The End of the Earth

The terrain of Area C has changed greatly. According to the current situation, Area C is probably in a moderately contaminated area. If it is a heavily contaminated area close to the nuclear explosion point, the probability of finding supplies will be extremely low.

"Help!"

Xiang San looked around quickly for his teammates.

Before they could find it, a dark shadow appeared from the other side of the rubble and appeared in front of the crowd who were searching for the person who was calling for help.

"Domt is dead! It's Domt!"

The terrified voices of other team members came through the communicator.

Everyone's lighting equipment was focused on Domt's body. A huge tear stretched from his left shoulder to his waist, and his internal tissues and organs were torn out and spilled all over the floor. Judging from the damaged tissue, some of them must have been lost when he was thrown out.

"Turn off the searchlights, abandon the supplies, spread out, find cover, and lie low. Don't move without my orders! Quick!"

The remaining team members immediately let go of the full storage bags in their hands and quickly looked for large pieces of building ruins nearby to hide themselves.

The sound of rolling gravel was extremely harsh in the silent environment. They could not hear any sound other than that in their chemical protective suits unless it was very loud.

A fleshy claw was clinging to the pile of building rubble in the direction Domt flew from.

Everyone held their breath, the tense atmosphere made their adrenaline surge, cold sweat kept sliding down their noses, and their heartbeats began to speed up slightly.

In the silent environment, the rolling of a few pieces of gravel was so harsh, as if they were the only living things in the world.

The terrifying head slowly began to emerge. It was a head with a skull face close to a human skull, with a slightly upturned mouth and jaw that seemed to be smiling?

The creepy monster had not yet fully revealed its body, but its muscles slightly expanded and it bounced up and down on the spot. Part of the ruined building under its claws was instantly blown away by the air wave, and the next second it landed next to Domt's body.

The monster is 6 meters long, with unusually thick muscle tissue. Its limbs look more like a human, and its body is covered with a black biofilm. In this respect, it seems to be somewhat different from evil life forms.

The people who were watching secretly thought that it would eat Domt's body, but they saw a siphon mouthpart extending from the mouth of the tower skull and piercing into the wound on Domt's body.

After eating its food, the monster slowly left. Everyone dared to come out only after confirming that it would not come back. Its burst speed was too fast, and the people present had no chance of winning.

All of this was recorded. Their information collection work had already begun as soon as they left the shelter. Exploring for supplies and understanding the outside world was just one of their goals.

One of the team members used a camera to record everything they experienced.

"Let's find a pit and bury Domte. I'm afraid we can't take him back to the shelter. If he carries any dangerous elements with him, everyone in the shelter will be in trouble.

It’s no good leaving the body exposed in this damn place. Let’s find a pit for him to rest in peace.

Now that Domt is settled, we should head back to the shelter. The respiratory filter layer of the chemical protective suit won't hold up for long."

"Yes, Commander."

After dealing with the dead members, everyone returned to the entrance of the shelter.

To clean materials and chemical protective clothing, some unknown instruments and equipment use a self-modified magic air shower room to repeatedly blow away any radioactive substances that may be contaminated on them.

The equipment in this air shower room seems to be temporarily stored here in this underground parking lot for some reason. It is assembled with building materials and tempered glass, and uses the wind magic engraving technique of the Azure Human Race to assist in enhancing the dust removal performance.

"Have the supplies and equipment handled by the relevant managers. Also, regarding Domt's death, use the broadcast function to inform everyone. It's because of him that we were able to avoid danger and obtain these supplies. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Commander!"

After listening to this, Ye Minghao, the order manager, understood Xiang San's other meaning and nodded.

"I'm Xiang San. Aman, Calista, and any other managers without urgent matters, please come to the control room on Floor B3."

The control room was built by these two temporary building materials and the power of magic. The equipment inside only added the temperature, oxygen content, and some material data in the shelter, as well as various monitoring images. It was modified using the original monitoring and some fire servers.

Everyone had very solemn expressions after watching all the outside information they filmed.

"It seems that the blind use of nuclear weapons has not made the situation much better than before. On the contrary, our survival situation has become more difficult."

Aman took a deep breath, feeling a little annoyed. Because there hadn't been any official announcement regarding the use of nuclear weapons, everyone assumed they were dealing with a biological threat. They were hiding in shelters, but what if some people were hiding on the ground?

The more I think about it, the more terrifying it becomes. People on the ground would be directly facing a nuclear explosion, and it would be hard for them to survive. But even if they were lucky enough to survive, it would probably be more painful than death.

"Did you notice? The Tower of Miracles is gone!"

Calista stuttered.

Even Xiang San, who was always perceptive, did not notice that the huge tower in the dim area C had disappeared.

"It seems to be true. There is no trace of the tower in these angles of the video. Could it be that the shock wave destroyed it?"

An administrator pointed to various points in the video and said.

"Whatever the reason, the Miracle Tower has disappeared, and from now on we'll have one less source of food."

