“Who among you needs bandaging?”
“Those who are injured, speak up!”
“Your leg is already fractured. You can’t move for the next two days. You can ask someone to take care of you for two days—there are people in the territory who don’t go out for various reasons, so you can find someone.”
“Your injury isn’t serious, just be careful.”
“Your injury is somewhat serious, but basically no healing medicine drops outside, so you can only rely on self-recovery.”
“…”
After eating something, the new survivors had recovered somewhat, and many were receiving treatment. Looking at the group of people who had been helping them, they couldn’t help but start thanking them again. This wouldn’t have been anything special before the apocalypse, but in the apocalypse, it seemed precious and rare.
“It’s nothing, just a small matter. This is all we can help with.”
“Damn this apocalypse game.”
“What kind of magic beast did you encounter? Many wounds are down to the bone.”
“Shadow demon dogs, a pack surrounding us. Most were higher level than us. If we hadn’t met people from your territory, we probably would have been wiped out.”
“Yesterday was fine. Though we encountered magic beasts, we could handle them. But today the magic beasts increased in number, and their levels seem much higher too.”
Speaking of the situation at that time, many people’s faces turned grim. After the apocalypse game event occurred, they had been hovering between life and death constantly, already prepared for death. But what they had just experienced still left them with lingering fear—being bitten to death alive, being devoured.
“You were lucky. They’re the guard team selected by the territory, so their levels are relatively higher.”
“How does the territory select guards? Is someone controlling it? Who? Being able to build such a territory is really amazing.”
“They just posted a recruitment notice. We signed up through the control panel, then the territory sent us notifications. As for the territory, many people guess it’s built into the apocalypse game, for us to temporarily regroup. Regardless, having such a territory gives us more capital to survive. It was also because the guard team was established that we learned the magic beasts outside had become stronger, so we brought more people when going out. That’s why even though people were injured, no one died.”
“Hearing about your experiences, no wonder so many survivors came yesterday, but today it suddenly feels like there are fewer. I wonder if they didn’t have the chance to make it here.”
“We wandered for a day and didn’t see any other territories nearby. We were basically walking randomly. If we could have been like you and reached the territory early, then my father wouldn’t have died protecting me.”
Speaking of this, the person couldn’t help but cry.
Those listening also felt uncomfortable, thinking of themselves.
“We don’t know where our family members are either.”
“Yes! I’m so worried about my parents and sister. I wonder how they’re doing now?”
“All we can do is live well. Maybe someday we’ll have a chance to meet them!”
“We also need to work hard to level up. Later when we have the ability to travel outside, we can look for people!”
“Live well, don’t let down your father’s intentions.”
“You all should heal your wounds well too. These injuries might not heal easily before the apocalypse, but in the apocalypse, they can recover over time, and the higher your level, the faster the recovery.”
Everyone spoke one after another, their hands not stopping their work.
There were too many injured people; they were somewhat overwhelmed.
Just then, Li Xingteng came over with his guard team.
Seeing Zhou Zhengping’s family of three also helping at the scene, he explained, “I saw there weren’t enough hands, so I sent someone to teach them. They just went to learn basic treatment and should be able to help.”
Zhou Zhengping looked at Li Xingteng, who had considered everything thoroughly, and smiled, “Perfect, we’re running behind on bandaging here. I’ll temporarily assign my people to you to coordinate with your people.”
This person was really capable!
Zhou Zhengping looked at him with appreciation, after all, the more such useful people there were, the better it would be for his daughter’s territory to grow and strengthen!
Li Xingteng saw the approval in Zhou Zhengping’s eyes, his expression becoming somewhat subtle.
He just wanted to show off his thoroughness in front of Zhou Zhengping, to display his capabilities.
But Zhou Zhengping’s reaction… wasn’t right!
He even gave him his people! Too strange!
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?” Zhou Zhengping noticed Li Xingteng’s expression after coming back to his senses and asked.
“Nothing,” Li Xingteng replied dryly, then directly began arranging people, while also working hard at the scene, clearly trying to win people’s hearts.
With someone doing the work, Zhou Zhengping handed the main stage over to Li Xingteng and came directly to Zhou Bai and her mother, saying, “It feels really good to have someone help with the work.”
“You appreciate him a lot?” Ding Qiurou understood Zhou Zhengping well. As soon as he spoke, she immediately saw his meaning. “Yesterday you said he was scheming, deliberately testing us, and today you’ve changed your mind?”
“He is indeed scheming, but as long as he’s on the right path, I don’t think there’s any problem,” Zhou Zhengping chuckled. “Having more people like this would be better for the territory.”
Zhou Bai heard Zhou Zhengping’s words and immediately understood his meaning. She also felt that having more such people would be better—with people helping with work, she as the lord would be much more relaxed too.
Tool people! Who doesn’t love them?
“That’s true, but there aren’t many like him. Others are mostly just thinking about surviving,” Ding Qiurou said. “Though many in the territory are willing to go out, there are also people who have money and don’t want to go out, staying in the territory all the time. No one can force them, and everyone has their own way of living.”
