Chapter 277: Supreme Program (10,000 extra update, thanks to Alliance Leader Bug's Little)

"Wow, so powerful, Lin Xian." Kiki flew to Lin Xian's side first, looking at him with sparkling eyes, then leaned in and lowered her voice: "Hey, but the commotion you made just now was too big. Aren't you afraid they'll say you cheated?"

Lin Xian shrugged helplessly: "Are you stupid? This is my ability, where did I cheat?"

The test cabin tested escape under extreme pressure. Killing was one aspect, but the most important thing was the almost inescapable attack points, which were very important for testing the tester's response ability.

And Lin Xian not only had an AT Field but also steel armor, dealing with various tests in all directions.

The attack mode of the test cabin was quickly covered by his Mechanical Heart. In this situation, even if Lin Xian didn't want to use too much force, it basically had no effect on him.

So essentially, this test cabin's test of limits was not perfect, but under the existing conditions, it was considered relatively objective, and the results could be used as a reference.

And the limit coefficient was almost a fixed value for individuals. Later, when the Phoenix Society launched a portable human peak detector, he could accurately grasp the changes in his ability level.

The test ended. Wen Zhuo held the mobile terminal, looked at the recorded data, and then arranged for his subordinates to do the finishing work.

"Compared to two weeks ago, the evolution speed of ability users has accelerated quite a bit." Wen Zhuo looked at his watch and said.

Except for special circumstances, Phoenix Society ability tests were held during the day. It was already 15:20 in the afternoon, and new survivors entering the city could only wait until tomorrow for testing.

"Fleeing in exhaustion, finding life in desperation, those who can live to this day, no matter how capable they are, have to rely on luck." Zhou Wuer said.

For a period of testing, limit coefficients lower than 1 were rare. This phenomenon was essentially a cruel elimination phenomenon. Psychological quality and physical quality were important factors for survival.

Zhou Wuer, as a postman, had seen too many hellish scenes and was no longer surprised by this.

Wen Zhuo looked at him, his gaze changed slightly, and then he let his subordinates start arranging the final popularization work.

The test ended, and many onlookers began to disperse, all discussing the Infinity fleet and Longshan No. 1. But for the survivors, unless they had ideas to get to know them, others were just watching the fun.

After all, this didn't affect their own life and death. If one had to say, it was that the more powerful characters in the city, the more sense of security the vast number of survivors would feel.

At this time, the hundreds of people who had finished the test were still in the cathedral plaza without leaving, because these people were still waiting for the training arranged by the Phoenix Society, and most importantly, to receive supplies!

Even for the Evolution-level, there was a box of supplies to take away. No one would refuse such a cheap bargain.

Lin Xian and Kiki, Brother Fire returned to the team and met up with Chen Sixuan and the others. At this time, the staff of the Phoenix Society Nightwalker organization began to organize everyone to come to the central plaza. Everyone saw a young man with a somewhat short stature wearing the Nightwalker organization's unified black metal windbreaker walk to the front of the Spirit-Oscillation Value peak tester.

Wen Zhuo.

It was rumored that this kind of metal windbreaker in Xilan City, in addition to defensive capabilities, also had the function of shielding one's own Spirit-Oscillation Value fluctuations. The Phoenix Society believed this was helpful for reducing the chance of Nightwalkers being discovered by strange entities.

As soon as Wen Zhuo walked up, he waved his right hand lightly in the air, and the huge Spirit-Oscillation Value peak tester behind him actually emitted a hum, and was actually moved horizontally by several meters, then moved out a spacious space for Wen Zhuo to stand on.

Just such a simple action immediately made everyone quiet down instantly. Everyone's gaze was now focused on this somewhat short man, and many people even widened their eyes.

"What's the situation? That machine!?"

"What kind of ability is that?"

"Holy crap, that thing is at least ten tons."

"Nightwalkers are really terrifying."

