I have a city in another world

Chapter 7055 Methods to Turn the Tide

In today's urban ruins, the environment has become dangerous, so ensuring one's own safety is the top priority.

Without Tang Zhen's instructions, the experienced survivors spontaneously organized themselves to reinforce the surrounding area, set up reconnaissance and defense posts, and prevent dangerous targets from approaching and causing harm.

The main targets of defense are all kinds of monsters and bandits, who will not hesitate to inflict damage if given the slightest opportunity.

It is almost impossible for them to live in peace.

Therefore, the primary goal is to prevent being harmed, and then do other things.

Having fled the city, the group carried a considerable amount of weapons and equipment, which should be sufficient for their needs in the short term, solely for self-defense.

However, if time goes on or if large-scale battles occur, these weapons and ammunition will not be able to meet the demand.

However, if needed, one can try to obtain it, but it will certainly come at a considerable cost.

Although resources are scarce in the wasteland, in these chaotic times, especially after a recent war, obtaining weapons is not difficult.

Although the city is a melting pot of all sorts of people, most of them keep to themselves and don't interfere with each other.

There shouldn't be any major safety risks in the short term.

Once safety is guaranteed, food and other issues need to be considered. Without sufficient food and resources, long-term survival is impossible.

However, this abandoned city had already been searched many times by the survivors, and almost all usable supplies had been looted.

Obtaining enough survival supplies in a limited space is almost impossible.

The existing supplies, even if gathered together, won't last long. Once the food runs out, they'll either have to go elsewhere or be forced to head to the mountain town settlement.

Faced with this problem, the survivors were at a loss and could not find a good solution.

For now, all we can do is wait and see if there's any chance to change our predicament.

Just because others can't do it doesn't mean Tang Zhen can't; the key is whether he wants to do it.

Now it seems that it is indeed time to take action.

Among these survivors, Tang Zhen selected ten men and women to accompany him on his mission.

All ten men and women possessed spiritual roots, though they were not very obvious. It was estimated that, apart from Tang Zhen, no cultivator in the mountain city settlement could identify them.

This world is so energy-poor that those with spiritual roots cannot obtain spiritual energy and therefore cannot condense and form spiritual veins within their bodies.

The ten men and women selected by Tang Zhen were able to absorb a small amount of spiritual energy because they were located near the mountain city settlement and there was a hidden spiritual vein beneath their feet, which allowed the hidden spiritual vein to manifest.

Such a thin spiritual vein requires a powerful divine sense to detect, and the group of cultivators in the mountain city settlement do not possess this ability.

However, Tang Zhen felt that even if these ten men and women were discovered by the mountain city settlement, they probably wouldn't be able to obtain the cultivation resources they needed.

Given the extreme scarcity of resources, which are insufficient even for internal use, how could there possibly be any additional competitors?

If I'm not mistaken, the cultivators in the mountain city settlement should all be from the same circle.

It is almost impossible for outsiders to enter that circle, because cultivation resources are different from money; they are priceless and have no market value, so how could they be easily shared with outsiders?

As an outsider, Tang Zhen didn't have many reservations and did whatever he wanted.

The cultivators they cultivate will one day need to compete and fight for what they have, and their opponents will be those native cultivators.

The cultivation world must compete and fight in order to continue to grow; otherwise, it will remain stagnant for a long time and only become more and more decadent and corrupt.

Only in times of great contention can a great number of talented individuals emerge.

Tang Zhen didn't really care what the world would become in the future; he was just doing what he believed was right.

He gathered ten men and women together and taught them a set of cultivation mantras, instructing them to repeat them periodically. The group didn't understand the purpose of these mantras, but they didn't object to practicing them.

This world has martial artists, cultivators, and various cultivation techniques.

However, cultivation techniques are precious and rare, and ordinary people have no chance of obtaining them. To obtain them, one must pay various prices.

Now, without doing anything, he has obtained a precious cultivation technique, and he is naturally overjoyed and excited.

Not to mention that everyone had witnessed Tang Zhen's powerful performance before, leading them to believe that Tang Zhen's abilities were related to his cultivation techniques.

If they cultivate and possess equal strength, they can survive better and longer in the adversity of the wasteland.

Knowing that this was a rare opportunity, everyone would definitely cultivate diligently and not want to waste this heaven-sent chance.

Unbeknownst to the crowd, the cultivation technique taught by Tang Zhen was enough to make even the most aloof cultivators drool.

It is so advanced and powerful that it can produce immediate results.

Tang Zhen led ten men and women to hunt in the ruined city, killing ferocious monsters and bandits.

What others would avoid at all costs, Tang Zhen sees as firewood for self-cultivation, and also as the most effective means to change his current predicament.

Soon everyone learned that Tang Zhen's purpose in hunting monsters was to attract and absorb their essence blood through his cultivation techniques.

Using this method, one can quickly improve their cultivation level and clearly perceive the increase in strength.

Everyone was both surprised and delighted; their initial worries vanished, and they became even more enthusiastic.

Centered on the temporary gathering area, sweep outwards in a circular pattern, then transport the slain monster corpses back into the building.

In the basement of this building, Tang Zhen ordered his men to build a pool, in the middle of which was a vine plant picked from the grass.

This plant is very common. It has small, dark red fruits that taste sour and astringent, and it is one of the foods that survivors often eat.

Although it doesn't taste good and can easily cause diarrhea if you eat too much, it is still a rare food source when there is no other food available.

What's eerie is that the stone surrounding this vine is covered with all sorts of strange symbols.

Those who saw it were impressed but didn't understand, and they secretly discussed it, believing that Tang Zhen must be a powerful cultivator.

However, no one ever saw Tang Zhen use any extraordinary magic, leaving such speculation without any supporting evidence.

The group that followed carried the monster's corpses back and piled them up in the pool in the basement.

All edible parts have been removed and stored as food reserves, with not a single bit wasted.

Everyone was secretly puzzled by this strange move, wondering what the intention was.

The survivors were used to seeing corpses and knew the dangers they posed; if not handled properly, they could easily cause plagues and other harms.

At the same time, it breeds evil spirits, posing a threat to the lives of survivors.

Tang Zhen, however, did the opposite, transporting a pile of monster corpses back to the gathering place and stacking them up in layers.

That very evening, everyone noticed something was amiss.

Where the corpses were piled up, clusters of phosphorescent flames rose up like insects, only to be continuously absorbed by the vine.

The next morning, the patrolmen were astonished to find that in just one night, the plant, which was originally only a little over a foot tall, had grown to more than two meters tall, and if it grew any longer, it would reach the ceiling of the basement.

The vines are laden with fruit, and a sweet fragrance wafts through the air, making one involuntarily swallow their saliva.

When the news spread, everyone was stunned and admired Tang Zhen's methods even more.