In China, the three major bases quickly made a decision, dispatching helicopters to observe the situation of the light beams, followed by researchers.
On the way, they watched as the sky grew redder and redder, and the beams of light gradually changed from bright white to light red, and then to deep red.
It looked like something was absorbing those red substances, which appeared to be carrying the zombie virus.
The beam of light was cylindrical, with an estimated diameter of nearly a kilometer. Its height was impossible to calculate, and its top disappeared directly into the gathered thunderclouds.
Upon closer inspection, people realized how enormous it truly was. Looking at it, one would often feel as if the entire world had been dyed red, as if a third red rain had fallen.
Five kilometers away from the beam of light, the helicopter began to malfunction, forcing people at each base to stop, put on protective suits, and risk advancing on foot.
Before the people from the three major bases arrived, people from nearby bases came to join the fun, only to be chopped to pieces and their heads were smoking. As a result, the first thing they did when they came up was to rescue the people.
After trying it out, they found that 200 meters away from the beam of light was the safe range for lightning, so they set up a warning line, but they still couldn't stop people from being reckless.
Because it was too far, Mao Qiu and his group of eight ultimately only allowed An Yao and the spatial ability user to continue on their way, while the others turned back halfway.
With the risk of turning into zombies reduced, the number of people outside has increased, but they often encounter attacks from strange beasts and plants.
Everything seemed to be going well, but when Mao Qiu and Yan Jing returned to the base, they were met with another setback.
They plan to continue building the base.
Even now, the various bases are still firmly in the hands of the nation, unlike other countries that have split up on a single piece of land.
On this basis, it became much more difficult for them to build a base, and conflicts began to emerge within the mutual aid association, or rather, the conflicts were intensified.
The reason is simple: leaving the base means that they can no longer obtain cultivation techniques and body-refining skills from the base, but Mao Anyan and the other two have never offered to share the complete cultivation techniques and body-refining skills.
In the apocalypse, a faith is needed, and China has pushed Wang Hao, who is rarely seen, into the position.
The members of the mutual aid society all knew that the cultivation techniques and body-refining skills they practiced came from Wang Hao, and they also knew that Mao Anyan and the other two were Wang Hao's students. They believed that they had complete cultivation techniques and body-refining skills, but were unwilling to teach them completely.
They were grateful to Mao Qiu and the other two, but they also harbored a strong sense of unease.
Running a mutual aid society together and going out to start your own business are completely different concepts. Coupled with these imbalances, conflicts were immediately triggered.
Mao Qiu and the others had long known that a small favor could be appreciated, but a large one could breed resentment, yet when they actually experienced it, they still couldn't help but feel sad.
Problems arose again regarding the distribution of crystal cores, with some people beginning to oppose an equal distribution, among whom the wind-type ability users were the most vocal.
The mutual aid association failed less than six months after its establishment.
The gap between those with superpowers and ordinary people is widening, and when they look back, they find that there is no other way.
Mao Qiu and Yan Jing were confused.
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The zombies disappeared overnight, along with the zombie beasts. After the initial euphoria, people began to feel fear, afraid that something even bigger was waiting for them.
After waiting for a while, the revelry began.
The commander of Base One contacted overseas countries and discovered that this was not only happening in China, but also all over the world. The zombies and corpse beasts had all disappeared, leaving only strange beasts and plants.
China began to take over the cities near the base, forcefully expropriating all real estate and arranging for the first batch of people to move in, entirely on a voluntary basis.
The city was covered in thick dust and grime. There weren't many collapsed high-rise buildings, but most of the houses had their windows and doors violently damaged. Restoring the city would be a huge undertaking.
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An Yao waited near the pillar of light until she ran out of food, then returned to meet up with Mao Qiu and Yan Jing. On the way, she encountered people from the mutual aid society, but learned about the society's split, which made her depressed for a few days.
With everything in ruins and needing rebuilding, they silently helped the city return to its former glory, thinking about what to do at night.
Nearly a century has passed since women began to awaken, but an apocalypse has severely hampered these long-standing efforts.
"Their thinking is still the same as before, but the times are not the same as before. Coupled with the imbalance of the proportion of superpowers and the collapse of order, it is indeed too unfriendly to us, and even allows men to easily dominate us women."
"But why is this happening? Why is this the case? Why can't we control the power of thunder and fire? I refuse to accept this."
“Yaoyao, now that we have such great strength, if we are not convinced, then others will be even less likely to be convinced. We must change this, and our teacher has given us the ability to change it.”
"But we are still too weak. We can't even maintain our mutual aid society."
Yan Jing said in a low voice, "Perhaps we were on the wrong track from the beginning. What we initially hoped for was that everyone could become self-reliant, so 'mutual assistance' was wrong, too presumptuous and foolish... The people we really wanted to help would never join in."
"How about we do what the teacher did?"
When they met the teacher, they also felt that the world was too terrible and were utterly despondent, wanting only to eat and wait to die and live a wretched life. But the teacher put a hammer in their hands and said to them, "Smash their heads and I will take you out."
If they hadn't met their teacher back then, or if they had been locked up for a longer period of time, they might have become the very people they now find so disappointing.
But they encountered light, and the light allowed them to shatter the darkness.
Mao Qiu lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Then we'll do it like this... and that... and then... finally..."
"Okay, we'll do it your way."
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On the eight hundredth day after the pillar of light appeared, the light red color that filled the sky began to fade slowly, making the red of the pillar of light and its top particularly noticeable. Among all the pillars of light, the one in the Kingdom of Jiepan was the largest and reddest.
No one can describe its immense size until they get up close.
Standing in the center of China's territory, it is clear that it is larger than the one within China's borders. So much so that many people initially thought that the beam of light was closer and chased after it, only to end up "looking at the ocean in vain".
On the 830th day, the seven smaller pillars of light returned to their original incandescent color, then fell back and disappeared, revealing the mysterious patterns on the ground.
After confirming that getting close would prevent further lightning strikes, the helicopter took off and photographed the entire pattern.
The countries communicated and discovered that the patterns under the seven pillars of light were the same, but no one understood what it meant.
Some people tried to copy it exactly, but obviously, they failed.
After the other pillars of light disappeared, a red cloud above Jiepan Kingdom became particularly noticeable, along with the enormous pillar of light that showed no signs of dissipating.
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