And at this time, Lin Xian looked at this scene and couldn't help but frown at that person. He looked at Kiki again and found that this little girl also held the same doubt as him.

"Telekinesis-type?"

"A bit like it." Kiki frowned slightly: "But why do I feel it's a bit different..."

"Good afternoon, survivors. I am Wen Zhuo, leader of the Xilan Action Group, Spark 3rd Department of the Phoenix Society Nightwalkers."

Wen Zhuo's voice carried a sense of calm rationality. He looked around at everyone.

"First of all, thank you very much for supporting the Phoenix Society's work in this situation. Now everyone's information has been entered into the Phoenix Society system. You can also understand this as the new citizen number of the Phoenix Society."

"According to convention, after the ability test, we have the responsibility to popularize and explain some relevant knowledge about abilities to everyone, hoping that it can be helpful for everyone to deal with the Dark Society in the future."

"From the Day of Apocalypse to now, it has been the 92nd day, date number D92. I believe that in such a long time, being able to survive to this day in such a disaster, everyone must have their own unique understanding of the contact and cognition of abilities. Our Phoenix Society's research is not comprehensive. To date, the Nightwalker organization is still continuously studying the impact of the Dark Tide on us humans."

"For everyone present, this power may bring abilities and evolution, but for the entire human civilization, it is a civilization-level disaster with global ecological destruction and over 10 billion human mutations into zombie deaths. If darkness is a flood, then everyone present is a lucky person who has learned how to swim in this flood. But the tsunami has not stopped. Just knowing how to swim cannot help us survive."

"The Phoenix Society has invested huge manpower and material resources in ability research, and the number of Nightwalkers has reached 40,000. The Phoenix Society has observed and counted over 300,000 ability users globally. Therefore, as an organization leading the survival of human civilization, the Phoenix Society has the responsibility to synchronize the knowledge we have researched, learned, and acquired about abilities to everyone, hoping to help everyone better recognize this power and make good use of it, so as to survive until the next dawn."

Wen Zhuo's words made everyone present look solemn. Everyone here had fled to this place through chaotic, disorderly, and terrifying days and nights of life and death. The Phoenix Society not only vigorously conducted research on abilities but also constantly synchronized the information obtained through radio and such station forms, and provided material subsidies, all for the purpose of letting more people live. Therefore, everyone recognized and affirmed the Phoenix Society's actions.

"Because time is limited, the detailed content about the Dark Tide, Extreme Night, and abilities has been synchronized through global broadcasts or station materials. Everyone can pick up a copy here later. As for me, I will mainly train everyone on three key pieces of information."

Key information? Hearing this, the crowd below became enthusiastic.

"Hmm, the key part is coming."

Shi Diyuan heard this and immediately said loudly to the personnel of Longshan No. 1 behind him: "You all listen carefully. Maybe it will save your lives later."

"Alright!" Everyone responded one after another.

On the Infinity side, Chen Sixuan and the others were all around Lin Xian, and the group stood at the forefront, also quite curious.

"The information he mentioned should be in the Fire Book, but the methods need to be studied carefully." Lin Xian said.

Besides that, there were personnel from the 5 fleets of the previous defensive line, including Zhou Li and Qian Dele, plus several other fleets that entered the city yesterday, all of whom were in high spirits now.

"First point, for genetic evolvers, experiencing extreme danger and being on the verge of life and death will greatly stimulate the body's various functions to obtain critical breakthroughs. That is to say, the more you experience life-and-death battles, the more obvious this evolution will be. And according to your own physical talent, there will be different advantage changes. For example, some genetic evolvers will grow particularly rapidly in strength and recovery, similar to giants or blood-energy ability users."

Wen Zhuo said to everyone: "The difference between ability users and genetic evolvers mainly comes from physical changes. When ability users use abilities, it is often accompanied by fluctuations in Spirit-Oscillation Value, that is, energy fluctuation auras that others can observe and detect. But genetic evolvers do not. According to our large amount of observational data, although they are also affected by cold-dark basic particles, genetic evolvers mainly break through the limits of the human body, and the super-limit development of physical functions. This is an internal drive. If not used, it looks no different from ordinary people."

