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

Mo Yun typed on the keyboard, and lines of highest-level commands were transmitted indiscriminately to every device connected to the terminal worldwide via the DaXia Communications Satellite.

This includes not only registered Awakened Bracelets, but also old radios and military tablets from frontline camps in various war zones and overseas survivor gathering places.

At that moment, screens around the world simultaneously lit up.

[Joint Announcement from the Supreme United Front Work Department of Great Xia / Awakened Headquarters]

Effective immediately, regular armed personnel will be able to access the "King Slayer Plan" points system.

[No nationality or awakening status required. Submitting Tier 3 or higher alien crystal cores will result in equal point calculation.]

[Points can be directly linked to the Great Xia Military Supply Depot and redeemed for items including, but not limited to: Tier 2 Crystal Core Powered Exoskeleton, Crystal Energy Weapon Series, and High-Purity Gene Extract.]

Humanity has no cannon fodder; the Great Xia Armory is open to all who dare to draw their swords.

For the first two minutes after the message was sent, the global Awakeners public channel stopped scrolling, a rare occurrence.

Two minutes later, the entire channel went berserk.

[Old Qin Resident: Am I blind? The authorities are getting involved and leading the charge?!]

[Siberian lumberjack: Good grief, I thought only we awakened ones were risking our lives for points, but now even ordinary people with guns can get a piece of the pie?]

[Manhattan Rampage: Hey upstairs, stop calling me a mere mortal. I've personally witnessed a madman wearing a Tier 2 exoskeleton and wielding a crystal-powered heavy machine gun. You try going up there!]

[North American auto mechanic: This is getting interesting! Not only are fellow mechanics vying for customers, but fully armed special forces are also here to steal our kills!]

[Parisian son-in-law/son-in-law: From now on, finding monsters will be a race against time? Whoever is slow will be left broke?]

[Los Angeles Leather Factory Owner: Brothers, stop chatting! Location: Great Lakes region of North America. Anyone want a small squad of ordinary people with crystal-powered sniper rifles? Two squads, team up, you get 30% of the points!]

[Texas Chainsaw Killer: I'm in! We have five original exoskeletons at our camp. Thirty percent isn't enough; I want a 50/50 split!]

The messages in the channel were scrolling up at a rate of dozens per second.

Those survivors who should have been listless and despondent in the face of the apocalypse were given a powerful dose of medicine by this announcement.

In this messed-up world, points equal equipment, and equipment equals life!

……

At the same time, above the Taihang Mountains.

A military transport helicopter is flying low along the ridgeline, its rotor blades tearing through the dry, cold air.

The cabin was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Zhao Tian slumped back in the paratrooper chair, pushing his tactical goggles up to his forehead, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes.

"Boss Su really doesn't act like a human being even for a day..."

He stretched his sore neck, his joints cracking.

"It's only been a few days since things calmed down, and they've already let all those reckless ordinary people and special forces from around the world in again. The difficulty of getting kills is going to skyrocket!"

He turned his head to look at Pei Miaomiao sitting opposite him.

It has only been a little over a month since they awakened.

For more than a month, Chen Kewang treated these two as a suicide squad for the Taihang Mountain base, throwing them wherever there were tough opponents.

He managed to reach the peak of the second tier by fighting amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

In this Taihang Mountain defense zone, the two are already considered top-tier combatants.

"Stop spouting this pointless nonsense, I'm tired of hearing it."

Pei Miaomiao didn't even lift her eyelids upon hearing this.

Instead of complaining, you should check your bracelet and see if there are any suitable prey nearby.

Zhao Tian wasn't annoyed. Before they awakened, the two had teamed up and fought through dozens of life-or-death battles, and had long since developed a bond of life and death.

Now, they have both reached the peak of the second tier, becoming one of the most formidable forces in this defense zone.

Five heads.

This is their team's achievement in hunting down third-tier mutated creatures that day.

It consistently ranks among the top 30 globally.

Zhao Tian raised his finger and pointed to the terminal.

