Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 355 The Second Wave of Beasts

The underground city of Bihar has changed hands.

Amir, an eighth-tier superhuman of the Dalits, untouchables, and "fifth caste," ascended to the position of city lord, commanding three hundred superhuman warriors and gathering an army of three hundred thousand, and began to slaughter the high castes.

Arson, murder, robbery, and rape.

Especially the first two castes, were slaughtered in droves, with all the men beheaded or driven out to be fed to wild beasts, and all the women enslaved.

Amir was originally a bachelor, but after usurping the throne, he had a harem of three thousand beauties, almost two-thirds of whom were former high-caste noblewomen. Whenever Amir returned home, these women, who were once high above him, would kneel down and crawl to serve him.

They all had dog leashes around their necks, and in front of Amir, they were practically naked, just like dogs.

Amir leans back on a gilded throne inlaid with malachite. This Dalit superhuman, who once huddled in the alleys of the slums, now walks barefoot on the carefully maintained long hair of a Brahmin noblewoman, grinding his blood-stained boots against her pale cheek.

He gently caressed the delicate bodies of several other Brahmin noblewomen who were only dressed in thin veils, pinched them hard, making them scream, and then took a picture and posted it online.

The world was in uproar.

North American netizen @FreeEagle: "This is downright medieval barbarity! The International Extraordinary Alliance should intervene immediately!"

Middle Eastern netizen @SandEye: "When the camel overturns and crushes the rider, the scorpions under the dune have long been crushed to dust."

German netizen @BerlinWallFragments: "When the Avengers sit on the tyrant's throne, the specter of the Third Reich is rising again in the Ganges."

A South African netizen, @GoldMiner, wrote: "They buried the engineers alive when they recaptured the mine, and now the mining area is overrun by monsters—history always repeats itself in its stupidity."

Kenyan netizen @GrasslandSpear: "The superhumans in the Nairobi slums are burning the chief's scepter. Watch out for your zebraskin thrones!"

Japanese netizen @Warring States の猫: "これこそ下克上の极み! でもサーバント级がマスターをfeedいcustomaryらす"のはアンノウンエリア过ぎる" (This is the ultimate in defeating the superior! But the servant class is too over the top to support the master.)
Chinese netizen @蜀山剑修036: "Article 3 of the Dawn Outline clearly stipulates that extraordinary individuals are prohibited from abusing and killing civilians. I suggest initiating a global arbitration process. Li Sheng, it's time to take action!"

In Mumbai's City 13, a predominantly high-caste area in India, a statement reads: "The demon Amir must be purified by Brahma! We have sealed off all Dalit settlements. All low-caste untouchables should be expelled!"

Kolkata Low Caste Forum: "The day has finally come! We are storming the Kshatriya armory!"

The riots in Bihar's underground city, which have massacred countless innocent people, have shocked the world. These deaths were not caused by monstrous creatures, but by human beings killing each other.

Public opinion in India is in turmoil, with high-caste and low-caste people exchanging insults online, which then spilled over into offline attacks. Almost every underground city is in chaos.

The high-caste rulers in many of India's underground cities have become alarmed and have begun to expel the low-caste superhumans from the cities, along with their ordinary members.

Some, like Amir, successfully rebelled and seized power, while others failed, suffered heavy casualties, and were driven out. Some didn't even resist, passively accepting their fate and being expelled, forced to struggle for survival on the dark, cold, and perilous surface.

One netizen asked, "Does anyone know about the situation of those who are being deported?"

"Who knows? It must be a near-death experience. There's no internet or electricity up there, so even if they had cell phones, they couldn't complain online."

In the conference room of Dungeon No. 03 in China, Li Xiang, Jiang Cai'er, Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, Lei Xiaohui, and others gathered together, all speechless.

Originally, the strategic outline stated that killing one's own kind was forbidden. Although caste oppression has its reasons, in this time of crisis, we should put aside our prejudices and work together to overcome the difficulties.

However, those people just wouldn't cooperate.

There was no other way; Li Xiang's words carried weight. He issued a notice, cutting off their path to advancement in cultivation techniques. From that day forward, the Bureau of Extraordinary Individuals would no longer accept or approve applications for advancement qualifications from extraordinary individuals in the Bihar Underground City.