"Our Nightwalker organization believes that this may be the differential development of different forces. For example, genetic evolvers mainly exercise combat physical skills, improve physical strength, agility, defense, recovery, etc., but ability users will have a special power drive core, which can convert cold-dark basic particles into the expression form of 'abilities'."

"Simply put, it is mental power. Mental power is also an important ability for us to resist dark invasion. However, I need to tell everyone here that ability users only need to improve mental power, and abilities will become more powerful, and the ability to resist dark invasion will also be higher. But genetic evolvers need to constantly exercise and grow their bodies, and at the same time need to enhance mental power. So for ordinary people who are not ability users, it will be more difficult."

"But ability users also have shortcomings. That is, except for physical enhancement types like giants and blood-energy, other ability users are slower in physical training efficiency than ordinary people. That is to say, if ability users want to exercise physical skills, they can't keep up with genetic evolvers. Some ability users may not care about this point, but I tell everyone that this point is actually very important. The natural disasters and dark creatures we encounter are becoming more and more powerful. Most ability users' abilities are not comprehensive and very single, and many lack mobility. In this situation, they either rely on teammates or power armor, but these are passive conditions and are not enough to enhance their individual survival ability. So our Phoenix Society suggests that all ability users should also strengthen physical training."

"Easier said than done. Didn't you just say the efficiency is worse? Wouldn't it be better if I spent this time on ability improvement?"

At this time, an untimely questioning voice came from the crowd. Everyone looked over and found it was a middle-aged man with a burly figure like a bear wearing a black down coat, wearing sunglasses under his snow hat, quite like a Jianghu big brother.

Ning Jingjing, Chen Sixuan, and others on this side immediately recognized this person. He was the leader of the Blackie Fleet, Long Dahei, a Rampage-level ability user with an assessment level of 1200 points, and also a large fleet with quite some strength.

Wen Zhuo on the stage responded faintly: "I also said that this is just a suggestion. I think most ability users can realize this point, that is, although their abilities are very strong, their weaknesses are also very obvious."

As soon as these words came out, many people below showed expressions of approval.

Lin Xian felt quite touched by this. Without power armor, he was actually very passive when dealing with danger. If it weren't for his Flashback as a mobility option, he would be really powerless when facing those large strange entities.

Dealing with zombies was okay, but whenever he encountered strange entities, especially guys with thick skin like the white giant monster, all his wind guns, ice walls, and manufactured firearms and mechanisms combined might not cause any threat. Even the Infinity was almost overturned, and that was only a C-level strange entity...

And Brother Fire and Kiki were even more obvious, that was their defense was too weak. If there was no team cover, a bullet could take Brother Fire's life.

Although Kiki learned the telekinesis shield and flight, she was slightly more comprehensive, but her small body couldn't withstand the repeated attacks of the monster tide.

So like Shu Qin's skills, although she lacked large-area killing ability, many times she could handle danger with ease. If not for being limited to the train, her ability to survive independently was actually very strong.

"Weakness? I don't think so." That fleet leader named Long Dahei didn't agree with Wen Zhuo's words at all: "What is an ability? That's magic, hahaha. No matter how powerful an ordinary person's physical evolution is, they are still ordinary people and can't fly, right?"

After speaking, he looked around happily: "I'm sorry, I'm not offending everyone, just my personal opinion."

His words immediately caused a heated discussion.

"Yes, no matter how powerful the fist is, it can't compare to insect armor and beast claws, let alone those that can spray fire and generate electricity."

"Mobility can be completely replaced by power armor~"

Many voices echoing Long Dahei followed.

Wen Zhuo sighed slightly upon hearing this, and just as he was about to say something, Zhou Wuer on the side below the stage suddenly spoke before him.

