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Rebuilding civilization!

Lu Yan took a deep look at Guo Ze.

The strength of a fifth-level Transcendent is considered top-tier in the apocalypse version's Extraordinary System, but to Lu Yan, it is utterly insignificant.

On the surface, the two seemed to be of similar cultivation level, but in reality, whether in terms of combat strength or cultivation, the difference was vast; Lu Yan could easily dispatch a battle array of dozens of Yin Soldiers at the peak of Qi Cultivation to suppress Guo Ze.

Yet, this very Transcendent possesses a courage that even Lu Yan couldn't help but notice.

"When did you come up with this method?"

Guo Ze replied frankly:

"After I reached the second tier, I was able to perceive the existence of souls. The Yin Soldiers under the God harvest the souls of zombies, coupled with information about Underworld legends circulating from other gathering places, made me realize that the God's target is these zombie souls.

The God requires a method to harvest souls most efficiently, and I thought to leverage the God's force to resolve the zombie hidden dangers around gathering place number seventy-three.

Regarding the God's inquiries, Guo Ze dared not withhold anything."

"Very good!"

Lu Yan nodded in praise.

What Guo Ze mentioned about rebuilding civilization also provided Lu Yan with further enlightenment.

Previously, he was only focused on slaughtering zombies to interact with the apocalypse version, but he forgot the celestial order of the apocalypse version isn't zombies but represents chaos and disorder post-apocalypse.

If during the process of slaughtering zombies, civilization is re-established, it will undoubtedly have a greater impact on the celestial order of the apocalypse version, thereby leveraging the power of the entire version.

Lu Yan opened his right hand, and a palm-sized Soul Division Banner split from his Soul Banner within his body.

Within this palm-sized Soul Division Banner, there were a full hundred Yin Soldiers at the peak of Qi Cultivation, ensuring Guo Ze's safety while enabling long-distance communication with the main banner.

After advancing his magical treasures, Lu Yan's Soul Banner can be stored within his body for anytime use, and his other abilities have greatly improved; the Soul Division Banner he used previously in the cyber version has also grown.

He casually tossed the Soul Division Banner to Guo Ze, and said:

"You have two months to initiate a super large-scale zombie tide. Once accomplished, use this Soul Division Banner to contact me, and I will personally come to handle it."

Guo Ze hastily reached out to seize the Soul Division Banner, the icy touch sending a tremor through his Divine Soul. He could clearly sense the seemingly inconspicuous Soul Division Banner he held contained enough power to effortlessly crush himself.

Having a clearer understanding of Lu Yan's strength, Guo Ze worriedly said:

"Does the God have any limitations regarding the super large-scale zombie tide?

Gathering place number seventy-three is located in the plain with the largest pre-apocalypse population. If we unleash a super large-scale zombie tide, even a slight carelessness could trigger a tide of tens of millions, among which ninth-ranked Corpse Kings will not be few..."

Before Guo Ze could finish his words, Lu Yan interrupted directly: "There are no limitations, the more, the better!"

This was not Lu Yan being excessively arrogant; it was an estimation he made after combining his circumstances.

In three months, slaughtering over thirty million zombies, countless wandering souls were absorbed into the Soul Banner, significantly boosting Lu Yan's power multiple times compared to before.

Firstly, the number of Yin Soldiers within the Soul Banner increased, from the initial thousand to now six thousand with the Yin Soldier transformation production line running at full capacity.

Following the principle of valuing quality over quantity, all six thousand Yin Soldiers were without exception elevated to the peak of Qi Cultivation, just a step away from the Foundation Establishment Stage.

When the Soul Banner unveils a formation of six thousand Yin Soldiers, its sheer force alone can instill fear in all beings below the Golden Core Realm.

In a direct confrontation, even multiple Golden Core Corpse Kings wouldn't escape the encirclement of six thousand Yin Soldiers, making the previously empty Underworld somewhat resemble the divine might of mythology.

Of course, if there were only six thousand Yin Soldiers, it wouldn't do justice to Lu Yan's three-month massacre of thirty million zombies.

During these three months of hunting zombies, Lu Yan also captured two Golden Core Corpse Kings, though not every Golden Core Corpse King possessed the extraordinary Golden Core Divine Techniques akin to the Abyss God.

Lu Yan combined a mass of wandering souls with the souls of Golden Core Corpse Kings, successfully elevating the Blood God and Giant Spirit God to the Golden Core Realm.

Currently, the Golden Core Corpse King hunted in Jiao City is precisely the third one, its Extraordinary Ability merely an ordinary Soul Refining Fire, which Lu Yan intends to use as material for the Dharma Protector's ascension.

Moreover, Lu Yan harvested the souls of over six hundred Foundation Establishment Corpse Kings during his massive slaughter.

After careful selection by the Giant Spirit God, the most powerful among these Foundation Establishment Corpse Kings in Extraordinary Ability will undergo ghost god transformations after Lu Yan's hunting concludes, becoming part of the Underworld's ghost gods.

The remaining Foundation Establishment Corpse Kings will undergo new Soul Computer transformations after ritual refining.

This new Soul Computer transformation incorporates the Abyss God's research on rules and offers a complete upgrade from Yin Soldier transformations, which Lu Yan called Ghost General transformation.

