Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 85: New Decisions
Five high-ranking officials were released.

However, they still did not have freedom.

The robes worn by monks were no longer a symbol of status and power, but a new cage.

It wasn't until they witnessed the widespread calamity that the five high-ranking officials realized the apocalypse was coming.

As high-level beings, they have an inexhaustible supply of energy. At this level, sleeping is a relatively uncommon activity, and therefore, insomnia has not affected them.

Although they were imprisoned, in another sense, this also unexpectedly protected them.

Now it's their turn to put in the effort.

With the magic network connected and the source material library opened, the mysteries are now revealed.

"So this is the person we're meant to be our enemy..."

When the Grand Master suddenly appeared and reduced the five to mortals, he didn't even bother to see them. They were still just doubtful and felt that they were losers, and this was the end they deserved.

But only now did they realize that they were not just losers, but complete laggards.

Nobody cares about them at all.

This disparity is hard to accept, especially for someone like Gao Jie who has spent his life claiming to be a seeker of the forefront of truth; he might as well just die quickly.

But now, death is not necessarily a good thing.

Recalling Wang Ji's mention of "reform through labor," each of them had their own thoughts.

But without a doubt, there is only one thing to do at this moment:

That is to do as much work as possible to increase one's contribution weight in the new society and atone for past actions.

Three days ago, they were arrogant and conceited.

Right now, all they want is to survive.

Under Wang Ji's instructions, the five high-ranking members transformed into ruthless spellcasting machines, teleporting around to sweep away the undead.

It is extremely efficient.

It's no exaggeration to say that this level is high-level.

After encountering the undead, the group quickly found a way to deal with them and began to sweep through them even faster.

With residents fully armed and mobilized, the momentum of the undead was indeed suppressed for a time.

Until the sun rises.

Although the community as a whole suffered some losses, fortunately, they were not too great.

After this battle, Wang Ji also realized that people should perhaps live together more closely.

In this way, even if a similar disaster occurs again, it will be easier to organize defenses or carry out various deployments.

The instructions were issued swiftly.

Thus, a massive migration began during the day, with people living in remote mountain villages or towns being brought together and converging on nearby settlements.

Migrants flocked to various cities and settled in both new and old vacant houses.

As buildings were rapidly constructed, population density increased dramatically.

In the past, a village could house several thousand people, but now a few dozen high-rise buildings in an area can accommodate them.

In particular, this building doesn't need to consider things like the strength of building materials and gravity; it can be stacked infinitely upwards without worrying about structural problems.

Build it however you want.

Therefore, someone proposed building a giant building with an internal circulation system and various public facilities, and this plan was quickly approved by Wang Ji.

Before long, a foundation was laid.

After all, the difficulty of building it is the same as building with blocks, and it won't collapse. If there's anything to be careful about, it's its aesthetics.

With the implementation of population concentration policies and mega-building plans, the small villages and towns of the past have disappeared, leaving only some experimental settlements.

The community is gradually entering an era of large cities and mega-buildings, with a highly concentrated population that is no longer dispersed.

Taking this opportunity, Wang Ji also conducted a thorough population census.

It must be said that, in his view, the world's population is rather small, only about 300 million.

But looking at it from another perspective, if the imperial high command was all like that, and the lower ranks were being ravaged in droves, with countless people dying every day, the fact that so many people are still alive shows how wealthy the empire truly is. But all of that is in the past.

This situation will never happen again. If there is a long period of peace in the future, the population will soon experience a population explosion.

Oswald hoped for world progress, and so did Wang Ji.

Every bit of progress the world makes can nourish him, allowing him to gain more knowledge.

Given enough time and enough cognitive changes, Wang Ji's progress can theoretically be infinitely accumulated, even surpassing the world's.

no matter what.

All of this is predicated on the ability to truly settle down.

If there were no apocalypse, no such disasters, Wang Ji could live a leisurely life, or even be a carefree 'sage' who takes vacations all day without anyone saying anything.

To put it extremely, you still have to appease him; the world is a completely different story depending on his mood.

If that were the case, it would be far too boring.

Wang Ji could not tolerate this decadence and backwardness.

He continued to lead the policy's implementation.

With the wise leader taking the lead, a large number of people worked with high spirits.

Under the influence of this collective atmosphere, even some lazybones who only do nothing after meeting the daily work quotas start to feel restless, feeling that it would be a disgrace not to do something.

I'm too embarrassed to go out and see people.

Living in a community, people often lose their sense of self.

The community is once again operating efficiently.

With such relentless efforts, day and night, the two major strategies of population concentration and the construction of mega-buildings progressed at an astonishing pace.

In just two days, the work of gathering most of the population was completed, and all the people from remote areas that could be collected were gathered in the city and temporarily settled.

As for giant buildings, with every member of the construction team capable of flying in various ways, and with material network terminals able to access building materials in bulk at any time, it's like a creation in itself, allowing for incredibly fast construction.

Moreover, there are the building tools provided by Wang Ji, such as the World Shaper's Observation Mirror, which can place blocks in batches in an 11x11 area, which further improves construction efficiency.

A building that can accommodate hundreds of thousands or even millions of people is expected to be completed in less than a week under full-scale construction.

Day five, night.

On this day, Oswald completed the reinforcement of the world and began to cleanse the corpses and ghosts.

"Those ghosts are not true souls, but rather ugly aggregates."

As he spoke, he made his move.

Wang Ji was also busy.

He was wholesaling goods.

For example, the 'World Shaper's Observation Mirror', which can store building materials in bulk, is actually quite complicated to make. However, since the Transformation Table came along, the mass production of all items is no longer a hassle; it can be done with just a few taps.

This is just the simplest application.

Daytime on the sixth day.

Osvid completed the cleanup of the corpses and ghosts.

He stared at the disaster statistics of the undead resurrection event for a long time, his eyes filled with complex emotions, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

He seemed somewhat disappointed.

Looking at him like this, Wang Ji could empathize with him to some extent.

Although he hadn't known Oswald for very long, it was enough for him to have some understanding of the man.

Without a doubt, he was an enlightened and progressive old man.

This can be seen from the fact that he could quickly and calmly accept the destruction of the empire he had created by Wang Ji, and even expressed his support for the new society.

If he wanted to, he was fully capable of destroying the community and rebuilding the empire.

But he did not do anything so emotional, because it was not in his ultimate long-term interest.

(End of this chapter)