Pretending to be a genius starts with the civilization advancement assessment.

Chapter 33 Cultivation Begins for All

Helu City, Hongfulou Restaurant.

A corner next to the spiral staircase on the second floor.

Lin Yi held a source energy crystal in his hand, and the source energy within was being slowly extracted. It then flowed along a strange path, struggling but steadily through his parched meridians, bringing a tingling sensation like the warm winter sun while silently nourishing and strengthening his body.

He focused his mind on his body, carefully savoring the long-lost sense of groundedness as his power slowly increased. The distant roars and explosions seemed to be isolated in another world.

This focus on becoming stronger was one of the few moments in Lin Yi's previous life when he struggled to survive and felt at ease.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached.

"Brother Yi, quick! Look at this!"

Chen Yu's face flushed red with excitement. He practically lunged at Lin Yi and shoved the phone into his hand.

Lin Yi was forcibly pulled out of his cultivation state.

The feeling was... well, anyway, a little unpleasant.

However, seeing the mixture of ecstasy and hope in Chen Yu's eyes, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

"Never mind. I'll tell him next time that he can't shout like that when others are cultivating."

"In other words, if it were a novice who had just started cultivating source energy and whose control was not strong enough, their attention would be diverted, causing them to lose control of the source energy flow in the crystal. Although they would not be seriously injured, they would inevitably waste a crystal."

Lin Yi mentally grumbled for a moment before taking the phone.

The first thing you see is the familiar website of the emergency center, but unlike the previous single link, it now has a lot more content.

The notices were densely packed with formal, official documents, and included many simple yet impactful images.

The image was the only known photo of the Abyss Beast, clearly labeled "Abyss Beast - Corrosive Abyss Wolf" and other similar descriptions.

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze swept rapidly downwards.

Following a decision by the Supreme Command, the "Spark" Survivor Shelter Program will be launched immediately.

Based on existing intelligence and analysis, the extradimensional invading creatures have been officially named "Abyssal Beasts." Their nests are tentatively classified into six levels—micro, small, medium, large, giant, and main nest—based on the intensity of their energy reactions and the overall threat level of the Abyssal Beasts.

[Attached are diagrams showing the characteristics of nests at various levels, estimated territory ranges, and a guide to identifying relatively safe "gap zones."]

[Attached are the full text of the Basic Energy Guiding Technique, an overview video, and a video explaining Part 1.]

Survivors who are far from their designated settlements are advised to carefully assess the risks, ensuring their own safety, and then choose an opportune moment to move to the nearest gap between nests to await rescue or seek refuge at the nearest settlement.

All military and local armed forces will make every effort to organize search and rescue and evacuation operations for survivors, and provide cover for our compatriots to move to resettlement areas.

Fellow citizens, please save and record relevant information as soon as possible. Those evacuating in groups should conserve mobile phone battery and take turns using them if necessary. Power, communications, and the internet will be completely cut off in the short term.

Every word was like a heavy hammer blow, striking Lin Yi's heart.

He involuntarily held his breath.

How...how is this possible?!
Even with Lin Yi's composure, he was momentarily stunned.

The official response was so different from what I remembered from my past life.

In my previous life, the first few days after the disaster broke out were a complete hellish chaos.

The government's massive war machine is bleeding profusely in its attempts to defend those critical strategic nodes, leaving it unable to attend to or effectively contact the civilians scattered in various corners of the country.

It wasn't until three days after the disaster that the radio signals intermittently broadcast the locations of several large "safe zones," urging survivors to go there on their own.

There is no detailed map of the nest distribution, no clearly marked concept of "gap zone", and no full text of the basic source energy guiding technique.

As for organized military search and rescue operations?

After the initial troop strength was largely depleted in the battles for strategic nodes, that seemed more like a pipe dream.

However, Lin Yi could understand.

At that time, the authorities did not want to save the people; they were truly powerless and forced to make a cruel choice, prioritizing the preservation of the last embers of civilization's counterattack and core military forces.

But now?!

How long has it been since?

All told, only half a day has passed since the disaster broke out.

It wasn't even dark outside yet!
Not only did the authorities establish a preliminary threat assessment system with astonishing efficiency, announce the naming of the Abyss Beast, figure out the basic rules of the nest territory, and draw a detailed map of the "gap zone," but they also announced that they would organize a large-scale search and rescue operation and establish so many settlements?

This efficiency, this decision-making, this boldness—it's worlds apart from the tragic and helpless struggle of my past life!
"But...why?"

After the initial shock, Lin Yi quickly began to think.

why?
Why is there such a huge discrepancy between this life and my past life? "Could it be because of that video of mine?"

After much thought, Lin Yi felt that the only variable was his video.

