There is endless desolation in the wilderness.

Not to mention being in the city, even if we are far away from the city ruins.

There is still little life in the wild.

It is not just the human species that suffers in disasters.

The slaughter of the monsters from the abyss is indiscriminate.

Many lives in nature protect humans from a lot of dangers.

Most of the places in the world without humans are quiet, and it takes a long time for nature to return to its previous state.

A series of possible adverse consequences caused by the disruption of the ecological environment balance.

Not here yet.

But it is imminent.

Wu Changwei shook his head as he thought about it.

Don't think about it anymore.

Although he holds a PhD in both biology and sociology, he likes to study the balance and connection that exists between humans and nature.

But humans nowadays probably don't have the mood to think so much, and the news he heard from other people along the way made him understand this.

Survive, adapt and rebuild.

It is the main theme of the first year of this post-order era.

What Wu Changwei needs to do now is to adapt to this already unfamiliar world.

Feeling the less bumpy ride on the military truck.

He was vaguely aware that the Liaohai City survivor base should be not far away.

Although we haven't seen anyone else outside of their convoy.

But the road conditions in the surrounding areas are obviously better.

This is obviously cleaned and maintained by someone special.

This shows that this section of road is frequently used, which means it is close to human settlements.

Looking at everything outside.

He couldn't help but be distracted.

More than two days had passed since he came out of that dark laboratory.

He still feels a little dreamy.

The fifteen days of hell were over, and that kind of life in darkness was over.

And the rescue that the three saviors mentioned before leaving did arrive in time within two days.

Or to be precise.

It was less than a day.

There were also a group of soldiers coming there.

They claimed to be soldiers from the survivor base in Liaohai City.

Fortunately, Wu Changwei, as a brave man who asked "What year is it today", naturally became the leader of the twelve survivors.

He decisively took everyone to find some supplies and cleaned themselves up in time, and by the way, he recuperated for a while under the blue sky and white clouds.

However, they did not face the group of people who came to pick them up with a stinking smell.

Everything after that is simple.

Although their faces were still haggard, their mental state had improved a little as they waited for the military truck convoy to come to rescue them.

The military truck delayed for most of the day, loaded the truck with some important supplies, and then took them on their return journey.

This efficiency is already very satisfactory.

Wu Changwei understood that the sudden arrival of five military trucks was obviously not just to rescue the twelve survivors.

At least you won't return empty-handed.

Going that far would waste a lot of precious fuel.

In today's world.

Obviously there is some loss.

A huge convoy of five vehicles came to rescue them, and their target was not just the twelve survivors who had been trapped in the basement for a long time.

The resources in the city where these survivors live have not been affected due to various post-disaster reconstruction plans.

Now is a good time to search for it.

after.

That is, in each car filled with supplies, a few survivors are stuffed.

The group set out on the journey to the survivor base in Liaohai City.

Suddenly.

A neat field came into view, waking Wu Changwei up from his distraction.

He looked around.

I saw large tracts of newly reclaimed fields neatly laid out before my eyes.

Wu Changwei understood immediately.

He was probably approaching the border of the Liaohai City Survivor Base.

After all, in this day and age.

Even though he had not experienced it personally, he could still make some guesses based on his professional ability.

This large-scale planting field was opened up.

It must be the top priority of post-disaster reconstruction.

Even after so many people died, there is actually no shortage of food.

But in order to prevent disasters from happening again, in order to avoid eating up all the food, in order to rebuild a self-sufficient food system, and in order to satisfy the Chinese people's desire to grow crops...

For a number of important reasons.

Farming is inevitable.

And the vast land of Liaohai Province is suitable for the development of agriculture.

For such important things, the first batch of sites to be developed will not be too far away from the survivors' base.

After all, we have to consider the convenience of care and protection.

so……

With a hint of anticipation, Wu Changwei leaned his head out of the window.

Try to look in the direction the convoy is heading.

Faintly, he saw a long line of barbed wire and soldiers standing guard.

Although this has no protective effect

However, there is likely to be a large buffer area and a series of defense lines further ahead.

This setting can provide sufficient early warning and buffering effects, so this line of defense can be said to be the outermost area of ​​the Liaohai City Survivor Base!

After the convoy arrived at the defense line, it immediately braked and was inspected by the soldiers on the defense line.

