Chapter 61

For the warriors of Luofeng Village, what they most hoped to do was to hunt down the demonized beast herds, rather than stay in the territory to guard and kill the demonized beasts that respawned at zero. This method of obtaining spirit energy points was too inefficient.

However, for the safety of the territory and to earn territory spirit energy points, Cheng Yang had to arrange for some people to do such tasks.

Now, hearing Cheng Yang say that these tasks would be handled by the territory guards in the future, they were naturally overjoyed.

"You can all disperse now. Those who need to practice can practice, and those who need to kill monsters can go kill monsters," Cheng Yang said with a smile, then led the three warriors to the back of the territory altar, where the entrance to the Blood Church dungeon was located.

Cheng Yang said, "This is a dungeon. Can you enter it?"

Chen Yun and the other three saw the portal and were all shocked. Cao Cun said, "Lord, how... how can this portal be in the territory?"

"Is that strange?" Cheng Yang was very curious about Cao Cun's words.

Cao Cun hesitated for a moment and said, "In the world we lived in, although there were dungeon portals within the territory, it was only after the territory reached a certain level and incorporated the wild dungeons into the territory. A dungeon entrance like the one in Luofeng Village, located right next to the territory altar, has never been seen before."

Cheng Yang immediately grasped the key point of what Cao Cun said and asked, "Your world? What is your world like?"

Cao Cun smiled bitterly and said, "When we entered this world, a large part of our memories were sealed by the gods. We are not very clear about the situation in our world. The only things we remember are some scattered fragments, like this dungeon portal."

Seeing Cao Cun's sincere face, Cheng Yang believed he was not lying. This was consistent with what most people guessed in his previous life: whether it was these territory guards or the shop owners, none of them were from this world.

This issue was clearly not something that could be clarified at this stage, so Cheng Yang temporarily set it aside and said, "Let's not talk about that. Can you enter this dungeon?"

Cao Cun and the other three nodded and said, "As long as the dungeon is within the territory, we can enter it."

Cheng Yang was overjoyed and said, "Good. Cao Cun and Xu Wu will enter the difficult mode of the dungeon. Although the final opponent in the difficult mode of the Blood Church is a peak first-stage inferior demon, there are ways to take advantage of the situation..."

Cheng Yang then explained the method to clear the dungeon.

The reason he was so confident in letting these newly recruited guards enter the dungeon was that these guards were natural-born warriors with very strong combat awareness and combat experience that was no less than his, who had survived for a year in the apocalypse. As long as they mastered the final trick, they would not be in any danger entering the dungeon.

"Lord, let me enter too!" Chen Yun said very seriously.

Cheng Yang was taken aback and said, "You are a melee class and do not have a summon pet to assist you. Fighting a peak first-stage demonized beast alone is too dangerous. Let's wait until your strength improves."

To his surprise, Chen Yun was very insistent and said, "Lord, if I can't even deal with a peak first-stage inferior demon, how can I have the face to be a territory guard? Besides, I can wear equipment, use potions, and with my attribute bonuses, it won't be difficult to take down this peak first-stage inferior demon."

Seeing Chen Yun's sincerity, Cheng Yang thought for a moment and agreed to his request, but still said, "Then you can try, but don't force it. If you find yourself at a disadvantage, just charge to the tree and hold out for two hours. The dungeon will automatically close, and you will be safe."

"Thank you for the reminder, Lord." Chen Yun bowed, but his expression clearly showed that he didn't take Cheng Yang's warning seriously.

Cheng Yang sighed inwardly, hoping that Chen Yun was really very confident.

Cheng Yang then transferred 200 spirit energy points to Chen Yun to buy potions. Cheng Yang himself borrowed equipment from the warriors who were currently training. The group currently training was Liu Hao's, and Cheng Yang directly borrowed Liu Hao's full set of equipment. Although Liu Hao's equipment was not as good as Cheng Yang's, it was still one of the best in all of Luofeng Village.

Chen Yun was very satisfied with the equipment and immediately entered the dungeon first, followed by Cao Cun and Xu Wu.

After the three disappeared, Cheng Yang began to tally the day's gains. His own gains were not the focus; the overall gains of the territory were what he truly cared about.

After checking, Cheng Yang found that the territory's spirit energy points had already reached 2,200 points, with more than half obtained from clearing the dungeon this morning, and the rest from killing monsters in the territory.

