After all, once this thing evolved and developed intelligence, the situation for humanity would have become quite passive. Nearly all of the modern technology would have been limited by Bizarre's special magnetic field, unable to exert its true value. For example, jump missiles, domain missiles, even down to intercontinental missiles—any slight magnetic interference could cause the missile to deviate from its target, and just one missile could result in thousands of casualties and incalculable economic losses.

When AI stopped working and humans abandoned electronic devices, it was discovered that modern people had completely derailed from the world, unable to reintegrate into true society. They found themselves having more thoughts but taking less action, their bodies became heavier and their feeble emotional connections increasingly became worthless.

The emergence of the pandemic had sounded the final alarm for humanity. Without electronic communication and countries fighting bloodily over resources for their populace, you would have realized how important food and money truly were.

However, as the pandemic intensified and became increasingly uncontrollable, commodity prices soared with the passage of time. When those real estate speculators finally borrowed money and were ready to buy necessities, they suddenly realized the shelf life had expired. No matter whether in supermarkets or any place you could think of, there simply wasn't any food available to buy, and money had become the cheapest commodity of the era.

You might think you had endless money, many properties, but money couldn't be eaten. Those destined to starve would still starve.

At that time, the only truly valuable items were three things: handguns, rice, and Magic Crystals.

Having a handgun meant to a certain extent that you already owned everything. No house or home mattered—just a single bullet could make the original homeowner scram.

Rice and compressed biscuits, on the other hand, were the equivalent bargaining chips exchanged when presenting mutual cooperation. They could be used to pay debts and for anything else, provided that you had the ability to protect your rice.

Regarding Magic Crystals, these were essentially the gasoline and diesel of hundreds of years ago, or solar energy storage batteries. To put it in one sentence, when you had weapons and food, what you then considered was how to use the resources at hand to plunder more?

Survival of the fittest prevailed in chaotic times. Therefore, in such apocalyptic torrents, efficiency was what survivors should consider most.

By then, there would be no shortage of cars but a scarcity of gasoline. The world would also not lack maglev but Magic Crystals. Having a handgun and grain, having a vehicle for transportation would become particularly crucial. Using the mobility of vehicles, you could even acquire resources far exceeding your own in a short time. Later, by upgrading and reinforcing your vehicles like mobile warrior fortresses, you and your family would be relatively high-status predators rather than prey in the apocalypse.

Looking at the current chaotic situations in various countries, it must be said, humanity indeed subtly showed signs of gravitating this way. On the main streets and back alleys, it was hard to see the former prosperity; instead, every door was tightly locked. Some who had food stored at home just stayed in their little plots of land, unfazed by the torrents outside—with the phrase "nobody at home," no matter how much you knocked, there would be no response unless it was family or close acquaintances. At such times, even friends were unreliable.

Of course, if things truly developed to this extent, it was believed that countries would undoubtedly be in a state of anarchy. From then on, the infection rate of the pandemic would gradually increase to 100%; either die or survive, no matter how wealthy you were, you might not escape God's selection.

In contrast to the wealthy, the survival chances of common citizens born from grassroots significantly increased. Ordinary people, whether in terms of metabolic speed or resistance, far surpassed the rich—like a flower grown in a greenhouse versus one battered by storms. If both were to simultaneously endure a torrential storm, the greenhouse flower might unfortunately break during the process, while the naturally hardy plants would be accustomed to it all.

Thus, when the era of anarchy truly arrived, there would only be two kinds of people in the world: predators and prey.

Of course, this state might not last long, perhaps one or two years, maybe three to five years. When the pandemic thoroughly infected all of humanity, those who survived by chance would develop antibodies, adapting to the virus. Simultaneously, the virus would adapt to the human population through repeated mutations. From then on, a new kind of pneumonia or common cold would be born and become a perpetual companion to humans.

It was not until these survivors realized that not only had they not died while most people around them had slowly perished, did they find their food gradually becoming abundant. Only then were they able to conceive notions of morality again. When food could not sustain life and morality couldn't fill an empty spirit, who would still talk about dreams, who would still reason with you? If you want to reason, first you must fill your stomach.

Only then did the state of anarchy begin to draw to a close, but the end did not signify a true cessation. There was still a need for someone to step forward; there was simply too much to consider.

Thus, a pandemic could indeed change humanity, but at most, it would cause a greater number of deaths without substantially threatening humanity itself from a racial perspective. However, the Bizarre was different; this entity had destroyed the Magic Crystal civilization. No matter how lightly humanity took it, the pandemic had to be placed after the Bizarre.

As a result, the scene before us unfolded. Our current equipment could not harm the Bizarre itself; electromagnetic energy could actually increase the total mass of the Bizarre.

As for conventional weapons, their impact was not nonexistent but minuscule. Early-stage nuclear weapons had too strong a radiation force and might directly nourish the Bizarre; hence, many nations proposed numerous plans but hesitated to attempt such experiments.

Now, warships of various nations still hovered in the airspace outside the domain, continuously bombarding the No. 8 satellite...

On Capital Planet, Kexiao had been staying indoors for some days, paying no attention to world affairs, just as he had initially thought. World affairs had nothing to do with Feng Yi's departure, which had greatly diminished Kexiao's interest in many things. With this time, he might as well take a walk outside, clear his head.

Little did he know that once he stepped outside, Kexiao would find things amiss. Streets and alleys were scarcely populated, not even a rat in sight, and garbage littered the desolate oil-stained roads.

This was… He had only been secluded for a month. During this month, Kexiao had thought things over as Feng Yi's departure was completely unexpected. But he didn't expect that in just over a month, everything around had changed—could the pandemic have grown this severe?

Kexiao quickened his pace, crossing block after block, but he felt that searching step by step was inefficient. He decided to take out his thunder-tablet for real-time navigation through the route messages. He was unaware until he checked that a few people were on the side streets, but the main street was completely blocked by countless private cars, all heading in the same direction toward the capital city of Saudi.

Looking at the spaceport, through investigation, Kexiao quickly noticed that government ports had been closed for quite some time, not accepting any incoming or outgoing people. The occasional politicians who did arrive were subjected to thorough investigations.

Those with money and private shuttles had mostly fled on private jets to unknown remote areas or underdeveloped planets for refuge. The majority of people stayed in their native land; those without money could only run toward crowded places to possibly receive government aid.

Why had the pandemic developed to this extent? Kexiao's original plan to relax was also postponed by the sudden change.

Indeed, without his command, the housekeeper really had no right to intrude on Kexiao's room, let alone report on external affairs, but he hadn't expected the spreading pandemic to develop so severely.

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