Wu Changwei and eleven other survivors got out of different vehicles to undergo safety checks, and every corner of the convoy was carefully searched.

The process is not complicated.

Dangerous goods inspections are mainly carried out here.

These include but are not limited to: hot weapons, flammable and explosive materials, special chemicals, etc.

People carrying dangerous goods need to have their identity confirmed and their carrying qualifications verified.

There was obviously nothing wrong with their convoy.

We were released very quickly.

On the way behind the defense line, Wu Changwei witnessed the outer defense forces of the Liaohai City survivor base.

Even he is someone who knows nothing about military affairs.

Along the way, we saw many visible watchtowers, bunkers, minefield warnings, and patrol teams.

We don’t even know how many are hiding in secret.

Let him come alone.

I'm afraid you wouldn't even know it even if you were standing on a well-hidden bunker.

If you don't know the safe routes that are changed and informed by the survivor base every day, you may step on twelve mines and traps in ten steps.

We drove about ten kilometers.

A second line of defense appeared in front of us.

Here.

Wu Changwei couldn't help but stare in amazement.

He saw something that shocked the world.

He originally thought that nothing in this strange world could shock him anymore.

But when I saw that thing, I couldn't help but be surprised.

It was a giant silver mecha.

With a body of nearly ten meters standing on the second line of defense, it is enough to attract the attention of all passers-by.

Compared with the surrounding tanks.

It also seems inconspicuous.

The not-so-strong afternoon sunlight shines on the surface of the mecha, adding a sense of epic.

The structure of the whole body, whose function is unclear, is enough to make anyone feel a sense of sharpness.

Wu Changwei was silent.

He believes it.

This thing is definitely not just a simple decoration.

This is absolutely the real deal.

It is a real killing machine that can move and fight! How did he get out of the small dark room after being locked up for more than ten days?

I feel so out of touch with the times.

Wu Changwei was a little confused.

The series of changes caused by the disaster are understandable, but is the mecha that is getting closer and closer in front of you also included in the changes?

Is this the weapon that humans will use to deal with this disaster? Before the disaster strikes.

How many things are hidden in this world? Wu Changwei was thinking.

soon.

The convoy continued to move forward.

After passing through four more lines of defense, detailed and repeated inspections were carried out in various aspects.

Then.

The real Liaohai City survivor base appeared in front of everyone.

The city wall, which was not very tall but stretched for a long distance, immediately drew Wu Changwei's attention back.

His mind, which had been wandering ever since he saw the mecha, returned to normal.

Looking at the cement-poured city wall slowly approaching.

Wu Changwei once again experienced the changes of the times.

City wall, an ancient military defense facility, is a military defense line composed of walls and other auxiliary military facilities.

It was a defensive building to resist foreign invasion.

This not very advanced defensive structure has actually been eliminated long ago.

But now it is being used again.

As a scientific researcher who knows a little bit about everything, Wu Changwei understands one thing.

The existence of this wall.

Perhaps the spiritual significance is greater than the practical protective significance.

It was still theoretically useless, far inferior to the long buffer zone he had seen on the way here.

The significance of the existence of this wall.

It is more of an emotional sustenance that brings comfort to the survivors.

Let the survivors understand.

They are safe now.

Even analyze it at a deeper level.

Wu Changwei believes that the construction of this section of the city wall may not have been carried out by the official construction forces of the Liaohai City Survivor Base, but rather the government distributed it to the people in the form of work-for-relief.

Let the public get involved.

While enhancing the sense of belonging of all survivors in the entire survivor base, it also provides a place for the survivors to vent their restless hearts and energy.

The more you think, the more you discover.

This two-meter-high wall, which is not difficult to build and does not cost too many resources, actually plays many important spiritual roles.

Wu Changwei was in deep thought.

Obediently followed the convoy into the city.

In this process.

He went through a series of registration procedures with the officials at the Liaohai City Survivor Base.

Then he was assigned a [Bai Yu mobile phone] and a key.

Official personnel have already taught him the specific functions of the [Bai Yu mobile phone].

It's not complicated.

However, it has condensed most of the functions necessary for life, and also contains 500 basic order points issued to the survivors by the Liaohai City Survivor Base.

These 500 points are equivalent to the order points of money in the post-order era, and are the starting point for the survival of these survivors.

besides.

