Chen Luo had previously distributed a large number of high-level crystals to the members who remained at level nine. On the premise of ensuring talent, those who joined the base earlier and had more points were given priority.

Soon, a new batch of level ten members was born.

As before, Hong Deng was responsible for the testing.

Out of the 49 level ten members, three failed to meet the standards.

Chen Luo narrowed his eyes, looking at these three who all tried to exploit the system.

He had warned them before the test. These three were taking a risk to obtain King-level power.

Don't blame me for being ruthless. Without a means of detection, desertion before the battle would be a significant blow.

Killing three people was enough to exchange for a King-level fruit.

After the test, Hong Deng asked with confusion, "Lord Poseidon, how can you be mixed in with so many humans?"

Chen Luo stroked Hong Deng's head, who looked obedient.

Chen Luo smiled and said, "I need to temper myself in the mortal world."

Hong Deng seemed to understand.

Chen Luo sighed, wishing Ning Shuang was as obedient as Hong Deng.

Although Hong Deng wasn't good-looking, it was a very loyal little follower.

Now that the fruits were limited, he had to prioritize cultivating Fa Wang and Jiang Chuxue. Otherwise, Chen Luo would really like to cultivate Hong Deng.

He wondered what Hong Deng's talent was like.

Hmm, he could have Hong Deng use its illusions on the giant tree, making the tree think it was eating fruits, and when the fruits were gone, he could say the tree ate them all.

That way, the fruits would still be his, and the giant tree would think it was fair.

I'm deceiving you for your own good.

Hong Deng probably couldn't do it yet, since there was a difference in levels.

No rush, before the monsters descend, the fruits are all mine.

Zombies had evolved to level eight, greatly increasing the probability of mutating to King-level. Unfortunately, Chen Luo didn't have much time left.

Searching several continents at the same time would definitely give Chen Luo quite a few, at least a dozen King-level mutants.

The arena was the training ground for King-level members.

Jiang Chuxue didn't participate because time stop was too broken.

The only one who could break time stop was Su Dazhu.

Jiang Chuxue had no way to kill Su Dazhu within the duration of her control.

Su Dazhu was really tough.

His defense was super strong, and he could also restore to full health.

Even if Jiang Chuxue controlled him seamlessly, and Su Dazhu couldn't use his physical skills, Jiang Chuxue still couldn't kill him.

Su Dazhu was ranked first in the arena.

As long as you can't kill me, I can grind you to death.

Mi Ling was ranked second.

The Red Lotus Fire was incredibly powerful.

Steel Claws, Chen Luo gave one to Jiang Chuxue and one to Su Dazhu.

Their weakness was insufficient attack power. Now, that weakness had been solved. At least among King-level cultivators, their attacks could be considered abnormal.

There was no need to give both to one person.

Chen Luo was already feeding Jiang Chuxue fruits.

At the same time, an underground project was underway.

Logistics and children were all entering this underground project.

If Chen Luo and the others lost, hiding underground would be useless; they would be found sooner or later.

But this could ensure that Chen Luo and the others could avoid being affected by the aftermath of the battle.

Chen Luo had shattered his crystal twice. The cost was that he couldn't accelerate Long Yu and the giant tree during that time.

Fa Wang, Chen Luo, Mi Ling, Mi Li, and Ning Shuang all had their weapons.

Jiang Chuxue didn't have a weapon because there was no weapon suitable for time manipulation, but she was equipped with a set of armor.

The others, based on their performance, the top-ranked ones were equipped with relatively simple weapons.

The amplification wasn't as great as Chen Luo's group, but it could at least save 20% of their energy consumption.

There was still too little time. Otherwise, giving everyone a weapon wouldn't be a problem.

Within the time zone, Fa Wang was sweating profusely, but grinning like a dog.

Finally, the dog advanced to Emperor-level.

Except for Fa Xue, everyone else had advanced to King-level.

His son was King-level, but his old man was still King-level.

Did Fa Wang not want face?

