Chapter 1005

Route planning, the pen tip rustled.

Looking at the red dots he had marked densely, Lin An nodded slightly, confirming there were no other problems.

"Yun Tian, after passing Outer Mongolia, you will directly return to Long An. By then, Wen Ya will arrange for you to lead people to garrison at the satellite base."

Briefly explained.

After communicating with Chu An, Lin An decided to leave the survivors at the satellite base for now, only letting Yun Tian bring a few people when he returns.

Rocket launch isn't that simple, especially the launch window issue, which places extremely high demands on the base's location.

Rebuilding the launch base at Long An is not realistic, so the only option is to have Long An send people over to help repair and garrison.

The satellite base will be renamed Long An Three, and in the plan it will be built as an official sub-base.

And Long An Two base is the Yingshan Safe Zone.

In Lin An's view, the satellite launch base is of great importance; relying on the aerospace military region that left behind a large amount of supplies, it can easily be turned into a decent safe zone.

Then, Yingshan naturally needs to be given more attention than originally planned, becoming Long An Two.

After reconstruction, the two safe zones will form a northern-southern pincer, encircling the entire Dong Shan.

"Understood, Captain Lin!"

"You... you must be careful..."

After a day of rest, they set off, but Yun Tian's complexion was still somewhat pale.

After hastily replying, he looked at Lin An, who seemed never to have relaxed, and for a moment felt a pang of sorrow.

"Captain Lin, it's really hard..."

Unlike before, when he merely envied Lin An's strength in private, now he feels more that it's not easy.

Just the difficulties he has experienced these few days exceed what he has faced in his entire life. The enemies he encountered before in Long An are completely different from those Captain Lin faces.

All we can say is, no one's strength comes for nothing.

After feeling moved and admiring Lin An even more, Yun Tian returned to the fighter jet to continue repairs.

The fighter jet hasn't been fully repaired, and besides, Captain Lin seems to have something else in mind, so he didn't dare ask further.

Sitting opposite Zhang Tie, Lin An calmly nodded, his fingertips lightly tapping the armrest, continually thinking about what comes next.

Not returning to Long An, but going straight to the Soviet Union, is based entirely on three considerations.

First, my whereabouts must not be exposed again, to prevent the mutants from continuing to send people to hunt me.

Last time the mutants were able to track him, after carefully recalling all memory fragments, he finally found a clue in the scene where Chen Yangtian patted his shoulder.

As long as he doesn't reveal his identity, even if the mutants are stronger, they cannot lock onto him as directly as before.

If he is safe, Long An is safe, and everyone is safe.

Second, the Death God set is also in the Soviet Union; completing the set would greatly increase his strength. Knowing that two pieces of the set can activate the lowest-level set effect, although not as good as having the full set, it's enough for Lin An to look forward to.

In his past life, the specifics of the set's effect are known only at the fourth rank. Lin An says not expecting it would be false.

Third, the fragments. The Red Tower, the vanished army... each is worth him going to see.

Besides, he might even be able to extort another sum from Tel.

The degree of natural disasters in the Soviet war zone is much higher than in Huaxia; even the same third-rank mutants are not much fewer.

Hunt monsters, level up, gather the set, and incidentally solve the secret of the fragments.

Having thought this through, Lin An directly put away the map and headed to the rest area inside the fighter jet.

The cabin door opened; as an internal space specially customized by Long An, the rest area looked almost like a luxurious suite at first glance.

Before the apocalypse, this psionic fighter jet would probably be comparable to a small passenger aircraft hotel.

Looking at Mo Ling asleep on the bed, Lin An's eyes involuntarily softened.

After stepping closer and smoothing the blanket that little Mo Ling had kicked off, Lin An hesitated, filled with some doubt.

He hesitated, wondering whether to put on Mo Ling.

Now Mo Ling is in a dormant state, and no one knows when it will wake.

Chu An only said it wouldn't be long.

If he takes it, Mo Ling's abilities after awakening will definitely be stronger than before; according to Colonel Chu's hint, it might even reach third rank or even exceed it.

No matter how you think about it, Mo Ling will be able to help him greatly in the upcoming hunts.

Especially the special instance given by Tel; according to Tel's description, there are quite a few special monsters inside.

If he doesn't take it...

Lin An gave a bitter laugh.

No need to think; little Mo Ling will probably feel sad when it wakes up...

He also heard this from the base personnel.

When he is not around, Mo Ling seems like an outsider on the fringe of Long An; she doesn't fit in, and everyone fears her.

Just as Lin An was struggling to make a decision, a sudden system notification suddenly sounded:

"Global announcement: The Iceland war zone has been officially removed."

