Virus King [Translation]

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The live stream was a feature of the forum.

Starting a live post would move the post to the live broadcast interface. Normally, posting on the forum cost only ten copper coins, but starting a live stream required one gold coin.

Though live streams came with rewards and a viewing fee, in the early days of the apocalypse, most people struggled to make ends meet.

However, Daphne activated the live stream without hesitation. With Novak's wealth and the resources of the entire gathering place, one gold coin was a trivial expense.

If done right, this promotion would put the Ocean Blue Villa District gathering place—soon to be White Emperor City—on the map, making it renowned across the entire Faeloria Country.

In the future, White Emperor City would become the largest city in central Faeloria Country and one of the epicenters of the evolutionary doomsday era. It might even surpass the pre-apocalyptic status of the Imperial Capital!

Novak was well aware of this plan and had even personally approved it. There was no harm, only benefit in doing so.

However, the risks were high.

This was live. It wasn't a pre-recorded video or a playback of some Secret Realm raid—it was a live broadcast where everything was visible to the audience.

To embark on such a venture, one needed absolute confidence in their strength.

If something went wrong, or if the city construction mission failed, Novak and White Emperor City's reputation would take a serious hit, perhaps even becoming a laughingstock.

But Novak was confident.

His decades of experience from the previous apocalypse prepared him for this.

If they waited for the entire tide of corpses to reach the city walls, there would only be one outcome: the Roshan Walls would be overrun by the sheer weight of corpse bodies.

The relentless force of zombies that knew no concept of death should never be underestimated.

If any city wall were to face a corpse tide head-on, its fate was certain.

Thus, evolutionaries from every gathering place had no choice but to fight outside the city walls.

For Novak and White Emperor City, this was no different.

As the tide of zombies approached from the distance, the city gates opened, and a small group emerged—only a few thousand people.

However, this demonstrated the geographical advantage of Ocean Blue Villa District.

The area had only one accessible exit via the Ocean Blue Highway. Unless the zombies tried climbing up from the forest—an impossible feat for their rigid limbs—the highway was the only way forward.

Even though the corpse tide extended far beyond what the eye could see, the strategic position of the pass meant that the zombies couldn't completely surround them.

This was the advantage of the terrain.

Therefore, though only a thousand evolutionaries stood before the endless tide of zombies, they weren't doomed to a futile struggle.

Novak turned to face the group, a smile forming beneath his beak mask.

"Fight with me! As long as I'm here, you have nothing to fear. This is not just an opportunity for me or for the gathering place—it's a chance for yourselves as well. By now, you should understand the rules of this doomsday game."

"These zombies may look terrifying, but in reality, they're nothing more than sandbags for us to gain experience. So… kill!"

"Kill!"

The thousand-strong evolutionaries roared in unison, their voices drowning out the howling of the approaching zombies.

Among this brigade, some were old acquaintances of Novak. Others were newly recruited geniuses from the evolutionary city team.

But at this moment, Novak's reputation and presence alone were enough to inspire and lead them.

Above, from the city walls, some onlookers gazed at the fighters below with a mixture of complexity, excitement, and anticipation.

The unity of people in a gathering place could be both simple and complicated.

Leadership was an art.

However, sometimes leadership alone couldn't settle everything.

Meanwhile, the forum was buzzing.

As the number of evolutionaries stabilized, the forums had divided into regional, national, and even international sections, each camp operating its own space.

With more evolutionaries posting, the cost of ten copper coins per post was no longer prohibitive, and updates to the forum came quickly.

But amid the usual chatter, a sudden piece of news caught everyone off guard.

[The evolutionary 'Queen' has started a live stream. Title: "First City Construction Mission of Doomsday City – Live! If interested, come watch!"]

This was a pop-up message—an exclusive perk for the first evolutionary to use the Cosmic Will's live streaming function.

The title piqued the interest of many idle forum-goers.

[What?! A live stream?]

[What is this, and why is there an entry fee of one copper coin?]

[Come on, posting costs 10 copper coins! And now you're complaining about a live stream costing one copper coin?]

[Wait, a city construction mission already? It's only been ten days since the apocalypse. Did they have insider info?]

[De M-anila again? Is this White Emperor City?!]

[Even if this isn't White Emperor, it's probably related. Starting a live stream costs 1 gold coin—that's 10,000 copper coins!]

[Stop talking! Go check the live stream. It's spectacular!]

Everyone was taken aback but curious, so they clicked on the special live stream post.

The screen gradually cleared, revealing the scene from a woman's perspective. As the camera adjusted, the scene became crystal clear.

A city wall, over ten meters high.

Even from a raised vantage point, the mass of zombies below was so dense it was impossible to see the end of the corpse tide.

And standing in front of it all was a lone figure—small but undeniably significant.