Amir was furious and cursed Li Xiang online, then angrily announced his withdrawal from the Anti-Alien Alliance!

In Los Santos, Su Xuanji and the other holy sons and daughters were quite excited, feeling their opportunity had arrived, and wanted to go to the underground city of Bihar, India, to "preach." If Li Xiang didn't provide further cultivation methods, wouldn't that be their breeding ground?
However, before they could take action, another piece of news that shocked the world came out.

Amir organized a large-scale counter-offensive, attacking a nearby monster lair. As a result, his 300,000-strong army suffered countless casualties, the dungeon was breached, and a large number of monsters invaded it, with the survivors scattering in all directions.

A few days later, a large amount of footage was released, showing that the underground city had become a paradise for monsters.

The footage was taken from several surviving, undamaged surveillance cameras in the underground city.

Yes, it was Jiang Cai'er who secretly took the photos, but she posted them using an alias, so it's not something she can tell outsiders.

In such a chaotic place, where would you find war correspondents?

Not long after, the network and cameras in that underground city were destroyed, and even Jiang Cai'er could no longer obtain information about that underground city.

This angered a large number of Saint-level alien beasts: "You tiny ants, we didn't attack you, yet you dare to attack us first?" The alien beasts began a large-scale attack on the human dungeon.

The war originated in the South Asian subcontinent and began to spread to other parts of the world.

The second wave of beasts has begun!
During this period, a steady stream of alien beasts arrived from space, almost every day, and the number of alien beasts was more than ten times that at the beginning of the apocalypse.

Roughly estimated, the number is approaching one hundred million. There are tens of thousands of Saint-level beasts, and eighty to ninety million below Saint-level. There are no specific statistics; this is just general information Li Xiang rapidly gathered while touring the globe at Mach 80. His speed is extremely fast; few Saint-level beasts can keep up with him.

Now, more than nine months have passed since the apocalypse began, and the number of superhumans among the human race has indeed surged during this period, exceeding 30 million. However, due to the short time elapsed, among these 30 million superhumans, there are approximately 20 million first-tier individuals, approximately 8 million second-tier individuals, and approximately 2 million third-tier individuals and above.

The number of those above the sixth order is estimated to be no more than one thousand.

And the number of space monsters, especially those of the sixth rank and above, far exceeds thirty million.

The situation is not optimistic.

It can only be said that plans can't keep up with changes. Things in this world rarely go as planned.

Originally, according to Li Xiang's strategy, everyone should have focused on developing their abilities cautiously and working together for four or five years, with a promising future ahead. Just like in China, the 72 underground cities were well-organized and without any chaos. China also had the largest number of superhumans, approximately 15 million.

Jiang Cai'er: "We still have to rely on ourselves. We can't rely on foreigners."

Everyone agreed, and that they should just do their own job well.

As for overseas countries, we'll help if we can, but there's nothing we can do if we can't.

Although Dungeon 03 has become a beacon of the new era, it's not advisable for it to interfere in the affairs of other dungeons, especially those overseas. While the dungeon is closed off, some powerful beasts can pinpoint its entrance, launching wave after wave of attacks. Without retaliation, even the thickest alloy doors will eventually be breached.

Among the strange beasts are those that are good at breathing fire, whose high-temperature flames can melt gold and iron; others can secrete corrosive venom, which can corrode even high-hardness alloys, leaving them with many large holes; still others have particularly sharp claws that can cut through the alloy city gates, the "hissing" sound reaching the underground city, making people tremble with fear and unable to sleep at night.

Fortunately, the surface of Dungeon 03 was guarded by twelve alien beast legions. Li Xiang ordered these twelve alien beast legions, consisting of hundreds of thousands of alien beasts, to feign an attack, just to go through the motions and avoid arousing suspicion from other alien beast legions.

Then, Li Xiang set off to support the other dungeons.

Jiang Cai'er stayed at home. Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui originally wanted to go out with her, but Li Xiang made them stay.

