Published: March 2, 2025
Australian Continent.
After the apocalypse, Australia's landscape has become even more enchanting than before, with lush vegetation and rampant mutated beasts. Although battles and conflicts are constant, the overall intensity and ferocity of combat here are noticeably lower than in other continents.
This is mainly due to the spirit of the demon lord. As the commander-in-chief of the Australian war zone, the spirit of the demon lord is not renowned for its military strength. Besides the soul puppets it has personally trained, it lacks powerful demonic creatures. With a small army, it naturally cannot launch large-scale wars, which alleviates the pressure on the humans and mutated beasts in Australia—perhaps the spirit itself doesn’t care about these matters…
However, the people living on the Australian continent do not understand these intricacies.
Most are unaware of the brutal battle situations in other continents, while a minority, able to communicate with the outside world, can only interpret their circumstances as Australia being a land of heroes and talents.
So, may heaven bless Australia!
But today, the heavens quietly dozed off.
...
Sydney Gatherings, the Hope of Australia.
As the only human gathering place in Australia, life here is neither particularly good nor bad. When the apocalypse struck, the Australian government reacted swiftly, decisively connecting Canberra, Sydney, and Newcastle to form a new living circle for humans centered around these three adjacent cities.
This action cannot be deemed entirely correct, but it was successful—mainly attributed to the support from the earth community. After Lin Haifeng's sea king control plan succeeded, the Sydney gathering place, located by the sea, no longer had to suffer from marine beast invasions. With unobstructed maritime trade routes and assistance from Beijing, life in the Sydney gathering place has been relatively stable.
They only need to guard against the demonic clan on land, and the mutated beasts there take care of that. Coupled with the backing of the ocean, since the establishment of the Sydney gathering place, they have yet to encounter a significant demonic disaster.
Consequently, in this comfortable environment, there are hardly any strong individuals in the Sydney gathering place. The entire world has turned into a pigpen for Beijing and Eternal Sky City, with all the strong individuals deemed worthy by Beijing being lured to Eternal Sky City, under the pretense of contributing to the human race.
With weak military power, scarce strong individuals, and the government stripped of real authority by Beijing, this place serves merely as a residence for the human race to reproduce and exist.
That's all.
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Sydney time, 6:00 AM.
“Buzz~~ Boom~~”
Accompanied by a subtle yet rhythmic buzzing sound, the sleeping Sydney gathering place was awakened by an unknown noise. Living in the apocalypse, even in a peaceful place like Sydney, which is protected by mutated beasts in front and the oceanic tribe behind, with the support of Beijing and Eternal Sky City above, the people here are not lacking in the necessary vigilance and alertness.
As dawn broke, when the buzzing sound reverberated, Benjamin immediately rolled out of bed. As a level four initial-stage warrior, a so-called “elite” Lone Walker who has survived in the apocalypse for over a year, Benjamin’s reflexes were remarkably quick.
After getting out of bed and putting on his armor, he grabbed his war blade and quickly checked his life-saving items stored close at hand. At that moment, Benjamin felt curious about why the usually peaceful Sydney gathering place emitted such a strange sound, while also lamenting the difficulties of survival in the apocalypse—despite being in Sydney, Australia’s only gathering place, one could not sleep peacefully.
Stepping out of his solitary room, Benjamin instinctively wanted to investigate the source of the sound. He looked up but could only see a pitch-black “night sky”...