My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 372 - 362: The Chaotic Yangtze River Delta

Chapter 372 -362: The Chaotic Yangtze River Delta

To speed up the cultivation of Crystal Jade Rice, Tang Yu had no choice but to suppress his appetite and his desire for rapid cultivation. He decided not to touch even a single grain of Crystal Jade Rice before the next batch of rice was ready.

Meanwhile,

the Sail Floating Airship was once again fully equipped and ready to depart, this time targeting the prospering yet chaotic Yangtze River Delta.

Over a few days, the Sail had been through numerous battles. The team members cooperated better and could harness greater combat capabilities from the airship. However, each fight drained a considerable amount of Source Crystals while yielding little spoils, making it financially unsustainable to conduct too many real combat drills.

This time, the team was led by Shay, and the Air Force Special Combat Group had expanded from twenty to fifty members.

Luo Zhe and Kong were working on expanding the Guardian Corps and the Investigation Corps.

Especially the Investigation Corps, which, despite its expanding exploration range, couldn’t meet demands with a 300-member team; it had recently lost twenty to thirty people to the Air Force Special Combat Group.

Recruiting new members was urgent.

However, adhering to the principle of quality over quantity, the scale of expansion was still limited.

The two corps, representing the official forces of the Sanctuary, had stricter requirements compared to mercenary and adventure groups. They required members to attend regular training sessions during non-mission periods and also maintained character assessment standards. Many skilled registered adventurers either couldn’t join or were unwilling to.

An initial estimate suggested that forming a team of a thousand members was the limit.

Together, these two corps composed a two-thousand-strong force, along with apprentices from martial arts halls and agents from the Intelligence Department; in fact, there were quite a few people available for deployment.

Many veteran adventure groups, also part of the territory’s external resources, were not averse to handling certain matters for the Sanctuary through cooperation and mission execution.

However, their loyalty was not strong enough; often in situations involving secrets, Tang Yu did not consider these people.

The Air Soldiers had already boarded the Floating Airship and all the supplies had been loaded.

Unlike previous trips, which transported supplies to Jing City, this cargo included a large number of DE-level rune equipment, C-level equipment, and even about ten B-level weapons. There were also significant resources needed for cultivation.

“Hand over these supplies to Greta after arriving and remember to scout a suitable location for establishing a Sub-territory there,” Tang Yu said casually to Shay beside him, who was not boarding the Floating Airship.

Dressed in a B-level Combat Uniform and carrying a flying backpack, Shay chuckled, “The environment of the Yangtze River Delta suits me well. Since Lord ordered it, I’ll stay there for a while before returning.”

“Let me know once you’ve picked a location, and also, keep an eye out for any news on Source Crystal Mines.”

Shay responded and quickly boarded the Floating Airship.

Accompanied by a humming sound, the runes engraved on the bottom of the airship lit up, and the vast and magnificent sky ship slowly ascended to a certain height before accelerating and vanishing into the horizon.

“Yangtze River Delta…”

Tang Yu watched the sky for a moment, then suddenly turned and went back to the castle.

…

On the deck, Shay stood smoking a cigarette, looking over the beautiful landscape, “The only regret is that there is not a breath of wind on the deck.”

After finishing his cigarette, he returned to the cabin and approached Mali Country, asking,

“How long will it take to reach our destination?”

“About ten hours. This is the first trip to the Yangtze River Delta, so the estimate may not be accurate.”

“That long?” Shay was surprised.

He had heard that the flight from the Territory to Jing City took less than an hour; while the Yangtze River Delta was indeed much further than Jing City, it wasn’t ten times further.

Mali Country constantly checked the surroundings and shook his head, “On our way to the Yangtze River Delta, we will pass through several dangerous zones, especially the outskirts of the Delta, which are rated six stars in terms of danger. If the Sail cannot cross through that area, we might have to consider taking a detour and going through the sea to enter the Yangtze River Delta.”

Shay nodded in understanding.

It wasn’t that he didn’t understand; it was merely boredom.

He had already learned quite a bit about the Yangtze River Delta from the Lord.

The region was both flourishing and chaotic.

