His consciousness passed through endless darkness, and Lin Qi arrived in the Doomsday World.

He glanced at the clock hanging on the conference room wall. Time was still frozen at the moment of his last departure.

’I delayed my departure for over an hour after the Door in the Cyber World finished its cooldown, but time in the Doomsday World still hasn’t moved forward.’

’I wasted about an hour of cooldown time, but killing Si Ying made it worth it.’

As he thought about this, he changed into his Doomsday World clothes, putting on a shirt printed with "Mo University Robot Fighting."

He activated his Spiritual Vision. In the next room, Xia Chu was still in a state of Meditation.

The workshop was also maintaining its twenty-four-hour shift work.

It seemed the Survivor Camp’s operations didn’t require much of Lin Qi’s intervention for the time being.

’Time to continue meditating. Meditation is very efficient in the Doomsday World, and I still need to become a Tier Two Wizard as soon as possible.’

’Si Ying may be dead, but the crisis in Greenfield City is still ongoing. I need more power to protect myself.’

He closed his eyes. Spiritual Particles formed a vortex, making contact with the Wizard’s tentacle-like Spiritual Power.

The borders of his Spiritual Domain slowly expanded, not far from the limits of Tier One.

Such a rapid increase in Spiritual Power was unimaginable in the Cyber World. Lin Qi immersed himself in the process, and time flowed by without him noticing.

Lin Qi would have continued his Meditation if not for a sound from outside the room.

Wang Ziru knocked on the conference room door.

Pulling himself out of his meditative state, Lin Qi realized he had been meditating for half a day without noticing. It was now afternoon, with the sun high in the sky.

Wang Ziru seemed a bit anxious. Lin Qi asked, "What’s going on?"

Wang Ziru quickly explained the situation, "Not far from Mo University’s east gate, a supply-gathering team heard gunshots. When the news got back, the students in the camp got pretty excited, thinking a rescue team might have arrived."

Gunshots?

In the Doomsday World, gun control in the Dragon Country was strict; it was nearly impossible for civilians to own firearms.

"Have you sent a team to confirm?" Lin Qi asked.

Wang Ziru shook his head. "Not yet."

Wang Ziru looked at Lin Qi. For something like this, he needed to ask for Lin Qi’s opinion.

In Wang Ziru’s eyes, the Mo University Survivor Camp was a faction established by Lin Qi. He had thought official rescue was a distant hope, but the sudden appearance of a rescue team might have an impact on the camp.

"Send some people to confirm and make contact. The officials have a lot of intelligence."

Lin Qi wasn’t opposed to contacting the rescue team, nor was he worried about being sidelined or anything after they made contact.

From the very beginning, Lin Qi’s only goal in establishing a faction in the Doomsday World was to search for enough Extraordinary Items.

If contacting the rescue team could help him achieve this goal more effectively, Lin Qi had no obsession with being the camp’s leader.

"Understood."

Wang Ziru didn’t know Lin Qi’s specific thoughts, but he could carry out all of Lin Qi’s arrangements.

After Wang Ziru left, Lin Qi thought for a moment before also leaving the conference room.

A fully armed team left the Club Activity Building, and Lin Qi concealed himself, tailing them from the shadows.

The team advanced on foot. By now, more than half of the Zombies outdoors on the Mo University Campus had been cleared out.

The movements of the various teams no longer triggered large-scale zombie hordes.

Whenever they saw a Zombie on their path, the team members would raise their guns and fire.

They might not get a headshot every time, but at least they didn’t miss too often.

Frequent operations had already allowed this group of energetic university students to master the skill of shooting.

Along the way, the four-person team chatted continuously.

"Are we finally going to see the official rescue team? It’s been so long, I thought they’d already kicked the bucket."

"The apocalypse hit too fast, and the Zombie conversion rate was too high. Based on the ratios, the number of organized official armed forces in the entire Dragon Country is likely less than a hundred thousand. Spread across the whole country, it’s hard to form a powerful rescue force."

"Modu is already considered lucky. The rescue teams acted quickly. But according to the radio broadcasts, Beining District fell, and one rescue team was completely wiped out. It’s anyone’s guess how much strength the current rescue teams have left."

"That’s true. Once we meet them, it’s hard to say who will be rescuing whom."

"Speaking of which, Liu Wei, can you stop clutching that Crimson Crystal Stone? How long have you been holding it?"

"What do you know? This is what gives me the will to live! This is my ex-girlfriend!"

The atmosphere in the four-person team was good. They didn’t show any signs of being overly suppressed psychologically, and they even had a clear understanding of the apocalyptic situation.

It was clear that Wang Ziru had done his job exceptionally well. Lin Qi, observing from the shadows, was very satisfied.

After observing for a while, Lin Qi stopped following from a distance and instead moved ahead, heading toward Mo University’s east gate.

According to the map data obtained by the collection robots, the area outside the east gate was a commercial district with a relatively complex environment.

Logically speaking, a rescue team conducting a search and rescue operation should start with residential areas, not make a big commotion in a commercial district first.

’Don’t tell me one of those monsters from Beining District has appeared near Mo University? If a monster of that level shows up, it’ll be a huge problem.’

This was the main reason Lin Qi moved ahead—to prevent the camp’s team from suffering unnecessary casualties.

Unleashing his Spiritual Vision and dodging the Zombies on the street, Lin Qi quickly searched the vicinity.

Soon, Lin Qi discovered something unusual.

Within the range of his Spiritual Vision, a clearly military vehicle was parked, but there were no rescue personnel on it.

He continued to search with his Spiritual Vision.

Only then did he find the vehicle’s owners.

On the side of the street, inside what looked like a high-end beauty and hair salon, three people in camouflage uniforms were taking shelter.

One of them had a conspicuous gunshot wound.

Only two of the three were armed. The injured one was gasping for breath, and his personal weapon was nowhere to be seen.

From their appearance, Lin Qi could confirm that these three were likely members of an official rescue team.

’But what happened? Infighting?’

"We have to find a way back to the company. These people are completely lawless!"

"There’s an Awakened among them. The vehicle is being watched. Retreating is going to be tricky."

"We have to get back and call for reinforcements, even if we have to run. People like them, taking advantage of the apocalypse to break the law, must be severely punished."

"Let’s rest a little longer. Then you and I will take turns carrying Old Xu and head back to the camp on foot."

As the three conversed, Lin Qi understood the whole story.

’These three are likely members of an official rescue team. The official rescue forces are probably stretched thin on manpower, so they’ve been split into small teams for search and rescue.

’This team must have had some bad luck, running into some ill-intentioned survivors who had gone astray.

’They probably thought they could rely on their superior weaponry to crush the perpetrators and bring them to justice, but they ran into a tough opponent—someone had awakened an Extraordinary Power.

’The team’s plan backfired, and they even suffered heavy losses. Their vehicle is now even being watched.’

Following this line of thought, Lin Qi centered his Spiritual Vision on the vehicle and searched for more clues.

Sure enough, in a club called "Golden Impression," Lin Qi saw more survivors.