My Apocalypse Territory

Looking for someone, Tang Yu immediately thought of the sisters Xing Ling and Xing Yue.

Especially Xing Ling, as an Astrologer with a notorious sense of direction, whether it was finding routes or searching for people, she was undoubtedly the most professional.

Both sisters were still in Luoxia.

Tang Yu considered, and decided first to set up the Transmission Array.

Taking into account that the Transmission Array would be needed in the near future to transport materials, Tang Yu did not plan to build it within the castle.

"But the Transmission Array is not planned to be open to the public for the time being, it needs to maintain a certain stability, and there are all sorts of people in the territory..."

Thinking this, Tang Yu stepped out of the castle and looked around.

Most of the original villas in the eastern district of the villa area had been demolished and in some places, brand-new and splendid buildings had risen while many other places were still under construction.

He continued to walk towards the east, reaching the end of the villa area.

Faintly visible were signs of several large trees being uprooted.

Further ahead was a steep cliff, and looking across to the other side, towering black walls stretched to the end of his sight.

This was the place.

He opened the building panel, flipped to the special buildings section, selected Transmission Array, and chose to build.

"Ding-dong! Constructing Transmission Array, consuming 20,000 units of Source Crystal and 2,000 units of Stone. Confirm?"

"Yes!"

Before him, the bare, messy, uneven land was instantly as if smoothed by an invisible giant hand.

In the distance, the Source Crystals stored in the warehouse, together with the large amounts of Stone piled up, were transported here by some unfathomable means.

On the now-smoothed land, a pure white marble with black patterns was laid down inch by inch, and in the blink of an eye, it formed a circle with a radius of more than ten meters.

Around the edge of the small plaza, eight trapezoidal, pointed columns were erected at equal intervals.

On that marble floor, mysterious and arcane patterns were rapidly drawn out, then just as quickly disappeared.

Tang Yu compared this Array to the Array used for summoning followers.

He discovered a shocking similarity—

He couldn't understand either.

Despite his proficiency in Rune Studies being just... at the beginning stages!

Tang Yu took a deep breath, reviewed his account's remaining Source Crystal units, and again felt a pang of pain.

A single Transmission Array cost 20,000 Source Crystals, two would be 40,000 Source Crystals!

Plus, the covert base he planned to keep as a backup also needed a Transmission Array, this wasn't just consuming crystals, it was burning them!

Even with his wealth, he felt a twitch in his eyelids.

Having no choice, Great Lord Tang adopted the technique of diverting his attention, anxiously imagining that once the goods were transported there in the future, it would bring him profits several times or even dozens of times over, which made him feel a bit better.

Tang Yu walked up to one of the columns.

At the top was a slot for placing Source Crystals… If he had not built a warehouse, each time he used the transmission, he would need to fill it with Source Crystals to power the transmission.

These eight columns could all control the Transmission Array, and now that he had two Transmission Arrays, an additional transmission point appeared on the panel, displaying Fort Number One.

Tang Yu opened the transmission function on the panel; in addition to controlling through the columns, he could control through the panel, which offered even more comprehensive functions.

It felt like the difference between a user and an administrator.

[Internal Transmission]: (Selectable) Fort Number One, 1,000 Source Crystals.

[Secret Realm Transfer]: (Selectable) None, searching...

[External Transmission]: (Selectable) None, addable…

[Open/Close Transmission Array]

Tang Yu stroked his chin.

He had already sent a message to Xing Ling and Xing Yue to come back.

Luoxia and his territory were far apart; even text messages sent via contracts often took several tens of minutes to arrive. Fortunately, Luoxia had established a sub-territory, and each sub-territory, including his own, served as a signal base station, making it an area with excellent signal reception.

With the base stations in place, what previously took tens of minutes for text messages now made voice and even video communication no problem.

It was much more convenient than contacting Grey Blade, who stayed in Lindong.

"With the transmission array here, travel is also very convenient, if we don't consider the cost..."

The cost of one thousand source crystals per use was indeed glaring.

Xing Ling and Xing Yue were ready to return at any time. Tang Yu didn't have them use the transmission array but instead return to the territory via Return City Scroll.

"The blueprints for the Return City Scroll are pulled out. The materials are just some demonized beast fur, source crystals, and a small amount of not-so-hard-to-find special materials. The total cost is estimated to be about one hundred source crystals..."

Tang Yu murmured.

For two people to return to the city, that would cost two hundred source crystals. Compared to using the transmission array, that saved eight hundred source crystals!

In the future, if returning from a sub-territory, as long as there are fewer than ten people and no large quantities of goods, prioritize the Return City Scroll.

That turned out to be very economical!

...

...

In the wilderness, a certain abandoned town.

Under the lead of Chen Haiping, Tang Yu, Xing Ling, Xing Yue, and a group of Patrol Team members arrived here.

Chen Haiping pointed at the bloodstains on the mottled walls, "When the Patrol Team was out searching, they found these murdered Awakeners. After a detailed comparison, we identified these Awakeners as belonging to an adventure group that had recently exchanged for several rune equipments."

"But when the Patrol Team found their bodies, their equipment had vanished, and the wounds on the bodies included both blade and gunshot wounds, clearly inflicted by humans. We guess these adventure group members were ambushed here…"

Chen Haiping stepped back a few paces, gesturing towards a distant high ground.

Tang Yu could imagine that perhaps these people had been targeted early on. While dealing with demonized beasts, they were sniped by the enemy. The strength of the robbers, coupled with sneaky tactics, no doubt resulted in this outcome.

"Those adventurers' bodies, out of humanitarianism, we buried them in the nearby land. Do you need us to dig them up?" asked Chen Haiping.

Tang Yu looked towards Xing Ling and Xing Yue.

The two sisters were very professional at this moment, neither losing their way nor having stumbled for several minutes.

Xing Yue knelt at the bloodstain to identify, "Did this battle occur within the last 24 hours?"

Chen Haiping nodded.

"Then there's no need to dig up the bodies, this scene is enough."

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...

About twenty kilometers from the territory, in a county town,

On the rooftop of an eight-story building, about ten Awakeners were chatting and laughing.

One rugged-faced Awakener held a gleaming longsword, flicked the blade with his finger, producing a crisp sound.

"It really is a Demon-slaying Longsword, the sound is different, and this is just the most basic equipment from Green Shadow."

He remarked, with other equipment laid beside him.

Such as the Demon-slaying Battle Blade, Standard Firearm, and a Standard Combat Uniform stained with mottled blood, stripped from a body.

(Soon, there will be one more update)