The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

The first item was a yellowed talisman. Intricate patterns were drawn on the pale silver paper, with a faint shimmering light.

[Level 4 Strength-type Breakthrough Talisman (Blue)]

[Type: Consumable]

[Effect: When Lv4 experience points reach 800/800, use this to break through to Lv5 and forcibly allocate the attribute points gained after leveling up towards the Strength tree.]

Su Mu frowned slightly as he looked at the talisman.

Level 4 Breakthrough Talisman. He's already level 5 and has changed jobs, so the breakthrough talisman is useless to him. After changing jobs, leveling up no longer requires breakthrough talismans... This is something he'd verified before.

However, this thing is still a form of hard currency for others.

Those who haven't yet changed their profession and want to reach level five must have this talisman. It should fetch a decent price on the trading market, but certainly not as much as a profession manual... after all, a profession manual is the threshold for transforming an ordinary person into a superhuman, while the breakthrough talisman is merely a stepping stone after crossing that threshold.

Su Mu put the talisman into his backpack.

The second item is a scroll. It's dark blue, with fine electric arc patterns slowly flowing on its surface, and you can feel a slight tingling sensation when you hold it in your hand.

[High-voltage power grid reel (blue)]

[Type: Cable car construction reel]

[Effect: Constructs a "high-voltage electric grid" within the cable car's area of ​​effect. The grid requires support structures (such as wooden planks or iron frames), and one grid can be laid between every two support structures. Activating the grid consumes electrical energy, inflicting a paralysis effect (reducing movement and attack speed) on enemy units that touch it, and dealing 10 points of lightning damage per second.]

[Construction Materials: Plastic x1, Copper Wire x1 (per meter of electrical grid)]

[Note: There is no limit to the length of the power grid, but sufficient support structures are required. It is recommended to use it in conjunction with a cable car extension platform.]

Su Mu's eyes lit up slightly.

A high-voltage electric grid. Combined with the wooden planks he made earlier, this could create a ring of electric wire around the cable car, forming an extra line of defense. Low-level monsters that crashed into it would be severely injured by the paralysis effect alone, not to mention the 10 points of lightning damage per second.

The only problem is... it requires electricity.

He carefully put the reel into his backpack.

The third item was a pile of materials: the scales, tongue, and venom glands of the gecko reptile leader, along with several dark red chunks of meat. Su Mu quickly glanced at them; they were all blue and green materials, which could be used to craft equipment or for trading.

He stuffed everything into his backpack and stood up.

Lin Xiaohe had finished collecting the other monster boxes and was standing not far away waiting for him. Her backpack was quite bulging, and she was also carrying a few things she couldn't put down.

Su Mu walked over, and Lin Xiaohe handed him the things.

Most of it was materials... scales, claws, teeth, and some miscellaneous consumables. Su Mu flipped through it and found a few white-quality blueprints, all basic items he'd seen before, nothing special. He put the blueprints into his backpack, along with the materials, and then glanced at Lin Xiaohe.

"Where is your evacuation point?" he asked.

Lin Xiaohe paused for a moment, then opened the map and looked at it, her brows furrowing slightly: "It's in... the northwest corner. About... forty kilometers from here."

Su Mu frowned as well.

Forty kilometers. Exactly the same as his.

He opened the chat channel and scrolled through the messages in the regional channel. He quickly found the answer... It wasn't just him and Lin Xiaohe; everyone's retreat point was the same. The northwest corner of Ash City, though the distance from each person's current location varied, the coordinates were identical.

There is only one evacuation point.

Su Mu's brows furrowed even more.

From a safety perspective, evacuating from the same point means everyone can support each other, and with more people, the chances of breaking through the monster encirclement are higher. But from another perspective... having over three thousand people crammed into one evacuation point presents problems with order, resources, conflict, trust... each one is a potential issue.

However, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. Thinking about it now is pointless.

Just as Su Mu was about to continue walking forward, Lin Xiaohe suddenly spoke up.

"Wait a moment."

She ran to the body of the man in the baseball cap, knelt down, and searched his body for a while. The corpse had been gnawed beyond recognition by the little monster; his clothes were tattered and stained with blood. Lin Xiaohe's face was a little pale, but she did not back down, her fingers rummaging through the torn pockets of his clothes.

A few seconds later, she pulled a piece of paper from the corpse's arms.

It was a flyer. It was A4 size, folded into thirds. The paper was new, without fading or damage, and the edges were so neat it looked like it had just come out of a printer.

Lin Xiaohe handed the flyer to Su Mu.

Su Mu took it and unfolded it.

The leaflet's heading, in bold letters, read: "Joint Announcement from the Military and Civilians of Ash City." Below was a brief text, essentially stating: The Ash City North Suburb Power Plant has been taken over by the military, which has established a security perimeter to house survivors. All survivors who hear the broadcast or see this leaflet are requested to assemble at the North Suburb Power Plant. The military will provide food, water, and shelter, and will organize a breakout effort.

The document was signed "Ash City Provisional Military Government" and stamped with a red official seal.

Su Mu stared at the flyer, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

The paper is too new.

Ash City has been in this state for at least several months, or even longer.

The flyers on the street had long been faded and yellowed by wind, rain, and sun, and the posters on the wall had curled edges and blurred lettering. But this flyer... the paper was white, the lettering was clear, the ink was even, and even the creases were new.

This doesn't seem like something from a few months ago.

"Where did you find it?" Su Mu asked.

Lin Xiaohe thought for a moment: "It was on the street where we landed. There were many more pasted on the telephone poles, blown everywhere by the wind. I didn't pay much attention at the time... Later, that person said it might be a clue, so he tore off one and carried it with him."

Su Mu did not speak immediately.

The content of the flyer itself wasn't surprising... It's a common scenario in post-apocalyptic worlds where the military establishes safe zones and shelters survivors. But the problem is that the timing and location of this flyer's appearance are too subtle.

Ash City was shut down for 72 hours, and all survivors were forcibly deployed. Then, at that moment, leaflets announcing a "military safe zone" appeared in the city.

This doesn't seem like a coincidence.

Su Mu remembered that diary.

The owner of the diary came from another civilization, entered this world earlier than them, and eventually died in some secret realm.

If some of the people of that civilization survived and established their own power, then the existence of a "military" would not be impossible.

Of course, there's another possibility... the flyers are a trap. Someone is deliberately spreading this information to lure survivors to a certain place.