My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

The training camp is divided into five floors, and it has a variety of training facilities inside.

Tang Yu knew that an awakened one with rich combat skills and experience was far stronger than those awakened ones who only used brute force.

Unfortunately, even after training under Luo Zhe's guidance for several days, he was still only a weakling in combat.

He hasn't even mastered the most basic combat skill, the Heavy Slash.

Even though his equipment is top-notch among beginner gear, and his revamped, sharper basic longsword can easily break through the defenses of demonic beasts, his combat skills are a major weakness. He already struggles to fight two or three demonic beasts of the same level.

If it were Luo Zhe, taking on ten demonic beasts of the same level wouldn't be a problem.

But Luo Zhe's years of combat experience are something Tang Yu can't learn. Years of fighting? It wouldn't take more than a few days; he could just give himself a "cool" ending.

Tang Yu was self-aware.

Normally, combat experience can only be improved through accumulation, so he built a training camp and tried an unconventional advance.

He realized that he couldn't survive without using cheat codes.

I will cry if I continue.

Tang Yu walked into the training camp. The first and second floors were the most spacious, and they provided basic training facilities, such as some training equipment that could be seen before the apocalypse. Of course, the equipment here was more complex, with more functions and better training effects.

For example, the most basic resistance bands, punching power testers, etc... Of course, these existed before the apocalypse, but could those devices withstand the strength of the awakened?

That's obviously not going to work.

Awakened beings also need training, especially to better control their own strength. If they have training equipment, the effect will undoubtedly be much better.

Not to mention, training can also improve one's physical fitness. This is like gaining extra attribute points on top of the attribute points gained from leveling up; over time, the gap between awakened individuals of the same level will widen.

Tang Yu had no interest in these two floors. After learning a little about them, he went straight up.

The third and fourth floors have special training equipment.

For example, a high-speed running track may look like just a ten-meter-long track, but once you step on it, you'll find that it's not like that at all. The entire track is almost infinitely long, and while running, you'll feel an unbearable pressure from behind, such as fear and a sense of death, in order to force the user to run fast and stimulate the user's potential.

This is a choice: choose to be exhausted or scared to death.

In addition, there were training devices such as a reaction space, a gravity chamber, and a dream shooting range, all of which dazzled Tang Yu.

He didn't plan to try any of those; his goal was the mental space on the fifth floor of the training camp.

As for the first to fourth floors, he plans to open them to the public.

He had already thought out the specific details: the first and second floors would be open to the patrol team for free, while the third and fourth floors would require patrol team members to spend their contribution points if they wanted to use them... This was part of the patrol team's salary, and these people would then exchange their contribution points for supplies, thus avoiding the expenditure of source crystals.

Not only that.

Once the number of survivors in the shelter increases, the training camp can be opened to the public for a fee. For example, transient personnel in the shelter, awakened individuals who are not on patrol, if they want to train? Want to become stronger? Then pay with in-game currency!

Hunting Source Crystals from mutated beasts is not a sustainable solution. Even Source Crystal mines can be depleted eventually. However, if the reputation of the Sanctuary is spread, it can continuously attract awakened individuals from outside, and then source crystals can be obtained from them.

Outsiders spend money in the territory, then when they run out of Source Crystals, they go out to hunt demonized beasts, and when they feel they are not strong enough, they go to the training camp to spend money... This is a fantastic cycle that continuously generates revenue for the territory, just like harvesting leeks. Tang Yu could almost see his own warehouse overflowing with Source Crystals.

You can only have enough to eat and wear if you rely on others to do the work!

Shaking aside the unrealistic ideas still lingering in his mind, Tang Yu finally arrived at the fifth level.

Compared to the dazzling array of training facilities on the other floors, this fifth floor is quite simple, with only three rooms, each of which is empty except for some incomprehensible runes painted on the walls.

This is the mind access room; each room is for one person only.

Tang Yu entered one of the rooms, sat down cross-legged, and the runes on the wall glowed slightly. In an instant, the whole room seemed to tremble, and his thoughts were stretched out infinitely. When he came to his senses, he found himself in a hazy gray space.

This is the spiritual space, a space that exists between illusion and reality.

