Glorious God Throne

On the early morning of July 1st at 2 AM, leaders from various official extraordinary organizations – the Special Case Investigation Team, the Special Affairs Bureau, the Haotian Temple, the Sun Temple, the Candlelight Society, and others – were awakened from their dreams, along with the highest decision-makers from different countries.

With the guarantee of the Special Case Investigation Team, the news from the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation shocked everyone, causing governments worldwide to begin emergency operations.

One prophecy about disasters after another continuously reached their hands, predicting calamities that would occur in various locations around the world during the next week. From small incidents like plane crashes and ship disappearances to major events like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, the dense information was dizzying at a glance.

If these events were to actually occur in the real world within a week, the devastating and hopeless consequences would be unimaginable.

In the past, if someone had claimed to predict disasters happening worldwide in the next week, people would have dismissed it as a joke. However, with extraordinary powers now present in reality, who would dare foolishly disregard a prophecy from the mysterious Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation, only to be brutally confronted by an unexpected reality?

“Time is critical. Not a minute can be wasted.”

This thought simultaneously emerged in everyone’s minds.

Some of the impending disasters could be preemptively avoided, while others were utterly unavoidable. Their only option was to prepare as best they could before the disasters struck, making maximum efforts to help more people escape.

One directive after another was issued from the highest centers. Most countries on the planet began to take action.

“Seven hours from now, a forest fire in Blue Forest can be preempted. Send people immediately to eliminate all potential fire-causing factors, set up isolation zones as a precaution, and evacuate everyone living nearby…”

“Ten hours from now, the passenger ferry from Jiyuan to Gongxiang will encounter a massive storm and become lost in the winds and rain…”

“Two days from now, a dormant volcano on Z Island will erupt. Don’t consider any other possibilities. Mobilize all available transportation, recruit fast martial artists to help, and ensure everyone is evacuated before the volcanic eruption…”

“Three days from now, a major earthquake in Xinyuan City will affect three neighboring cities. Notify local governments to begin resident evacuation immediately. Evacuate as many people as possible within three days, with all necessary supplies requested through emergency channels…”

“Seven days from now, a major tsunami will hit the southwestern coastal region. X City, XX City, and XXX City will be severely affected. Their protective capabilities are far insufficient to survive this massive tsunami. Residents must be evacuated to inland areas in advance…”

Not only were government-dispatched personnel in motion, but people in areas about to be struck by natural disasters were also the first to initiate self-rescue. Numerous volunteers also began their efforts.

In today’s world where extraordinary powers were widespread, everyone possessed self-preservation abilities far stronger than in the past. Some powerful extraordinaries were even capable of saving many more lives.

Of course, things did not proceed smoothly from the beginning. To mobilize governments and citizens worldwide, ordinary people and extraordinaries to act together for an unrealized prophecy, the credibility of national leadership was far from sufficient.

Especially in some countries where senior officials had long lost the trust of their citizens, many people initially did not buy into their strange orders. Being forcibly relocated and abandoning homes they had lived in for years seemed completely unreasonable. Some even developed conspiracy theories, suspecting that some aristocrat had set their sights on their land and was using the pretext of impending disaster to seize it – after all, similar incidents had occurred before.

This was still a relatively better situation. Even if these national leaders were typically corrupt and oppressive towards the lower classes, they were at least willing to make efforts to save their citizens at critical moments and were not entirely irredeemable.

The reason for saying this was because there were even more stark contrasts.

In some countries that had not yet escaped feudal atmospheres, where armed uprisings by the lower classes were frequent and even emperors and nobles often faced assassinations from the people, when they learned of disasters about to erupt nearby, their first thought was to evacuate with their own families. They were unwilling to waste precious resources saving common people who might oppose them, and they did not even intend to reveal the prophecies.

