My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

look up.

The sun hangs high in the sky.

In a small village not far from the territory, several young people were panting and looked terrified.

"That was...it was so dangerous! I could even smell the stench of that mutated wolf. I felt like I was going to die right there!" A young man with glasses said, still shaken.

A young girl next to her was already slumped on the ground. "You're lucky. I almost got pounced on by that stinky wolf."

The girl had freckles on her face and was only of average appearance. She was disheveled, but when she was panting heavily and something on her chest was heaving up and down, she still had a certain charm.

"We still have to thank Senior Brother Xiaopeng. He truly deserves to be called an Awakener."

"That's right!" Lu Xiaopeng smoothed his messy hair and assumed a boxing stance. "I'm a naturally awakened one, much rarer and stronger than those who rely on auxiliary devices to awaken! How could ordinary demonic beasts be a match for me..."

"But Senior Brother Xiaopeng didn't beat that demonized wolf, did he..." the girl with spots suddenly said weakly.

Lu Xiaopeng's face immediately fell.

When he first awakened, he was full of vigor, fantasizing about punching the demonized wolf and kicking the demonized tiger, and step by step reaching the peak of the awakened. But reality still gave him a head-on blow.

Thinking back to the demonized wolf he had just encountered on the road, he didn't think it was that strong, but he just couldn't beat it.

Even though his eyes could keep up with the speed of the demonized wolf, he just couldn't avoid it. Despite the powerful physique of an awakened being, he still suffered multiple injuries. If it weren't for that, the group wouldn't have been forced to flee in such a sorry state.

Fortunately, after escaping for a while, they finally shook off the demonized wolf and haven't encountered any other demonized beasts yet.

After resting for a while, they began to look around at their surroundings.

It was a quiet village, and it didn't seem like any demonic beasts had been around. The group breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where should we go next?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked bewildered. Someone sighed, "Yes, before we could just follow the main group, but now, after getting separated from the main group, we not only lost our direction, but our safety is also not guaranteed. If it weren't for Senior Brother Xiaopeng's awakening this time, we'd probably still be hiding in that dark place."

Their food supplies were dwindling, and continuing to hide would only prolong their deaths. They could only head to the shelter; once they stepped out of their hiding place, they would realize the dangers outside. Not only did they not know the way to Lin Dong, but the mere few dozen kilometers were enough to fill them with despair.

"Wait, look over there!"

The student wearing glasses suddenly pointed into the distance. The group looked up and saw an ordinary bungalow, no different from the other houses in the area, all in a dilapidated state.

"It's nothing..." Lu Xiaopeng's nonchalant gaze suddenly stopped. He stared wide-eyed at the large characters painted in black on the wall of the bungalow.

"Green Shelter, located 3.5 kilometers to the northwest, offers abundant food and a safe living environment. Survivors are welcome to come."

Green Shade, originally the name of a resort.

Most shelters after the apocalypse retained their original names; for example, the Lindong Shelter was built on the site of Lindong County.

Since Tang Yu named it "Muscle Weakness," he naturally continued to use the original name of the shelter.

The name isn't important; what matters is whether it can attract survivors. Compared to many other shelters like Hot Pot City Shelter, Third Subway Exit Shelter, and Dafafa (Supermarket) Shelter, the word "Green Shade" is... well, it's alright.

Lu Xiaopeng read the words aloud, and the group looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Green Shelter? Is this a shelter nearby?"

"How could a shelter sign be placed in a place like this? It just feels so unreliable!"

"The handwriting is a bit ugly, but it should be true. Green Shade... I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before. Oh right! There's a Green Shade Resort nearby, which should be the shelter mentioned on the road sign."

After discussing it, the group decided to go and take a look at this so-called Green Shade Shelter.

With no food and no strength, they would never be able to go to the Eastern Shelter in this lifetime, and could only visit this Green Shade Shelter.

The village was not far from the shelter, and they rarely encountered any demonic beasts along the way.

