Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 335 Li Bai (3k)

"Dr. Luo Ji, could you please help Mr. Luo Qing?"

"Who? Me?" Luo Ji pointed to himself, looking at the senior official of the United Government with disbelief.

Beyond the heavens, the battle between Luo Qing and Shi continued. The energy density of their clash far exceeded the explosive power of the most powerful stellar hydrogen bomb ever created by humankind. Even though Shi deliberately confined the main battlefield to the cosmic space, which could be described as a confinement room, out of consideration for "protecting the birthplace of art," the fluctuations from their confrontation inevitably spilled over onto the planets within the solar system.

Earth is the closest and most vulnerable space reef to the battlefield.

Luo Ji looked directly into the eyes of the high-ranking official. "Mr. Speaker, if you want me to die, you can be more direct. There's no need for this roundabout way of speaking."

The speaker chuckled, "Mainly, we all believe that you are the only one who is closest to Mr. Luo Qing in terms of life form."

Luo Ji made a gesture, implying, "The gap between me and Luo Qing is greater than the gap between Earth and the Milky Way!"

"Then what should humanity do?" The Speaker smiled bitterly. "The news is still being kept secret, but the news of the annihilation of the entire fleet internationally can't be kept secret for long. Some people are already questioning why Earth's protective array was activated."

Yes, the Earth Protection Array.

The Earth Protection Array was started in the year 200 of the Crisis Era and completed in the year 202 of the Crisis Era. The builder was Benwoqing. According to Benwoqing, the core energy source of the array was not the spiritual power he supplied, but rather the absorption and mobilization of the energy from the Earth's "veins".

(Note: Humans cannot distinguish between the true self and the external self.)
The geomantic veins here are different from those in my hometown. According to Benwoqing's explanation, the major mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas on the Earth's continental shelf, such as the Himalayas, Qinling Mountains, Alps, Amazon River, Yangtze River, Yellow River, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Andes Mountains, Yenisei River, Rocky Mountains, Ganges River, Nile River, and the Five Sacred Mountains, are all part of the so-called Earth's geomantic veins.

Luo Qing pondered that these famous mountains and rivers should possess some of their own ley line energy. The original self, having unwavering faith in its own judgment, surprisingly discovered some rudimentary forms of ley lines after numerous investigations. Thus, the two Qings, imitating Bai Hongtu's hypothetical Nine Provinces Protective Array, jointly created a weakened version of the Earth's defensive array.

These immense natural forces originating from the planet itself converge, are condensed and sublimated through array formations, and ultimately construct an energy barrier covering the entire globe outside the Earth's atmosphere.

This is also one of the few contingency plans that Luo Qing left for Earth.

The Earth Defense Array is the foundation of human civilization's survival. It has always been strictly kept secret within the highest decision-making levels of the United Government and Fleet International, becoming one of the deepest secrets of various governments and has never been disclosed to the public.

But two hours ago, the Earth's defense array was activated, and both the night and day hemispheres could see the vast array in the sky, with countless flowing starlight and the reflection of the Earth in its image.

Governments around the world could no longer keep it a secret and gradually revealed the existence of the great formation.

This has caused confusion among the public.

Shortly after the great array was activated, several waves of energy, comparable to a solar flare, bombarded the Earth, but were all blocked by the great array.

The coalition government, through near-Earth orbit observations, concluded that Luo Qing was being held by a suspected cultivator of the same level. This preliminary analysis left all the experts pale-faced.

Luo Qing wasn't the only cultivator; he also had enemies.
That's why the Speaker found Luo Ji, but unfortunately Luo Ji was completely powerless against battles at this level.

The speaker said to Luo Ji, "Dr. Luo Ji, to tell you the truth, not only have the defensive formations on Earth been activated, but the defensive formations on Mars and Venus, two terrestrial planets, have also been activated. Even the Moon and Mercury are no exception. Moreover, judging from the results observed by the United Government, the aftermath of Luo Qing's battle with the unknown enemy is constantly expanding. I suspect they are about to lose control."

Luo Ji frowned. Because of the barrier of the great formation, he could not sense the changes in the universe. Looking at the sky, he saw that it was colorful and there were occasional ripples on the water.

The speaker said in a low voice, "Do you know to what extent the energy density of the current battle between the two sides has been leaked?"

Luo Ji: "What level?"

The speaker smiled bitterly: "The aftershocks of the battle have now surpassed the eruption of prominences and sunspots, reaching the level of solar flares, and will soon climb to the level of coronal mass ejections. After that, there will be solar helium flashes and supernova explosions. But the sun is very far away from us, while their battlefield is close to us... I can say this: without the protection of this array, life on Earth would be almost wiped out, the Pacific Ocean would evaporate within days, and the entire Earth would be turned into a hell."

Luo Ji was shocked.