Under Li Xiang's guidance, Yao Yao and the other two girls have all broken through to the Saint Rank during this period. Yao Yao is at Rank 20, while Zhao Xueqing and Lei Xiaohui are both at Rank 19.

The main reason is that Yao Yao has too many tricks up her sleeve, and she has cultivated with Li Xiang the most times. She has dozens of life-sized clones, all of whom are skilled in transformation techniques, transforming into various stunning beauties from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, and even from the world of anime. They can shape their figures, faces, skin tones, etc. at will, and each time they can bring Li Xiang a great sense of novelty and excitement.

Although the three women are Saint-level beings, there are tens of thousands of Saint-level alien beasts in the outside world, as well as Saint Sons and Saint Daughters from other worlds, who may launch sneak attacks at any time. If Li Xiang is alone, he can leave whenever he wants, but if he takes the three women with him, he will be affected.

The three women knew they were still too weak, so they stayed behind to help Jiang Cai'er manage the internal affairs of Dungeon No. 03.

Lei Jiaming, Lei Xiaonan, Han Qifeng, Zhao Xuejian (Zhao Xueqing's younger brother), Yao Zhuoxi (Yao Yao's younger brother), and others all hold positions in the military.

Zhao Xueqing and Yao Yao's younger brother used to be young, but over the years, he has grown into a heroic and strong young man. One is a fourth-level superhuman, and the other is a third-level superhuman.

Lei Xiaonan may not have the talent to reach the extraordinary level, but he has mastered martial arts and is very skilled with firearms. He may not be strong enough to fight in battle, but he is capable of leading the militia to maintain order in the city.

Li Xiang naturally prioritizes supporting domestic dungeons, as well as the bases of Eileen, Chiba Yukio, and Yaki Toto. He only supports other dungeons when he has the time. As for who to support first and who to support later, that depends on luck. He'll lend a hand to any dungeon that's in dire straits.

After he arrived on the surface, he found that since all the satellites had been destroyed by the alien beasts and no base stations had been established on the ground, he lost contact with the city and could not access the internet. Therefore, he could not see the distress message sent by the underground city.

Even if he could see them, with so many requests for help at the same time, he could only run from one house to another by himself.

Li Xiang had been fighting outside for over a month with almost no rest. Coupled with his previous dual cultivation with Yao Yao and the others, as well as the battles he had been fighting during this period, he broke through in battle and reached the twenty-sixth level.

He slew countless alien beasts, including over a hundred Saint-level ones, averaging more than three a day. He earned tens of millions of achievement points, filling his dimensional warehouse with mountains of spiritual herbs and extraordinary items, including over a hundred Saint-level extraordinary items.

We were lucky this time; there were actually eight Space Stones inside.

It may be related to a type of alien space beast. That kind of alien space beast is called the Starbone Rift Beast, and when they are killed, the energy surge will briefly open up a miniature wormhole.

These eight space gems, the larger ones containing five or six cubic kilometers of space and the smaller ones containing tens of cubic meters, were used by Li Xiang to create exquisite jewelry by equipping them with ring settings, bracelets, necklaces or armbands.

He used to own a jewelry store and a jade processing factory. Although he later transformed into a catering business, he still retained a small number of gold jewelry stores. His chain stores are located in 72 Hive Underground Cities across the country. He still has some experience in the jewelry industry.

When he went to various jewelry chain stores to inspect their work, he also learned the craft of jewelry making from the masters. In addition, he used to be a rural blogger and he liked to tinker with small gadgets. Therefore, the jewelry he made was very beautiful.

He planned to take it back and give it to his women so they could upgrade their spatial devices.

Sometimes Li Xiang would sneak into the lairs of strange beasts to carry out ambushes and decapitation operations. Then one time, he accidentally stumbled into a place that reeked of strange beast excrement. Good heavens, it was covered with strange beast excrement, piled up like mountains.

He wanted to escape immediately, but then he remembered what Zhao Xueqing had said before: as the underground farm expanded, there was a shortage of fertilizer. So, he used the largest space gem to fill it with a large amount of alien beast excrement.

When he returned to Dungeon 03 and gave the beautiful gemstone bracelet to Zhao Xueqing, she was initially quite happy. However, as soon as she received it and probed it with her spiritual sense, she was both amused and exasperated.

