Necromancers are frantically stationing troops in the apocalypse.

Chapter 1022, Human Leader

Wu Heng had never heard of the Week of Courage, but he understood what it meant.

Some customs in the Kingdom of Yeko are named after a week.

It's like a festival in the modern world.

After a quick thought, I realized that appearing on such an important occasion, along with some publicity, should be helpful in collecting faith.

At the same time, the participation of an association leader in such an official event deepened the relationship between Wuheng and the Kingdom of Yeko, while also consolidating Britanni's position.

It's not a bad thing.

"Will it last for a week?"

Brittany laughed and said, "It won't take that long. You just need to show up at the opening ceremony, and we'll take care of the rest."

Wu Heng nodded. "Okay, I'll be there then."

“Really? That’s wonderful!” Brittani exclaimed in surprise, then sat up straight again, supporting her stomach, and continued, “Then let’s take Sister Sanella with us. I haven’t seen her in so long, I miss her so much.”

"I'll ask Shanera for her opinion later. She's an elder, we can't just agree to anything on her behalf," Wu Heng joked.

"You are such a joke, sir."

Wu Heng smiled and instructed, "You can make normal arrangements for the Courage Week. I need to keep my past secrets from being revealed to avoid any problems."

“Okay, I won’t tell anyone. I’ll just wait for you to come.” Brittany agreed immediately.

After finishing their main conversation, the two continued to discuss recent events in the kingdom and some of the difficulties she faced as queen.

After chatting for a while and running out of new topics, they hung up the phone.

……

After ending the call.

Wu Heng remained seated, deep in thought.

According to reports from Winmanscha and Brittany, the construction of churches in various locations is progressing smoothly.

Development has indeed been smooth, especially in the Kingdom of Yeko, which has begun to expand into secondary towns.

However, the problems that followed were also obvious: the number of priests could not keep up with the speed of expansion.

That's impossible. A church can only have one priest. Major churches need at least three to five priests, plus some nuns.

"It seems we'll have to recruit another batch of wood elves and celestial foxes."

He was quite interested in the 'Week of Courage' that Brittany mentioned.

In a world without a modern education system, each country has its own unique way of selecting talent.

Just then, the association added a new 'Member Code of Conduct' that restricts Treasure Island.

You can also train high-level professionals for Treasure Island through the Week of Courage.

Of course, this matter still needs to be kept secret.

To avoid any problems.

As he pondered this, he thought of Slater, the butler of Blackrock Town.

I picked up my phone and dialed the other person's number to chat and reconnect.

Compared to the Kingdom of Yeko and the City of Luntam, Blackrock Town is just a town-level city, making it more peaceful and safe.

The major events in the city usually involve one or two wanted criminals around level 10, and I left her a level 18 skeleton servant.

In the past, being a wanted criminal was no different from being sent to one's own death.

After chatting with Slater, I chatted with Yuri for a while.

He promised her that once Treasure Island was safe, he would transfer her to the association on Treasure Island.

After we finished talking, I hung up the phone.

He opened the door and went outside.

……

At dusk, everyone headed to the restaurant.

A more ornate vase was placed in the center of the dining table, filled with several bluebells.

The vase must have been a gift from the chamber of commerce representatives this morning.

Every time someone brings a gift, the decorations in the house are changed.

The group sat down at the dining table.

Wu Heng picked up a piece of pan-fried cod and said softly, "We still need to increase the number of priests and nuns."

Sanella looked up at her. "How many more people do we need?"

The church has been staffed more, and since wood elves were used initially, Shanera has been in charge of the work.

“Let’s recruit more this time, since the cathedral is finished.” Wu Heng thought for a moment and said, “Let’s prepare around 100 people.”

“Okay, I’ll make the arrangements tomorrow,” Shanera agreed.

Then, Wu Heng continued, "Britanni called and hopes we can attend Courage Week next month."

Sanella, who had obviously heard of the Week of Courage, said, "If the Elders' Council comes out with a result ahead of schedule, I can go and see."

Wu Heng nodded.

Philippa put down his glass and said, "Britanni didn't invite me? Back in Netare, I was the one who protected her!"

When Brittany was in charge of the city of Netare, Sanella and Philippa stayed there to accompany her.

