Chapter 957: Chapter 783: When the Abyss Stares Back, You Close the Gate (Mega Chapter)

He observed calmly.

Zhou Shiniu took two steps forward and solemnly retrieved from his storage ring a piece of branch about the length of an arm, entirely jade green.

He took a deep breath and tossed the green branch upward, continuously injecting Source Power into it.

The branch emitted a faint halo, with circle after circle of invisible, imperceptible force gradually spreading out.

The senior members of Flame Valley waited for quite a while, secretly pleased thinking that perhaps the closure failed, when suddenly a rumbling sound was heard, the ground beneath shook, and before their eyes, a fissure over two hundred meters long slowly closed.

In just a few minutes, the entire Abyssal Rift disappeared.

Had it not been for the uneven ground and the obvious differences in the surroundings, no one would have thought that there was an Abyssal Rift here constantly spewing out Demonized Beasts just minutes ago.

The jade green branch descended slowly, and Zhou Shiniu caught it with both hands, placing it back in the storage ring.

The Flame Valley senior members stared intensely at the piece of branch, reluctantly looking away after a long moment.

“Let’s go to the next location.” Zhou Shiniu seemed unaffected, his face not flushed, his breathing steady.

Is closing the Abyssal Rift really this simple?

The Transcendents of Myriad Buddha Valley evidently had witnessed it, their expressions calm, while the Awakeners of Flame Valley couldn’t help but whisper among themselves.

Though the voices were low, Transcendent Tier could still hear them.

The Flame Valley senior members’ expressions turned unpleasant, skipping the formal niceties, leading the people from Myriad Buddha Valley and Green Shadow City away. Staying any longer would bring Flame Valley Base City’s face into shame!

Closing the Abyssal Rift was easier than the Flame Valley senior members imagined.

The time was mainly spent on traveling, bustling for three days nonstop, yet staying in the comfortable cabin of the Floating Airship made them realize that missions outside could be so relaxed.

Closing the rift posed no difficulty, and the Transcendent experts from Myriad Buddha Valley and Green Shadow City only occasionally intervened to deal with Transcendent Tier Mutant Beasts or Catastrophe Level Demonized Beasts.

In three days, they closed as many as 169 Abyssal Rifts of various sizes.

And this was only in the region near Flame Valley Base City, an area equivalent to the expanded Tiannan Province, indicating that the number of Abyssal Rifts on Earth is many, very many.

Yet the Demonized Beasts did not spread in disaster.

With the complete disappearance of the Abyssal Rift, it can be imagined that in a few months, the number of Demonized Beasts will greatly decrease, and in a few years, Demonized Beasts might become an endangered protected species.

“Commander Zhou, Master Hui’an, now that the ‘Abyss Stitching’ operation has been completed to Perfection, everyone has been resting little these few days, how about resting for a few days in our Base City before making further plans?”

Master Hui’an slightly nodded, not refusing.

He didn’t care to enjoy leisure, but had to consider the others in the team.

Zhou Shiniu said nothing, simply gazing far into the distance with a faint smile only after a long time did he speak, “Have we really closed all the Abyssal Rifts?”

He turned to look at the senior members of Flame Valley.

The Flame Valley senior members’ expressions remained unchanged, “All the Abyssal Rifts on the map have been closed, however, there are some Forbidden Lands we at Flame Valley have not yet explored, there might still be Abyssal Rifts existing, otherwise we could explore those Forbidden Lands?”

“No, not Forbidden Lands, just a commonplace area, and it’s not far from your Flame Valley Base City, roughly eighty to ninety kilometers away.”

“Hmm, southeast direction.” Zhou Shiniu added another sentence.

The senior members of Flame Valley suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

How did he know? How did he know?!

Master Hui’an looked at the senior members of Flame Valley no longer with kindness, “Layperson, closing the Abyssal Rift is a matter of utmost importance to all humankind, the existence of any Abyssal Rift could lead to Earth being invaded by Alien Races again, I hope layperson doesn’t deceive yourself.”

“I…”

The Flame Valley senior members hesitated.

Zhou Shiniu had already commanded the Floating Airship to fly toward the last Abyssal Rift.

