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

Chapter 127 On the Eve of the Abyss, A Difficult Transformation

After sending off its first cohort of students, Dongfeng Military Academy welcomed an even larger influx of new recruits.

Including those who arrived earlier, the second batch of trainees totaled more than 3200.

Moreover, unlike the first phase when many member states adopted a wait-and-see attitude, this time, apart from a few small countries that were unable to respond due to complete loss of contact, all member states in the Blue Star Crisis Response Alliance tried every means, and even spared no expense, to send personnel to study here.

Behind this, besides the fact that the footage of the attack in the stadium somehow suddenly leaked out and became known to high-ranking officials in various countries, there was another important reason.

The Supreme Command Center, through its diplomatic corps, announced a highly attractive new policy within the Blue Star Crisis Response Consortium.

This was an idea that Lin Yi had mentioned to Nie Chang before he was appointed as the principal. He never expected that it would be turned into a reality by the higher-ups without them even noticing.

At the end of the first training session, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Xia took the lead in establishing the "Energy Equipment Research and Development Department" within the Blue Star Crisis Response Consortium and published a detailed list of existing technology blueprints.

At the same time, it was announced that any member state of the consortium that shares energy-related technology blueprints not included in the list with the Ministry of Development will have two additional trainees selected for each copy they contribute.

In addition, the contributed blueprints will be counted in the country's "contribution points," which can be used to exchange for other blueprints already available in the development department, at a ratio of approximately 1:2 for the same tier.

The points earned from acquiring a new blueprint can be exchanged for two existing blueprints of the same level.

The introduction of this measure immediately caused a huge uproar.

Those countries that missed out on the first batch of training slots became especially eager after learning that even America was vying for more spots.

They longed for more spots, but were hampered by their low social standing, having no say in the Xia Kingdom.

The introduction of this plan immediately gave them an opportunity.

The leaders of these countries are now well aware that energy is an inevitable trend, and every additional quota means one more opportunity to access core energy knowledge and one more hope to cultivate their own strong individuals.

In addition, the contribution points redemption system allows users to exchange points for the blueprints they need.

Some countries that were equally lucky and obtained photocopiers simply laid out all their blueprints and assets.

As the first country to donate a blueprint, the Xia Kingdom received contribution points for all its blueprints.

This method might seem a bit underwhelming, but even Lin Yi thought it made perfect sense after learning about it.

The first person with the ability and courage to try something new should get to enjoy the best.

Therefore, Xia Kingdom, which possessed a huge amount of points, redeemed all the newly added blueprints from other countries, which not only caused its own reserves of source energy equipment blueprints to surge, but also left it with a considerable amount of points.

For the same reason, there were many more foreign students in the second batch of trainees.

In addition, after the second batch of trainees started their courses, the Equipment Department of the Supreme Command Center also sent him a small gift when allocating a new batch of supplies.

A small device called the "Mobile Portable Photography Ball".

It is only the size of a ping-pong ball, silver-white in color, and can float around the user. It can be controlled by voice and can record images from multiple angles in high definition.

Upon acquiring this item, their first thought was to give it to the university president, so that he could easily film any material he felt was worth recording for teaching purposes during solo operations.

Lin Yi found the little gadget interesting, so he accepted it.

Time flew by amidst the intense teaching, training, and base expansion; more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.

That night, Lin Yi sat cross-legged in his faculty dormitory, letting out a long breath as he completed his cultivation for the day. Today also marked the graduation and departure of the 4800 students of the fourth cohort of Dongfeng Academy. "Three more days."

There are only three days left until the first tidal wave arrives in my memory.

Looking back on this period, apart from regular teaching and his own cultivation, which raised his source energy to 6100 points and broke through to the second level of Stardust, three major events occurred.

The first thing concerns the expansion of living space.

After his departure, the Jinling City settlement quickly organized elite forces to attempt a "cage tactic" against a miniature nest located near a large nest.

The results were encouraging; they successfully constructed a sturdy ring-shaped fortification fifty meters outside the nest and cleared out the roaming abyssal beasts inside, establishing a relatively safe zone.

Most importantly, the large nest nearby did not show any obvious abnormalities during this period.

Taking advantage of the momentum, the Jinling settlement successively conquered three more micro-nests, greatly expanding their safe zone and resource acquisition range.

However, a month later, a new situation arose.

The first "cage safe zone" closest to that large nest has a territory that overlaps with the expansion edge of the large nest.

This means that the territory of a large nest, like a slowly rising tide, eventually submerges a portion of the "cage safety zone."

Although the overlapping area is not large at present, everyone is already clear that the "Cage Safe Zone" is only a temporary measure, and in the end, they will still have to confront those advanced Abyssal Nests head-on.

Nevertheless, the "cage safety zone" was quickly adopted by the Supreme Command after summarizing its experience, and was promoted in suitable settlements across the country because it could effectively buy time at the current stage.

The second thing signifies the growth of human power itself.

With the military academy's resources and his targeted guidance, Liu Yuan spent another month and finally broke through the bottleneck, stepping into the threshold of the Stardust level.

Liu Yuan's success was like lighting a fuse. In the following two weeks, nearly ten more talented and hardworking Dongfeng graduates successfully broke through to the Stardust level and sent good news through portable energy detectors.

This includes Elizabeth, Andrei, and Zhang Zhen.

Although they are all just entering the Stardust level, their understanding of the rules is almost zero, and they haven't learned many Stardust level skills and techniques. They probably can't even beat a 1500-point miniature nest leader-level abyss beast, and can only bully cannon fodder.

Ultimately, this signifies that humanity has begun to produce Stardust-level powerhouses in large numbers.

The third thing, in Lin Yi's view, is actually more important.

In the past month or so, at the request of the General Staff, he was dispatched several more times. In addition to destroying three more micro-nests, he also assisted the troops in recovering production lines or core components of several key industrial equipment.

With the return of these devices and the full commitment of technical personnel, production lines for some basic light weapons ammunition, as well as some heavy weapons ammunition such as machine gun ammunition and rockets, have been initially restored.

Although production was far from reaching pre-war levels, it at least alleviated the dire shortage of ammunition.

More importantly, thanks to the hard work of the engineering corps, a number of integrated base stations were urgently built.

When the first settlements successfully restored wireless communication and the internet, many people were moved to tears and couldn't wait to reconnect with their relatives and friends far away.

Although the civilian network only covers the area of ​​the settlement and the signal is poor and the speed is slow, it is far from comparable to the past. However, this is undoubtedly an important milestone in the revival of civilization and has greatly boosted the morale of the people.

In the past three months, the Xia Kingdom has completed the painful struggle from the beginning of the apocalypse to the difficult transformation of civilization restarting, and is quietly waiting for the first major test in three days.

(End of this chapter)