Doomsday Pillars

After the 40th floor was cleared, of course the option to enter the 41st floor was open. But Alex hurriedly told Evan and his friends not to try it without having a dozen mid stage Sky realm Magus fighters, lest they be completely obliterated.

Checking the condition of everyone including Evan's men, Alex then gestured to them to return to the main hall. As they entered the hall, they saw that the safe room which previously only had 4 panels [Main panel, store panel, skill library panel, and recovery room panel] on it now has a new fifth panel.

Sergei who saw the additional panel was surprised and could not help but exclaim, "That is new! What is that?"

[Core Room]

[Do you want to enter the room?]

This is the room that Alex spoke of and briefly explained at the World Conference 7 months ago, a room that will be the ultimate solution for humanity to survive during the tribulation..

[Yes]

In a split second, a door appeared in front of Alex as he confirmed his intention to enter the room. As he walked into the room, the others who were curious about what this room is about followed him. The room that Alex entered this time was not very large. The room is circular and looks like a spaceship control room in an interstellar film. This room has a large screen on one side and right in the middle of the room stands a shiny rectangular shape object 2 meters high.

"What is this, Alex?" Theo asked curiously because Alex usually knew about the pillar better than anyone and also because Theo was a scientist before he became a priest. This kind of thing that piqued his curiosity was still very attractive to him.

"This is the Spirit Monolith, the main item needed to produce a barrier, the Spirit Shield to protect everyone." Alex explained calmly

"Wow… that is so fascinating." Theo said in awe "How does it work?"

"Wait, let me show you instead of explaining it." Alex said while calling Evan. He then told Evan to put his bracelet on the control panel of the room. When Evan's bracelet touched the control panel, information appeared on the screen.

[ID registered]

[Stage 1 Defensive Barrier is available]

[One monolith is available for use]

[Will you keep it or take it out?]

Evan who saw the information was confused and immediately turned his head towards Alex with a questioning look waiting for his explanation. Theo and the others who also saw the information were waiting for Alex's explanation as well. Alex saw this strange situation unfold and could not help but chuckle and start explaining.

"If you all decide to move and hang on to the pillar, don't take it out. It will be a decent barrier against the monsters with a 10 kilometers range. And if you can enlist more people to register on the pillar and reach the next stage, you'll get an extra monolith to use. It will then increase the range of the barrier if set up around the pillar"

"How many people do I need to get to the next stage?" Evan asked

"When you have 5 thousand registered people, you will get 4 extra monoliths."

Evan nodded his head understandingly as he heard Alex's words.

"For now, just take it out" said Alex to Evan. After he followed Alex's orders, a 2 meter monolith exited from the center of the room. The monolith is in the form of a block with a silvery luster on its surface. Alex then immediately stored the monolith in his storage ring.

Looking around his surroundings, Alex turned towards the group. "Okay, our business here is finished. Let's go back to the town now." He and the troops then quickly return to Mandurah City.

When they reached the city, Alex asked the leader of Mandurah City, Curtin to meet him. He then explained the function of the large tube to Curtin as well as how to use it. Just to make sure Curtin understood, Alex gave the man a simple demonstration.

After a lengthy explanation about the monolith, Alex then said, "Okay, just to be safe and sure. Let me show you how to do it." He asked Curtin, "Can you take me to the middle of the city?"

"My pleasure, Mr Alex. Here is the way." Curtin said as he walked ahead, leading the way.

When Alex arrived in the middle of the city, he immediately took out the monolith object from his storage ring. He then placed the 2 meter rectangular shape object on the ground and installed it. Within a few seconds, Shiny letter seems to glow on the monolith.

[Do you want to activate the monolith?]

[Yes]

[It took 10 thousands spirit crystals to activate the monolith]

Alex then took out one of his few precious red spirit stones and looked at it with reluctance. He let out a soft sigh as he placed it in the opening. 'I hope they can somewhat pay for my spirit stone.' Alex silently thought in his mind.

[Monolith activated]

[Searching for the nearest Doomsday Pillar…]

[Calculating the distance from the nearest Doomsday Pillar…]

[The monolith is too far from the nearest Doomsday Pillar. Strength and range decreased]

[Spirit Barrier activated]

In the blink of an eye, a blue bright light gushed out of the monolith like a waterfall at incredible speed, heading straight to the sky. It continued on its way upwards until it finally bloomed in the sky, spreading out in all directions. Within seconds, a bluish semi-transparent dome barrier appeared and descended onto the ground, covering a portion of the city of Mandurah in a circular shape.

Curtin was surprised when he saw how quickly the dome had formed in a matter of seconds. Meanwhile, the residents of Mandurah City were shocked by the sudden appearance of the blue dome. The residents began to panic, thinking that another disaster was coming. Thankfully, the guards immediately took care of the situation and calmed the residents, making sure nothing could go wrong.

Alex turned his gaze to Curtin who was still stunned and said, "The barrier would only be strong enough to defend against thousands of hellhounds or a group of gargoyles, Since you have more than 5 thousand people living here, I suggest you register them all into the pillar and get additional monoliths to protect more area."

He then looked around, particularly at the barrier and the survivors in the city. As the guards explained about the blue dome and what it could do, expressions of joy and relief could clearly be seen on people's faces. Alex who saw this spectacle could not help but let out a faint smile.

"Remember, if you change your mind and decide to move from Australia, we will definitely welcome all of you to our base in Bali. You just have to find us and ask help through the Doomsday Pillar network, we will definitely come to help as soon as possible." Alex said while still looking at the people, he then smiled at Curtin and walked away.

"Thank you, Mr Alex. I will definitely remember your words." Curtin said with a nod.

As Alex walked away from downtown, Aria and Theo approached Alex.

"What should we do now, Alex? We still have two months before the first tribulation begins."

Thinking for a moment, Alex then spoke, "We should return to Bali first. We can start challenging the top floors with our current strength. I also need to try a few things with this engraving and magic scroll matter."

Hearing his answer, Aria and Theo both nodded.

"Alright then."

Alex and the group then went back to Perth's Doomsday Pillar and contacted the Bali headquarter, asking them to send a ship to pick up the troops. The headquarter informed them that it would take a maximum of two days for the ship to reach the west coast of Australia from Bali. Therefore, in order to spend time efficiently, the group decided to train in the training hall.

Alex gave the group some pointers on how to improve their strengths and remedy their weaknesses which he had seen from the past few days' battle.

When Alex was still teaching, Theo approached him with a sudden news.

"Has the ship arrived?"

"No, Alex. This is news from Jerry in Adelaide." Theo said gravely

Stunned, Alex then spoke, "Oh, what happened?"

"Jerry said something strange is going on with all the zombies in Adelaide city. Yesterday, they started migrating eastwards... hundreds of thousands of them. He was following them and found that they were headed to Sydney."

Alex was deep in thought. In his experience in his previous life, one of the possible reasons for such a large number of zombie hordes to migrate was due to the existence of tier 5 zombies. The strongest zombie who is similar to the monsters they fought in Bali.

"What should we do, Alex?"

"What should we do you ask?" Alex said while laughing, "Obviously we'll join the party. When the ship arrives, we'll head east instead."

"Alright!"

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