Emergency Manual from 60 Years Ago

Lin Yi glanced around, and seeing that everyone was busy with their tasks, he finally felt at ease.

Although he had climbed to the upper echelons of Blue Star in his past life through sheer combat power, spending the vast majority of his time on cultivation and resisting Abyssal Beast, he still possessed some management experience.

In truth, his suggestion for everyone to do these things wasn't because he actually expected them to use these items to deal with Abyssal Wolf, but rather to keep them from being idle, which might lead to emotional breakdowns or accidents while he was "learning" the Source Energy Guidance Technique.

In the current situation, it was better to have busy work than idle hands; keeping everyone occupied meant they wouldn't have time to let their imaginations run wild.

Lin Yi picked up the Spirit Shine Crystal containing the cultivation method and walked toward a corner of the Banquet Hall where he wouldn't disturb the others, while scanning the room out of the corner of his eye.

His mother and Aunt were comforting a frightened Zhou Mengmeng, his father and Uncle were dismantling the decorative racks by the stage, and Chen Yu was leaning against the window, tying a shield to his arm while monitoring the street through a gap in the curtains.

However, he had only taken a few steps.

Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—!

Ding—! Ding—! Ding—!

Almost everyone's mobile phones rang with the sound of incoming Short Message notifications at the same time.

"Ah!"

"What's going on?!"

"A message came through?"

The group was startled at first, then scrambled in a panic to check their phones.

Lin Yi's heart stirred.

It's here... If nothing goes wrong, this should be the blanket emergency alert issued by the authorities during the window of time before the base stations are completely paralyzed!

Although he knew the general content, Lin Yi still quickly walked over to his parents and retrieved the phone he had left with them while he was putting on his armor.

Upon opening it, he saw three unread Short Message.

Lin Yi tapped them open efficiently.

[National Emergency Alert] [Highest Crisis Level] Attention all citizens!

A sudden biological safety disaster (Codename: Abyss Tide) has occurred nationwide!

A region-wide emergency directive is now issued:

Hold your position and await rescue! Reinforce doors and windows, do not go out at will, and wait for rescue on-site!

Store water and food! Immediately collect and store drinking water and food!

Ignore rumors! Trust only this official alert channel! Subsequent instructions will be issued via the designated broadcast frequency (FM .* MHz)! Pay attention to prioritizing the protection of broadcast receiving equipment and portable power generation equipment!

Important supplement: The official website has published the Abyss Tide Emergency Survival Guide (www.**..cn). Given that subsequent communications may be interrupted, it is recommended that all citizens download and save it immediately.

Crisis Response Center

July 24, 2027

All three Short Message contained the same content.

"Broadcast frequency... official website guide..." Squad Leader Zhou Yuxuan muttered to himself, his fingers instinctively tapping the link.

His action was like pressing a start button; everyone checked the link, wanting to see what this so-called survival guide would actually say.

Likely due to the massive volume of traffic, the website was a bit laggy, only finishing its load after a short while.

"It opened, it opened!"

Chen Yu whispered.

The phone screen displayed the simple blue-background, white-text official website of the Crisis Response Center. Everything else had been cleared away, leaving only a single, solitary message with the title: Abyss Tide Emergency Survival Guide.

Everyone clicked to download it.

The document appeared quite lengthy, and after a while, Ye Qingyu was the first to finish downloading.

"When conditions permit, please print or hand-copy the key contents of this guide onto paper media..."

Ye Qingyu read aloud softly, "The first point says this?"

"Smart!"

Zhou Jianjun slapped his thigh hard, "If the phone runs out of power, you can't read it. Writing it down on paper can save lives!"

Lin Ruiheng stood up decisively to rummage through the service desk drawers: "Find paper and pens! Quickly!"

At this moment, the Abyss Tide Emergency Survival Guide had also finished downloading on Lin Yi's phone. He opened the document and saw the long table of contents unfolding on the screen:

Chapter 1: Emergency Evasion Precautions

Chapter 2: Points for Attention Regarding Food and Water Storage

Chapter 3: Simple Weapon Fabrication (Bow/Short Hammer/Short Spear/Molotov Cocktail/etc.)

Chapter 5: Quick Methods for Indoor Soilless Cultivation

Chapter 7: Emergency Wound Treatment and Antibacterial Folk Remedies (Wild Herbs/Honey/Alcohol, etc.)

Chapter 9: Homemade Rainwater Filter

Chapter 11: Building a Radio with Primitive Methods

Chapter 16: Simple Protection Against Radioactive Fallout (Plastic Sheeting + Duct Tape Method)

Appendix 3: Illustrated Guide to Processing Edible Parts of Rats

"How are they even teaching us how to eat rats? This is too detailed..." Li Jie grimaced as he flipped through the pages, his finger suddenly stopping. "Wait! Look at the date at the end. Is this a mistake?"

Everyone hurriedly scrolled to the end of the document, where a line of small text appeared: Revision Date: November 7, 1967.

"Is it possible it's not a mistake?" Chen Yu bared his teeth. "I was wondering why there was stuff about nuclear radiation protection. They probably just took a manual meant for preparing for nuclear war back then and slapped a new title on it."

"The timeline certainly matches up." Zhou Yuxuan shook his head helplessly. "No wonder it was so fast... it turns out it was already prepared."

"Don't overthink it, as long as it works!" By this time, Lin Ruiheng had already dug out the paper and pens the hotel used for guest feedback, while Zhou Jianjun produced a stack of menus from somewhere and slapped them onto the table.

"Hurry up. Men, keep working on the weapons and shields. That guide just reminded me—we can also find a way to make short hammers! Women, start by copying the chapters marked in red. Wait... Lin Yi, you go learn that crystal first; we can spare you for these tasks."

Lin Yi nodded. Even if Zhou Jianjun hadn't mentioned it, he would have volunteered. After all, the Abyssal Wolf would return before long, and mastering Source Energy was the top priority.

But it was certainly better that someone had brought it up.

As the paper and pens were passed around the crowd, the people in the Banquet Hall returned to their busy work.

Zhao Xiaowen unwrapped a new lipstick and used the pigment to draw a diagram of a water purification device on the back of a menu. Aunt put on her glasses and neatly transcribed the key points for wound suturing, and even Zhou Mengmeng requested a pencil stub, lying on the floor to trace mushroom identification charts.

Meanwhile, Zhou Jianjun was teaching a few young men how to wrap tablecloths around the edges of chair frames to make simple shields.

The snapping sound of chair legs breaking, the scratching of pen tips against paper, and the sound of hushed discussions—these slightly noisy sounds echoed through the Banquet Hall, temporarily keeping the panic at bay.

However, Lin Yi knew this was just an illusion; the panic hadn't vanished, but was merely being replaced by the pressure of having received official information and the sheer will to survive.

He didn't dwell on it, though, because as long as he mastered Source Energy in a moment, the safety of this place would be absolutely guaranteed.

Therefore, Lin Yi went straight to a corner against the wall and sat down cross-legged.

This position allowed him to observe the entire room without being completely out of everyone's sight.

The moment Lin Yi raised the crystal, he felt the entire Banquet Hall fall silent, and everyone's gaze turned toward him almost simultaneously.

He deliberately took a deep breath and pinched both ends of the crystal between his thumb and index finger.

"Xiao Yi..." his mother Zhou Jinghua's voice drifted over, then abruptly cut off.

"Click..."

The sound of the crystal shattering between his fingers was very faint, yet it was incredibly distinct in the quiet Banquet Hall.