My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

The next day, the weather was sunny.

Tang Yu stretched and walked out of the castle. There was an extra resident here last night, and it felt like the whole castle had become much more lively.

After breakfast, Tang Yu and Yilian went to the small garden in front of the castle.

At this moment, Elaine was wearing a beige long dress, the hem of which fluttered slightly in the wind, exuding a youthful and girlish charm.

The clothes were something Tang Yu had searched for overnight. After all, he wasn't a cross-dresser, and there were naturally no women's clothes readily available in the castle. After taking a bath, Yilian could only find a coat on the rack and put it on. As a result, the scene from last night lingered in Tang Yu's mind.

Although the result of the summoning was somewhat unexpected, Tang Yu had not forgotten why he had summoned Yilian here in the first place.

This is his first follower, and he will also be his most valuable helper.

A mage with A-level qualifications!

"Did you sleep well last night?"

Elaine gave a soft "hmm".

This kind of life was unimaginable to her before, and now she is fully prepared.

Soon, at the lord's request, Elaine demonstrated her power.

She learned two spells from that tattered magic book.

An icicle, an ice storm.

As she raised one hand, ice shards condensed and shot out, piercing the trunk of a tree in the distance. Ice-blue frost spread from the breach, and soon the entire tree was frozen into an ice crystal color.

Tang Yu observed.

Yilian's strength is around the peak of the second level of awakening, which is already quite remarkable. From the contract, Tang Yu also learned some brief information about Yilian, knowing that this girl had a very difficult life. Although she awakened three years ago, Yilian had not received systematic magical instruction, and in her world, there was no such thing as leveling up by fighting monsters. All her strength came from meditation.

Relying on the meditation method he figured out on his own, Tang Yu gradually reached this level of strength. He didn't know the hardships involved, but he knew it was no easy feat.

This strength is naturally inferior to Number One and Number Two. However, a mage has the advantages of a mage. Moreover, Number One and Number Two are just puppets. No matter how high their intelligence is, they can only be used as weapons. But Yilian is a living person with A-level qualifications and unlimited potential in the future.

Tang Yu also had some guesses. Perhaps it was because Yilian had high aptitude and a high affinity for ice elements that her skin did not become rough and dull due to her difficult life. Instead, with the continuous improvement of the elements, it became smoother and more translucent like crystal.

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On the other side, Chen Haiping and the others had already woken up early in the morning and were preparing to start cooking porridge.

In the apocalypse, waking up early is a luxury for ordinary survivors. Since they are never full and there is no such thing as breakfast, they might as well sleep a little longer than to get up and go hungry. At least they won't feel hungry while they are asleep.

But today, they all got up early and were very hungry. Tang Yu had given them a lot of food yesterday, and the variety was great. They could even eat porridge with some cured meat and pickled vegetables. They were already very happy!

Don't be fooled by the fact that they hid in the cold storage room where the grain was stored. Those places only stored ordinary rice. Moreover, they hid in a hurry without any tools. It was already a miracle that they didn't starve to death.

But today... after finishing a bowl of rice porridge, a survivor patted his belly, looking completely satisfied. "It's just ordinary rice porridge, so why does it taste so satisfying?"

"Because you're fat," his companion said disdainfully. "Fat people are easily satisfied."

"Bullshit! Who was it that almost stuck their face into the bowl while eating?!"

A group of people were making a lot of noise, but they didn't seem angry at all.

With energy, they were in the mood to joke around. Even Chen Haiping, an awakened individual, although he used to be able to eat his fill, was not as well-fed as he was now because he was not a confidant of Director Wang Tai.

Only through comparison did they realize how precious their current life is.

Chen Haiping led the survivors to Villa No. 3. Beyond that was the restricted area. Tang Yu had warned them yesterday that the innermost part of the villa area was a no-entry zone, so they naturally had no interest in exploring it.

Curiosity kills people; this is a truth in the end times.

"Why hasn't Mr. Tang arrived yet?"

"Don't call me Mr. Tang, call me Director Tang. We'll be working under Director Tang from now on, so we need to perform well. With Mr. Tang's generosity, he certainly won't treat us unfairly. If Director Tang really establishes the shelter, we'll be among the first batch of veterans."

Tang Yu had already discussed the work with them yesterday. It was simply moving various materials. Although it was physical labor, it wasn't dangerous, and in the apocalypse, there was no better job. The compensation had also been mentioned yesterday; in addition to food, some essential living supplies would be provided, which was quite generous overall.

Previously, they had hesitated, but now they were determined to work diligently under Tang Yu, and their perceptions immediately changed. Although they still felt that the hope of establishing a shelter was slim, no one said that Tang Yu was overestimating himself anymore. In any case, they couldn't leave this place anyway. On the contrary, if the shelter could really be built, with Tang Yu's generosity, their quality of life would definitely improve in the future.

Instead of thinking about it, they were eager to start working as soon as possible.

"Chief Tang is here!"

Suddenly someone shouted.

They saw Tang Yu walking towards them from a distance, dressed in sportswear with a short knife at his waist, and Number One following behind him looking exactly the same as yesterday.

Suddenly they were startled when they saw Yilian following closely behind Tang Yu.

At this moment, Yilian was wearing a beige long dress and a loose hooded jacket over it. Heat was not a problem for Yilian. On the contrary, her years of living in the slums had made her used to hiding herself, even though the jacket could not actually cover her completely.

Several survivors were almost stunned, then quickly lowered their heads.

They may have seen the delicate and frail Yilian as just a pretty face, but only Chen Haiping sensed a hint of mystery about her.

These auras are similar to those of awakened beings, yet somewhat different.

Chen Haiping shook his head, no longer investigating, and then stepped forward to discuss today's arrangements with Tang Yu.

*Splash!*

Suddenly, Chen Haiping heard a strange sound. He paused, looked up, and stared in the direction from which the sound came.

A dark cloud was approaching from the azure sky. Upon closer inspection, he realized that it was not a dark cloud at all, but a terrifying sight caused by countless flying demonic beasts gathered together.

"It's a demonized sparrow!"

Chen Haiping blurted it out.

This creature was created from a native sparrow on Earth, corrupted by the red mist. It is among the lowest-ranking corrupted beasts, and its strength is even weaker than that of a corrupted steel rat.

He became increasingly nervous. These demonized sparrows, apart from being relatively weak individually, often acted in groups and were very numerous. Chen Haiping could see at least dozens or even hundreds of them in this dark mass. More importantly, these demonized beasts could fly!

Chen Haiping was worried about this. Although the armored expert was very strong, he could not fly and did not have any large-scale killing methods. Faced with this group of demonized sparrows, he could not exert much of his strength.

That's very dangerous!

In the blink of an eye, the flock of demonized sparrows flew over the villa area, spotted them, and swooped down like a black cloud descending from the sky.

At this point, the only way to escape was to flee into a sturdy room. However, the flying demonic beast was extremely fast, and it was too late to escape.

"Is there really no other way...?"

Chen Haiping shot and killed two demonized sparrows with his pistol, but the cloud showed no signs of damage, and his heart sank lower and lower.

Tang Yu noticed this situation and his eyes lit up.

The tasks of the transport team have been arranged, and with the addition of Elaine as a key member, the development speed of the territory will undoubtedly be much faster. However, whether the second system building can be built today still depends on the source crystal.

At this time, the demonized sparrows that came to his door seemed quite adorable. He would surely remember the great contributions these demonized sparrows made to the territory.

Behind her, Yilian had already stretched out her fair hand, and the white mist condensed into frost.