Chapter 1 The Third Doom

Just as Russia was furious and shocked by the attack on the North Wind Gap, and just as Li Tianran hadn't had time to return to the farm, the third Doom Era finally arrived.

When the glaring blood-colored words appeared in front of Li Tianran, his originally relaxed mood became heavy again.

Although he had already experienced two Doom Eras, he was no longer as lost and helpless as he was when the world first changed. However, having personally experienced two Doom Eras, he realized more and more how terrible the changes brought to the world were.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

Although the third Doom Era didn't seem to bring as many terrifying creatures to the world as the first two, Li Tianran felt that, compared to the previous two, the third was the most terrifying.

"The arrival of the third Doom Era will take away those deeply buried, rich mineral substances from the earth!"

It is no exaggeration to say that humanity has existed for five million years, and has established civilization for tens of thousands of years. From the earliest cavemen who used fire to two hundred years ago, human civilization was still in an extremely backward state.

Weapons were heavy cannons, or even bows, crossbows, and long knives. Transportation was mainly horse-drawn carriages and sailboats. As for airplanes, heavy machinery, and high-precision lathes, they were unimaginable fantasies...

However, since the Industrial Revolution, the level of human civilization has advanced by leaps and bounds, completing progress in two hundred years that had not been achieved in the past thousands of years.

Exploring space and the sea, completely changing the way wars are fought, all kinds of unimaginable technologies have quietly emerged.

If the level of human civilization had been at 0.1 for the previous few thousand years, then in the two hundred years after the Industrial Revolution, humanity had advanced rapidly to 0.7. What is the main reason for this progress?

Humans discovered the rich resources contained in nature and utilized them!

Minerals are the most important pillar of human civilization's progress to this day!

Whether it's weapons, medicine, industrial buildings, or machinery manufacturing, they are all closely related to minerals.

Minerals account for almost 80% of the raw materials used in the manufacture of all products of human civilization today. If all minerals disappear, the consequence will be... the regression of human civilization.

In the increasingly fierce war with the Beast Kings, humans have always been able to gain the upper hand because of the advancement of technology and civilization. If minerals disappear, then this advantage of humans will gradually disappear. If this continues, sooner or later, the Beast Kings, with their powerful individual strength, will become the new overlords on Blue Star.

"Twenty-three..."

"Twenty-two..."

"Twenty-one..."

Li Tianran took a deep breath, listening to the ear-piercing countdown sound coming from his ears.

...

At the same time, strange anomalies occurred in the world.

The sky was once again shrouded in dark clouds, and strong winds swept across the land. The sea level was also rising and churning, with raging waves seeming to crash into the sky!

This scene was exactly the same as the situation before the first and second world changes, and people quickly noticed the strangeness.

With the experience of the second Doom Era, the world's powers did not conduct reconnaissance of the celestial phenomena again. They knew that the celestial phenomena were just a sign before the next wave of changes, and the specific location and manner of the changes had nothing to do with the celestial phenomena.

They began to use their reconnaissance technology to monitor their respective territories, wanting to detect any abnormalities.

This reconnaissance really revealed problems.

The abnormalities started in Dongying first.

Through satellite detection, Dongying discovered that there was abnormal energy movement at the bottom of a large number of volcanoes within its territory, and the mountains also had slight vibrations and cracks. They suspected that it was a sign of volcanic eruption or earthquake, so they began to transfer large numbers of troops, abandoning bases and shelters close to the volcanoes.

The European Union also discovered that landslides and other phenomena were beginning to occur in the mountainous areas within its territory. At first, only one state appeared, but soon, this phenomenon spread like a plague throughout the entire fifty-one states of the European Union. Large numbers of mountains and the ground were collapsing for no reason. Among them, even the areas where two military bases were located had a large amount of military equipment buried underground along with the collapse before it could be transferred.

This situation occurred within the territory of every country on Blue Star, and even the polar regions in the far north and far south were not spared.

Under such circumstances, the leaders of various countries made a judgment, believing that the upcoming disaster was related to the earth, and might be an unprecedented earthquake or even more serious plate splitting and collision!

When they learned of this news, most of the leaders fell into despair.

Because although humans have become so powerful now, they still do not have the power to confront Blue Star itself. Under the migration, splitting, and collision of the earth's plates, the land of many countries may directly disappear and sink into the sea, or become powder in the collision.

Humans are like small insects living on a giant's body. In the face of this planet-level disaster, they are really too insignificant.

This level of disaster ignores any human technology. Even the most powerful European Union cannot guarantee that it will survive in the face of it.

Countless reconnaissance planes flew into the sky, heading towards the areas where the collapses occurred. These were daredevil teams sent out by various countries.

Humans are very resilient animals, and they will never give up hope until the last moment.

Under the overwhelming dark clouds, those huge sinkholes scattered across the earth were like demon lairs leading to hell.

A large number of helicopters, exploration vehicles, and daredevil teams appeared in those collapsed areas. They ventured deep into the sinkholes that had appeared.

The leaders of various countries stood nervously in front of the communication devices, quietly waiting for the reconnaissance teams to report back.

At this moment, the entire Blue Star was plunged into extreme panic.

...

On the nuclear submarine, the countdown finally finished.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

Buzz!

The world stood still again for a moment, and the dark clouds in the sky covered the earth, as if the surface of the entire Blue Star was filled with smoke, plunging into a chaos.

"The third Doom Era has arrived. The deeply buried, rich mineral resources on the earth will disappear from now on!"

"The fourth Doom Era will arrive in 60 days. At that time, those ancient, dormant... will awaken!"

"Lucky player, please cherish the present time!"

Li Tianran frowned slowly as he looked at this prompt, which was different from anything he had seen before.

The ancient...

The dormant...

Will awaken.

This time the prompt was very vague, and did not point out the specific "disaster", but used an ellipsis instead.

What do those six dots represent?

Ancient viruses?

Ancient creatures?

Or... ancient civilizations?