My Apocalypse Territory

He maintained his composure as he stepped on the stones floating on the surface of the water, advancing step by step. With every step he took, runes beneath his feet lit up. As soon as his rear foot left, the runes dimmed and their luminance faded away.

Gradually, the pressure became more and more intense. The Source Qi pond within his body churned like a tempestuous sea, ceaselessly rolling.

Back in the Holy City, the effect of Source Power refinement by the un-restored "Moonlight Waterfall" had been negligible for him. Yet at this moment, having reached only one-third of the way, the immense oppressive force made it difficult for him to catch his breath, to take another step forward, while his Source Power was already autonomously operating at high speed, yielding an excellent refinement effect—considering that his own Source Power quality was already far superior to peers of his level.

It was not in vain that I spent a great cost to move the "Moonlight Waterfall" back here.

Tang Yu stepped out of the refinement state, muttering to himself, "The Moonlight Waterfall is still mostly damaged. Some materials could be exchanged with Beiting, or even with the Ancient Spirit Royal Family and other powers, but at most that would allow for further partial repairs."

Exchanging materials wasn't difficult. He had only recently sold some goodwill, helping most of the Transcendents successfully escape. Making a deal with friends wasn't freeloading; these major powers wouldn't refuse.

What worried him was that even the top powers on Earth lacked the materials needed to repair the "Moonlight Waterfall."

And that possibility was quite significant.

Now that the Source Star had only just revived, minerals, plants, strange materials, etc., couldn't compare to the glory days of yore. And from what he understood, even during the heydays of the Source Star, not all materials could be found there—some came from beyond the Source Star.

"Perhaps some offbeat materials could be found along the shattered Star Road, and more may need to be sought from Alien Planets?"

Tang Yu recalled the Teleportation Array he had discovered at "Station 2269," which was still being deciphered. There were also some aspects of the Transmission Arrays within his territory that he hadn't figured out yet.

"Forget it, the priority now is to list out the urgently needed materials and have Chen contact Beiting for a trade... However, Beiting and the other Transcendents are still in Australia at the moment, and I have no idea when they'll return to their respective Territories."

At this thought, Tang Yu felt as if he had forgotten something.

It didn't seem very important, so he shook his head and decided not to dwell on it.

...

Australia.

A pitch-black night.

A shooting star swiftly streaked across the sky, and soon after, two even brighter orbs of light fiercely pursued it. The outward blasts of Source Power shot out like lasers, striking the ground, mountains, or exploding in the air.

Thunderous booms echoed.

Yan Dingtian concentrated all his awareness on the Transcendent Force Field, propelling his flight at full speed.

The Return City Scroll he carried was ready to be activated at any moment, but he hesitated.

"Returning too early might be seen as a sign of insufficient strength. But if I can drag it out a bit longer, when I eventually return, I can claim that I was fighting against two, or even three, managed to hold out for a while, and only retreated when slightly overpowered."

Yan Dingtian mused, "This way, it could be counted as a decent record of combat, couldn't it?"

He was just uncertain about how long he should delay.

Battles between Transcendents could last three days and nights without surprise.

And yet, only an hour or two had passed.

"Hold on to the end!"

Old Yan encouraged himself, glanced back at the two Transcendents pursuing him, wrapped his whole body in a force field, and biu~ shot toward the unknown depths of the distance.

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...

The following day,

Tang Yu arrived at the second Return City Point to inspect the cultivation treasures that had been packed and brought back.

There was a "Source Power Pool," "Inheritance Land," "Trial Arena," and so on, ranging from the size of a small room to jagged small hills, quite conspicuous. They were all piled up around the Return City Point, yet to be allotted.

Or to be more precise, he lacked the Source Crystals for allotment.

The costs for setting up and repairing the "Moonlight Waterfall" alone amounted to over ten million Source Crystals; a Level Six Territory could be upgraded several times with that amount.

The Crystal Storage was suddenly depleted by a large portion, forcing Tang Yu to slow down.

A wait of a few days.

The income for the Territory was currently high. Equipment, items, Potion sales, Martial Arts Hall course fees, training camp fees, housing rent and sales, train and Floating Airship passenger revenue, Sanctuary commercial taxes, adventurer guild commission cuts, and so forth.

Each was an industry of the Overlord Level. Adding it all up, the daily net Source Crystal income of the Territory reached over a million, though the expenses were significant as well—defense structures, various Corps, departments, and other maintenance projects... after calculations, the net income still exceeded six hundred thousand Source Crystals.

