Inside the apartment, Mo Chen was lying on the bed staring at the system panel, expecting his causality value to skyrocket after the official announcement... Yes, it did indeed flip over, but... it was a crash.
Three whole days have passed, and Mo Chen's karma value has only increased by 50 million, which means that only 5,000 people have successfully awakened. Based on a 1% awakening probability, only about 500,000 people have started cultivating in the past three days. Although many people are not diligent in their practice, and three days is not enough time, this number at least illustrates one point. That means there are really too few people who cultivate.
This world's China, like its predecessor, has a population of 1.4 billion. By that ratio, 500,000 people are pitifully few. Moreover, there should be quite a few foreigners among these 500,000 people, since the official announcement is made to the whole world. When calculated this way, the proportion becomes even more pitifully small.
Why is this happening? That's a superpower! Everyone, no matter who they are, must have had a period of being immature and eccentric when they were young, right? Even though they eventually woke up from that dream. But things are different now. The dream has come back, and you've been given a chance, but nobody takes it seriously. Shouldn't people be working like crazy for these three days? The method isn't difficult!
Mo Chen couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. It's better to ask someone who knows the answer. When in doubt, the system solves the problem.
Mo Chen opened the system and typed:
[Because the sun is big and round, the system told Mo Chen the main reason why there are so few awakened people.]
[This setting requires 1 causality value. Confirm?]
"Sure."
[There are two reasons. First, there is the issue of China's national conditions. Among them, the aging population is serious, accounting for more than half of the total population. These people have no interest in cultivation. Among the remaining population, children under the age of 14 cannot sit still and cannot cultivate, those aged 14 to 18 have no time due to excessive academic pressure, and those over 22 have no energy due to work pressure and overtime. Only college students have some time and energy, but their numbers are still too small.]
[Secondly, there's the issue of the situation abroad. Because the national security situation in most countries is precarious, high-level officials overseas have blocked official Chinese information, only disclosing the awakening methods within a small circle of military personnel.]
Mo Chen: "...".
Okay, okay, whether it's domestically or internationally, it's all due to the national conditions. The reason abroad is simple: the news was blocked, so very few people knew about it, and of course, very few people practiced it. The reasons within China are more complicated. Some people are unwilling to cultivate, some are unable to cultivate, and some don't have the time to cultivate. In short, there are various reasons why they cannot cultivate.
Actually... in Mo Chen's opinion, these are all just excuses.
Mo Chen felt that it wasn't exciting enough. If they saw all sorts of incredible superpowers with their own eyes, they probably wouldn't have so many excuses.
"How about... stirring up some more trouble to provoke our fellow countrymen?"
It's important to know that sometimes people only strive harder when they are stimulated. Mo Chen lay on the bed staring at the ceiling, and inspiration gradually came to him.
The video of him dancing in the square and arranging 24 words of mantra with thousands of flower petals did not go viral. Mo Chen asked Zhang Hongguo the reason, and the answer he received was: to protect him. But he knew that the authorities didn't actually want other countries to know that someone named Mo Chen existed. Wouldn't it be better for such an outstanding person to stay in their country? What if someone managed to lure him away? Therefore, he was deliberately hidden by the country, which was understandable.
Mo Chen did not care, as long as the official announcement of the awakening was sufficient. But given the current situation, he felt it would be better to stir things up a bit.
As for what kind of trouble he was going to cause? He already had an idea—the secret realm.
Don't all those novels about the revival of spiritual energy have secret realms? Ancient secret realms, alien secret realms, all sorts of different kinds. Then he'll create a transcendent secret realm too.
Creating a secret realm isn't actually that difficult. No matter how many kinds of secret realms there are, they all boil down to one thing: opportunity, including various rare and precious materials, spirit stones, cultivation techniques, and so on.
With this idea in mind, Mo Chen began to construct the details of the secret realm. After working on it all morning, he finally came up with a detailed plan.
At 2 PM, Mo Chen went to the small commodity market and bought 100 palm-sized crystal plaques, the kind that are transparent crystal plaques without any patterns or words engraved on them.
A secret realm, such a mysterious place—how can anyone just come and go as they please? To solve this problem, he bought these crystal plaques, which were the keys to entering the secret realm. However, the secret realm hadn't been created yet. Only after it was created could the "keys" be made.
Mo Chen did not go home. Instead, he threw the crystal plaques back to his apartment through the spatial channel and took a car to Xiangshan alone. He planned to choose a hilltop there as the foundation for the secret realm.
There were too many people at the park gate, and there was a queue, so he had no choice but to use his own unique way to enter the park.
Transforming into countless fluttering petals, Mo Chen successfully entered the park. This was definitely not to evade the fare!
Having used his superpowers, he showed no sign of stopping. The petals flew directly above the forest and towards the Jade Emperor Peak.
And you know what? This superpower of turning everything into flying flowers is really useful. It can transform into flowers and plants to hide in the mountains and forests, or into flying flowers to fly in the sky. If necessary, flying flowers can also be used as weapons. The last ink dust had not been used yet.
Jade Emperor Peak was not his destination; he wanted to create a secret realm on the mountain next to it. Jade Emperor Peak attracted many tourists, making it convenient to promote this hidden gem.
The flying flowers were quite fast, and with no obstructions in the sky, they quickly arrived at the unnamed mountain.
The petals flew to the mountaintop, gathered instantly, disappeared, and Mo Chen revealed himself.
"Since it doesn't have a name, let's call it Wanhua Mountain."
The flowers arrived gracefully, while the old names faded away with the wind—it's quite meaningful.