Forty-Nine Doomsday Chapter 185: The First Step Toward the Expedition

Thirty-four nations jointly issued the "Humanity's Joint Declaration," undoubtedly providing imnse psychological encouragent to people.

Although various countries had issued so declarations as early as the first rule, those were mostly just proclamations without accompanying asures or codes of conduct.

In the adult world, only declarations that translate into action are aningful; everything else is just empty talk.

Therefore, this ti, when the national leaders ntioned establishing the "Humanity Consortium Committee" and other specific asures in the declaration, it gave people a sense of solidity: this ti, it's for real.

This action of abandoning past conflicts and uniting to fight against the natural disaster together would inspire courage and hope in many people's hearts. And in this era, these two are undoubtedly more precious than gold.

After the declaration was published, as expected, it sparked excited discussions among people worldwide. Almost everyone felt this was an incredibly correct decision, one that could truly give the human race a greater probability of survival.

In their excitent, people spontaneously shortened the newly established "Humanity Consortium Committee" to the "Human Consortium."

Furthermore, people uniformly renad this year "Year One of the Union" to commorate humanity finally deciding to stop fighting each other and join hands to deal with their common enemy, the Fire Thief.

That day, people all over the world were very happy, believing that humanity was advancing to the next stage of social developnt.

If this was an expedition, then the human union was the first step in starting the journey. Even if the distance was far, as long as the first step was taken, they were on the right track. Otherwise, if they perished in internal strife, that would be truly tragic.

Guan Tong stood on the mountaintop of Mingdao Mountain, looking into the distance toward the city, where fireworks exploded in the sky.

Probably to celebrate the declaration's publication and the establishnt of the Human Consortium, that night, the people surviving in the city set off fireworks in celebration. The authorities likely supported this; otherwise, they wouldn't have provided fireworks and other items.

Guan Tong gazed at the colorful patterns from afar, a faint smile appearing on his face.

He knew his action of posting the thread had had an effect. Even if that thread contributed just a tiny bit to facilitating the Human Consortium, it counted as his contribution to humanity as a whole.

Although he preferred to be alone and free, it didn't an he had no feelings for his fellow humans. Just like before, when he saw the post denouncing the "providers organization," he felt anger and personally went to deal with it because he couldn't accept his fellow humans being treated that way.

"ow."

Coal Ball, at this mont, climbed up Guan Tong's leg onto his shoulder, looking at the splendor in the distant sky.

"You like watching fireworks too?" Guan Tong laughed.

Coal Ball licked its lips, yawned, rested its head on his shoulder, squinting its eyes, showing no intention of paying attention.

Guan Tong shook his head helplessly. Probably, pets take after their owners; Coal Ball's personality was practically stamped from the sa mold as his.

"Buzz, buzz."

The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. Guan Tong took it out and saw it was a ssage from Shi Jingyi.

The content was so photos of large fireworks and many people celebrating with smiling faces on a wide street. She had specially captioned the pictures with, "Thanks to you, today in Yong'an."

Seeing the words "Thanks to you," Guan Tong felt a bit embarrassed. Because Shi Jingyi knew his identity, she could guess that he was the one who posted that thread.

He simply took a few photos of the distant fireworks in the sky and replied, sending them over with the caption: "Yunhua's fireworks, enjoyed from afar."

Right after he sent the ssage, Shi Jingyi called.

As soon as Guan Tong answered, he heard her ask, "What kind of remote wilderness are you living in? Why is it so dark around you, and so far from Yunhua?"

"Sort of. I'm living on a mountain."

"All by yourself?"

"And a cat I picked up."

"Not bad, no wonder you didn't want to co to Yong'an. You're living a leisurely life of rural seclusion."

"Rural seclusion, yes. Leisurely, not so much."

"True. With those rules looming ahead, probably no one can truly feel leisurely."

Taking advantage of the rare phone chat, Guan Tong asked, "I heard from Xu Xiaotian earlier that this year's academy students will graduate in August?"

