My Post-Apocalyptic Territory

These three followers are all quite capable.

Among them, Shay and Winnie are both at the peak of the fifth level of awakening, stuck at the bottleneck of the foundational realm, while Kong is a master of the seventh level of awakening and the body shaping realm.

Of the three, Xie Yi and Kong Tangyu planned to place them in the patrol team, so that after they became familiar with the work, they could lead their own team and expand the land reclamation business.

As for Winnie, as a precious healing priestess, she is naturally there to be moved wherever needed.

It would be good to have Winnie assemble a medical team... From what I've gathered, Winnie is not only skilled in healing magic, but also has exceptional medical skills.

You can't learn healing spells without sufficient aptitude, and while medicine isn't easy to learn either, at least there's hope.

After the welcome party.

On the first day, Tang Yu did not assign any positions to the three new followers, but let them get acquainted first.

Winnie took Elaine's hand and they walked away together.

Shay was also very curious about the environment of the new world.

After learning that the training camp had training facilities, Kong went straight there.

I feel that I should make a table for my followers in the future, breaking down their professions and strengths, so that I can better arrange their work.

However, he's not good at this.

Tang Yu stroked his chin, lost in thought.

After finishing all these things, I finally had time to talk to Luo Zhe about the changes in the territory these days.

"The number of survivors exceeded three hundred yesterday. Apart from food, we have collected a lot of supplies, including daily necessities, medicines, etc., which is enough to supply the current number of survivors in the territory."

"In addition, the construction of the villa area is basically completed. As the number of survivors increases, the construction center of the territory has now shifted to outside the city. However, most survivors would rather live crammed inside the city walls than live outside the city walls."

"Regarding the specific details of the construction, Lord, you can ask Chen Haiping; he has detailed statistics."

These days, after Tang Yu left the territory, he basically handed over all the affairs to Luo Zhe and Chen Haiping.

So far, the two have handled all matters, big and small, in their territory very well, giving the impression that it doesn't matter whether he's in the territory or not.

A faint sadness suddenly arose.

"Wait a minute, the territory's population has exceeded three hundred. I remember when I left, the population had just surpassed one hundred, right?"

How could the entire territory seem to have undergone earth-shattering changes so soon after he left?

When he was in the territory before, did things change so much in just three days?

"The main reason is that a survivor from a shelter joined, which has greatly increased the number of survivors in the territory."

"Oh? The entire surviving population of the shelter has moved here?"

There are still some shelters of varying sizes in the area, though they don't reach the level of the original Shade Shelter or Creekwood Shelter. Most of these small shelters house only a few hundred survivors.

A shelter is merely a place to hide and take refuge; it falls far short of the true requirements of a shelter.

The number of these survivors is neither large nor small.

The shelter director was at the very top of the power structure, wielding the power of life and death over the shelter. Although Tang Yu believed that such a shelter director might not even live as well as the ordinary survivors on his side, for some, it was better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.

It's not something everyone can do to get them to relinquish their power and seek refuge in someone else's sanctuary.

"Because their sanctuary was about to be destroyed by the demonic beasts, they had no choice."

Luo Zhe slowly recounted the events, "This shelter is located in the county town, which is more than ten kilometers away. I led a team to search for it several times before, but we couldn't find it. This time, the survivors of the shelter came out to look for food, but they were discovered by the mutated beasts, and the entire shelter was suddenly in danger."

"...Finally, after the matter was resolved, the survivors were moved to our shelter."

Luo Zhe put it simply.

However, certain words revealed between the lines made Tang Yu realize that the process was not so smooth.

Perhaps, when Luo Zhe and his patrol team rescued those people as the small shelter was about to be breached by the demonized beasts, the survivors of the shelter were grateful.

However, when Luo Zhe tries to bring these survivors to his territory, he will inevitably be obstructed by the original rulers of the sanctuary... even though the sanctuary is no longer safe because of this attack by the demonized beasts.