Sanella was responsible for assisting her in management, while Philippa was responsible for city security and the deployment of naval forces.

Moreover, Philippa is a very sociable person and gets along well with everyone.

"They mentioned you and asked how you've been lately?" Wu Heng said with a smile.

“I knew it!” Philippa said, crossing her legs. “Take me to see it too, I’ve never heard of Courage Week before!”

“You are now the naval commander. If you leave, who will command the fleet?” Wu Heng asked, looking at her.

“There aren’t even any pirates in the Emerald Sea right now, I’m so bored.” Philippa got up from her seat, hugged his head and whine, “Take me there, please…”

Everyone else at the table looked over with smiles.

"You still have grease on your lips." Wu Heng pushed her head away as she leaned closer. "We'll see. If nothing comes up, I'll take you there."

"Yay!" Philippa clenched his fist and then kissed him on the cheek.

Wu Heng wiped the oil off his face and said, "Before you leave, don't tell anyone about this, including Milison. Tell her before you leave."

“I’m very tight-lipped, don’t worry,” Philippa said earnestly.

After that, everyone ate their meal in peace.

After dinner, we went to the training room together for training.

As it got dark, I went back to my room to rest.

……

The next day, in a zombie-infested world. Outside the window, the sky was overcast and gloomy.

Wu Heng sat in front of the monitor, his phone on a stand in front of him, having a video call with Li Yahong.

"The matter of the Chosen Ones has been approved by the Dawn Alliance," Li Yahong said calmly, the sound of a printer printing paper still audible on the phone. "From today onwards, each base will promote this matter as the Chosen Ones and global leaders of humanity, and the Dawn Alliance will broadcast it on public channels."

Wu Heng's eyebrows twitched slightly.

This matter has been going on for more than half a month, and it has finally been settled today.

According to his calculations for the Alliance Conference, it should have taken even longer, but the reality was much faster than he expected.

"How was it negotiated? Were the other bases willing to accept this?" Wu Heng was still curious about how Qi Hancai had negotiated the deal.

Li Yahong smiled, with a hint of pride, "You underestimate your own prestige. The global base was able to quickly get out of its predicament, and everyone has witnessed the contributions of the Yama Palace. From food, medicine, and daily necessities to the serum later on, no one else is qualified to be the leader of humanity."

Forehead…….

Now that you mention it, I can guess what Qi Hancai said during the negotiations.

From the overall perspective, without the Yama Palace opening its market to the world to facilitate the exchange of food and daily necessities, it would take at least another 5 to 10 years for each base to recover to its current state.

Let alone establishing the Dawn Alliance, even seeing the dawn is a problem.

Moreover, even if the Dawn Alliance does not acknowledge this contribution, survivors from all over the world are witnesses to it.

"How many people are left in the world now?" Wu Heng continued to ask.

Li Yahong looked through the data and then said, "The figure of more than 20 million is the number of people in the bases that can be contacted. If we include some isolated outposts that cannot contact the outside world, the number should reach more than 50 million."

Upon hearing this number, Wu Heng's eyes narrowed.

Before the apocalypse, the population was vaguely remembered to be over 80 billion. Now it has been reduced to this extent, which really fits the term "apocalypse".

Wu Heng did not answer immediately, but the Empress floated to the side and said, "If it can be transformed into faith, it will be enough for you to break through to the hero stage."

In this other world, a town-level city with a population of a few thousand would have an extremely exaggerated number of twenty million.

Granda floated on the other side, saying, "The identity of a human leader is more like that of a king, which only inspires awe. What you need now is faith. The identity of a leader is not enough. You still need to preach in the form of a church."

He paused briefly, then continued, "We will train a group of priests at the base, so that they can provide some relief to the other bases and spread the doctrines."

Unlike the Empress, Granda was already very familiar with the way of life of the people here.

Moreover, after reading many books here, I also know the differences between this world and the other world.

"It would be great if our priests could also use holy words; it would be quite intimidating," Xiao Xiao added.

After listening to the opinions of several ghosts, Wu Heng's gaze returned to his phone, and he asked, "Human leader, what kind of propaganda method do you have?"

Li Yahong pointed her phone at the computer screen, which displayed the promotional plan: a pinned post on the forum titled "The Chosen One Who Saves the World," and a radio program titled "The Voice of Leaders."