"It's not just mobility. Physical agility and recovery are the capital. Sometimes if you want to exert the advantages of abilities, the basic physical quality must also keep up. This is a mutually beneficial benefit. You can understand it this way."

His words made many people understand instantly.

Who knew that Long Dahei would not take it seriously, crossed his arms directly, and looked at Zhou Wuer with a questioning gaze: "Then I'll ask you."

"Are you an ability user?"

"Yes." Zhou Wuer answered.

"What is your ability peak index?"

"700."

"What about the limit coefficient?"

"1.8"

Hearing this, there was a commotion below.

Calculated this way, although Zhou Wuer only had a peak of 700, the 1260 ability assessment level was actually higher than Long Dahei.

Long Dahei frowned upon hearing this: "With such a high limit coefficient, it shows that your physical quality is quite good. Does this mean I'm definitely not your opponent?"

As soon as these words came out, countless people changed their expressions. Listening to this tone, he was provoking the Nightwalkers.

Wen Zhuo on the stage gave Zhou Wuer a look, but Zhou Wuer didn't even look at him, but said with a smile on his face.

"Theoretically speaking, the ability assessment level does not fully represent a person's combat power. This point has already been told to everyone. However, in order to let everyone better understand the importance of physical skills to the exertion of abilities, I don't mind showing you."

Wow~

Zhou Wuer's words immediately made the onlookers boil. Even many onlookers who were preparing to disperse around the cathedral plaza came back to continue watching the fun.

It sounded like a survivor was looking for someone from the Nightwalker organization to spar, which was the first time in Xilan City.

"Good!"

Long Dahei, hearing Zhou Wuer's words, immediately showed an eager look. He stepped out and waved his hand to make a clearing, then took off his coat and handed it to his little brother while saying to Zhou Wuer: "I wasn't interested in your limit coefficient anyway. Just right, let me see how your 700 ability peak fights my 1000. It's agreed, I'll hold back a bit, but I won't care if you get hurt."

"Hey, interesting, this is a martial arts competition." Seeing this scene, Shi Diyuan became interested.

"However, this Nightwalker's ability assessment level doesn't seem as high as I imagined."

Ning Jingjing also said at this time.

Lin Xian, hearing this, also followed: "Zhou Wuer is in the postman group. Their specialty shouldn't be combat, but even so, I think they must have a deeper understanding of abilities than us."

Qian Dele also nodded: "Actually, I agree with this point, but it's not bad to watch the fun."

"Wow, this is a martial arts fight." On the Infinity side, Shasha sat directly on Gao Ta's shoulder to watch the fun, and Kiki also flew up, saying with interest: "I bet that big guy will definitely lose."

Shu Qin frowned slightly: "With such a large gap in ability peak, can there be a result in a short time?"

"Not bad, not bad, martial arts discussion, it's really interesting today." Lu Xingchen seemed very interested in this kind of thing and walked out of the crowd directly, finding the best observation point.

Lin Xian looked at Zhou Wuer. He was also quite curious about Zhou Wuer's ability to instantly conjure items, and was just looking forward to seeing what it was.

Wen Zhuo on the stage crossed his arms and sighed. Seeing the look Zhou Wuer gave him, he whispered:

"Causing me trouble again, don't hurt anyone!"

Zhou Wuer, who got Wen Zhuo's nod, grinned and winked at Peng Peng on the side.

Peng Peng understood, shot an invisible wind wave into the air with one finger, and Zhou Wuer's gaze froze. He actually jumped up in place and used that air wave to skim out dozens of meters in the air, then landed in front of Long Dahei. "You have courage. Just for this point, I admire you Nightwalkers."

Seeing Zhou Wuer accept the challenge without hesitation, Long Dahei smiled wildly: "It's agreed, I respect your Phoenix Society very much, I won't kill you, but don't get angry."

