In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

London, once the world's financial center.

Now only ruins remain.

Dark red radiation clouds loomed over the city.

The Xuan Nu fighter jet hovered silently at an altitude of one thousand meters.

In optical stealth mode, it resembles a steel behemoth lurking in the clouds.

Inside the cabin.

The tactical screen glowed dimly.

High-definition cameras transmit real-time images of the plaza below.

In the middle of the ruins, an open space was cleared out.

The densely packed crowd formed a huge iron barrel formation.

A cursory glance suggests there are at least tens of thousands of people.

The group of people were dressed in rags, looked pale, and had a fierce glint in their eyes, as if they had been struggling on the edge of death for a long time.

In the center of the crowd, a simple wooden platform was erected.

A dozen or so gallows stood in a row. The rough hemp ropes swayed in the cold wind.

A dozen or so well-dressed elderly people were bound hand and foot and forced to kneel below the gallows.

They struggled in terror, only to be slammed hard on the backs by heavily armed guards behind them with the butts of their rifles.

"Could it be that these survivors directly breached the underground shelter?"

Bai Lu stared at the screen, a hint of surprise flashing in her cool eyes.

"Arrest all the high-ranking officials of the underground government inside?"

It's important to know that underground bunkers have extremely high levels of defense; the doors are all made of half-meter-thick explosion-proof alloy.

This is not something that a mob lacking heavy firepower and struggling to get enough to eat could easily break through.

"These wasteland survivors actually have this kind of ability?"

Ye Xiao crossed his arms and pursed his lips.

"If he really had that ability, he wouldn't have been eaten like a snack by mutated creatures on the ground for so long."

Su Ran leaned back in her chair, her eyes fixed on the leading guard on the screen.

The guards were well-equipped.

Technological exoskeleton armor, Gauss rifles, and even night vision goggles on tactical helmets.

Even a second-tier awakened individual wouldn't dare say they could escape unscathed from such a well-organized, fully armed group of technologically advanced soldiers.

"The coordinates sent by the representative of the John Nation are correct; this is the place."

Su Ran's voice was calm.

"But this doesn't look like a proper handover point at all; it looks more like a survivor camp. White Deer, sense it."

The white deer closed its eyes.

An invisible spiritual force spread downwards like ripples on water, instantly enveloping the entire square.

Two seconds later, she opened her eyes.

"There are approximately 30,000 people gathered below."

The white deer's voice was clear and crisp.

"There are at least twenty awakened individuals of the second rank or above whose energy fluctuations are relatively active."

One of its energy peaks was very high, approaching the peak of the second tier, but it posed no threat to us.

"Shall we go down?"

Ye Xiao's hand rested on the hilt of his sword, his fighting spirit soaring.

"Judging from this, it seems they're going to hang those elite members of the underground base."

What a grand spectacle!

"Let's go down and take a look."

Su Ran straightened the cuffs of her combat uniform.

"There are only a few of us, and currently, no one on the Earth's surface can threaten our existence."

The words fell.

"laugh!"

The hatch slowly opened.

"happy!"

Ye Xiao laughed loudly, activated the Cheng Ying mecha, and the massive steel body plunged directly into the clouds.

Su Ran took a step forward, and Bai Lu's spiritual power supported her body, following closely behind.

The crowd in the square was filled with indignation.

"Hang them!"

"Vampire! Liar!"

"Cut off the meat from these pigs and feed it to the mutant dogs!"

Just then.

"boom!"

A deafening roar.

A six-meter-tall, dark-colored tactical mech, its entire body gleaming with a cold metallic luster, crashed heavily into the ruins at the edge of the execution ground.

Immediately afterwards, two figures gracefully descended from mid-air.

Everyone present was taken aback.

Everyone present was stunned by this sudden turn of events.

The armed guards on the platform instinctively raised their Gauss rifles and aimed them with terrified expressions.

The twenty-odd wild awakened individuals near the outer edge of the wooden platform were on high alert!

Many people immediately reacted, their bodies flashing with supernatural light, wanting to retreat and create distance.

The roar of 30,000 men was instantly choked in their throats. All eyes were fixed on the oppressive, dark-colored mech.

And those two Easterners who landed out of thin air without the aid of any equipment.

People in the wasteland are most sensitive to the aura of the strong.

The oppressive death emanating from the mechs and the spiritual pressure emanating from the white deer caused the more than twenty wild awakened individuals present to instinctively retreat.

"Easterners? They're from Great Xia!"

Upon realizing that the newcomers were three humans from the Great Xia Dynasty, rather than some kind of terrifying mutated monster, the awakened ones all withdrew the light of their supernatural abilities.

But still, no one dared to make any rash moves.

The crowd automatically parted to create a passage.

No one dared to speak.

Su Ran and the others remained indifferent.

The survivors, gathered in the center of the crowd, cast extremely wary and awe-inspiring glances their way.

What happened today is too absurd for these wasteland survivors.

Just an hour ago, this group of fully armed underground government guards inexplicably parachuted into their shelter camp.

The people in the shelter originally thought that the underground government considered them a threat and sent troops to wipe them out, and they were even prepared to fight to the death.

But who could have imagined that these guards would bring such shocking news:

"The underground government has split!"

The arriving government guards announced loudly.

As a "progressive" prime minister, Boris Johnson gained the support of the royal family and broke with the conservative forces!

They not only promised to open all supply depots and share clean food, water, and weapons with the survivors on the ground.

They even arrested all the members of parliament who had spearheaded the "underground blockade plan" and shut out civilians, charging them with "treason" and "crimes against humanity."

They were sent directly to the ground and handed over to the survivors to handle!

Immediately afterwards, the guards announced that the Kingdom of John would soon begin in-depth cooperation with Great Xia.

Under the leadership of the Great Xia, we will launch a counterattack against the mutated creatures around the world and reshape a new order for humanity!

This series of bombshell announcements left all the survivors on the ground stunned and completely bewildered, unsure of how to react.

"Boss, what... what should we do?"

An awakened being with rock armor covering his arms asked the man in the center in a low voice.

The man standing in the middle is named Alexander.

He is the absolute core figure in this shelter that houses 30,000 people.

Not only is he a rare, peak-level second-tier lightning-type awakener, but he is also incredibly powerful.

What's even more remarkable is that he still retained a sliver of humanity and leadership in the brutal wasteland.

He built this shelter up from the ground up.

Even someone as shrewd and composed as Alexander lost his composure.

"Let's observe the situation first, and absolutely do not take any action!"

He stared intently at Su Ran and the other two in the distance, his brows furrowed.

"Those three people... are all top-tier Awakened Ones!"

Especially that mech; if it starts fighting, none of us here will survive!

"My God! The Great Xia... has actually become this powerful?"

The eyes of an awakened individual standing nearby were filled with disbelief.

In the wasteland, the strong represent absolute power.

A heavily armed guard officer rushed forward, adopting an extremely humble posture.

"Distinguished representatives of the Great Xia Expeditionary Force, greetings. I am William, captain of the Third Battalion of the British Royal Guard."

The officer stopped five paces away, stood at attention, and gave a standard military salute.

Su Ran looked at him calmly without saying a word.

"Where is this place?"

Ye Xiao leaned out of the mecha cockpit and questioned him without any politeness.

"Why did the coordinates provided by your government lead us to this execution ground?"