Sigh! There's nothing we can do. Yizhong is the city with the largest border. People just crossed the border and came straight here."

"Why can't the Federation take the initiative to deal with those bumpkins? Every time they come, they make the whole city panic."

“Those barbaric continents are unreasonable. Going there would be no use; they simply won’t listen.”

"Huh? Who knows what's going on this time? Are they righteous people or evil sect patriarchs?"

"Who knows? I heard that the director of the Repair and Management Bureau and the presidents of the three major universities have all been mobilized, and they even notified the General Administration to send someone over!"

"That's serious! Tsk tsk tsk, I wonder what kind of old monster with what level of cultivation has come here!"

"Let's just stay put. If a fight really breaks out, it's a battle of this level that we can't get involved in."

As they chatted, everyone started to tremble and became even quieter. They quickly changed the subject and started talking about other things.

Qiu Ci frowned, vaguely guessing that everyone was hiding here because some powerful figure had arrived in the city, and they had come here to avoid fighting and harming innocent people. She thought for a moment, then took out a bottle of spiritual spring water and handed it to a girl next to her who was running and covered in sweat, saying, "Sister, would you like some water?"

"Oh, thank you." The girl was indeed thirsty, and without being polite, she took the bottle and gulped it down. Instantly, all her fatigue vanished, and she felt full of energy. She said with some delight, "Sister, what brand of water is this? It tastes so good! And the bottle is so unique too."

"I just bought it on the street." Qiu Ci smiled and continued to inquire, "By the way, sister, do you often encounter this kind of thing here? I'm from out of town and I'm a little curious."

“Not really.” The girl answered without question. “It usually happens once every four or five years. In the past, everyone just treated it as a joke and wouldn’t come to the shelter. But since the Blood Demon Ancestor incident four years ago, everyone has become more vigilant.”

"The Blood Demon Ancestor?" Qiu Ci asked, puzzled.

"Haven't you heard? He's the one who almost wiped out the entire Puhai City. It was even on the news all over the continent back then." The girl clicked her tongue and continued, "I heard that the Blood Demon Ancestor came from a continent where evil cultivators were rampant. There were hardly any ordinary people left on that continent. I don't know how many heinous things he did to reach the Integration Stage. In the end, the Cultivation Management Bureau headquarters sent three branch ministers at the Integration Stage to join forces and kill him."

"so smart!"

“Absolutely.” The girl continued, “I heard that when the Blood Demon Ancestor crossed the continent, he happened to be in Puhai City. When he saw so many people, he immediately started extracting souls to forge some kind of Myriad Soul Banner. Qinghai City is a large city with more than four million people.”

"and after?"

"Alas! Although the repair and maintenance bureau did its best to get there, more than two thousand people still died in the end."

"Then this evil cultivator deserves to die."

“Indeed!” The girl nodded vigorously. “Since then, the Cultivation Management Bureau has strengthened its supervision of cultivators from other continents. Whether they come across the continent voluntarily or by accident, they will all undergo layers of verification. It’s a pity that those people who honestly cross the continent through the Cultivation Management Bureau are fine, but I’m afraid they come by accident.”

"How to say?"

"Alas, those who manage to come to our continent by accident either have had a miraculous encounter or have broken through the barriers between continents with their cultivation. Therefore, their cultivation is generally very strong. The key is that their location is also very random, making it difficult for the Cultivation Management Bureau to react immediately. Moreover, it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, so who knows what might happen?"

"Makes sense."

"Take this guy, for example." The girl got more and more excited as she spoke, and continued, "I heard that he was detected by the spirit-detecting device because he was flying too fast on his sword. The device exploded on the spot, which shows how strong his spiritual pressure was. I estimate that his cultivation level is at least at the Tribulation Transcending level. Such a person would be considered an ancestor in both the academy and the Cultivation Management Bureau. Otherwise, the whole city wouldn't have been placed under martial law. I just don't know if the path he cultivates is righteous or evil."

"I see!" Qiu Ci was relieved; it seemed they hadn't discovered her.

After all, she hadn't blown up any spirit-detecting devices, nor had she flown at excessive speed on a sword, and she habitually suppressed her cultivation level, so it shouldn't be related to her. Moreover, she had previously had the system scan the city; the highest cultivation level in the city was only at the Nascent Soul stage, not even a Tribulation Transcending stage. As a Celestial Realm cultivator, the only ones she could possibly contend with were…

and many more!

She suddenly stood up, realizing she had forgotten something.

Damn it! That old man from Juanshan...

Could it be him, the monk outside who ordered the entire city to be on lockdown?

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