After the red-robed woman left, she spent a few days traveling around the icy highlands.
"There are no signs of humans here. Has civilization not reached this place yet after its restoration?"
She stood in midair, shaking her head.
"Forget it, I'll go see what's happening on the continent. I wonder, have any of the old refuges been reopened, and are humans rebuilding their civilization?"
With that, the red-robed woman headed south toward the continent.
She first crossed the vast northern desert and saw many new intelligent species like centaurs and trolls living there, but she was puzzled.
"It's been this long, yet so many new intelligent species have emerged on the continent! But the northern desert is barren, so it's no surprise they occupy it."
She then crossed the desert and continued south into the Goblin Empire.
Instead of passing through the human-controlled area of Bolake Territory in the northwest, she traveled south from the northeast.
Along the way, she encountered many tribes of trolls, elves, dwarves, and others, but the most numerous were the small green-skinned Goblins.
As she traveled further into the central regions, the Goblins' numbers grew even larger, and their level of civilization became increasingly advanced.
Seeing the Goblin cities spread across the land and the proud, confident Goblins, the red-robed woman immediately recognized the Empire's dominance in the region!
But that didn't matter to her. What did matter was that she recognized traces of pre-cataclysm human civilization within the Goblin Empire.
The Goblins had made remarkable progress in alchemy, which was heavily influenced by pre-cataclysm human technology.
The more she observed, the more horrified she became. Her heart began to fill with murderous intent toward these green-skinned creatures.
She wasn't afraid of the existence of alien races on the continent, because once the humans from the refuges emerged, they would surely rebuild their civilization with the advanced technology of the pre-cataclysm era.
Even though she knew the extraordinary systems of the past had collapsed, she believed that a new one could still be created.
What she feared was that the refuges would be discovered by these alien races before humans had the chance to rebuild, and the technology and knowledge would be plundered, leaving the remaining humans to perish.
With this in mind, she wasted no time and set off to investigate the refuges she knew about across the continent.
However, reality dealt her a heavy blow!
Most of the refuges had failed long ago, and all the humans inside were dead.
The few that had survived were now empty, seemingly destroyed by some great force.
Finally, she made her way to the northernmost refuge, the one she was most familiar with.
For it had once been managed by her sister.
She hoped that this refuge would remain intact, so she could once again meet her heartless sister.
But reality was cruel.
The refuge, number 490, was now guarded by a large group of Goblins.
Her heart sank, and her anger was fully ignited!
This refuge, with Goblins coming and going, had no human presence. The Goblins had built up their settlements here over the years.
She deduced that her sister and the others inside the refuge were likely in grave danger!
With that, the red-robed woman acted swiftly.
The sky above the refuge turned crimson as the "Blood Curtain" descended, instantly killing all the Goblins inside.
The lone Goblin Legendary warrior who remained was caught by surprise and severely wounded, eventually being captured by the red-robed woman after a brief struggle.
The Goblin Legendary warrior, shocked that he was defeated by a human, said:
"How can such a humble race like humans possess a warrior like you?"
"Humans? Humble?"
She realized what he meant and quickly asked,
"Are there humans still alive in the world today?"
The Goblin warrior, presumably wishing to avoid death, confessed everything about the humans' fate after the refuge was discovered.
The red-robed woman, after hearing the truth, stood silently for a long time before she snapped the warrior's neck.
"So, my sister and the others... they were imprisoned and used as learning tools by the Goblins since they woke up."
"This vile race of Goblins... they didn't even allow the descendants of the humans to inherit the knowledge of the refuges!"
"My sister was even forced to marry that damn Goblin emperor!"
Her blood-red eyes turned even darker as her emotions surged.
"These despicable Goblins will pay for this!"
She had originally planned to charge straight to the Goblin capital and kill their emperor, then destroy the entire Goblin Empire.
But her wounds had not fully healed, and there were a few presences in the Goblin capital that she greatly feared. She judged that she could not defeat them.
As the True Ancestor of Blood at Sequence 3, equivalent to a demigod, her combat power was average.
However, she possessed a unique ability that made her well-suited for large-scale destruction.
She could use her true blood as a source to create a highly infectious blood poison!
She planned to use this blood poison as revenge against the Goblins.
She didn't care whether this would affect the humans currently living in the Bolake Territory in the north.
The humans there had no inheritance of the old civilization, and with her sister gone, she felt no concern for them.
Moreover, from what she learned from the Goblin Legendary warrior, the humans in the refuges were all dead, so there was no need for hesitation.
Even then, she took care to ensure that the blood poison would not be lethal to humans, although they would still fall ill, at least they would not die from it.
The people are gone, but their legacy lives on.
After several months of experimentation, she confirmed that the blood poison was lethal to Goblins. She chose a large Goblin city in the northern regions and released the poison!
The infection rate of the blood poison was extremely high. Within seven days, the entire city was infected, and the poison spread to neighboring areas.
The plague, known as the Blood Plague, spread rapidly, eventually affecting all the races on the continent!
Even the Winged People on the East Coast were infected!