Salvation Army

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Salvation Army (救世军)
Alias(es)	SA
Affiliation	Human civilization; led by the Commander/Savior, Shen Feng
Occupation/Role	Secret multinational force, apocalypse-response organization, and Real Doomsday Game player army
Status	Active; publicly headquartered in Abu Kamal City by the New Era 569
First Appearance	Chapter 101

Background / History

Formation and early operations

The Salvation Army began as the force formed by elite Real Doomsday Game players. Its earliest documented expedition deployed nearly 30,000 personnel—nearly 10,000 players supported by roughly 20,000 recruited NPC soldiers—to destroy nuclear-strike servers in the apocalypse scenario. 101

The players organized themselves into a corps of ten brigades, each numbering roughly one thousand players. Nick, known in-game as “F,” commanded the Sixth Brigade. 101 During the Yellowstone operation, the Salvation Army destroyed the Science Tribe and its nuclear-strike server by triggering a localized eruption of the Yellowstone Supervolcano. 101

The force later assaulted Cheyenne Mountain under its Legion Commander, using RPG fire, snipers, and a combined player-NPC charge to breach the base. 103

Grey Tide Apocalypse counterpart

In the Grey Tide Apocalypse, a parallel Salvation Army resisted Arthur Sheldon’s world-transforming Grey Tide after its commander failed to appear. Its members became a backbone of resistance, repeatedly fighting despite the collapse of the human coalition army. 154

Many soldiers entered hibernation pods to survive and awaken for later battles. Over time, tens of thousands were lost to the Grey Tide; only a little more than one hundred soldiers ultimately reached the highest level of the giant structure. 154

When Shen Feng revealed himself as a parallel version of their commander, the surviving soldiers accepted his leadership. They received nano armor and the ability to command nearby nanomachine swarms as extensions of themselves. 154 After the Grey Tide was reversed and Earth’s surface restored, Shen Feng entrusted the world to the Salvation Army, declaring that they no longer needed a savior because they were their own saviors. 158

Expansion in the real world

After Real Doomsday Game revived, Shen Feng authorized Salvation Army veterans to recommend and recruit new players according to their game performance and contribution scores. Candidates with anti-human tendencies or insufficient mission value could bring punishment upon both themselves and their recruiters. 210 213

The organization initially remained hidden: most members did not know one another’s real identities, while their positions across politics, medicine, intelligence, science, and other fields allowed them to influence global events without exposing the Army itself. 213

By the Resident Evil Apocalypse Mission, the Salvation Army had grown to roughly 50,000 soldiers worldwide. Its temporary base, including rescued survivor NPCs, held an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 people. 301 Its later membership exceeded 100,000, making secrecy increasingly difficult and enabling infiltration by the Purification Society. 520

Water World legacy

In the Water World Apocalypse, the Salvation Army emerged from secrecy after repeatedly fighting World Beasts and discovering Beastium, also called Beast Gold. The element enabled controllable nuclear fusion and made the Army central to humanity’s surviving industrial and military strength. 354

Internal disagreement over Beast Gold produced major factions:

• Separation Faction — advocated constructing fusion-powered generation ships to evacuate humanity into space. 354
• Resistance Faction — opposed abandoning Earth and favored continued resistance against the World Beasts. 354
• Advance Faction — identified in later epic accounts as another major internal current. 354

As rising seas destroyed civilization, the Salvation Army shifted from fighting World Beasts to building floating shelters and moving survivors toward mountains and plateaus. 356 The three known surviving soldiers—Li Tongchen, Nick, and Vasily—later became the first bards, preserving scientific and cultural knowledge for future generations. 356

Organization and Structure

Unit / Position	Known details
Commander / Savior	Shen Feng; the organization’s founder and central leader. 147 294
Legion Commander	Leads major field operations and strategic deployments. 103 297
Corps	Early player force composed of ten brigades of approximately 1,000 players each. 101
Sixth Brigade	Nick’s brigade; served as the Yellowstone assault force. 101
Medical Support Unit	Led by Li Tongchen; provides medical and psychological support. 297
Psychological Warfare Team	Broadcast alliance appeals and conducted outreach toward New York’s symbiotes. 315
Reserves	A reserve formation existed in the Water World-era Salvation Army. 408

