Chapter 452 Evidence

However, the experience of that night was actually quite good.

But good times are always relatively short-lived, and before I knew it, it was already the next day—the day of the gathering where all the forces converge.

The location was still the Chicks Base in reality, that large conference room from the last gathering, but this time there were even more people than before—probably because they were all fooled by Summer Jincang’s so-called “meeting about the future” and felt they had to come see if it was about to turn into nuclear warfare.

Although… in a sense, nuclear warfare had already been attempted here more than once.

This meeting was still led by Ling Mo and the others, but it was clear that the mood was not as pleasant as last time; before the meeting even started, many people had already begun to grumble—

“I heard this meeting is about the survival of humanity? There must be some discovery to warrant such talk?”

“We’re not easily scared; if the news you share later doesn’t reach the level of life and death, don’t blame us for laughing.”

“Exactly, just say it clearly; everyone’s time is valuable. We’re not here to play house with you.”

“Since Summer Jincang already hinted at something, it seems Chicks might have already communicated with New Dawn? If that’s the case, I think New Dawn should be hosting this meeting; at least it would be more formal.”

…

Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan just listened to their complaints, quietly waiting for everyone to arrive. Once all were present, Ling Mo smiled and said, “Alright, since everyone is here, I won’t waste your precious time any longer—let’s get straight to the point. We now have results from the scouting mission we discussed before. As long as you carry a piece of demon flesh, other demons will perceive you as one of their own through its scent.”

Pausing for a moment, he continued, “This time, we’ve chosen the city of Shen as our testing ground. That place is now occupied by demons and is even a new Demon Stronghold, though it’s not as extravagant as the castle we saw in Cang Hai City; however, the discoveries in Shen are no less significant.”

Then he didn’t hold back and directly spilled the beans about the world’s truth and other chaotic matters.

As expected, the reaction of the vast majority in attendance was similar to that of Summer Jincang yesterday—basically, they all wore expressions of “Are you kidding me?” Moreover, without Summer Jincang’s sibling trust bonus, most of them clearly didn’t believe him—

“Do you think this is some kind of fantasy novel? Our world is fake? The world in the game is the real one?”

“Are you treating us like children? Do you think we’d believe such nonsense? Even a child wouldn’t fall for this garbage.”

“After saying all this, do you have any evidence to prove your claims? Or are these just your speculations?”

“Survival of humanity… Haha, you better think twice. In matters this serious, not a single lie can be told; otherwise, prepare to be branded as a historical villain.”

…

Ling Mo didn’t refute. He waited for their mockery to finish before looking at a comparatively calm man in the meeting: “I have something I want to show to the leader of the Preservation Group, Zhang Liang.”

Saying that, he tossed over the diary. Zhang Liang caught it somewhat bewildered, and after seeing what it was, he paused, flipping it open after a moment, which made his expression even more peculiar.

This was his diary—more accurately, the real diary of him from the Dark Zone.

In order to make everyone believe Ling Mo’s words, he naturally needed a compelling reason, and they couldn’t be ignorant of this logic. So now was the phase of persuading them—during yesterday, Xia Xinyan had sent someone to check on the original owner of that diary. It wasn’t difficult if they searched based on corresponding locations; there was indeed the same residential community in reality, and the person had not moved in the last two years, saving them a lot of trouble.

Interestingly enough, that guy was also present at this meeting—though the Preservation Group wasn’t as significant as frontline forces like New Dawn, it was still quite influential among secondary forces, as it mostly consisted of survival enthusiasts. The invasion of the game had led them to believe this was a sign of the apocalypse, so they had started taking action early on. Now, the Preservation Group was nearly the strongest in average individual strength among factions; they just fell short in numbers, which left their overall power lacking.

And precisely because they had fewer members, the management of the Preservation Group was rather straightforward; even the captain’s role was one of significant importance in this faction, so it wasn’t surprising for him to be at this meeting.

“Where did you get this?” After flipping through the diary, Zhang Liang asked with an odd expression.

“From your home in the Dark Zone,” Ling Mo replied without changing expression. “You wouldn’t think we faked this, would you?”

After all, they had never met before, and it was impossible to completely imitate another’s handwriting and style. And this diary, although Zhang Liang knew he had never written, he could ascertain this was indeed his writing—very contradictory, yet it forced him to believe. Because this diary was still in his doomsday storage, even though in reality they were far from the point of an apocalypse, he certainly hadn’t set those things into motion.

“This should be the first piece of evidence to confirm the connection between the Dark Zone and reality,” Ling Mo continued, “We were separated from the Dark Zone before its destruction, including this world as well—here’s an even more advantageous piece of evidence. I wonder if you all remember Miracle Day, when everyone’s ailments were miraculously cured overnight, even cancers that were nearly impossible to treat? Back then, people thought it was a blessing from God, and right after that, the ‘Realm of Divine Presence’ appeared. Don’t you think there’s a connection between these events?”

As of now, what lay behind ‘Realm of Divine Presence’ was no longer a secret—because it had itself become one. When the game was first released, it was globally synchronized, and game pods were distributed for free; anyone who applied could get one. At that time, some thought it was just a wealthy game company, but later, as the world began to change, when people looked back to investigate the game itself, they found all records of the game’s release had vanished, even the company that published it didn’t exist, and no countries had any record of this game. Before everyone realized this, people even thought what was happening was perfectly normal.

Combining this with Miracle Day, it was evident that these were not feats achievable by humans.

Thus, Miracle Day itself might just be a breakthrough point.