73: Chapter 72 When the sky falls—the tall ones hold it up!
"Enough," Director Sun Zheng nodded. "The Iron Anchor Workshop is working overtime to rush out 300,000 bronze-grade standard spears. The arsenal has refined 500 tons of 'Magic Sea Gunpowder.' Additionally, there are 30,000 portions of 'Beast Repellent Powder' extracted from the feces of high-order sea beasts."
"Release it all," Zheng Yuanshan's voice was steady, like a piece of pig iron hitting the ground. "Tell Director Lin Su, civilian supplies can wait, but firepower supplies must be distributed to every survivor in need within two hours."
"How should we set the price?"
"At cost price. Trading with wood, Ore, or even sea fish is fine. Do not accept karma points." Zheng Yuanshan turned his head and looked at Director Sun Zheng. "Tell everyone, as long as the Revival Society exists, the sky will not fall. Even if there really is a Dominator-class sea beast, the Revival Society's fleet will be at the very front."
"Yes!"
Just as the panic was about to turn into chaos, two pinned official posts, like two needles fixing the sea, slammed into the public forum.
The first one came from the Little Life Society.
[Little Life Society Wartime Special Announcement]
"Effective immediately, the Little Life Society's Logistics Department will list 10 million portions of 'little life water' on the Karmic Trading Realm.
Price: Maintain original price, 5 karma points/portion. We promise not to raise prices during the beast tide, limited to one portion per account, and we will restock as soon as it sells out.
Special Channel: For compatriots who have exhausted their karma points, have severely damaged ships, and are facing immediate life-threatening danger, we are opening the 'Life Assistance' channel.
Submit on-site photos and screenshots of your compass scan. After verification through the special channel of the trading platform, you can receive one portion of little life water for free.
Finally, a message from President President Shen Qing: Fear stems from insufficient firepower and the loss of life. Before we die, we will not let any of you face fear alone. As for the rest, grip your weapons tightly."
On the flagship of the Little Life Society.
President Shen Qing stood before the holographic tactical board, her gaze cold.
"Logistics Department, have those 10 million portions of water been listed?"
"Already listed! Sister Shen, the verification pressure on the free channel is too great; the number of applicants is breaking ten thousand per second!" The logistics head was covered in sweat, even though the Little Life Society had now expanded to a scale of tens of thousands of people.
"Mobilize all non-combat personnel to join the verification process." President Shen Qing spoke extremely fast, without any pause. "Prioritize applications from those with Rotten Wood-grade Houseboats and those whose compasses show red-marked areas. Remember, it is better to let one hundred people who want to take advantage slip through than to miss one person who is truly about to die."
Zhao Zheng pushed the door open, holding a dripping war blade in his hand: "The Armed Department has finished assembling. Thirty-seven detachments have already set up defensive lines under the tactical guidance sent by the Revival Society and are urgently contacting survivors within a fifty-nautical-mile radius to gather inside."
President Shen Qing nodded: "Tell the brothers, come back alive."
The second post followed closely behind. It came from the Revival Society.
[Revival Society Defense and Security Administration Wartime Scheduling Order No. 1]
"All Yanhuang Civilization compatriots:
The Revival Society has requisitioned the Iron Anchor Workshop and its 130 subordinate manufacturing organizations.
Effective immediately, the following war supplies are listed on the Karmic Trading Realm:
1. [Special Beast Repellent Powder] 500,000 portions. (Can interfere with the sense of smell of mid-order sea beasts, causing them to deviate from their attack route; limited to one portion per account)
2. [Magic Sea High-Explosive Powder Keg] 300,000 units. (The explosive equivalent is enough to kill low-order sea beasts, and the loud noise emitted can scare away mid-order sea beasts; please pay attention to safe distances; limited to one portion per account)
3. [Bronze-grade standard spears/heavy crossbows] 1,000,000 units (those lacking weapons need verification; limited to one portion per account).
All war supplies are sold at cost price, converted into karma points.
The Revival Society's 100,000-strong fleet has spread out in a net-like formation, activating the highest-level decoy beacons to actively share the aggro of high-order sea beasts.
