Extraterrestrial demons invaded; I laid the groundwork eight years in advance.

Eight o'clock in the morning, Sunshine Garden residential area.

Lin Wei sat on the sofa in her living room, holding a cup of hot water in her hands.

My phone screen lit up; it was a message from a colleague: "Weiwei, why didn't you come to work today?"

She did not reply.

She closed her eyes, and the images from last night kept replaying in her mind: the hideous black monster, the sheriff who saved her, and then the person in the dark gray combat uniform.

She didn't know who those people were, but they protected her.

Lin Wei picked up her phone and dialed a number.

After a few rings, her mother's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Weiwei, why are you calling so early?"

"mom."

She spoke, her voice trembling with tears, "I want to go home and stay for a few days."

"What's wrong?"

"fine."

Lin Wei fought back tears and said, "I just missed you."

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At the same time, the Yongxing Road Police Station.

Li Yang sat in the duty room, a blank report document on the computer screen in front of him. He had been staring at the blinking cursor for almost twenty minutes.

"Brother Wang, how should I write this?"

Li Yang turned to look at Wang Hai, who was pouring water.

Wang Hai walked over with a water glass and wrote: "We received a report that an unidentified creature was found at the scene. Three police officers fired shots, but to no avail. The situation was then handled by unidentified armed personnel from a third party."

"Unidentified armed personnel from a third party?"

Li Yang frowned. "Is this how you write it?"

  

"What else can we write? 'Supernatural Monster Invasion'? Do you think the chief will believe that?"

Li Yang was silent for a few seconds, then recalled Lin Wei's terrified eyes.

"Brother Wang, who exactly are those people?"

"I have no idea."

Wang Hai put his water glass on the table. "But they said someone would contact the higher-ups. Let the higher-ups worry about that."

Li Yang lowered his head, pondering the contents of the report, a hint of determination in his eyes.

He added to the report that "the armed man did not show hostility and assisted in rescuing the trapped civilians."

He lowered his hands and looked out the window.

The morning sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell on his face.

A gentle smile appeared on his lips, much like the sunlight streaming through the window.

---

Qingfengyuan Residential Community.

Shen Bai was listening to Xiao Cheng's report.

"Master, a total of 518 monsters were killed in this incident. A total of 2590 evolution points were extracted, which, combined with the previous balance, brings the current total to 2853 points."

Shen Bai nodded.

2590 points – this was Dawn's largest single-day gain since its inception. But the cost was eight minor injuries, the awakened citizens, and the pressure on the sheriff.

Looking at the map covered with densely packed fissure markings, he suddenly asked, "Why are there so many fissures only around Shanghai? There are only a few scattered ones in Sichuan and Longyou, and less than ten in all the areas outside of Shanghai."

Xiao Cheng remained silent for a few seconds.

"Master, analysis shows that the driving force behind the demonic invasion is the concentration of spiritual energy. The global spiritual energy recovery has not yet officially begun, and the spiritual energy currently existing in the world is extremely thin, with a very uneven distribution. The members of Dawn have been cultivating in the Demon City and its surrounding areas for a long time. Although each person draws in very little spiritual energy, the accumulation of thousands of people cultivating for several years has made the spiritual energy concentration near the Demon City significantly higher than in other parts of the world. Although this concentration difference is slight, it is enough to serve as a 'landmark' for the extraterrestrial demons."

Shen Bai remained silent for a moment.

The existence of Dawn itself is an anchor point that attracts monsters. But without Dawn, the rift would spread to a wider area, and the casualties among ordinary people facing monsters would be incalculable.

This isn't a choice; it's a price to pay.

He looked at the scattered fissures marked on the map in the western part of the Dragon Kingdom and beyond, and frowned.

The Eye of the Spirit has a scanning radius of only 500 kilometers. Last night, most of the rifts were within this range, but rifts in the western region of the Dragon Kingdom and other parts of the world cannot be covered and can only be monitored through Xiao Cheng's intelligence channels. If rifts appear on a large scale outside the scanning range when spiritual energy revives, Dawn will be unable to provide early warning.

"The scanning range of the Eye of the Spirit... is still too small."

