My Apocalypse Territory

A month later,

Tang Yu had stabilized his realm in the Transcendent Domain and began to gather the Source Power Core.

Nancy made the fastest progress; with the help of the "Pure Source Power Pool," she formed her third Source Power Core half a month ago.

The formation of the first three Source Power Cores is a laborious task. Besides needing to absorb a large amount of Source Power, there is no other difficulty. Many transcendent beings, until the end of their lifespan, have still not managed to form a Source Power Core because they either lack resources or are not diligent enough.

Merging the three Source Power Cores allows one to advance to the Second Tier of the Transcendent Domain.

This step is quite challenging.

Nancy did not plan to break through immediately. While ensuring the stable operation of the first three Source Power Cores, she was attempting to form the fourth.

Eileen, who was second in progress, had also formed her third Source Power Core two days ago.

Kong, Red Moon, Luo Zhe, and others have stepped into the Senior Transcendent Domain.

Tang Yu's own progress was slow, not due to a lack of talent but limited resources… He did not rely on conventional combat power for survival; ensuring his self-protection was enough. However, his followers, who were frequently fighting with alien race transcendents, needed to enhance their combat power more urgently.

As for the high-purity Source Crystals used as raw materials, they have always been scarce. Even among the other top nine forces, it is not possible to purchase them, and bartering goods is the most one could do. This led to the "Pure Source Power Pool" being charged for ten hours and operated for only half an hour.

This month, no transcendent traces appeared around Green Shadow. The Beiting Defense Circle, Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital, and other places, however, suffered frequent transcendent attacks. Luo Zhe and others had to support Beiting several times over the month. The Transmission Array was no longer a secret—after all, Return City Scrolls had been made public long ago.

But perhaps due to concerns about humanity's ace up the sleeve, the alien race's attacks are more probing, using the Demon Tide and Catastrophe Level Demonized Beasts to test, and more often than not, their transcendent combat power served mainly to intimidate.

In the Sanctuary, however, Green Shadow and the alien races fought several tough battles.

Initially gaining no advantages, the alien transcendent beings active in Holy City were numerous. Luo Zhe and the others adopted guerrilla warfare tactics until… Tang Yu established a Sub-territory on the ruins of Holy City.

Using telekinesis, he expanded the originally narrow coverage area of the Sub-territory by a factor of two and gave administrative permissions to Luo Zhe and others through the "authority-granting function."

There were many types of territory permissions. The one Tang Yu activated for his followers allowed them the use of "source qi within the territory domain." Though not as complete as his control, it nonetheless allowed them to augment their strength with the majestic force of the heavens and earth, akin to the Elves.

The only pity was the relatively small area of the Sub-territory, meaning the borrowed Source Power was limited.

With the aid of the territory and numerous upgraded defensive structures, they finally turned the tide in the Sanctuary, continuously clearing out the alien transcendents from Holy City.

While high-end battles roared on Origin Star, ordinary shelters and gathering places led tranquil lives.

The majority of people could not enter Holy City and were unaware of the alien existence. Over the months, they gradually fortified their gathering places into solid fortresses, leading comfortable lives therein.

Tang Yu felt a sense of urgency.

In as soon as three months, or at most five to six months, the Devil Race transcendents, including the Pseudo Holy Demonized Beasts, would crossover again. This time, the lineup might be even more luxurious.

They would not be able to withstand it.

Journeying to an unknown otherworld, whether to seek means to become stronger or to keep a fallback option, was imperative.

However, he was not yet prepared.

Under the ample supply of resources, Nancy, Eileen, Luo Zhe, and others were still in a period of rapid advancement.

"Unnamed World One and Unnamed World Two both have dangers, but they should be within bearable limits."

Tang Yu was unclear about the situation on the other side of the Transmission Array; during this period, he had continuously sent Puppets to scout.

He stuck to the old routine, having the Puppets use Return City Scrolls, but that failed.

Clearly, Return City Scrolls could only be effective within the bounds of one world; Secret Realms and Holy Domains were dimension spaces and planes reliant on the Origin Star... Another possibility was that the two planets were too far apart, exceeding the limit.

Scheme one failed.

Tang Yu couldn't connect with the Puppets, but as a Lord, he could vaguely sense the Puppets' status—either functioning or already scrapped.

The basic Warrior Puppet, a low-spec version of the Fighter Puppet, lost its faint presence shortly after being transported.

The mid-spec and high-spec versions of the Fighter Puppets lasted significantly longer.

Some lost connection after several minutes, while others were undetectable only several hours later.

"As for threats to the Transcendents, not significant, also consistent with the situation in their world."

Whether it was Eileen, Luo Zhe, Winnie, or Shay—they were in cities without Transcendent Strongmen; nor did they encounter Transcendent-level monsters... It could be because the levels they were at previously were not high enough, and they lacked certain crucial knowledge.

However, there was no doubt that there were powerful enemies in that world; the Black Tide harbored beings comparable to Transcendents, otherwise, the Royal Capital wouldn't just defend one location.

The mysterious force that sealed Nancy likely belonged to that world as well, which was of considerable concern to Tang Yu.

Apart from increasing his power, during this time, Tang Yu was also busy with the foundational construction of his Territory, um... including the ideological education of the survivors.

The latter was the most crucial, concerning the output of Telekinesis.

And the foundational construction was closely related to the prosperity of the Territory.

Source Energy had already completely replaced electric energy; on one hand, electric energy was unstable in its current output, prone to short-circuiting and faults in circuit boards, whereas Source Crystals provided much more stable energy and contained extremely high levels of energy—even a single unit of Source Crystal could match the energy of hundreds of watts, though most Sanctuaries had a very low utilization rate of Source Crystals.

As for Green Shadow,

half a month ago, the coverage rate of Source Energy had reached 98%, almost every household had Source Power Lights, Source Power furniture.

This was something that neither the Beiting Base City, the Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital, nor even Warrendo, called City of Mechanics, could achieve—a scenario where the entire city was bright everywhere.

"Green Shadow Daily" and "Green Shadow Life Report" mentioned most frequently a new profession, "Source Power Engineer."

Source Power Engineers aim to develop rune products, or rather Source Power products, that ordinary people could use... Some low-end products did not require rune inscribing, just the development and application of Source Energy, many of which were adapted from former electronic products.

Source Power Lights, Source Power Projectors, the second generation of portable Source Energy communicators, and so forth, were the research results following the rise of "Source Power Engineers."

Unlike Rune Masters, no need for talisman drawing, just mastering the relevant knowledge suffices, the barrier to entry is low, and ordinary people also had the ability to pass the assessment of "Assistant Source Power Engineer," getting promoted and earning higher wages, reaching the peak of their career.

"Additionally, there are quite a few children in the Territory now; although only those twelve and above might Awakening, a solid foundation including cultural education from before should be started early—these are the legacies and spirits of humanity and must not be cut off."

After a moment of contemplation, Tang Yu relayed the command, "It's time to build a Cultivation Academy."