"It was originally a great river and mountain, but now it is full of wolves and misfortunes, and the waves are surging." - "General History of the Wilderness: Preface"

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The first year of the collapse of the Cang Dynasty, this is the name given by human scientists for the year after the mysterious cube invaded the earth. It symbolizes the end of the old era of mankind and heralds the collapse of civilized order. It also declares the end of human dominance on this blue planet. The former master must carefully survive on this wasteland.

The subsequent era of Collapse was the darkest era in history, and it was also an era when humans could not look back on later generations. In the first year of Collapse, the population of humans dropped by 70%. Some died tragically in the mouths of monsters, becoming bait for them to fill their hunger, some died of radiation diseases, and died tragically in the pain of pus and blood. Some people were infected with the mysterious virus brought by the cube, and turned into bloodthirsty monsters after death.

In the history of this blue planet, humans have existed for two million years, starting with Australopithecus.

The climate dramatic event 70,000 years ago, humans survived!

The Black Death Plague in Europe in the 14th century, humans survived!

The global war of World War II, mankind survived!

The nuclear crisis between the United States and the Soviet Union at the end of the 20th century, mankind survived!

After experiencing endless crises, humans are still in constant storm, but this time, under the full invasion of the cube, humans can no longer stand it.

Those mysterious cubes that invaded the earth were inserted on this blue planet like a spear of judgment, releasing terrifying aftermath to the world endlessly. On the world, major cities were completely destroyed, the original order of human society completely collapsed, the ocean turned into black water, the forest turned into deserts, and the world almost became a wasteland.

When ferocious beasts like mountains rushed towards the position, the terrifying plague took away human health, the radiation field destroyed the cells in the body, the dead soldiers turned into zombies and roared and got up again, and the armies of countries around the world collapsed.

In order to retain the last spark for mankind, the heads of state issued retreat orders, no longer attacking the cubes, but instead sticking to remote areas.

In these cities transformed into survivor bases, human scientists used the most advanced materials to build a 100-meter-high wall of life to block the invasion of monsters. At the same time, they developed a controllable small biosphere, creating a sustainable environment for humans in the city, and all resources are self-sufficient, and they will stick to them from now on and never come out!

Just like pigs, like dogs, like beasts raised by gods, humans are raised in the city like poultry, relying on the strength of the wall of life, they are not willing to even look at the wasteland outside the city. They deceive themselves. This is the best way to survive. As long as they eat full and wear warm clothes every day, they can survive.

Since then, mankind has ushered in the most decadent era.

However, many years later, things took a turn for the better. A group of volunteers with free will formed the Joint Expeditionary Force, resolutely rushed out of the high wall and stepped onto the wasteland that had been abandoned by mankind for a long time.

No one thought they could come back alive, and even the moment they walked out of the high wall, the civil affairs officer wrote them as dead people and even gave their families a pension in advance.

But no one expected that they would eventually come back and brought news that changed the world!

The Expeditionary Force told the people inside the wall that the invading cubes have extremely high intelligence and will regularly yearn for the transmission of task instructions in the human brain that is approaching. As long as the task is completed, it can be exchanged for rewards! Whether it is the legendary bloodline, human genetic evolution, or high-tech weapons, there are everything!

In order to make the people in the city believe that a mission completed person took out a gun. Judging from the shape, this gun was not a product of humans. When he pulled the trigger, the energy emitted by the gun directly flattened a house!

At this moment, humans finally understood that the cube seemed to bring more than doomsday.

Since then, more and more aspiring people rushed out of the wall and stepped onto the wasteland again, heading towards the home that was swallowed by monsters, either for their own selfish desires or for their resurgence, everyone is fighting for their beliefs.

Since then, human history has turned a new page in the ruins. In that distant future, when future generations clear the veil of history, how many tear-jerking elegies will be there? How many magnificent epics will be there?

No one knows the answer.

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In the seventh year of the Collapse Era, within the territory of the Republic...

"I really didn't expect that the world outside the wall would be so sinister." A young man was slumping on the ground with cold sweat at this time. Sweat dripped along his cheeks on the ground that was scalded by the sun, and soon it evaporated into water vapor.

In front of the young man was a monster's corpse. It looked very similar to a wolf from its appearance, but it was as big as a hungry tiger. The fur on the surface was gone, and the hideous capillaries were densely distributed, enough to make everyone with dense phobia's scalp numb.

This monster is a creature that is mutated by the influence of cubes. It is named Blood Wolf and is a very common creature in the wasteland.

The blood wolf now had a huge penetrating wound on his head, and it was red and white, and his purple tongue was stuttering on the ground. There was no movement. It was roasted by the hot iron plate-like ground, and a disgusting burnt smell came out.

"Of course, do you think this is the world inside the wall, farming and bragging every day?" A middle-aged tough guy with muscles and height over two meters pulled up the young man and laughed, "Lin Geng, you are still tender."

"Thank you, Arnold." Lin Geng grabbed Arnold's hand and climbed up, smiling shyly, "This is my first time out of the city, a pure newcomer, unlike you, you have completed two cube missions."

Arnold is not a foreigner, but because his body looks very much like the governor of the old era, and the outline on his face is as sharp as a knife and an axe. Under his old feelings, his friends around him gave him a nickname "Arnold", and his real name is gradually unknown, and he doesn't even mention it himself.

Arnold patted his muscles and laughed: "Although the Cube only gave the lowest C-level missions twice, the strengthening brought is also considerable. I am a reckless man, only knowing fists, and don't know much about others, so I exchanged the two C-level reward points for giant bloodlines, and the evolution points obtained from the battle are all used to strengthen strength, hahaha."

"Then...that person..." Lin Geng subconsciously glanced at the boy wearing a shabby cloak, with white bandages on his face and a huge sniper rifle behind him.

