Over the next month, the world's landscape underwent rapid changes.
The impact of the first Doomsday Rule continued unabated, not weakening but instead growing stronger.
There was no helping it—the first Doomsday Rule was simply too ruthless, wiping out an enormous portion of the global population in one fell swoop.
Even in relatively stable countries like Beixing Country, over a quarter of the population had perished, let alone smaller nations that were already unstable.
In many countries, the death toll from the rule's power alone exceeded 50%.
And that wasn't the end of it.
After the rule's power eliminated half or more of the population, the ensuing chaos and riots further drastically reduced numbers.
Many small nations simply ceased to exist as a result.
Now, over a month after the first Doomsday Rule ended, the world's structure was gradually reshaping itself from the chaos.
Beixing Country remained relatively stable, largely due to its early implentation of free food and free cultural entertainnt policies. With people having enough to eat, drink, and enjoy, these asures played a significant role in maintaining order and preventing large-scale internal conflicts.
Another relatively stable entity was the Suroma Empire in the southern part of the planet. This country also experienced initial riots, but they were quickly suppressed under the king's forceful asures.
Additionally, a southern alliance called the "Tulip Federation" erged.
This federation was a coalition ford from nurous collapsed small nations—scattered like sand, but united like a pyramid, making their combined strength sothing not to be underestimated.
Aside from these three major powers, most other countries, large and small, had suffered devastating losses. Forget about rising again—they had to exert all their efforts just to prevent their nations from disappearing entirely.
Currently, Beixing Country, the Suroma Empire, and the Tulip Federation—the three major powers—were all vigorously recruiting individuals with high Mind Power at the official level.
They recruited from their own countries and from others too, taking anyone with high Mind Power.
Especially since it was previously difficult to verify Mind Power levels, but now with the [Friends] feature, as long as people added each other as friends, they could display their personal panels to one another.
That way, the other person could see their Mind Power value, title, nickna, and other details.
It was precisely because of this feature that a previously simring debate, which had finally begun to die down, suddenly flared up again with renewed vigor.
Naly, the conflict between [Order Keepers] and [Rule Breakers].
This wasn't just about two different titles; it represented a clash of behaviors and values symbolized by these titles.
Many people with the [Order Keeper] title believed that [Rule Breakers] were all murderers.
anwhile, many with the [Rule Breaker] title argued that [Order Keepers] were spouting nonsense. They pointed out that many people hadn't known about that hidden rule at the ti, and even if they had, they had to do what they did to survive.
One of the [Rule Breakers'] main argunts was that there had been no official condemnation.
That's right—the authorities hadn't issued any statent declaring [Rule Breakers] as lawbreakers or anything similar, not even a single statent of condemnation.
Therefore, [Rule Breakers] argued that if the authorities weren't pursuing the matter, what right did [Order Keepers] have to complain and criticize?
The two sides bickered endlessly online, with a single post often sparking tens of thousands of insulting comnts.
Previously, neither side could verify the authenticity of identities, relying only on claims without knowing what title the other person actually held.
But now, with the [Friends] feature, there was imdiately a way to verify.
"I'm an [Order Keeper], you're an [Order Keeper] too—co on, post your digital ID and add
on the terminal. We'll see if it's true or false, since this thing can't be faked."
Many [Rule Breakers] did the sa, posting about forming a [Rule Breakers Alliance] that only recruited [Rule Breakers] and excluded the hypocritical [Order Keepers].
This kind of group division was certainly not sothing the authorities wanted to see, yet they found it difficult to intervene and say anything.
So rational analysts speculated that the reason the "Fire Thief" created these two titles might have been precisely to provoke and divide humanity as a whole. They called for everyone to think calmly.
Aside from the conflict between [Order Keepers] and [Rule Breakers], the Counterasures Research Office's announcent about establishing the "Mind Power Developnt Academy" was also hotly discussed.
Many people were asking everywhere about the academy's location and admission requirents.
Clearly, the general public believed that entering the academy would grant them professional guidance at the national level, allowing them to far surpass those outside the academy.
The Counterasures Research Office specifically held a Q&A session to address public inquiries.
First, the academy's founding purpose was singular: to use every ans possible to develop and enhance students' Mind Power to confront the challenges brought by the Doomsday Rules.
The academy would be established within a university in the capital, not only requisitioning that university but also several nearby large stadiums and parks for academy renovations.
As for the admission requirents that concerned the public most, it was simple—the only requirent was having a Mind Power upper limit of 80 points.
In other words, only those with a comprehensive information evaluation reaching the "Average" level could apply.
Other factors like age, wealth, family background, etc., were completely irrelevant—only Mind Power mattered.
Those who didn't et the requirent could first refer to the white paper for personal cultivation and improvent, then apply for admission once they reached the standard.
This single requirent disappointed many people, as given most people's Mind Power levels, admission was simply impossible.
As a result, so private organizations seized the opportunity to recruit mbers.
These private organizations had lower requirents than the official ones—while the official standard was strictly 80, they would accept 70, or even 60 or 50, as long as it wasn't too low.
Although private organizations had lower requirents, their benefits weren't bad, offering decent compensation to everyone willing to join.
For example, the Qingi Society secretly established an organization, promising substantial rewards to recruit individuals with high Mind Power.
However, all of this had little to do with Guan Tong.
During this period, he essentially "ignored online affairs, focusing solely on writing in the Wordless Book."
Every day, he spent his ti writing with Mind Power, then when his Mind Power was recovering, he read novels and played gas. Once recovered, he went back to writing.
He rarely looked at online news, feeling that the more he saw, the more confused his mind would beco. It was better to find sothing simple to do.
He spent half a month in this monotonous routine.
On a new day, after Guan Tong got up, he glanced at his phone and discovered that Fang Qian had actually sent him another ssage.
He initially wanted to delete it directly, but the content of the ssage surprised him sowhat.
"Guan Tong, I know you don't want to forgive ... but I want you to know that I didn't use that hidden rule back then. If you don't believe , you can add my digital ID to check my title—my title is [Order Keeper]."
"I'm sending you this ssage just to say thank you. After I left your ho, I realized I had nearly caused a disaster. If I had really done it, I might never have forgiven myself... Thank you for stopping , for not letting
beco a murderer."
After reading Fang Qian's ssage, Guan Tong didn't know what to say.
He had no intention of adding Fang Qian as a friend to verify her title—it was aningless.
From the mont Fang Qian picked up the water cup to attack him, she had beco a hostile stranger in his eyes.
After thinking for a mont, Guan Tong still replied with a ssage: "I see. Take care of yourself."
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