"Miaomiao, we've been working non-stop all day, slaughtering five Tier 3 beasts."

"so what?"

"So I think those who are awakened should also talk about labor law, right?"

Pei Miaomiao sneered and said, "Fine, then you can contact Boss Su and talk to him."

Zhao Tian sighed.

"The Sharp Sword Special Forces have entered the scene, and there's also a large number of wild mercenaries on the periphery who are willing to risk their lives."

Pei Miaomiao wiped her weapon and spoke casually.

"Zhao Tian, ​​if you keep going slowly, you won't even get a sip of soup."

"Boss Su is inhuman!"

Zhao Tian sat up straight and rubbed his sore shoulders.

"It was one thing for Awakened Ones to be involved in their own squabbles, but now even ordinary people are being dragged into this chaotic free-for-all. This is unbearable!"

He leaned back, his head hitting the cabin wall, gazing at the gray sky.

"Miaomiao, I'm starting to miss the days when I carried a gun and pushed forward with the main force with my eyes closed."

Pei Miaomiao paused, then looked up at him.

"real."

Zhao Tian's tone held a hint of regret.

"Back then, I didn't have to use my brain at all. I just followed the orders of my superiors. When I got back to the barracks at night, I would just collapse and fall asleep."

Unlike now, where we can only catch up on sleep on this plane every day.

He sighed and looked out the porthole at the distant mountains.

"I wonder which mountain camp Xu Yang and Lin Zihao will be sleeping in tonight. I really miss those days..."

Pei Miaomiao rolled her eyes.

He couldn't stand hearing a single word of that.

"Zhao Tian, ​​stop your pointless whining. Back in that small frontline camp, when we were cornered in a trench by a few mutated beasts and waiting to die, who was it that cried and begged not to be cannon fodder?"

He didn't hold back in exposing their shortcomings.

"Now that you've awakened, and we've given you resources to reach the peak of the second tier, you're complaining about being tired. You've completely forgotten your roots."

After saying that, Pei Miaomiao even made an international friendship gesture for him with great precision.

Zhao Tian wasn't annoyed. He reached for a bottle of purified water, unscrewed it, and took two gulps.

"We don't call this forgetting our roots; we call it a temporary emotional release for working people."

He wiped his mouth and continued.

"Everyone needs something to look forward to. Before, we looked forward to surviving; now we look forward to becoming stronger; and who knows, we might even look forward to becoming gods in the future."

Just then, the communication channel inside the helicopter lit up red, and the urgent voice of the operator at the Taihang Mountain base came through.

"Emergency call! Calling the 'Taihang Weightlifting Champion' team. Zhao Tian, ​​Pei Miaomiao!"

"Received, go ahead."

Pei Miaomiao opened her eyes and pressed the call button.

"Space-based radar indicates a high-intensity energy reaction occurring 50 kilometers directly in front of you."

The spectral analysis indicates it belongs to the high-order third band, preliminarily identifying it as a mutated pangolin-like creature approaching a heavy industrial area on the ground.

The operator spoke rapidly, "The target possesses exceptional burrowing capabilities and heavy armor. Danger rating: A. Bounty points: 1800."

"1800 points?"

Zhao Tian's eyes lit up, his previous dejection vanishing instantly. "This is a really good score!"

"I accepted it."

Pei Miaomiao didn't waste any words and replied crisply and decisively.

"Send the pilots their coordinates immediately! Drop us over the target point within ten minutes."

Communication was cut off.

The roar of the engines returned to the cabin.

Pei Miaomiao stood up and began checking the equipment.

"Get ready to work, stop playing dead."

Pei Miaomiao turned her head and glanced at Zhao Tian, ​​who was still staring intently out the window.

"If we let those 1800 points slip away, where will we, the top team in the Taihang Mountains, put our faces?"

"Run? Where can it run?!"

Zhao Tian smiled sinisterly, a fanatical smile. "Never before has any prey escaped my sight!"

(There's one more chapter; if I can't finish writing it, I'll add it at the end of this chapter.)