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

"Get out! All of you get out! Nobody is allowed in!"

Richard grabbed a chair and slammed it against the door with all his might.

The metal door slammed shut, and silence returned outside.

Richard slid down against the wall, panting heavily.

Cold sweat mixed with blood flowed into his eyes, and he wiped his face vigorously.

"We can't just sit here and wait to die..."

He gritted his teeth, forcing himself to calm down.

"I can't just wait to die. I've finally made it this far and achieved my current status..."

He forced himself to stop and frantically racked his brains to think.

"The Awakened Ones of Great Xia... there's definitely something wrong with them."

Richard was breathing heavily; he knew he had stepped on the Achilles' heel of Great Xia.

There is an extreme shortage of awakened individuals in the lower and middle levels of the Great Xia Dynasty, and there may even be a complete lack of them!

The Great Xia Dynasty dispatched its monster legion to intimidate all foreign camps with this extreme violence.

They feared the European theater would see through their scheme, so they decided to strike first and eliminate him, the troublemaker who was leading the collusion.

A crazy idea exploded in my mind.

Spread this news.

"If we reveal the truth about the Great Xia's Awakened Ones' gap in power on the public channel, Great Xia will likely be thrown into chaos first, and we might be able to survive in the chaos!"

Richard braced himself with his hands on the ground as a flash of inspiration struck him.

He struggled to get up and turn on the backup encrypted communicator.

However, he stopped abruptly halfway through the movement.

"If we were to leak this news... it would mean we would be locked in a life-or-death struggle with the Great Xia."

He will die.

Moreover, he will die silently, and no one will dare to avenge him.

Richard slumped back onto the ground.

It cannot be made public.

This trump card cannot be played out directly.

His only way to survive now is to pretend to be deaf and dumb and obediently wait for the Great Xia to come knocking on his door.

The fact that Daxia did not directly airdrop thermobaric bombs into the Hamburg camp indicates that he still has value as the camp leader.

"I still have value. I am the world's top third-tier awakened one."

Richard swallowed his saliva.

"The defenses in Latin America are also under strain. I can go to Latin America to defend the front lines and give up everything here..."

The Great Xia Dynasty cannot execute a third-tier awakened individual who is willing to risk his life on the front lines in front of everyone without cause.

As long as he has any use, the Great Xia will not kill him.

To entrust one's life entirely to the Great Xia, gambling on Su Ran's mercy?

He is not willing!

"I must have a backup plan... I absolutely must have a backup plan!"

Richard stood up and walked to the bookshelf.

Pushing the heavy mahogany bookshelf aside, a hidden door was revealed in the wall.

He entered the password and stepped into the narrow, secret room.

Richard sat at the control panel and put on his headphones.

He wanted others to know this news.

Those awakened leaders who had conspired with him but backed down at the last minute.

Oleg, Alexander...

"Especially... Karl..."

The thought of that name—who had always been so self-righteous, the first to realize the truth, yet the fastest to run away—deepened Richard's gloom.

Now that the sword of the Great Xia has been raised, these bastards will not be able to get away with it!

"Su Ran... if your Great Xia doesn't show any mercy and goes to extremes!"

I'll let them spread all your secrets!

……

"Sizzle!"

After a brief electrical hum, a holographic projection appeared in the dimly lit, enclosed room.

The signal was unstable this time, and the figures were very blurry; only two flickering human silhouettes could be seen.

"You shouldn't be contacting us during this time!"

That's Oleg's voice.

Another voice came from the channel.

"You shouldn't continue to contact us using this frequency."

This is Alexander's voice.

"I never imagined that the only people I could contact in the end would be the two of you."

Richard's voice was terribly hoarse, tinged with mockery.

"Don't be nervous, friends."

The monster army of Daxia has already crossed the hydroelectric power station and is heading this way.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will be at the city gates before sunrise tomorrow.

This time, the Great Xia Dynasty had no intention of following the rules at all.

Oleg remained silent for a few seconds on the other end before making his stance clear.

"That's your problem. You got yourself into this mess, so you're responsible for dealing with it."

"Oh."

Richard gave a cold laugh and said, enunciating each word clearly,

"I may be the first, but I certainly won't be the last."

"The Great Xia is now just an empty shell."

He stared at the screen and growled.

"Their mid-to-low-level Awakened individuals are severely lacking. Apart from a few top-tier combatants, the number of Awakened individuals native to Great Xia is pitifully small."

"Shut up! Richard, you mad dog!"

Oleg panicked completely and tried to interrupt him.

"You want to drag us down with you?" Alexander exclaimed in surprise.

"Take this intelligence report."

Richard ignored them and continued with his actions.

"If the Hamburg camp is gone, I guarantee that the next target of the Great Xia will be you."

Having some cards in your hand is better than having none at all.

He typed on the keyboard, and the progress bar completed in an instant.

"drop!"

The encrypted data packets are transmitted.

Having done all this, Richard cut off all communication.

He stood up, dragging his heavy steps, and walked out of the command room.

Outside, the wind and snow were howling.

Next, let's see how fast the Great Xia's sword can cut.