Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 62 The Official Plan

July 9th, Post-Apocalyptic Rules Countermeasures Research Office.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was somewhat oppressive, because although the fourth rule had expired several days ago, the population casualty statistics still had not been completed.

This is different from the first rule, which resulted in far more deaths, but most of those deaths occurred at home or in bed, making post-mortem disposal and transportation relatively easier.

This time, however, countless people were swallowed by the heavy snow and buried by collapsed buildings. It would be difficult to dig out their bodies as soon as possible, let alone make an accurate statistical analysis.

A statistical researcher said, "The main difficulty in calculating casualties lies in the rural population. Many villages have been completely buried by heavy snow and have become 'vanished villages,' while there is a severe shortage of rescue personnel."

"Has there been no progress in robot rescue technology? Shouldn't a lot of resources have been invested in research and development after the first rule?"

"The rescue robot is still undergoing data debugging because there are too many different situations it may encounter, making the logic processing very complicated..."

"Although it is impossible to count the exact number of casualties, based on the current situation and through big data analysis, the total number of casualties in my country may reach the million level, while the total number of casualties worldwide will definitely exceed the hundred million level."

Silence fell over the meeting room.

The person in charge, Gao Liangwei, said: "Everyone, I think the reason why such serious casualties occurred is certainly related to the tricky and difficult rules themselves, but we also bear the responsibility for our complacency and lack of response."

"Because of the 'non-fatal' nature of the first two rules, everyone, including myself, developed a sense of complacency. We thought that if we couldn't get past a rule, we could just give up. At worst, our mental strength would weaken, and as long as we could survive, that would be fine."

"But this kind of wishful thinking is completely wrong! Abandoning the rules is just a poison pill used by the fire-bringers to paralyze humanity. If we obediently swallow it and allow our mental strength to weaken, we will find it difficult to move forward and suffer heavy casualties when facing survival rules."

Gao Liangwei paused for a moment and then said, "Therefore, after these new rules, we must increase our publicity efforts. We must make every citizen clearly aware of the importance of mental power, and we must get the academy open as soon as possible!"

“Agreed,” an expert nodded. “Many people know that mental strength is important, but they are just too lazy to increase their limits through the daily process of consumption and recovery. This is also influenced by the environment. If you are in an environment where everyone is working hard to improve, you are likely to become more hardworking as well.”

"I think so too. The college needs to start classes as soon as possible, and the admission requirements can be lowered appropriately."

"Lowering the requirements is not appropriate, is it? The 80-point limit is already not too high. If it is lowered further, there will be too many applicants, and the academy may not be able to accommodate so many students."

“Then let’s acquire more land, recruit developers and build simultaneously! And offer online courses concurrently!” Gao Liangwei said with a wave of his hand.

"The higher-ups have made a decision that after this rule is implemented, most of the shops, office buildings and other buildings in the city will be demolished, and the vacated land will be converted into facilities to improve the survival rate. The college will naturally be one of them."

Everyone nodded.

After entering the post-apocalyptic era, shops, office buildings and other buildings really have no purpose. In fact, they should have been demolished long ago, but it has been delayed.

This new set of rules has prompted the top leadership to make a firm decision, to stop hesitating, and to begin a comprehensive and intensive transformation of major cities into more sustainable urban centers.

"Now, let's discuss another matter," Gao Liangwei said. "According to intelligence gathered by our country's covert operations, all the countries in the world that still possess strength have launched cultivation programs." "The Soro Empire launched the 'Eden Project' a month ago. The plan is to gather the group of Ascended beings with the highest potential in their spiritual power, let them freely fall in love, unite, and then conceive."

"According to the information provided by the intelligence provider, the person in charge of the project believes that the child born from the union of two highly spiritual beings will be born with high spiritual power, and it will increase rapidly. The ultimate goal of the project is to select the so-called 'Son of God' from these children, so that he can complete all the subsequent rules and eventually control all power."

The experts and researchers in the research room were all stunned when they heard this, and subconsciously felt that the plan was a bit outrageous.

But upon closer reflection, if a child born from the union of two individuals with high spiritual power is indeed born with high spiritual power, then it might actually be feasible.

Because although the interval between each rule is not fixed, ranging from one month to three days—assuming the average interval between each rule is 20 days, ten rules would be 200 days, and twenty rules would be 400 days.

It takes about nine months, less than 300 days, for a woman to give birth after becoming pregnant. In other words, as long as a mother can follow a dozen or so rules after becoming pregnant, the child can be born smoothly.

Of course, it's hard to say whether the child born will be able to pass the subsequent rules. After all, babies don't understand anything, and even if adults give them all the mental power tools, they have no concept of how to use them.

“The conditions for this ‘Eden Project’ to succeed are too demanding,” one researcher said, shaking his head. “I don’t think it’s very likely.”

Gao Liangwei said, "The Soro Empire has its reasons for doing this, and we should keep an eye on it. In addition, the Tulip Federation also has its own plan, called 'Operation Wolf Pack'."

"The plan involves having high-level mental power users fight each other to determine their strength and select an 'alpha wolf.' The 'alpha wolf' will then choose other ascendants to form a 'pack of wolves' to act together."

“Other countries also have their own plans, and our Northern Star Nation cannot lag behind in this regard.” Gao Liangwei turned to look at someone, “Dr. Zhang, how is the selection process for the apocalypse team progressing?”

Dr. Zhang, who was in charge of personnel selection, immediately replied: "The current list of selected personnel has reached one hundred people. Each of them has passed a rigorous background check and their mental strength has reached the excellent rating standard of at least 100 points."

“One hundred people?” Gao Liangwei pondered for a moment. “Top-tier resources are limited, and scattered training will only result in overall mediocrity. We need to select the best from the best, and choose thirty more people from these one hundred, and then form suitable teams and provide personalized training based on their individual abilities and equipment.”

“Okay, I’ll get started on it after the meeting,” Dr. Zhang said.

Gao Liangwei nodded, then looked at a middle-aged woman on the right side of the long table: "Dr. Li, how is the acquisition of props in the terminal market going?"

Dr. Li said, "We have already selected and acquired over eighty high-value items, and have assigned several dedicated personnel to closely monitor the market, making early purchases and scavenging for bargains. However..."

"but?"

“However, it’s clear that other organizations are also acquiring a large number of items,” Dr. Li said seriously. “And it’s not just in the end market; some organizations are collecting items from other Ascendants offline through illegal means such as violence. I think we must stop them as soon as possible.”

"I've already made arrangements for this," Gao Liangwei said coldly. "No matter what kind of organization or group it is, anyone who dares to do this kind of thing must be eliminated! There will be no leniency!"

(End of this chapter)