152: Chapter 146 Nest

Chapter 146: Hive City (Seeking active subscriptions)

Even though Dong Hu proposed a construction plan to increase manpower and implement a two-shift system, Wang Ting still preferred to redeem the Hive City.

Since Spark City was his base of operations, for a long time to come, even before it grew to the scale of Jumu City, the location of Spark City would not undergo drastic changes and would always be the foundation of their foothold.

Therefore, the sturdier the city walls of Spark City were built and the larger the city was built, the higher the level of crises they could resist, and the more stable their foothold would be.

Given that an abnormal riot had already occurred in Zombie Town, and an abnormal sandstorm could strike at any time, Spark City built with the Hive City would undoubtedly provide greater protection to the people under his command.

Moreover, by redeeming the Hive City, the entire Spark City would be under his control.

Although it might not be as smooth as moving one's fingers, the buildings in the city and every corner built with flesh soil would be under his perception and preliminary control. This point alone was enough to be a reason to redeem the Hive City.

After weighing pros and cons in his heart, Wang Ting made up his mind.

"Redeem the Hive City."

The appearance of the Hive City was like a huge heart formed by countless flesh-and-blood clumps stacked together. It was about 1.5 meters tall, with many blood vessels of varying thickness attached to its exterior. The entire heart rose and fell, beating continuously, as if it were alive.

Within this heart, a blood-red network resembling spider silk was faintly visible, densely intertwined completely with the flesh and blood, indistinguishable from one another.

Wang Ting directly pressed the Hive City onto the earth, and it sank into it without the slightest obstruction.

In his perception, this blood-colored heart began to spread strands of blood-colored spider silk, which melted into the soil and changed the surrounding soil quality bit by bit.

In the soil covered by the blood-colored spider silk, a special Transcendent power was seeping out, and the soil thus gained a hint of blood red, changing its nature bit by bit.

The speed of transformation was not slow. In just one hour, centered on the Hive City and with the coverage range of the spider silk as the radius, within a range of 10 meters, the soil looked as if it had been stained with blood, gradually transforming into flesh soil.

Wang Ting quietly waited for the Hive City to change the soil quality. What the final effect would be would become clear the next day.

[Successfully survived for one day, starting to calculate today's monster points]

[Low-level anomaly Rock-Horned Wild Bull + 5 monster points]

[Intermediate anomaly Pig-headed Farmer + 10 monster points]

[Low-level anomaly Sickle-Wielding Scarecrow + 3 monster points]

[Low-level anomaly Faceless Farmer + 2 monster points]

[Total calculated today: 158 monster points]

Current monster points: 176 monster points.

The daily accumulated and calculated monster points had already exceeded 150 points. With this kind of reliance, Wang Ting had the confidence to redeem the Hive City first.

Early the next day, the soil range transformed by the Hive City had expanded to a range extending outward for nearly 300 meters centered on Infinite Building.

Before Wang Ting could tell Dong Hu about this matter, anomalies had already been discovered at the construction site.

"Captain Dong, come and take a look quickly. The soil dug out here has problems! It doesn't look like clay at all; it's like chunks of living flesh."

The members of the construction team were currently surrounding the large soil-gathering pit they had determined yesterday. A lump of reddish mud had been dug out by them and was piled in the open space next to it.

This piece of soil obviously looked like blood-stained soil blocks. Although its appearance was strange, it was still in the category of soil.

But when Dong Hu reached out and pressed on this soil, his expression suddenly changed.

Upon contact, an unusual feeling came from his hand. This soil block actually had a hint of elasticity like muscle, as if the piece dug out was not soil, but the flesh and blood of some monster.

"I'll go find the leader."

Just as Dong Hu was about to turn around to look for Wang Ting, Wang Ting had already walked over following the sound.

"No need, I've come over."

"The soil here has changed. I wonder if it's the influence of Infinite Building's projection? If so, I'm afraid——"

Wang Ting waved his hand. "This is flesh soil. Blending flesh soil into the soil for you to build city walls or buildings can accelerate shaping and has a certain self-repair function. As for the strength——"

At this moment, by mastering the Hive City, Wang Ting began to manipulate and influence the flesh soil before him.

The head-sized lump of flesh soil actually writhed slowly, and before long, it turned into a square red brick. The red brick exuded a crimson color, looking like a solidified blood clot.

"You can try it; it shouldn't be too bad."

Dong Hu first cautiously reached out and touched the brick formed by this flesh soil. The tactile feel was soft with a hint of hardness, and compared to when it was just dug out, it was indeed much sturdier.

Dong Hu glanced at Wang Ting. Since the leader had said so, he still had to give it a try.

He looked at the fellow worker nearby. "Lend me your hoe."

He took the hoe from the fellow worker's hand, grasped the handle with both hands, and then smashed it with a clang onto this piece of flesh soil brick.

Hearing only a soft sound and a ding, the hoe bounced right back. Looking closely at the brick formed by the flesh soil, there was actually only a shallow white mark.

Dong Hu's eyes lit up. "The hardness of this hoe is already comparable to high-strength concrete, and it seems to rebound slightly too."

