I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Li Hao glanced at Yan Ziming a few times with amusement, then walked to the front of all the contestants, pointed at Yan Ziming, and shouted:

"From today onwards, your team leader will be Yan Ziming. She will be in charge of all activities within the community of shared future for mankind. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

The crowd immediately became excited.

Before this, they didn't know who was leading the team. At the time, they just thought it would be great if it was one of the goddesses of China.

Looking at it now, it's not just one! There are so many goddesses here!

"Now, let your team leader, Yan Ziming, say a few words."

Li Hao tossed the microphone to Yan Ziming, who had anticipated this situation and had prepared her explanation in advance.

After rambling on and on with nonsensical ramblings for a while, Yan Ziming got tired of spouting platitudes and shouted:

"Okay, let's go!"

As she finished speaking, the surrounding planes began to open their doors, and after everyone boarded the planes in an orderly manner, the transport plane bound for the Middle East took off.

Yan Ziming had no intention of relying on Mu Mu's spatial abilities to get there quickly; enjoying the journey would be a nice way to relax.

"Hmm... let me see, our contestants..."

After taking a quick look, Yan Ziming discovered that China's lineup for this competition was in no way inferior to that of the previous one.

Leaving aside the seventh rank, there are three eighth rank individuals: Tian Tian, ​​Murong Haiyi, and someone Yan Ziming has never heard of. This person should be a rising star who has emerged in Tibet Province over the past few years, and they set off from the Sichuan Military and Administrative Region.

"But Murong Haiyi... is he also in my team?"

Yan Ziming looked around but didn't see Murong Haiyi. He wondered what he had gone to do.

Drip, drop, drop——

Suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded inside the transport plane. Someone came out of the cockpit, walked quickly to Yan Ziming's side, and whispered, "Your Majesty, please come with me to the cockpit."

"ha..."

Although Yan Ziming didn't understand what had happened, he knew something bad must have occurred, so without hesitation, he followed him into the cockpit.

"What happened?"

"Here's the thing, the fighter jets escorting us just detected a large flock of Ghost Crows gathering in the airspace ahead, and they've already set their sights on us..."

"Huh? Ghost-faced Crow?"

The monster was already a rather vague memory for her, and she hadn't been troubled by it since she reached the seventh rank.

The Ghost-Faced Crow is an extremely ferocious and brutal creature that targets beings below the seventh rank. They live in large groups, often appearing in numbers of tens or even hundreds of thousands, and those below the seventh rank are almost certain to die if they encounter one.

The military's heavy firepower was completely ineffective against it, serving only as a futile effort, making it a rather troublesome opponent.

However, if there is a seventh or eighth-tier wide-range attack-type ability user present, wiping them out would be as easy as crumpling a piece of paper.

Last time in the Yongjing Military Administrative Region, Old Wang used his special skills to trap and kill a flock of hundreds of thousands of ghost-faced crows.

But for some reason, I haven't seen them much in recent years. When did this start?

"Oh, you want me to get rid of them, right?"

"Yes, after all, the transport planes can't outrun them..."

"Okay, no problem, just bring them over."

Yan Ziming said nonchalantly.

Heh, a mere flock of masked crows, easily wiped out with a flick of the finger!

Even if you send hundreds of thousands or millions, wiping them out wouldn't take more than a moment.

The person hesitated again: "Uh...no, they seem a bit too many..."

"Oh? How much exactly?"

"Although it's not the complete picture, it's estimated to be no less than two million. What do you think...?"

"Hmm...no problem."

Two million was a sum that Yan Ziming would have to work on; it was indeed beyond her expectations.

Generally speaking, the largest flock of crows has ever appeared in a single year, just over one million. This number is indeed the first of its kind in history.

Is something about to happen again?

Yan Ziming thought uneasily.

Before long, a vast, dark 'sky curtain' loomed over from the horizon, covering everything and coming together.

"......this?"

Yan Ziming was shocked to realize that these ghost-faced crows seemed to be different. Each one was three to four meters long. These were ghost-faced crows!

