Published: March 2, 2025
Although the external environment has become harsher, although the celestial god's economic sources have been cut off, and trade channels blocked, even as the celestial god's influence on Earth has significantly diminished...
The celestial god does not lack money now.
This is a fact.
Just a moment ago, while counting his little private treasury, he discovered that the resources he currently possesses are more than enough to support his existing subordinates...
In fact, to maintain the loyalty of his core forces, the celestial god even took the initiative to raise their salaries—tripling them!
This is truly ironic...
Seeing the celestial god nod, the earth's will changed the topic once again.
"By the way, what is the progress on breaking the level restraint now?"
Lin Haifeng’s subordinates in the research institution could estimate the progress of breaking the level restraint, and so could the celestial god.
However, the celestial god felt that he was somewhat unable to keep up with the earth's will's line of thought...
After a brief contemplation, he provided an answer.
"It is nearing completion..."
"Then isn't that good? So you see, you still have money and people... Well, although there are fewer people, that's okay, loyalty is guaranteed. So this matter is not over yet, as there is still the variable of the level restraint. How about this, I’ll give you a suggestion that will likely allow you to regain most of what you’ve lost, and you won’t have to worry about Wen Yu’s interference!"
The voice of the earth's will fell to a whisper, quietly drilling into the celestial god's eardrums, while the celestial god's expression grew increasingly complex!
"Now, you know what to do, right?"
The celestial god remained silent.
After a while,
"I understand..."
Since the last communication, Lin Haifeng had not disturbed Wen Yu's "comfortable life."
He had been silently making preparations.
Preparing for the breaking of the level restraint from level seven to level eight.
The breaking of the level restraint was evident; seven days prior, Lin Haifeng had humbled himself to plead with Wen Yu, only to be cleanly and decisively rejected. This meant that there was no one left in this world who could stop this disaster.
However, this disaster was not an end, but rather the beginning of another, even greater disaster!
Because the level restraint was breaking too quickly... So quickly that Lin Haifeng was not adequately prepared, and correspondingly, the world was also not ready to bear the calamity brought by the eighth-level demonic disaster!
Wen Yu’s actions against the celestial god prematurely shattered the level restraint—this meant a lack of two to three generations of development time, which was even more exaggerated when applied to the mutated beasts. Moreover, with Wen Yu slaughtering too many mutated beasts, it inevitably caused meaningless casualties. All these factors combined undoubtedly worsened the current situation.
But Lin Haifeng had no way out...
He did not understand why Wen Yu did not care about the level restraint, nor did he understand why the celestial god did not care, but it was undeniable that he cared, along with every other life in this world except for those two!
Therefore, even though the road ahead was fraught with uncertainty, Lin Haifeng still needed to bear all the pressure and move forward.
...
The relocation work in Beijing was already more than halfway finished, with military forces, technology, and population all transferred by Fran into the Layered Battlefield.
Fran's abilities were formidable, so this operation was naturally very swift, so much so that the celestial god did not even have time to organize troops to use Beijing as a punching bag—after making choices at the other super gathering places, the celestial god had even less capability.
With the arrival of the stationed troops in Beijing, Lin Haifeng arranged all these soldiers into the Eighth District Forward Base—he could no longer manage the problems on Earth, nor did he intend to return, in other words, the once central hub of the world, Beijing, was thus abandoned by Lin Haifeng.