I chose the safe house, and the Human Alliance regretted it.

The wind and snow gradually subsided.

Over the course of a month, the snowflakes that filled the sky transformed from goose feathers into fragments, and from fragments into fine powder.

Sunlight occasionally peeks through gaps in the clouds, shining on the snow and reflecting a blinding white light.

The infrastructure construction in Jiangnan City has also reached its completion.

Zhao Lie stood on the city wall, looking down at the brand-new city below, and exhaled a long breath of white air.

"It's done," he said softly, a hint of emotion in his voice that he himself didn't even realize.

Jiangnan City is finally looking decent.

On the ground, the city wall, like a giant dragon, completely surrounds the entire Jiangnan city.

The city wall is 30 meters high and 8 meters wide. The outer layer is reinforced concrete, and the inner layer is reinforced by people with superpowers. The surface is covered with a faint halo of the five elements.

An observation tower was set up every hundred meters, with rapid-fire cannons and anti-aircraft missiles transferred from the military mounted on top of the towers, their dark muzzles pointing into the distance.

Furthermore, there was a superhuman stationed at regular intervals along the city wall.

Inside the city wall is a circular road that runs through the entire city.

The city has also undergone a major transformation.

Except for a few areas still covered by snow, all other areas were utilized.

The supply warehouse, ammunition depot, armored vehicle parking area, and training ground for superhumans were all in good order.

The heavy firepower brought in by the military was neatly arranged, including tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, and missile launchers... like sleeping steel behemoths.

Today, only a few areas within the city retain dilapidated buildings, reminding people that this place was once a ruin.

Those broken walls and ruins were preserved as a memorial and also as a warning.

The underground living area has been completely transformed in recent days.

The original damp and dark temporary cubicles were all demolished and replaced with neat concrete structures.

The passageway was widened by two times, and ventilation ducts and lighting strips were installed on the ceiling, with one light every fifty meters, making it as bright as day.

The living area is divided into four zones: residential area, storage area, medical area, and public activity area.

The residential area is no longer a haphazardly constructed partitioned space, but a standard modular room.

Each room is eight square meters and houses four people. It has bunk beds, individual storage cabinets, and simple tables and chairs.

Although it is still crowded, it is a world of difference compared to before.

Numbered signs were posted on the walls, and name card slots were placed on the doors; everything was orderly.

The storage area was filled with supplies transported from the Alliance.

Rice, flour, cooking oil, canned goods, drinking water, medicines, bedding, and emergency equipment.

The medical area is equipped with a simple operating table, emergency equipment, and medicine cabinets.

Some individuals with awakened healing and repair abilities take turns on duty, ready to respond to any emergencies.

The public activity area is the largest and can accommodate thousands of people.

An electronic screen is embedded in the wall, continuously playing disaster weather warnings and base rules.

Some elderly people and children were strolling and chatting in the activity area, and occasionally a few children's laughter could be heard.

In these apocalyptic times, this laughter is all the more precious.

The most reassuring thing is the heating system.

The fire-type ability user installed constant-temperature nodes at the pipe joints to evenly distribute heat to every corner.

The temperature in the underground living area is maintained at around 15 degrees Celsius. While it's not exactly warm, it's at least not freezing cold.

"This is more like a place for people to live." Fatty Li stood in the common area, looking satisfied.

But at this very moment—

"boom!"

A terrifying aura erupted from the depths of the underground living area!

Fatty Li's pupils suddenly contracted.

That aura... SSS-level!

However, before he could react...

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

……

One after another, people began to awaken!

The entire underground living area was like a powder keg that had been ignited, with fluctuations of supernatural power rising and falling.

Another wave of awakening has begun.

Fatty Li stared wide-eyed, sensing the strength of the new awakened individuals' abilities.

The lowest grade is A, many are S grade, some are even SS grade, and there is even an SSS grade!

"Damn it—" Fatty Li cursed under his breath, his fat face twitching.

Is early awakening a good thing or a bad thing?

Before the catastrophe even arrived, he awakened his superpower, but he was only at the B-level.

I worked hard every day to cultivate and barely reached SS level.

But now, with only three days left until the golden age of awakening predicted by Chen Junjie, the level of people's awakened superpowers is getting higher and higher, and B-level abilities are almost extinct.

Over the past few days, Fatty Li has hardly seen any B-level ability users.

Any awakened one is A-grade or S-grade, like they're being sold wholesale.

"There are still three days left..." Fatty Li said with a look of reluctance.

I can't even imagine what it will be like when the Awakening Era truly arrives in three days!

Is his SS-rank rating really not good enough?

Fatty Li glanced down at his second brother, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

It accompanied him through countless difficulties, from B-level all the way to SS-level, but now it faces the fate of being surpassed by newcomers.

"No way!" Fatty Li gritted his teeth. "I can't fall behind! I need to practice more!"

He turned around and strode towards the villa area.

On the city wall of Jiangnan, Zhao Lie suddenly looked towards the villa area.

Inside the villa area, Liu Zhiqiang and his fellow S-level superhumans from Jiangnan City have been practicing according to the techniques brought by Chen Junjie.

At that moment, a terrifying and eerie power emanated from one of the villas.

Liu Zhiqiang, who had his eyes tightly closed, suddenly opened them, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

The space around him seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, the air became heavy, and fine cracks appeared on the floor beneath his feet.

He slowly stood up, feeling the surging power within him, clenching his fists and then relaxing them.

"SS-rank..." he muttered to himself.

This acted as a fuse, igniting a surge of supernatural abilities throughout the villa area.

One after another, almost at the same time, all of these S-class ability users were promoted to SS-class!

Various supernatural energy fluctuations intertwined, causing a buzzing sound throughout the villa area.

Zhao Lie stood on the city wall, looking towards the villa area, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

He was indeed an SSS-level individual, but the speed at which these people were being promoted put pressure on him.

.......

Kitchen of Building 1, Jinxiu Tiancheng Residential Complex.

Zhou Yao and several women were preparing lunch.

But suddenly—

With a loud crash, the wok fell to the ground.

A series of supernatural energy fluctuations erupted from the eight women almost simultaneously!

In the living room, Wang Wei glanced at the kitchen.

All supernatural energy fluctuations were instantly suppressed.

However, Wang Wei was also somewhat surprised.

Zhou Yao, Xu Qi, Li Xiaoran, Jia Mingyuan, Chen Ziqing, Huang Xiaotong, Li Jingyi, Liu Jiaxin.

These eight women actually awakened supernatural abilities at the same time.

Zhou Yao, in particular, has an S-level ability fluctuation.

Wang Wei leaned back on the sofa, reflecting the release of light, covering the six major bases of the Dragon Kingdom.

Not only in Jiangnan City, but also in the other five major bases, a small-scale awakening wave has occurred.

In Beijing, Tianjin, Southwest China, Shanghai, and Northeast China—in every underground living area, people are awakening.

Nearly hundreds of thousands of people awakened at that moment.

The golden age of awakening... is truly coming.