It has now been a week since the Ragnarok disaster, marked by the emergence of low-level demons into the world. These demons continue to appear through tunnel portals in the sky, which have formed almost everywhere on Earth.
Fengyan, who had taken refuge in a bunker behind his house to stay safe, is now curious about what has happened in the world. He has survived for a week in the bunker, and fortunately, it was stocked with canned food and water for emergencies, so he hasn't had to worry about food.
Although the bunker has food supplies, they are limited and cannot last Fengyan a lifetime. He is also very curious about the conditions outside.
Fengyan musters the courage to leave the bunker and opens it.
He feels that he cannot remain alone forever and is also concerned by the mysterious voice that told him the future of humanity is in his hands.
As the bunker opens, Fengyan steps outside. He is greeted by intense darkness and dim, reddish moonlight, making the situation feel like the end of the world and a hellish apocalypse.
Startled by the scene unfolding before him, Fengyan quickly comes to his senses and heads back into his house, hoping to find information about the state of the world.
He goes to his room and turns on his computer to search for information. Fortunately, the internet connection was not disrupted and remained usable. Although the internet satellites are now in space, which protected them from destruction, the connection was still intact and functioning well
Fengyan immediately starts searching for recent news online.
"Click."
He presses the search button for recent updates, and many news articles appear on the screen.
The articles state that the world is currently facing the end times and the fall of human civilization is imminent. However, they also mention that somehow, humans have been given a chance to face this apocalypse and defeat the demons that have descended upon the world.
Some articles report that certain humans have experienced a form of awakening and have been chosen by the gods to bring their powers to Earth to combat the demons responsible for the Ragnarok disaster that has led to the end of human civilization.
World leaders have not been idle; they have formed an organization consisting of awakened individuals called the Divine Successor Association.
A coalition of top officials from five major countries is now building cities in each country to defend against the demons. These cities will be guarded by those who have undergone divine awakening.
Thanks to international cooperation, cities in each country are being constructed within a month, and these new cities will be protected by the awakened individuals.
Currently, no place in the world is safe, with low-level demons roaming everywhere. The only safe places are near the awakened individuals, as they possess divine powers capable of defeating the demons of Ragnarok.
While this is good news, there is also bad news.
In just one week, 5 billion people have died due to attacks by low-level demons. This is only the beginning of the Ragnarok disaster and has already caused a drastic reduction in the human population.
Furthermore, the cities being built to protect human civilization cannot accommodate everyone, leaving many people living outside without protection and vulnerable to demon attacks.
Those who will live in the cities are important people and government officials, while ordinary citizens will have to live outside and build homes around the new cities.
Seeing all the news and understanding the current state of the world makes Fengyan's heart ache, knowing that many ordinary people and innocent children will die as a result.
"I am also one of the chosen ones, which means I must save humanity. If that's the case, I will be the one to protect those who are outside the cities."
Feeling distressed and saddened by the events, Fengyan remembers that he is one of the chosen ones who has undergone awakening and resolves to protect the unprotected people living outside the cities.
He quickly packs up and cleans himself. After a week in the bunker, he had only eaten and slept while thinking about what had happened to him and the world.
After cleaning up, Fengyan heads to the shelter city, which is still under construction. According to the news, it is the fourth day of construction, with 26 days left for the shelter city to be completed. Each country has only one shelter city, including the Southern Union.
The shelter city for the Southern Union is located far north of Seth City, which is close to the Central Union.
Seth City, once the capital of the Southern Union, is now destroyed and uninhabitable. The connecting tunnel between the demon world and the human world still exists in Seth City, making it unsuitable for living. Only a fool would want to stay there.
Most residents of other cities have left their homes and moved to the vicinity of the new shelter city.
Fengyan leaves his house with just a small backpack and his smartphone for communication and checking the latest news.
There aren't many contacts on his smartphone, mostly a few high school friends and some work colleagues, none of whom are particularly close. The only person he might consider close is Cessie's junior. He even wonders if that junior is okay.
Fengyan then begins his journey to the shelter city of the Southern Union. To get there, he first has to walk through the ruined Seth City and then find transportation to the new shelter city.