Chapter 72: Hiring!

"Wait, that doesn't seem to be the Ice Lion King."

Soon, Liu Bo realized that this giant ice lion was a lioness, not the Ice Lion King from before!

But she was equally powerful! At this moment, this extraordinary ice lion was leading numerous powerful extraordinary creatures in clearing out the rat demons within Sunset Town.

With successive lion roars, the extraordinary rat demons hiding in every corner and shadow either fled in blind panic or were shaken to death on the spot! These existences that were extremely dangerous to them were laughably fragile in the hands of this extraordinary ice lion! "Wonderful! We're saved!"

A trace of joy showed in Liu Bo's eyes, but it quickly dimmed.

Even if the extraordinary ice lion helped them kill the rat demons, their situation remained dire.

Food, water sources, safety—these were all problems.

The Tanzanira military had already abandoned this small town; they could barely take care of themselves now.

And if they wanted to leave the town, they might encounter even more powerful extraordinary creatures, and their situation would become even more dangerous.

It was roughly 10 minutes before the terrifying lion roars finally stopped.

At this point, a loud, looping broadcast from a loudspeaker suddenly came from outside—

"His Majesty the Lion King has now dispatched troops to purge the rat demons within Sunset Town! Surviving friends, you can safely come outside now!"

"Furthermore, His Majesty the Lion King plans to rebuild Sunset Town and construct pastures and farms beside it."

"Now hiring: 100 farmers, 100 workers, 5 chefs, 5 translators, 10 animal keepers, and unlimited Awakened."

"Room and board included, safety guaranteed, plus the opportunity to become an Awakened!"

"Everyone is welcome to sign up enthusiastically! The registration location is the town center square!"

"Lord Lion King wants to build a farm here?"

Inside the house, a strange feeling rose in the hearts of Liu Bo and his wife.

After the Ice Lion Clan killed all the rat demons, the masters of Sunset Town naturally became the Ice Lion Clan.

Liu Bo did not feel any aversion or resistance toward extraordinary creatures becoming the town's rulers.

Perhaps it was because the last time the town suffered an invasion by extraordinary creatures, it was the Ice Lion King who saved them.

This time, the Ice Lion Clan had appeared again and wiped out the rat demons roaming the town—they were practically their saviors! But a lion wanting to build a farm, a pasture, or even a city struck him as incredible.

This world was simply too surreal and absurd.

But going by the broadcast's pitch, it seemed... not bad?

For ordinary people, what was most important in the apocalypse?

Without a doubt, food and safety.

Now, as long as they put in labor, they could obtain food and shelter—just like going to work before the apocalypse! Liu Bo and his wife felt this was an opportunity.

Perhaps they could give it a try! "Let's go together!"

Liu Bo adjusted his rectangular glasses, somewhat tempted.

"Alright!"

When the couple arrived at the registration location mentioned in the broadcast, they found a long queue already formed in the square—a rough glance showed nearly a thousand people! The vast majority of the survivors in this town had all come.

Aside from trusting the Ice Lion King, what was more important was—this way they might be able to survive!

The line moved slowly forward, and Liu Bo observed that every person who finished their interview wore a beaming smile, as though most people had landed decent jobs.

It was over an hour later before it was finally his turn.

However, upon seeing the "interviewer," Liu Bo couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

Because the "interviewer" was no stranger to him—it was Aunt Sang Lan from next door! Back then, she had seemingly left with her son alongside the Ice Lion King! He never expected her to show up here! And now she had transformed into the "interviewer"! "Liu Bo, Qiu Ping? So glad to see you!"

Aunt Sang Lan naturally recognized the couple as well—or rather, she knew most of the people in this town.

This was also the reason Chen Mo had assigned her to handle this task.

"What position would you like to apply for?"

"Aunt Sang Lan, are there any positions suited for architects? You know we used to build houses."

Liu Bo asked.

"Yes, yes. Let me register you."

Aunt Sang Lan nodded. Sunset Town needed rebuilding, and architects were essential talent.

"Also, Aunt Sang Lan, I'm an Awakened. I wonder if there are any special benefits?"

Liu Bo asked, slightly nervous.

"An Awakened!?"

A smile appeared on Aunt Sang Lan's wrinkled face.

"Awakened definitely get special benefits! Depending on your abilities and work contributions, you can even receive spirit plants and extraordinary flesh!"

Her son Sang Qi had told her before to keep an eye out for Awakened among humans, collect information about their abilities, and recruit them as much as possible.

She needed to help His Majesty the Lion King gather lots of talent!

Yet after registering people for over an hour, she had finally encountered only the second Awakened.

"Liu Bo, what ability did you awaken? Could you demonstrate it?"

"Hail. But it might be a little different from ordinary hail."

Liu Bo said, slightly nervous.

As an Awakened, his combat strength was nearly no different from an ordinary person's.

Taking a deep breath, he slowly channeled the ice-type spiritual power within his body.

Soon, ice crystals appeared one after another before him—just condensed, they were ice crystals, but in the blink of an eye they turned into large water droplets.

Pitter-patter they struck the snowy ground.

These water droplets fell to the ground and, incredibly, did not immediately freeze—even though the outdoor temperature was now below minus 20 degrees.

Liu Bo felt slightly nervous inside.

After he awakened, the ice-type spiritual power inside his body seemed to have mutated, leaning slightly toward water-type.

The hail that originally had some destructive power directly turned into precipitation within the area.

"This isn't hail at all! This is clearly a rainfall technique! It's perfect for farming, great!"

Sang Lan was very happy; yesterday she heard from her son that Lion King attaches great importance to the farm's construction, and Liu Bo's ability is very suitable for farming!

"You count as talent here; I'll take you to find my son—he now oversees many people!"

Sang Lan's eyes showed pride.

She felt extremely fortunate about her son's earlier insistence on dragging them to seek refuge with the Ice Lion King.

She never expected the situation to change so quickly.

After the Snow Mountain Secret Realm descended, in just half a month, countless towns were invaded by supernatural beings, and the remaining humans struggled to survive.

But in the Ice Lion King's territory, they not only had food and clothing, but even became awakened by consuming the flesh and blood of supernatural beings.

Choice, change fate! Under Sang Lan's leadership.

Liu Bo and his wife came to the farm beside the small town.

Immediately they were stunned by the sight before them.

All they saw was on the vast snowy plain, a dozen or so huge-bodied giant oxen with ice horns on their heads swiftly plowing the fields.

On the already plowed land, humans and ice wraiths floating in mid-air were sowing seeds; subsequently, one after another, ice horn frost sheep with single horns unleashed their abilities to catalyze these seeds. In the air, snow cranes handled reconnaissance, frost hounds handled patrol and guard, winter horses handled transport—various supernatural beings each performed their duties in the farm work.

Liu Bo felt deep emotion inside.

The spiritual qi resurgence had only been underway for a little over two months, yet these supernatural beings had already established their own civilization! Farming, planting, transportation, breeding—various jobs were orderly, even more efficient than humans!

The times have changed.

When supernatural beings possessed power surpassing humans and also wisdom not inferior to humanity, humans naturally were no longer the protagonists of the world.

Of course, Liu Bo was just sighing.

With the changing of the times, his personal power seemed utterly insignificant, unable to change anything at all.

He merely wanted to simply survive.

(End of chapter)