Upon completion, the Soul Banner can add six hundred Ghost Generals commanding six thousand Yin Soldiers, by then further boosting the Underworld army's strength multiple times.

In addition to these, Lu Yan wields the largest trump card: the Soul Continent.

Simply nurturing six thousand Yin Soldiers, three Golden Core ghost gods, and the subsequent Ghost General transformations already can't exhaust the more than thirty million wandering souls.

The real major consumption of wandering souls is actually capturing the wandering souls and transforming them into ghost mist, refining the entire Soul Continent.

Under the tireless efforts of countless ghostly Yin Soldiers, the ghost mist formed by the massive wandering souls had already occupied half of the Soul Continent.

Although it has not yet reached the standard of complete refinement, Lu Yan was already able to initially manipulate the Soul Continent. Under the ghosts and spirits' transformation, the Soul Continent had already started shedding its original barren appearance.

Coupled with the incorporation of a large number of wandering souls, it already had the resemblance of a nascent Netherworld.

With various factors combined, Lu Yan's strength had skyrocketed to a level that could be described as terrifying.

The apocalypse version had just gone through thirteen years, and to have a Golden Core Corpse King appear in such a short time was already the limit; it was impossible for a Nascent Soul Realm Corpse King to exist.

As long as no Nascent Soul appears, once the transformation of all the Soul Banners is completed as planned, Lu Yan was confident he could dominate the Golden Core realm without a rival, and pushing through the apocalypse version was merely a matter of time.

But... what Lu Yan lacked was time!

Hearing Lu Yan's confident words, the reverence in Guo Ze's eyes deepened.

Since he chose to rely on Lu Yan to open up and rebuild civilization across the entire region, Guo Ze naturally wouldn't doubt Lu Yan's strength, and he immediately decided to persuade Li Kang to join once he returned to Zone 73.

After settling matters here, Lu Yan was about to leave directly and continue hunting zombies.

Mobilizing the power of the Abyss God within the Soul Banner, Lu Yan's fingertip sliced through the space in front of him, reflecting a wasteland fifty kilometers away.

This place was more than several hundred kilometers from the nearest urban cluster, and the space rift of the Abyss God couldn't be opened without restriction, so Lu Yan could only first dissolve the space rift to cross several dozen miles, and then hurry to the next urban cluster.

But just as Lu Yan was about to set off, he suddenly thought of something.

Lu Yan originally entered the apocalypse version from the city version, changing directly from the city version's Luo City to this Scorched City.

Although the versions weren't strictly corresponding, there were still traces to follow.

If Scorched City was indeed Luo City, did that mean Li Hao and his Li Family forces were also in the surrounding territories?

In recent days, Lu Yan had been focused solely on killing zombies, nearly forgetting about the Li Family that he had influenced in the demon version.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan stopped his step into the space rift, turned around, and asked Guo Ze:

"How many gathering places are there in this area?"

Guo Ze's spirit shook, and he immediately replied, "Reporting to the Deity, within a hundred miles there is only one Zone 73 gathering place."

"What's the name of the leader of the gathering place?"

"Yu Mingyu."

Hearing that it wasn't the name he had imagined, Lu Yan slightly frowned but did not dwell on it.

After all, the population in the apocalypse version was much less than in the normal version, so it wasn't surprising that Li Hao didn't appear in the apocalypse version.

Since Li Hao wasn't there, Lu Yan had no interest in exploring Zone 73.

At this moment, Guo Ze added a remark.

"However, this Yu Mingyu only took office in the last two months. The previous leader of the gathering place was named Li Hao, who controlled one of the major forces, the Li Family, in the gathering place.

For the past two years, our squad had been searching the surrounding areas for suitable new gathering spots and didn't know much about power struggles in the gathering place, only heard that the previous leader, Li Hao, offended many powerhouses from other gathering places, and was eventually forced to step down.

This Yu Mingyu is a puppet supported by powerhouses from other gathering places."

Guo Ze just felt that the moment these words left his mouth, a strong pressure suddenly appeared. The deity before him seemed to reveal an uncontrollable... excitement in his eyes?

"It seems what I've been searching high and low for, was easily obtained without any effort!"

Lu Yan's face displayed an unmistakable smile.

In the demon version, Lu Yan had been relentlessly pursued by many True Martial Artists. Especially the final Nether Abyss powerhouse's pursuit across thousands of miles pushed him into the demon's forbidden zone.

After the version updated, even Lu Yan wasn't sure where he ended up.

The differences between the apocalypse version and the demon version were immense; Lu Yan had nothing to refer to and had no way to find out who had been chasing him back then.

Moreover, the threat from the immortality version was so severe that Lu Yan had no time to reckon with the True Martial Artists who pursued him, so he focused his main efforts on hunting zombies.

Slaughtering over thirty million zombies over three months made Lu Yan's strength improve significantly.

Today, he happened upon Guo Ze and his comrades, and learned from Guo Ze's mouth the news that Li Hao had been ousted by other gathering place powerhouses.

Undoubtedly, the so-called powerhouses from other gathering places were the True Martial Artists who had chased Lu Yan in the demon version.

Glancing at Guo Ze and the others, a bloodthirsty smile appeared on Lu Yan's lips.

"Lead the way!"