General Chief Zheng Yuanshan's original words: When the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up first. Before the Revival Society's ships have all sunk, it is not your turn to despair."
Revival Society Command Center.
Zheng Yuanshan stood before a huge sea map, holding an unlit cigarette between his fingers.
"General Chief, with the decoy beacons fully activated, our fleet will become a living target." Director Sun Zheng watched the red dots flashing frantically on the screen, his voice tight.
"Are you afraid?" Zheng Yuanshan didn't turn back.
"The Revival Society has no one who fears death." Director Sun Zheng stood straight. "We have professional guidance, professional warriors, professional supplies, and the strongest courage."
"Then execute. We occupy the most resources of the Yanhuang Civilization survivors and have taken the most merit; now is the time to repay the debt." Zheng Yuanshan crushed the cigarette and threw it into the trash can. "Order the entire army, charge the main cannons. Today, let these beasts see how hard our warriors' bones are!"
The hardcore backing of the two major official organizations was like two shots of adrenaline, fiercely injected into the hearts of the Yanhuang Civilization survivors.
Ten million portions of life-saving water, massive amounts of weapons and ammunition, and the official determination to actively draw aggro.
The originally chaotic public forum saw its atmosphere change instantly.
"Damn it! Let's do it! The officials are risking their lives to protect us, what else do we have to be afraid of!"
"I just exchanged for a powder keg! Come on! You big red-marked beast, I'll perish with you today!"
"Little Life Society is awesome! Revival Society is awesome! Yanhuang Civilization is awesome!"
"Reinforce the ship hull! String the repeating crossbows! Brothers, let's fight!"
Panic was replaced by hot blood, and despair was ignited by Battle Intent. In just half an hour, the Yanhuang Camp completed its transformation from a scattered pile of sand into a war machine.
But this was obviously not enough.
Yang Hang sat on the top deck of his super luxurious Houseboat, overlooking the rolling river of energy in the Karmic Void Realm below.
His Divine Sense was connected to the entire Fate Platform, clearly perceiving the emotional fluctuations of every Yanhuang Civilization survivor. He saw President Shen Qing's decisiveness, saw Zheng Yuanshan's determination, and also saw those ordinary people gripping inferior weapons, their hands trembling, yet staring fixedly at the sea surface.
The morale was very commendable.
But reality was very cruel.
Through "Energy Perception" and high-order compass permissions, he had already seen the true picture beneath the deep sea.
That was not a few, or a few dozen mid-order sea beasts. That was a dense, overwhelming beast tide. And deep within these beast tides, several energy sources, massive enough to be suffocating, were awakening.
Dominator-class.
The Revival Society's powder kegs couldn't kill them, and the Little Life Society's water couldn't save people who were swallowed in one bite by them.
If they relied solely on existing supplies, after tonight, the Yanhuang Camp would lose at least thirty percent of its personnel.
That would be hundreds of millions of people.
"It's about time."
Yang Hang stood up, the sea breeze blowing through his black hair. The twin suns had completely sunk below the horizon, and darkness had completely shrouded the Magic Sea.
He raised his hand, and a brilliant golden line of Karma lit up at his fingertip.
Nearly 1.4 billion Yanhuang Civilization people, plus over 2 billion visitors from other civilizations. The massive amount of essence, energy, and spirit provided by over 4 billion people every day had long since caused the river of Karma energy in the Karmic Void Realm to swell several times over.
Not only had what was previously lost returned, but the flow was even more turbulent.
Yang Hang's finger tapped heavily into the Void Realm.
Karmic Trading Realm.
That icon located on the right side of the trading platform, which had always been in a gray locked state and had been guessed at countless times by countless people — "Life Spring".
The gray stone surface officially cracked open.
A blinding blue-and-white light shot into the sky, dispelling the nothingness within the Trading Realm. A jade-white spring eye completely revived on the golden base, with clear and transparent spring water surging silently, emitting a majestic vitality that struck directly at the Soul.
Then it branched out, with countless milky white fluid lines spreading outward, and the main body flashed with blue, red, and yellow halos.