Alert! Zombies have breached our nation's defenses. All citizens, please enter the Underground Shelters immediately!
Alert! Countries around the world are falling one after another!
December 31, 2065. Humanity was extinct.
Donghai City.
Inside a dimly lit bedroom.
A man suddenly woke from a nightmare.
No one knew what he had dreamed of.
But his eyes were filled with terror.
"Me... I'm still alive?"
His name was Li Chen, an orphan.
After the apocalypse.
He had served as a squad captain under Yanxia.
"June 30, 2065?"
The next second.
Li Chen rushed to the mirror.
Staring at himself.
He froze.
Not only had he been reborn.
He had even returned to one week before the apocalypse descended.
Li Chen still remembered it clearly.
The day the apocalypse arrived.
The global network collapsed in an instant.
The sea raised waves dozens of meters high.
Bottomless fissures spread throughout the centers of cities.
As the permafrost at the North and South Poles melted one after another.
Prehistoric viruses spread through ocean currents.
Every infected creature.
Turned into low-level zombies!
The ruling order created by modern human civilization.
Had completely collapsed!
In the future.
Hundreds and thousands of large Underground Shelters became humanity's last living spaces.
Even as technological civilization recovered.
The Zombie Virus evolved even faster.
At first, the zombies had merely been primitive.
But only Li Chen knew.
The true culprit behind this human catastrophe.
Was the Alien Civilization!
They had failed once.
But now, they had returned.
Moreover, as the Zombie Virus continued to evolve.
More and more advanced zombie species appeared in succession.
There were Marauders seven or eight meters tall, capable of smashing tanks with a single punch.
There were Deformities whose open mouths could emit sonic waves.
And there were enormous zombies that emerged from the depths of the ocean.
The shelters built by humanity.
Under the attacks of these advanced zombies.
All ended in extinction.
Just as Li Chen was immersed in those painful memories.
The next second.
A cold, emotionless mechanical voice.
Rang out in Li Chen's mind.
"Congratulations, host. Noah Civilization has been successfully activated."
"Earth catastrophe countdown: 7 days."
The sudden voice made Li Chen instinctively furrow his brow.
He cautiously asked in a low voice.
"Noah Civilization?"
"Yes, host."
"Noah Civilization is a Level 3 Cosmic Civilization."
At those words.
Li Chen fell silent.
"Then what level of civilization does Earth belong to?"
"Level 0.5."
The cold mechanical reply made his heart sink.
He had never expected modern civilization, so brilliant as it was.
To not even reach Level 1 Civilization.
In Li Chen's memories.
Even at the moment of his death.
He had never figured out.
Why extraterrestrial civilizations had invaded Earth.
Billions of human lives had been threatened.
But when he recalled his previous life.
And the repeated extermination of humanity.
Li Chen unconsciously clenched his fists.
The hatred flashing in his eyes was almost tangible.
"I have to stop all of this from happening!"
After accepting reality.
Li Chen took a deep breath.
"If I want to change the future."
"What can you help me with?"
"A Star-Level Shelter."
"One hundred thousand Energy Cores."
"And..."
Just as Li Chen continued listening quietly.
The mechanical voice suddenly began to glitch.
For a moment.
The piercing sound of electric currents forced Li Chen to cover his ears tightly.
But even so.
It did nothing to ease the agonizing pain.
"Apologies. The chip has been damaged, and 30 percent of the data has been lost."
As the voice rang out again.
The piercing electrical noise finally disappeared.
Hearing this.
Li Chen vaguely guessed what had happened.
The so-called Noah Civilization should have been a race that once existed on Earth.
As its technology advanced by leaps and bounds.
It gained the ability to leave Earth.
Before leaving, it had left behind an artifact containing the technology of its entire civilization.
But time had passed.
The former Level 3 Civilization.
Had now suffered damage.
Though it was somewhat regrettable.
At the very least, it gave Li Chen a sufficient initial advantage.
"Only seven days remain before the apocalypse arrives?"
Li Chen muttered to himself.
"In my memories, the leaders of every country learned about the apocalypse half a year ago."
"They wanted to rebuild humanity's civilizational order as soon as the apocalypse descended."
"But unfortunately, they failed."
Li Chen shook his head and walked toward the balcony.
At this moment.
The sun was setting.
Pedestrians streamed endlessly through the streets.
Everything visible to the naked eye was flourishing.
"Then, the most important thing for me right now."
"Should be protecting myself."
"Because only by protecting myself can I save more people."
He withdrew his gaze.
"Noah, I want to build a Star-Level Shelter."
As his words fell.
Li Chen's view changed.
In an instant.
A 3D projection of the entire city appeared before him.
Mountains and rivers, roads and traffic.
Even the ruins of Underground Shelters from decades ago.
Were all clearly marked in special colors.
"The host may select the construction site for the Star-Level Shelter."
Li Chen nodded at this.
In the end, he chose a location near a river.
Because Li Chen knew.
When the apocalypse had first descended.
Low-level zombies could not cross water.
"Let it be here."
Once Li Chen confirmed the location.
An invisible stream of data instantly burst forth.
The global network lagged for one second.
All manner of high-level defense networks.
Were paralyzed during that single second.
Rumble!
Immediately afterward.
The ground shook.
But it quickly returned to normal.
Yet within the 3D projection.
A massive steel beast had already appeared beneath the ground.
This was Li Chen's first Star-Level Shelter.
"Noah, introduce the shelter's condition."
"Yes. The automatic inspection program has been activated."
"The shelter's main structure is 80 percent intact."
"Energy reserves are at 30 percent."
"The purification system is 49 percent damaged."
"Supplies in reserve: 0."
"Weapons and ammunition: 0."
After Li Chen listened to Noah's explanation.
He could not help frowning again.
As someone who retained memories of fighting in his previous life, Li Chen naturally understood.
This so-called Star-Level Shelter.
Seemed far more technologically advanced than Earth Civilization.
Yet it had now become an empty shell.
What good was it, even if it could withstand the impact of nuclear weapons?
In the apocalypse.
Resources were the foremost necessity for humanity's survival.
The threat zombies posed to humanity was self-evident.
But likewise.
When the laws restraining humanity completely failed.
The danger caused by the human heart far surpassed the Zombie Virus.
"At any time."
"The darkness within the human heart is the most unfathomable sea of desire in nature."
Li Chen shook his head.
Then spoke to Noah.
"Noah, get me some money!"
"I need to purchase a large quantity of supplies."
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