308: Chapter 308 Is the Mid-Apocalypse About to End?

The afternoon sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows into Lin Yuan's office.

Casting patches of golden light on the floor.

Lin Yuan was leaning back in his chair, holding a supply report for the Shelter, his brows slightly furrowed.

Ever since Ji Wushuang completed her transformation training, the Shelter's combat power had stepped up to a new level.

But he always felt that something was quietly approaching.

Just like the suffocating feeling that fills the air before a storm.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A knock sounded at the door.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and an ice-blue figure walked in.

Luo Qinghan.

This Reborn Person rarely wasn't wearing her signature combat suit today.

Instead, she had changed into a simple white shirt and black trousers.

But even with such simple attire, it couldn't hide the sharp aura radiating from within her.

"Something up?" Lin Yuan put down the report and raised an eyebrow.

Luo Qinghan didn't speak; she walked straight to the sofa opposite him and sat down, her movements elegant and composed.

But Lin Yuan noticed a rare trace of gravity between her brows.

This was unusual.

As a woman who had been reborn from the tenth year of the Apocalypse.

Luo Qinghan had seen more storms than everyone in the Shelter combined.

Anything that could make her show such an expression was definitely not simple.

"Speak."

Lin Yuan put away his playful attitude and said seriously.

"What has made our Miss Prophet frown?"

Luo Qinghan took a deep breath, her ice-blue eyes looking straight at him:

"The latter half of the mid-Apocalypse... is coming."

Lin Yuan's fingers paused slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"Literally."

Luo Qinghan's voice was cold, yet carried an unquestionable certainty.

"According to the timeline of my past life, we are currently in the first half of the mid-Apocalypse. Although this stage is dangerous, it is still within a controllable range."

"But the next part..."

She paused, a complex look flashing in her eyes.

"The following latter half will be the most difficult and dangerous period of the entire Apocalypse. No exceptions."

Lin Yuan fell silent.

He knew Luo Qinghan wouldn't say such things without reason.

"Tell me in detail."

Luo Qinghan stood up, walked to the window, and stood with her back to Lin Yuan, looking at the sky outside that had been changed by the Apocalypse.

"In my past life, I lost too much during this stage."

Her voice remained calm, but Lin Yuan could hear the hidden emotions within.

"Friends, comrades, the Shelter... I even almost lost my own life."

"There are two reasons."

She turned around and held up two fingers:

"First, the Space Barrier is starting to loosen."

"Space Barrier?" Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"Correct."

Luo Qinghan nodded.

"You should have felt it too; the spatial fluctuations have been becoming more frequent lately. This is not a coincidence, but because the energy of the Apocalypse is constantly eroding the Space Barrier of this world."

"When the barrier loosens to a certain degree... the Otherworld Gate will open."

"At that time, a large number of Otherworld Creatures will flood into this world. Elves, Orcs, demons... and even more terrifying existences."

Lin Yuan nodded thoughtfully.

This matched some of the intelligence he had received earlier.

"And the second?"

"Second..."

Luo Qinghan's expression became even more serious.

"The full-scale outbreak of zombies."

"Full-scale outbreak?"

Lin Yuan frowned, "Isn't it evolution?"

"Evolution is only a part of it."

Luo Qinghan shook her head, her voice becoming low:

"In the latter half of the mid-Apocalypse, zombies will experience a terrifying explosion of attributes."

"You know that current zombies already have rudimentary intelligence, but that's just the beginning."

"Next, their combat power, climbing ability, sensory ability, and even their coordination ability... will all see a qualitative leap."

She paused, a shadow flashing in her eyes:

"In my past life, I saw with my own eyes a group of evolved zombies climbing a thirty-story building like spiders, taking less than two minutes."

"They will set ambushes, flank, and use the terrain. Some even learned to use simple tools."

Lin Yuan's expression became grave.

"There is something even more terrifying."

Luo Qinghan took a deep breath and continued:

"The virus."

"The virus?"

"Correct. In the latter half of the mid-Apocalypse, the virus will also undergo a large-scale mutation and upgrade."

Luo Qinghan's voice turned cold:

"The current virus only has an airborne infection rate of about 5% to 10%; only a small number of people with weaker constitutions will be infected."

"But after the mutation..."

She looked at Lin Yuan, enunciating each word:

"The infection rate will skyrocket to over 80%."

"What?!"

Lin Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.

An 80% airborne infection rate, what does that mean?

