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"Smaller items with more important value should be moved out in advance. Furniture and the like will not be needed. Even if they are merged, new ones should appear." Lin Moze said.

After that, he looked at the others and said, "Everyone can bring forward any ideas you have. There is no harm in brainstorming."

"Well, I have a question."

A middle-aged man sitting in the back raised his hand.

It was Seiji Kashiwai, the electrician who was brought back by Lin Moze. He has now become the leader of the technical team of the gathering place and is also qualified to participate in decision-making.

After getting Lin Moze's signal, he said:

"You just said that after the renovation, the building will become a castle with a huge internal structure. If this is the case, do we need to dismantle and move the generators under the building?"

During this period, the building's independent power supply system played a very important role.

Although except for Lin Moze and others, ordinary survivors need to apply for specific matters before they can use electricity, even so, even if it is just simple basic lighting, it can give the survivors a great sense of security.

"You don't need to worry too much about this. There shouldn't be any problems with the circuit. At most, there may be some changes. You will need to familiarize yourself with them by then."

As mentioned before, if the Parahuman Devil Fruits are matched during fusion, some positive fusion effects will appear.

A more advanced and convenient building structure, such as a power supply system, is an advantage of the main body itself and will naturally not be erased.

After some discussion, the renovation of the building was finally finalized. Everyone left except Takeo Gotada, who stayed and said to Lin Moze:

"Chief, there seems to be a formidable creature coming from the mountains outside the northern suburbs."

126 Ability Granting

From the gathering place, heading north across the area lined with office buildings and factories, and then continuing north to the Zhuli District, this has always been the main target area for the exploration team.

This area was already known for its chaos, poor public security, and complex population composition before the apocalypse.

But precisely because of this, this place was chosen as the target by the exploration team.

The long-term chaotic public security has caused the population in this area to begin to flow out continuously, and any family with a little ability will try their best to move away from here.

Even other areas on the outskirts of Tokyo are much better than Takedachi Ward.

There are relatively few people, which means safety in doomsday.

Unlike when exploring towards the city center, there is a possibility of attracting a large-scale zombie tide at any time.

Similarly, because public security is relatively poor, supermarkets and some warehouses storing supplies in this area have more complete anti-theft measures.

Relatively speaking, more materials will be preserved.

The third reason is that the population structure here is very complex. The strongholds of some underworld organizations and the lairs of people roaming in illegal areas are also here.

Relatively speaking, it is also easier to find special materials such as dangerous knives and firearms.

The Metropolitan Police Department special policeman named Kakihara Shunichi, whom Lin Moze had devoured before, and the thug named Vashak, almost all the black market merchants' lairs they knew were here.

Most of the heavy-fire firearms currently in the gathering place come from the "selfless" dedication of these guys.

In the past one or two days, several teams conducting routine explorations in Zhuli District have heard the loud roars of unidentified creatures.

The source of the roar was the suburban area in the north.

After hearing about this incident, Takeo Goda went to investigate with the team in charge of this matter today.

It is now basically certain that the roar came from the distant mountains, but the specific location has not been determined.

Because after they tried to enter the forest, they clearly felt a real oppressive force, even to the point where it was difficult for them to move normally.

Even Takeo Gouda could not avoid the influence of that oppressive force.

You know, with his current humanoid tank-like combat capability, ordinary three-star monsters are no match for him at all. And the monster that can make him feel this kind of oppression before even meeting it can basically only mean that -

"Four stars." Lin Moze stated the result of his speculation for him.

"That's it. After realizing this, I immediately led the team back and did not continue exploring." Gangtian Takeo said very seriously:

"It has always been said that there is a huge difference in strength between three-star and four-star. I didn't believe it before, but now I really understand it clearly."

Gangtian Takeo scratched his head. After being transformed by Lin Moze, he was actually a little inflated. After all, that kind of feeling of soaring strength would be difficult for anyone to control.

"It's good to feel it. The gathering place has been developing too smoothly recently. Coupled with the increase in personal strength, many people have become lazy. We need to let them feel the cruelty of the end of the world more directly."

Lin Moze raised his hand and patted the other person on the shoulder:

"But don't be discouraged. I will introduce more strengthening plans in the future. Three-star strength will not be your end."

Takeo Goda nodded vigorously, obviously very convinced by his words.

But for Lin Moze, the appearance of a four-star dimensional invasion monster is not a bad thing.

He has made a lot of improvements to his dragon stance these days and urgently needs a battle to verify his combat capabilities.

However, now is not a good time to actively look for the other party.

He needed a sufficient stage to maximize the battle against the four-star monster.

Before that, the most important thing is still to transform the Lion Center Building.

Only after completing this matter can Lin Moze's subsequent plans be carried out smoothly.

And this preparation took another three days.

......

The fourth day, early morning.

The towering Lion Center building was coated with a light golden hue in the early morning sunlight.

The newly built building was like a lonely giant, silently overlooking the thousands of survivors gathered at its feet.

At this time, everyone had moved out of the building. They formed a huge semicircular camp around the building, densely packed but in an orderly manner.

People have heard that the leader is going to renovate the building today, but no one knows how the renovation will be done and what the building will look like after the renovation.

Lin Moze floated in mid-air, took out the extraction card that stored the power of the "Fortress Fruit" from the panel, and aimed it downwards.

In his field of vision, a suggestive auxiliary light screen appeared.

The scanning light bar passed from top to bottom, generating a light blue selection box that covered the entire building along with the walls and landscape gardens below.

It is demonstrated that in the identification of the extraction card, these can be identified as a unified whole.

"Then, let's get started."