A day's worth could match the net income of a typical large Sanctuary for half a month.

And that didn't include major transactions.

Tang Yu pondered whether he should do more business with Beiting or perhaps open a few more "leek fields."

The "Inheritance Land" was similar to a tavern, its core being the Inheritance Crystals inside. However, due to the urgent situation in the Holy City previously, there wasn't enough time to dismantle them, so the entire "Inheritance Land" was moved as a whole.

"This doesn't need to be repaired. When there's time, I'll try out these inheritances. Maybe I can inherit a set of professional legacy equipment like Eileen did. That stuff is more useful than transcendent divine weapons, can be integrated into the soul, and even has growth potential."

The first treasure site was passed over. Glancing at the system panel, he saw there were still tens of millions of Source Crystals in reserves. Tang Yu's gaze fell on the "Source Power Pool," an important cultivation treasure land.

To be precise, there were several... which had been violently dismantled in the Holy City.

The already faulty "Source Power Pool" had taken a direct hit.

Fortunately, while dismantling, they had consulted Kevin's opinion and avoided the core components... Dismantled parts could be put back together and still be usable. It wasn't too bad.

He understood the function of the "Source Power Pool" well; it consumed vast amounts of energy. In the future, the "Moonlight Waterfall" could be opened to outsiders to earn some extra money, but definitely not the "Source Power Pool."

Its footprint wasn't large, so Tang Yu decided to place it near the back mountain · Cultivation Holy Land No.1.

It would save the hassle of running back and forth for cultivation later.

Next came the daily miracle.

The old survivors, while amazed, had also grown accustomed to it. Some even jokingly called the Sanctuary "Miracle's Green Shadow."

A large group of Awakeners who had just arrived at the Sanctuary felt they now had something to boast about after witnessing it.

The "Source Power Pool" was smaller than the "Moonlight Waterfall" and suffered less damage, consuming "only" 6.6 million Source Crystals.

After the busy work, Tang Yu opened the system panel and as expected, found that the telekinesis value line below the Source Power reserves had risen significantly, already exceeding 1.2 million.

The increase in the permanent population within the territory also resulted in a faster rise in the regular telekinesis value.

He had speculated this earlier.

A level 7 territory should, like a level 4, present a significant change. Relative to the current situation, it would likely offer a substantial improvement.

Indeed, the death of the transcendent member of the Devil Race had again turned the Alien Races into disarray, yet Tang Yu was clear as glass in his mind. The power of the Alien Races still far exceeded humanity's. They might not unite completely, but an alliance of two or three races was enough to threaten any top power in the world.

This major event would inevitably put Green Shadow on the radar of the Alien Races. It was uncertain when they might be attacked.

He wished to make the Territory a true place of refuge, unwilling to see even a blade of grass, a piece of wood, a flower, or a rock damaged when disaster struck.

He did not want to end up repelling transcendent Alien Races only to have his land reduced to ruins.

Nor did he ever want to be in a position where his only option was to flee and survive by cutting losses.

He urgently needed to improve.

In a short period of time, Winnie, Luo Zhe, including himself, were all likely to step into the transcendent realm.

And with a territory upgrade, home ground advantage in battle would be even greater.

He already exceeded the telekinesis value requirement, but it was the territory's fitting degree that was blocking the upgrade conditions.

"Uh... wait, the fitting degree of the territory increased by 2.33%?"

Tang Yu remembered clearly, but it seemed he hadn't done anything just now.

The fitting degree of the territory was elusive, with no clear method for its improvement. It had been a considerable bottleneck when upgrading to a level 5 territory.

He reflected,

The notable thing he had done this morning was the placement of the "Source Power Pool."

Placement?

Wait!

When the "Source Power Pool" was being moved, his perspective had risen infinitely high, as if viewing the entire territory from God's Eye View.

Similar to the mysterious feeling he had when he first upgraded, he became intimately familiar with every inch of land within the territory. In this state, he could easily create "custom buildings" anywhere, which significantly improved his control over the territory compared to normal circumstances.

"So that means..." Tang Yu looked toward a few "new special buildings" near the Return City Point, his eyes filled with a different light, "If I enter the 'building placement' state a few more times, it's very likely that I can increase the fitting degree to the level required for upgrading."

However,

The demand for Source Crystals was substantial.

How to upgrade? Only by Consuming Crystals!