As a high-ranking official, Lin Yi had naturally reviewed the files regarding the initial operational patterns of the government in his previous life.

The authorities obtained the crystal containing the basic source energy guidance technique long ago, but the information inside only included abstract cultivation paths and energy sensing methods, without any clear description of its power or practical value.

At a critical juncture for the survival of human civilization, faced with a completely unknown and seemingly "illusory" path to individual enhancement, high-level decision-makers would naturally not gamble the fate of the nation and the lives of countless soldiers and civilians on it so easily.

Therefore, the highest levels had no choice but to grit their teeth and start a two-pronged attack.

On one hand, they invest top resources in trying to decipher and learn this "Source Energy Guidance Technique" to see if the so-called Source Energy cultivation and Source Energy technology are a real delicacy or a poisonous bait. On the other hand, they spare no expense to seize those strategic nodes that they consider crucial.

Ultimately, this led to a quagmire of depletion, resulting in heavy losses and the loss of the initial golden opportunity.

But in this life, things have changed.

His video seemed to give the top leadership a shot in the arm, showing them a new, feasible, and perhaps even more suitable path to strengthening and combat modes for the new era after the collapse of the traditional industrial system.

"That's truly... a lot of courage!"

Even as the instigator, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a surge of sincere admiration for the current decision-makers.

To make a strategic shift that affects the fate of the entire nation in such a short period of time, based solely on a single video, requires immense decisiveness and a strong sense of responsibility.

This involves bearing the pressure of potentially becoming a sinner who could lead to the destruction of a nation and the extinction of its people if one is not careful.

Lin Yi put himself in Lin Yi's shoes and realized he couldn't do it.

"No wonder you've always kept mentioning Li Zhenguo."

In his past life, when he rose to a high position, he often heard the older generation gather together, sighing and lamenting the chaotic situation, "If only Chief Li were still here. If he were, things wouldn't be like this."

It is said that this highly respected and ruthless leader, who could suppress all forces, fell ill with grief and indignation in the early stages of the apocalypse due to the rapidly deteriorating situation and the shocking number of casualties, and soon passed away.

Although his successors also tried their best, they could no longer match his prestige, courage, and strategic decisiveness. As a result, many correct decisions in the later stages failed due to internal disputes or poor implementation, and it was also difficult to effectively coordinate the various forces.

If Li Zhenguo made the decision against all odds after seeing the video, then everything makes perfect sense.

Perhaps only he possessed the prestige and courage to make such a groundbreaking decision when faced with overwhelming pressure.

"Brother Yi, look here! There's a full text of the Source Energy Guidance Technique, and your tutorial video is attached at the end! There's also a video explaining the beginning part."

Chen Yu was completely unaware of the turmoil in Lin Yi's mind as he excitedly poked at his phone screen with his finger.

"I actually understood the beginning of the video! Um, I'm not saying your explanation was bad, it's just that the old man was amazing!"

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Lin Yi patted Chen Yu helplessly.

"They are definitely experts in teaching, so it's normal for them to teach better than me."

He didn't take it to heart. Everyone has their own expertise, and the effect of an academician teaching elementary school math might not be better than that of an elementary school math teacher with a senior professional title.

While Chen Yu was excited about having learned the beginning of the guiding technique, Lin Yi was more concerned about the impact this would have.

"The era of global cultivation of source energy is about to begin."

Lin Yi came to this conclusion after only a brief moment of thought.

Because of Li Zhenguo's decision, the impact extends far beyond just the Xia Kingdom.

Not the whole world!
When an apocalyptic crisis suddenly strikes, countries around the world will naturally contact each other frequently to discuss countermeasures and exchange information.

Just as the reason why Xia Kingdom no longer considers using high-yield nuclear weapons is because the Ross Federation has already test-fired two in remote ice fields with little effect.

Although many low- and mid-level abyssal beasts died, the high-level abyssal beasts were almost unaffected, and the nests seemed to be illusory, ignoring the nuclear attack.

This time, the Xia Kingdom suddenly made a major policy adjustment and made the complete source energy guidance technique public. It's hard to say that other countries will not be affected.

After all, in their eyes, the University of Tokyo wouldn't make baseless accusations.

Although I might not believe the claim that watching a video will change my decision anytime soon, there are definitely deeper reasons that I haven't revealed, but since things are already a mess, I might as well just follow along and learn from it.

In Lin Yi's view, revealing the source energy cultivation method in advance is definitely a great thing with no drawbacks.

Compared to the previous life when network communication was cut off, and in the early stages, if you wanted to learn Source Energy Guidance Technique, you could almost only obtain it by adventuring and killing Abyss Beasts to get crystals, now it's practically free, just a click away.

Moreover, it also includes general outline and introductory lessons, greatly lowering the learning threshold.

(End of this chapter)