It means that as long as one is exposed to the contaminated air, eight out of ten people will be infected!

"In my past life, this wave of virus outbreak directly caused the death of more than one-third of the survivors globally."

Luo Qinghan's voice was calm, but Lin Yuan could hear the gravity in it.

"Many Shelters became dead cities overnight. Even ordinary Ability Users couldn't hold out; only those above B-rank had a higher survival rate."

"Those ordinary people without Superpowers..."

She didn't continue, but Lin Yuan already understood.

That would be a catastrophe.

"Besides the virus mutation, zombies themselves will also evolve into 'Corpse King'."

Luo Qinghan continued:

"The Corpse King possesses complete intelligence and can command thousands of zombies to carry out organized attacks. In my past life, when the first Corpse King appeared, she directly slaughtered three large Shelters."

"That thing... can no longer be described as a 'zombie'."

Lin Yuan's brows furrowed even tighter.

Otherworld invasion, zombie attribute explosion, virus mutation, Corpse King appearance...

Four threats descending simultaneously.

No wonder Luo Qinghan said this was the most difficult period of the Apocalypse.

"So you came today to remind me to prepare in advance?"

"Not just to remind you."

Luo Qinghan walked back to the sofa and sat down, taking a folded piece of paper from her bosom and handing it to him.

"This is intelligence I compiled based on my memories from my past life. It includes the potential locations of the Otherworld Gates, the approximate timeline of zombie evolution, and some key nodes."

Lin Yuan took the paper and unfolded it.

It was densely packed with various information, the handwriting neat and the logic clear.

"This is..."

"A pledge of allegiance."

Luo Qinghan said indifferently, "Or rather, my duty as your woman."

Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Yo, so proactive? I thought you would keep playing hard to get."

"Playing hard to get?"

Luo Qinghan snorted coldly.

"I never drag my feet when doing things. Since I've decided to be with you, I won't hide anything."

"Besides..."

Her voice lowered slightly, carrying a hint of softness that only Lin Yuan could hear:

"In this life, I don't want to lose anything ever again."

Lin Yuan looked at her, a flash of tenderness in his eyes.

This woman, cold as ice on the surface, was actually more sentimental than anyone.

The pain from her past life was probably still etched in her heart.

"Rest assured."

Lin Yuan stood up, walked over to her, and reached out to wrap his arm around her waist:

"In this life, I am here."

Luo Qinghan didn't struggle, she just looked up, her ice-blue eyes meeting his:

"Then you had better do what you say."

"Otherwise..."

Her finger tapped lightly on Lin Yuan's chest:

"I will personally electrocute you into a roasted suckling pig."

Lin Yuan's mouth twitched.

This woman, does she have to be so violent even when saying sweet nothings?

Just as the atmosphere between them was ambiguous, the office door was suddenly flung open.

"Master! Something terrible has happened!"

The voice of a panting little beauty broke this tranquility.

Lin Yuan and Luo Qinghan turned their heads simultaneously and saw that the person who rushed in was Xiao Zhang, the female team member in charge of the Shelter's security.

"What is it?" Lin Yuan frowned.

"The... the area around the Shelter has detected abnormal energy fluctuations!"

Xiao Zhang said, out of breath.

"Dr. Xia says the characteristics of those fluctuations... are very similar to a spatial rift!"

Lin Yuan and Luo Qinghan exchanged a glance, both seeing the gravity in each other's eyes.

It had come faster than expected.

"Let's go, take a look."

Ten minutes later.

Lin Yuan stood in the Shelter's monitoring center, looking at the constantly jumping data on the big screen, his brows locked tightly.

"How is the situation?"

Xia Muqing pushed up her glasses and pointed at the waveform graph on the screen:

"Not good. Since early this morning, 7 abnormal energy fluctuations have been detected within a 50-kilometer radius around the Shelter."

"The frequency and intensity of the fluctuations are constantly increasing. Based on this trend..."

She paused, her expression serious:

"In as fast as three days, or at most a week, these fluctuation points will form a stable spatial rift."

Lin Yuan fell silent.

Three days to a week...

Time was even more pressing than he had imagined.

"Is there any way to stop it?"

"Stop it?"

Xia Muqing shook her head with a bitter smile.

"This is a change at the spatial level. Unless you can find an SSS-Rank Expert who can manipulate space, otherwise..."

She spread her hands, indicating there was nothing she could do.

