If China’s self-imposed isolation had already caused a storm of public opinion across Blue Star, then the moment the Primary Gene Potion was released marked an even greater upheaval.
The countries friendly to China were the first to receive limited friendship aid from us — not much, but enough to show goodwill. Soon after, they began purchasing the Primary Gene Potion from China in exchange for strategic materials.
Meanwhile, led by Country M, other nations initially tried to use international pressure to force China to hand over the potion formula, even threatening military intervention.
However, once China dispatched a large army of ability users and effortlessly drove away their advance troops, those countries quickly changed their tone and began “friendly negotiations.” In the end, they agreed to purchase the potion from China at a price 30% higher than what our allies paid.
Some questioned why China would sell to them at all. The reason was simple — Blue Star belongs to everyone. China could take the lead and hold the initiative, but we would never abandon the rest of humanity. That is our way of conduct.
We are all inhabitants of Blue Star. Governments may differ, but ordinary people are innocent. Offering help where we can is simply our duty.
Moreover, they were exchanging strategic resources for the potion — it was a win-win. We earned enormous merit points and gained valuable supplies that could be used for better purposes. Why not? As long as we remained ahead, there was no need to fear any tricks from others.
From that point on, China entered a nationwide wartime readiness state.
Other countries either followed suit, entering war preparations, or began reforming internally due to the gene potion’s impact. In short — everything was moving toward progress.
On June 8, the Main National Ability Training Camp officially opened.
On that day, elite ability teams from all military regions gathered in City A. Each one was full of vigor, heads held high — radiating the arrogance of “we’re the best in the world.”
But soon, their pride was crushed — completely shattered.
Although Luo Yifan’s team had only eight members, they utterly dominated all other elite squads on the very first day.
Eight against all.Ten military regions, one team from each, one hundred participants total — yet Luo Yifan’s team overwhelmed them all.
It shouldn’t have been possible; after all, these were the top-selected ability users from across the military. None were weak. But Luo Yifan’s team was simply inhumanly strong.
While most people were still at Ability Level 1, with the best barely reaching the late stage of Level 1, the members of Luo Yifan’s team were all Level 2, and both Luo Yifan and Mo Xiaobai had already reached Level 3.
The reason was simple: life-and-death training.
They had trained in the most dangerous places across Blue Star — even under the sea — repeatedly pushing their bodies beyond their limits. They exhausted their powers again and again, growing through blood and sweat. No one else could compare.
While the other military regions trained hard, their soldiers were still “precious elites.” They hadn’t been subjected to true life-or-death trials.
Luo Yifan was particularly extreme. As a thunder-type ability user, he discovered during a storm that he could absorb lightning energy. From then on, he began chasing storms, training himself under lightning strikes until he was literally “tempered by thunder” into Level 3.
Of course, he didn’t deliberately stand in open lightning strikes — instead, he used his ability to attract and channel thunder energy safely during storms to temper his body. The power was weaker, but still effective.
After being utterly defeated, all the other ability users at the camp were convinced. They acknowledged Luo Yifan’s team’s overwhelming strength.
Afterward, everyone began undergoing life-and-death training themselves. With the help of restorative fluid, as long as they were still breathing, they could recover.
Anyone could choose to quit — after all, this was real danger, not a figure of speech. Death was possible, and each person only had one life. No shame in stepping back.
But no one quit. Every single trainee persisted, even the support-type ability users. Their pain matched their progress — pain and joy intertwined.
One poison-type ability user, for instance, was thrown into a laboratory filled with deadly toxins and venomous creatures. He wasn’t released until graduation. When he finally came out, his power had grown immensely — though his mind was somewhat unstable and required long-term psychological treatment.
Others faced similar trials:
In short — everyone immersed themselves fully in their abilities, striving to increase proficiency, casting speed, and combat reflexes.
Almost every day, someone broke through to Level 2.
The branch training camps wanted to copy this “life-and-death” model — but they couldn’t.
First, they lacked a team powerful enough to save trainees from true mortal danger. Real life-and-death training would inevitably cause casualties — but that wasn’t yet the goal. The goal was to stimulate potential, not create death tolls.
Of course, they simulated death scenarios. Each day included “fake-death events,” where teammates suddenly disappeared from the illusionary environment — thanks to the camp’s “Phantom God,” a powerful illusionist who could create hyper-realistic hallucinations.
Second, the branch camps simply didn’t have enough resources — things like restorative fluid and specialized environments were too costly.
Thus, the Main Camp became a pure elite cultivation program, with all resources funneled into it — completely impossible to replicate.
Because of this, every branch camp was desperate to qualify for the main camp’s next intake. If they failed once, they’d try again.
Under such brutal training, Luo Yifan’s team improved rapidly, especially in combat reflexes — since even a small mistake could mean a teammate’s death. They bore the future of China on their shoulders.
The “Phantom God” remained a key offensive and support powerhouse, contributing massively to training and simulations.
After graduation, all ability users from the main camp were assigned as instructors to the branch training camps.
When the new wave of civilian ability users arrived for training, they would be taught by this very first batch of main camp graduates — passing on the “painful yet rewarding” training tradition.
Those who hadn’t awakened any abilities also contributed according to their talents — especially in building the Safe Zones.
Notably, Mo’s mother’s spatial ability had advanced, doubling the size of her space. The seeds cultivated within her space grew far better than those on Blue Star itself, making her space a seed cultivation base. She became a key figure in the Ministry of Agriculture and even led a team of spatial ability users.
Some had spaces filled with pastures for livestock, some with seawater for aquaculture, and some solely for planting — similar to Mo’s mother’s, though lacking her “static time” and fresh-water systems.
All these varied space users were integrated under Mo’s mother’s leadership, forming an elite agricultural task force.
As for Mo’s father, he teamed up with several retired leaders who had also awakened abilities, forming an ability squad. They trained daily alongside Luo Yifan’s team, occasionally serving as mobile instructors.
On June 8, following the nationwide rollout of the Primary Gene Potion, Mo Xiaobai received a massive influx of merit points. She exchanged them for new technological blueprints and materials, including:
However, upon examining the Energy Liquid Formula, she discovered it couldn’t be produced yet — one of the main ingredients didn’t exist on Blue Star.
After consulting with the system’s Little Fuwa, she learned that zombie crystal cores could be used as a substitute — meaning Energy Liquid production would have to wait until after the apocalypse began.
So for now, focus shifted to developing Spatial Buttons and Photon Guns, since spatial ability users were rare and the buttons would be far more practical.
The Awakening Level Tester allowed clearer classification of ability users, improving the accuracy of everyone’s ability profiles.
The Network Signal Shield was another invaluable invention — capable of preventing communication breakdowns after the apocalypse. Once installed at key infrastructure towers, no ability below Level 8 could destroy them — and even at Level 8, they would be resistant to nuclear blasts.
Time passed quickly — it was now June 18, just three days before the apocalypse.
During this time, many more materials were exchanged:combat suit designs, optical brain blueprints, new energy formulas, and more.
The entire Blue Star had undergone earth-shaking changes — especially China.
And now, the Safe Zone was finally ready to welcome its first inhabitants.
Yes — China’s Safe Zone was complete.