Thinking about it, she added, “If you want people to work, you have to give them some benefits, just like when you purchase those materials at higher prices, those people are willing to give you their idle materials. If there really were people who could be like Li Xingteng, you’d have to think of something to motivate them, see what they need, and give them what they need.”
Zhou Zhengping listened and praised, “Wife is right!”
Then he looked at Zhou Bai, “What about you? After hearing your mother’s words, do you have any thoughts?”
“Mm, I have some thoughts. What mom said can actually be solved by building the territory well. If the territory has better weapons and equipment, many people who want to become stronger will want to purchase them. I can even set requirements so that people who contribute to the territory can buy and sell—they’ll definitely work hard to do territory tasks for this. If the territory has enough variety of goods, those wealthy people will also be unable to resist spending money. If they have enough money, their spending also counts as contributing to the territory. If they don’t have enough, they’ll also think of ways to earn money… So the core is still building the territory well. When the territory is strong, they’ll have more and more sense of belonging to the territory,” Zhou Bai said helplessly. “But let’s take it step by step! Everything about the territory isn’t currently something I can control as I wish.”
Zhou Zhengping nodded after listening, “Mm, that’s right, step by step. The territory’s foundation is the basis. When the territory is good, others will only want to stay more. As long as people are here, are we afraid they won’t work?”
Ding Qiurou looked at this father and daughter singing in harmony and smiled, “Since we’re taking it slowly, don’t think too much. I just traded for a lot of good things. Should I make you something delicious?”
Her greatest wish was to take good care of her husband and daughter. As long as they were well, she was happy.
“Then you go back first. We’ll stay here and watch a bit more,” Zhou Zhengping quickly said.
After all, so many new people had come, all wounded, so it was better to pay more attention.
“Mm.” Ding Qiurou nodded and headed toward home.
At the scene, through everyone’s efforts, after a while, all the wounded had received preliminary treatment.
Except for those who really couldn’t move, the rest began heading to the Lord’s Mansion to receive identity tokens. After receiving them, they directly bought or rented residential buildings to prepare for rest.
As for those who couldn’t move, they also spent some money to hire people to help.
Since yesterday, they hadn’t been able to rest properly. Tonight they could finally feel at ease!
Zhou Bai’s newly built residential buildings were quickly occupied again! Other goods were also sold in large quantities.
This allowed Zhou Bai, who had been spending money constantly during this period, to make a good profit again. Every time a new batch of people came, she could “get rich” once.
Looking at her account, Zhou Bai’s lips curved upward. Indeed, the feeling of collecting money was the best!
Seeing his daughter’s silly joy, Zhou Zhengping couldn’t bear to look.
Zhou Bai noticed Zhou Zhengping’s helpless gaze, restrained her expression, and quickly changed the subject, asking about Zhou Zhengping’s rescue process today. Seeing those people’s miserable state, she felt it wasn’t simple. Earlier, to avoid touching on painful topics, no one dared ask for specifics. She could only learn about it from her father.
Zhou Zhengping told her about what they encountered, especially about magic beasts being able to level up after eating people.
After hearing this, Zhou Bai frowned, “After you went out, I kept monitoring the map, and there was no sign of this group of magic beasts on it at all. They followed this group of people here. Since they can hunt a group of people, and our territory is here, the magic beasts will probably come here too. Maybe today’s increase in magic beasts within the territory is partly due to this reason.”
Zhou Zhengping’s brow also furrowed tightly upon hearing this.
At this time, Li Xingteng, having finished handling everything, came with his people to find Zhou Zhengping.
“All personnel have been arranged!” As he spoke, Li Xingteng’s face showed some pleasure. The feeling of commanding people and receiving gratitude from others was really nice.
“You’re very capable, everything was handled clearly.” Knowing Li Xingteng’s personality, Zhou Zhengping sincerely praised him. Everything was considered—he had to admit Li Xingteng’s abilities. He definitely couldn’t match Li Xingteng in this regard.
“Not at all, everyone helped, and we’re the territory’s guard team! It’s nothing to do more for the territory,” Li Xingteng replied with a smile, also developing some good feelings toward Zhou Zhengping. This cooperative teammate seemed pretty good.
“Working with someone like you, I’ll be much more relaxed in the future.”
“I also think I’ll be relaxed. Anyway, regarding territory matters, we’ll discuss and handle them together. We all hope the territory gets better and better!”
Zhou Zhengping nodded, then looked at the pitch-black night outside and said directly, “Then tonight let’s have our two teams take turns keeping watch. The group of magic beasts we encountered today was a bit unusual.”
“Good.” Li Xingteng thought of the scene at that time and unconsciously nodded.
The scene they saw today was really too tragic, so his impression was also very deep.
Moreover, the territory recruiting them as a guard team must have anticipated something. Anyway, being careful couldn’t be wrong!
Zhou Bai watched as Zhou Zhengping decided on the night watch in just a few words, understanding his meaning. In a situation where they didn’t know what might happen, guarding the territory well was the hard truth.
But for some reason, Zhou Bai felt an ominous premonition rising in her heart.
**
At night, the guard team began taking turns watching the territory gate.
In places they couldn’t see, dark shadows gathered, slowly approaching the territory.
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