My Apocalypse Territory

Sword fragments fell to the ground like raindrops, making a crisp sound that was even more pleasant than when the team leader had flicked the blade with his finger before.

However, the faces of these people were no longer excited or thrilled, but... horrified.

Tang Yu held a longsword forged from Transcendent Metal in his hand, its blade silvery-white, emitting a faint chill light. Complicated, seemingly powerful patterns on the blade were gradually fading, disappearing into the silver of the edge.

This sword had not yet been named.

Yet it was custom-made for him by Kevin, the most suitable weapon for his use.

It felt great in hand, fitting his job's characteristics perfectly. It wasn't until his return to the Territory that Kevin had completed the design and crafted it.

Based on its current performance, he was quite satisfied with the sword.

However, Tang Yu's mouth twitched as he looked at the Demon-slaying Longsword, now reduced to pieces on the ground.

Damn it, he had intended to collect the weapons after dealing with these men!

He could have sold them as second-hand equipment. With the quality of the Demon-slaying Longsword, selling them at eighty or ninety percent of the original price wouldn't have been a problem.

What on earth had he done?

Could it be that he had become arrogant because he was wealthy?

Tang Yu's teeth ached, and he resolved to restrain himself more in the future.

While he was thinking about this, his actions didn't stop. The unnamed longsword thrust out smoothly.

Pfft.

Tang Yu showed no mercy, stabbing directly at a vital point.

The Awakener in front of him couldn't react in time. His chest was pierced, and he fell to the ground, dead.

The other Awakeners, no matter how foolish or unable to recognize Chen Haiping, dared not rush towards Tang Yu now.

If they could have captured those two girls, perhaps they could have had a chance of survival. However... that would require them being able to get close enough.

Simultaneously, the group began to scatter in all directions.

Members of the Patrol Team also began to act.

Peng Bo charged forward, the scars on his face making him appear more ferocious than anyone else. He waved his hand, and countless grains of sand flew towards several Awakeners. The sand wasn't very deadly, but once it fell on the Awakeners, it immediately solidified around their joints like plaster.

Their movements were impaired.

Lan Qingya, agile in posture and wielding two short swords, often needed only a few seconds to claim a fresh life.

Iron Hammer Boss gripped a massive hammer in both hands. As he swung it, the wind howled, and any Awakener who was even slightly brushed by it suffered severe injuries. Aside from avoiding the direction where Tang Yu and a few others were, the second most avoided person was Ma Jiafeng, who wielded the hammer.

Even the members of the Patrol Team kept their distance, fearful of being accidentally injured.

Faced with the Patrol Team's lethal attacks, the group of Awakeners fought desperately.

One by one, they fell into madness, their faces filled with hatred as they glared at the members of the Patrol Team.

They hadn't expected that for the sake of a few insignificant Awakeners, Green Shadow would dispatch most of the Patrol Team just to surround and annihilate them, not giving them the slightest chance of escape, determined to kill them!

But these people never considered that when they brutally targeted the 'fat sheep', whether those 'fat sheep' were also desperately pleading for mercy.

Moments later, this gang was almost wiped out, with only the strongest gang leader barely holding on.

The boss gritted his teeth, stopped dodging, charged forward, and at the cost of an arm, broke through the encirclement of two Patrol Team members.

With his uninjured arm, he threw out a round flash bomb. A bright flash erupted suddenly, dazzling the Patrol Team members, causing them to squint and cover their eyes to alleviate the piercing sensation.

The effect of the flash bomb on Awakeners was far less than on ordinary people, and these Patrol Team members quickly opened their eyes. But what they saw was the gang leader sprinting at high speed down the street.

This was a town, with a complex environment. The gang leader had the strength of the Fourth Layer Peak, and once he was able to get some distance, catching up would be difficult.

On the rooftop.

Chen Haiping, holding a Barrett Sniper Rifle, slowed his breathing, his eyes focused on the scope as he slowly pressed the trigger.

The bullet spun through the air, cutting through the various hindrances. The Patrol Team members waiting on the rooftop held their breaths, their eyes wide.

Bang!

The gang leader rolled, narrowly avoiding the sniper rifle bullet by a hair's breadth.

While maintaining his rapid flight, he also used obstacles such as abandoned vehicles and building ruins to make it increasingly difficult for Chen Haiping to aim.

After three shots, all were evaded by the target.

This was an experienced Awakener, a mercenary who had seen action before the apocalypse.

Some Patrol Team members had already given chase, but the distance wasn't closing.

Chen Haiping also grew anxious.

