My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

After all this commotion, the sky had completely darkened.

"Beep beep! Detection found 213 units of usable wood."

"The test found 549 units of usable stone."

"The test found 198 units of usable iron."

"The test found 535 units of source crystal."

Tang Yu smiled. Such resources were enough to build any building in the workshop and market.

The four core buildings were quickly half assembled.

Standing in the open space behind the castle, one can see the castle lights shining brightly in the distance, standing out prominently in the darkness. However, no demonic beasts have been attracted there. After two days of clearing out the demonic beasts in the surrounding area, there are not many demonic beasts left in the entire resort area. No red dots have appeared on the territory map all day today.

After some thought, Tang Yu decided to first establish a workshop.

Both the market and the workshop are very important, but compared to the market, the workshop can be put into use immediately after it is built. Tang Yu estimated that he didn't have enough source crystals to build a market!

Open the building panel, go to the core building area, select, and build a workshop.

"Ding! Building a workshop has consumed 500 units of source crystals, 100 units of stone, and 100 units of iron. Confirm?"

"confirm!"

Amidst the surrounding hills of waste, countless materials soared into the air and hovered in mid-air. The source crystal in his pocket decomposed, emitting a faint glow, like a long dragon of fireflies weaving these materials together.

Soon, a five-meter-high building with an area of ​​over two hundred square meters appeared before Tang Yu's eyes.

Even though he had witnessed this scene for the second time, Tang Yu was still amazed. It was an unparalleled power. He wondered what the system was all about. Although it could make sounds in his mind, it couldn't really communicate. The fact that he could use it without too many obstacles was mostly due to his gaming experience before the apocalypse.

However, real-world systems are not always the same as those in games. Tang Yu discovered some differences between the tavern and the game, and he could no longer blindly apply his past experience. He might even be at a loss when it came to some buildings that he had never built in the game.

Shaking his head, he realized these things were still too far off. Developing a territory in reality was far more difficult than in the game; at least in the game, acquiring building resources and source crystals was much faster.

He wasn't really dissatisfied.

The workshop's exterior was unremarkable, resembling an ordinary small workshop from before the apocalypse. The previous tavern was similarly unremarkable, not bad, but far from the magnificent appearance of the castle, as if its prestige had suddenly been lowered.

Filled with curiosity, Tang Yu entered the workshop.

The workshop was completely enclosed, with no windows. Only after opening the door and stepping inside did we find that the lights were on. The floors and walls were all uniformly monotonous, and the entire room was empty except for a huge black box placed in the center.

The black box was square, as if it were wrapped in a black shell. There were openings at both ends of the box. After searching around, Tang Yu finally found something that looked like a control panel.

It should be referred to as the control panel.

Tang Yu checked the workshop's function description, which was much simpler than the tavern's. It simply involved putting materials into the inlet, operating the control panel, and finally collecting the equipment from the black box exit.

A level one workshop is equipped with the most basic blueprints, including basic weapons for each class, basic longswords, basic staves, basic firearms, basic daggers, and basic holy hammers. Protective equipment includes several types of gear, such as basic light armor, heavy armor, leather armor, and cloth robes.

Besides weapons and armor, the most important section is the rune section.

Runes are special symbols, inscribed with source energy, and can carry special power. Even the most ordinary sharp rune, when inscribed on an ordinary sword, can make that sword cut through iron like mud.

Although the equipment blueprints provided by the Level 1 workshop are ordinary, they can still bear the power of a rune unit, greatly improving the overall quality of the equipment.

Similarly, the basic blueprints for a level 1 workshop also include several basic rune blueprints.

A basic Sharpness Rune that can slightly improve the sharpness of weapons.

A basic mana rune that can slightly increase the holder's mana.

A basic armor rune that can slightly improve the protective capabilities of armor.

The drawings are few, but the functions are complete.

With enough materials, it's entirely possible to collect a complete set of equipment. Even if it's just ordinary beginner gear in the game, Tang Yu believes that in reality, it would be far superior to alloy weapons, stab-proof vests, and other such equipment.

The materials used to make equipment are similar to those used to build structures, mainly iron and source crystals. If you are making armor, you sometimes need to add some wool, such as the fur of a demon beast.

Coincidentally, there were still some building materials left, and we had also collected quite a lot of mutated beast pelts over the past few days. We couldn't even find a place to use them, and they were piling up and starting to smell.

Tang Yu put the materials into the feed chute and then selected the equipment he wanted to make on the control panel.

It's a mindless operation, very simple.

[Crafting a basic Sharpness Rune consumes five Source Crystals.]

[Crafting a basic magic rune consumes five units of Source Crystals.]

[Crafting a basic longsword requires 5 units of iron, 5 units of source crystal, and 1 basic sharpness rune.]

[Crafting a basic staff requires 5 units of wood, 5 units of source crystal, and 1 basic magic rune.]

[Crafting basic armor runes, ...]

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Lindong Shelter.

Unlike other small shelters that are completely dark at night, many areas of the Lindong Shelter are still lit up.

Wang Tai, dressed as an ordinary survivor, looked at the flow of people, including some Awakened Ones in excellent equipment, and felt a surge of resentment.

He used to be the director of a shelter, with dozens of awakened individuals and countless supplies under his command. But now, he can't even compare to some of the mercenaries in the Lin Dong Shelter!

When he escaped from the demonic tide, more than half of his dozen or so loyal subordinates were killed or wounded. By the time he finally arrived in Lindong, he only had two loyal subordinates left. Elite mercenary teams had five or six Awakened Ones and weapons such as guns, but he had neither men nor weapons. Even the Source Crystals, which were highly valuable in Lindong and could be used as a common currency, were left behind in the original shelter because he was in too much of a hurry when he escaped.

The shelter had been destroyed by the demonic tide; he neither could nor had the ability to rebuild it. However, if he could obtain the source crystals hidden in the villa, he might still have a chance to make a comeback. Having just experienced the dangers of the wilderness, Wang Tai understood that with only himself and his two remaining men, they would likely perish on the way to the resort. Moreover, once in Lin Dong, if he became penniless, it was uncertain whether his two trusted subordinates would abandon him.

Wang Tai's expression shifted between light and dark.

At that moment, a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance walked over from a distance, and a fawning smile immediately appeared on his face.

The middle-aged man was expressionless. After arriving, he simply said, "What you said has been agreed to by the boss. We'll set off first thing tomorrow morning, and I'll be leading the team. I hope what you've said is true. Otherwise, you should know what will happen."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tai showed no dissatisfaction, but instead revealed a look of joy, "Of course, of course, how could I dare to deceive President Lin? It's just that I'll have to rely on Captain Han a lot tomorrow."

Han Jing glanced at him and said, "Sure." Then he left.

Wang Tai watched Han Jingyuan leave, his fist clenching and unclenching.

He certainly couldn't reach the resort on his own, but if he could curry favor with a powerful figure, things would be different. Fortunately, during his escape, he made a significant discovery. With this intelligence, he established a connection with President Lin, a big shot whose influence in Lindong ranks among the top three!

This time, in order to verify the information he mentioned, President Lin even sent Han Jing, a great expert with the strength of the third level of awakening, almost reaching the fourth level of awakening, to lead the team. With such a team, reaching the resort is almost a certainty. No matter how many demonic beasts that have not left after the demonic tide still remain there, and no matter what special situations may be encountered along the way, they will be crushed by absolute strength.

When this intelligence is verified, he will have a real connection with President Lin and an opportunity to leverage his influence in Lindong. He will also be able to use this trip back to the resort to secretly retrieve the hidden source crystals as initial capital for future development in Lindong.

He still has a chance to rise again!