My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

In an instant, it seemed as if the sky had suddenly changed color. One moment it was dark clouds looming overhead, and the next it looked as if it had been covered with a layer of blue ice crystals.

No, it's not dyeing...

Chen Haiping felt a chilling aura rush towards him. Visibly, a point of blue light burst forth from the middle of the pitch-black flock of sparrows, and then quickly expanded. In just an instant, nearly ten demonized sparrows were frozen into ice sculptures, and the rest were also affected by the cold air, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Not far away, Yilian's pretty face was serious. She raised her hands high, and an ice-blue, arm-thick ice crystal arrow condensed inch by inch before suddenly flying out, drawing ripples in the air.

The icicle shot into the flock of sparrows, bursting open and sending shards of ice flying, along with a burst of biting cold air...

It's a freezing-type superpower!

Chen Haiping never expected that this seemingly gentle and weak girl was actually an extremely rare awakened individual with special abilities!

Among a hundred awakened individuals, perhaps only one possesses such a special ability!

This was something he was born with, something Chen Haiping could only envy. However, Yilian's strength still exceeded his expectations.

Chen Haiping had initially thought that Yilian was a weak Awakener, but now, seeing Yilian not even batting an eye, yet conjuring ice shards with a wave of her hand to wipe out the group of demonized sparrows, he was deeply shocked.

If someone is just a newly awakened ability user, regardless of the ability, they can only unleash it once or twice before reaching their limit. He had also witnessed the former number one person in the Sanctuary, the one with the ability to explode flames, in action; although the power was immense, it couldn't be sustained for long.

In contrast, Yilian remained calm and composed. Whether it was condensing the cold air into ice crystals or controlling the ice crystals to erupt in a specific direction, it showed that this girl still had plenty of energy left!

Chen Haiping will probably never understand what a professional system, magic, or advanced puppets are. Actually, this is not his fault. Even Tang Yu himself only understands these things literally.

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Elaine let out a soft sigh, calming the surging magic within her.

Compared to Chen Haiping's intense inner turmoil, she was... quite happy at this moment.

Everyone has a different definition of happiness. Some people feel happy when they eat delicious food, while others feel happy when they get a pentakill. But for Yilian, being able to realize her own value and help the lord is something to be happy about.

After the demonized sparrows died, an invisible wave emanated from them, flowing into their bodies like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

In an instant, Elaine's crystal-clear eyes widened.

This is……

She awakened three years ago, but before finding that incomplete magic book, Elaine had no way to improve her strength. Even though she could sense the strange energy around her body, her control over the power of frost was very weak.

After discovering the spellbook, she learned from it the most basic ability of a mage: meditation.

Meditation is the most fundamental way to improve strength. Other professions also have similar methods, which Yilian had heard of. However, the idea that a pure energy would flow into her body after killing the demonized sparrow was something that had always been a fantasy to her.

This power is so pure!

With just a little refinement, it can be transformed into one's own power, which is many times faster than the improvement speed of meditation, and there are absolutely no side effects.

After three years of meditation, her strength had reached the peak of the second level of the Awakening Realm. If she continued at her previous meditation pace, she might be able to break through to the third level of the Awakening Realm in another six months. But now... Yilian felt that if she had just a little more energy in her body that she could refine, she could break through to the third level of the Awakening Realm directly.

This speed is like a dream.

Yilian remembered what the lord had said yesterday: there would be a surprise when you killed the demonized beast, called soul power.

So this is soul power... huh?

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Tang Yu was quite pleased to have dealt with the group of demonic sparrows delivering packages.

These demonic beasts are weak, so the probability of them dropping source crystals is indeed low, but their large numbers make up for it. Tang Yu was still very happy and prepared to start the crystal mining operation.

On second thought, he realized he wasn't alone anymore. He had just formed his first transport team, so calling them over to mine crystals now would be making the best use of them.

Elaine, on the other hand, seemed timid. When she first arrived yesterday, she was bewildered and panicked. She had to tiptoe before daring to step onto the castle's smooth floor. Now, however, Elaine showed no panic at all when facing these demonized sparrows.

Tang Yu understood after thinking about it. Although Yilian was young and had little combat experience, she had experienced a difficult city defense battle yesterday. Compared to her, these demonized sparrows paled in comparison.

Having achieved a successful start, Tang Yu continued to follow the original plan, clearing out the mutated beasts within the resort area while searching for usable items left over from the original shelter.

It wasn't until dusk, when the sky was turning yellow, that Tang Yu returned to the villa area.

As Tang Yu counted the Source Crystals in his pocket, a smile appeared on his face. Next, the most exciting moment of construction had arrived.

Commonly known as the Kryptonite Moment.

Just then, a few survivors came from a distance, pushing carts.

The middle section of the villa area was piled with debris, resembling a small mountain of garbage. Most of these were the remains of damaged buildings, like cement slabs with steel bars stuck in them, as well as many broken utensils. Whether before the apocalypse or now, these were things no one wanted, but for Tang Yu, they were exactly what he desperately needed.

"Let's move everything to the front of Villa Number Three."

Tang Yu pointed to the inner side of the villa area, to Villa No. 3, and further in were Villa No. 2 and the castle. The castle was some distance from the cliff behind it, which was originally a deserted open space. Tang Yu made good use of it and placed the core buildings here, which was also the safest place.

Tang Yu had already planned to make this place a forbidden area; as long as the gap in front was blocked, this place could be sealed off completely. Although no one else could enter these core buildings without Tang Yu's permission, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Tang Yu still separated these buildings in places inaccessible to the survivors.

Before long, several survivors dragged a large pile of waste to the front of Villa No. 3.

Villa No. 3 was already in a dilapidated state, with bullet holes, claw marks, and even charred traces from explosions everywhere. This pile of waste, brought to the front of the villa, made it look even more like a garbage dump.

This is not good... Tang Yu shook his head slightly. After completing the most important core buildings, this territory needs to be managed well. If he wants to develop this place into a sanctuary, its image to the outside world cannot be so bad. He also doesn't want to see such a bad-looking scene every time he comes out of the castle.

After leaving the cart behind and sending the survivors away, Tang Yu called on Number One and Number Two to haul these valuable "waste materials" to the open space behind the castle.