Chapter 18.2: World Mission
She continued on to the next group.
These hunters had gone quite far—they were still mapping out post-apocalyptic routes that could be safely traveled. Blessing granted.
This group had injured members and had stopped to let their teammates recover before continuing. Blessing granted.
That group was climbing a building. Blessing granted.
Cheng Qisheng didn’t just bless every hunter team she saw—she even went back and re-blessed the ones she had already checked.
Everyone gets one. Everyone gets it all.
Until she saw a very familiar team.
A group of five people, comfortably soaking in a hot spring at a resort at the foot of a mountain.
Yes—those five travelers.
The same group who had brought fishing rods and wanted to see the ocean of Velvet Star.
Just looking at the bloodstains and zombie corpses inside the hot spring hotel made it clear they had definitely fought their way in.
There was no way they went through that much trouble… just to soak in a hot spring, right?
If it were anyone else, Cheng Qisheng might have doubted it for a second.
But with these five…
There was a real chance they actually did.
In the resort hotel, three people were soaking in the hot spring while two were standing on shore keeping watch.
While keeping watch, they were still urging them:
“Are you done yet? It’s our turn now.”
“Coming, coming.”
The three in the hot spring got up, switching places with the other two, who then went in to soak.
Watching this scene, Cheng Qisheng even felt a faint sense of relief.
At least they were Blue Sea people—they still knew to take turns keeping watch.
If they wanted to travel, so be it. Going this far out could even count as contributing to the world’s terrain and geographic intelligence.
Cheng Qisheng “patted” the five young people on the head and granted them a blessing.
The five immediately erupted in excited shouts again—though this time they didn’t pull out fishing rods. Instead, they produced a string of dried fish.
“My god! This is fish we caught locally! It’s delicious! We offer it to you!”
“My god! We also have a local wild chicken!”
“My god! I have wild vegetables!”
These little things were actually kind of interesting. Just watching them made her mental fatigue smooth out a bit.
And they specifically ran to scenic places. For her, who only split a sliver of attention toward her believers, it was basically like watching a nature documentary—very relaxing.
She was in a good mood, so she sent them a message saying she didn’t eat these things and told them to enjoy them themselves, then pulled her attention back.
WTF’s going on? Safe City finally stopped spamming the chat.
[We lost, friends.]
[Monster information summary for sale—200 crystal cores per copy. Coordinates included: 400 crystal cores.]
[Civilians vs monster battle footage: 500 crystal cores. Full 4-hour combat recording.]
[All information is viewing-only, no redistribution rights. Must be written into contract and processed formally. I’ve posted it in the group. One-hour time limit. Purchase at your own discretion.]
Flash—flash—flash—
The purchase count for the monster information summary immediately jumped to 8.
Cheng Qisheng also bought a copy.
She intended to read the information summary first before deciding whether to buy the coordinates and combat video.
Clearly, everyone else thought the same way as well—the coordinate and video options remained at zero purchases.
The first lesson every Safe City lord learned was to be extremely frugal with crystal cores. Otherwise, when a critical moment arrived and they had none left, they could truly end up dead.
Cheng Qisheng opened the information. The virtual text automatically converted into Blue Sea language, accompanied by an image of the monster.
What immediately caught her eye was the monster’s level.
Tier 3.
Then she looked at the photo.
It could indeed be called a monster.
It was enormous—based on the image comparison, it was about the height of a ten-story building.
Its entire body looked like thousands of zombies had been mashed together and forcibly fused into one mass. At first glance, it was covered entirely in severed limbs and broken bodies, with pale-eyed zombie heads embedded throughout.
Below it was a clearly structured information sheet:
[Name: Tier 3 Zombie (name I made up)]
[Height: approximately 30 meters]
[Width: approximately 15 meters]
[Abilities: extremely high durability, attracts ordinary zombies]
[Notes: Only Tier 3 weapons can break its defenses—and even then, only slightly. As long as there are zombies nearby, it can continuously absorb them into its body, heal its injuries, and keep expanding.]