"You're too polite. In order not to waste everyone's time, let's start." Zhou Wuer had a smile on his face.

As soon as the words fell, the crowd around dispersed.

And here, Zhou Wuer didn't hesitate at all, even with a hint of excitement in his eyes, and took the lead in attacking.

Only to see him skim out in place, his speed extremely fast, his legs kicking left and right, his body almost parallel to the ground, coming toward Long Dahei with the wind.

Long Dahei restrained his smile at this time and became sharp. He was a person who had experienced many life-and-death battles. When he really took action, he couldn't be grinning. He gathered his five fingers on his right hand, and everyone saw him push forward with his palm, and a shock wave burst out.

Bo-hum!

Wow!

In an instant, the snow in the entire fan-shaped area in front of Long Dahei exploded, forming a large piece of flying snow dust, almost submerging Zhou Wuer completely in an instant!

He saw that Zhou Wuer was very agile, so he adapted to local conditions and used large-area suppression directly!

"Shock wave? This ability is somewhat similar to yours."

Seeing this scene, Lin Xian said to Kiki in front of the crowd.

!

Kiki flew beside him, crossed her arms and said: "There is still a difference. He seems to have to use his limbs to drive it, unlike my intent."

Limb-driven, like Brother Fire's inability to control fire with intent, but the momentum showed that Long Dahei's ability destructive power was still very strong.

After all, an ability peak of over 1000 had already exceeded Rampage-level without looking at the limit coefficient, and the strength was definitely not to be underestimated!

After one move, Long Dahei didn't have any carelessness. His shock wave could reflect like a radar, allowing him to capture the enemy's movements within a certain distance. At this time, he had already discovered that Zhou Wuer had disappeared in the sky full of snow dust.

"Behind!"

Ceng!

Long Dahei's eyes flashed with urgent electricity, noticing a hidden sound of wind. Without saying a word, he turned around and prepared to take action again. But just as he was pushing his palm toward the rear, he suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall. The shock wave sent him flying, his whole body trembling crazily, and even his saliva sprayed out.

Long Dahei only felt a darkness before his eyes. After coming back to his senses, he found that a large blast-proof light shield of the Investigation Corps had appeared strangely behind him.

This self-rebound made him almost lose consciousness. Just as he was about to land and hadn't reacted, one of his hands was suddenly grabbed by something.

Long Dahei was not a simple master either. He stepped on the ground, clenched his fist, and pulled back, wanting to grab Zhou Wuer back.

"Where are you running!"

In one encounter, he hadn't even seen Zhou Wuer's shadow, and he had already been countered. This made Long Dahei very angry, feeling he had no face. At this time, he seized the opportunity and turned around, preparing to use large-area shock wave suppression again.

Who knew that his right hand hadn't grabbed anyone, and his left hand, which was accumulating shock power, had just been raised when it was grabbed again.

"Hey!"

Long Dahei roared, just wanting to exert force to break free, but found that the metal devices similar to handcuffs were put on his left and right wrists. The sturdy cables retracted quickly, directly binding his hands to his chest, making it impossible for him to exert shock power.

At the same time, his feet were tripped by a sweep, and his whole body fell straight toward the ground. And in the next instant, a dagger appeared strangely on the ground that was empty in front of him!

The cold edge flickered, pointing straight at his brow!

Sss!

At this moment, Long Dahei only felt his soul flying away, and his heart stopped instantly.

And the onlookers around saw this scene, and their expressions changed drastically.

Fast, everything was too fast!

In the eyes of ordinary people, the two's contact and moves didn't exceed 5 seconds, and Long Dahei, who had a Rampage-level 1200 ability assessment, was already in a desperate situation of near-death!

With Long Dahei's physique, hitting that dagger's cold edge directly would definitely be fatal.

Even Lin Xian, Shi Diyuan, Ning Jingjing, Qian Dele, and even Han Jun, Qin Xueming, Green Wind, Mo Nika, and others on the periphery all had their pupils shrink!

