Chapter 176. With the Strength of One Person

     “Free Dungeon, a very free instance, free time, free missions.”

     “Apart from the top three ranked survivors, the reward is only 500 points, not even enough for the spare change of some of Sister Jing’s experiments. For strong survivors, 《The End of the World》 is just a retirement vacation dungeon.”

     But after Wang Xue’s description, Watson and Wang Xue immediately joined the next round of the free instance (76324/1000000), occupying one spot.

     Moreover, their spaces will always retain a magic team-up scroll that costs 30,000 points to recruit one person.

     Looking at the suddenly sharp increase in the number of applicants on the App, one can immediately see how popular free dungeon are.

     At least the 《The End of the World》dungeon is.

     Many teams, such as the China Supernatural Investigation Bureau, must be regretting that they didn’t have less than fifty thousand new soldiers join the free dungeon at this time.

     These fifty thousand only joined with trepidation and after writing their wills, accompanied by a thousand veteran survivors, carrying multiple magic scrolls, and with at least 25 strong individuals inside and outside the bureau (including the chief survivor) promising to cooperate with the Bureau.

     As a result, they found that before the 《The End of the World》 dungeon closed on its own, it was simply a second world perfectly suited for training recruits.

     Hunting 100,000 zombies is easy for strong survivors, but still quite difficult for ordinary survivors.

     When Wang Xue exited the dungeon, the system only announced 52 survivors, and there must have been quite a few groups among them.

     However, with the accompaniment of strong survivors, in the 《The End of the World》 dungeon, ordinary survivors and new survivor recruits can improve themselves through real combat drills.

     Especially the new survivors.

     During their zombie hunts, it’s very easy to stimulate and increase their speed and strength attributes, a very small number will also increase their constitution, and even their mental strength.

     Therefore, even though five strong survivors have already completed the task of hunting 100,000 zombies with the help of their teams, currently only one has returned to the Supernatural Investigation Bureau in the real world. There are definitely strong survivors who will stay in this second world until the dungeon closes before coming out.

     “The pity is that missing the registration means entering 《The End of the World》 costs 30,000 points per person.”

     Wang Xue regretted it to death. She should have stayed in《The End of the World》longer, at least she should sell the two team-up scrolls, some medicine, and weapons to large organizations at system store prices first before leaving.

     Absolutely some organizations would be interested!

     In terms of proportion, there are quite a few people who are not from the investigation bureau and enter the “《The End of the World》 copy. The second is Lani Shannon’s women’s group, led by the leader of the organization. There are 20,000 new members who have been oppressed by men for a long time in South Asia and even the Middle East and are resisting. Among them, there are many new members, ranging from 12 years old to 55 years old.

     The core of their organization remains unchanged: independent women, not excluding violent means.

     The Women’s Gang has expanded from India to South Asia, and the next step is the Middle East.

     They are making the trend of instability and even division in many South Asian and Middle Eastern countries increasingly significant. Countless men jump out to oppose them every day, making them one of the most controversial international women’s organizations currently.

     According to forum gossip, Rani Shannon’s two daughters are already survivors.

     Even the Supernatural Investigation Bureau and the Women’s Gang are complaining about having too few people entering the instances, while other organizations can only say: *Shit!*

     Several large organizations like King Cobra have concentrated their main forces on the real dungeon. They have survivors who join the free dungeon, but not many.

     What a mistake!

     Fortunately, these organizations are very smart. They started to trick ordinary survivors or newcomers who strayed in the 《The End of the World》 dungeon into joining the organization or temporarily joining the organization to increase their organization strength of the second world.

     In short, if the next round of free dungeons is not unknown and the time for the second round of public beta is not coming soon, the free dungeon (81324/1000000) is likely to be squeezed out again.

      For the small organization of Ye Mo and her three people, it seems that the free dungeon is useless in terms of strength except for increasing their survivor customers.

     But this is just the《The End of the World》 dungeon.

    “The End of the World” and “Doomsday Supermarket” have a connection that cannot be ignored, whether it is the outbreak of zombies, the mutation of zombies, or the end of the world. What if there are upgraded versions of “Irish Town” in the future?

     Besides, if they must enter the survivor app, Watson hopes that the first copy his relatives enter is a copy like “The End of the World” with high freedom and less danger.

     This is the reason why two of the three signed up.

     Wang Xue held her chin up: “From this point of view, although our group is strong, there are too few people.”

     Ye Mo replied to her: “Our organization is essentially different from organizations like the Supernatural Investigation Bureau. Besides, if there is a real need, whether it is the third world or the first world, we can spend points to buy a few entry qualifications from other groups, such as the Supernatural Investigation Bureau. This is not difficult.”

     “…That’s right.”

     The three-person discussion temporarily came to an end.

     Watson ordered takeout from his own business, large portions and delicious, they needed good food to adjust their mood.

     “Can we open a jar of Dukang?”