The Speaker said, “Governments around the world are trying to observe the changes outside through this great array. At the same time, all those in the know are praying for the array’s strength and Luo Qing’s victory. I think you, as a Wallfacer, should also know something about this. The human world is currently hanging on a tightrope. The slightest mistake will lead to annihilation. In comparison, the defeat of the Solar System Fleet on the Jupiter front is insignificant.”

Luo Ji remained silent for a long while: "I understand... but as you can see, I do lack the power to directly intervene in the battlefield right now. Like Luo Qing, I also need to cultivate, a long period of cultivation..."

"okay, I get it."

The speaker remained silent for a moment, then waved his hand weakly and left the second cultivator.

Shortly after the speaker left Luo Ji, the United Government sent a message to the international remnants of the fleet on the Jupiter front, requesting that the escaped warships not return to the solar system.

Simultaneously with sending this message, the coalition government announced the repeal of the anti-escape law. Beams of neutrinos carrying the message "Do not return" flew from the remaining neutrino emitter in Jupiter's orbit toward the more than seven hundred starships that were fleeing.

"Where are you going?" Shi Qiang called out to Luo Ji, who was walking towards the elevator.

"Go to the surface."

"With your meager cultivation level, what use is going to the surface? Come back here!"

"It's better than being stuck in the dungeon." Luo Ji ignored Shi Qiang, circulated his cultivation, and flew unsteadily toward the elevator entrance.

Shi Qiang cursed for a while, then fired a carrot-shaped flying car and chased after them.

surface.

At the same time, beams of light shot up from dozens of locations around the world, including the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Mariana Trench, the depths of the Sahara Desert, and the core area of ​​the Amazon rainforest. Ignoring the obstruction of terrain, these beams of light penetrated rock layers and seawater, shooting straight into the sky. When they reached the altitude of geosynchronous orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the ground, they suddenly turned and connected and intertwined along invisible orbits, instantly forming a huge magic circle that enveloped the entire Earth.

Is this Earth's defensive array?
A new round of energy leakage from the two sides struck the Earth at the speed of light once again. The energy impact lasted for about a minute, but for Luo Ji, who witnessed this scene on the ground, it felt like an eternity.

As the energy ripples dissipated on the light membrane, the Earth's radiance gradually faded, becoming transparent again, as if it had never existed.

Luo Ji stared blankly at this scene.

"Go back." A familiar voice suddenly rang out.

Luo Ji turned around, his brows suddenly relaxing: "Luo Qing?!"

Unexpectedly, 'Luo Qing' shook his head, "I am not the original body, but the original body will solve this problem quickly. However, there are still risks in staying on the surface. I suggest you go back to the underground city first."

"Who are his enemies? Are there other people from your cultivation world here?"

Luo Qing shook his head. "It has nothing to do with my hometown. It is a god that exists in the eleventh dimension. It absorbed all the electromagnetic waves that humans have experienced since the beginning of the agricultural era, learned them, and transformed them into the form of humans."

"Can we win?"

Luo Qing smiled bitterly: "How can you fight a projection from a higher dimension? Right now, we can only engage in a protracted battle. This enemy is already beyond the reach of the main body's cultivation level. It's an existence that only a cultivator at least at the Earth Immortal level can handle."

Luo Ji felt a chill run down his spine: "So, how did we provoke such an enemy? The entire solar system is in complete chaos right now. Everything has happened within the last few hours, and the leaders of governments around the world are going crazy."

Luo Qing shook his head: "It's not a matter of provoking them. If we have to talk about provoking them, then it's related to dinosaurs."

Luo Ji calmly said, "The god who protects the Devouring Empire has come to avenge the Devouring Emperor, is that it?"

Luo Qing gave him a strange look, seemingly surprised that Luo Ji could guess these things. He said to Luo Ji, "That's partly true, but the most important factor is that the other party is unreasonable. You should know about the nine-square grid of good and evil, and that god belongs neither to the good nor the evil camp; it belongs to the chaotic neutral camp, acting entirely according to its own whims."

Luo Ji: "So what is his purpose?"

Luo Qing: "For literature."

Luo Ji: "Literature? Who does it think it is, Voltaire or Shakespeare?"

'Luo Qing': "Neither of them. Its literary talent is probably even stronger than these two. It collected the life stories of a total of 1281 billion people over the past five thousand years, selected its favorite human, and transformed him into his appearance. He is Li Bai."

Luo Ji was silent for a moment: "You're not joking with me, are you?"

Luo Qing sighed helplessly, "No, it's Luo Qing versus Li Bai now, which sounds a bit surreal."

Luo Ji took a half-step back: "Ah... now I finally understand why I could vaguely see the crisscrossing sword lights. Historically, Li Bai was also a master swordsman..."

Afterwards, Luo Ji steadied himself and said earnestly to his original self, "The neutral state of chaos has never been scary. It is the easiest target to win over. If you ask your original self to prepare some wine or peach blossom forest, you might be able to win over Li Bai and resolve this crisis."

"Okay, I'll go and have the main body try it."

(End of this chapter)