This sudden turn of events truly left Lin Ran utterly bewildered.
If the Wind of Extinction had no power, he could at least have dismissed it as some sort of illusion.
But to simply vanish without a word, that was far too absurd.
Never mind the Wind of Extinction for now; he’d first see how things were with the people below.
As Lin Ran’s gaze swept downward, he realized that the Holy Light Church followers seemed unaffected by the Wind of Extinction.
The only discernible difference was that their auras seemed weaker, somehow diminished.
At this moment, the red-robed archbishops and the others below also began to stir.
Upon noticing the disappearance of the Wind of Extinction and their unharmed state, their faces filled with fanatical fervor.
“The Wind of Extinction had no effect on us! Oh, heavens! This must be our Lord’s blessing!”
“Praise our Lord! Our Lord is wise! You must have expended all your holy power to protect your loyal followers with renewed life!”
“To think that in this desperate situation, it was the power of great faith that saved us… The Holy Light Church is the greatest entity in this world!”
“Hahaha, those detestable heretics, without our Lord’s protection, must have perished by now!”
“Of course! Why would our Lord bless those wicked people who sought to kill his faithful followers?”
“Then my only hope now is that these two bastards leave something behind after they die…”
“With their skill level, even a small drop would likely make us incredibly wealthy!”
Carried away by their excitement, these Holy Light Church followers began to search wildly, eager to be the first to claim any potential drops.
However, no matter how hard they searched, they could not find any trace of anything.
Soon, someone noticed the figure still soaring in the sky.
“What’s going on?!”
“Lin Ran and that woman… they’re both alive?!”
“Impossible! That was the purest Wind of Extinction that drifted over! It never hesitates to devour life, so how could it spare just those two?!”
“This is truly bizarre… I can’t comprehend how these two managed to survive…”
“Could it be that they share some unspeakable, special secret with this Wind of Extinction?!”
“Damn it! I think so too!”
“Otherwise, there’s no explanation for why he wanted to drag us all down with him!”
“So, he was never actually affected by the Wind of Extinction!”
“Haha! But what that despicable fellow didn’t anticipate was that we, under our Lord’s protection, were also unharmed!”
“Then our situation has completely reversed!”
Listening to the ignorant shouts of the Holy Light Church followers below, Lin Ran felt they were utterly brain-dead.
But there was little point in arguing with those who had been driven mad by faith. Lin Ran was contemplating other matters now.
Firstly, this so-called Wind of Extinction… it was certainly not the genuine Wind of Extinction.
Lin Ran hadn't figured out what it truly was.
Secondly, who released this entity that so closely resembled the Wind of Extinction?
And what was that person’s motive for faking the Wind of Extinction?
These questions, each one more perplexing than the last…
As Lin Ran’s mind raced, Luo Qingyan beside him suddenly exclaimed:
“Ah! My bio-chip, it seems to have malfunctioned!”
“And some of the small devices I prepared have also lost their functionality!”
Oh? Lin Ran blinked, and a thought flashed through his mind. He quickly checked his own bio-chip.
As expected, his bio-chip, just as Luo Qingyan had said, was completely defunct.
And it had taken other mechanical devices with it.
What was even more astonishing was that the disappearance of these items was accompanied by the loss of all his previously equipped attribute-boosting gear!
Only the attributes provided by the Golden Dragon Spear remained active. Everything else had become unusable.
Even his inventory, where he stored his attribute equipment, was completely sealed off.
This explained why he felt the strength of the Holy Light Church followers below had significantly weakened.
They had also lost their inventory and equipment bonuses, leaving everyone with base attributes as if they were wearing no gear.
The thought of his valuable equipment inexplicably vanishing made Lin Ran wince with pain.
However, if this was a global phenomenon, where everyone was unequipped, it might even be a good thing for someone like Lin Ran, whose individual stats were already exceptionally high!
The possibility that this change was not a global event was not even considered by Lin Ran.
After all, this item inventory system was created by the world will in the initial phase of spiritual energy’s resurgence.
Most of the revolutionary technologies were also deployed by the world will.
Therefore, to reclaim those things, Lin Ran couldn’t think of anyone other than the world will itself, the creator of everything.
This explained why this special gas, which was so similar yet entirely different from the Wind of Extinction, had appeared.
It was highly likely that the world will was using this method to reshuffle its new world rules.
Abolishing the equipment system, turning everyone into blank slates; destroying technological facilities, setting everyone back to square one overnight.
Under this dual blow, the first threat Lin Ran could think of was from the alien races and ferocious beasts!
These entities, for the most part, did not rely on equipment or technology. With this shift in power, the threat to humanity had increased exponentially, if not more.
He never expected that, at this critical juncture, the world will would pull such a stunt! Did it want humanity on Blue Star to go extinct?
Then, in this new era after equipment and technology, what was he supposed to do?
Lin Ran’s gaze became unprecedentedly solemn.