That key was the residential key officially distributed by the Liaohai City Survivor Base.

Official personnel will take them there to the specific location later.

Looking at the increasing number of people after entering the city.

Feeling the excitement that I haven’t felt for a long time.

Wu Changwei's grip on [Bai Yu's cell phone] couldn't help but tighten a little.

From then on, they officially returned to the human settlement.

The world is so strange.

But he had to adapt.

All human beings have to adapt.

………………………………

In the ocean of spiritual rules.

Mr. Chen stared at the changes in the earth's consciousness.

Since the end of the disaster, he has almost been supervising and guiding the earth consciousness to devour the spiritual bodies of the abyss monsters.

Now that so much time has passed.

The devouring finally ended.

at the same time.

There has been a change in Earth consciousness.

At the level of reality in the physical universe, nothing seems to have changed.

No one on Earth noticed.

But in the ocean of spiritual rules.

The magnitude of this change is not small.

While observing the formation of the Earth's consciousness, Mr. Chen reached out to call Gosla over.

Gosila, who was suddenly pulled into the ocean of spiritual rules, was a little panicked at first, but she calmed down when she found that the leader Chen Sheng was right next to her.

She felt the changes in the Earth's consciousness.

She understood what the leader had told her before, that the Earth's consciousness was evolving, and it was already happening.

I understood it immediately.

The reason why leader Chen Sheng called her here.

Without hesitation, she dove headfirst into Earth consciousness.

She originally originated from the Earth consciousness, and now she plans to rush in to merge and devour the evolving Earth consciousness.

Because Mr. Chen had told her about it a few days ago.

If possible, the Earth consciousness would feel more at ease using its own people.

She herself might not be able to devour and integrate the vast evolved Earth consciousness.

But she has the leader Chen Sheng behind her.

So, she is fearless.

And Mr. Chen also watched Gosla rush into the Earth consciousness.

He didn't stop it.

Because that's what he meant.

at the same time.

Her power began to prepare to assist Gosla in starting the devouring process.

It's just that when this process happens right before your eyes.

Mr. Chen discovered some details.

seem……

If Gosla's essence, which had been elevated by him, were to merge with the current Earth consciousness, would it be possible that it would be contaminated by the essence of it?

This will consume Gosla's future potential.

Gosila has been learning the essence of the Little Golden Crow of the Fusang Tree. It would be a bit of a degradation for her to return to Earth at this moment.

Silence.

Mr. Chen immediately gave up the idea of ​​integration.

He was already half a step away from level seven, and with a casual scoop, he pulled back Gosla, who had integrated into the earth's consciousness.

Then he cut off a part of the pure source of power from the Earth's consciousness and stuffed it into Gosla's body. Then he waved his hand and sent Gosla back to the Fusang tree in the Mountain and Sea Realm, letting her retreat and try to break through the fourth level of spiritual power.

As for the earth consciousness.

Mr. Chen thought for a moment.

I feel that Eternal Day and humanity do not need a living, conscious Earth.

So he dispersed most of his intellect and merged it into the earth itself.

The earth, which is already gradually becoming hard.

Crazy increase in resistance to attacks again.

The earth consciousness that was about to advance was reduced by Chen Sheng to only instinct and partial intellect, becoming a hazy consciousness.

Smarter than the dim one it once was.

It is also more vague than the complete consciousness.

It's like a weak artificial intelligence that is at the mercy of others and does not have much autonomy.

Do this.

Mr. Chen stopped.

Looking at the light in front of him, he smiled slightly: "From now on, you will be called Gaia."

After saying that, the light spot disappeared.

The basic intelligence formed by the breaking up and reorganization of the earth's consciousness dissipated.

Mr. Chen was not panicked.

Just take one step and arrive somewhere on Earth.

The land beside him immediately solidified into a vague human figure without any extra organs.

He spoke to Chen Sheng who had come here: "Astral consciousness Gaia is here, please give me your instructions."

Mr. Chen smiled slightly when he saw this.

Yes.

The earth consciousness was transformed into artificial intelligence by him.

The entire earth itself has become a huge special stellar computer.

He is anywhere on earth.

They can summon the astral consciousness Gaia to perform some simple supervision and control of the earth.

(End of this chapter)