Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

Qin Lu, Xiao Yan, and the Twelve Golden Flowers stood frozen in place, staring at Lin Chen in disbelief.

"Over a thousand S-rank experts?" Qin Lu's voice trembled, her eyes wide with shock. "Are you sure they're S-rank? Not A-rank?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Confirmed."

Qin Lu gasped.

Back when she was the only S-level player, she was already able to dominate Bao'an District.

What does it mean to have thousands of S-level units? They could easily crush a city as powerful as Shenzhen.

"And this is just reinforcements?" Xiao Yan added quietly from the side, "How many men do you actually have under your own command?"

Lin Chen smiled but didn't reply.

The twelve beauties looked at each other, but the shock of Xiao Yan's promotion from A-level to S-level in front of them was still fresh in their minds.

Gradually, their eyes changed from doubt to conviction.

Qin Lu took a deep breath, finally stopped hesitating, and nodded.

"Alright, I'll accept the reinforcements."

Lin Chen gave a satisfied "hmm," turned to look at the twelve girls with envious eyes, and chuckled:

"If you perform well, I'll promote you to S-rank next time I come."

The eyes of the Twelve Golden Flowers lit up instantly.

"Really, honey?" One of the bolder girls pounced on him and hugged his arm.

"Don't worry, honey! We'll definitely learn the new technology diligently!"

"Yes, yes, yes! We'll stay home for the next few days and focus on our research!"

"You'll definitely be satisfied next time!"

Each of them patted their chests and gave their assurances, their eager expressions making Lin Chen laugh.

He laughed heartily, hugged them one by one, pinched Qin Lu's cheek, then went to the reception room to pick up Yuanzai and set off back to Guangzhou.

It was already late when we returned to Guangzhou.

Lin Chen directly convened a meeting with all personnel at the deputy captain level and above.

Li Ya, Su Yun, Liu Feifei, Bai Xin, Jiang Yingyue, Jiang Yingxue and others were all present.

The meeting had only one theme: full-scale expansion.

Throughout the entire process, Lin Chen's expression was more serious than ever before, and even Jiang Yingyue, who usually had a strong heart, obediently sat up straight and listened.

"First," Lin Chen got straight to the point, "we will advance towards the area surrounding Yangcheng and continue hunting zombies and zombie beasts. We will collect as many crystal cores as we can, with no upper limit."

Li Ya nodded and wrote it down in her notebook.

"Second," Lin Chen looked at Su Yun, "we will continue to increase the resource exchange ratio to motivate all survivors. It doesn't matter if we run out of resources in our space."

Su Yun was taken aback: "Replace them all? What if...?"

"There's no 'what if'," Lin Chen interrupted her. "It won't be long before the Creation Pearl space becomes self-sufficient. Right now, crystal cores are the resource we need most."

Su Yun was silent for two seconds, then nodded: "Understood."

"Third," Lin Chen turned to Bai Xin and the twin sisters, "the recruitment points will continue to operate, recruiting from all forces to expand our strength as much as possible. Those who pass the character test and meet the requirements will join the inner city teams; those who do not will be assigned to Zhou Tiannian's outer city teams."

Lin Chen continued, "We'll continue recruiting ordinary people this time too. We'll take everyone except the truly wicked. You all need to be careful with your choices. These people will be our future workforce."

Bai Xin nodded: "Understood."

Lin Chen stood up and said, "That's all for now. Meeting adjourned."

The crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only Li Ya and Su Yun behind.

Lin Chen looked at them and remained silent for a few seconds.

"Come with me."

He led them into the Creation Pearl and there they met Zi Ling.

At first, I was quite surprised to see Zi Ling and the others, but when Zi Ling recounted the story from the source of the apocalypse to the war in the universe, from the sacrifice of the World Tree to the truth about the virus, and the strange celestial body hanging in the sky, I was quite surprised.

After hearing all this, the two remained silent for a long time.

Then Su Yun raised her head, her eyes slightly red, but she gritted her teeth and didn't say anything.

She thought of her relatives and friends who had died in this disaster. Countless people, countless lives, just gone like that.

Li Ya clenched her fists. Her best friends, her classmates, those girls who used to laugh and joke together, were now mostly cold corpses.

"We didn't know who our enemy was before," Li Ya said in a deep voice, "but we do now."

Su Yun looked at her, her gaze resolute.

"Although the disparity in strength is huge, I want to do my part."

Li Ya nodded.

"For those who died."

Lin Chen nodded, his tone steady:

"We are not without a chance. With Zi Ling's help, we still have a fighting chance."

He paused, his gaze sweeping across the two faces.

"The only way to enhance Zi Ling is through crystal cores. That's exactly what we lack right now."

Li Ya frowned slightly: "But everyone's raising zombies now, and nobody's killing the low-level zombies..."

"Then let's go kill them," Lin Chen interrupted her, his tone resolute.

He looked at Su Yun.

"If anyone tries to stop us, don't hesitate to take action."

Su Yun nodded, her eyes turning cold.

Li Ya paused for a few seconds, then asked a crucial question:

"What will we do with the high-level crystal cores we need in the future? Without high-level crystal cores, everyone's level will not be able to improve."

Lin Chen's lips curled up slightly:

"The snow will melt in a year. If there aren't enough domestically, we'll go abroad. There's a decent population over there. And India has an even larger population than us."

He paused, his tone carrying a hint of certainty:

"We will not lack crystal cores."

Li Ya and Su Yun exchanged a glance, and the gloom in their eyes gradually dissipated.

Yes.

If domestically it's not enough, there's always overseas.

They were so focused on their immediate predicament that they forgot the world is far more than just Guangzhou.

As for these people's future? They couldn't care less about that anymore.

Li Ya took a deep breath, her eyes regaining their resolve.

"Understood."

Su Yun nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

From that day on, this team no longer lived just to survive.

They had a common goal.

Revenge. There's family feud, and even more so, national enmity!

They will be more united and stronger.

---------------------

The next morning, Lin Chen found Zhou Tiannian.

Now that Huang An is no longer a constraint on Zhou Tiannian, he has returned to the situation where he was the only one in power.

The outer city was already overflowing with people. Although 200,000 people had been recruited earlier, even more people had arrived.

The sight of him, a middle-aged man in his fifties, scratching his head and standing in front of a young man in his twenties, nodding and listening to his lecture, was somewhat comical.

"Boss Lin, don't worry, I'll have all the brothers from the outer city go out in a bit, and we'll make sure no zombie or zombie beast escapes."

Lin Chen glanced at him, a meaningful smile appearing on his face. "Hmm. Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing. If you handle this well, I can upgrade your D-rank ability to S-rank!"

Zhou Tiannian was immediately overjoyed and replied, "Understood!"

Lin Chen added, "You should also tell the people below that if they perform well, they will all have a chance."

Future wars may be more brutal than imagined, and he will need to train more high-level superhumans.

Based on his standards for recruiting inner-city team members, his crystal cores will definitely overflow in the future.

He wouldn't mind training another team to charge into battle.

As for Zhou Tiannian, he had no doubt about Lin Chen's words. He knew that S-class characters were already commonplace in the inner city, and he had long been envious of them.

After giving Zhou Tiannian his instructions, Lin Chen mounted Yuanzai and headed south of the city.

He was going to see Commander Peng.

When faced with a common enemy of all mankind, he was willing to unite all forces that could be united.

Of course, some non-human entities are exceptions. For example, a certain little red dot.