There are multiple training modes available here. The most basic training mode allows you to set your own enemies, such as fighting against demonic beasts. You don't have to be afraid of death and can fight to your heart's content. Only here can you improve your combat experience in the shortest amount of time.

In addition, there are endless mode, battle space, trial tower, virtual secret realm, etc. However, many of these modes are grayed out, which means that these modes are not yet available at the current level of the training camp.

Tang Yu chose individual training, intending to practice against a few demonized beasts first. He had never tried this before, and wanted to see how many demonized beasts he could deal with when he exerted his full strength.

suddenly.

"Ding! Lord status detected. Activate Lord-only mode?"

What mode?

Tang Yu was dumbfounded. He had never heard of such a mode in the mental space. It wasn't mentioned in the instruction manual either. Moreover, if he wasn't mistaken, the voice appeared directly in his mind. This wasn't a voice that came with the training camp; it should belong to the system.

He tried asking.

"The Lord's Exclusive Mode is a mode that only lords can use. It is a training environment specially designed for lords. In the Lord's Exclusive Mode, you can get rewards by completing tasks."

Tang Yu ignored this statement.

His attention was completely focused on those two words.

Task, reward.

I was instantly moved to tears!

What's the standard setup for a system? Tasks and rewards, of course! But this damn system doesn't offer a single penny. There's no starting gift pack, no benefits for newbies, and he even had to pay for building his city himself. If he hadn't been lucky enough to find enough source crystals, he'd be dead by now.

He once thought that mission rewards were out of his reach, but unexpectedly, they reappeared. Even if it was limited to the training camp, he didn't care. As long as there were rewards, that was enough!

"Ding-dong! Do you wish to activate the Lord's Exclusive Mode?"

"yes!"

"Ding! Lord's exclusive mode activated. You are about to enter Scene 1 and generate a quest..."

[Task 1: Survive for half an hour, Reward: Skill - Sky Piercing Slash]

[Task 2: Slay ten demonic beasts that are two levels above your own level. Reward: Skill - Instantaneous Movement]

[Note: You can freely choose your equipment before entering the scene; the selected equipment must be basic equipment.]

The scenario has two tasks: to kill demonic beasts that are two levels higher than oneself. He himself is at the third level of awakening, which means he has to kill a demonic beast at the fifth level of awakening. Tang Yu thought it was unlikely to be completed.

But the other task, surviving for half an hour, seems... not too difficult, right?

Tang Yu was tempted. The rewarded skills could be learned directly, and these two skills looked much more advanced than basic skills like Heavy Slash.

The thought had just surfaced.

next moment.

Tang Yu found himself in a large forest. Before he could even observe his surroundings, a sharp pain filled his nerves, and he lost consciousness. The next moment, he reappeared in that hazy, gray space.

"Dead, dead?"

Tang Yu was panting heavily, sweat dripping from his forehead, his heart pounding, his pupils dilated, and he was still in a daze.

This is a spiritual space where, apart from not truly dying, all other senses are real.

He didn't understand what happened during his death, but the feeling of being on the verge of death was incredibly real, including the excruciating pain, which seemed to still linger in his body, causing his muscles to tremble.

In the end, Tang Yu was just an ordinary person. Although life after the apocalypse was difficult, he did not suffer any major harm. He was not the kind of ruthless person who took getting injured as a daily occurrence. Even though he was prepared to die in the mental space, this time, it came too suddenly. That fear and despair were deeply etched in his heart.

Tang Yu spent more than half an hour in the gray space. During that time, he wanted to enter the first level again several times, but he hesitated and did not have the courage to go in again.

Time slipped by unnoticed, yet everything seemed eternal in this gray space.

Tang Yu opened his eyes, closed them, and gritted his teeth...

"Let's give it our all!"

Upon surviving the first challenge again, Tang Yu didn't even bother to look around. He first rolled away from where he stood, and then looked up to see a huge black shadow moving among the giant trees.

It was a large black spider, at least as big as a small car, its mouthparts gleaming coldly, and several pairs of eyes staring coldly at him.

Tang Yu was immediately terrified!

Even if he is fully armed and his sword is sharp enough to break through the spider's defenses, the question is, can he even reach it?

No wonder mission one is survival!

Tang Yu now wants to ask, Brother Spider, can we make peace?