CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35: ALLIES REVEALED, WORLD IN UPROAR!

The content of the video is actually very brief.

It’s just a group of warriors transporting dead Eye Worms, gathering them together, with a reporter giving a concise narration on the side.

The main point is that, with the support of allies, the Eastern Country has completed a full sweep of Eye Worms within its borders and has established an effective border defense line.

At the same time, they are calling on those who have evacuated to return home safely now.

This isn’t even a news video aimed at the world, but rather an internal report.

However, the news still spread rapidly.

It spread at an astonishing speed.

It’s been almost two days since the whole world, all at once, publicly acknowledged the disaster.

Without human control, all kinds of related information are flooding the Internet under immense attention.

Yet, almost all of it is bad news.

The three known Meteorite Crises have each brought huge death tolls, and in a short time, there’s no visible hope for resolution—only visions of further deterioration.

Even the West Country, known as the Mother Star’s number one military power, can only keep retreating in the face of those suspected zombies.

The zombies are just too fast.

And regular bullets can’t kill them at all.

Even if you blow them to pieces, leaving only a chunk of meat, they’ll quickly sprout tendrils and crawl like mad!

That horrifying scene is spreading online, completely uncensored.

More and more people are starting to make all sorts of doomsday preparations.

Many people abroad are going straight to their basements with food and supplies, sealing themselves in completely.

Even more are constantly trying to flee the cities for the countryside, or even more remote wilderness.

Countless people are desperately shouting that the end of the world has come!

And in this ever-more anxious atmosphere, there’s suddenly someone—some country—claiming they’ve solved one of the monsters?

How could that not cause a sensation!

"In the past seven hours, this video has been played at least ten billion times worldwide, and more than a billion people overseas have crossed the firewall to flood into the domestic network, searching for information." Ji Mingshu added as Shen Yu browsed through the report, "I’ve collected network info from all over the world, and people are basically focused on the same things: verifying if it’s true, and asking who the ’ally’ mentioned by Eastern Country is."

"Leaving aside ordinary people’s reactions, even at the national level, they probably can’t sit still now." Shen Yu flipped to the latter part of the report, which clearly contained quite a bit of intel far beyond what normal people could access.

The liaison from the Meteorite Crisis agency who had said Shen Yu was being given full access to intelligence wasn’t just being polite.

Some information doesn’t even require him to ask—it’s delivered straight to him.

At this point, Ji Mingshu’s status is worlds apart from before.

"That’s true. But for Eastern Country, the plan is to be transparent with the public, give global citizens confidence, and use the voice of the people to speed up the alliance." Ji Mingshu said softly, "The second phase should be starting soon."

Now that global atmosphere is descending into chaos, with some small countries even having announced their dissolution, there’s no use hiding things anymore. The people of the world urgently need a dose of confidence in civilization to maintain order.

Shen Yu also looked over the specifics and nodded slightly.

"Leave these things to the pros. I just want to learn about the other two monsters as soon as possible."

That’s right, this is what matters most to Shen Yu.

For Human Civilization, taking out the Eye Worms is just the first step of a journey of a thousand miles in this calamity.

Each type of monster can bring about an apocalypse-level threat.

To be honest, Shen Yu is under a lot of pressure.

He doesn’t even have much energy to consider other vested interests.

For him, the Gray Mist alone far outweighs every other interest.

However, even if he doesn’t care, others will.

Why, after all this time, has the world still failed to form a truly effective global alliance during the crisis?

Ultimately, it’s all about interests.

Any global alliance must involve distribution of interests, conflicts, and disputes.

If you want to push things fast, you either have to show a crisis that overrides all interests, or offer benefits that outweigh every past interest!

Luckily, the former exists naturally in the apocalypse, and the latter has appeared since Shen Yu contacted the other interstellar world Shen Yus.

Even if there will still be internal disagreements in civilization, the general trend should appear very soon.

The few who go against the tide are not even worth worrying about—they can’t make a dent.

Instead, they’ll be crushed by the trend in an instant.

About twenty minutes later, the Eastern Country once again threw out a bombshell big enough to go down in history—this time to the entire world!

This time, it’s just a single image.

A picture of interstellar world Shen Yu and the Eastern Country’s representative shaking hands after signing a mutual assistance treaty!

Clear, in color, 8K, lossless!

This is beyond just sensational—it’s a tidal wave sweeping across the entire global Internet!

There’s never been a photo that could circulate to every corner of the Internet, worldwide, in just a few short minutes.

Phones, computers—almost all connected devices, all websites, all media, every individual, all frantically sharing it.

Even Shen Yu’s phone was blowing up nonstop at this moment.

Shen Yu took a quick glance at the endless barrage of comments popping up.

Everyone was venting their emotions in all sorts of ways at this moment.

"It’s a real alien ally! Holy shit!"

"Damn, standing side by side with a national leader in that getup, how does it not look fake?"

"I swear on my eighteen years of Photoshop experience, this picture can’t get any more legit!"

"Is this really official news?"

"The Meteorite Crisis Management Department’s official account released it publicly!"

"Has this world finally become like something out of fantasy?!"

"Is it just me wondering if we’ll still have the apocalypse? Did I stockpile food for nothing?"

"I was still hesitating about whether to go home; now I don’t have to—I’m going home!"

"Where’s the spaceship! I want to see the spaceship!"

"So we’ve signed the alliance? Are we immigrating to another planet now?"

"..."

Shen Yu just quickly scrolled through—basically, it was shock, delight, and wild speculation and fantasies about the future.

There were hardly any voices of doubt.

Not none, but only a tiny minority.

After all, the video from a few hours ago had already set the stage.