[Recommendation: I suggest everyone gather resources and evacuate early. It is still evolving. Either eliminate it before it reaches Tier 4, or flee immediately once it does. I believe the chance of killing it is very low, because it can attract massive zombie hordes around itself—essentially giving it an endless supply of “healing packs” and protection. My advice is: run if you see it.]
Everyone in the group bought the monster information—including the poorest one, Cilantro.
Once the number of purchases reached 11, everyone began speaking freely.
[What the hell? I know this world is dangerous, but this is just ridiculous!]
[A Tier 3 weapon can only barely break its defense… then how the hell are we supposed to fight that?!]
[It’s not impossible. We just need to clear out the ordinary zombies surrounding it.]
[Above—this world’s zombie-to-human ratio is definitely over 9:1. Now guess how many zombies that monster, which attracts others, can pull in?]
[No way to win. Just avoid it. It’s huge anyway, very visible. If you see it, just run. If things get bad, just leave this world outright.]
[WTF’s Going On? Safe City: I’m planning to run anyway. I originally thought I could pool resources and gamble on a fight, but I lost the gamble. Now I don’t even dare use my remaining crystal cores to relocate—what if I run into another monster like this and don’t have enough cores to escape?]
[I’ll be leaving in an hour. Anyone who wants to buy the information, hurry up.]
The city lords’ reactions to WTF were not unexpected.
It was obvious he had been badly wounded, suffered heavy civilian losses, and was severely short on crystal cores—plus he now had a Tier 3 zombie as a neighbor.
If he didn’t leave now, he might not get another chance later.
Time ticked by as everyone fiercely debated whether to fight and whether to purchase the video and coordinate data.
Then suddenly, all the city lords fell silent.
Because everyone simultaneously received a message from their own AI cores.
Cheng Qisheng had bought the video ten minutes earlier.
She was currently holding a meeting with President Qin Zhi and the military command, analyzing the combat footage of the Tier 3 zombie and comparing it with their previous experience fighting the “Cosmic Safe City” to determine whether Blue Sea could defeat this monster.
Just then, Aether appeared.
“City Lord, the world mission has been announced.”
“Mission: Rescue Virus Biology Doctor Yu Zhitian.”
“Mission reward: 20,000 crystal cores.”
Cheng Qisheng: “? Alright, then where is this Doctor Yu Zhitian?”
Aether: “I’m very sorry. The world mission does not include any coordinates. The City Lord must explore and locate the target personally.”
The group chat immediately exploded.
[What do you mean no coordinates?! How are we supposed to carry out a rescue mission?!]
[Not just no coordinates—we don’t even know gender or age!]
[Since Yu Zhitian is a virology doctor, they should be famous, right? Maybe ask the Velvet Star natives?]
[Already asked. My newly recruited Velvet Star residents don’t know anything either—AAAAA! How could ordinary people possibly know a virology professor?!]
[A rescue mission? That definitely means they’re in danger. Maybe check hospitals?]
[20,000! That’s 20,000 crystal cores! It’s right there but we can’t reach it—I’m going crazy!!】
Amid the flood of complaints, the “WTF’s Going On? Safe City” timidly sent a message.
[Um… I think I might know where this virology doctor is, and also why this is a rescue mission.]
[In the city coordinates of my Safe City, there’s a post-apocalyptic base built by Velvet Star people. They distributed flyers before, and my people brought one back for me. It says there’s a virology doctor in the base. Wait, I’ll take a photo—everyone can have their Velvet Star residents identify it.]
[The flyer photo is free. I swear I’m telling the truth, we can even include it in the coordinate contract!]
A photo of the flyer was uploaded into the group.
Ever since Cheng Qisheng had obtained her first Velvet Star believer, she had automatically gained the ability to understand their language.
She didn’t need a translator anymore—she could directly read the contents of the flyer herself.