He brought up the control panel.

"Little Orange, how many evolution points are needed to evolve the Eye of the Spirit?"

"Master, the current quality of the Eye of the Spirit is Green Excellent. Upgrading its quality requires 10,000 Evolution Points, which we currently do not have enough of."

"What if we don't improve the quality, but only strengthen the core functions?" Shen Bai said.

After searching, Xiao Cheng replied: "Yes. Items of the same quality can have different performance levels. The Eye of the Spirit is currently the basic version, and its core capabilities can be further enhanced within the same quality range. With the current remaining evolution points, consuming 2000 evolution points can expand the scanning radius from 500 kilometers to 2000 kilometers, greatly improving the ability to detect spatial fluctuations."

"Then strengthen it."

[Evolution Points Required: 2000]

[The Eye of the Rhinoceros is being enhanced... Enhancement complete]

"Master, the enhanced Eye of the Rhinoceros can now cover most of the central and eastern regions of the Dragon Kingdom, including the Northeast, North China, Central China, East China, South China, and parts of the Southwest. However, the western, northwestern, and southwestern border regions are still outside its reach."

Shen Bai did not feel joy at the evolutionary function after hearing this.

These two thousand points increased the coverage area sixteenfold, but still did not cover the entire territory.

"Based on the existing data, we can extrapolate the situation when the Reiki revival begins," he said.

"Master, based on the enhanced spatial fluctuation detection data, combined with the location, timing, and spiritual energy concentration of the previous rifts, the following deductions have been made: When the spiritual energy recovery officially begins, there may be thousands of rifts within the Dragon Kingdom, with higher density in areas closer to the Magic City—the Magic City and surrounding cities may account for more than 30%, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces each account for about 20%, and the rest are distributed in coastal and central-eastern provinces. The accuracy of the deduction data for other regions around the world is lower, but the density is much lower than in the Dragon Kingdom, with an estimated total of between two and three hundred rifts, and the level of the monsters is generally lower."

Shen Bai tapped his fingertips lightly on the armrest.

Of the thousands of fissures, more than 30% are located in and around Shanghai, which is more than 300.

He quickly calculated the troop strength in his mind.

The Dawnbreaker has 2,026 official members and nearly 10,000 reserves. However, only 2,000 official members and a little over 1,000 reserves are permanently stationed near Shanghai. If thousands of rifts open simultaneously, even if everyone were to rush in, each rift would only have an average of less than three people.

"Xiao Cheng, immediately recall 5,000 personnel from other bases worldwide. The remaining 3,000 personnel are to be deployed to high-risk areas around the world in advance, according to the predicted locations, and on standby. Ensure that each fissure location is guarded by at least one squad, and that densely populated areas are equipped with at least two squads. The emergency response plan is to be revised according to this standard."

"Received, compilation has begun."

"In addition, synchronize the forecast data to all teams. In the last few days of the countdown, everyone cancels all vacations and is on standby."

"Understood, Master."

Shen Bai leaned back in his chair, mentally contacting Li Zhou: "How's the response from the security system?"

"This morning, the public security bureaus in Shanghai, Suzhou, Henan, and Luzhou all received reports from their subordinates," Li Zhou said. "The content was basically the same—'Unidentified biological invasion, handled by armed third-party personnel, who claimed that someone would contact their superiors.'"

These reports are currently circulating among middle management and have not yet reached the decision-making level.

"We need to give them a push. Contact the head of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau directly, and through him, connect them to the upper echelons in Kyoto." Shen Bai paused. "Provide intelligence on 'abnormal creatures' in the name of the Dawn Group, implying that a civilian force with the capability to handle this is willing to cooperate. Be careful not to reveal the true organization and number of members of Dawn, but you can appropriately reveal the truth about the spiritual energy revival and the demon invasion."

"clear"

Li Zhou hung up the call and dialed the number of the director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau.

Without exchanging pleasantries, he went straight to the unusual events that had occurred in the early hours of the morning and made it clear that he possessed crucial intelligence and needed to speak directly with the upper echelons of Kyoto.

The bureau chief was silent for a moment, then said only, "I'll arrange it."