Lu Xiaopeng and his classmates, relying on their extensive experience in dodging mutated beasts, made their way through the dangers without any real incidents, and finally arrived at the entrance of a resort.

Here, the words "Welcome to the Green Shelter" are painted in large letters as well!

however.

They looked at the resort; half of the gate had collapsed, and the surrounding walls looked as if they had been trampled by a ferocious beast, almost unrecognizable from their original state.

"There's a shelter here?!"

Lu Xiaopeng yelled, feeling like he had been deceived.

"That's not right." The student with glasses noticed something else. "Look over there, there's barbed wire and destroyed firearms. Maybe this really was once a shelter."

The others also understood the unspoken meaning in their classmate's words: the fact that it had existed before meant that it no longer existed. Combined with the current tragic situation, everyone seemed to see a scene before their eyes—the horrific scene of the shelter being breached by the demonized beasts.

"Should we still go?" The girl with spots was a little scared. She felt that there might be a terrible demonic beast lurking deep inside this resort.

In the end, Lu Xiaopeng made up his mind, "Let's go in and take a look. I don't think it's very likely that there are any terrifying demonic beasts here. Don't you guys think we've seen fewer and fewer demonic beasts along the way?"

These students were just ordinary people, and naturally, they weren't very brave. Every time they saw a demonic beast in the distance, their hearts would skip a beat, and they didn't even notice how many demonic beasts they had encountered along the way.

Lu Xiaopeng was different. He was an Awakened One to some extent, even if he was an Awakened One who couldn't even beat a demonized wolf. He still had power, so he was naturally calmer. Although he didn't count how many demonized beasts he encountered along the way, he could tell that the frequency of encountering demonized beasts was indeed getting less and less.

The student with glasses thought for a moment and said, "I also agree to go in and take a look. Even if the shelter here no longer exists, we still have a chance to find some food."

Several people walked into the resort.

The surrounding resorts have only cleared away the mutated beasts; most areas remain as they were—collapsed houses, congealed blood, and some limbs that hadn't been cleaned up yet.

Lu Xiaopeng and his classmates were a little pale, but thankfully, this wasn't the first time they had seen such horrific scenes, so they felt... alright!

Some people have noticed something unusual.

"Look, there are tire tracks here, and over there, that's the corpse of a mutated beast. Some parts have already been removed. There really are survivors here!"

"And over there, there are signs of cleanup. It seems that the shelter survived the crisis, but judging from the surrounding environment, the shelter has obviously suffered great damage and is probably not very safe anymore."

They wanted to go to a shelter, and most importantly, they wanted to find a place that was safe enough.

This place is almost completely destroyed. Even if there are survivors, can it still be called a sanctuary? This place was clearly hit by a demonic tide before. Does that mean that in the future, this place may very well be hit by another demonic tide that it cannot resist?

For a moment, they all had this thought.

Since they were already here, and there were survivors, they decided to observe the situation first, regardless of whether they wanted to stay or not.

The group continued forward, and the deeper they went into the resort, the more traces of human activity they could see. By this point, the surrounding area had obviously been cleared, and there were no more corpses of mutated beasts or humans to be seen.

But they still found it strange that they hadn't seen a single person.

"Listen, there's a sound!" Lu Xiaopeng whispered, then pointed to a corner not far away.

Sure enough, strange sounds could be heard intermittently from somewhere out of sight.

Is it a survivor, or a demonized beast?

They proceeded cautiously, and finally, at the corner, they peeked out and saw what was happening not far away.

Those were two unknown "species," their bodies wrapped in black iron sheets, their torsos round and spherical, their arms several sizes larger than normal human arms, exuding a powerful explosive force.

The tin monster was holding a longsword and swung it forcefully, splitting a huge rock in two. The rock crashed to the ground with a thud, but the tin monster did not stop. It continued to swing its longsword, cutting the huge rock into smaller, more appropriately sized pieces.

The whole process was crisp and efficient!

That seemingly ordinary longsword was like a divine weapon, cutting into the stone without any resistance. Lu Xiaopeng could even clearly see that the cut part of the stone was as smooth as a mirror!