The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Is the software that Bai Zhuo installed for himself really that overpowered? Besides being able to browse the internet, refresh forum posts, and post information, it can even send private messages and make phone calls.

Li Can's feelings were very complicated at that moment.

When he first entered the game, he encountered people from the timeline ten years ago, which was already quite shocking. Now, after an even more amazing scene unfolded, Li Can felt completely numb.

"Okay." Li Can controlled the puppet to fly towards the distant commercial street.

This place was once a bustling trading community in Upper Horizon City, but now it has been abandoned for many years and its former glory is no longer visible.

He landed on the rooftop of a high-rise building and scanned the distance through the layers of tall buildings. His own residential area wasn't far away.

"You can continue now." Li Can took a deep breath and stood firmly on the rooftop.

"Comrade, although we don't know what you've been through, since the apocalypse, human evolution has been full of bizarre and wonderful things, and we officials are working hard to overcome them."

"Therefore, people are quick to accept new things."

"Our initial inspection of the video you posted showed no signs of editing or post-production. Now, for the sake of the overall situation, we need to gain a deeper understanding of your current situation."

"The following questions require your serious attention and truthful answers."

The man on the other end of the phone explained the current situation in great detail. Through the voice coming from the phone, Li Can could hear that he seemed to be in an empty conference room, surrounded by the sounds of many different people.

As he said, almost all the officials who could come had come.

"No problem," Li Can replied.

This was Li Can's idea: if he could unite players from the previous timeline in the dungeon game to work together to change the apocalyptic situation, it would be much better than him fighting alone.

However, various things happened one after another, coupled with the suspicion between people and the information asymmetry, so he still couldn't completely trust Bai Zhuo and tell him everything.

But the current situation actually puts him at ease.

With the support of his motherland, he was willing to make this attempt.

"When did you travel to the future?"

After a moment's thought, Li Can replied, "The day the zombie virus broke out, but it was a little earlier than the time before the virus fully broke out; it should have been in the morning."

After hearing him say this, whispers and discussions could be heard from the other end of the phone, and the background noise was somewhat loud.

"Okay, so you're saying you traveled through time before the apocalypse, but you still have some knowledge of what's happening on Earth right now?"

This is a rhetorical question, clearly indicating that even if the other party is willing to accept the birth of new things, a logical analysis was still made of Li Can's words.

It seems that the two sides are still in a state of distrust and testing each other.

"I only learned about this later when I entered the dungeon and heard conversations with other players." Li Can pondered how to describe his situation in the most concise way.

"In the post-apocalyptic wasteland ten years later, all of humanity has perished, and I am the sole survivor. Upon entering the game, I never expected to encounter humans from ten years ago..."

He was still pondering how things would unfold.

Questions continued to come from the other end of the phone.

"Okay, while this is indeed shocking, we'll try to accept it. But how did you know that winning in the dungeon game would reward you with a Quantity Orb, and how did you use it to experiment with closing the vortex? This is very important to us."

He paused, then, without choosing to hide it, added another sentence during a brief conversation with the people behind him.

"Furthermore, after learning about your deeds, our official team also conducted an experiment at the cost of sacrificing a sphere, and the results were indeed as you described..."

Li Can was a little surprised.

Is the official action really that swift? They've already tested it so quickly.

That makes sense; they probably wouldn't have approached him before he achieved any initial results.

It was only after discovering that the apocalyptic situation had indeed changed that they came up with such a direct and straightforward statement.

Before Li Can could answer, another middle-aged woman's voice joined in.

"Comrade, I know you don't trust us much right now, but what I want to say is that since the apocalypse began, the authorities have also made predictions about the future of the world. According to the current situation, the extinction of mankind and the collapse of the world are only a matter of time."

"Why are you saying all this to him?" a questioning voice came from the other side.

It seems that some people have differing opinions.

Amidst the chaos, Li Can realized that the current official consensus was not entirely unified.

"Let me interrupt for a moment," he said somewhat awkwardly, and the argument on the other end gradually subsided.

"Regarding the matter of the sphere you want to know about, I also learned about it during a conversation with the World Will... but it is currently mentally damaged and unable to remain conscious, but I assure you that everything I said is true."

Li Can did not choose to reveal the current identity of Luanma Cloud.

He has experienced it firsthand, so he believes it, but the authorities may not.

It would be easier to accept if we only talked about the will of the world.

"Hiss..." The middle-aged man gasped. The term "world will" was a completely new and unfamiliar concept to them.

"Can we communicate with the World Will? Or rather, what kind of product... uh, state is this Will? If it exists in your timeline, why isn't it there...?"

This problem stumped Li Can as well. Logically speaking, when Luanma Cloud first arrived, it was quite good, and normal communication was possible.

Besides, he also wanted to know about this.

But given its current neurological state, how can this problem be solved?

This is too surreal; all scientific concepts have been blown away.

He watched the garbled cloud drifting around in the distance, while he chased zombies in the shopping street below, completely absorbed in his own game, and was also quite annoyed.

Hearing the commotion, the zombies swarmed over and entangled it, but it was very slippery and soon broke free from the middle, floating high into the air and flying far away.

Then they made another noise, which seemed to be a feint.

It attracted zombies from all directions, who continued to chase each other.

Seemingly sensing Li Can's gaze, it suddenly looked up and turned back.

A moment later, bored, he started playing his own game again, letting the zombies crawl on him and gnaw at him without finding a place to bite.

Li Can wondered, if I told the authorities that this is the current state of the world's will, or asked them to come up and say a few words, would they immediately hang up on me...?

Given Luanma Yun's current sarcastic tone, he estimated that no one could remain calm and avoid getting high blood pressure after listening to him.

That's infuriating!

"Perhaps he was too deeply poisoned back then and it took him ten years to wake up, and I just happened to be there when he transmigrated?" he replied with a hint of speculation.

Upon hearing this, the person on the other end of the phone fell silent.

Li Can added, "I don't know much about it either, but it's true that the world's will has been attacked by the virus."

"Speaking of which, I actually have a question too. After the zombie virus outbreak ten years ago, what happened on Earth that caused the space to crack and create so many vortexes, thus truly starting the dungeon game?"