There were 23 hours left until Rule End...
A shrill scream once again tore through the long night, ringing out wherever humans gathered across the globe...
Meanwhile, a response meeting for this rule was being held somewhere.
"This rule is a reward stage for the strong, but still deadly for the weak."
In the conference room of the Apocalypse Rules Countermeasure Research Office, Gao Liangwei, the person in charge, set the tone.
"Our official armed teams in each region may choose according to circumstances. If conditions permit, prioritize crippling the Living Dead's mobility to earn more Ascension Coins for kills. If conditions do not permit, prioritize exterminating them as quickly as possible and eliminating the threat."
"As for powerful civilians, they may choose to kill more Living Dead for greater settlement rewards. We don't need to concern ourselves with them. The people who need protection are mainly the civilians at gathering points."
At that moment, someone raised a question. "Should we deploy armed squads to help civilians complete this challenge?"
The others also looked toward Gao Liangwei. This was something many of them were concerned about.
There had also been widespread calls online. People hoped the authorities could help them complete the rule this time—the specific method would be no different from armed teams farming coins, first crippling the Living Dead's mobility. The only difference was that the finishing blow would be dealt by civilians rather than soldiers.
Gao Liangwei pondered for a moment. "If safety can be ensured, we can give it a try."
Armed teams operated collectively and with discipline, so the risks were controllable. But many civilians had received no professional training, so there could be a certain degree of danger.
However, if they did not help this time, a great many civilians would inevitably fail the