After experiencing the loss of the person he loved, Shen Feng became withdrawn. He knew that as the City Lord of Yuzhou, he could not be decadent, but now Shen Feng only wanted to stay in the cold storage room of the bunker, sitting silently in a chair, looking at the cold machines in front of him, his mind in a mess.
"What is the meaning of life? Is it just to watch the people around you die one by one? Then what's the point of living? Can I only watch the people around me leave? Now it's Du Xinshi, who will it be next?"
"This world seems to have never been fair, especially to Du Xinshi. Her congenital condition was so tragic. She couldn't experience the feeling of running with all her might, nor did she know how exciting it was to take risks. She could only watch others jump around, while she could only stand behind silently. Unknowingly, she had been abandoned."
"What nonsense about ending the chaotic world? I can't even protect one person, so how can I end the chaotic world? This world will surely continue to be chaotic in the future."
Staying in the bunker, Shen Feng had many thoughts. Before, Shen Feng never thought about these things, whether it was the meaning of life or his thoughts about the end of the world. These things did not occupy a dominant position in his mind, because before, Shen Feng always felt that thinking about these things was meaningless, and thinking about a meaningless question would not yield any results.
But now, Shen Feng allowed all sorts of thoughts in his mind to run wild. Sometimes he would think about one thing, but after a few minutes, his thoughts would change to another. Unknowingly, Shen Feng's mind had become a complete mess.
In the end, Shen Feng didn't even know what he was thinking about. He leaned his head back and fell asleep on the chair. When he woke up, it was already the next day.
After walking out of the bunker, Shen Feng started his work as usual. Chang Jianyi and Chu Chaoyan saw the tear stains on Shen Feng's face. It was likely that Shen Feng had cried alone in the bunker last night, and the tear stains were the best proof.
"I really made a mistake, but there's no chance to make amends," Chang Jianyi said in a low voice.
Chu Chaoyan quickly comforted her, "Don't think about these things. Sister Du also had a chance to live. She has twenty years to make amends. As long as you can find a way to save the dying, all mistakes can be rectified. Besides, Sister Du doesn't blame you."
Chang Jianyi gently shook her head and did not explain further, as there was no need for explanation. A great mistake had been made. It could be said that Du Xinshi was angered to death by her. It was not a big deal before, but she could not swallow her anger and ended up pushing Du Xinshi to the point of a heart attack.
Suddenly, Chang Jianyi remembered something and quickly asked, "How is Xiao Long?"
When this was mentioned, Chu Chaoyan was very helpless and said, "Xiao Long was fine last night, but when he woke up in the middle of the night, he cried and wanted to find his mother. I coaxed him for a long time, and he fell asleep after crying until he was tired. Now that Xiao Long is like this, if there's another child in the future, it will be even more difficult for me."
When Chu Chaoyan said this, Chang Jianyi also clearly remembered something and quickly asked, "I heard that Sister Du's child is a girl? She should be easier to take care of, right? She hasn't even met Sister Du, so it will be easier for you to raise her in the future."
Chu Chaoyan helplessly shook her head. Due to being a premature baby, the girl needed special care in the hospital and could only be sent to Fengshen Palace after a month. During this month, Chu Chaoyan also had to learn how to take care of a child. Thinking about raising a child, she deeply felt the great responsibility.
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Even though the virus offensive in North America had already begun, and mutated birds were dying in large numbers, biological evolution would always continue. Under the attack of various viruses and bacteria, the mutated birds were forced to evolve. The surviving mutated birds produced antibodies, and the mutated birds that produced antibodies could continue to reproduce.
According to estimates from research institutes in various countries, in another two years, the mutated birds would be able to recover their peak numbers with their strong reproductive capacity.
The countries in the Northern Hemisphere also needed to clear out the mutated birds. Last autumn, the mutated birds had plundered the grain of various countries. Only underground crops like potatoes and sweet potatoes had escaped. If the mutated birds were allowed to recover to their peak numbers, everyone would still have nothing to harvest.
Therefore, various countries were rushing to exterminate the mutated beasts and mutated birds in the mountains. However, in the apocalypse, everyone was minding their own business. As for the deep mountains and old forests, which were rarely visited by humans, there were few people who would go there. Yet, in the deep mountains and old forests and the high-altitude snow mountains, there were Beast Kings.
"Someone saw a mutated golden eagle in the Xiling Snow Mountain. It was incredibly huge, even capable of tearing apart fighter jets. It seems the mutated golden eagle is preparing to descend the mountain."
"Let alone the snow mountains, there are Tiger Kings and Bear Kings in Changbai Mountain. They usually hide in the primeval forests, but when they lack food in winter, they have to come out to eat meat."
"The Yellow River Water Monster has been appearing for over a year. Can't anyone solve it? With the existence of the Yellow River Water Monster, we can't even fish. Someone went to fetch water and was swallowed whole. This is the most urgent matter."
