Around 2 a.m., Li Yao was a little tired after collecting pathogens. She sat in the living room looking at the starry sky outside the window. She was surprised to learn that humanity had experienced tens of thousands of viral outbreaks, but viruses had never been able to wipe out the human race. These included the Black Death, cholera, plague, and bubonic plague in the past, and now SARS, AIDS, pneumonia, and so on.
In her original life, Li Yao didn't live to the end, only three years. She didn't know if humanity had defeated the zombies, nor did she ever leave the base. So, besides seeing the lower classes struggling to survive, devoid of humanity and dignity, starving and tortured, she saw no other aspects of this world.
However, Li Yao had taken over the military treasury, research centers, and medical institutions of the Flag State. She understood that with its financial and military resources, and its current level of scientific research, survival wouldn't be difficult; it just wouldn't be as comfortable as it would be under a stable social order. In extreme heat or cold, there would be temperature-controlled clothing, and food supplies. Last year, the total food production of Earth reached 3.768 billion tons, enough to feed nearly 6 billion people globally for at least a year—and that doesn't even include vegetables, meat, and fruit. Earth's food production is higher than Earth's.
However, the post-apocalyptic world remains one of cannibalism and utter dehumanization. Beyond the zombies and water shortages, the main problem is man-made disaster. Everyone wants to be well-fed, but not only well-fed, but also better than before. The collapse of order unleashes the full spectrum of human nature, from the desire to survive to the thirst for power. Add to this the instigation of foreign spies and the greed of those who seize mountains and establish their own kingdoms.
Today, while Li Yao was collecting the virus, she had the system gather national security data from all countries. The 007 series really lived up to its reputation; global agents and spies, especially the top ones, are even more powerful than those depicted in the movies. And the dirty tricks that those in power do in their desire for power and status are no less impressive than those in the films.
Previously, Li Yao only thought about stockpiling goods, finding a beautiful place to pass the time, cultivating some hobbies, accumulating skill points from the system, and maybe being able to continue living in another time and space.
But today I've seen so many pathogens, witnessed the cruel experiments those research institutes conduct on humans, and seen how even today, people in the remote mountains of China are still conducting human experiments. I've seen petri dishes labeled "Chinese" placed in culture chambers deep within hospitals in the Flag Country and Great Eagle Country.
Li Yao found it laughable. What kind of community of shared future for mankind was this? The apocalypse might just be another viral outbreak like before, or it might just be an opportunity created by some people to reshuffle the power structure of Earth, redistribute resources, and plunder them.
So rather than letting others take a share, why not keep it all for ourselves? A hundred years ago, Western countries plundered the wealth and skills that China had accumulated over a thousand years. They looted and extracted so much gold, jewelry and ancestral crafts from the flesh and blood of the Chinese people, in exchange for the initial capital accumulation that brought prosperity to so many Western families and businesses. If the strong are destined to be the top predators, then why can't we be?
Li Yao felt her perspective broaden instantly. She asked the system, "[6834, how many foreign spies and agents are currently within the Dragon Kingdom?]"
[Dear host, there are currently approximately 1.08 million spies and agents within the Dragon Kingdom, and the number changes daily. Last time, you made the information of those who attacked the firewall visible to the entire network, so the GA arrested some spies.]
Li Yao pondered for a moment and asked, "[6834, if I want to store all this junk in my space at once, is there any way to do that?]"
[Host, please upgrade the system. Currently, 6834 is a level 1 system, which is not possible. The system has detected that the host's skill value is 23.89 million. The system can be upgraded to level 2, which will cost 100,000 skill points. Please confirm whether to upgrade?]
Li Yao slapped her forehead. She had turned off skill value notifications, so she had been so focused on hoarding them that she had forgotten to upgrade and buy skills.
After Li Yao quickly confirmed the upgrade, the system prompted: "[System upgrade in progress, please wait 10%......20%...80%...100% System upgrade complete]".
The system has detected that the host's skill value is 23.79 million. The system can be upgraded to level 3, costing 1 million skill points. Please confirm whether to upgrade?
Upon hearing that an upgrade was possible, Li Yao clicked "confirm." This time, the system upgrade took only 5 seconds. After the upgrade was complete, another prompt appeared: "[The system has detected that the host's skill value is 22.79 million. The system can be upgraded to level 4, costing 10 million skill points. Please confirm whether to upgrade?]"
Li Yao clicked "Confirm" again. This upgrade seemed to be taking a while; the screen displayed, "[Please wait patiently, this upgrade will take 5 minutes...]"
While waiting for the system to upgrade, Li Yao was conceiving spatial skills in her mind. If there were a reverse selection operation like in Photoshop, she could select the entire Dragon Kingdom, mark the spies and traitors filtered by the system, and then use "one-click reverse selection" to select these 1.08 million people and send them directly to the infinite space through spatial devouring or spatial teleportation. That would save a lot of trouble.
[Ding, hello host, 6834 upgrade complete] A pleasant voice rang in Li Yao's mind. This time it was no longer a mechanical electronic voice, but a more magnetic one, and it was more in line with Li Yao's aesthetic sense. Moreover, Li Yao keenly sensed that the system was somewhat different.
[6834, you can now choose your own tone?]
[Yes, host. After the upgrade, 6834 is more intelligent and has a variety of voices, including loli voice, mature woman voice, wolf dog voice, puppy voice, charming youth voice, mature middle-aged voice, steady father voice, grandfather voice (as if an elder in the family is a treasure), and cute baby voice, etc. Would you like to try them out? 6834 is currently selecting the youthful voice that the host prefers.]
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