My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 43: Awakening Tier, Basic?

Time had already reached the afternoon.

Tang Yu put down the book and stretched his stiffened body. He had never imagined that he, always a student, could become so absorbed in his studies, completely engrossed in the book "Source Power Basics" without noticing the passage of time.

But the gains were tremendous, he had now understood, what exactly was Source Power!

It was an indescribable force, yet it permeated every aspect, including the construction of runes, which was also closely related to the understanding of Source Power.

"Totally worth it..."

Tang Yu's mind descended into his body, ceaselessly exploring, until finally at a place infinitely deep within, he found a faint glimmer of light.

That was Source Power...

Source Power existed within every Awakener, but only ability users could feel their own Source Power; Awakeners couldn't.

At first, Tang Yu guessed that only after Awakening a Special Ability did one possess Source Energy within the body, but after reading this foundational text, he realized that wasn't the case at all.

As long as one was an Awakener, Source Power was inevitably present within the body.

However.

The reason ordinary Awakeners couldn't feel the presence of Source Power within them was simply because the amount was so small that it was completely imperceptible!

It was only after he finished the book and gained some understanding of the nature of Source Power that he groped his way to discovering the Source Power deep within his body.

He could even mobilize it... Of course, this was of no real use, since ordinary Awakeners had much less Source Power than ability users and couldn't leverage the Source Power in the air; the little Source Power within them only served an initiating function. To really harness its power, he still had to cultivate properly.

He realized that even for Warrior Series skills, some required Source Power to use.

For non-ability users, it was only upon reaching the third realm within the Awakening Tier, the Source Condensation Realm, that one had a substantial amount of Source Power to utilize.

Foundation Realm, Body-shaping Realm, and Source Condensation Realm, these were the three minor realms within the Awakening Tier.

This also constituted basic cultivation knowledge.

From the book, Tang Yu learned that the Foundation Realm, from the First to Fifth Layer, laid the most crucial foundation.

The Body-shaping Realm, from the Sixth to Ninth Layer, primarily refined the body.

The Source Condensation Realm, from the 10th to 12th Layer, as the name implies, was about condensing Source Power.

And the last layer of the Awakening Tier, the Thirteenth Layer Perfection.

This was the entire process for an Awakener, seemingly long but, in reality, it was all about honing the foundation.

Tang Yu originally thought that, having cheated a few times and possessing the strength of a Third Layer Awakener, he somewhat counted as a minor expert, but after gaining more understanding, he dared not think like that anymore.

Within the Awakening Tier, each realm's advancement was a bottleneck, not just a matter of simply absorbing soul power to break through.

It seemed the higher one climbed, the fewer the divisions between the realms, from Fifth Layer to Fourth Layer, and then to Third Layer, but in reality, the further up one went, each additional layer of Awakening became more difficult, requiring more resources.

According to the book, if one's talent wasn't sufficient and luck wasn't on their side, it wouldn't be surprising to be stuck at a minor bottleneck for two or three years.

And the reason the three realms were combined into the Awakening Tier was not to pad the word count, the key reason lay in the fact that with each increase in the Tier, there was a chance to awaken a Special Ability; this was the origin of the Awakening Tier.

The entire Awakening Tier was still just a foundation!

Tang Yu felt somewhat disconsolate.

No wonder, in the early stages of the apocalypse, he had heard about modern armored armies suffering heavy losses against Demonized Beasts, which he found hard to believe at the time. Now, thinking about it, even Demonized Beasts at the Fourth or Fifth Layer were already quite threatening, what about higher ones?

Every layer of Awakening represented an elevation in the life order. Demonized Beasts at the Body-shaping Realm or Source Condensation Realm, undoubtedly, would become very terrifying, not to mention those surpassing the Awakening Tier!

At this level, Tang Yu had never heard of it, but he believed it absolutely existed in this world, otherwise, how could the army suffer such heavy casualties, with an entire corps being crippled? How terrifying must that be?

If there were Demonized Beasts of such level charging at the Sanctuary, then even a large Sanctuary might not necessarily be safe.

He felt a sense of urgency in his heart, not knowing whether his parents, far away in another province, were safe.

"Now that I have the Return City Scroll, I can go to the Lindong Sanctuary, and I hope to find some related information there. However, I need to prepare a bit more."

Yesterday, after refining his soul power, he now had the strength of a late third-layer Awakener. He originally thought that with this strength, he would definitely be more than capable in the Lindong Sanctuary.

In reality, it was a breeze for Han Jing and his group to come here from Lindong, and with their route map, Tang Yu's journey to Lindong should also not encounter too much danger.

But he feared the unexpected.

He now knew that being a third-layer Awakener was just being an Ordinary People. What if he encountered beasts of the Body-shaping Realm or Source Condensation Realm, or even stronger Demonized Beasts? Even with a Return City Scroll, would he have enough time to use it?

Tang Yu wasn't sure.

He needed to enhance his strength, not in terms of brute force, but rather, to improve his ability to react to danger.

After some hesitation, Tang Yu set his sights on a building in the system panel.

The training camp!

Among the system buildings, there were many that he coveted, such as the Energy Patio that provided energy to the Territory. With an Energy Patio, it wouldn't just be about supporting two mere Arrow Towers and a Cannon, even ten times that amount, the energy supply would be more than enough.

Besides that, there were also Warehouses, Spell Factories, Detection Towers, Altars, and other buildings with special functions. He coveted each one immensely, but they were also very expensive. After long consideration, Tang Yu decided to construct the training camp first.

With such careful planning, before the apocalypse, he could definitely be rated as one of the top ten good men...

Training camps, unlike core buildings, are public facilities.

Therefore, Tang Yu decided not to place the training camp behind the castle. Anyway... With building walls and cannons being such miraculous occurrences, constructing a training camp could certainly be considered normal.

Eventually, he chose a piece of open land in the middle of the villa area.

It used to be planted with many trees, which became even sturdier after the apocalypse, but now, they had all been cut down, leaving a bare piece of wasteland... Tang Yu had to admire his foresight for not letting the survivors cut down trees. Where else could he have found such a large space for construction?

It took the survivors quite some time to transport the building materials, and it was only when it started to get dark that they managed to gather enough.

Once they had chosen the location, in no time at all, with a series of loud noises, a huge building appeared.

This building covered an immense area, even bigger than the already second-tier castle, with a pyramid shape that was very impressive.

The construction of this building consumed a lot of materials, almost depleting the building materials... Now in the entire vacation village, except for the villa area, almost every salvageable building had been dismantled. Transporting materials now required hauling them from nearby villages and towns, which was a lot less efficient, and also required the accompany of the Patrol Team.

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Material crisis suddenly became the new concern following the Source Crystal crisis.

Fortunately, there weren't many Source Crystals left in hand, and even if he wanted to build, he couldn't... Thinking this way seemed to be somewhat incorrect.

Tang Yu fell into deep thought.

Around him, the crowd of onlookers who had finished transporting materials all let out exclamations of surprise, expressing their admiration.

This time, no one was shocked. After experiencing major events, the survivors in the Sanctuary had grown accustomed to Tang Yu making big moves from time to time. Now, seeing this, it was indeed spectacular and magical, but... wasn't this very normal?

They each went back to work diligently.

Onlookers? Not at all. They preferred to work more in the time they had. Now their food was linked to their workload. Full from eating, they also wanted to eat better, and even if they were eating well, they could aim for an upgrade in their clothing.

It was said that the Sanctuary was recently planning to build a bathhouse, and soon they would be able to abandon their current dirty and smelly condition, of course, this too required work credits.

Lured by the promise of a better life, the survivors were filled with enthusiasm.