My Apocalypse Territory
Chapter 562 - 501: Otherworld Civilization Construction (Major Chapter)

Several days passed, and Tang Yu did not leave Gel City.

The beachhead of the Black Tide world had been established, and the remaining tasks no longer required his direct involvement.

Zabol and Shay had already set off for the Royal Capital.

Eileen, Winnie, and Luo Zhe, on the other hand, returned to Green Shadow to deal with affairs.

Due to the exceptional smoothness of this trip, the group had stayed in the Otherworld for less than a day before reappearing in their Territory. Everything in Green Shadow proceeded as usual, and aside from a few individuals like Chen Haiping, no one knew that their City Lord had taken a stroll through the Otherworld.

Tang Yu stayed in Gel City.

As a bridgehead, the significance of this city went without saying.

With this Sub-territory, they could use Return City Scrolls, which avoided many fatal dangers.

Xiaoli and the two Xing Ling – Xing Yue were sent by him to look for another suitable location to build a Sub-territory.

"By this accounting, it seems I've become a lonely soul... Oh, that's not right, there's still Nancy."

Nancy followed him like a little tail, and when she saw him turn around, she eagerly looked over, thinking there might be a task for her.

Of course, there was none.

In Gel City, there was no longer any need to win people over with reason.

The trick Eileen revealed had chilled the last few nobles from body to soul, and even now, with only him and Nancy present, these people showed not even the slightest spirit of resistance, which disappointed Tang Yu greatly.

Well, let them stay.

If all the nobles died out, it could easily lead to turmoil. Now, these few nobles plotted over the deceased nobles' properties, and their covert confrontations actually made the city much easier to manage.

Tang Yu had Chen Haiping come to Gel City via the Transmission Array, and promoted several individuals, including Buckley, within the city. The few remaining nobles also dutifully assisted in managing the city.

The corpses of the Dark Creatures outside the city had been cleared away.

Killing Dark Creatures here did not yield soul power for Awakeners to absorb, but there was a chance to extract Source Crystals from the skulls of the Dark Creatures, albeit at a much lower probability than on Earth.

This was part of the reason for the poverty here.

Originally, City Defense Soldiers received no compensation whatsoever, only generals like Buckley received a certain stipend, but it was very meager in amount. In a region already lacking resources, most of the wealth was concentrated in the hands of the nobles, and even the commanders and generals in the city—if not of Direct Lineage—forever lacked sufficient Cultivation Resources.

For Buckley to have cultivated to the eleventh layer, even if it took twenty or thirty years, was a sign of exceptional genius.

After taking over Gel City, Tang Yu re-established the wage system. The City Defense Soldiers, having received the first Source Crystals of their lives, immediately displayed their loyalty to the new City Lord... the direct descendants of the previous City Lord, the Direct Lineage of nobles, and those with a slight spirit of rebellion—such as certain commanders and generals from the City Defense First Army—had mostly died out. These low-ranking warriors were not truly loyal to anyone to begin with; it was only because their families were in the city that they resolutely took up arms to fight against the Dark Creatures. With a change in City Lord and the beginning of worries about unrest, it now seemed that the City Lord was not only powerful but also considerate of the civilians.

What a good City Lord!

Tang Yu was unaware he had been handed countless expressions of gratitude as he directed the soldiers in cleaning up the rubble in the Outer City District... His second task was the reconstruction of the Outer City District.

The Inner City was too cramped as he observed many civilians living in destitution, while in the Outer City, the only part of the wall that was destroyed was relatively small. Repairing the collapsed section and reclaiming the Outer City District was not difficult.

It just cost money.

The few nobles scoffed at this, and Tang Yu was aware they were watching for amusement, thinking he was doing something that brought no benefit. Yet the matter was not just an act of generosity.

As a bridgehead, the various City Defense Armys were the core forces in the defense of the city in the future. By clearing the Outer City District, it was an opportunity to gradually integrate the power of the various Corps and to improve the combat power of these soldiers. That was one aspect.

Secondly, it was to collect Telekinesis.

Ever since Eileen took action against the Black Tide, a sporadic Energy value had been generated. Over these days, as he built houses, increased the warriors' wages, and provided warmth to the civilians, it had produced immediate effects, with the Energy value soaring.

Originally, the Sub-territory's range was too small; even after he expanded it, it still couldn't cover the entire Inner City. The system was unable to collect the Telekinesis generated by the civilians outside the range of the Territory.

However, Tang Yu unexpectedly discovered the wonderful use of the "Mysterious Tree Branch."

The "Mysterious Tree Branch," along with the special Arrays arranged by the City Lord Mansion, could collect "Human Qi." This intangible force, mysterious and profound, seemed to Tang Yu to be similar to Telekinesis but of lower quality, and the City Lord Mansion's usage of "Human Qi" was quite crude.

He placed the "Mysterious Tree Branch" back at the core of the Array, converting the collected "Human Qi" into "Telekinesis," effectively collecting the Telekinesis of all the residents in the Inner City... Although the "Mysterious Tree Branch" was less efficient than the Territory in collecting "Human Qi," it excelled in cost-effectiveness.

Currently, Telekinesis was needed everywhere, so it was necessary to economize.

"What a pity that the Inner City only has tens of thousands of inhabitants. It's said that before the fall of the Outer City, Gel City had two or three hundred thousand civilians..."

The Black Tide world... Rather, this place originally called Aino continent, tended to have a large population in the cities... It was heard that before the apocalypse, food was not scarce, at that time, Gel City had nearly a million people.

...

Iron Cake was a serf of a certain noble family in the Inner City.

As a serf, Iron Cake had no freedom, and his sole and entire job was to help his master cultivate the land... pulling along his malnourished, puny frame.