Capabilities and Resources

Military operations

• Employs infantry formations, artillery, armored vehicles, tanks, helicopters, drones, heavy machine guns, snipers, RPGs, demolition specialists, and improvised battlefield communications. 101 103 298 527
• Uses specialized tactics such as full-spectrum jamming, artillery ambushes, strategic retreats, and coordinated multi-unit assaults. 297 319
• Operated an electromagnetic railgun prototype capable of penetrating the Destroyer’s defensive field and destroying much of its base. 317
• Later fielded ten Colossal War Armors, including Iron Glory, Golden Mad King, Liberator, Crimson Reaper, and Polar Bear. 541

Research and technological development

• Destroyed apocalypse-system servers through combined military and scientific operations, including the Yellowstone volcanic demolition. 101
• Developed treatments for the Stone Statue Disease and Evil Spirit Virus alongside the Commander. 294
• Created and used full-band jamming systems to disrupt symbiote zombies and infiltrated the giant-tower network to issue the command dissolving the core brain matrix. 319
• Used Beast Gold to achieve controllable nuclear fusion in the Water World Apocalypse. 354
• Constructed a Reverse Dyson Sphere from Grey Tide to conceal Earth from the Myriad Will’s perception in another parallel world. 473

Alliance-building

• Invited New York’s intelligent symbiotes to ally with humanity against the Destroyer, presenting itself as “the Salvation Army of human civilization.” 312 315
• Received cooperation requests from multiple symbiote groups, including Harold and Hannibal symbiotes, who were escorted to the Salvation Army base. 315
• Coordinated with military forces from multiple countries and the Brain Ape race for parallel-universe operations. 519 520

Major Operations

Operation	Outcome
Nuclear-strike server expeditions	Destroyed several server sites; at Yellowstone, triggered a volcanic eruption that eliminated the Science Tribe and destroyed the server. 101
Cheyenne Mountain assault	Breached the base through RPG, sniper, and infantry tactics. 103
Grey Tide counteroffensive	Surviving soldiers linked with Shen Feng’s Grey Tide control system and helped issue the command to decompose the nanomachines and restore Earth. 154 158
Resident Evil Apocalypse Mission	Retreated from the Destroyer’s mental-field attack, organized a human-symbiote alliance, dismantled the core brain matrix, and caused giant towers worldwide to collapse. 297 315 319 320
Water World resistance	Fought World Beasts, discovered Beast Gold, maintained evacuation efforts, and preserved civilization through the bardic legacy after near-annihilation. 354 356
Blissful Apocalypse expedition	Prepared a force of more than 3,000 soldiers and 1,000 ape cavalrymen to enter a parallel universe and save its endangered civilization. 520
Purification Society raid	Assaulted the Purification Society headquarters in New York and arrested its members. 563 564
Parallel-world migration	Volunteered personnel to remain in a destroyed apocalypse world and establish a receiving base for humanity’s migration. 550

Relationships

• Shen Feng / the Commander / Savior — Founder, commander, and spiritual center of the Salvation Army. Members consistently regard him as humanity’s protector, though he teaches that people must become their own saviors. 147 158 294
• Nick — Sixth Brigade Commander in the early force; one of the three Water World survivors who preserved Salvation Army knowledge as a bard. 101 356
• Vasily — Battalion Commander of the First Brigade in the Grey Tide Apocalypse; later a Water World survivor and volunteer for the migration receiving base. 158 356 550
• Li Tongchen — Veteran member and leader of the medical support unit; later one of the three surviving founders of the bardic legacy. 297 356
• Purification Society / Purification Church — Primary hostile organization; repeatedly infiltrates the Salvation Army and attempts to undermine or assassinate the Commander. 507 520 553
• Symbiotes — Allies during the Resident Evil Apocalypse Mission, united with Salvation Army forces against the Destroyer. 315 317
• Brain Ape race — Allied force that prepared ape cavalry for the Blissful Apocalypse mission. 520
• Human governments and militaries — The Army contains influential members from many nations and later cooperates openly with multinational forces. 213 519

Beliefs and Legacy

The Salvation Army’s defining conviction is that human civilization must resist extinction rather than submit to destructive powers. In the Grey Tide Apocalypse, faith in the absent Savior sustained soldiers through repeated deaths, hibernation, and decades of defeat. 154

Its Water World successors reframed the Savior’s teaching into a collective ideal: preserving civilization makes every person both a Savior and a member of the Salvation Army. 356 416

By the New Era, the organization’s existence was publicly acknowledged. Abu Kamal City became its public headquarters and a symbolic holy city for supporters preparing humanity’s counteroffensive against threats in the darkness. 569

Notable Quotes

“The Salvation Army never surrenders!” 413

“For humanity! Long live the Salvation Army!” 413

“You no longer need a savior. You yourselves are your own saviors!” — Shen Feng 158