Inside the tunnel.

The musty smell fermented in the space.

Lin Yi, leading eleven people, was sprinting quickly.

To his surprise, despite having run about two kilometers,

not a single person behind him showed any signs of fatigue.

It seemed that these people were either powerful system users or had incredible natural endurance.

Indeed, they had some skills, no wonder they didn't want to join the shelter and be ordered around.

A few minutes later, the group made it through the tunnel.

Lin Yi asked Melanie to inform him of the situation outside. Once everything was safe, he opened the tunnel door.

"Bless you all, good luck!" he said, ready to leave the repair shop.

At this moment, a couple suddenly said, "Uh… we've changed our minds! Take us with you!"

"Me too!" said several others.

Lin Yi frowned, then waved his hand, and a military jeep appeared in front of him.

"You've missed your chance."

After saying this, he got into the car, floored the accelerator, and left those eleven bewildered people far behind.

Preparing to drive away from this---Death Paris!

Several kilometers away, he encountered a tight encirclement formed by zombies.

Lin Yi floored the accelerator, and amidst the roaring engine of the jeep, it charged through the zombie horde like a big bull.

The zombies were hit and scattered everywhere, and soon the jeep was covered in blood.

But Lin Yi didn't care; nothing could stop him from leaving Paris now!

Two hours later.

Lin Yi finally made it out of the city successfully.

He was heading to a new destination—

Berlin!

But at this moment, Melanie suddenly shouted, her voice shaking.

"Boss! Solomon said a small hole appeared in the mist and creatures came out of it! Those creatures seemed to look like beastmen... and then they ran away..."

"Are you kidding me?!"

[WARNING!]

[Lord of Space-Time Terghai is preparing to invade your shelter]

[Invasion will begin in: 20 minutes and 42 seconds]

Receiving this message, Lin Yi was so shocked that he almost crashed the jeep into a tree.

F**k!

An invasion event at such a critical moment?

Luckily, he made it out of the city before the invasion, otherwise he'd have to be buried with Paris.

Lin Yi quickly found a safe place outside the Paris suburbs, stored the jeep back in the garage,

and returned to the shelter.

At this moment, another message popped up.

[Congratulations!]

[You've successfully escaped Paris! Mission accomplished!]

Now, over 1,500 followers reside in your shelter.

You have received a reward.

The number of followers has now exceeded 2,000.

You have received an additional reward!

[Can be viewed in your inbox]

"I can view it now!" Lin Yi said, sitting in front of his laptop, looking at Solomon, "Report the situation!"

"Boss, we don't know from where they will attack, nor how many people will come. We are distributing firearms and ammunition to everyone who can shoot."

"Find Chen Youyou, gather all the new recruits who can join the fight!"

"Yes, Boss!" Solomon received his orders and left.

Lin Yi pondered for a moment, an idea came to mind, and he began typing emails on his laptop.

"Is there a way for the shelter to help me know where the enemy will attack from?"

[Second Level Space-Time Beacon]

Lin Yi's eyes lit up, opened the shop, and soon found the Space-Time Beacon.

Since the current population exceeded 1,500, the shelter gained 15,000 experience points, unlocking the Second Level Space-Time Beacon successfully.

[Second Level Space-Time Beacon]

Your Space-Time Shelter is drifting among fragments in the Sea of Space-Time.

This structure allows your shelter to locate and attract these space-time fragments.

[Manual observation mode available]

[Price: 32,000 Coins]

"Wow... over thirty thousand? That's really expensive!"

Despite the high price, Lin Yi still bought the device and placed it near the city hall.

The beacon looked like a pyramid about 3 meters square and approximately 2 meters high, made of a gray-black style resembling megaliths, and covered with glowing blue lines.

Suspended above the pyramid was an approximately 1-meter floating sphere, also covered with glowing blue lines, emitting a faint audible buzzing sound.

This thing... has a highly technological feel.

Lin Yi touched it, feeling a cold sensation at his fingertips, with the blue light pulsing in rhythm with his heartbeat.

"Hmm, it's a good thing for cooling!"

Apologies, he could only discern this much.

So, he stood in front of the pyramid, staring at the mysterious sphere, and started typing furiously on his laptop.

"How exactly should I use this thing?"

[Go to the top of the pyramid]

Following the shelter's prompt, Lin Yi walked up the staircase carved on the side of the beacon.

He found himself standing on the top of the pyramid, with a small square platform decorated with red runes beneath his feet.

"Alright, now what?"

[Do you... want to come inside?]

Suddenly, an emotionless voice sounded in Lin Yi's mind.

Lin Yi was stunned for a moment, then stunned again, nearly throwing his laptop aside.

He felt something was off right from the start.

In the past, when asking the shelter questions, this guy always found excuses, being sarcastic to the extreme.

Today, the answers were exceptionally straightforward.

Every question was met with a response, every question was met with a response.

At this moment, the emotionless voice echoed in his mind once again.

[Do you... want to come inside?]

"Inside?"

Lin Yi touched his chin, deliberately hanging the word 'daring' on the corner of his lips.

"Ha, if you want, it's only natural!"

[...]

A moment later, Lin Yi's body floated into the air and entered the sphere.

In fact, the sphere was made of liquid, and inside was a completely dark space.

Yet surrounded by flickering stars.

Millions of stars, varying in size from tiny to enormous, and all moving!

Their movement was almost imperceptible but indeed happening… wait, no! It's not the stars that are moving—

It's himself moving!

Here, he could see the shelter, turned into a shining star below.

When he focused on that star, he could see a rectangular piece of land surrounded by a faint aura.

On this land, there were numerous small points of light, each point representing a person.

After observing this area, he noticed another star rushing toward him.

This star was slightly smaller than the one his shelter was on, and its brightness was not as high.

"If I'm understanding correctly, the light can tell me how many creatures are on a space-time fragment, right?"

Lin Yi looked up and asked into the void.

And the void... suddenly responded to him.

[Not entirely correct]

[The brightness of a space-time fragment depends on its space-time detection level. The stronger the life force of the creatures residing on the fragment, the higher the detection level.]

"So it should be easy to judge if the enemy is stronger than us, right?"

[Yes, but the enemy may also lower their detection level to mislead the opponent.]

"Can I do that?"

[You can, but cannot reach that level in a short period.]

"Alright, alright!"

Lin Yi sat within the void.

Then he began to rationally analyze the situation...

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