I created an extraordinary era

Chapter 551 Resource Depletion, Panic Spreads

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

The timeline has officially entered the eighteenth year of the Super Era.

The celestial anomaly that occurred a year ago has gradually faded from people's memories.

Life goes on as usual.

After all, that celestial event did not have any impact on humanity.

on the other hand.

Human society is developing at an increasingly rapid pace, and most people simply don't have the extra energy to pay attention to this matter.

Nowadays, we can only hear snippets of discussion about it occasionally during casual conversations.

Of course, many high-ranking members of the human race have not forgotten.

When that vast net covering the starry sky first appeared, Li Qingxuan and other human powerhouses wondered if it was a sign of the revival of source energy.

But a year has passed.

Whether on the moon or on Earth, they were unable to sense any energy fluctuations.

Everyone had no choice but to abandon this unrealistic idea.

The biggest problem facing humanity's leadership right now is that the supply of Source Crystals has run out!
To date, the Origin Academy has less than five thousand Origin Crystals in reserve.

Five thousand source crystals.

Based on the current trend, even with the most thrifty measures, it can only last for a year at most.

This is because in recent years, the human race's leadership has further increased the difficulty of obtaining contribution points.

Otherwise, it would have been completely used up three years ago!
In the past five years, not only students of the three extraordinary academies, but even grandmaster-level experts have clearly felt that the difficulty of obtaining contribution points has increased by several levels.

This can be seen from the first bonus mission after breaking through to the Grandmaster level.

In the past, the minimum contribution points for welfare tasks were 300, and some could even reach 500.

But now, having two hundred contribution points is already considered pretty good!
Most people can only get about 100 contribution points, which means that many grandmasters can only stay at the first level of the Transcendent Realm.

Unfortunately, it takes at least three years for a newly promoted grandmaster to accumulate enough contribution points to exchange for a cultivation technique.

It's not just newly promoted grandmasters who have been affected; even the great grandmasters are now being impacted as well.

Many grandmasters can only earn 500 contribution points in a year.

For a Grandmaster, 500 contribution points are only enough to maintain the most basic cultivation.

Purchasing cultivation resources is practically impossible.

As for the large number of Transcendent Realm experts, the impact is even greater.

Even the most talented students from the three extraordinary academies can only earn thirty to fifty contribution points a year.

Ordinary students, even just a dozen or twenty contribution points.

This is less than what one could earn in a month at Origin Academy in the past.

The budgets of the major universities have been cut again and again.

Take Kyushu as an example.

Initially, the annual budget for the twenty extraordinary universities in Kyushu was 10,000 contribution points.

However, starting from the last three years, the number has decreased year by year.

Now, it has only a mere five thousand points left.

In many cases, even if you have contribution points, you can't exchange them for source crystals; you can only exchange them for other resources.

As a result, many people are secretly speculating whether the human race is facing resource depletion.

Even more extreme, some believe that the path to transcendence will collapse.

After all, the current situation does indeed show this trend.

This led to a growing sense of fear spreading among the superhumans.

Fortunately, the presence of high-ranking members of the Human Alliance and powerful figures from the Origin Academy prevented major chaos from erupting.

However, behind the scenes, the competition for resources among various forces is becoming increasingly fierce.

There are even occasional fights.

The area where the fighting is most intense now is the Moon Star.

It's common to see people going out on missions, only to never return!

The worst incident involved a six-man squad led by a grandmaster who was completely wiped out, and in the end, not even their bodies were found.

Faced with such a situation, even if the Judgment Hall wanted to intervene, it would be extremely difficult to find the culprit once they left the area of ​​Xinyuan City.

Following this incident, the SUPP leadership increased its oversight efforts.

In addition, every year when the three extraordinary academies go to the territory of monsters for training, many deaths also occur.

Whether those people were killed by demonic beasts or by others, no one knew. Panic quickly spread among the various extraordinary individuals.

The human race's leadership had no solution to this.

After all, resource depletion is a fact.

"Dean Li, if Xia Yuan doesn't return within a year, we're afraid we'll have to halt our development of the Extraordinary Path!"

Origin College.

Minister Xie looked at Li Qingxuan in front of him and announced his decision.

"End the path to extraordinary abilities? Minister Xie, have you considered the consequences?"

Li Qingxuan frowned; this decision would have a significant impact.

It's important to understand that many departments and institutions today were built around the development of extraordinary achievements.

Especially the People's Federation.

The emergence of superhumans was a major driving force behind the formation of the People's Federation.

If the development of the Path of the Extraordinary is halted, the Human Alliance will surely suffer a major upheaval.

Xie Xuan couldn't help but give a wry smile.

"Of course I've thought about it, but once the source crystals are exhausted, it's better to end it as soon as possible than to keep dragging it out."

"Otherwise, the longer it drags on, the greater the consequences will be!"

"Of course, it only means stopping the path to the extraordinary. Technological development will be affected to some extent, but not too much."

"It just means that future development might be a little slower!"

Upon hearing this, Li Qingxuan fell silent!
From a broader perspective, Xie Xuan's decision was not problematic.

However, this has had a huge impact on human society.

Especially those extraordinary individuals today.

After learning that they can no longer improve their strength, are they still willing to serve the human race?

Once the contribution points lose their effectiveness, even people like Nangong Hong might leave one after another.

Without the restraint of these top experts, many extraordinary individuals are bound to take some extreme actions.

Not to mention Grandmasters, even Grandmasters at the fifth or sixth level of the Transcendent Realm are extremely difficult to control.

Unless it's a sneak attack, it's very difficult for ordinary firearms to hit a Grandmaster of the fifth level or above in a head-on collision.

"Hehe, I'm just considering this right now."

"There is still some time. Maybe Xia Yuan will be able to come back and solve the source energy problem."

"By then, these problems will naturally no longer be a concern!"

"Yes, as long as Fellow Daoist Xia returns, all the problems will be solved."

Li Qingxuan nodded, muttering to himself in a low voice.

"I firmly believe that Fellow Daoist Xia will be able to return with everyone's hopes."

"He has never let us down!"

"Hopefully!"

……

Meanwhile, in the starry sky.

After nearly a year of flying, Xia Yuan finally saw the outline of the solar system.

"We should be able to reach Earth in three months at most!"

Xia Yuan's expression turned slightly serious.

During that year, he frequently checked the status of the people on the Source Point Contribution Ranking.

Most people didn't make any significant breakthroughs during this year.

Even the number of source points is increasing less and less.

Moreover, the number of superhumans has decreased significantly in the past year.

There is only one possibility for the decrease in the number of superhumans.

That is death!
The recent surge in the death toll suggests that the order among the superhumans may have been disrupted.

This situation means that the source crystals he left for Earth are almost exhausted!
It may even be completely gone!

Of course, the death of a superhuman has little impact.

Now, if he wanted to, it would be easy for him to cultivate superhumans again.

However, Xia Yuan did not want to see Earth fall into chaos because of his own actions.

"Let's hope nothing too serious happens!"

Xia Yuan shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.
(End of this chapter)