     “No.”

     “Damn it, Watson, you actually secretly moved it! Is there still any trust between people?!”

     “Your credit has been eaten by dogs.”

     “Maria, put down the wine in your hand, there are only five jars left!”

     “Holmes Jing, well done! There are still five jars? So many?”

     “…”

     …

     In the time that followed, aside from preparing for the second round of public beta testing, Ye Mo finally managed to create the Life Space Bracelets amidst her studies and experiments, urged on by Wang Xue and Watson.

     There were exactly three Life Spaces, each 500 cubic meters, one for each person.

     However, the size of the Life Space wasn’t calculated based on area, but rather by the number of lives it could accommodate.

     This Life Space had the capacity for: 200 ordinary plants; 50 low-level exotic/spirit plants; 8 mid-level mutated/spirit plants; 80 ordinary animals; and 2 low-level mutated animals.

     The three of them would set aside some time each day to follow international news.

     Yes, international news.

     Not limited to Chinese news, but they also reading the news from other countries and survivor forums.

     After all, although the increase in Earth’s spiritual energy caused by the free dungeons was negligible, they were a major headache for governments worldwide.

     The sudden missing persons cases and disappearance incidents, coupled with the large-scale death events that hadn’t yet been fully suppressed, made it increasingly difficult to keep many matters under control.

     Some countries had already completely failed in managing public opinion, with negative news, both major and minor, appearing on the streets daily.

     There were plenty of people exploiting the chaos fueled by this negative news. Eventually, it even led to a situation where survivors infiltrated the centers of state power and interfered with governance.

     This was far too dangerous.

     The survivors were very powerful, making it easy for them to climb the ranks. Consequently, capitalists from other factions in that country began supporting different survivors to rise, seeking to establish a balance.

     This is also terrifying.

     Once that balance was lost, the battles between survivors would be beyond what ordinary people could endure, especially since these survivors were already accustomed to resolving issues through combat strength.

     Ye Mo and the others had no intention of interfering with the changes, reforms, progress, or regressions in other countries, but they still hoped the Earth wouldn’t descend into chaos.

     Furthermore, no sane person would wish for their own country to fall into chaos, peaceful and quiet times are always best.

      So when the international situation became more serious, Wang Xue gave the Supernatural Investigation Bureau a message, and Maria personally approached Bella to make a deal with the King Cobra Intelligence Agency: 【If China faces a serious threat of war, notify me, thank you. 】

     Bella replied after an hour: 【No problem. 】

     The King Cobra Intelligence Agency didn’t mention anything about fees at all, because Ye Mo’s stance was already enough for them to profit. Aside from China, even the current Overlord, the United States, along with other nations, are all inquiring about the Chief Survivor’s position on the current situation.  

     Maria’s deal represents a firm position and also represents that China has strong support. Even if a world war breaks out, they may have to avoid it, so as not to be thrown into the sea by the Tyrannosaurus Rex to feed the fish. So many countries in South Asia and the Middle East can’t stop Lani Shannon, let alone the chief survivor?

     So far, no one has been able to fully grasp Maria’s complete range of abilities. Moreover, many nations still rely on the weapons she crafts.  

    This has led to an inexplicable, if temporary, stabilization in some countries—though it’s only relative. Plenty of survivors and nations still see Maria as a thorn in their side, cursing her daily, hoping she dies in the next dungeon.  

     But standing at the peak inevitably invites envy—after all, success attracts criticism.  

     Ye Mo never imagined she’d one day influence global affairs single-handedly. A year ago, such an idea would’ve been dismissed as a bad joke, unworthy of attention.  

     And honestly? No one on Earth saw it coming either.  

     Watson & Wang Xue: “Awesome!”

     …

     The day after Ye Mo and Bella communicated, China had already felt that the attitudes of various countries towards China had changed significantly. Anyone with sense knew exactly who was behind this change—that same day, the Supernatural Investigation Bureau received a flood of top-secret, S-class protection orders.  

     And who they were about went without saying.  

     China had already deployed troops to every province, city, and district—to calm public sentiment, maintain order, protect civilians, and relieve the pressure on local police forces.  

     Online, censorship (404s) and suppressing trending topics remained inevitable. However, China was no longer completely silencing supernatural discussions, meaning netizens who dug deep enough could still uncover signs of the changing world.  

     The proof? Supermarket shelves of oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar were being cleared out daily. Even with official reassurances, nothing could curb the people’s enthusiasm for stockpiling supplies.  

     Wang Xue had fully embraced her role as the finance manager: “If people found out about space storage, would our store be able to make a fortune?”

     “……”

     While the Chinese government had eased its crackdown, it had accelerated efforts in education, literature, and martial arts.  

     So far, only the Survivor app is still a taboo, while the National Joint Supernatural Investigation Bureau is gradually introducing Supernatural revival incident into the lives of the citizens.