In fact, before setting out, each team received a marked map of the Abyssal Rifts in their responsible area, though not very detailed, the best local guides were sought, if none were found, with enough time, searching could find them.

Seeing the Floating Airship gradually approaching the site of the Abyssal Rift, the senior members of Flame Valley realized they couldn’t hide it, admitting with a face ashen.

Boom——

With the closing of this final Abyssal Rift over 300 meters in length, Zhou Shiniu’s team’s mission truly came to an end.

After such an event, neither the people from Myriad Buddha Valley nor those from Green Shadow City had any further plans to visit Flame Valley Base City, bidding farewell to return to their respective forces.

The teams and Floating Airships were dispatched, whether the local Overlord forces or the other eight Holy Lands, had a completely new understanding of Green Shadow City.

Green Shadow City not only had the unbeatable City Lord Tang and several famous strong figures, but its backbone strength was equally formidable!

Just during the ‘Abyss Stitching’ operation, keen observers calculated that over 3,000 Transcendent Tier were deployed from Green Shadow City!

Over 3,000 Transcendent Tier! Still not all of Green Shadow City’s power, leaving various forces dumbfounded.

Thanks to the deployment of so many Transcendent warriors, whether Mutant Beasts or local obstruction forces during the action were turned over and suppressed, even if there were Overlord Level forces openly resisting, pulling out more than ten Transcendents, Green Shadow City would often only need two or three Transcendent warriors to easily suppress them.

Fast on travel, quick on suppression, even quicker on closing Abyssal Rifts.

In the Origin Star Realm, the moment those few Saints began acceleration in relocation, soon after, all Abyssal Rifts on Earth were cleared, including those hidden in dangerous Forbidden Lands were caught completely, under the complete control of the World Tree over Earth, no place to hide.

Abyssal Rifts were equivalent to connecting to spatial channels on Origin Star, without thorough eradication, the Devil Race could still learn Earth’s coordinates through these rifts.

Thus, Green Shadow City had to be assertive.

The ‘Abyss Stitching’ operation generally lasted for a month, the relocation of Origin Star took half a year.

By the time the Origin Star Realm settled in the remote Star Domain, the Demonized Beasts on Earth had been nearly hunted to extinction.

Many adventurers, mercenaries had to shift from hunting Demonized Beasts to hunting Mutant Beasts.

Yet Mutant Beasts were smarter than Demonized Beasts, knew how to hide, their numbers were few, making the hunting difficulty increase by countless times, causing income for many adventurer teams to plummet.

Although those adept at Wood Series Magic could help with farming, those skilled in Earth Magic could become construction workers, those proficient in Fire Magic could study forging, additionally there were professions like Rune Engineer, Pharmacist, etc., which could create value.

However, shifting professions was not easy.

For many Awakeners accustomed to the days of fighting and hunting, the sentiment was even stronger.

They couldn’t settle down and try other jobs.

The Devil Race had almost vanished, the number of Mutant Beasts was already low, continuing with hunting would render many Mutant Beasts to eventually become endangered protective animals.

For many forces on Earth, the conflict had shifted from external threats to the increasingly rich material and cultural demand versus the dwindling prey.

Chen Haiping had been troubled by this matter, to the point that his hairline had receded several centimeters, reported to him many times.

“Previously, I was busy relocating the planet, now it’s time to address the issue of scarce prey, or else Chen will have to resort to ‘Hair Growth’ again.”

Speaking of Hair Growth, initially a small adventure group on the verge of sustaining itself transformed, commencing a hair growth business, improving a certain Wood Series growth spell to specifically target human scalps, achieving hair growth stimulation effects.

This spell was even patented, named ‘Hair Growth Technique’ or ‘Hair Thickening Technique’.

It’s one of the classic cases of an adventure group’s successful transformation, but more often resulted in failure.

“As I recall, when controlling the world through the World Tree, I saw several undiscovered continents in the Origin Star Realm, those continents housed innumerable Mutant Beasts, primitive and brutal native tribes, equally abundant resources and treasures, precisely the ‘new map’ adventurers need.”

“Most of the warriors under my command are tasked with distant expeditions, unable to draw many strong figures, timing being too apt to assign the exploration of new continents to freelance Awakeners, shifting the conflict while liberating manpower, a win-win!”