Chapter 22

Little brother, what's wrong?

Seeing his pale complexion, Wang Gongtou asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just feel that the road ahead is still long."

Lin Yue shook his head and quickly adjusted his mindset.

Food must be eaten bite by bite, road must be walked step by step.

Ten thousand points may be many, but there will surely be a day when they are collected.

Standing before the gymnasium ruins, the impact from its massive size once again seized Lin Yue and Wang Gongtou's minds.

The length is 150 meters, even the narrowest part exceeds 80 meters, and the total area exceeds 15,000 square meters.

What does that mean?

That's equivalent to two standard football fields.

"Old Wang!"

Lin Yue smiled and looked at Wang Gongtou,

"Stop sighing! It's time to start construction! The mobile fortress you mentioned earlier can now be built!"

"Build! Build now!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Gongtou was instantly energized, his previous sorrow and fatigue swept away.

Soon, a 2-square-meter floating platform appeared before them, formed by Black Tortoise using Earth Control.

After all, at a height of 30 meters, without Black Tortoise's help, getting up wouldn't be that easy.

When the two climbed onto Black Tortoise's back, Wang Gongtou immediately excitedly ran back and forth on the thick soil and rock layer, measuring the land with his feet, muttering to himself.

"Lin kid, come! Let's discuss together!"

He waved at Lin Yue.

The two gathered together, and under the dim light, Wang Gongtou again used a piece of rebar to draw a new blueprint on the ground.

"First is the wall! We must have a sufficiently sturdy wall!"

Wang Gongtou heavily drew a closed line on the outermost circle of the sketch.

"Build a wall at least four meters high! The wall must be thick, hollow inside, with key positions reserved for firing ports and observation posts! This is not only to keep monsters out, but also to boost our morale and give us peace of mind."

Lin Yue nodded heavily.

He fully understood that, in the apocalypse, besides living supplies, nothing is more important than a sense of security.

"Second step, agricultural zone!"

He marked out a large area on the sketch, estimating at least 5,000 square meters.

"With your purification ability, we can directly treat the soil and water here to grow vegetables and grain! If this 5,000-square-meter plot is done well, feeding dozens or even hundreds of people is no problem!"

"Third step, functional zoning!"

He pointed to the area near Black Tortoise's head,

"This is the warehouse zone! We need to build many warehouses to store scavenged supplies, food, and future harvests!"

"Finally, our living quarters and command room!"

He designated the last area at the very center and most stable part of the turtle's back,

"First build two simple two-story buildings, one for us to live in, one as command and lookout tower! The rest can be added later as more people come."

"Good! Let's do it just like that!"

"So then we..."

Wang Gongtou was about to ask where to start moving materials.

Lin Yue, however, smiled and interrupted him.

"Black Tortoise, following Old Wang's plan, begin construction!"

"Roar——!"

Black Tortoise let out a low, spirited howl in response.

The next second, a miracle unfolded before their eyes.

Only see countless stones and soil on the ground begin to gather toward them.

"Rumble——!"

Under Wang Gongtou's stunned gaze, a stone-and-earth wall two meters thick and four meters high rose from the ground, its surface smooth as a mirror, far sturdier than ordinary brick walls.

Immediately after, the farmland's soil automatically tilled and leveled, even the irrigation channels forming together.

The foundations of the warehouse and living areas also rose rapidly and were compacted……

What Wang Gongtou originally thought would require hundreds of workers, heavy machinery, and about a year to complete—a massive project—is now being rapidly realized at an exaggerated speed under Black Tortoise's Earth Control.

Wang Gongtou just stood there dumbfounded, still muttering to himself:

"A miracle…… this is practically a miracle……"

The whole process didn't even take half a day.

As the gray sky began to dim, a fledgling moving fortress exuding a sense of heft and safety already stood tall upon Black Tortoise's back.

Lin Yue and Wang Gongtou stood on the roof of one of the small buildings, leaning on the railing to gaze.

Beneath their feet lay their land and city.

In the distance lay the lifeless ruins of the city.

A unprecedented sense of heroism and security welled up.

"Old Wang, what do you think we should name this city?!"

Wang Gongtou thought for a moment, then gave a suggestion,

"How about calling it Xuanwu City?"

"Xuanwu City?"

"Xuanwu City, the city on Black Tortoise's back, simple and direct!"

"Fine, let's call it Xuanwu City!"

"Afterwards, Lin Yue took out several packets of vegetable seeds he had previously collected from his backpack, and then carefully scattered them in the field."

"Old Wang, you say... will they sprout?"

"Lin Yue looked at the barren land, feeling a bit unsure."

"Can! Definitely can!"

"Wang Gongtou watered the land with purified clear water, his eyes extremely resolute."

"Lin Yue smiled."

"He leaned against the cold parapet, took out the last sausage from his pocket, broke it in half, and handed half to Wang Gongtou."

"For our city, cheers."

"Cheers!"

"The two smiled at each other, in this apocalyptic dusk, gnawing on that sausage whose taste wasn't great, yet their hearts were filled with unprecedented fervor and hope."

"Meanwhile."

"Dozens of kilometers away from Black Tortoise, the Third Prison Refuge of Hangcheng, underground Command Center."

"The piercing alarm shattered the silence here."

"Report! High-altitude reconnaissance drone No. 07 detected intense energy fluctuations and geological shifts in Area C-7!"

"A young technician jumped up from his seat and loudly reported to the command console."

"Energy fluctuations? Geological shifts?"

"Before the command console, a middle-aged man wearing a major general's insignia, with graying temples and a stern face, heard the report and his brows immediately furrowed."

"He was the supreme commander of the Third Prison Refuge, Zhang Zhen Guo."

"Specifics! Switch over the reconnaissance feed!"

"He issued the order in a low voice."

"Yes!"

"The technician tapped the keyboard rapidly; soon, on the huge screen at the center of the Command Center, the image flickered and switched to real-time overhead surveillance footage."

"At the center of the image was precisely the gymnasium ruins where Lin Yue and the others were located."

"However, the image at this moment caused everyone in the Command Center to suck in a breath of cold air."

"What did they see?"

"A terrifying giant beast thirty meters tall and one hundred fifty meters long appeared on the screen."

"Immediately! Push the drone's altitude to the limit! Conduct continuous observation! I need to know its every move!"

"Zhang Zhen Guo issued the order."

"Soon, a new image arrived."

"They saw that on the beast's back were walls, fields, houses... indeed resembling a human settlement."

"Meanwhile, on the central structure there were two humans, one old and one young."