The Radiance of Civilization!

"My combat strength isn't a problem."

Staring at the Simulator text, Su Ze murmured softly.

Around the eightieth day, it could only be considered the early to middle stage of the second phase of the apocalypse.

The strongest Awakened would only be at the second tier, at most with one additional Word Spirit Technique.

Opponents of that level were definitely no match for him.

After all, with Fallen Gift and the talent of God Summoning, he was practically invincible even in the sixth phase...

Still, that didn't mean there was nothing in the second phase that could threaten him.

There were thermal weapons, after all...

Perhaps the Simulator text simply hadn't stated it clearly. In reality, the main threat he had to deal with in the simulation might have been thermal weapons...

"Good thing I have Fallen Gift."

Whenever such one-against-many situations arose, Su Ze couldn't help feeling this way.

In conflicts between humans, Fallen Gift was simply too useful. As long as he kept killing opponents, he could replenish himself endlessly.

The only pity was that the various monsters in the Contamination Zone couldn't recharge Fallen Gift...

Back to the matter at hand.

Su Ze scrolled the Simulator text back.

Starting from the seventy-eighth day, he read through it again...

The trigger for the incident was undoubtedly Qin Yushi being killed by the attackers in the simulation...

Perhaps, from his current perspective,

Su Ze didn't yet feel particularly strongly that Qin Yushi was one of his own.

But it was different in the simulation...

That was the eightieth day after Apocalypse's Arrival. Who knew what stories had happened between him and Qin Yushi during the periods the simulation text hadn't described? But the outcome was obvious...

Since his simulated self had invited Qin Yushi along when heading to the official Safe Zone, he must have regarded her as one of his own.

And his woman had been murdered... Could he endure that? No.

"The forces within SC-3's Safe Zone are deeply intertwined..."

Su Ze's gaze swept across the simulation text.

He couldn't help sneering inwardly. Human nature, human nature... The world had already become like this, yet some people still couldn't restrain their instinct to fight for power and profit...

All he could say was that it wasn't surprising.

On the eighty-ninth day, the incident of your bloody purge of the Safe Zone came to an end. Many people learned the full story and instead became your fans. Your reputation grew rapidly.

On the ninetieth day, you returned to SC-3 and settled down. For your own personal purposes, you began cultivating a loyal department of your own while deeply involving yourself in the official plans.

On the one hundred and first day, you left Suzhou City for BC-10. The authorities had established an intelligence agency here, and you would serve as its leader...

On the one hundred and second day, you assumed office and began handling affairs. With the talent of Global Link, you began gathering intelligence on a massive scale.

On the one hundred and tenth day, you and your subordinates worked with great efficiency. The number of Safe Zones with stable communication channels exceeded five hundred...

On the one hundred and thirteenth day, the authorities formally drafted the Kindling Project. To deal with the potentially worsening apocalyptic environment at any moment, you decided to select suitable Safe Zones as implementation sites for the Kindling Project...

The Safe Zones carrying out the Kindling Project would concentrate resources and expand underground, intending to build subterranean shelters. But you knew it was futile.

On the one hundred and fifteenth day, Great Fog.

On the one hundred and sixteenth day, you gathered intelligence that someone had encountered an indescribably horrifying entity within the Great Fog. Everyone else traveling with them had vanished. The survivor who escaped back aged overnight and completely lost their sanity. You recorded this intelligence.

On the one hundred and twenty-fifth day, under your leadership, the Awakened teams under your command began making concentrated breakthroughs and advanced to third-tier Awakened. Some of them awakened Word Spirit Techniques in the process.

On the one hundred and thirtieth day, supported by extensive intelligence on third-tier Awakened, you determined the rules governing the emergence of Word Spirit Techniques...

When an Awakened advanced, they might simultaneously obtain a Word Spirit Technique. At the same time, you guessed that Word Spirit Techniques might also originate from the Awakened's own fantasies.

On the one hundred and thirty-fifth day, you continued gathering intelligence related to Word Spirit Techniques.

On the one hundred and sixty-fifth day, Great Fog.