"Brother Xiang, people usually send jewelry and flowers, but you did send jewelry, but you filled it with all sorts of filthy stuff."

Li Xiang: "That's for work. This is the jewelry that's specially given to you."

As he spoke, he took out an exquisite gold necklace with a dazzling space gem embedded in the pendant. The space inside was the size of a football field and contained many spiritual herbs, spiritual weapons, armor, and various supplies. He then personally put it around Zhao Xueqing's neck.

"Thank you, brother." Zhao Xueqing glanced around and saw that there were no cameras or other people nearby, so she leaned over and gave Li Xiang a kiss.

Yao Yao, Zhao Xueqing, and Lei Xiaohui all knew about Jiang Cai'er's superpower, the "Queen of the Internet," and therefore paid special attention to protecting her privacy in this regard.

Now that they're older, all three of them are thirty and really want children. However, they live in the same underground city as Jiang Cai'er, who possesses amazing virtual world abilities. If they had children, it would be hard to keep it a secret, so the three women have temporarily put aside the idea.

However, despite being thirty years old, as a Saint-level transcendent being, she possesses the art of preserving her youth, appearing to be only twenty-four or twenty-five, the most golden age of her life. Moreover, Saint-level transcendent beings have long lifespans, and there is no such thing as an elderly mother, so there will still be opportunities in the future.

Whenever they practiced dual cultivation, Zhao Xueqing's "spiritual dew" would be produced in large quantities. Li Xiang collected a lot of it. Every time he went out to fight, he was bound to get injured, but because of this miraculous healing medicine, he recovered very quickly, which greatly improved his combat power and endurance.

The fertilizer that Li Xiang brought solved Zhao Xueqing's urgent problem.

With Li Xiang's "Records of the Evolution of the Earthly Pivot" in existence, the No. 03 underground city, especially the underground farm section, has been continuously expanding.

This underground farm is different from the surface farms of peacetime. It doesn't have four seasons because it uses artificial lighting and temperature control. Theoretically, it can be used for planting all year round. It uses many modern agricultural methods, and Zhao Xueqing is constantly cultivating high-yield crop seeds. The average annual yield per mu far exceeds that of peacetime. However, the area is limited, and it is still quite difficult to feed more than 1500 million people.

Therefore, Li Xiang would come to expand the underground farm whenever he had free time. The standard of living in Underground City 03 was relatively high, while in some other underground cities, some people were already starving and struggling to find enough food to eat every day.

Since crops grow year-round, they require a great deal of fertilizer. There is a fertilizer plant in Dungeon 03, but its production capacity is limited and can no longer meet the needs of plant growth.

Therefore, Zhao Xueqing plans to use organic fertilizer on a large scale, including human and animal excrement, which will be fermented and composted before being put into use.

They also recruited many underground city residents to do farm work. The underground farm, of course, is not privately owned, but a collective enterprise under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of City 03. Those who do farm work are paid in heat coins according to their working hours. They also signed contracts with a large number of full-time migrant workers.

Therefore, the residents of City 03 can basically find jobs and there is no situation where they are unemployed and unable to support themselves.

Zhao Xueqing's agricultural research institute and agricultural management office are located in an underground farm. As for the main urban area, she rarely goes back. When she does go back, it's usually for meetings or to visit her parents during holidays.

As for parents pressuring her to get married, that's not an issue. Zhao Xueqing holds a high position of power, ranking among the top six in Dungeon No. 03, and is also a Saint-level transcendent. How could she dare to pressure her?

The peach trees, golden bamboo, gourds, and chili pepper trees that were transplanted from Li Xiang's backyard have all begun to slowly mutate under the abundant supernatural particles and with Zhao Xueqing's careful care using "spiritual plant synesthesia". The peach trees, gourd vines, and chili pepper trees, in particular, are expected to bear spiritual fruits soon.

These spiritual plants are all planted individually in the small courtyard of the agricultural research institute, guarded by extraordinary kittens, and are not allowed to approach them casually.

Zhao Xueqing plans to collect some spiritual objects or their seeds to cultivate a spiritual field.

(End of this chapter)