"That person, I don't know how many missions he has completed, but it's certain that he is probably a monster-level person. Before I could react when the blood wolf attacked you, he shot the wolf cub. It's so awesome!" Arnold patted Lin Geng on the shoulder, his expression like a father who educated his son, and urged, "What? If you have time to chat with me here, don't thank your life savior? Without him, you will have turned into feces in the blood wolf's large intestine."

Lin Geng smiled angrily and ran to the boy. He was about to say something, but the boy suddenly accelerated his pace and passed by him without any intention of talking to him. He seemed cold and ruthless.

Lin Geng was a little embarrassed, but he came to thank him. This was too disrespectful. However, he had just saved his life, so he couldn't get angry because of this, right?

"Brother, you're too cold." Arnold walked to the boy's side. He thought the other party was just not good at communicating, so he planned to use his enthusiasm to open up the conversation. He reached out and prepared to pat the boy's shoulder. "We are all in the same team. When the Cube releases tasks, we will help each other, at least let us know what your name is."

There was no sign. Just as Arnold touched the boy's shoulder, he suddenly felt his wrist being locked by an indescribable force. He looked closely and was shocked to find that the boy had grabbed his wrist at some point. The bandaged hand was slender and soft. The slightly exposed skin was extremely fair and almost transparent. It should have rarely withstand the sunlight, just like a beauty's jade hand, but at this time it burst into a huge force like a pliers. Under the pressure of this thunderous thunder, Arnold could even vaguely hear the moans of his bones.

Anor suddenly felt cold sweat. He was the one who had completed two cube tasks, and all the rewards were thrown into areas related to power. His current strength was about eight times that of an ordinary man. He could easily pinch a stone into powder. At this time, he was unable to move by this young man and his wrist bones were crushed.

In amazement, Arnold looked at the boy's face. Under the double cover of the shadow of the cloak and the bandage wrapped around the face, he could not see what the boy looked like, but he could see those eyes.

Arnold swore that this was the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen, and the beautiful rosy red color was like a flame ignited in the endless night sky, as if blessed by Hephaestus, and as deep as the vast black sea, eclipsing everything around him.

The boy seemed to have no malice, but was not used to someone touching him. He quickly let go. Facing Arnold's problem, he was silent for a while and said two words lightly: "Luoyou."

"Luo You? Wow, this name sounds like a little girl, but it turns out to be such a strong monster!" Arnold sucked the air conditioner while touching the red handprints on his wrist. His generous personality made him forget his unfriendly experience just now, and chased Luo You like a candy, "Brother, can you tell me how many cube tasks you have completed, and what level are they?"

"No." Luo You refused without any hesitation, and then continued to move forward.

"Okay." Arnold touched the wall, but didn't take it seriously. He just touched his nose awkwardly, changed the subject, and said to the others in the team: "It's getting late, let's find a place to repair it."

It was dusk, and the orange-yellow sunset light had a faint blood color, rendering half of the sky, competing with the darkness of the night rising from the other side, but in vain.

Since humans began to gradually step out of the high walls, after their past sacrifices, they have gradually gained experience in survival in the wilderness.

The first rule of law on survival in the wilderness: Don’t act at night!

Due to the damage to the Earth's atmosphere, this human mother planet has lost its former temperature control ability. It is extremely hot during the day and extremely cold at night. In addition, humans have not evolved eyes that have night vision, and are easily attacked by some night creatures in cold nights. Therefore, most people dare not move at night. Finding a safe place to raise fire and repair the fire is the safest way.

Of course, safety here only refers to relative safety. As long as you walk out of the high wall, Death will follow you no matter where you are. The only difference is that you are a little closer or a little further away from Death, and you will never get rid of it.

There were seven people in the team. Except for Luo You and Arnold, the others had never stepped out of the high wall before, nor had they ever been exposed to the cube mission. They just had the desire for freedom that allowed them to escape from the stable and decadent environment and come to this wilderness.

Although Arnold is not as good as Luo You, he plays the role of captain because of his heroic spirit and enthusiasm. He leads everyone to find a cave, takes out the props needed for survival in the wilderness from his backpack, raises the fire, and says: "We are still sufficient for dry food and water now, and we can replenish it at that time. Let's have a good rest today. It is estimated that we will arrive at the nearest cube in less than two days. The next battle will be hard, and enjoy the sleep time now."

"I'll watch the night." Luo You suddenly spoke, raised his gun and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Arnold stood up and said, "Brother Luoyou, let's take turns to guard. You are the strongest in the team and should preserve your strength the most. You can't accumulate too much fatigue here."

"No need." Luo You felt a little bit jealous of words. He ignored Arnold's objection and walked outside the cave entrance, found a piece of land and sat down. Then he held the sniper rifle and looked into the distance.

The night was extremely cold. Even if you squat by the bonfire, there was a biting coolness entering your skin and invading every cell. Arnold rubbed goosebumps on his body and looked at Luo You, who was almost swallowed by the darkness away from the bonfire, and muttered: "What a monster..."

Late at night, Luo You saw that everyone was asleep and there was nothing unusual around him. He closed his eyes directly. Of course, he did not sleep, but entered the depths of his consciousness and touched a mysterious realm.

There are vast sea of ​​stars distributed in this field, most of which are in a dark and dull state, but six nodes have been lit up, just like a lighthouse on the dark sea.

This field cannot be touched by ordinary people, but everyone who has completed a cube task will be familiar with it, because when the first task is completed, the field will be automatically opened.

Is this a curse brought by the demon? Or is it a gift given to man? This is unknown, but one thing is certain, this is the key area for mankind to keep growing stronger, it is...

Evolutionary tree map!
Chapter completed!