The apocalypse of my past life had erupted, and Lin Qing had lived through it.
Global signals were in chaos, the communication system had collapsed, causing the crime rate to skyrocket.
But the most terrifying of all was that special 'storm'. Wherever the rampaging storm went, hiding indoors was futile. Over time, even if there were no external injuries, it could still cause brain death.
Most people had a very short survival time in the storm, possibly dying within minutes, without any chance to escape.
As a result, in the early stages of the apocalypse, more than 95% of the global population died, a near-extinction level disaster.
Only a very small number of people had longer survival times, able to endure over half an hour, barely managing to escape from the storm.
Although there were people who were not afraid of the storms, they were ultimately rare.
Moreover, the storms that were ravaging the globe were also growing stronger over time.
Lin Qing belonged to that rare category in his past life; he survived in the storm for over two hours and would only faint for a moment afterward, waking up with a severe headache.
Some of the larger survivor enclave leaders were like that; Lin Qing had seen a few of them.
If not for that, even if Lin Qing could advance his skills in advance, he wouldn't have lived very long.
But that terrible storm that had raged for many years was something he would never forget.
His friends, parents, relatives, classmates... all of his past life's attachments were all buried in that horrible storm.
And one of the sources of the apocalypse was actually on this island of the Inspection Headquarters?
Chen Guang noticed something was off with Lin Qing's state.
"It's nothing," Lin Qing took a deep breath and said, "Continue."
"According to my father's research, there were several sources for the 2025 storm outbreak, and the various high energy radiations that appeared in 2045 came from these sources."
Chen Guang said, "This island where the Inspection Headquarters is located is one of the high-energy radiation sources, though the radiation is much weaker now, there's still some residue. Living in such a high energy environment for a long time, the evolution speed can become faster."
Lin Qing was silent for a moment, then asked, "How did these sources appear?"
Chen Guang was somewhat surprised; she didn't expect Lin Qing to be concerned about this first.
She said, "It's still a mystery to this day, but the higher-ups of the Intelligent Star Group should know. My father had once investigated these sources of the storms, but was prohibited by Intelligent Star. Moreover, the source on this island of the Inspection Headquarters has already been developed and it's impossible to see what caused it."
"Intelligent Star Group?" Lin Qing frowned.
"My father once discovered that a spaceship in the style of Intelligent Star People had arrived on Earth over a century ago."
Chen Guang said, "So, my father also suspected that these anomalies on Earth may be related to Intelligent Star People, and he also asked his foster father, Chu Hongjun."
She continued, "Chu Hongjun said that the storms seemed to be a kind of altered high energy field and that if a soul wasn't strong enough, it couldn't withstand it. It's curious that the civilization of Intelligent Star People seems to have such high energy fields."
That terrible storm had raged on Earth for a full twenty years, causing billions of deaths.
It was related to Intelligent Star People?
Lin Qing pressed these matters to the bottom of his heart and asked again, "Are there still remnants of evolutionary radiation on the island?"
"This whole island used to be within the covered area of a high-energy radiation source," Chen Guang said. "However, after development, only a bit remains, roughly enough to increase your evolution speed by about 11%."
"11%?" Lin Qing nodded slightly.
At that moment, his cellphone rang.
The incoming call display showed that it was from Tang Wanqiu, the Inspector.
He immediately answered, "Hello, Inspector Tang?"
"Lin Qing, have you already arrived at Headquarters?" Inspector Tang said with a smile, "When will you report to Branch No. 12?"
"I've just arrived at the training branch."
Lin Qing said, "I still have room for improvement; I haven't used the genetic optimization benefits in the contract, so I plan to wait a while before reporting to the branch. Right now, my strength is not sufficient; if I went now, I would probably just be a burden."
"That makes sense." Inspector Tang said, "I've already submitted the report for you the day before yesterday, and the contractual terms have been fulfilled; you can apply for any three types of genetic optimization at any time."
"Thank you, Inspector Tang," Lin Qing immediately expressed his gratitude.
"It's a small matter."
Inspector Tang said, "Also, your contributed Energy Stabilizer has been approved, and the Special Grade Merit will be issued soon. One Special Grade Merit is enough for you to be promoted to a Two Stars Level Elite Patrol."
Lin Qing couldn't help but ask, "How long will it take for the Energy Stabilizer to be produced?"
"Probably about ten days to half a month," Inspector Tang said. "As the contributor, you can enjoy a free quota of a hundred points according to the rules."
She also cautioned, "However, even with the Energy Stabilizer, the energy from the Fourth Energy Level is not so easy to absorb; only Genetic Awakened can barely absorb the mildest of it, so you need to be careful."
"I understand," Lin Qing nodded slightly.
"Alright, report to Branch No. 12 when you're ready."
Inspector Tang didn't say much and ended the call.
"First, try all the Third Energy Level genetic optimizations available at Headquarters."
Lin Qing pondered to himself, "Tomorrow I can advance the Star Refining Skill; after completing the Star Refining Skill, I can try to dig into the Fourth Energy Level genetic abilities of the Heavenly Orb Monarch Bloodline."