My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 201 - 199: Delicious Food

This group of survivors, numbering over a hundred, some had come from other areas of Luoxia, arriving at this large Sanctuary for the first time, while many more were mercenaries belonging to the Luoxia Sanctuary, just returned from the wilderness.

Shay had also once been a mercenary, highly skilled in mingling, and it did not take long for him to become acquainted with some of the mercenaries present.

"Aren’t you guys here from other places? That couldn’t have been easy," a fellow Awakener lamented.

"Indeed, but only a large Sanctuary is truly safe. No matter how difficult, one must find a way to get here," Shay feigned a similarly lamenting expression and asked, "Does Luoxia Sanctuary often face attacks from Demonized Beasts? Is the security reliable? I certainly don’t want to wake up and find myself pinned down by a Demonized Beast."

The Luoxia Awakener laughed heartily, "It looks like, brother, your understanding of large Sanctuaries is quite limited. In my view, large Sanctuaries are absolutely safe. Those monsters, though they look terrifying, actually, under artillery fire, few can even reach the city walls, let alone threaten the safety of the Sanctuary."

He waved his hand, a proud and self-satisfied expression on his face as an Awakener of a large Sanctuary, but he did not underestimate Shay—Shay was still stronger than him.

"However," he pointed towards the distance, where the river water churned and the creatures clambered onto the shore, "those aren’t Demonized Beasts, they are Mutated Beasts."

"Mutated Beasts? Can Mutated Beasts form such a large-scale Beast Tide? As far as I know, Mutated Beasts do not inherently have hostility towards the human scent like the Demonized Beasts, right?"

Shay frowned.

The distance was too great to perceive those creatures’ auras—solely by their appearance, it was difficult to clearly differentiate Mutated Beasts from Demonized Beasts.

Hearing this, the Luoxia Awakener said, "Indeed, there aren’t as many mutant beasts on land, perhaps they exist in the deep forests, but the ocean is different. Before the apocalypse, the ocean was home to countless aquatic life forms. Some of these marine creatures were demonized, while others mutated, and surprisingly, after mutation, not only did their size significantly increase and their appearance become bizarre, but their reproductive capability also became...terrifying, to say the least."

Shay had already formed some conjectures.

He continued to listen as the man said, "Rivers cannot nurture so many aquatic Mutated Beasts; these creatures mostly grow and reproduce in the ocean before traveling along the rivers to inland areas, and our Luoxia Sanctuary, being quite close to the ocean, is the first to bear the brunt."

"It is said that the reason these Mutated Beasts form such large-scale Beast Tides is also related to their massive reproduction, but the specifics, I am not entirely clear on."

Shay passed a cigarette over, "Doesn’t that mean, in addition to bearing the pressure from the Demon Tide, Luoxia Sanctuary also has to withstand the pressure from marine Mutated Beasts?"

The Awakener nodded, "That’s true, but actually, the people of our Sanctuary are quite welcoming of these marine Mutated Beasts."

"Welcome?"

"Exactly, don’t forget, unlike Demonized Beasts, most Mutated Beasts are edible, and after mutation, their meat is even more delicious." He wiped a non-existent drool from the corner of his mouth, "Because of this, we at Luoxia have a relatively abundant food supply, the only downside being, perhaps, eating too much seafood..."

The mercenaries were all bigmouths, in both senses of the term.

Tang Yu leaned against the car window, and despite the distance, he could hear clearly the conversation between Shay and the Luoxia Awakener.

He gazed over the river, filled densely with mutant sea creatures—some propelled themselves out of the water, others, with fierce limbs, rapidly crawled out.

These mutated sea creatures, whether amphibious or other kinds of fish monsters, shrimp monsters, coelenterate water monsters, or soft-bodied water monsters, all to some extent had the ability to temporarily survive on land. However, what was most feared were those amphibious ones; with a single leap and climb, they swiftly approached the city walls, sometimes even managing to evade incoming cannonballs.

It was indeed a grand scene of relentless gunfire, yet the thought of these sea creatures ending up as food on dinner tables,

delicious river crabs, giant lobsters, steamed mutated fish, braised mutated eel, pot-roasted mutated catfish, stewed mutated leather armor fish, pot-roasted mutated carp...

Suddenly, he felt that something was off. If it weren’t for the increased breeding speed after the mutation, Tang Yu seriously worried that these creatures would become protected animals.

Indeed, compared to the mutated beasts, the citizens of the Big Foodie Empire were truly the most terrifying.

With this understanding, Tang Yu felt much more at ease.

The environment around the Luoxia Sanctuary was much more dangerous than that near Lindong, causing the Awakeners here to be stronger; fortunately, this sanctuary had been jointly established by three cities, with significantly robust military strength. Even with the added pressure of the Sea Beast Tide, they firmly held the defense line, never letting a Sea Beast cross.

The battle had reached a fever pitch: despite the continuous gunfire, shattering the beasts into pieces, countless sea creatures still surged from the river channel, falling and rising in succession, with no end in sight.

Many beasts were lured to the opposite bank of the river, but some climbed onto the riverbank on this side or shot out of the river, landing on the bridge and launching an attack on the Awakeners. Fortunately, their numbers were few and they were quickly dealt with by everyone together.

Because of this, the survivors waiting at the entrance to the bridge had no intention of crossing—they knew that if anything went wrong on land, they could still retreat, but once on the bridge, if danger struck, there would be no escape.

However, Tang Yu had no plans to stay any longer.

He believed in the Luoxia Sanctuary’s ability to repel the Sea Beast Tide, but he didn’t know how long it would take, and detouring... he glanced at the map; the nearest bridge was quite far away, and he didn’t want to rely on the flying system—after all, he, Lord Tang, was a low-profile man, especially when searching for his parents; he didn’t want to attract any trouble.

He shouted to Shay, "Let’s prepare to set off."

"Yes, Captain."

Shay jogged back to the war vehicle, and soon several cars started up, their simulated motor roars filling the air, driving onto the bridge.

Around,

in conversation, mingling, or on guard against Sea Beast attacks, the Awakeners all stared in astonishment at the luxury sports cars as they drove onto the bridge and sped towards the opposite shore, as if driven by a do-or-die resolve.

Some were baffled, some scoffed, and some just shook their heads and sighed.

Having just introduced Shay to a lot about Luoxia, the Awakener felt as if struck dumb, a sudden urge to flip the table rising inside him.

Were all those words he just said in vain?

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