But in the next instant, just as Long Dahei opened his mouth wide and his brow was about to hit the dagger's cold edge, his huge figure suddenly paused in mid-air.

Long Dahei's pupils trembled as he looked at the dagger close at hand, exhaling cold air, and cold sweat fell crazily from his forehead.

At this time, the snow dust behind him fell, and Zhou Wuer stood there with a smile, looking calm, pulling a steel cable, and holding him steadily.

"Be careful of getting hurt if you fall like this."

Zhou Wuer smiled, pulled with one hand, and directly pulled up Long Dahei, who was as strong as a grizzly bear.

Wen Zhuo on the stage looked at this scene helplessly, and even Peng Peng looked calm, as if he wasn't surprised by this result.

But at this time, not only Long Dahei, but also the ability testing personnel and the thousands of onlookers outside the cathedral plaza were all dumbfounded.

A Rampage-level 1200 ability user, and a high-level ability like shock-type, was almost killed in 5 seconds?!

Simply terrifying.

In the crowd, Lin Xian, Shi Diyuan, and others were also solemn. They all saw it. This was not a gap in ability peak at all, but a high-level judgment of ability, physical skills, and experience.

Perhaps Long Dahei's ability had very good counter-attack power when facing monster tides, but when facing truly intelligent enemies, his weaknesses were fatal.

Life and death were only on the line.

Zhou Wuer's action gave all survivors a lesson.

Long Dahei, who was pulled up, widened his eyes, panting with lingering fear. He looked at the dagger and then at the handcuffs on his hands. In that instant, he felt the despair of his ability being unable to be exerted.

It also verified the result Zhou Wuer said: if you want to exert the advantages of abilities, the basic physical quality must keep up.

"Offended, are you hurt?"

Zhou Wuer shook his wrist and simultaneously retracted the dagger and the handcuff cable that bound Long Dahei, smiling at him.

Long Dahei turned his head and looked at Zhou Wuer with a complex expression. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but couldn't, and could only let his subordinates send him his coat with a gloomy face.

Zhou Wuer didn't say anything when he saw this and turned back to the Nightwalker team.

With a short interlude, the gold content of the Nightwalkers was thoroughly reflected. At this, everyone's eyes on the Nightwalker organization changed subtly.

The 700-peak ability user killed a 1000-peak high-level ability user in 5 seconds. This limit coefficient evaluation began to become authoritative in everyone's hearts.

Sure enough, the strongest is not the ability, but the person who knows how to exert the ability!

"Everyone should have a certain understanding of limit coefficients and physical quality." At this time, Wen Zhuo on the stage continued to say lightly: "In short, no matter how strong the ability is, it depends on how it is exerted. Although just exercising mental power will improve the energy density of abilities and improve resistance to dark invasion, if the body's conditions cannot keep up, it is also very dangerous."

At this time, the field was completely quiet, and no one questioned it anymore.

"Next, let's talk about the second point. Whether it is an ability user or a genetic enhancer, the source of this evolutionary power, that is, cold-dark basic particles, mainly comes from two points. The first is the dark night, our bodies will passively absorb it, and the second is killing strange entities. After strange entities die, a large amount of dark energy will overflow, presenting in the form of visible black mist. Both can be absorbed by the human body, but the problem is that this power will cause irreversible damage to the human body. Once it exceeds the critical value of human tolerance, it is very easy to mutate."

"So the cold-dark reagent we separate from strange entity blood essence is a relatively safe way of absorption. At the same time, in order to better neutralize and balance this power, the Phoenix Society advocates sunbathing and drinking vegetable juice, because human evolution requires a certain process. We Nightwalkers also have standards when using cold-dark reagents, that is, no more than one per day. Please pay attention."