"Let alone these, our southeast coast is the core area. However, many strange fish have appeared by the sea, attacking ships in groups. They are clearly in the nearshore waters, but there is still danger. If this matter is not taken seriously, marine animals will come ashore."
"Should we only care about sea beasts? Land is the foundation of our human race. But Beast Kings have also appeared in the desert. This is a group of mutated scorpions. As long as you are stung, only nine out of ten people can survive. Isn't this more important?"
The internet was in an uproar at this time, all talking about the dangers they encountered. In an instant, dangerous Beast Kings appeared all over the country. With so many dangers, all appearing in forbidden zones where one could lose their life if not careful, everyone felt that the dangers they encountered needed to be resolved.
However, after careful consideration, the headquarters decided to temporarily ignore the mutated beasts appearing in the deep mountains and old forests and rarely visited places. They knew that the most dangerous things came from the sky. It had never been heard that mutated beasts dared to attack cities, but before, cities across the country had been attacked by mutated birds from the sky. It was clear that at this time, the priority was to deal with the mutated birds and not let them recover, otherwise, food production would inevitably be affected.
As a result, the public was very dissatisfied with the headquarters' decision and began to question, "If you take action against the mutated birds, we can understand that. But what about the birds that breed on the grasslands and in Siberia? Don't you care about them? Large areas of land in the north are breeding grounds for mutated birds. The Russians simply don't have the strength to deal with the mutated birds in the Far East. Why don't you do anything? Your strategy is flawed."
"Never mind the strategy, I just want to ask you, where have all the ability users gone? Why aren't ability users participating in the battle? Have all the ability users in the headquarters died?"
This is how the world is. No matter what decision is made, it cannot satisfy everyone. This is what is commonly called "catering to everyone's tastes." The headquarters ignored the voices on the internet and left a remark to mock them: "Instead of being keyboard warriors at home, it's better to fight bravely and build our country to be even more beautiful."
As time went by, more and more people became sixth-order ability users. Many ability users wanted to quickly become seventh-order ability users. As long as they could become seventh-order ability users, they would gain even greater power. However, everyone encountered an evolution bottleneck. No matter how many evolution bases they consumed afterward, they could not become seventh-order ability users. At this time, a theory emerged: "Because of the existence of the evolution bottleneck, humanity's limit is sixth-order. All living beings have limits, and humanity has encountered the limit of evolution."
Many ability users refuted this statement, saying that how could human evolution have a limit? Humans had evolved for over three million years since they walked out of the East African Rift Valley, and they had never stopped evolving. They had never encountered the so-called evolution bottleneck. Yet, at this time, someone said that human evolution had a limit, which was simply nonsense.
However, even though everyone thought this theory was nonsense, they had no evidence to prove that humans could break through the evolution bottleneck. There were still no seventh-order ability users in the world, and no one knew how to break through the evolution bottleneck. Therefore, their refutations lacked concrete examples to prove their words were correct.
However, on this day, good news came from the laboratory in Yanjing: researcher Li Keyi had found a way to break through the evolution bottleneck!
In an instant, "Goddess of Light" Li Keyi became a hot topic in various newspapers. Because Li Keyi was an ability user who used light and had participated in the Battle of Yanjing, she had also received a folk title, "Goddess of Light." Now that the Goddess of Light had discovered a way to break through the evolution bottleneck, she naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.
Li Keyi did not hide the method of breaking through the evolution bottleneck. Instead, she stood in front of the media cameras and said directly, "The method to break through the evolution bottleneck is very simple: kill a giant sea beast, find a red crystal from the sea beast's body, and eat it to break through the evolution bottleneck."
Upon hearing this news, everyone was shocked. The reporter also asked, "Miss Li, you said that this way one can become a seventh-order ability user. How do you know this? Have you eaten this red crystal?"
Li Keyi quickly shook her head and said, "I haven't eaten this red crystal, but I have studied the corpses of the sea beasts that were killed. Two years ago, we were lucky enough to kill a sea beast at sea. It was a giant squid that loved to dive. The squid's corpse was collected, and after studying its cell strength, we knew that the cell strength of these sea beasts surpassed all human ability users. After verification, giant sea beasts are all individuals at the seventh-order or above. Moreover, the strongest ability user in the world currently should be the mutated blue whale in the water. It is estimated that this blue whale is at the level of a ninth-order ability user."
When Li Keyi said this, the media reporters were stunned. No wonder the giant sea beasts in the sea were so powerful. It turned out that any sea beast was a seventh-order ability user. Coupled with their huge bodies, they naturally far surpassed ordinary ability users.
Speaking of this, Li Keyi also found a small piece of crystal and generously displayed it in front of the camera, "Please look, this is a fragment of the crystal. My boyfriend gave it to me, but it was consumed to this extent during my experiments. I plan to name this thing Evolution Crystal. Now, the method to break through the evolution bottleneck has been told to you. As long as you can kill a giant sea beast and eat the crystal inside its body, you can become a seventh-order ability user. I just want to remind you that any Evolution Crystal can cultivate twenty ability users."