As Lin Moze confirmed his intention, the card in his hand suddenly turned into a stream of light and rushed down.

At first, the change was not noticeable, just faint ripples on the surface of the building.

After more than ten seconds, the ripples expanded rapidly, like invisible fingers gently brushing across the surface of the building, causing the patterns on the surface of the glass curtain wall to begin to twist and flow, as if lava was slowly flowing.

The originally transparent glass gradually became hazy, as if wrapped in an ancient stone shell, revealing a heavy texture.

Then, the building's structure began to change significantly. The straight reinforced concrete columns began to bend and tangle, as if they had life, spontaneously weaving into thick stone pillars.

The originally low wall began to rise rapidly, turning into a thick and solid city wall.

At the same time, the exterior of the entire building is being rapidly reshaped.

Deep cracks began to appear on the originally smooth facade, and hard stones emerged from the cracks, as if rocks had broken out of their shells from the inside.

These stones quickly aggregated to form typical fortress elements such as city walls, arrow towers, and city gates.

The originally flat roof suddenly rose up, and a towering main castle rose from the ground. The bell tower on the top flashed a cold light in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Even the huge open space and parking lot behind the building were now occupied.

The survivors in the distance, after seeing this miraculous scene, instantly fell into a boiling uproar.

127 Ichika's Accident

Lin Moze landed from mid-air and was a little surprised when he saw the majestic and huge castle in front of him.

He originally thought that the building that was fused with the devil fruit would only undergo internal changes, just like a person with special abilities, although the inside of the building was a castle space, the outside was still human.

Unexpectedly, after the Fortified Castle Fruit merged with the building, even its appearance directly turned into that of a castle.

"It's a bit high-profile."

Talking to himself, Lin Moze turned around and glanced at the cheering crowd.

But it's not a bad thing.

In the last days, people do need more faith.

The drawbridge at the castle gate is now automatically lowered, but there is no moat underneath. You can consider digging one when you practice the dragon stance later.

Just as Lin Moze led everyone into the castle gate, he heard May's somewhat panicked voice behind him:

"Ehhhh?! Where's Ichika?"

The sudden shout attracted the attention of several people. Turning around, they found May looking around anxiously, and Miku beside her was also a little at a loss.

Lin Moze immediately stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"

"No, I don't know. I was just walking in while talking to Ichika, but she suddenly disappeared in the middle of her conversation. I..."

May was a little incoherent, and it was obvious that the situation just now had given her quite a fright.

Lin Moze looked at Sanjiu: "Did you find anything special?"

"I didn't find anything. Ichika was indeed talking to Mayu just now. I just turned my head and she disappeared."

Sanjiu was obviously very anxious: "I didn't feel any fluctuations in spiritual power just now. It stands to reason that it is impossible for a monster to attack so silently."

Then Lin Moze turned his gaze to Kato Hui on the other side, but the girl also shook her head:

"No signs of magical fluctuations or hidden people were found."

Things suddenly started to become a little tricky.

Just when he was about to ask Yotsuya Miko and Sunagawa Makoto who were walking behind him if they had seen any clues, his keen perception suddenly discovered something wrong on the ground.

However, at the place where Yihua had just disappeared, tiny but clearly visible ripples suddenly appeared on the rock floor.

These ripples are not as light as water waves, but the heavy stone texture is under the influence of strange power, as if it is gently touched by invisible fingers, producing fluctuations like those that only appear in liquid substances.

The rock bricks in the center of the ripples began to soften, and their texture changed from solid to liquid, as if they were melted by invisible high temperature, and quickly lost their original hard texture.

In the center of this strange liquid rock, the figure of Yihua, who had disappeared, gradually appeared, as if being lifted up from under the ground by an invisible force.

After a while, she slowly opened her eyes, revealing a trace of confusion and bewilderment, and then quickly regained clarity.

"I... came out again?"

Ichika raised his hand and looked at it in front of his eyes, then leaned forward slightly, and suddenly fell forward as if he had lost his balance.

May, who was closest to her, subconsciously reached out to support her, and then the two sisters were stunned by each other.

"Ichika, have you recovered?"

May, who was the first to react, quickly became excited and surprised, and began to touch Ichika's body with her hands.

Under normal circumstances, except for Miku and Satsuki who are biological sisters, and Kato Megumi, Yotsuya Miko and others who possess relevant special abilities, no one else can see Ichika as a spirit.

Among those who can see her, only Miku, who possesses spiritual power, and Yotsuya Miko, who is covered in cursed power, can touch Nakano Ichika.

But now, May really touched her.

Not only that, now Ichika can no longer float in the air like before, but instead stands firmly on the ground.

Just now, she almost fell down because she didn't react to this for a moment.

Lin Moze's biological pulse signal swept across her body and found that her current state was indeed a physical entity. Some guesses emerged in his mind and he asked:

"Ichika, do you know what just happened to you?"

"I just seemed to have entered this castle."

Ichika said this, and then seemed to feel that what she said was not clear enough, and added:

"It's not just walking in, but a feeling that I have become the castle itself. It's a very strange feeling. I can sense everything in the castle and even... control it."

As she said this, she raised her slender hand and stretched it towards the ground beside her.

The originally hard ground seemed to sense her call and immediately began to change.

The ground suddenly began to boil like lava. The originally regularly arranged rock bricks instantly lost their solid constraints and turned into a mass of fluid.

It seemed to have life, rising and spreading rapidly, taking shape in the air at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Under the guidance of Ichika's hand, it condensed into a huge rock palm, more than three meters tall, its shape and proportions precisely imitated the human arm, with distinct finger joints.