Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday

Chapter 228: Completing the Barrier

[Previoue barrier progress: 69%]

System’s notification was followed by a deep inhale from Grace. She stared at the dark sky above, watching as the usual invisible and silent barrier shimmered slightly as it probably sensed her power.

It was half past seven in the evening and she was currently at the rooftop of the tallest apartment building in Greenstone.

While she had spent the past several months focusing on bringing new survivors into Greenstone, killing infected, and

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It didn’t take long before Grace realized that the process of reinforcing the barrier was much more complicated than simply expanding it.

Now that the foundation was in place, she had to fuel it, give it a power source that would increase its durability.

Fortunately, 2025 was the to guide her.

[Recommendation: Infuse the barrier with energy sources matching elemental attributes.]

That meant using Spirit Stones. Specifically, high-level Spirit Stones infused with elemental powers. She could already guess that the stronger spirit stone she would use, the stronger the barrier would be.

The problem? She had only found one Level Six stone so far.

She needed more.

And that meant hunting.

However, finding high level Spirit Stones was not an easy task, especially when it took her over seven months to find just one Level Six stone.

The moment 2025 made the suggestion, she knew that it wouldn’t be anytime soon when she would be able to find a strong enough spirit stone. Thus, while she conti used looking for one, she also used her thought creation power to strengthen the barrier as much as she possibly could.

While she had a Level Six Spirit Stone, she didn’t use it in the barrier for several reasons.

First - it was the only high level stone she had in possession and 2025 was still running research on it. Second - it could come handy in some other serious situations. Third - Greenstone wasn’t in any direct threat that would have required the protection of an energy barrier.

Over the next few weeks, Grace led multiple hunting expeditions into the dangerous zones outside Greenstone.

She and her team tracked down mutated Beasts, each more powerful than the last. At this point of time, some of these beasts had already started developing elemental abilities that originated from their Spirit Stones. This made it easier for them to locate the beasts that were carrying the stones.

Each battle was grueling, and each victory was hard-earned.

But each Spirit Stone they collected brought them one step closer to their goal.