"Mm, the first batch is just one year. The dean said it's to recruit as many people as possible," Shi Jingyi said. "But one year is enough to lay a foundation. The master leads you to the door; cultivation depends on the individual. After laying the foundation, how far you can go depends on each student's own efforts."

"But after the declaration is published and the Human Consortium is established, there will probably be many foreign students in the second batch coming to the academy," Shi Jingyi speculated. "So of the lecturer group might also go abroad."

Hearing this, Guan Tong wasn't surprised, because after the Human Consortium is established, the borders of all countries will open. If they still restricted personnel movent like before, this Human Consortium would be aningless.

Once the borders open, it will naturally promote a massive flow of people. At that ti, many people from abroad will co in, and many people from within the country will go abroad.

"By the way, the qigong manual I borrowed money from you to buy has been pretty good to practice these past few days. If you want to learn, I can teach you, but not through video," Shi Jingyi laughed. "This ancient martial arts qigong is very complex; it needs to be taught hands-on."

Hearing this, Guan Tong was sowhat tempted. If a martial arts expert like Shi Jingyi said "pretty good," then it must be genuinely good.

But needing hands-on teaching ant he would have to go to Yong'an, which wasn't currently within his plans.

He thought for a mont and said, "Let's see later. I might go to Yong'an soti."

This was because Xu Xiaotian had said earlier he would visit after graduation. Guan Tong felt that whenever he had ti, he could make a trip to Yong'an to see Xu Xiaotian.

It was inconvenient before because, under the Warti Managent State, entering and leaving cities required showing docunts.

And after the "Human Consortium" is established, unity and openness will beco the mainstream for all countries, so Beixing's warti state will probably gradually fade. Collective shelters will definitely be retained and will keep being built, but the managent of city entry and exit probably won't be so strict anymore.

It was so strict at the beginning to ensure effectiveness quickly. Now that the warti state has lasted for several months, the violent groups in the wild have also suffered heavy losses due to the previous large-scale purge and the mist from the ninth rule, with not many left.

Thus, major cities should reopen soon. By then, it will be more convenient for Guan Tong to enter and exit, and he won't have to use his Shadow for infiltration.

"Tell

before you co; I'll treat you to a al."

"Okay."

Ending the call, Guan Tong put away his phone and continued gazing at the distant fireworks.

A lot had happened during this period. He had even traveled to different countries several tis, leaving him sowhat physically and ntally fatigued.

But fortunately, this fatigue had yielded returns. Whether it was the powerful title of "Civilization Observer" or the current establishnt of the Human Consortium, both were what he hoped to see.

Additionally, his communication with that "Primordial One" and even with that snake-eyed woman from the Sakura Prayer Country had given him so different insights.

Of course, there were also troubleso matters. For example, the Suroma king's "one assistance"—exactly what he wanted assistance with hadn't been told to him via private ssage yet. This unresolved matter made him uncomfortable.

Also, the person or organization that threw mud at him, framing him for attacking Lado and others' convoy, made him very unhappy. He planned to find and deal with them when he had the chance.

Finally, if there was anything outside the rules that concerned him, it was that kidnapping case that had been related to him since the beginning of the rules. After the subsequent exposure of the Yongzhou base, he didn't know if the authorities had found the mastermind behind it.

He was very concerned about this matter because he himself, even his friends Xu Xiaotian and Chen Na, were affected, and there were simply too many victims.

He still rembered to this day that Liu Yuqiang, who committed suicide, called that mastermind "Big Sister," and Han Ling, who also committed suicide, called her "Commander"... He wouldn't feel at ease until this person was found.

"I rember the forr Yunhua City Police Departnt chief, Li ng, was transferred to Yong'an early on to investigate the kidnapping case. I don't know if he's still investigating or if he has any leads in this regard? Or maybe I could provide him with so..."

Guan Tong still had Li ng's number in his phone. He definitely couldn't call using his own phone number; if he called, he'd have to use soone else's account—this wasn't a problem. Back when he lived in the property managent storage room of his own residential complex, he had collected many phones from victims...

"This matter can be considered further," Guan Tong thought. "The eleventh Doomsday Rule will be announced the day after tomorrow. I should focus my attention on the rule first and deal with other things later."