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

A similar scene unfolded at the same time in more than a dozen European camps, including Berlin, Rome, and Madrid.

The surface awakeners, relying on their fighting prowess forged amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, launched a bloody purge against the underground politicians who attempted to continue seizing power on the surface.

"The Great Xia gave you weapons so you could go to the front lines and kill the mutated beasts."

Chen Feng, from the Berlin task force, turned on the speakerphone on his helmet and spoke loudly.

"This isn't a place for you to settle scores in the rear!"

A blood-soaked European Awakened One shouted, his neck stiff.

"These politicians deserve to die! They abandoned us!"

"Whether he deserves to die is not for you to decide! Great Xia has established military courts; if he's guilty, go and declare it!"

Chen Feng lowered his gun, pointing it directly at the Awakened One's forehead.

"All that matters in Great Xia is order."

Chen Feng looked around and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Anyone who dares to stage an armed uprising at the handover point, anyone who stirs up internal strife, will be executed by the Great Xia. It's that simple. Do you understand?"

The audience was silent.

Even survivors who harbor deep hatred for politicians can only swallow their resentment when faced with the dark muzzle of a gun from the Great Xia Dynasty.

The Great Xia Dynasty used the most brutal force to establish an ironclad rule for all foreign camps:

If you eat from the plate of the Great Xia, you must abide by the rules of the Great Xia.

……

Kunlun Main Base, Command Center.

Su Ran was flipping through the "Overseas Camp Conflict Briefing" submitted by the Strategic Department.

Bloodshed is happening everywhere in Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.

"As expected."

Su Ran threw the briefing on the table.

"Establishing files and distributing grain and weapons are only the first steps."

By bringing these two groups of enemies together, a painful period is unavoidable.

Li Guodong walked over with a teacup in his hand, his tone somewhat solemn.

"The task force, following instructions, intervened directly with force. In total, more than three hundred troublemakers were killed."

"The situation has been forcibly brought under control, and the handover points in various places have resumed operation. But this wound of hatred cannot be healed in a short time."

"We have to sew it up even if we can't."

Su Ran leaned back in her chair.

"The evolutionary speed of mutated creatures waits for no one. Another batch of those corpse spheres that devour each other has appeared in the past few days."

"Send these foreigners to the battlefield. When faced with life and death, they naturally won't care about past grudges."

"The Great Xia should just be a good swordsman."

Li Guodong nodded emphatically, deeply agreeing.

He immediately turned and walked toward the highest-authority communication station. Encrypted commands carrying the highest will of the Great Xia Dynasty traveled through the satellite network to the global battlefield thousands of miles away.

……

River Marne

The forward command post of the First Army Group on the western front of Daxia.

Outside the armored vehicle, the ground trembled slightly amidst the distant artillery fire.

Su Ran's encrypted command crossed the ocean and reached the highest-level terminal on the western front.

After reading the briefing, Major General Zhao Tiejun tossed the tactical tablet onto the metal table.

"If you can't control them, beat them; if they disobey, kill them."

Zhao Tiejun looked at the chief of staff, his eyes wide open.

"The task force has already killed more than 300 ringleaders at various handover points, including more than 30 Awakened individuals."

"clear!"

The chief of staff nodded and said, "Push them to the front lines, and break them up into a mixed force."

They used external pressure to reshape the internal order among them.

Those who are always outwardly friendly but inwardly hostile will eventually stab you in the back.

……

Three days later, on the banks of the Rhine.

The armored tracks crushed the ruins along the way, producing a sickening metallic scraping sound.

Inside the command vehicle of the Third Armored Group Army on the western front of Daxia, Commander-in-Chief Zhao Tiejun stared at the holographic radar screen.

On the screen, countless red dots are emerging from the ruined city ahead.

The communications officer reported: "Sir, 30 kilometers ahead, radar indicates a million-strong zombie horde blocking position. Over 20% of their energy intensity has reached Tier 2."

"He's really a tough nut to crack."

Zhao Tiejun loosened his collar and grabbed the communicator.

"Notify the rear artillery positions: deploy the PHL-191 rocket artillery formation. Main battle tanks advance."

Push all the newly recruited Europeans to the flanks.

Outside the camp, the underground government's standing army and representatives of the surface survivors were driven by the Great Xia soldiers to the same open space.

The two sides were clearly separated, and although they had no weapons, their eyes were filled with a hatred that seemed to want to devour each other alive.

Jacques, a former second lieutenant in the Italian underground army, stared at a burly man with a face full of scars.

Yesterday, this burly man led a mob to smash up the supply warehouse at the handover point.

They even deliberately provoked them, trying to get them to make the first move so that they could use the rules of the Great Xia Dynasty to eliminate them.

The burly man with the scar spat on the ground. "What are you looking at? When they hand out guns, I'll be the first to blow your head off."

Jacques responded with a sneer, "You can try."

"Bang!"

Just as the two were about to clash, a deafening gunshot rang out throughout the camp.

Chen Feng, the leader of the supervisory team, stood on top of the "Sabertooth Tiger" armored vehicle and shouted loudly.

"Have you had enough of arguing?!"

"The Great Xia doesn't care about any past grievances between you. Now, you are all uniformly incorporated into the Foreign Auxiliary Force."

Chen Feng's voice boomed into everyone's ears through the loudspeaker.

"Jacques! Scar! You two lead the charge and immediately break up both sides' forces into small groups! Four from the underground army and six from the surface, making a group of ten!"

The crowd erupted in uproar.

Putting people with a blood feud into the same class?

What's the difference between this and courting death?

"Sir! This doesn't make tactical sense!"

Jacques raised his voice, "We absolutely cannot trust each other!"

Chen Feng leveled his gun, pointing it directly at Jacques' head. "Anyone who disobeys the formation will be executed on the spot."

"Click click click!"

All around, the special forces soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty, dressed in Xingtian mechs, pulled their gun bolts in unison.

The muzzles of the guns formed a deadly cross.

No one dared to utter another sound.

Seeing the crowd completely stunned, Chen Feng lowered his gun and announced the reward and punishment conditions:

"The auxiliary troops shall immediately deploy to defend both flanks. The rules of Great Xia dictate that there is both punishment and reward!"

"Killing a Tier 1 mutated beast earns one point. Killing a Tier 2 beast earns ten points!"

"Ten points for a fresh steak! Fifty points for a crystal core rifle! One thousand points for a crystal core exoskeleton."

"But anyone who dares to desert in the face of battle will be killed without mercy! Anyone who points a gun at their own people will be killed without mercy!"

Crystal Core Rifle. Crystal Core Exoskeleton.

These two words were like a shot of adrenaline, piercing the hearts of these foreigners.

It should be noted that although the Great Xia has a terrifying military production capacity, its core weaponry is far from being fully deployed.

Crystal core exoskeletons are even rarer.

Aside from the Awakened group, those who used their special abilities to quickly accumulate points and became the first batch of owners of the Crystal Core Exoskeleton.

The rest are mostly ruthless wasteland people, the kind who really don't care about their lives.

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the surface survivors turned red, and the soldiers of the underground army also breathed heavily.

The team was quickly divided into groups. Although neither side was very willing, they dared not disobey under the pressure of the Great Xia.

"Splash!"

The newly issued conventional ammunition rifle is loaded.

The scarred, burly man touched the cold barrel of the gun, glanced back at Jacques, and...

"Behave yourself. If you try anything funny, I'll shoot you dead."

After he finished speaking, he paused, then added,

"And also, later... don't fucking steal my points."

Jacques gripped his rifle buttocks, said nothing, and joined the charge.