Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 192 Where are you all normal!

To make the competition more interesting, the second-level and third-level qualifying rounds are not completely separated, but are held alternately.

Zou Ping, who always thought he was pretty good, was eliminated in the first round without even having a chance to fight back.

He went on the field, got kicked away, and didn't even have to leave the field.

A sergeant who was about to go on stage saw him having an existential crisis, stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "It's normal. That's Lao Wu's brother. He's almost become a saint. I heard that the armed five-kilometer race over there has been reduced to within three minutes. They're not human."

"oh oh……"

Zou Ping felt slightly comforted, and then he saw this person finish comforting him, go up on stage and kick the third-level superhuman who had just defeated him off the stage.

It even landed right next to you.

Zou Ping looked around as if he had seen a ghost, then looked at the stage. Seeing that he was questioning his existence, the soldier who had just been kicked off patted him on the shoulder.

"That's normal. Those guards are all trained by the commander-in-chief himself, they're like superhumans. We normal people don't need to compare ourselves to these freaks."

The soldier walked away with a relaxed expression, while Zou Ping rubbed his slightly aching shoulder, wondering, "Where exactly do you resemble a normal person?"
I'm the only normal one on this field!
Many of the participating superhumans discovered for the first time that the difference between three-tier beings could be even greater than the difference between a human and a dog!

Wu Xu's defeat, however, made Zou Ping, his old rival with whom he had a long history of conflict, feel a sense of sympathy and shared misfortune.

They say competition fosters friendship; from now on, we'll have a bond built on having been through thick and thin together!

And so the competition proceeded smoothly. The second and third-tier preliminary rounds would last for four days, during which the top 100 would be selected to enter the final stage.

For a competition of this scale, the time is indeed too short. However, this is due to the circumstances. After all, in the post-apocalyptic world, it is already a rare opportunity to hold such a competition. Many contestants have just stepped off the stage and are immediately rushing to the battlefield. The mobilization of one-third of the high-level superhumans also puts considerable pressure on Xin Fu.

Even shortly after the opening ceremony ended, Su Xun left the scene. Although he served as the chief referee of the competition, it was more of a nominal position. He could return during the final fourth-tier battle.

On the second day of the competition, Su Xun brought Yin Danyi, Xue Hui, and some guards who were not participating to Haiqu.

The reason for their hurried departure was that the sea creatures had shown unusual behavior.

Xue Hui was quite familiar with the situation at the beach, so he volunteered to come. As for why he didn't bring Xiao Zhenru... Su Xun knew that the girl was quite popular on the radio, so he sent her to be a commentator for the competition.

As soon as the group arrived, they were greeted by Li Changshun, the distinguished regimental commander, who had now been promoted to division chief of staff.

"Commander Song is presiding over the competition in the sub-region. I've come to give a briefing to the other leaders!"

Su Xun nodded and entered the command post.

This world has never been at peace. The ocean is now practically a forbidden zone for humans. The zombie beasts and mutated beasts in the sea pose a threat to humans, and human superhumans are nothing more than high-quality meat rich in spiritual energy in their eyes.

It belongs to the category of foods that can prolong life.

Since the Battle of Haizhou, Haiqu has established a communication line that connects directly with Hailing. The two sides cooperate closely to fight against the dangers from Haizhou Bay.

The maritime defense command headquarters located here is of a high level. Not only these two cities, but also other places will have their problems gathered here. Now Su Xun is listening to the report from the staff of the command headquarters.

"We have gathered intelligence from various regions and discovered that this unusual activity of the sea monsters is widespread. Within our corps, the phenomenon of sea monsters landing has also been reported in coastal areas and Dengzhou. According to simultaneous reports from other corps, coastal cities in the Jianghuai and Lingnan regions have also suffered varying degrees of damage."

"In Haiqu and Haizhou, more than 400 mutated sea beasts have been killed since the start of the summit, with casualties...more than 700."

Su Xun took the battle report, glanced at it, and sighed slightly. The casualties were quite high, but fortunately most were wounded rather than killed. However, those recorded on this list were all seriously injured.

This situation was somewhat expected; the sea monsters that can land are generally of a high level and cannot be fought by ordinary warriors.

Compared to fighting zombies, these mutated sea monsters are clearly more agile, more difficult to deal with, and pose a greater danger.

Of course, there are often no wounded when fighting zombies, and if you are wounded, you die, so it's really hard to say which is easier.

All intelligence clearly indicates that the sea monsters attacking this time are mostly mutated beasts, and the traces of zombie beasts have almost disappeared.

After closing the intelligence report, Su Xun had a general understanding of the situation.

Since the end of the Haizhou Campaign, the outcome in the ocean has clearly been decided, with mutated beasts basically taking the lead.

In their previous life, Su Xun and the others didn't have the energy to pay attention to the sea monsters at this time; they were still being chased by zombies. In this life, however, humans dealt with the zombies much faster.

Now I can finally free up my hands to properly fight these mutated beasts.

"The situation in Binhai and Dengzhou is also not optimistic, especially in Binhai... The entire city is built around the bay. After the sea monsters became stronger, the undersea tunnel and the cross-sea bridge were damaged. The urban areas on both sides of the bay have now been effectively divided into two parts."

Su Xun nodded. He was actually quite familiar with the situation in Binhai, after all, he had settled there in his previous life, and the current development was roughly the same as in his previous life.

In that previous life, they never even considered restoring traffic on both sides of the bay—the main urban area was almost entirely occupied by zombies, and they were more than happy to have a bay to block them. At that time, the sea beasts also relieved some of the pressure from the zombies.

Looking down at the map, Su Xun frowned slightly.

Areas that were easy to build cities in before the cataclysm may become major disadvantages after the cataclysm. Coastal areas are a typical example, and cities built along bays face significant challenges in such environments.

And several cities around Dengzhou, located at the end of the peninsula...

In his previous life, Su Xun didn't know when those cities sank to the bottom of the sea; in any case, when the natural disaster of Oswell came, he sank along with them.

Su pondered for a long time, but found that there was no good solution at the moment.

Humanity's current level of psionic technology is insufficient to effectively protect cities. The base cities they have established, despite their names containing "base," are only capable of dealing with zombies and remain inadequate for the greater challenges to come.

Like Su Xun's previous life, the survivors in North America followed the maze to find the underground city, which allowed them to catch their breath in the raging mutated bird crisis and hold on until Kukulkan arrived. Meanwhile, the people of the Russian Federation also rose up in the sky from the wasteland, barely managing to contend with the undead calamity, and finally survived until Satan awoke.

In the East, although Su Xun's memories are largely blank, he at least knows that when he reached the ninth level, he transformed himself into a city and survived until the great tsunami that Oswell unleashed.

To survive in an increasingly severe apocalypse, the best option is to find the protection of a higher-level creation and explore the application of spiritual power on one's own. This is a viable path, but it will still be too slow. Perhaps the answer to this question can only be found in the deeper reaches of the secret realm...

Fortunately, by the time of the summit, the Daizong Secret Realm had already shown signs of becoming a reality, and Su Xun had high hopes for it.

"After I get back, I will notify some of the more dangerous areas to carry out further relocation, but for now, let's deal with the immediate problems first."

Su Xun asked, "Which position is the riskier?"

Li Changshun quickly marked it on the map: "At the Lanqiao position, two Tier 4 sea beasts have appeared near the sea and are trying to infiltrate our city's drainage system!"

(End of this chapter)