It was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was gradually losing its brilliance. While it still shines high in the sky, the temperature is starting to drop rapidly, and the golden yellow is slowly getting fainter until it takes on a slight orange hue.

With the starting point village as the center, the surrounding area of 10 kilometers is safe. In this area, the probability of survivors encountering any mutated creatures or zombies is particularly low, as Fu Xuefeng and the others have been working hard to eliminate any potential dangers.

However, it is simply impossible to stop the occasional wild animal or zombie from sneaking in. After all, to stop this from happening, it takes a large number of armed men to be around the perimeter day and night; This is simply not possible at the moment.

In order to avoid unnecessary deaths, the total number of survivors is close to 2,000, and they live only in houses near the middle edge. Although on the periphery, they are, after all, ordinary citizens.

Ordinary citizens, those who do not want to do any dangerous work, who do not want to earn a living with their own strength, are in the minority in the village. Most were aristocrats who were willing to work, so they occupied the middle periphery.

Under such a protection system, there are almost zero casualties unless someone goes too far in defiance of the established rules.

In order to further protect the surrounding area, Chen He, Shangguan Bingxue, Kang Lan and others took more than a hundred nobles with architectural experience or strong physique to do heavy work before going to the periphery of the settlement.

Under the protection of three strong fighters and more than seventy armed soldiers, some of the survivors began to dig holes two or three meters deep, while others carried large tree trunks and sturdy planks.

Gradually, a rustic but solid wooden wall was erected, six or seven meters high.

……

At the same time, Bai Ze was in a building behind his villa.

The previous beds and furniture have all been removed. Several walls were torn down, leaving only a huge living room of more than a hundred square meters, filled with many strange things, replacing the previous furniture and appliances.

pliers, fireplaces, hammers of all kinds, anvils of various sizes, large workbenches, etc. The tools are hung on the wall or placed on neatly arranged shelves on either side.

In one corner, a variety of furs can be seen suspended by various ropes. In addition, in another corner, there are several objects of various sizes, shimmering with metallic sheen in the harsh sunlight that penetrates through the sky.

"Not bad. Very well done. Bai Ze walked to the fur and touched it to see if it was dry, and commented casually.

"Can you do things now?" Linglong asked. She looked natural, leaning comfortably on a production table, looking at Bai Ze's back, and a faint smile was hooked at the corner of her mouth.

Bai Ze waved his left arm a few times and nodded, "Yes, I have to hurry up and start dealing with the fur, otherwise it will deteriorate after a long time, even the mana of heaven and earth can't withstand decay, right?" ”

Linglong agreed. "The power of time is still supreme, and only by reaching the fifth order can we be immune to the flowing river of life."

"Fifth Order ......" Bai Ze paused. After thinking about it, he asked tentatively, "After you reach the fifth order, you are what you call a high-level existence?" ”

Linglong didn't hide it and nodded calmly. She explained indifferently: "Putting aside the levelless existence, from the first order to the fourth order, no matter how powerful the existence is, it will eventually die, this is an absolute fact. ”

"Although the lifespans of first-order beings and fourth-order existences are completely different, they will eventually turn to ashes. These beings who cannot defeat time are called lower beings by the divine realm. ”

"......" Bai Ze was silent. He finally understood.

The term "lower beings" is not meant to offend anyone. It's just that in the eyes of those who have overcome time, they are special beings, different from others. That's why it's important to distinguish between high and low.

Bai Ze wanted to ask him what level he needed to reach the fifth order, but in the end he decided not to ask. He was just a pathetic first-order forty-order existence.

What's the use of asking questions that will only disappoint him when he knows the answer? Bai Ze believes that instead of thinking about the future, it is better to focus on the present.

Of course, this does not mean that he ignores the future. It's just that there are some things he can't do.

Whether it is a powerful upper-level existence or a hundred-level lower-level existence that is "merely merely merely a mere being", it can crush Bai Ze with one hand. This is an undeniable fact. Therefore, for him, there is no difference between the two.

Still, he decided to ask one more question. This question won't overwhelm him, but it will at least give him some clues about the overall situation in the universe as a whole.

"Can you tell me how many factions there are in the High Being?"

Bai Ze is not an enemy of these factions. At least not yet. Therefore, he does not care about them; Whether it's one person or thousands, these things have nothing to do with him.

Linglong thought for a moment and looked up at the sky. She looks like a god illuminated by the setting sun.

Just when Bai Ze thought that she would not respond, she replied with some uncertainty.

"I'm not sure...... There may be more hidden existences, but as far as I know, there are currently eight factions of higher existences in existence. ”

Linglong then listed them one by one:

"The Holy Alliance, led by the God of the Bible."

"An army of demons led by Lucifer or Satan."

"Dragon God Kingdom, headed by the Dragon Emperor."

"Immortal bloodthirsty, led by the Vampire King."

"Endless Red Flame, led by the Eternal Phoenix."

"Tianyue Army, headed by the Wolf Emperor."

"The army of evolution, led by the ancestor of the zombies."

"Devourer and Destroyer, led by a beast that claims to devour the stars."