Freeze the entire population, activate my Superman system?

Ling Shuang turned to Zhang Mu.

"How is the condition of the parasitic spore seedlings?"

Zhang Mu was looking through the reports from the botanical garden when he heard this and looked up.

"The offspring have stabilized, and Brother Wang said they will be able to divide again in three or four days."

He scratched his head. "And that Night Demon mother has become completely obedient after being parasitized. Now she lies near the gap in the artificial lake every night. Yesterday she gave birth to another Night Demon larva, which also obeys Brother Wang."

Ling Shuang nodded.

The domestication of Wana was the most crucial part of his plan.

"Oh, right." Zhang Mu suddenly remembered something, "Old Guo asked me to tell you that the monument to the fallen heroes was completed today."

He wanted to hold a small ceremony and asked if you wanted to attend before you left.

Ling Shuang remained silent for a few seconds.

"Um."

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The monument to the fallen heroes stands in the very center of the central garden, on the very spot where Guo Yueshan first held a plenary meeting.

The monument is constructed from the same gray-black stone used in the Iron Wall wall, and stands approximately four meters tall. Two lines of text are inscribed on the front:

"All officers and soldiers of the Nantianmen Ground Operations Command"

"His contributions to humanity will live on forever."

On both sides of the base of the monument, names and numbers copied from the telegrams are densely engraved.

Gu Linzhou, Tian Youfu, Lu Ci, and many more people who only have names.

Almost all the residents of the community came.

Elderly people leaning on canes, women holding children, and employees who had just finished work at the botanical garden still wearing work clothes covered in mud.

Guo Yueshan stood in front of the monument, holding a megaphone.

"Comrades, we survived the last battle."

"But we must not forget that we survived because we stood on the shoulders of giants."

"The monument to the fallen heroes has been built; let us pay our respects."

He turned around and bowed deeply to the monument.

Ling Shuang stood at the front of the crowd, looking at the name "Lu Ci" on the base of the monument.

The last words that young soldier shouted amidst the explosion flashed through my mind.

"Mom, I can't go back again."

His left hand unconsciously clenched.

......

Frostridge Wasteland, the ruins of the Ghost Shark Clan's heartland.

Ying leaned against a slanted stone pillar, her left hand casually twirling the dark red mane wrapped around the handle of the bone whip.

On the frozen ground before her lay Yuan's corpse.

Kisame's chest cavity was ripped open, and his heart was pulled out from between his ribs and crushed in Uguis' right palm.

The dark blue fluid had frozen into a thin shell, covering his face, which was forever frozen in a look of astonishment.

Ying herself was also feeling bad.

Her left arm was severed at the elbow, and the crystallized bodily fluid at the cut sealed the wound, but the severed arm itself could not regenerate.

That was shattered by Yuan's innate energy ring before he died.

Feeling the power drawn from the Abyss's Source Crystal within her body, Ying's lips curled into a weary smile.

She and Yuan both lied.

They were all at the limit of the third-order mature body at that time.

She won.

The cost was the destruction of his left arm and half of the camp.

"Commander Ying"

Herto’s round figure emerged from behind the ruins.

"We haven't found the Takeki brothers, what... what do we do next? What about the rancher...?"

"Scared?"

Ying gave him a cold glance.

The aura of a fourth-order expert exploded from her body.

Herto was pushed back several steps by the shockwave and fell hard onto the pile of rubble.

"Fourth tier..." he murmured, repeating himself, then suddenly slapped his thigh. "Commander Ying! We're going to the main city now! The city lord will definitely bestow upon you a title! The rancher wouldn't dare disobey the city lord's orders!"

"Not enough..."

She turned her head and looked towards the south of the Frostridge Wasteland.

"As for Zhang Mu, your good brother and our good commander, he is neither one of our people nor a member of the royal family of the fertile land."

Half a day later,

Outside the safe zone barrier, Ling Shuang never expected that she would be caught red-handed by Ying as she went out.

When Ying emerged from the snowstorm, Ling Shuang almost didn't recognize her.

His left arm was severed at the elbow, and most of his bone armor was broken.

That once languid and alluring face was now covered in dried, grayish-green bloodstains.

But her aura was a whole major level stronger than before.

Fourth order.

She looked up.

"The Zhangmu Brothers."

The oriole spoke, her voice hoarse and weary.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?"

Ling Shuang did not respond.

The oriole waited a few moments, then smiled.

"Let's say that then."

Yuan is dead. I consumed his source crystal and am now at the fourth rank, but an ordinary fourth rank is not enough to be recognized by the main city.

"Tell me something I don't know," Ling Shuang said calmly.

"I can tell you the coordinates and rules of the main city."

Ying said, "The main city is the only refuge, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the ranchers. As long as you can make it to the main city alive and be granted a fief, you can obtain legal ownership of the territory and the slaves."

"At that time, whether it's your tribe or mine, we can all survive under the rules of the main city."

She paused for a moment.

"But that's on the condition that you can get out of this wasteland alive."

Ling Shuang remained silent for a moment.

Why do you want to cooperate with me?

"Because you are the new spark. Don't deny it, my men overheard Night Owl's conversation with Dylan."

The oriole answered very decisively.

"You know better than I what the new spark means."

The fact that the owl chose to eat you all when it spotted you means the rancher doesn't know your coordinates yet.

"If I can bring you, this new generation of sparks, to the main city, the city lord's reward to me will far exceed the value of this wasteland."

"and......"

Her gaze fell on Ling Shuang's face, and her voice suddenly carried a complex meaning.

"My men tracked Night Owl when he appeared in this wasteland, but it seems he is now completely dead at your hands."

"Please consider my suggestion carefully."

Then her figure disappeared into the wind and snow.

Ling Shuang quickly leaped from the lake and landed on the shore.

Zhang Mu and Guo Yueshan learned of Ying's arrival through the walkie-talkie and were already waiting for him on the shore.

"How credible is her statement?" Guo Yueshan asked.

"It's hard to say," Ling Shuang said, "but one thing is true. The main city is the only refuge, and if we want to survive under the pressure from the ranchers, we need the protection of the main city's rules."

He looked at Zhang Mu.

"Starting tomorrow, focus on producing Snow Wolf vehicles. I need to get to the main city as soon as possible."

"Where's that nightingale?" Zhang Mu asked.

"Let's hold off for now," Ling Shuang said. "I don't believe we can coexist peacefully with the alien races here."

Ling Shuang turned around and walked towards the row houses.

Ying had left spies in the wasteland and followed the owl's trail to find the safe zone, something he hadn't expected at all.

The only thing he hadn't decided was...

Should we force Ying to die?

She truly evolved to the fourth tier; she wasn't a pseudo-fourth tier like Night Owl.

Meanwhile, at the border of the Red Ridge Wasteland.

Dylan led the way, followed by five hundred giant crocodile warriors and thousands of slaves, who marched in dense ranks behind him, their footsteps crunching on the snow in a low, rumbling sound.

Renault and Red moved slowly at the back of the group, like a giant iceberg.

The entire force set out, pressing towards the Frosty Ridge Wasteland!