Time keeps passing! From day to night, and from night to dawn.

The rescue operation by Wang Xiaoyi and Zhang Xiaoyao is still ongoing!

The scene was horrific; it was too gruesome to bear!

The screams were so horrific they were unbearable to hear!

Go down from the second floor of the top-tier stronghold, and the more you go down, the more miserable it becomes!

Compared to the beast-transformation room in the basement, Wang Xiaoyi had the illusion that the research institute was paradise!

By noon the following day, the rescue operation at the top-tier outpost had concluded.

A total of 1321 players were rescued, with 296 rescued from the research labs on the first and second floors. As for the remaining players—

It's hard to imagine that there are 1,025 players in a space on the first basement level!

The rescued players were numb and exhausted, all struggling on the verge of death!

In front of the dilapidated building, Wang Xiaoyi exchanged a large amount of living supplies with game currency from the game store.

Several large pots were set up on the open ground, with firewood burning underneath them, occasionally producing slight crackling sounds.

Before long, the aroma of rice porridge wafted from the pot!

Wang Xiaoyi and Zhang Xiaoyao could only fill bowls with rice porridge and distribute it to the rescued players one by one.

Two flowers bloom, each representing a different branch.

Inside the high-level conference room at the headquarters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

Using fake identities, Zhang Guan and Li Dai watched as the members of the Tianzi stronghold escaped from the Thunder Warship.

Li Dai quietly walked towards a member of the Heaven and Earth Alliance.

"Boss, a gigantic flying magic weapon ripped the roof off the building!" The voice of the Heaven and Earth Alliance member trembled slightly, clearly still shaken by the power of the Thunder Warship!

“Huge, just how big is it?” Li Dai asked casually.

"This, this..." The members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance were speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Too terrified to remember? No problem, I'll see for myself!" A sharp chain extended from the forehead of Li Dai's fake body, piercing directly through the skull of the Heaven and Earth Alliance member.

"Ah~" The Heaven and Earth Alliance member screamed and died instantly!

The signal lights on Li Dai's fake body's head started flashing like little colored lights again!

After a while, Li Dai revealed a knowing smile!

"I see, that's interesting! But I need more data!"

Li Dai unleashed a burst of flames from his right hand, instantly burning the corpses of the Heaven and Earth Alliance members to ashes.

Murder and funeral services all in one go!

"Zhang Guan, call the next person in! I need enough data samples to verify my ideas!" Li Dai said calmly.

"Okay, I'll go call the next person! But can't we ask the questions properly?"

"Isn't this method a bit too cruel! After all, he's also a member of our Heaven and Earth Alliance!" Zhang Guan still had some objections to Li Dai's actions.

"When a person is in a state of extreme panic, their memory may become disordered!"

To ensure the accuracy of the data, directly invading their brain nerves is the safest method!

As long as we catch the culprits, their sacrifice will be worthwhile! I think they will understand what I did!

Hurry up, we don't have much time left!

Li Dai's emotions didn't fluctuate much, and his words were so cold and ruthless!

Before long, ten members of the Heaven and Earth Alliance died one after another at Li Dai's hands, and a small pile of ashes had already been collected in the high-level conference room.

"Interesting! In this day and age, there are still people like this! It's really interesting!"

However, I need more data to make a better judgment!

The top-tier and yellow-tier strongholds have been eliminated!

Zhang Guan, go and notify the leaders and chiefs of the Earth and Mysterious factions to come for a meeting!

The meeting is scheduled for 3 PM!

Li Dai's fake body sat on the sofa, giving orders while thinking!

At this very moment, at the original Tianzi-level stronghold.

"Wang Xiaoyi, what do we do next?!"

The rescued players had all finished their rice porridge. Zhang Xiaoyao walked over to Wang Xiaoyi and asked softly.

"I don't have any good solutions right now, so I'll just have to take it one step at a time!"

You know what? If it were just facing the Soul Eater Clan, I would be willing to fight to the death, even at the cost of my own life!

But the people on the other side were our own people, and I actually felt a sense of despair!

Before the enemy even officially appeared, endless internal strife had already begun within humanity!

Moreover, those who died could very well become data used against us in the future; this feeling is truly powerless!

Wang Xiaoyi has already told Zhang Xiaoyao about the Soul Devouring Clan!

Zhang Xiaoyao was shocked for a long time after hearing the news before he could barely accept the fact!

"That's true, we can only take it one step at a time. We don't know what will happen tomorrow!"

Just like the sudden arrival of the beast version, no one would have known that things would happen so suddenly!

But as long as we're alive, there's still hope, isn't there? Zhang Xiaoyao managed a weak smile.

"The only good news is that, contrary to what you expected, most of the players we rescued chose to continue living, didn't they!" Wang Xiaoyi got up from the ground and rallied.

Most of the players who had already undergone beast transformation, like Wang Letian, were unable to accept the reality of their transformation and ended their own lives.

When villains transform into beasts, they are overjoyed, and the immense power amplifies their inner desires!

The good man was heartbroken after being transformed into a beast, unable to accept that he had become the very thing he hated most!

Of course, a small number of players who underwent beast-like transformation chose to survive!

At this moment, choosing to live is far more difficult than choosing to die!

For the first time, Wang Xiaoyi changed his objective prejudice and stopped using whether someone had turned into a beast as a basis for judging justice and evil!

Some people who did not undergo the transformation into beasts refused to accept the loss of their loved ones and chose to end their own lives after finishing their rice porridge.

Wang Xiaoyi and Zhang Xiaoyao didn't try to stop them. As they said before, the choice between life and death was in their own hands!

However, the final result is still acceptable, with 996 players choosing to survive!

To be alive means to have infinite possibilities!

"The end times are here. What's the point if I'm the only one left to live?"

We must preserve the flame of our civilization!

Of course, I am not so great as to make saving all mankind my goal; I can only try my best to save the people I encounter!

As long as there are people, there is still hope! Don't you agree, Zhang Xiaoyao?

For the first time in days, Wang Xiaoyi smiled!

Wang Xiaoyi reached out a hand and pulled Zhang Xiaoyao up from the ground!

"Let's go, let's take a look at our future team!"

I always felt that some extraordinary person would emerge from among them!

Wang Xiaoyi: <(￣︶￣)↗[GO!]

Zhang Xiaoyao: <(￣︶￣)↗[GO!]