The Soul System in the Apocalypse
Chapter 302: The Third Stage Descends (2)

Chapter 302: The Third Stage Descends (2)

But against their expectations, those people that felt that they were going to become crazy suddenly felt that all the pressure that they were experiencing had disappeared. Instead, their minds were filled with a moment of peace.

It was as if all the chaos within them had been eliminated. This gave them a moment of peace, something that made them forget about all the troubles that they had been experiencing. Additionally, they even forgot about the chaos that had occurred within the world, and the changes that had appeared as well.

In no time at all, all of them finally relaxed. Without having anything to care about, they could finally feel what peace was.

But it was due to this momentary peace that they were rendered completely helpless. And as they were just enjoying the peace that they were feeling, suddenly and out of nowhere, chaos erupted within their minds.

This caught them completely unprepared. And the moment that they tried to fight against the chaos that had erupted within them, they were too late. Additionally, since they had already relaxed, by the time that their minds came back to full functioning, the chaos that had erupted within them had already dominated.

No matter how much they tried to fight against the chaos, they were completely helpless. And finally, after a long while, the chaos took control of their minds.

At the same time as this was happening, their bodies began mutating. This change was not something that all those that were observing from the side could see.

It was happening within the body, and outside, nobody could see anything abnormal other than the fact that all the people that had been placed together were now standing in the same position, without moving. It was as if they had been frozen in that position.

Although they were curious about what was going on with these people, none of them tried to approach them. After all, they were not willing to risk being attacked.

But as they continued observing, they suddenly noticed something. The color of the skin of all of them was becoming pale, as if the blood within their bodies was being drained.

After about 3 minutes, the complexion of everyone within the room had changed completely. And at this point, all of them had closed their eyes, without any change of expression on their faces.

Just as those that were observing were wondering what was going on, they finally opened their eyes at the same time. But, the moment that they opened their eyes, all those that were looking at them got a fright of their lives.

The color of the eyes of everyone within that room had changed completely. It was no longer the same color as that that was possessed by humans, but instead, it was completely pitch black.

There was not even a single hint of life within those eyes. They were completely black, completely emotionless. At this moment, staring into those eyes, it felt like staring into the eyes of a robot, simply put, dead eyes.

At this moment, everyone felt their hearts palpating. This was not something that was happening only in a single territory, but in fact, it was happening in the entire world.

Nobody understood what was going on, but they understood one thing, that was the fact that this was not something that was going to be advantageous to them.

It was also at this point that several people came up with their own decisions. And that was, several people decided that they were going to kill this group of people that they had secluded. They were not sure what it was the they were turning into, but, they were not willing to take the risk of finding out.

Even if it was going to be a mistake that they were going to make right now, it was better to make this mistake, than to allow this group of people to turn into creatures that were going to cause them a lot of problems.

But as one could expect, not everywhere, was the same decision made. Some of the leaders of the territories were much more lenient, and still possessed the kindness and humanity in them. And due to that reason, they stated that they were going to continue secluding this group of people, and wait until they saw the results. In case the results were that bad, they would definitely try to kill them. But in case it was something good, they were going to profit from it.

They were not the only ones that made that decision. Those that wanted power also thought that this might actually be a good opportunity for them to be able to gain stronger manpower. So, instead of killing them, they simply locked them tightly inside that place, making sure that they did not have a chance of running away.

As for themselves, they kept some distance, observing, and waiting for the changes that were occurring in this group of people to finish. After that, they would make a decision on what they were going to do next.

But that aside, there were the zombies and the monsters. These two races had been soaked in the bloody rain. And the blood on their bodies had already begun glowing.

At the same time, the killing intent that was coming from the blood intensified. It was at a level that was way beyond the one that was being released by the thick red cloud that was still in the sky.

But of course, the killing intent that was intensifying from the blood was only from the one that was on the bodies of the monsters and the zombies. As for the other blood that was soaking the entire world, it simply began penetrating the ground, just like how normal water would do.

Those observing closely realized something. The speed at which the blood was sinking into the ground was so fast. This was definitely not something that normal blood could do.

It was as if the blood was water, and due to that reason, the amount of blood that had been filling the world, to the extent that it felt like there was a bloody flood, suddenly began reducing at an incredible speed.

Finally, after about 5 minutes, all the blood that was on the ground had disappeared. Additionally, those observing the ground realized that the ground was completely dry, as if there was no liquid there. Additionally, there was not even a single trace of blood on the ground.

The smell of Iron that was filling the atmosphere at that point suddenly began disappearing. And after about 5 minutes or so, the smell of blood completely disappeared. And in the next moment, the thick red clouds in the sky also dispersed.

The sunshine rays landed on the ground. At the same time, the moment that the sun landed on the ground, the intensity of the shaking of the ground suddenly intensified.

At this point, it was as if an earthquake had suddenly erupted. Although it was not of a high magnitude, but still, it was enough to make the world fall into chaos for a moment.

As for the zombies and the monsters, with the blood that was shining on them being exposed directly to the sun, the light intensified. Then in the next moment, the blood burrowed itself within the bodies of the zombies and the monsters.

When that happened, the zombies and the monsters released roars of pain. But still, none of them tried resisting. They accepted what they were undergoing at that point, as if this was just how it was supposed to be.

For those few people that were observing the two zombies that were outside of the two territories, they realized that just like all the zombies, these two zombies had also been injected by that blood.

But, the changes that were occurring on these two zombies were completely different if a person was capable of observing a normal zombie and these mutants zombies.

Unlike the other zombies that still maintained the same appearance although the changes were occurring, for these giant zombies, out of nowhere, skin began growing. And after a while, the muscles that had been exposed was fully enclosed under skin.

Additionally, if a person was capable of observing closely into the eyes of the two zombies, they would notice that at this point, the light and intelligence within the eyes had increased. At this point, the Intelligence of the two zombies had reached the same level as that of normal humans.

This was not something good for the humans. Even the members of the other races, although it seemed that they had already been expecting that something like this was going to happen, they both had solemn expressions on their faces, of course only for those that possessed faces that could express emotions.

The zombies were already strong. But now, they had been granted intelligence. Just try imagining a situation where several silver rank zombies came to attack a territory. But they did not just come recklessly, instead, they came with a strategy on how they were going to attack.

The first problem with defending against the zombies was due to the advantage that they possessed in numbers. But if they gained intelligence, having capabilities of thinking through strategies, the humans, the main target of the zombies, were going to suffer.

As for the monsters, they were just like the normal zombies. Unlike the mutated zombies that had been granted intelligence, the normal zombies only gained an increase in strength. As for the level of strength that they gained an increase in, it was random, not following any order.

It was also at this point that finally, a prompt that had disappeared for over a month appeared in front of every human.

[Congratulations for surviving until the third stage of the apocalypse...]