She believed it when you told her it was a pterosaur!

"Well, forget it, it can be destroyed with a flick of the finger."

Although it was unexpected, it was still not a problem for Yan Ziming.

What difference does it make to the gods if millions of ants evolve into millions of cockroaches?

Endless thunder roared in the sky, and dense lightning struck ahead, tearing apart the sky that blotted out the sun, revealing dozens or even hundreds of large cracks like a canvas.

"唳——!!!"

From within the endless flock of raven-faced crows, an even louder cry rang out, and then all the crows began to scatter, flanking and encircling from all directions.

Yan Ziming's expression turned serious once again.

While the crows are indeed highly organized, this particular maneuver is beyond their level of intelligence.

The reason comes from that shriek just now.

"Hmph! You think you can get away with hiding in the back and not daring to come out?"

Yan Ziming snorted coldly and increased the intensity. The dark clouds in the sky suddenly covered the area, and a misty 'rain' began to fall. The ghost-faced crows that were still flying in the sky fell down like wheat being harvested, turning into ashes before hitting the ground.

Within minutes, the canopy had completely vanished, and Yan Ziming discovered the culprit controlling everything.

—A raven with a mask and a body size of over twenty meters stood out among the chickens, but due to its severe injuries, it also fell down and turned to ashes.

"That's an S-rank individual, the Demon-Faced Crow?"

Yan Ziming was stunned. She had never seen a Ghost-Faced Crow above the D-rank before, and now there was actually an individual that could break through to the S-rank.

She had also noticed the unusual behavior of the Ghost-Faced Crows. Not to mention D-level individuals, there were quite a few C-level individuals, and even a few B-level individuals, which was completely different from Yan Ziming's previous impression of them.

"Sigh, yet another group has mutated. This world is getting tougher and tougher."

It's obvious that this race has evolved once again, as has been the case for the past few years. The number of strong humans is increasing, and the evolution of mutated species is also continuing.

"Well, let's leave these matters to the higher-ups to handle."

Yan Ziming thought about it helplessly for a moment, then cleaned up the few that had slipped through the net before returning to his seat.

The journey thereafter was smooth sailing, with no fools attempting to intercept them, and they soon arrived in the Middle East.

What comes into view is a huge ladder that reaches straight into the clouds.

That was a true heavenly ladder, so high that its top was invisible, shimmering with a translucent color. Many goods were rising with the heavenly ladder and disappearing into the depths of the clouds.

"This is... the headquarters of the community of shared future for mankind?"

44. City of Miracles

The place where the ladder stands is a huge, deep pit, filled with various military defenses. If it weren't for being in the air, it would be hard to tell that such a massive project was underway inside.

"The sounds there are all isolated, ensuring that none of them will get out. There's also a ninth-level expert guarding the place, which minimizes the possibility of being discovered by mutated species."

Mu Mu suddenly explained it to Yan Ziming in this way, which made it seem that she was quite familiar with this place.

Seeing Yan Ziming looking at her with surprise, Mu Mu closed her eyes and said:

"Don't look at me like that. The ninth-rank guards here take turns serving a one-year term. I'll be here for one year while you're away."

“But wasn’t this place only completed a little over a year ago?” Ye Qianxue retorted.

"Are you stupid? Shouldn't we send someone to protect these scientists who are studying ruins here?"

After being gently scolded by Mu Mu, Ye Qianxue sheepishly ran to the window.

"What will surprise you even more is yet to come." Thinking of this, Mu Mu smiled smugly.

"Huh? I'd like to see just how surprised you can be."

Yan Ziming asked curiously, "What makes Mu Mu so confident? I'm starting to look forward to seeing what happens next."

Now that the Heavenly Ladder is right in front of her, could it really be what she imagined?

As expected, the plane they were on did not descend to prepare for landing, but instead climbed to a higher altitude.

hum-

Breaking through the clouds, they saw a huge city-state floating in the sky, spitting out airplane cargo. Yan Ziming and his group were heading to this place.

"Holy crap... what the hell is this?!"