The projection on the screen had now zoomed out to show a map of the entire world.
Under satellite surveillance, black dots kept appearing across the projection.
Each black dot represented an area where every human had been killed by Monsters, leaving it uninhabited.
Then the largest black dot appeared on the projection.
Chief Wang let out a deep sigh. "Australia is lost!"
Sure enough.
Teng Qingshan looked over. After holding out for more than a day, the people on the world's largest island nation, Australia, had all been killed by Monsters.
Fusang, another island nation, followed close behind. Almost at the same time, it too became a vast black patch.
By then,
every island nation in the world, large or small, had fallen!
Watching the black areas spread across the projection,
Teng Qingshan felt helpless for the first time.
Even though he was now an Invincible War God, the sheer number of Monsters still left him feeling powerless.
He had to give everything he had just to defend a single Yanzhou City.
"The ocean has always been a mystery. Now, who knows how many powerful, unknown Monsters have emerged from it? And for the human nations of the world to suffer such devastating losses in just a few days clearly isn't a coincidence. Perhaps even more terrifying beings have appeared among the Monsters," Teng Qingshan said.
"That's what we're worried about, too. If a powerhouse like you can emerge among us humans, then it's entirely possible for terrifying beings to emerge among the Monsters, whose population is several orders of magnitude greater than ours. Right now, China's top officials are urgently discussing how to respond. They may announce their plans to all of China this afternoon."
Chief Wang spoke gravely. "It's only been a few days, yet humanity is already facing a crisis of life and death. This really is..."
Yanzhou City might be in good shape, but elsewhere, the world had already become a living hell.
"The first wave of a Beast Tide is usually the fiercest. As long as we withstand it and learn about the Monsters' strength and weaknesses, it'll be easier to deal with them afterward," Teng Qingshan said with a sigh. "Let's hope heaven protects China."
"Your very existence is heaven's protection for China, Qingshan," Chief Wang said with a smile. "Because you shared the first volume of the Xingyi Canon with us free of charge, many powerful people in China have developed Genetic Origin Energy over the past few months. That's especially true in the military. Many former champion soldiers and special forces members are now very strong, and they played a crucial role in the first Beast Tide."
"As long as it's useful. I'll share another Guidance Technique free of charge in a moment. With it, people will be able to cultivate Genetic Origin Energy much more efficiently," Teng Qingshan decided at once.
"That's wonderful!" Chief Wang exclaimed, overjoyed.
The Xingyi Canon was excellent, but its first volume only recorded the most basic method, the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method. It didn't even include a Guidance Technique.
During this time, while comprehending the Five Elements Domain, Teng Qingshan had created several effective Guidance Techniques.
He named the one with the broadest application the Yanshan Guidance Technique.
It could be practiced by anyone, whether they trained in Xingyi Fist, Baguazhang, Taiji Fist, or another martial arts style, and regardless of their physical constitution. It was also quite effective.
It could increase the efficiency of Source Energy cultivation by roughly fifty times compared to the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method alone.
Once they had this Guidance Technique,
many Martial Artists who were already exceptionally talented would be able to grow much faster.
And since they now had to fight the Monsters, their rate of improvement would be even greater.
After watching the global situation for a while longer, Teng Qingshan taught Chief Wang the Yanshan Guidance Technique's precise method of cultivation. Chief Wang would use the Military's system to spread it throughout China.
With that done,
Teng Qingshan returned to the Xingyi Sect headquarters. After instructing the disciples, he went to the third floor to continue cultivating.
Even now,
Teng Qingshan still needed to cultivate Genetic Origin Energy and Telekinesis every day.
He aimed to reach the War God limit as soon as possible, then find a way to break through to the Planetary Level.
Once he reached the Planetary Level, his combat radius would extend far beyond Yanzhou City, covering more than half of China.
By then, even if Planetary Level Monsters kept emerging, with Teng Qingshan's current physical strength amplification of 15, Mental Power Amplitude of 18, and Triple Domain, no Planetary Level Monster would be a match for him.
A Planetary Level fighter who had comprehended a Domain completely overpowered opponents of the same level in every respect.
Even though Planetary Level Monsters had far greater physical strength than humans of the same level, Teng Qingshan was confident he could kill them with the amplification of his Domain.
White Horse Lake, once so lively,
was now unusually quiet.
A breeze swept over the lake, and Teng Qingshan's spirit gradually ascended.
The sight on the projection of hundreds of millions of people disappearing had deeply shaken him.
In his previous life, the total population of the Nine Provinces Continent had been less than three billion.
But in that short while just now, at least a billion people had vanished.
And that number was still rising rapidly.
It was a scene Teng Qingshan had never dared imagine before.
The demonic beasts of the Nine Provinces Continent had certainly been powerful, but there had been very few of them.
And they had never attacked humans without cause.
But clearly,
the Monsters in this world were different.
These animals, once nothing more than human food, had evolved overnight and instantly developed an overwhelming hatred for humanity.
It was a hatred that could only be described as "kill or be killed."
Teng Qingshan now understood this racial hatred deeply.
On Earth,
either humanity survived, or the Monsters died!
The two could never coexist.
After realizing this,
Teng Qingshan's state of mind unknowingly advanced another step toward something even more profound.
His heart, too, became colder and more unyielding.
That afternoon,
Teng Qingshan awoke from his meditation and went to the heavily guarded command center.
An important decision was to be announced there today.
He brought Hong along as well.
They sat in a spacious conference room.
A huge projection stood before them.
On the projected screen,
once everyone from across China had joined the online meeting,
an elderly man seated at the very center, with a kindly face and a resolute gaze, announced that the meeting would begin.
In truth, it was hardly a meeting.
It was more like a series of important decisions being announced unilaterally.
The first was this:
All of China would enter a state of highest-level combat readiness. This was a special level of readiness, far exceeding the previous highest level, "Level One Combat Readiness." It meant that all of China was facing a crisis of life and death.
The second decision was to divide China into six military regions. The plan was to build Base Cities centered around those regions, combining the protection of civilians with resistance against the Monsters. All major decisions concerning each Base City would be made by its military region commander.
The divisions were as follows:
The former Kyoto and its surrounding areas would become Kyoto Base City, with Wu Ming as its chief.
The former Yanzhou City and its surrounding areas would become Jiangnan Base City, with its chief being Chief Wang Hai, formerly of Yanzhou City.
The former Ling City and its surrounding areas would become Southeast Base City, with Shen Xuan as its chief.
The former Feng City and its surrounding areas would become Northeast Base City, with Zhang Lin as its chief.
The former Rong City and its surrounding areas would become Southwest Base City, with Zhang Wei as its chief.
The former Shui City and its surrounding areas would become Northwest Base City, with Zhao An as its chief.
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