If they had ample time, they would have been willing to save civilians to earn gratitude, polish their reputation, and wash away past scandals by portraying previous criticisms as terrorist slander. However, time was not on their side. The disasters were too imminent. All they could do was preserve themselves. Perhaps they might desperately try to save some civilians at all costs, but they clearly were not willing to do everything for the common people. Under these circumstances, who could predict how those rough mobs might react if they discovered they could not be saved after being told about the impending future?

Rather than face that, they preferred to say nothing from the start, allowing unknowing people to die unknowingly when death arrived. After all, the impending natural disasters were not caused by them, and death was simply these people’s destined fate.

Unfortunately, their plan did not come to fruition.

Because the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation had already publicly revealed the entire truth.

As an unofficial extraordinary being, a Taoist cultivator classified as a wandering cultivator who had experienced the mortal world for over a hundred years, the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation showed no particular favoritism towards official institutions. Qi Jiu had only contacted the Special Case Investigation Team because he found it more convenient.

As an organized national government institution, letting them know the truth and providing unified command was obviously far more efficient and successful than ordinary people fleeing like headless flies.

But this did not mean his stance aligned with the official perspective.

Therefore, after notifying the Special Case Investigation Team in advance and transmitting his prophecies to more countries through them, and confirming they had begun action, the “Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation” network account simultaneously published one disaster prophecy after another.

The efforts of “daily divination” over the past months were not in vain. Although no one had ever seen the real Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation, and people were even unsure whether it was one or two individuals, this account had undoubtedly become a powerful and reliable extraordinary entity in many people’s minds, with a characteristic of “prophecies always coming true.”

The “Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation” had never been wrong in their predictions.

The official orders issued also clearly demonstrated that this was not some sudden prank by an extraordinary being. Under the combined influence of national governments’ credibility and the account’s own reputation, even those most unwilling to believe had to accept these cold, hard prophecies.

From the prophecies published every ten minutes, they seemed to see burning seas of fire, ruthless surging tsunamis, aircraft wreckage falling from the sky, giant ships vanishing in storms, erupting lava, collapsing skyscrapers, fractured earth, and merciless death – their own death, their loved ones’ deaths, the deaths of countless strangers.

This involuntarily made every person tremble from the depths of their heart.

It was the fear of death and the terror of nature’s ruthless disasters that no amount of extraordinary power could completely erase.

Therefore, they cooperated as never before.

Some disasters could be preempted, but for events like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, the only option was to evacuate nearby people to safe zones before the disasters struck, and their time was incredibly limited.

Yao Country was the fastest and most capable in its actions.

Extraordinary powers, more precisely, the martial arts cultivation, had brought physical improvements to every person in this country. Even the weakest martial arts beginners were far stronger than their previous ordinary selves. They could temporarily endure hunger, were more adaptable to long journeys, had improved endurance and speed, and their willpower had been enhanced through martial arts training.

All these factors allowed them to adapt to the impending natural disasters and the overnight evacuation much faster than anticipated.

Throughout other regions, martial arts practitioners had already volunteered and began tirelessly rescuing people in disaster areas. All available transportation had been mobilized, and powerful martial artists near the disaster zones, disdaining the slow vehicles and congested roads, directly took to the sky, leaping over vehicle rooftops and swiftly departing.

In an instant, human silhouettes moved through the night. Countless vehicles on the roads formed a surging river, and bright headlights illuminated the hazy fog, with countless figures traversing through the mist, as if rushing to distant places to meet the approaching dawn.

With arrangements and mobilization from national institutions, everything proceeded methodically, with each person positioned like a precisely fitted screw, fulfilling their role.

Compared to Yao Country’s orderly response, Eastern nations like Sang Country and the Island Alliance, though their upper echelons mobilized civilians less efficiently, still adapted to their circumstances in the shortest possible time due to the widespread practice of martial arts. They began to prepare for the impending natural disaster in ways previously impossible for ordinary people.