Lin Yuan nodded and turned to Luo Qinghan:

"Does it match the intelligence from your past life?"

Luo Qinghan pondered for a moment and nodded slowly:

"Generally matches. In my past life, it was indeed the Elves and Orcs that invaded first. As for the flying races..."

A trace of gravity flashed in her eyes:

"It could be the Angel race or the Demon race. Both races appeared in my past life."

Lin Yuan took a deep breath and made a decision.

"Send word down, summon all the core Goddesses, and hold a meeting in the conference room in half an hour. Also, dispatch reconnaissance teams to those energy fluctuation points for on-site investigation. I need to know the specific situation of those rifts."

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhang took the order and left.

Lin Yuan looked at the red dots constantly flashing on the big screen, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

The latter half of the mid-Apocalypse...

Since we can't dodge it, then we will face it head-on.

Half an hour later, in the conference room.

Ye Qingxue, Ye Qingyue, Su Yuyan, Chen Hanyue, Ji Wushuang, Luo Qinghan, Lin Ruoxue...

The core Goddesses of the Shelter were gathered together, the atmosphere grave.

Lin Yuan stood at the head of the conference table and gave a brief explanation of the current situation.

"So, the situation we are facing now is: Otherworld Gates are about to open, and zombies may also experience large-scale evolution. Dual threats, descending simultaneously."

The conference room was silent.

A moment later, Ji Wushuang was the first to speak:

"What's there to be afraid of? If one comes, I'll hack one; if two come, I'll hack a pair!"

She slammed the table, full of heroic spirit.

Then...

"Crack."

The table split.

Ji Wushuang: "..."

The women: "..."

Lin Yuan covered his forehead: "That was mahogany, 30,000 points."

Ji Wushuang's face instantly collapsed, and she muttered in a low voice:

"Hubby, can you give me a discount?"

"No."

"20% off?"

"No."

"10% off?"

"It'll be deducted from your salary."

"..."

Ji Wushuang was on the verge of tears.

Why did she feel like ever since she joined Lin Yuan, she was either paying off debts or on the way to paying off debts?

Ye Qingyue was snickering on the side, but was glared back by a sharp look from Ji Wushuang.

"Ahem."

Su Yuyan coughed lightly to bring the topic back on track:

"Lin Yuan, what plan do you have?"

Lin Yuan put away his joking expression and said seriously:

"The plan is simple—take the initiative and seize the opportunity."

"Instead of waiting for the enemy to come to our door, it's better for us to go and figure out the situation first."

"I have already dispatched reconnaissance teams to survey those energy fluctuation points. Once the intelligence comes back, we will formulate a specific combat plan. Before that, everyone strengthen your training and be prepared for battle."

He looked around at the women, his gaze firm:

"In this battle, we must not only survive, but also live better than anyone else."

"The latter half of the mid-Apocalypse?"

Lin Yuan's lips curled into a smile:

"Then let it become the starting point for our rise."

The women exchanged glances, seeing the fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

With this man here, they were afraid of nothing.

After the meeting ended, everyone dispersed to prepare.

Only Luo Qinghan remained.

"What? Still have something to say?" Lin Yuan looked at her.

Luo Qinghan was silent for a moment, then said:

"Those things you said just now... are you serious?"

"Which part?"

"Letting the latter half of the mid-Apocalypse be the starting point for our rise."

Lin Yuan smiled:

"Of course I'm serious."

He walked to the window and looked at the distant sky:

"You know, in my view, a crisis is always just another form of opportunity."

"Otherworld invasion? That's perfect, I'm still missing a few Otherworld Goddesses."

"Zombie evolution? Even better, the crystal cores of evolved zombies are definitely worth more."

Luo Qinghan was stunned for a moment, then shook her head helplessly.

This man... is always so optimistic, so confident, so... shameless.

But for some reason, she just loved him like this.

"Let's go."

Lin Yuan turned around and reached out his hand to her:

"Accompany me to take a look at those rifts."

Luo Qinghan looked at that hand, her lips slightly curving upward.

"Okay."

She placed her hand in his palm.

The two figures disappeared at the doorway.

And in a corner on the outskirts of the Shelter, a furry little thing was lying on the wall, secretly observing everything.

"Squeak... the Great Demon King is going to cause trouble again..."

Xiao Qi shivered, silently lighting a candle in its heart for those incoming Otherworld Creatures.

"You guys... take care."