Tang Yu hadn't expected that the opponent would run so fast. Turning his head towards Xing Ling and Xing Yue, although these two girls weren't of the combat type, their level was indeed there. "Can you catch up?"

Xing Yue nodded, "But can I borrow that?" She pointed at the modified Barrett sniper rifle in Chen Haiping's hand.

"You know how to use guns?"

"I don't," Xing Yue said innocently, looking at him as if to say, being unable to use guns and not being able to use them were two different matters.

Tang Yu held his forehead, thinking that since Xing Yue wanted to try the sniper rifle, he might as well let her. After all, even if the gang's boss ran far and hid, Xing Ling and Xing Yue would still be able to find him.

Xing Yue took the sniper rifle and clumsily held it in her hands.

By this time, the gang's boss had already run far away, only to be closely chased by some members of the Patrol Team. To ensure speed, he occasionally vaulted over building obstacles, appearing within the sight of Tang Yu and the others.

When the silhouette of the opponent appeared once again, Xing Yue's eyes lit up.

Holding the sniper rifle in her arms, she didn't even look through the scope and seemed to aim into the air, firing a shot at random.

Tang Yu's gaze sharpened as he saw the ripples in the air caused by the bullet.

He also saw the gang's boss in the distance swiftly ducking and rolling as the bullet was fired.

The movements were smooth as flowing water, and then—

Bang.

The sniper bullet entered from the back and exited through the front.

Tang Yu's eyes widened.

Was this the legendary Buddha Gun Skill?

The guy wouldn't have had a problem if he hadn't dodged!

At that moment, he heard Xing Yue murmuring softly, "Please bless me, let it hit, let it hit, let it hit…"

Tang Yu's mouth twitched.

Prayer-style Gun Skill? Maybe this shot landed because of Xing Yue's professional traits. This was truly the Buddha Gun Skill.

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Warehouse.

Tang Yu walked to the equipment storage area and poured out the equipment stained with mottled blood from his Space Ring.

These pieces of equipment, aside from the Standard Longsword that he had shattered with a single strike, were all confiscated from that gang.

Ordinary Standard Longswords, Combat Sabers totaling to fifteen, Enhancement Type One Combat Sabers two, Standard Combat Uniforms nine, firearms three … In total, one could imagine how many adventurer teams this group had plundered in just a few days.

This was even more than what Chen Haiping had mentioned since, after all, the outdoors was chaotic and dangerous, and the Sanctuary could only collect part of the information.

"Adding it up, these pieces of equipment, sold, robbed, and then reclaimed, seem to have earned me a few hundred Source Crystals extra…"

Tang Yu shook his head.

He remembered the gang's boss couldn't understand why the Sanctuary was so determined to suppress them even at the brink of death.

If looking at direct benefits, these people's actions were indeed unrelated to the Sanctuary. Even now, he had reclaimed a batch of equipment.

But was he, Lord Tang, a shortsighted person? No!

To him, selling rune equipment and earning Source Crystals was only one goal. More importantly, it was to attract Awakeners to his Territory.

If he just wanted to make money, opening an equipment shop in Lindong would undoubtedly see sales rise sharply, but that would lose the opportunity to attract Lindong Awakeners to the Territory.

The current Territory still lacked people, but he was no longer so demanding of ordinary survivors.

If survivors were ordinary resources, then Awakeners were top-quality resources, the chives that could be harvested continuously.

In terms of earning Source Crystals, even if ordinary Awakeners couldn't earn much per day, what about a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand? At that time, these Awakeners would hold a vast wealth in their hands, and as long as they stayed in the Territory long-term, he could gather that wealth to himself through various means.

This was just one of the uses for Awakeners.

Others, such as issuing missions to adventurers through the adventurer guild to subtly employ these individuals to search for various rare minerals, resources, if there weren't these Awakeners and relying solely on himself and a few followers, even with strong capabilities, searching efficiency would be very low.

Some Awakeners with Special Abilities were even more precious.

For example, Earth Series shape-changing Awakeners could provide great help in building construction.

Then there were the Wood Series, life-nourishing Awakeners, who could accelerate the growth of herbs, especially some rare herbs after the apocalypse, which have long growth cycles. Even with the acceleration of farms, it would still take a lot of time, and this type of Awakener could further accelerate the growth of herbs on this basis.

What that gang did indeed had no conflict of interest with him, yet it was equivalent to poisoning the chives of Great Lord Tang.

"Hmm, that's not right either. If I hadn't eliminated that group, I wouldn't have reclaimed these rune equipments, which would have meant losing several hundred Source Crystals. That's definitely a conflict of interest."

Tang Yu stroked his chin.

Those people got what they deserved.