CHAPTER 196: CHAPTER 134: WE’RE HERE, THERE’S STILL HOPE!

At that time, it was undoubtedly the most desperate moment for these generals.

The war came too suddenly and completely exceeded anyone’s preparation.

Moreover, it was extremely brutal from the outset.

The homeland was directly threatened, the people exposed to the horrific attacks of monsters with no power to resist, the army retreating step by step, even communication was severely disrupted.

The West Country, even within two days, declared in a public speech that this was the "end-time battle of the human race".

Zhang Jie and others were silent at this moment.

Even those overseas were the same.

The war that broke out here was even more swift and rapid than in their world.

Moreover, everyone could imagine that if not for Shen Yu and the Association’s appearance, their world would have faced the same despair.

These meteorite monsters harmed far more than just one planet, one universe!

The subsequent data were even more tragic.

Wars broke out across the country, peaceful life was completely destroyed in a short time, troops retreated repeatedly, and chaos descended everywhere. When monsters rushed into the cities, people had no means of resistance except to flee in panic.

The only course of action was to hide deep in the mountains!

Separate and hide.

The monsters would first attack places with many people, and initially, their numbers were not large, which was the only way for human civilization to reduce sacrifices and slow down extinction.

Despite this, a month ago, the entire nation had already entered a semi-apocalyptic stage of regional resistance and individual survival.

Communication between various regions had not been cut off, but temporarily, each could only fend for themselves.

Resource transportation could only rely on adventure and airdrops.

"Just four days ago, all the provincial capital cities in our provinces have fallen," Yan Qiangyong took a deep breath, "The preliminary calculation of total casualties is over forty million! Due to difficulties in statistics in various regions, the actual number of casualties may be far higher."

This situation leaves only one step away from complete collapse and fully entering the apocalyptic stage.

Once the national-level corps completely collapses, leaving only local forces still resisting stubbornly, what’s left is a period of struggling to survive.

Zhang Jie swallowed hard, wanting to say, "We came too late."

However, he couldn’t bring himself to say it.

The current situation is worse than expected!

He couldn’t even be sure how much power his universe could muster to help, and he dared not give too much hope to those already deep in despair.

If they couldn’t be saved, or only part of them, any promise made now could bring greater pain.

However, Zhang Jie quickly turned to the next page in the document.

"Beast God Warrior."

This made Zhang Jie’s eyes focus.

In the photo, there was a figure covered with hair, muscles bulging, appearing like a human yet also like a monster.

He immediately thought of the injections that the soldiers had prepared to give themselves when surrounded.

Seeing them witness this scene, Yan Qiangyong exchanged glances with others and said slowly, "We named those monsters Beast God. ’Beast’ signifies their beast-like bloodthirst, and ’God’ represents their formidable strength. By chance, we found that crushing the Beast God core and injecting it into the human body, there is a certain probability of mutation. We call it Beast Godization."

"What’s this certain probability specifically?" Zhang Jie asked solemnly.

"..."

Everyone present fell silent for a moment.

Finally, Yan Qiangyong said slowly, "One in thirty thousand."

This was a rough number, but it still shocked Zhang Jie and others.

One in thirty thousand!

What does this mean?

In their era, the probability of cancer for people aged thirty to fifty was about three out of a thousand.

In other words, the probability of successfully surviving after injecting this medicine and becoming the so-called "Beast God Warrior" is only about one-tenth of the chance of getting cancer!

For most people, this means certain death.

It is a true act of suicide.

"We also know that the probability is low, extremely low," Yan Qiangyong said, "That’s why although we distributed Beast God Medicine to frontline warriors, we also told them it could only be used in a desperate situation. Moreover, our experts are doing their best to experiment and increase the probability... In any case, before your appearance, this was our only hope to defeat the enemy!"

Yes, the last sentence was key.

Even if the probability was very low, in this era where tens of millions died in just two months, in a war not just of national annihilation but also of civilizational extinction, this was their only hope.

At least, Beast God Warriors had a chance to fight one-on-one with the Beast Gods and still gain an advantage!

"The material for this medicine is the Beast God core. It can’t be easy to obtain these materials, can it?" Zhang Jie asked.

"That’s why we are still appearing in war zones," Yan Qiangyong said gravely, and then the shoulders of the general who had been forcing a military posture seemed to sag slightly, "In fact, these materials are not the most important. What’s more critical is that five days ago, a new batch of meteorites appeared, bringing new monsters."

"——!" Zhang Jie and the others widened their eyes.

Just the existence of Beast Gods wasn’t enough, and now new monsters had appeared?

At this moment, just by slightly putting themselves in their place, they could feel a suffocating despair.

"That’s it," Yan Qiangyong said after this, seemingly not wanting to pretend anymore, giving a self-deprecating smile, "We haven’t dared to inform the whole army with this news, but information about new monsters has appeared in some places. We can only say that we are constantly digging deep underground, preparing to cling to life in the apocalypse."

"..." The meeting scene seemed to fall into silence.

The oppressive atmosphere enveloped everyone’s heart.

Especially Zhang Jie and others from the Shenyu Universe.

Apocalypse—these two words, in many past fantasy works, held something of an ethereal existence.

It was nothing more than human extinction, countless people died, or became zombies like supporting actors.

But in reality, when a crisis arises, efforts to struggle, and then looking on with despair as an entire civilization quickly collapses, this process is the most painful.

When reading fantasy works, you imagine yourself as the lucky ones who survive, but in reality, most are those who perish in despair.

For soldiers, for warriors, this pain was even more intense.

They were supposed to defend this country, this civilization.

But could only watch helplessly as everything fell into the abyss, impossible to stop.

At this moment, Zhang Jie suddenly made a decision.

"With my authority, I may not be qualified to say this, but," he looked at these people before him and slowly said, "I still want to say, we have come, and there is still hope for everything!"

At this moment, Yan Qiangyong, who had been trying hard to maintain emotional composure, suddenly had teary eyes.

He once again reached out and tightly gripped Zhang Jie’s hand.

He did not speak; there was no need to say anything more at this moment.

Only they knew, upon hearing the report, seeing Zhang Jie and the others, and hearing that they were from a Parallel Universe’s Human Civilization, how thrilled their hearts truly were.

Especially after seeing the situations thirty-one years in the future in the car.

At that moment, the only thing that sustained Yan Qiangyong’s control over his emotions was that one glimmer of disbelief deep within his heart.

He could not believe that this was truly a human force from a Parallel Universe, could not believe that the miracle prayed for, longed for by everyone in the entire civilization, had actually appeared right before their eyes!

And at this moment, when they were truly willing to believe in them, the feeling of seeing light, seeing miracles, seeing hope in the endless abyss was finally uncontrollable.