Pretending to be a genius starts with the civilization advancement assessment.

Chapter 18 is from an emergency manual from 60 years ago.

Lin Yi looked around and saw that everyone was busy with something, so he felt relieved.

Although he rose to the top ranks of Blue Star in his previous life through combat prowess and spent most of his time cultivating and resisting the Abyss Beasts, he still had some management experience.

Actually, he suggested that everyone do these things not because he really hoped they could use them to deal with the Abyss Wolves, but to keep them from being idle and causing them to have an emotional breakdown and cause some accidents while he was "learning" the Source Energy Guidance Technique.

The current situation is such that it's better to have busy work than idle people; keeping everyone busy means they won't have time to think about anything else.

Lin Yi picked up the Spirit Crystal that contained the cultivation technique and walked to a corner of the banquet hall where he wouldn't disturb others, while glancing around the hall out of the corner of his eye.

Zhou Mengmeng's mother and aunt comforted her, while her father and uncle dismantled the decorative frame next to the stage. Chen Yu leaned against the window, tying a shield to himself and watching the street through the gap in the curtains.

However, he had only taken a few steps.

Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—!
Ding—! Ding—! Ding—!
Almost everyone's phone simultaneously beeped with a text message notification.

"what!"

"what happened?!"

"A message came in?"

Everyone was startled at first, and then hurriedly checked their phones.

Lin Yi's heart stirred.

"It's here. If I'm not mistaken, it's probably an emergency coverage alert issued by the authorities during the window of opportunity before the base stations are completely paralyzed!"

Although he knew the general content, Lin Yi still quickly went to his parents' side and retrieved the phone that he had left with them while wearing armor.

Upon opening it, I saw three unread text messages.

Lin Yi quickly clicked on it.

[National Emergency Alert] [Highest Crisis Level] Attention all citizens!
A nationwide biosafety disaster has occurred (codename: Abyss Tide)!
An emergency order is hereby issued for the entire region:
Hold your ground and await rescue! Reinforce doors and windows, do not go outside unnecessarily, and wait for rescue in place!
Store water and food! Immediately collect and store drinking water and food!
Ignore rumors! Trust only this official alert channel! Subsequent instructions will be issued via designated broadcast frequency (FM **.***MHz)! Prioritize the protection of broadcast receiving equipment and portable generators!

Important addition: The official website has released the "Abyss Survival Guide" (www.*****.***.cn). Given the possibility of communication disruptions, all citizens are advised to download and save it as soon as possible.

Crisis Response Center
November 2027, 7

The three text messages contained the same content.

“Broadcast band. Official website guide,” Class Monitor Zhou Yuxuan muttered to himself, his finger already instinctively clicking on the page.

His action was like pressing a start button; everyone was checking the link, wanting to see what this so-called survival guide would say.

The website was a bit slow, probably due to a lot of traffic, and it took a while to load.

"It's open! It's open!"

Chen Yu let out a low cry.

The phone screen displayed the simple blue background and white text of the Crisis Response Center's official website. Everything else had been cleared out, leaving only a single message titled: "Yuanchao Emergency Survival Guide".

Everyone clicked to download.

The document looked quite long, and after a while, Ye Qingyu was the first to finish downloading it.

"When possible, please print or handwrite the key points of this guide to a paper format."

Ye Qingyu read it aloud softly, "This is the first one?"

"clever!"

Zhou Jianjun slapped his thigh suddenly, "If the phone dies, we can't watch anything. Writing it down on paper could save our lives!" Lin Ruiheng simply got up and rummaged through the service desk drawers: "Find paper and pen! Quick!"

At this moment, Lin Yi had already finished downloading the "Yuanchao Emergency Survival Guide" on his phone. He opened the document, and saw the guide's long table of contents spread out on the screen:

Chapter 1: Emergency Evacuation Precautions

Chapter Two: Precautions for Food and Drinking Water Storage

Chapter 3: Simple Weapon Crafting (Bow/Short Hammer/Short Spear/Molotov Cocktail/etc.)
Chapter 5: A Quick Method for Indoor Soilless Cultivation

Chapter 7: Emergency Wound Treatment and Home Remedies (Wild Herbs/Honey/Alcohol, etc.)

Chapter Nine: Homemade Rainwater Filter

Chapter Eleven: Making a Radio Using Homemade Methods

Chapter Sixteen: Simple Protection Against Radiation Dust (Plastic Sheet + Tape Solution)

Appendix 3: Illustrated Guide to Processing Edible Parts of Rat Meat

"They even teach you how to eat mice? That's way too detailed!" Li Jie grinned as he flipped through the pages, then suddenly stopped. "Wait! Look at the last date, isn't it a mistake?"

Everyone quickly scrolled to the end of the document, where they saw a line of small print: Revision Date: November 7, 1967

"Is it possible that this isn't a mistake?" Chen Yu grinned. "I was wondering why there was something for preventing nuclear radiation. Could it be that they just changed the title of a manual that was originally prepared for nuclear war?"

"The timing does match up." Zhou Yuxuan shook his head helplessly. "No wonder it was so fast; it was already prepared."

"Don't overthink it, as long as it works!" At this moment, Lin Ruiheng had already pulled out the paper and pen that the hotel used to categorize guest feedback, and Zhou Jianjun pulled out a stack of menus from somewhere and slammed them on the table.

"Hurry up, men, keep making weapons and shields. This guide just reminded me that we can also try to make some short hammers! Women, start by copying the important chapters highlighted in red. Wait, Xiao Yi, you go learn how to make crystals first. We can't do without you."

Lin Yi nodded. Even if Zhou Jianjun hadn't brought it up, he would have asked for it himself. After all, the Abyss Wolves would be making a comeback soon, so learning about source energy was the top priority.

However, it would be even better if someone spoke up now.

As paper and pen were passed around among the crowd, everyone in the banquet hall continued their busy work.

Zhao Xiaowen opened her new lipstick and used the lipstick to draw a diagram of a water purification device on the back of the menu. Her aunt put on her glasses and neatly copied down the key points of wound suturing. Even Zhou Mengmeng volunteered to use half a pencil and lay on the ground to draw a mushroom identification diagram.

Zhou Jianjun was teaching several young people how to make simple shields by wrapping tablecloths around the edges of chairs.

The cracking sound of a chair leg breaking, the scraping sound of a pen nib across paper, and the hushed murmurs of discussion—these slightly noisy sounds echoed in the banquet hall, temporarily silencing the panic.

However, Lin Yi knew that this was just an illusion. The panic had not disappeared, but had been temporarily replaced by the pressure of receiving official information and the will to survive.

But he didn't worry about it much, since as long as he mastered the source energy later, the safety here would be absolutely guaranteed.

Therefore, Lin Yi found a corner against the wall and sat down cross-legged.

This position allows you to observe the entire venue without being completely out of sight of others.

The moment Lin Yi raised the crystal, he felt the entire banquet hall fall silent, and almost everyone's eyes turned to him at the same time.

He deliberately took a deep breath and pinched the two ends of the crystal with his thumb and forefinger.

"Xiao Yi." His mother, Zhou Jinghua's voice drifted over, then abruptly stopped.

"Crack."

The sound of the crystal shattering between my fingers was very faint, yet extremely noticeable in the quiet banquet hall.

　This chapter underwent rigorous review and was revised many times.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)