My Apocalypse Domain

Chapter 13: Finding an Expert

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

The next day, the sky was hazy, a dim golden light penetrating through the clouds to cast its resplendence across the world.

Tang Yu, seated cross-legged on his bed, slowly opened his eyes.

He had spent the first half of the night asleep.

Within and without the castle seemed like two separate worlds. Outside was a blasted and devastated world, the ground covered in a variety of corpses that were beginning to stink. Even though he had already grown used to this life, he still found it uncomfortable.

Inside the castle was different.

The air here was abnormally fresh and clean. It was comparable to the fresh air in a lush forest, seeping into one’s soul. The temperature was also very comfortable. It was the middle of summer outside, and it was unbearably muggy, even at night. But it felt nothing like that inside the castle, refreshing and clean. He also had a big, comfortable bed. All of this made Tang Yu sleep incredibly well. Coupled with the formidable recovery power of Awakened, he was able to wash away a day of exhaustion with just four or five hours of sleep.

He spent the latter half of the night cultivating.

…In other words, refining Soul Energy.

Soul Energy was refined very quickly, but even so, Tang Yu had absorbed a little too much Soul Energy yesterday. Soul Energy clearly had no substance, but he inexplicably felt full. This had caused him to use quite a bit of time to completely refine the Soul Energy and make it his own power.

“I’ve already reached the strength of a peak Tier 1 Awakened. I just need to absorb some more Soul Energy to break through and enter Tier 2. Even those high-aptitude Awakened might not be able to match this speed.”

This was expected. No matter how great the aptitude of others was, they needed to increase their strength through their own efforts. As for him, he was basically cheating, walking around with the equivalent of Tier 5 Awakened, and one that couldn’t even fight over Soul Energy with him. Was it even possible for him to not advance quickly?

After breakfast, Tang Yu equipped the equipment that had recently been finished in the workshop: a bright iron sword and a black one-piece fighting suit with red stripes.

The fighting suit was leather armor, but it wasn’t that sort of leather armor that would only cover half his body. And this was reality, not a game, so equipping the armor didn’t suddenly grant increased defensive capability. If he wore that sort of video game armor that only covered critical parts and went to fight demonized beasts, there would be nothing left of Tang Yu.

This fighting suit was extremely comfortable. He had initially believed that wearing clothes like this in this weather might be a little hot, but it seemed that the workshop had access to some sort of secret technology. The fighting suit was light and breathable, and when he moved around his body, it moved very smoothly and naturally.

Moreover, this suit had been made using the hide of that scarlet demonized beast, so it boasted impressive defenses. Even his iron sword would take some effort to cut open a tiny hole in this fighting suit… This was the difference in material. After all, this basic sword was made of ordinary Iron.

Tang Yu went back to the castle and looked at himself in the mirror. He found himself very happy with the fighting suit.

“It just seems a little too casual.”

…

The survivors all woke up very early. After getting a little taste of the abundant food they could get in exchange for their labor, they were all delighted. Yesterday, the food they had received had even included two cans of meat. Some of the survivors even wept tears of happiness, so long had it been since they had tasted meat.

“It’s Chief Tang!” someone yelled as he rubbed his eyes.

The ones walking over were those three familiar figures, Tang Yu leading the way, followed by the armored expert and the girl they had seen yesterday. But they had almost failed to realize that the two with the armored expert were Chief Tang and the girl who was capable of firing icicles!

Chief Tang was wearing a black and red fighting suit and carrying a sword at his waist, its blade flashing in the sunlight.

Behind Chief Tang, the armored expert was like a faithful guard, silently following with its spear.

On the other side, Yilian was wearing a black wizard robe with red stripes, the hood of the robe concealing her face and her small body completely enclosed in the robes. Gripped in her fair hand was a screw-shaped tree branch, a wand!

The three of them leisurely walked over.

Around them were deceased demonized beasts that had yet to be cleared away, dried pools of blood, and damaged buildings.

The blazing sun seemed to rise from behind them.

At this time, the entire world seemed to lose color, and the only thing left were those three people slowly walking over.

Gulp.

Someone couldn’t help but swallow.

These clothes made them seem like cosplayers, incredibly garish in the middle of the apocalypse. These clothes should have appeared very awkward, but when the survivors looked at Chief Tang, they felt as if everything was in harmony, that this was how things should be.

Chief Tang’s group of three appeared like a group of victorious warriors walking out of a sea of corpses.

…

Though they were somewhat disconcerted by the clothes, the survivors knew their place and understood what they should and shouldn’t ask. They quickly accepted their tasks and departed.

Chen Haiping did not leave.

The moving team’s work received good payment, but Chen Haiping didn’t want to sit around and wait to die.

He had become an Awakened rather late, but he had firmly and steadily grown stronger and stronger. Among the Awakened of the shelter, he had been above average, but in the attack of the demon flood, the shelter had been wiped out. This made him understand how weak he was and how truly helpless he was in the face of a true calamity.

After witnessing the strength of Chief Tang and his subordinates, Chen Haiping was anxious to get stronger.

He wanted to hunt down demonized beasts!

He also hoped that he could contribute a little to the construction of the shelter!

He hoped that the shelter could be built, but he also understood that a shelter could not rely on a small number of experts. He might not have been very strong, but as a fighter, he could at least contribute a little more than he could by transporting some stone.

Chen Haiping voiced his thoughts and waited for Chief Tang’s reply.

Tang Yu turned pensive.

He had not had so many ideas at first. After all, a few days ago, he had been a low-class survivor that had been struggling to survive in the apocalypse. He had built the castle only to save his life. However, developing a domain required a detailed plan. Even if he had the system to help him, buying and building would not get him a complete domain.

Chen Haiping’s argument was reasonable. The domain map could warn him about any demonized beasts attacking, but he couldn’t rely on Number One, Number Two, and his followers to deal with them every time. Experts needed to be the trump card of his domain, not a power that was commonly used. Moreover, Tang Yu hoped that in the future, his followers would have the time to boost their own strength.

Moreover, if he wanted to develop the domain, he needed survivors to participate in the process. In the future, when he had many survivors, he would need trustworthy subordinates to manage both defense and administration.

The domain needed a patrol team to serve as a conventional force.

After two days of observation, he had developed a certain understanding of Chen Haiping. This man had been a soldier before, so he was good with a gun and possessed decent combat skills. As a person, he had a sense of right and wrong and wasn’t some stickler for the rules. Most importantly, on the domain map, the dot representing Chen Haiping was green. This was enough.

“I agree to your request. The shelter is not built yet, so there are no specific duties to assign. It’s just patrolling the area and defending against demonized beast attacks, increasing your strength along the way. After all, you’re only a Tier 1 Awakened, so you can only deal with the most ordinary of demonized beasts.”

Chen Haiping bitterly smiled, unable to argue, until he heard Chief Tang say, “Why don’t we do this? I’ll find an expert that you can learn skills for dealing with demonized beasts from.”

An expert?

He was confused. Was it the armored expert? If he learned from the armored expert, there was no doubt that he would rapidly grow stronger.

A moment later, he saw an iron tower of a man approaching from the distance.