—Ordinary people couldn’t traverse dozens of miles overnight, but martial arts practitioners could. Ordinary people couldn’t maintain their strength without food or drink for a day and night, but martial arts practitioners could. Ordinary people couldn’t abandon vehicles during traffic jams caused by command errors or forcibly move blocked vehicles, but martial arts practitioners could.

In short, in a nation where martial arts were practiced by all, many problems that would trouble ordinary people were no problem at all.

Their only enemy was time itself.

They just needed to escape the disaster area before time ran out. If the government couldn’t effectively command the situation, they would rely on their individual abilities, with martial artists from across the country supporting each other’s survival.

—The high-level officials who had previously been troubled by the increasing number and strength of civilian martial arts practitioners, feeling the government’s control weakening, finally saw the benefits of civilian power during the disaster. These people were not merely in need of state protection but possessed self-preservation capabilities.

In Western countries where martial arts power hadn’t spread widely, such as the Chenxing Empire and the Holy Federation—nations with powerful governments and the ability to quickly mobilize state machinery—the situation was still manageable.

Those countries where upper classes hastily sought refuge, or where governments tried but lacked sufficient capability, faced much worse circumstances. People could only rely on their own efforts to escape after receiving information.

Or if other countries had the capacity, they might help—but only after evacuating their own citizens.

—And this would take at least several days.

Until then, the entire world would undoubtedly be in chaos.

In such a crisis, those who knew the truth could not relax even slightly, instead becoming even more tense.

They knew everything had only just begun.

Until this point, the internet still harbored stubborn individuals questioning the prophecy: [How could so many disasters happen worldwide in just a week? This seems too deliberate. Even the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation couldn’t predict so precisely. I’d rather believe powerful extraordinaries are toying with us weak mortals.]

[…I live where a tsunami was predicted, and I’ve never heard of tsunamis here. My researcher friends detected no unusual fluctuations. This world is ultimately scientific. Divination prophecies aren’t 100% accurate. Even if the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation has never been wrong, this is likely his first mistake. After all, extraordinaries aren’t gods. The most valuable human trait is one’s own intelligence. Those who 100% believe the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation have clearly abandoned their own thinking, and I don’t want to be among such fools.]

[Woken up in the middle of the night because of some inexplicable prophecy. I’ve heard of divine calculation, but predicting with such precision is absurd. Now migrating, it all feels like a farce.]

“Sorry, there will always be people unable to accept things beyond their understanding…”

Li Fufeng, who had been busy most of the night, hurriedly returned to the Special Case Investigation Team headquarters. After taking a sip of water, he saw two familiar figures before his desk.

A young man dressed in silk clothes, resembling an aristocratic gentleman from ancient times, sat in his chair, eyes fixed intently on the computer screen. A young Taoist in a blue robe stood behind him, slightly bent, with an arm extending over the other’s shoulder, fingers skillfully manipulating the mouse to scroll the screen.

The moment Li Fufeng entered and looked over, the computer screen was displaying the skeptical and mocking comments from the hardcore faction against the Heavenly Master of Divine Calculation’s prophecy.

Li Fufeng nearly spat out his water.

He hurriedly tried to explain, wanting to say something more, but saw that Qi Jiu was simply staring quietly at the computer screen, his expression barely changing, with an inexplicable curve perpetually lingering at the corners of his lips.

In the computer screen’s reflection, the blue-robed Taoist’s gaze seemed to transcend the world, lending his slight smile a hint of irreverence.

The other young man before him, in contrast, frowned unhappily and unusually spoke in front of others. “These people truly know nothing about Brother Qi’s abilities.”

Saying this, Su Huaijia slightly tilted his head, looking at Li Fufeng, his tone revealing an inexplicable pride. “No matter what kind of divination, even just in terms of disaster prediction, my good friend here is the absolute best.”

“Ah…” Qi Jiu’s gaze subtly shifted, and he smiled, “Well, that’s not entirely wrong.”

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