"These are the two methods for now. If needed, we can add more forum topics and radio programs," Li Yahong said, putting her phone back down.

When a ghost is not possessing a doll, its voice cannot be detected.

Li Yahong couldn't hear what the ghost beside her had just said.

Wu Heng continued, "Human leaders are one aspect, but I intend to conduct propaganda in the form of a church."

Li Yahong frowned. "Huh? The Sun Cult?"

Whenever I think of the church, I immediately think of the Sun Church, which was wiped out a couple of days ago.

“Our legitimate church, which I named the Spiritual Revelation Church, is a church that can enlighten people and lead the world out of its predicament,” Wu Heng said softly.

"What do you want to do?" Li Yahong asked directly.

Li Yahong never understood Wu Heng's arrangements, but I supported them.

Just like when we were still at Xiao Dong's repair shop, we didn't understand his strange arrangements, but every outrageous decision he made had a very good ending.

That's how we've gradually come to where we are today, with the Yama Palace becoming the world's largest base.

The leader of the Dawn Alliance.

Countless survivors envied the life in the Underworld, while those who initially followed them began to live normal lives, getting married and having children, not much different from their former lives.

"I plan to select a group of suitable candidates within the base to serve as priests of the Lingqi Cult, responsible for traveling to various bases to spread its doctrines," Wu Heng said directly.

Li Yahong nodded. "Are there any requirements for the candidates?"

"Someone younger, good at expressing themselves, and someone who won't betray our base," Wu Heng said, stating his requirements as he thought.

"I'll go select people in a bit. How many do you need?" Li Yahong continued to ask.

Wu Heng said into his phone, "Let's recruit fifty people first! Once they're familiar with the doctrine, we can have them teach new priests."

“Okay!” After agreeing, Li Yahong thought for a moment and then said, “Should we keep the pinned title on the forum and the ‘Voice of Leaders’ program on the radio?”

"Keep it for now," Wu Heng said.

Li Yahong nodded again, "Then I'll go select people first. You'd better talk to Qi Hancai and see if she has any problems."

"Row!"

The two hung up the phone.

The room fell silent again.

The Empress said softly, "Why not just take down those bases? There aren't even any professionals left in this world, so we won't have to go through all this trouble."

Xiao Xiao flew over and said, as if explaining something to an expert, "Auntie, there are many powerful weapons in this world. If missiles were to fly around randomly, the remaining population would be wiped out."

"You're exaggerating," the Empress said.

Granda said seriously, "Such weapons do exist. In fact, if Wu Heng wanted to do this, killing the leaders of these large bases wouldn't be a problem. We can help him accomplish it, but it's probably unnecessary. At least for now, the bases are still willing to cooperate with the Yama Palace."

Wu Heng nodded in agreement, "If there are bases that are preventing the transmission of the doctrine, then we can consider taking over their bases."

The empress felt that no one was on her side, so she simply nodded and said, "It's fine as long as you've thought it through. I'm just offering a suggestion."

……

Wu Heng dialed Qi Hancai's number again. After two rings, the call connected, and Qi Hancai's smiling voice came through, "Chosen One."

"Isn't this title better than the original Yama King?" Wu Heng joked.

Qi Hancai said, "I feel that Yama is more imposing. He can just cross anyone's name off the Book of Life and Death if they disagree with him."

Little Xiao, who was explaining to the Empress what a missile was, quickly flew over and corrected her, saying, "You crossed that out. It means it has an unlimited lifespan. You misspoke."

Wu Heng corrected, "We told you in the story that crossing out the name means unlimited lifespan. You're wrong."

"Really? Then I might be mistaken," Qi Hancai said.

"I have something important to tell you, about the propaganda surrounding human leaders at various bases," Wu Heng said, getting to the point.

Qi Hancai also became serious, "Please speak!"

Then, Wu Heng repeated in detail what he had discussed with Li Yahong.

Qi Hancai listened attentively, her brows furrowed. "You mean, while promoting human leaders, we should also arrange for priests to promote church doctrines?"

"Yes, that's basically the idea." Wu Heng nodded.

Qi Hancai paused for a moment, then said, "Do you think it would be easier for the representatives from the various bases to accept this if you came over and attended the Dawn Conference?"

(End of this chapter)