"After the first war zone was destroyed and no one rebuilt it, according to apocalypse rules, the system will automatically erase the Iceland war zone's reconstruction eligibility! And permanently strip 10 attribute points from all attributes of the original Iceland war zone survivors! Those with insufficient attributes will be erased! Global war zone danger announcement will be opened shortly!"

"Global announcement: War zone rankings have now been opened; when all international war zones are fewer than thirty major regions (300 sub-regions), the war zone confrontation tournament will automatically start."

"War zone ranking (based on the number of Awakened Ones and survivors in each major war zone, comprehensively judged by strength)"

"no. 1: Huaxia War Zone--198721 combat points! (War zone danger level: low+)"

"no. 2: American War Zone--191001 combat points! (War zone danger level: medium+)"

"no. 3: East German War Zone--98771 combat points! (War zone danger level: high)"

"Korean War Zone--32190 combat points! (War zone danger level: high+)"

As the global announcement sounded again, survivors worldwide began checking their war zone rankings.

Although a high rank doesn't necessarily mean anything, upon seeing the comparison of danger level and Apocalypse difficulty, everyone felt a heavy weight in their hearts like a huge stone.

First is the Huaxia War Zone, no doubt about that.

Many Awakened Ones from war zones with low rankings, upon seeing this, couldn't help but think of that man.

If it weren't for Lin An... perhaps they wouldn't be this miserable...

Moreover, several top-tier third Fourth Rank individuals from the American War Zone fell into contemplation as they looked at their combat power values.

Is the combat power value calculated by adding the Awakened Ones' strength to ordinary people's strength?

The Huaxia War Zone is the highest, which is certain; after all, with Lin An present, the Huaxia War Zone has the most survivors among third Fourth Rank individuals.

But, as high-level officials of our own war zone, they deeply know what hidden biological weapons their zone still possesses; that thing should also count as combat power.

I wonder... just how much combat power value Lin An alone accounted for...

In an instant, countless top-tier Awakened Ones began to speculate and discuss.

Unlike survivors worldwide, Lin An merely looked with slight surprise at the suddenly appearing war zone ranking system and war zone confrontation.

The former isn't worth much; it merely reflects which country's Awakened Ones are stronger.

These things had also been opened in my past life; I recall that back then, the Huaxia War Zone ranked low due to too few third Fourth Rank individuals, and without its large population base, it would have dropped even further.

What truly matters is the latter.

The war zone competition, frankly, is just a national war.

Each major war zone dispatches its strongest to fight other war zones; the victors' entire war zone gains power enhancement, while the losers' entire zones have their attributes deducted.

For Awakened Ones, losing attributes is painful and hard to accept, but what's truly terrifying is the effect on ordinary people.

Just like the Iceland War Zone, which could never be rebuilt, after having 10 points of attributes deducted at once, it can be said that, aside from Awakened Ones who survived, the ordinary people who fled the original Iceland War Zone were all wiped out in that instant without exception!

Cruel and merciless—that is the true portrayal of the system.

And for slightly weaker Awakened Ones, having all 10 attribute points deducted almost turns them into the most crippled of the crippled, death not far off.

War zone punishment—terrifying indeed.

"Captain Lin, what is war zone reconstruction, and why did Iceland disappear?!"

In contemplation, inside the warplane, Xiong Hanzi, who had been watching Kong vs. Mermaid, jumped up in shock, rushed straight to Lin An's face, and asked curiously:

"Iceland was already gone, wasn't it? How come it's gone again now?"

Hearing Xiong Hanzi's question, Lin An pondered for a moment, then hesitated and shook his head.

To be honest, he also knows little.

"Probably, in the system's judgment, after the war zone's official organization disappeared, no one re-established a force."

"Or, if after a certain time the war zone has no safe zone at all, it is considered completely annihilated."

"In the system's judgment, such a war zone is deemed lacking potential, and the survivors don't know how to cooperate and resist; therefore, the system directly imposes punishment."

Based on his speculation, Lin An calmly explained the situation.

"Oh~ oh~"

Blinking his eyes, Xiong Hanzi nodded as if half-understanding.

"So, those people are just trash, right?"

Lin An paused upon hearing that, was about to speak, when the next second a series of cold system prompts, extremely abnormal, rang out continuously;

"Global announcement:"

"The Korean War Zone has entered a doomsday countdown; please quickly reduce this war zone's difficulty!!"

"The Japanese War Zone has entered a doomsday countdown; please quickly reduce this war zone's difficulty!!"

"The East African War Zone has entered a doomsday countdown; please quickly reduce this war zone's difficulty!!"

"The Brahma War Zone has entered a doomsday countdown; please quickly reduce this war zone's difficulty!!"

Twelve consecutive booms, each like a giant hammer, shocked global survivors into great panic.

In an instant, the whole world seemed to fall into endless darkness.

After the trial ended, the catastrophe arrived.