Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 136 - 104: Just Another Carbon-Based Lifeform (Bonus - )

Chapter 136: Chapter 104: Just Another Carbon-Based Lifeform (Bonus Chapter)

At this press conference, a total of three pieces of news were disclosed.

The first one is that a new type of meteorite monster has appeared, which may threaten the safety of some people’s lives worldwide, but the number of such monsters is not large.

The second is based on observation of the movements of the sea monsters, coastal warfare is expected to officially break out tomorrow.

The third is that the Global Meteorite Crisis Management Department has decided to begin teaching Martial Arts Extraordinary to the public and allocate a certain amount of cultivation resources.

Each of these three announcements caused a huge sensation around the world!

Without hesitation, it can be said that the response was greater than all the content disclosed during this period combined.

The first type of new, seemingly invincible monster indeed scared many people, but the figure of just over four hundred creatures somewhat alleviated that fear.

After all, a large number of people worldwide die from accidents and diseases every day.

More than four hundred monsters, while terrifying, present only a small short-term risk to individuals.

And the second piece of news has been the focus of attention during this period.

So far, coastal cities have not completed their relocations.

After all, there are too many people.

For countries built on islands with dense populations, relocation is virtually impossible.

The only option is to strengthen defenses.

The only solace is that defense facilities from an interstellar civilization have provided significant psychological comfort.

At least we’re not completely unprepared.

But it was the third announcement that really caused an uproar.

Martial Arts is going to be promoted!

Ever since the "Monument of Great Achievements" appeared, people worldwide have had high expectations for creating great achievements.

Consequently, the number of people enlisting in the military surged dramatically.

However, with more enlistees, the requirements also increased, resulting in some being eliminated, lacking the courage to become civilian combat personnel.

In some countries, like the Eastern Country, establishing civilian combat groups has not been allowed.

Therefore, great achievements seemed unrelated to them.

Martial Arts Extraordinary was even more so.

No one expected the promotion of Martial Arts Extraordinary to come so quickly!

The entire discussion on the internet seemed largely centered around the third announcement.

"You mean we can practice Martial Arts without enlisting?"

"When does it start? I can’t wait any longer!"

"With Martial Arts Cultivation, at least I’ll be able to run faster!"

"Extraordinary Power is already the greatest comfort of this era for me."

"Could I be a Martial Arts genius? How exciting."

"I wonder if I can buy more Martial Arts resources, even if they’re expensive, I’ll buy them!"

"..."

The entire world’s anticipation could be seen from the information online.

The plan implemented by the Global Meteorite Crisis Management Department also fully leveraged this anticipation.

Besides being distributed based on population, Martial Arts resources would also be allocated extra based on merits.

AI is responsible for supervision.

The purpose is to incentivize people to confront doomsday in a positive manner.

For example, participating in production work.

Not all weapons used on the front lines come from trading, and those that can be produced independently, through purchased production lines, are all produced independently.

The demand for production is increasing daily.

The collective effort of the entire civilization is needed.

The Monument of Great Achievements created by Shen Yu motivated some people, but truly achieving great deeds and benefiting everyone is still a distant goal.

However, Martial Arts resources can!

It captured people’s desires.

The impact of new monsters and the imminent coastal warfare seemed diminished.

However, those inland might be more concerned with the promotion of Martial Arts Extraordinary.

But those on the front lines are obviously more focused on warfare.

In the Eastern Country, in Coastal City, a recruit named Xiao Qingshan lay in the camp, awake almost all night.

He was one of the new recruits who enlisted directly from among retreating civilians during the previous plant battle.

As a soldier, it’s been less than ten days.

Though he completed initial Martial Arts training and some combat training, thinking about being on the front line tomorrow with a real war breaking out left him with no drowsiness at all.

He lay staring at the ceiling.

In his mind, various scenes uncontrollably appeared.

Images of himself fighting heroically, gaining accolades, then igniting great achievements under the Monument of Great Achievements, becoming a grandmaster.

Also, images of himself sacrificing immediately upon entering the battle.

Even scenes of the defensive line breaking, swarmed by dense monsters, countless citizens still in the city screaming and dying.

Scenes of his parents and family.

All these scenes seemed possible, causing his emotions to shift continuously, becoming intense.

Until a voice came from the neighboring bed.

"Can’t sleep? Let’s chat," said his fellow soldier, clearly also unable to sleep, "The platoon leader said it’s okay if we can’t sleep; once the battle starts tomorrow, adrenaline will rush, and we won’t have a trace of sleepiness."

"I really can’t sleep." Xiao Qingshan admitted helplessly.

The camp’s environment was much better, as it was directly requisitioned from a coastal district.

In the past, he couldn’t even afford a toilet in such a district.

Yet, he still couldn’t sleep.

"I’d say we’re quite lucky," his fellow soldier sat up, eyes alight with excitement, "This is Coastal City, you know? Advisor Shen, a member of the Multi-Dimensional Apocalypse Civilization Mutual Aid Association, lives here. His company is here; we walked past it today. Do you think other places might fall, but can we fall here?"

"Advisor Shen." Xiao Qingshan felt a bit emotional at the mention of this name.

Like most, he was full of admiration, aspiration, and respect.

If it were him, he might not be willing to share achievements that originally belonged to him alone with the entire civilization.

However, such a person probably wouldn’t worry about personal safety anymore.

At most, they’d worry about the safety of the entire civilization.

"So, I’d say, tomorrow we go out boldly and fight. The instructor already told us during the day, although the sea monsters have evolved, they are still carbon-based life forms. Under massive firepower, they will die all the same!"

He mimicked the motion of pulling a gun trigger.

Clearly fantasizing about a wild firefight.

"Our firepower now isn’t ordinary; soldiers in the past would be envious."

"That’s true." Xiao Qingshan’s inner worries and fears seemed relieved a lot, "Just carbon-based life forms. In this era, being a soldier offers real opportunities to make significant contributions, so many want to enlist but can’t."

Their weaponry and equipment had been completely transformed.

The fully enclosed battle armor directly traded in had limited quantities, allocated to elite forces.

But, exoskeleton battle armor paired with fully automated weapons could be equipped by everyone.

Because mass production capability had been achieved.

Thinking back to the firepower felt during training.

It all seemed less frightening now.

That night, many soldiers lay awake, but as the early light spread, armed in advanced exoskeleton combat armor, loaded with formidable amounts of ammunition, they assembled along the coastline. No one showed any signs of fatigue.

Even though they were just recruits, and this was their first real battle.

But their longing to create merit seemed to outweigh their fear of war!

Finally.

On everyone’s personal terminal screens, the enemy’s red dots began to appear on the screen’s edge!