Chapter 879 555: Return to Earth

Five days later.

Nearly a hundred million people have already gathered at the vast southern wilderness.

Even more people are making their way in this direction bit by bit, by truck or even on foot.

Lin Yue placed twelve gems, starting with a diamond, on the altar amidst everyone's anticipation.

Soon, with bursts of cheers from the crowd, Lin Yue saw a giant white curtain of light about fifty to sixty meters long and five meters high appear one kilometer away, near the colossal statue.

The portal to the Secret Realm had fully opened.

Fei Yue stood at the forefront, facing the orderly line of people.

At this moment, there was silence.

Although everyone was extremely excited, they suppressed the intense emotions in their hearts.

Having endured the hardships of Otherworld life for so many days, everyone deeply longed for the days on Earth.

They all wanted to return to their homeland as soon as possible, to resume a peaceful and normal life and bid a thorough farewell to the so-called survival game.

"Everyone, attention! After passing through this gate, you'll be on our planet, Earth! Once through, you must follow the guards to a safe location. If you don't follow the rules, the Secret Realm Beasts are not to be trifled with. Alright, first group, enter!"

Under Fei Yue's command, the first wave of people, shouting excitedly, nervously passed through the light curtain gate, followed by the second group.

Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

The open light curtain gate always led to the same place.

And this place was where he had slain the third Mythical Giant Beast, also the city where he had grown up.

This location, situated on a plain, wasn't a particularly developed city, with few buildings, and the Secret Realm Beasts had completely disappeared since the third Mythical Giant Beast was defeated.

Thus, when Bai and the others attacked the surrounding Secret Realm Beasts a few days ago, there was hardly anything for them to do.

At that time, Fei Yue conducted a population census.

The current surviving total population is slightly over 1.7 billion.

This 1.7 billion people would pass through the light curtain gate in batches and head to Earth, moving in groups of ten thousand in various directions to begin adapting to life on a restored Earth after thirty-seven years.

Fei Yue would enter after three to four hundred million people and, on the Earth side, begin his role as the "Savior," commanding all of humanity as the Commander in Chief.

Exactly how he will do this isn't something Lin Yue needs to consider.

His task is to continually send Bai, Little Fierce, Little Ice Lizard, and the Divine Horn Race to eliminate as many Secret Realm Beasts as possible.

As for himself, he cannot go just yet.

If he is to go, it would only be after confirming that there are no more issues in Otherworld.

When Fei Yue's team previously ventured there, they discovered one thing.

The system would completely fail, rendering it useless, and everything stored within the Storage Space would spill out as a result.

Thankfully, this preparation ensured that Lin Yue and Fei Yue finally established the entry rules to the portal.

Before entering, everyone had to ensure their Storage Space contained only essential food and water for survival, not exceeding a five-day supply.

Weapons, if unnecessary, weren't needed to be carried, after all.

On the water supply, beneath the Doomsday Bunker near the Petroleum River Base, there ran an underground river connected to the Underground Ruins and close to the Ice Lizard Cave.

In the past two days, Lin Yue's primary activity was extracting water from there continuously, placing it in the system mall, and trading it in allocations of about 20 liters per person.

As for food, Lin Yue couldn't manage much, as he didn't have plenty.

Once on the Earth side, if necessary, the still fresh Mythical Giant Beast could be used as food; it wasn't inedible anyway.

As groups of Survivors continued entering the light curtain gate, the number of gathered people gradually reduced.

Lin Yue estimated that transporting everyone here and through the light curtain gate should take about twenty days.

Or at least that long.

While everyone had gathered in the Refugee Village before, it was still far from the southern wilderness; those farthest might indeed take that long.

...

Time flew by.

Over ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Yue found that the human desire to return to Earth could indeed create miracles.

Even those Survivors at the farthest distances managed to reach this wilderness on time by various means.

With the last wave of people passing through the light curtain gate, Lin Yue, who hadn't moved much on this side, finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"Finally, everyone has been sent over, right?... No, maybe some haven't made it yet, so let's wait a bit longer. Also, Bai and their tasks are quite challenging; who knew there were so many Secret Realm Beasts?"

Lin Yue looked up at the splendid blue sky.

It seemed he might not be in this Otherworld much longer.

The original survival game felt like a dream.

From stepping on the first little lizard and obtaining a wooden chest to now having sent all humanity through.

Clearly a matter of days, yet it felt like a span of decades.

Lin Yue picked up the System Tablet.

In the trade notifications, there were still a few thousand sparse responses.

Not everyone wanted to leave.

Some elderly couldn't move, or were too far, or were ill.

Hundreds had decided to welcome death in Otherworld rather than return.

Lin Yue could forcibly bring these people back to Earth using mechas, but he respected their choices.

"Speaking of which, there's still three days until my appointment with Bai. This little guy came back yesterday saying things were progressing too smoothly on Fei Yue's side, as if they were waiting for my return..."

Lin Yue looked toward the direction of his Shelter.

Some high-tech items had already been put into his Storage Space, as they were beyond previous human reach, like the machine dogs, anti-armor robots, and flying battle armor.

Using blueprints, Lin Yue manufactured at least one of everything that could be made.

Once back on Earth, he would have Fei Yue's scientists study these items to possibly benefit all humanity.

Speaking of which, what will become of the Shelter once everyone leaves?

Currently, the mutated creatures seem to have been completely incinerated, leaving only some bugs.

At least, that was true for the human side.

In the Wolf-headed Man's valley and the Divine Horn Race's desert, there were still many mutated creatures.

At the very least, they shouldn't starve.

Is it time for me to leave too?

Lin Yue stretched, and suddenly saw a colossal spaceship, like a dark cloud, suddenly covering the entire sky!