"Finally, the third point. The methods of exercising abilities and exercising physical skills are the same. First is repeated practice. Maybe everyone is worried that energy is not enough, but the continuous use of abilities will better understand and master this special power. Genetic evolvers are the same, like exercising muscles, because the human body is evolving and iterating rapidly, and the demand for food and metabolism is very high, so it is necessary to ensure calorie intake, and at the same time constantly exercise, which can allow the body to adapt to super-limit breakthroughs faster."

"There is another point, which is development. For abilities, there can be many development paths. You should be able to understand this. It's like fighting techniques. Although the evolver's physical quality is strengthened, if you can increase techniques, combat power will also improve a lot. In this regard, in the Phoenix Society's guidance manual, there are many methods we have collected and organized. It is recommended that everyone study them carefully."

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen's eyes lit up. He had been struggling with the development of his fire-type ability, frequently wanting to improve the power of his moves, and it was after seeing Peng Peng's "vortex ring" method that it seemed to open up a new world.

If the air-type could have such broad development prospects, then his fire-type would be even more so.

"Let's go get a copy later."

Lin Xian looked back at his team members, knowing the importance of this thing. After all, there was too much information to be transmitted through channels like radio, and only at the Phoenix Society's stations could one obtain such things.

"Alright~" Kiki said with full interest.

"The Phoenix Society is really considerate." Chen Sixuan said: "Like a parent, cultivating us bit by bit, letting us survive as many people as possible."

Shu Qin nodded upon hearing this: "It's really sending charcoal in the snow. When the Day of Apocalypse just started, it was really a piece of despair, with dead people everywhere."

"Looking at these survivors, I estimate that those who

Ten billion people have mutated; the mountains and plains are filled with zombies and corpses. Less than 1% of the entire human civilization has survived.

Communications are severed, and there is silence for ten thousand miles. Such an apocalyptic scene is enough to crush the hearts of all survivors in the civilized world.

Now, the Phoenix Society has reorganized a rescue government to support survivors worldwide, guiding them toward the dawn and transmitting hope through radio waves; it can almost be called the last sound of human civilization.

"The above is the key information distilled by our Nightwalker organization. We hope it will be helpful to all you ability users and gene-enhanced individuals. We also wish that you can all persist with the Phoenix Society until the dawn arrives and the Black Tide recedes."

Hearing Wen Zhuo's words, the crowd stopped their discussions and turned their gazes toward the stage.

"After this concludes, you may go to this side to collect free supplies distributed by the Phoenix Society based on your ability assessment results. If you need assistance in other areas, we have set up 12 emergency aid stations in Xilan City, providing free medical rescue and survival guidance."

"Currently, the Phoenix Society's refugee rescue camps are severely overcrowded, defense forces are insufficient, and biological disasters occur frequently. The daily mortality rate exceeds 5%, and the mortality rate for defense units exceeds 3%. For this reason, we are seeking more capable individuals to join and protect civilians. At the same time, the Phoenix Society is also conducting open recruitment, including Nightwalkers, research units, administrative units, medical and military units, logistics units, and so on. If you have the relevant willingness and wish to seek shelter, join the Phoenix Society, and contribute your own strength to the cause of human survival, you may also sign up at the emergency aid stations."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people present had their expressions sink. A daily mortality rate?

A death cost measured in days sounds comparable to a world war; it is cruelly hair-raising.

"A 3% mortality rate for defense units—doesn't that mean 1,200 Nightwalkers die every day?" In the crowd, Chen Sixuan said with a cold expression: "This is too terrifying. They are Nightwalkers, after all."

"What of it? We came from Fengcheng. Which large fleet along the way hasn't experienced a mortality rate of over 5% or 6% every time they go through the night? Some even exceed 10%. Once the night comes, how can there be no deaths?"

At this moment, Captain Zhou Li, who came over with the defense line, sighed and said: "In the month our fleet has been traveling, half the people have died. It's just that there has been fresh blood joining, and occasionally other fleets have merged in along the way. Even my deputy captain had half his head eaten by a strange entity last week while covering the fleet..."