The flyer indeed mentioned this virology doctor. It was filled with hopeful messaging: Dr. Yu was researching a zombie vaccine and inviting survivors to join the base to work together—perhaps humanity could one day reach a future where infection was no longer a threat.
A vaccine researcher—no wonder this doctor was tied to a world-line mission.
And no wonder a rescue mission had been issued now.
That Tier 3 zombie was already in the same coordinate city as “WTF’s Going On?” A second-tier Safe City could barely withstand it; the local base was definitely in danger as well.
The city lords weren’t fools—they quickly pieced everything together.
[So this is actually two things combined?]
[If it were just someone trapped in a hospital or overseas, I could still think of something—but a Tier 3 zombie?! How are we supposed to handle that?!]
[@WTF’s Going On? Safe City, you’re closest. Maybe you should save them?]
[WTF’s Going On? Safe City: I can’t save them at all. The streets are full of ordinary zombies attracted by that thing. My civilians can’t even leave the city gates. That’s why I’m running.]
[WTF’s Going On? Safe City: Anyone want in? Buy the coordinates quickly—I’m leaving in ten minutes.]
Flash—flash—flash—
Despite everyone saying the mission was too difficult, their hands were very honest as they clicked purchase.
The Tier 3 zombie coordinates reached five buyers.
The remaining ones were likely the weaker first-tier city lords or those with low combat power.
City lords like “Cosmic” type of overconfidence were rare—after all, a wrong decision meant death, so everyone tended to be cautious.
At this level, it was a “big-shot game,” and most people wouldn’t get involved.
Cheng Qisheng still hadn’t bought it.
She was waiting for Blue Sea’s analysis results.
Fortunately, Blue Sea’s military command quickly reached a conclusion.
“We believe it can be fought. Ninety percent chance of victory.”
“The great Creator God, this monster is indeed extremely terrifying—but we have missiles.”
“And we have a lot of them. More than enough to carry out saturation bombing and flatten that entire city.”
“If we want to keep things simple, we could even just send one aircraft to drop ordnance. However, the military believes missiles should be used as a backup measure. Our soldiers haven’t seen blood in too long—this is a perfect opportunity for training.”
Yes. For Blue Sea, six years without war was already a long time.
They had heard that future worlds would also contain various dangers, so in this “newbie world,” Blue Sea Civilization naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to train their troops.
After receiving the answer, Cheng Qisheng granted blessings one by one to the emergency meeting participants.
At the same time, she confirmed the purchase and obtained the coordinates of the Tier 3 zombie.
Coincidentally, her army had just finished a “rescue agronomy expert” mission.
They had just gained rescue experience—perfect for immediate reuse.
And a post-apocalyptic base built by Velvet Star civilization?
Cheng Qisheng was a little curious.
What would that base look like?
Also, this mission included a total of six city lords who had purchased the coordinates.
In other words, six Safe Cities would be in the same city at the same time.
The city lords might not necessarily meet each other, but they might be able to see each other’s Safe Cities.
She genuinely wanted to know what kind of scene would emerge when Safe Cities from different human civilizations gathered in one place.
Considering her previous encounter with “Cosmic” (or rather, Cosmic had encountered her), Cheng Qisheng decided it was better to remain cautious.
Her current goal was the Tier 3 crystal core and the 20,000 reward.
It was best to minimize any possibility of conflict between Safe Cities.
So Cheng Qisheng directly sent a message to Qin Zhi, transmitting her intention: she did not want any conflicts with other Safe Cities during the mission.
Qin Zhi immediately stood up with respect.
“Yes, my God.”
She turned to the Marshal and said:
“From this moment on—arm the entire city.”
“All military personnel and civilians are to enter combat readiness.”
Under what circumstances would others not come to attack you?
Of course—when you are strong enough that they believe they cannot win.
So, the Blue Sea Civilization…
—entered full-scale mobilization mode.
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