Much like Luoxia, the surrounding three Earth Level city areas, apart from the Luoxia Sanctuary, had very few medium or small sanctuaries, almost none at all.

Lindong, Jing City, and other areas, except for the Satellite City and Transfer Stations built by large Sanctuaries, most of the medium and small sanctuaries had already been absorbed into the large ones.

The Yangtze River Delta was different. In addition to the region itself, there was a circle of six-star Forbidden Lands almost enclosing the whole Yangtze River Delta. The density of demonized beasts inside was not high, so as long as the medium and small sanctuaries did not approach the edge, they could survive well without the pressure to merge into the large sanctuaries.

The survivors were numerous, and the exchanges and trade between various sanctuaries were very frequent.

But it was also chaotic, attacks between sanctuaries were not uncommon.

Besides a few large sanctuaries that held a transcendent status, there were territorial mergers and resource plundering among the medium and small sanctuaries…

Lord had once said, “Human beings, when external threats are not significant, internal conflicts will inevitably erupt.” Now it seemed to be the case, but this environment, compared to either staying in the territory cultivating or going out to scavenge for resources every day, was much more interesting.

Shay was excited.

Fighting demonized beasts was boring, but battling humans could make his blood boil, almost making him want to blow up a few beer bottles.

Mali was meticulously commanding the Floating Airship, repelling several waves of attacking demonized beasts.

Shay found it boring, and returned to the deck.

The journey of a few hours was spent playing cards.

Not facing Xing Ling, Ling Yue, and the Carmen Brothers, these cheaters, Shay had regained his grandeur as the king of cards.

Gradually,

the Floating Airship was getting closer to its destination, and Mali’s voice spread throughout the Floating Airship:

“Sail is about to increase altitude, crossing the six-star Forbidden Land. All departments, prepare for alert, increase vigilance!”

Shay glanced at the lousy cards in his hand, immediately stood up, “All Air Soldiers, enter first level combat readiness.”

He walked to the bow of the ship.

From afar, he could see that at the horizon’s end, a red fog cloaked a tiny city.

The Floating Airship was increasing altitude, passing through the clouds, and soon the ground below was out of sight; however, the drifting red fog remained visible at an altitude of ten thousand meters, dyeing even the clouds red.

Sail seemed as if it was sailing on a red ocean.

The red was truly terrifying.

The red fog usually emitted from an ordinary Abyssal Rift was light red, but this whole area had turned to a dark red, Shay knew it was because there were countless large and small Abyssal Rifts below.

The route they were taking was relatively safe, the same path Greta and others had taken through the six-star Forbidden Land in the Floating Chariot more than a month ago.

The difference was, the Floating Chariot could only fly at a low altitude, while the Floating Airship was much safer, flying above ten thousand meters.

“I don’t know how Greta and the others managed to cross through. Why would they want to brave the six-star Forbidden Land? It seems like they were tempting fate, yet they succeeded.”

Shay looked down.

Even above ten thousand meters, there were still many flying demonized beasts, either singly or in groups attacking the Floating Airship.

“Luckily, no transcendent beings have appeared, so there’s no need for me to intervene.”

But on second thought, even if a transcendent being appeared, his intervention would be useless.

After sailing for almost half an hour, the crew was quite nervous.

Finally,

the sea of clouds below gradually lost their red hue, returning to the color of normal clouds.

Sail continued to fly for a while before beginning to descend.

Shay ran to the stern, watching the red fog line recede into the distance, with the Flying Airship rapidly moving forward, aside from flying demonized beasts that they ran head-on into, others were easily outpaced by Sail.

Below, the earth was ravaged and scarred, without any trace of Awakener activities.

Continuing to fly over a hundred kilometers more, during which they encountered only one Abyssal Rift, merely fifty meters in size.

There were not many demonized beasts on the ground.

The Floating Airship, flying at a few hundred meters in height, activated the rune to camouflage the ship, and penetrated deeper into the region. Finally, Shay saw traces of survivors, a sanctuary with a population of several thousand.

And they were also about to reach their destination, the territory managed by Greta and others in the Yangtze River Delta.