On the one hundred and seventy-seventh day, another group of Awakened advanced to fourth-tier Awakened. After compiling intelligence from many Safe Zones, you once again reached a conclusion...

The six incantations, or perhaps six classes, each corresponded to a vague meaning. The Word Spirit Techniques possessed by Awakened always corresponded to one of the six incantations. For example, Awakened who chose the Starry Sky incantation often awakened Word Spirit Techniques for healing and assisting others.

On the one hundred and eightieth day, you gathered a large amount of intelligence on Word Spirit Techniques, but it was difficult to classify them into ranks.

—Word Spirit Techniques had a small chance of being acquired during awakening, and they might originate from the Awakened's own fantasies.

—The six incantations each corresponded to a vague meaning.

Su Ze calmly recorded the key information on paper.

As expected...

The talent of Global Link had proven useful after all.

By compiling massive amounts of data, he had summarized some useful intelligence.

He had even gathered relatively rare information regarding "Contained Objects," or rather, "Mythical Creatures."

Someone had seen a terrifying entity within the Great Fog.

It was very similar to what Su Ze had experienced in an earlier simulation. He had lost his bearings in the Great Fog, then encountered something terrifying.

Then he had kicked the bucket, and not even Fallen Gift could save him...

"What exactly are these unknown horrors?"

Su Ze rubbed his chin and muttered inwardly.

If he were only referring to the indescribable entities encountered in the Great Fog...

Then he personally preferred calling these terrifying entities "Mythical Creatures."

But if he included the other horrifying creatures encountered in previous simulations, or even Avalon that he had obtained, then he preferred calling these entities "Contained Objects."

"We'll just have to see whether later simulations reveal more related intelligence."

Shaking his head, Su Ze set the matter aside for now.

Then he continued the simulation.

On the one hundred and eighty-second day, a Chosen One appeared in the Safe Zone where you were stationed. But the selected person did not flee. He asked you to kill him in order to protect the Safe Zone...

On the one hundred and eighty-third day, you studied the Chosen One but gained nothing. You fulfilled his request and ordered someone to kill the Chosen One...

On the one hundred and eighty-fifth day, Chosen Ones appeared one after another in other officially stationed Safe Zones. Yet none of these Chosen Ones fled. They chose death, sacrificing themselves to preserve their Safe Zones.

On the one hundred and eighty-eighth day, luck seemed poor. Chosen Ones appeared in many important Safe Zones, including some Safe Zones carrying out the Kindling Project...

On the one hundred and ninetieth day, the feedback you received showed that most Chosen Ones had chosen to sacrifice themselves to preserve their Safe Zones. However, a small number of Chosen Ones had fled and were now being pursued.

On the one hundred and ninety-third day, because Chosen Ones had not been killed, some Safe Zones fell and became Contamination Zones. Personnel were forced to evacuate, suffering grievous casualties in the process.

On the two hundred and fifteenth day, after examining extensive intelligence regarding Chosen Ones, you reached a shocking conclusion...

If the appearance of Chosen Ones did not result in massive casualties, then the frequency of Chosen Ones appearing would increase. However, nearly half of the researchers disagreed.

On the two hundred and thirty-third day, Great Fog...

—If the appearance of Chosen Ones does not result in massive casualties, then the frequency of Chosen Ones appearing may increase.

Another new entry was added to the paper.

However, this information had not yet been confirmed with complete certainty.

Su Ze merely noted it down for now.

After all, incorrect intelligence had appeared before. Only after multiple simulations yielded the correct intelligence again did Su Ze erase the false information one by one.

"A considerable number of people chosen as Chosen Ones didn't choose to run away..."

Su Ze fell silent, sensing the vast differences between people.

What would those unlucky people who became Chosen Ones think when they chose to sacrifice themselves?

Sacrifice themselves to preserve everyone?

Or preserve the Kindling Project?

Or something even grander... preserve human civilization?

And what would those Chosen Ones who chose to preserve themselves think when they decided to flee?

That if they survived this ordeal, they could still save the Safe Zone?

Or...

You bastards can all go die. At the very least, you'll be buried with me?