Because of the existence of the Miracle Tower, sporadic life forms will be led into the tower, either for hunting or treasure hunting.

Anyway, Xiang San had never been there and had only heard other people talk about it.

He was interested, but unfortunately you couldn't enter the Tower of Miracles whenever you wanted, so he could only listen to others' stories.

For him, isn't this just like completing a dungeon? In his life after becoming disabled, he was also addicted to immersive interactive games for a period of time.

"Do you know what this ball of light is, Callista? I don't think it exists on Earth."

Kalista looked at the glowing ball and shook her head, having no impression of it at all.

"I don't know, but I feel like I've heard someone say that. Let me think about it."

Calista was wandering around while thinking, and Xiang San signaled others not to disturb her. Sometimes she was like this, she would forget herself when she was obsessed with something, which was an ability that others did not have.

"I thought of it!"

Seeing everyone staring in silence, Calista coughed twice and said, "Ahem, those who have entered the Tower of Miracles said that before the challenge of each floor begins, there will be this kind of light ball to guide them. You'll have to ask them for the details."

"Well, Population Manager, I'll leave it to you to find someone who has entered the Miracle Tower and bring him to us."

The population manager immediately went down to make arrangements. The time to test his ability was now. It would be difficult for him to find such a person among the more than 600 members of the shelter, considering the confidentiality and authenticity.

Since the commander asked them to gather for discussion, it means that the matter must be kept secret from others. It may be because they are afraid of causing panic, or it may be because not all of these people are their own people, so they cannot announce it openly through the radio.

Thinking of this, population manager Nova's thoughts gradually became clear, and he began to use the communicator to summon his capable assistants to carry out the screening work.

Of course there were people who entered the Tower of Miracles, but that was when Area C was still in conflict with the Jia City Government. Later, most of the people in the Blue World moved to the living area around the city. It is not certain whether these more than 600 people have actually been to the Tower of Miracles.

The meeting lasted until the evening, including sorting out future plans and resolving some existing problems.

They also had some speculations about the disappearance of the ball of light and the Miracle Tower. Since the ball of light might be something from the Miracle Tower, the traces of the ball of light also proved that the Miracle Tower had been destroyed.

You should know that they did not only find one ball of light during the search. There were more than a dozen balls of light lying quietly in the pit under the huge charred wood of the World Tree Elder.

"Commander, we found him. This is Jilu, a dwarven brother. He went into the Tower of Miracles and passed all 12 floors in one go."

A dwarf beside the manager Nova saw Xiang San holding his right fist on his left chest. This was a solemn etiquette of the Azure Continent, symbolizing recognition of the other party's strength. Although Xiang San had lost all her fourth-level power when she came back, she was still weaker than an ordinary Earth woman.

But the terrifying learning ability he showed afterwards impressed everyone. They had never heard that earth creatures could master their magic.

"Gil, what does the inside of the Miracle Tower look like? Can you tell me what you gained during the 12 floors?"

"Of course, Commander.

Actually, I really don’t know how to describe the interior of the Miracle Tower. Our adjectives cannot be used to summarize that kind of place. It is a place where rules are everywhere, and I don’t know how to describe it.

But the light clusters are indeed present on every level."

Xiang San opened the terminal interface and played the footage of the light ball.

"Yes, that's it, but why are they outside?"

Xiang San handed Jilu a bottle of bottled water he had just collected, and opened a bottle for himself, taking a sip and savoring it slowly.

"Because the Miracle Tower is gone, it's very likely destroyed. Since you're sure this ball of light is from the Miracle Tower, can you tell me what its purpose is?"

Giroud followed Xiang San's lead, unscrewing the bottle cap and taking a few sips. He then said, "The ball of light is the entrance. You can enter by touching it with your hand. You must touch it with your own hands, without gloves on."

Touch it with your own hands?

Upon hearing this, Anman lowered his head in thought.

"So what did you get in there? Just tell me the type, like weapons? Food?"

"Whatever you conquer, you gain. I gained these things."

Giroud took out a small storage bag, which was about the size of a steamed bun.

But they were all wrong. Giroud opened the rope of the bag and poured out more than ten things.

Keys, cards, umbrellas, books and other common things.

They are very exquisitely shaped and seem to be made of silver inlaid with gold.

"Put it away, I roughly understand."

Everyone looked at Xiang San in confusion, wondering why he didn't ask what the purpose was.

"Don't look at me like that. If you want to know, we can just go collect all those light balls and bring them back to the shelter tomorrow. Then we'll know everything, right?"

"Right?"

The managers then realized that they had so many light balls, so why were they afraid of not knowing what they were used for?

While they were studying the light clusters left behind by these miracle towers in various places, research on unknown luminous objects was also being carried out in other places.

Such luminous objects exist in China, Country M, Africa, and other places. It is not known whether these light balls were intentionally distributed around the world when the Miracle Tower was destroyed.