Especially since Hai Ji, wielding the Holy Sword, was already a step ahead of Fa Wang. With Hai Ji advancing to Emperor-level, Fa Wang had no chance.

Fa Wang had never been inferior to anyone in his life, unless he was being a coward.

He had consumed a lot of resources from his master, and he would definitely repay him tenfold or a hundredfold in the future.

Fa Wang looked at his dog paws. Was this the power of an Emperor-level?

The next one to advance after Fa Wang was actually Ning Shuang, not Jiang Chuxue.

It seemed that the item Ning Shuang ate at that time was really high-level, directly raising Ning Shuang from a weak mermaid to Emperor-level.

Jiang Chuxue also advanced to Emperor-level, making Chen Luo breathe a sigh of relief.

Chen Luo was really worried that Jiang Chuxue didn't have the talent for Emperor-level, in which case the invested fruits would have been a complete waste.

At the same time, Chen Luo's face was ugly. A level ten native that Fa Wang had captured, Chen Luo used him to exploit a system bug.

But it failed. This native simply didn't have King-level talent.

Half a King-level crystal was wasted.

He tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used as bait.

The day Rice said the monsters would descend was getting closer and closer. There were only half a month left.

Rice looked at the starry sky and had already sensed the outcome of this crisis.

"Several twists and turns, too dangerous."

"Judging from the outcome, the apocalypse has been overcome, but in a sense, it is also a failed ending."

Rice was puzzled. Why was this the feeling?

It seemed like it was a success, but how could it not be a success?

People were fine, so why was it a failure?

Rice could only sense a vague ending. He didn't feel what the process was like.

Rice didn't say anything, because saying it or not wouldn't change anything.

Rice also looked in the direction of Antarctica, where a huge secret seemed to be hidden.

But he couldn't say it, and he definitely couldn't go exploring. The time wasn't right.

Going to find it in advance would lead to certain death. He needed to wait for the arrival of an opportunity.

There were ten days left before the monsters descended. It was also time to call Da Zhuang over to join them.

Da Zhuang responded with a sound.

Chen Luo once again counted the number of members.

There were 152 King-level members.

In his previous life, the Dragon Kingdom only had a little over a hundred King-level cultivators, and Chen Luo had killed quite a few in this life.

But the number was still more than in his previous life.

Many level ten cultivators couldn't advance to King-level, not because they didn't have the talent, but because they didn't have the resources.

Under Chen Luo's cultivation, they were able to reach this number.

If, like in his previous life, the monsters arrived five years after the apocalypse, the number of King-level members would definitely double.

The number of level ten members wasn't much more than King-level.

There were 692 level ten members.

The number of level nine members reached 3985.

There were 13562 level eight members.

The rest were all level seven, or survivors who joined Dawn City due to various merits, as well as logistics personnel and children.

So many survivors were the result of Chen Luo's nearly three years of effort. What was an Emperor-level cultivator compared to this number? You'd be exhausted to death.

Don't count the level eight cultivators for now. Use them as reserves and see what happens.

Chen Luo didn't know how many monsters would descend at the beginning. He only knew that there were more and more monsters, and they were becoming more and more abnormal.

There were ninety King-level seafood, 86 early-stage, 4 mid-stage. There were no level ten seafood. Those who could evolve significantly ahead of time had eaten the meat.

The polarization of seafood strength was too serious.

Da Zhuang's team had a total of 2869 zombies.

Among them, including Da Zhuang, there were only 9 King-level zombies, far below Chen Luo's expectations.

It didn't matter. A few more King-level cultivators wouldn't make much difference.

There were quite a few level ten zombies, more than Chen Luo's, 1059.

The rest, except for a very few level eight, were all level nine.

This was a good cannon fodder, which could prevent many members from being killed in battle.

If he didn't know whether these level ten zombies had the talent to evolve to King-level, Chen Luo would really want to use them to exploit system bugs.

On the eve of the final battle, a great war was about to begin.