Civilians and non-combat personnel from many military bases slowly walked through the portal. They began planning urban areas and integrating survivors from the Blue Ring according to the pre-arranged plan.
The survivors were still bewildered after crossing over, but after witnessing the terror of the monsters in this world and the power of the strong.
They all became much more compliant.
Many who were complaining and picky in their original world had now learned to shut their mouths.
Those who had been defiant and wanted to resist had all perished, and the remaining were either terrified or naturally submissive.
The True God Cult designated the most iconic building in the city center as the site of their church.
They also erected a statue of Zhang Chen, tens of meters high, in the plaza.
They also dealt with Clarence and the others, dividing half of the crystal cores among the combat troops and using the other half as rewards for survivors to exchange with contribution points.
Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
Zhao Xiyue went to help resettle survivors and coordinate work among the various parties.
She was most suited for this job; she already had high prestige in the military base, and the survivors of the military base listened to Zhao Xiyue.
The True God Cult knew that she was very close to the True God, so they naturally gave her some face.
Therefore, with Zhao Xiyue mediating many matters, they could be settled quickly, and neither side would have any complaints.
Zhang Chen sat on the edge of the rooftop of the True God Cult headquarters building, with a bottle of drink beside him and a bag of chips in his hand. He ate and watched the people bustling below like ants.
Ding! Your friend Zhang Wenwen has sent you a message!
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View immediately!
Zhang Wenwen: "True God, Captain Tang has contacted Professor Tang Houde from the Lighthouse. He said that Professor Tang has something he wants to communicate with you personally. What do you think..."
Zhang Chen: "Okay!"
Ding! Your friend Zhang Wenwen has sent you a trade request!
Confirm trade!
Ding! Congratulations on obtaining [Holographic Sensing Device] *1.
[Holographic Sensing Device]: It can holographically transmit your image to the other party and also receive holographic information transmitted by the other party. The current communication is connected and can be used directly.
Zhang Chen placed the holographic sensing device beside him.
It first scanned Zhang Chen's entire body, and then, Tang Houde's image appeared before Zhang Chen.
It was estimated that Zhang Chen's image also appeared on Tang Houde's side at this time.
This holographic imaging was quite comprehensive, not only showing Tang Houde's personal image but also the background environment behind him.
It could be seen that Tang Houde was standing outdoors, with soldiers in AI battle armor guarding him not far away, and a mountain-like giant space station ruin further in the distance.
The Lighthouse had landed sideways, so the left side was severely damaged, with the entire space station broken into three sections and scattered on the ground.
"Hello, Zhang Chen, I'm glad to see you are safe!"
Tang Houde said with a smile.
"Mm, me too!"
Zhang Chen said indifferently.
If Tang Houde died, how would Xu Ruina's claws be handled? Who would he ask to find a way to end the apocalypse?
Captain Tang Xiaosen's combat team members, not to mention their combat strength, knew almost nothing about the apocalypse or transmigrators. At most, they only knew some monster skills and weaknesses.
"Have you embarked on the journey to find the Lighthouse yet?"
Tang Houde asked.
"Mm... I suppose so!"
Zhang Chen said with a straight face, his cheeks not flushing.
He did want to find the Lighthouse, but Tang Xiaosen said they needed to find a better way. His combat plan hadn't been proposed, so of course, he couldn't act.
Moreover, only by clearing all threats within the high-walled cities could he feel at ease to search for the Lighthouse, so this was a prerequisite mission, and it counted as him taking action.
"Very good, we can't hold on for too long here. I will have the engineers build an underground fortress on-site to await your support!"
"Also, our space teleportation device is malfunctioning. It is the core module that maintains the beacon's work, so it is best not to use the teleportation beacon recently. This thing might cause teleportation malfunctions!"
Tang Houde cautioned.
"Mm..."
Zhang Chen nodded, feeling fortunate.
He had used the teleportation beacon to teleport to the fourth high-walled city back then. The Lighthouse was falling at that time, and the teleportation device had not been destroyed yet.
If he had teleported a bit later, the entire camp might not have known where it was sent.
"By the way, what's going on with that Supreme One? Have you heard of it?"
Zhang Chen asked.
"Supreme One? I don't know. It should be a title given by a轮回者 to someone!"
"Generally speaking, we name monsters and input them into the database. When you see a monster, the database will automatically display its strength level and name, so our appellations for monsters are consistent."
"But when it comes to people's names, that's a matter of opinion."
Tang Houde shrugged, showing a look of helplessness.
"Then, can we talk about Xu Linna now? And what about the meteor core fragment she took?"
"Why do I feel that the energy emanating from that meteor fragment is completely different from the energy emanating from the meteor core within my body?"
Zhang Chen had too many questions in his heart, so he picked a crucial one and asked.
"It's better for us to discuss her matters when we meet, but I can tell you about the meteor fragment now!"
"You are correct. That meteor core fragment and the meteor core you obtained are both different and the same!"
Seeing Zhang Chen's confused expression, Tang Houde continued:
"They are different because they belong to different attributes. Your meteor core, which caused this apocalyptic catastrophe, based on our years of observation and analysis, we believe its ability is creation and destruction!"
"It created all sorts of monsters that do not originally belong to this world, and at the same time, it endowed them and us with powerful destructive forces!"
"As for the other meteor core fragment, its energy is time."
"It can reset time, jump time, and travel to the past and future. Of course, travel is limited to parallel planes branched from the timeline, because time is linear, and it is impossible to return to the past completely."
"Originally, the creation meteor and the time meteor should have been together, but for some unknown reason, they split apart, and the time meteor core shattered. Part of it entered our world, and the other part flowed into other worlds!"
"What do you mean by meteor falling into other worlds?" Zhang Chen asked.
"Let me explain it this way: meteor energy belongs to high-dimensional energy. Their falling is not as simple as what we see with meteor falls. They are falling towards countless parallel worlds, but the creation meteor fell into our world, while the main body of the time meteor fell into other worlds."
"This is why only our world has entered the apocalypse, while other parallel worlds are very peaceful and quiet."
"Of course, occasionally there are some worlds that are not very peaceful. There, only a small amount of meteor debris has fallen, which can be ignored!"