Some people are unwilling to give up the power they hold.

The apocalypse is a world where people compete for limited resources, not just food and medicine; survivors are also a resource.

The men are forced to go out and gather food, and sometimes they are used as bait to attract mutated beasts. As for the women, needless to say, they can be used for... well, you know.

These are all resources, and if Luo Zhe wants to take them away, he will inevitably be stopped.

Conflict is inevitable.

Of course, Tang Yu estimated that the director of that shelter, as well as those high-ranking officials who were obstructing him, probably had grass growing three feet tall on their graves by now... This was not surprising, as vegetation grows rapidly after the apocalypse, and the grass might have grown to more than three feet by now.

"Yes, that works, simple and straightforward."

In the apocalypse, why bother with reason when you can fight?

Efficiency is the most important thing.

Luo Zhe continued, "My lord, there are quite a few survivors who want to join the patrol team. Since you haven't returned yet, we'll have to put this on hold for now. What should we do?"

"How many people want to join the patrol team?"

"There are probably twenty or thirty people. Not many wanted to join before, but now that they see the benefits, they've all come running!"

He snorted coldly.

Tang Yu pondered.

The patrol team is currently short-staffed and definitely needs to bring in some fresh blood. However, the patrol team isn't a public toilet; you can't just walk in whenever you want.

After all, the patrol team is the shelter's visible security force, so it needs to have a certain level of prestige.

"so……"

"Let's set up an assessment, with a written test and a martial arts test. Only those who pass the assessment can join the patrol team."

Luo Zhe nodded and immediately went to prepare for the matter.

…………

The Green Shelter, though only a few hundred survivors live there.

But as the patrols continued to expand into the surrounding areas, the reputation of the Green Shelter gradually spread.

Many shelters in the surrounding area, including some awakened wild homeless individuals, have heard of Green Shade Shelter, which is known for its strength, resources, and equipment.

Many awakened individuals also came here because of its reputation.

"I think it's been blown out of proportion!"

Two survivors arrived at the Green Shade Shelter on this day.

One was tall and thin, the other was short and stout; it was the tall, thin man who spoke.

"Brother, you can't say that. This place must have good equipment, otherwise we would have come for nothing," the short, stout man advised.

"It's all your fault! Why did you have to provoke that beast? Otherwise, the weapon wouldn't have been lost there!"

The short, chubby man immediately looked as aggrieved as a 200-pound little boy.

As the two entered the Green Shade Shelter, they saw many survivors busily working.

The tall, thin man had already found out how to obtain equipment at the Green Shade Sanctuary.

You can either purchase equipment with Source Crystals or complete tasks issued by the Sanctuary in exchange for it.

He stopped an awakened being who was passing by.

"Excuse me, how do I get to the employment center?"

The awakened one, who was initially impatient, suddenly sensed the tall, thin man's aura. His face paled, his legs tightened, and he pointed into the distance. "It's in the eastern part of the villa area. It's the third villa from the right. Shall I take you there?"

The tall, thin man refused and left with the short, fat man.

The awakened one who was asked for directions and his companion stared in the distance at each other, both looking shocked.

"Those two guys just now, were they the Hammer Brothers?"

His companion nodded. "Yeah, Brother Iron Hammer, he must be the strongest free-spirited awakener in the area. He got his name from his two big iron hammers. It's said that he's stronger than many shelter directors."

"Not only that," the Awakened One who was asked for directions continued, "I heard that these two also went to the Lin Dong Shelter, but in order to become stronger and hone themselves, they chose to leave and live in the wild every day. That's what true strength is."

"Such powerful individuals have come to the shelter, probably to purchase weapons. Quite a few such people have come these days, but I didn't expect even the Iron Hammer Brothers to come. Just how fast has our shelter developed?"

He said with a bitter expression, "If only I had chosen to join the patrol team back then, perhaps we would both be quite capable by now."