Chapter 177

The end of the century in the Beidou world is not as easy to resolve as other places.

Jia Ji once relied on his own strength to set the Black Bullet world right, but his methods in that world cannot be completely copied to Beidou.

The first issue is the population.

In the Black Bullet world, most of humanity's territory was occupied by Gastrea, and the population was pitifully small; the total population of a country was small enough to live within a few narrow settlements surrounded by monoliths.

However, the Beidou world's history up until the outbreak of nuclear war was much the same as standard Earth history; at most, it had a "dark fist art" mod installed. Therefore, as it has developed to this day, the total global population is at least six billion.

Relying on his astonishing wisdom, coupled with his unparalleled and unmatched martial prowess, and with the help of the Zodiac, Jia Ji carried out powerful deterrence and massive purges, which is why he was able to change the plight of the Cursed Children there at such a rapid speed.

But if he wants to completely reverse the tense atmosphere that has persisted in the entire Beidou world since World War II, and make everyone abandon their guard and aggression, that would be as difficult as ascending to heaven given that terrifying number of people.

Although after Jia Ji's breakthrough, the Beidou world—aside from three or five astonishing old monsters—can be considered first-tier, looking at the whole world, there are still quite a few fist artists of the same level as him.

If one were to try to copy his previous methods, one might bump into a hidden village of what is called "Nanto" while starting to kill, where everyone is a fist art superman; if three or five "Nanto Generals" came at him together, he could only flee in a panic.

Then what if he starts by killing the ambitious or war-crazed people among the human elite?

This is even more difficult.

Because this world has had assassination fist arts since ancient times and frequently engages in assassination activities; having been killed so much, the current human elite have developed resistance and experience.

Those ruling classes have, more or less, countermeasures against these guys who don't talk about martial virtue and engage in assassinations every day—either by hiding their identities to manipulate the situation from the shadows, developing secret weapons, undergoing biochemical modifications, or even having extraordinary fist art attainments themselves.

And what is even more terrifying is that if the people in this world have a nuclear launch button at hand, they really dare to press it to plant mushroom clouds on each other, letting all of humanity finish together and running into the wasteland era.

Even when not under threat of life, rulers would trigger nuclear war for their own selfish interests; if Jia Ji dared to carry out decapitation strikes, they would also dare to perish together directly.

Pulling one hair affects the whole body; various forces are intricate and complex, with both cooperation and confrontation between them. If one acts rashly, it is very likely to trigger a chain reaction, leading to an even more out-of-control situation.

Furthermore, although the technological level of the Beidou world is inferior to the Black Bullet world in some aspects, it has a heaven-defying level of military and weapon research that can be called black technology—"The world has been baptized by nuclear weapons, surrounded by nuclear flames! The seas have dried up, the earth has cracked, and all life on the ground seems to have been completely destroyed..."

No, how were the seas steamed dry?!

Is this really possible?

It is said that after the nuclear war, looking from outer space, one would find that the entire Earth has turned into the shape of a huge and ferocious skull, and only one sea remains in the whole world.

Regardless, let these nuclear bombs, whose power is a bit excessive, be considered a specialty of Beidou, another side of this age of the end of the law.

Excessively powerful fist artists and black technology, under the guise of human society, constitute a weak mutual deterrence and balance, but as long as there is any major movement, this balance will be broken—this is why Ryuken sealed his fists and stayed in this narrow dojo to teach disciples, and why the North and South Beidou sects do not easily interfere in worldly affairs.

That is to say, if Jia Ji cannot blow up all the nuclear warheads in the world within a few seconds, or brain-control everyone who might press the button in an instant, the ultimate darkness will still come.

Even if his current strength has reached a level where he won't easily die unless a nuclear bomb hits his head directly, facing such a troublesome situation, he can only say it is difficult to handle.

Then, before that, is there nothing he can do?

—Of course not.

On the other side of the "last sea in the world" in the future, there is an island nation named "Shura."

That is a place isolated from the world; no one knows the specific situation inside because the "Shuras" will kill all invaders or kill all defectors.

But that cruel land of death is the hometown where the three Beidou brothers were born, the place they must return to.

Jia Ji knows that some not-so-good things are happening in that "Land of Shura," and to solve it and stop the tragedy, he must act as quickly as possible—the faster, the better.

In the past, the three Beidou brothers did not return because their strength was still insufficient and they still needed to settle, but now with their power, plus the return of Jia Ji who has finished settling in another world, even the most dangerous dungeon in this world can be braved.

"I remember that place... sixty years ago, it seemed to be called 'Chongming Island'."

Information Jia Ji reappears!

But unlike the world of common sense, that island of about 1,200 square kilometers had long ago broken away from all government control and became a lawless zone.

Various cruel dark fist art inheritances and terrifying weapons were all thrown into the "Land of Shura" for gu-poison cultivation; warlords stood in great numbers, chaotic battles were endless, and human lives were like grass, until a true ruler was decided.

This time, he is prepared to take the healthy Toki, the unregretful Raoh, and the strengthened Kenshiro, plus the old man Ryuken, to kick open the gates of that place fiercely.

"I disagree!"

Ryuken, whose hair and beard had turned completely white, glared with wide eyes, blowing his beard and staring, his palms exerting force uncontrollably, actually crushing the walnuts in his hands by two sizes.

He did not expect that his third disciple, Jia Ji, would not only lose an arm after their long-awaited reunion but also audaciously propose that he go to that country with them.

How could these immature disciples dare to go there?

That is not just a battlefield; it is a huge trap. Every step could lead into the abyss of death, and every moment could mean facing unimaginable opponents.

Because he had broken into the Land of Shura when he was young, he knew that there existed...

That fist art of legend that brings chaos to the world, the four fists of the Heavenly Emperor in legend—

"The Holy Fist is like a blade, the Imperial Fist is like the sun. The Divine Fist is the heaven, the Ryuken is like a prison."

The Land of Shura is the land of death that inherits the fist of the hellish underworld—Beidou Ryuken.

(End of chapter)