"That's why." Standing in front and listening to everyone's conversation, Qian Dele let out a long breath and said: "The fleets in this city, even knowing the polar night is drawing ever closer, don't leave early. They do it just to be able to transfer with the Phoenix Society's main force. Once you've seen enough death, people become numb. With such a gathering place finally found, if it weren't for that damned night tide, even at minus 50 degrees, everyone would be willing to settle down here."

"Who's to say otherwise?"

Shi Diyuan crossed his arms, his face full of worry: "I have over a thousand people here, dragging their families along. The last thing I want to see is people dying. Emotions are negative, and those who are timid are easily invaded by the darkness and mutate into monsters. That's why every carriage has an alarm device, just to prevent problems from arising internally."

Shu Qin, Lv Chang, Miao Lu, and others nearby were all deeply moved upon hearing this. Xiao Yuan's gaze was even more dim; before joining the Infinite, their fleet also had people dying almost every day.

In fact, they knew clearly that those who died in the fleet each time were mostly marginalized personnel or ordinary people with low strength and insufficient protection.

Xiao Yuan had previously been under this deep shadow. She also desperately wanted to grow and stand on her own. After coming to the Infinite, she and her other teammates had a sense of security under Lin Xian's protection. It was precisely in this situation that she, drifting in this apocalypse, secretly developed some different feelings for the figure who had repeatedly stood up to save the team from danger.

Hearing this, Lin Xian's expression also tightened slightly. He remembered the fleet he encountered at Mount Uliyas Tai that was buried by snow and ice—hundreds of men and women, even pregnant women, whose lives and deaths were uncertain along the way. Don't look at the fact that Xilan City has tens of thousands of people; those are merely the lucky ones who escaped from hundreds or thousands of cities within this range of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

In addition to the ability assessment where supplies are distributed, each rescue station also has plenty of weapons and ammunition used to subsidize the various fleets. It is basically a free subsidy per head, including various rifles, antibiotics, ammunition, food, and so on.

The Phoenix Society just wants to arm the living as much as possible, save more people, find opportunities for survival during the Long March, and seek a respite while fleeing.

And all of this is done without sparing any effort, without regard for cost, and without regard for life.

"Alright, the above is the information that needs to be clarified and synchronized for all the fleets newly arrived in Xilan City."

Wen Zhuo looked at the whole venue: "According to the regulations, please allow me to reiterate the supreme program of the Phoenix Society to all new citizens."

After speaking, he stood at attention on the spot, head held high and chest out, his right fist placed over his heart on his left chest, his expression stern. At the same time, across the entire cathedral square, regardless of whether it was the previously grinning Zhou Wuer, Peng Peng, or the soldiers of the Investigation Corps, all Phoenix Society staff members made the same movement at this moment.

"I volunteer to struggle for the survival of human civilization for my entire life, to burn my body and bones as firewood, to ignite the eternal night into day, and to swear to preserve the torch of civilization!"

The next moment, the entire Phoenix Society shouted in unison:

"Burn my body and bones as firewood, ignite the eternal night into day, swear to preserve the torch of civilization!"

In an instant, the various fleets that were still discussing just a moment ago, including the onlookers on the periphery of the cathedral square, all fell silent, their expressions solemn.

A tragic yet heroic atmosphere rose with a boom.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xian only felt a ringing in his ears. He scanned the entire square with his gaze. Those soldiers, those staff members—no matter which direction they were facing at this moment—all straightened their spines and shouted this supreme program that shook the soul!

At this moment, he suddenly understood those rescue team members who had thrown themselves into Yubei City to die in batches. He thought of Bai Shuang and Zhang Dingzhong, and he thought of Yu Yuheng, who had argued endlessly with Guo Lao but, upon learning that the research project had achieved a breakthrough, resolutely put aside his prejudices and joined the scientific research cooperation...

(End of chapter)