Virus King - Chapter 133

Chapter 133: City-Building Mission! Live Broadcast!

TL: YYang

Live broadcasting was a function available on the forum.

Starting a live broadcast thread would open the post in a live-streaming interface. Normally, publishing a thread on the forum required only ten copper coins.

However, enabling a live broadcast required a full gold coin!

Although live broadcasts could generate revenue through tips and viewership fees, in the early days of the apocalypse, most people struggled to even break even.

Nevertheless, Song Ziqiong activated it without hesitation. Given Chen Bai’s wealth and the finances of the entire settlement, that single gold coin was insignificant!

If the promotion succeeded, it would elevate the reputation of the East Mountain Villa District’s settlement, soon to be known as White Emperor City.

It would be the only one of its kind in the entire Dragon Nation!

Moreover, White Emperor City would one day grow into the largest city in the central region of Dragon Nation during the apocalypse era, becoming one of the hubs for Evolvers. It might even replace the pre-apocalypse status of Imperial City and Magic City!

Chen Bai understood this fully, and it was something he had personally approved!

This initiative had countless benefits without any real drawbacks.

However, the risks of doing so were also significant.

This was a live broadcast.

It wasn’t a pre-recorded video, nor was it an edited clip of a dungeon clearance. It was a real-time stream where everything would be visible to the audience.

Unless there was absolute confidence in their strength, it was an incredibly bold move.

If any misstep occurred, or worse, if the city-building mission failed, not only would Chen Bai’s and White Emperor City’s reputation take a massive hit, but they’d also become a laughingstock.

Yet, Chen Bai was confident!

Having survived decades of apocalypse in his past life, he was well-versed in dealing with corpse tides.

To simply wait atop the city walls for the tide to come would only lead to one outcome: walls crumbling under the relentless push of countless zombies.

Never underestimate the destructive power of zombies, who lacked the concept of exhaustion or death!

Any wall, when directly exposed to a corpse tide, would inevitably fall.

Thus, meeting the zombies head-on outside the city was a necessity for any settlement’s Evolvers.

For Chen Bai and White Emperor City, this was no exception.

As the zombie tide surged like a flood in the distance, the city gates opened wide, and numerous figures stepped out!

There were only a thousand of them.

But the geographical advantage of the East Mountain Villa District became evident here.

The only exit from this area was East Mountain Highway. Unless the zombies climbed through the mountain forests—an improbable feat even for humans, let alone the stiff-limbed undead—this single highway served as a bottleneck.

Thus, despite the seemingly endless waves of zombies, their assault was funneled into a narrow passage. Encirclement was nearly impossible.

This choke point was the critical advantage of the terrain.

For this reason, even a mere thousand Evolvers might not be a hopelessly overmatched force against the sea of undead.

Chen Bai turned back to look at his team and smiled, though his bird-beak mask concealed the expression:

“Follow me into battle! With me here, you can fight without fear! This slaughter isn’t just for me or for the settlement—it’s for yourselves! By now, you should understand the rules of this apocalypse game.

“These zombies may look terrifying, but they’re nothing more than punching bags for us to farm experience! So, kill!”

“Kill!”

The thousand-strong team of Evolvers roared, their voices echoing thunderously, drowning out even the deafening howls of the zombies.

Among this group were those who had known Chen Bai from earlier days, as well as those who had recently joined the Evolver squads.

Yet at this moment, Chen Bai’s name and his charisma were already more than enough to lead them!

On the city wall, someone watched the group leaving to confront the corpse tide with a complex expression. Their eyes betrayed both anticipation and excitement.

The cohesion of humanity in a settlement could sometimes be straightforward and other times highly intricate.

Management was a discipline in itself.

However, many situations could not be resolved by management alone.

The forum was far from tranquil.

Even though the number of Evolvers had stabilized and forums were now divided into national regions, faction-specific sections, and even international forums, the pace of updates had become extremely rapid as posting copper coin costs were no longer prohibitive due to the increasing strength of Evolvers.

Yet, amidst the dynamic activity, a sudden message appeared on the forum, leaving everyone momentarily stunned.

[Evolver ‘Zi’ has started a live broadcast. The stream is titled: “Live Broadcast of the First Apocalypse City-Building Mission…” If interested, come take a look!]

This notification popped up as a minor perk for being the first Evolver to use the Cosmic Will’s live streaming feature.

…

[What the heck?! Live broadcast?]

[What kind of crappy broadcast is this? They’re charging an entry fee of one copper coin?!]

[You above—posting nonsense on the forum already costs 10 copper coins. This is the first live stream, and they’re only asking for one copper coin, and you’re still complaining?]

[What the hell, city-building?! It’s only been about ten days since the apocalypse started, and someone’s already building a city?! Did they get advance notice or something?!]

[Wow, Jiangcheng again! And that White Emperor guy?!]

[This streamer is probably connected to the White Emperor, if not the White Emperor himself. Damn it, how are these people pulling this off? I just checked—starting a live stream costs a whole gold coin! That’s equivalent to a whopping ten thousand copper coins!]

[What the—! Stop whining and get in the live stream already! It’s incredible!]

…

“Incredible?”

Everyone was momentarily puzzled. Then they stopped wasting time, clicked on the newly posted live stream thread, and entered.

The screen gradually cleared. The perspective appeared to be from a woman’s point of view.

As the angle adjusted, everyone could finally see what was happening before them.

Towering city walls over ten meters high!

Below, the terrain stretched out, and even from atop the wall—or even higher vantage points on the mountains—the terrifying corpse tide seemed endless and impossible to measure.

And in front of this tide, a lone figure stood—thin but far from insignificant.