However, the priest statue had already been upgraded to level 3, and if it continued to be upgraded, the territory would need to consume 2,500 spirit energy points per day. Fortunately, Cheng Yang had recruited Chen Yun and the others, and if they all successfully cleared the dungeon, they could provide the territory with nearly 1,500 additional spirit energy points per day. Adding this to the original gains, the territory's daily spirit energy points would exceed 4,000.

This number was something that even if humans occupied the territory, they could not achieve in a short time. In the early stages of territory upgrading, spirit energy points were the key factor limiting the territory's level.

Next, Cheng Yang personally went outside to select 10 people suitable for becoming priests and brought them to the priest statue to change their professions. Each warrior squad would have two priests.

Cheng Yang then counted the remaining wood, which was over 80 cubic meters. He decided to build level 1 civilian houses. After this construction, the number of civilian houses in Luofeng Village reached 58. Even so, more than two-thirds of the warriors in Luofeng Village were still homeless.

Cheng Yang had also considered accelerating the construction of civilian houses to at least give these warriors a place to live. However, the production of wood was the biggest problem in Luofeng Village, and this was something that could not be helped. Every territory would inevitably go through such a process.

Next, Cheng Yang left Luofeng Village alone and headed into the distance, also to kill monsters.

The recruitment of the territory guards had already depleted his spirit energy points. If he did not work harder, his late-night training would be a problem. Of course, this was just self-deprecating; even if he did not go out to kill monsters, he still had enough spirit energy points for training.

The reason he was so diligent was to summon the territory guards as soon as possible.

Through the study of Chen Yun and the others' attributes, Cheng Yang discovered a situation. Although the territory guards did not need to train to improve their strength, their skill levels still needed to be improved through repeated use. In this regard, summoning the guards as early as possible was also beneficial for improving their strength.

About half an hour later, when Cheng Yang opened his attribute panel, he suddenly found that his spirit energy points had increased by over 1,300 points. This put Cheng Yang at ease, indicating that Chen Yun and the others had successfully cleared the difficult mode of the Blood Church dungeon.

Before 1 a.m., Cheng Yang used up all his energy points for the day, successfully refining 12 bottles of magic energy potions, and continued to fight monsters in the wild...

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In the past few days, the development of Xiangcheng City's main city had gradually entered a normal track.

After Yuan Jianze's army controlled the main city for three days, they rescued nearly 50,000 people from the surrounding areas. Compared to Luofeng Village, their rescue method was much simpler, as they only focused on the area within one kilometer of the main city, so they did not need to walk too far.

However, once the number of people gathered in the main city reached a certain level, problems began to arise.

First, the food problem for these tens of thousands of people tested Yuan Jianze's endurance. Although it had been confirmed through experiments that the meat of some demonized beasts could be eaten, the number of demonized beasts that could be obtained daily was limited due to the small number of warriors.

Second, with a large number of refugees gathered together and having nothing to do, some underground organizations began to emerge. These people, based on the current changes, fabricated some religious theories and began to spread them among the people, causing significant trouble for Yuan Jianze's management.

Third, some people who advocated fairness and freedom began to speak out, criticizing Yuan Jianze's monopoly on the profession statues and strongly demanding that the profession change be made public, allowing ordinary people to change professions as well.

These three problems gave Yuan Jianze a headache. As a soldier, a soldier who had come from a peaceful era, he could not point his gun at ordinary people. At least, he could not do such a thing now.

Finally, Yuan Jianze had to let some people who had changed professions search the ruins and clear the locations of some supermarkets and warehouses, finding a considerable amount of food. However, this was still not enough to meet everyone's needs. In the end, the military had to use some spirit energy points to buy food from the general stores, ensuring that everyone would not go hungry.

As for those who were recruiting followers, Yuan Jianze took a high-pressure approach, which had some deterrent effect but could not completely eliminate them. Instead, it made the spread more covert. In response, Yuan Jianze could only let the military strengthen supervision, but he could not think of any other solutions for the time being.

After careful consideration, Yuan Jianze decided to selectively open up the profession change.

The reason for this decision was entirely because the recent battles had again reduced the number of soldiers. Although these soldiers who went out to fight had changed professions, their combat experience was not sufficient, and casualties were inevitable when facing large groups of demonized beasts.

Yuan Jianze planned to let some ordinary people change professions and participate in the hunt for demonized beasts. This would not only help stabilize the situation in the main city but also reduce the military's casualties.

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