"Captain Dong, look quickly! That mark seems to be disappearing!"

The fellow worker nearby reminded him, and Dong Hu quickly looked over. The white mark he had dug out was now slowly "healing," just like a wound; the surrounding flesh-and-blood tissue slowly gathered over and then smoothed it out bit by bit.

After a short minute passed, that white mark had already disappeared.

Dong Hu watched in dumbfounded amazement, and the construction team members on the side also looked at each other in dismay.

"Leader, how should this flesh soil be used then? We can't manipulate it to change its shape like you do."

"After being dug from the ground, it can be shaped and compacted. The properties of flesh soil are similar, and they can slowly fuse together to form a fixed shape. After separating from the vicinity of the Hive City, it will gradually harden. If you want to change it, you can only throw it back near the Hive City."

After solidifying, the flesh soil became as hard as concrete, and was even superior in strength. There were only two ways to revitalize it: one was for Wang Ting to manipulate the flesh soil, revitalizing the flesh soil in a certain fixed area to turn it back into mud that could be kneaded at will; the other method was to throw it back near the Hive City to be re-devoured and form flesh soil.

The crowd did not expect there to be such a magical thing, and their gazes looking at Wang Ting became increasingly awe-stricken and loyal.

"I will manipulate the flesh soil to assist you in building the framework of the city walls. Just go ahead and do it, and today's speed should be much faster than yesterday's."

"Understood."

"We guarantee the completion of the mission, rest assured!"

The crowd assured Wang Ting one after another. Wang Ting nodded slightly and let Dong Hu continue to oversee the construction of the city walls.

As soon as Wang Ting left, members of the construction team whispered among themselves, "Our leader is truly amazing to be able to pull out such powerful things? I bet Spark City will definitely be built taller and larger than Jumu City in the future."

"Isn't that so? Everyone says the leader must be someone from a big city, at least the same as Jumu City."

"Alright, alright, keep your voices down. Who doesn't know the leader is formidable? The leader has given everyone so much assistance, so we must build the city walls tall and well. Listen up, as long as you are loyal to the leader, Spark City will definitely have a place for you. As long as your meritorious deeds accumulate enough, even becoming a Transcendent is not out of the question for you."

A flash of burning passion flickered in the eyes of quite a few people in the construction team. They were all official residents of Spark City, and naturally, they had a share in that redemption system.

As Dong Hu's voice fell, someone in the crowd muttered, "I wouldn't dare to think about the 100,000 contribution point Transcendent materials, but blood vine fruit really gives me a chance. Brothers, let's work harder, and let's start digging soil."

At Outpost Camp, in the isolation camp area, Ren Chuan, along with Qu Ling and a team of the Guard Team members, stood atop the high walls of the two isolation camps.

The Guard Team members held rifles and shouted loudly at the survivors in the isolation camp, "Come out one by one. The men get on the car on the right, and the women get on the car on the left. No noise, keep quiet."

The vagrants were full of surprise. A wave of people had already been taken away before, and now seeing another wave being taken away, they did not understand the situation and inevitably felt uneasy.

"Sir, where are we going?"

Someone couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Go and work properly. In the isolation zone, you get one energy cube a day. When you get over there, you get two meals a day, and every day you can accumulate contribution values to redeem things yourselves."

Although they lived in the isolation zone, after being sheltered in Outpost Camp for several days, the vagrants also knew about the redemptions at Outpost Camp. For a moment, many people's eyes became eager. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Why would I lie to you? Line up properly, move faster, and don't delay the progress."

The Guard Team member glanced over and frowned slightly when seeing a few pairs of mothers and daughters in the queue.

"Those with children, stop lining up, come out all of you—"

Hearing the Guard Team member call her name, Wang Ying immediately panicked. She protected her daughter behind her and hurriedly pleaded, "Sir, we can work. Although Tiantian is young, she can carry things and deliver things for everyone. She will definitely be obedient."

Wang Ying was terrified of hunger and also worried about her daughter continuing to starve. Although food was distributed every day inside the isolation zone, the quantity was too small and could only barely sustain them.

Two energy cubes a day, at least——at least she could allocate one more block to her daughter——

Ren Chuan shook his head slightly. "What are you afraid of? It's not like we aren't letting you work. Those with children stay here at Outpost Camp. The adults take care of the farmland and prepare supplies, and the children go to the fields to weed. All of this counts towards contribution points and gives food. Rest assured, our leader will not treat anyone unfairly. Alright, don't delay the progress."

There were quite a few people with children in the camp the next day. Although their situation was miserable, Dong Hu still took them in.

Wang Ting knew about this and approved of Dong Hu's approach. Even within the camp, Wang Ting and the others encouraged camp residents to settle down and start families, not considering children to be a burden.

What Wang Ting was building was Spark City, and he wanted to lead more people to survive, so naturally, he would not exclude children.

The survivors in the isolation camp were also hearing such words for the first time, and they stood there dumbfounded in a daze.

It was only until they were urged by the Guard Team members that they snapped back to reality, repeatedly bowing and kowtowing. "Thank you, leader! Thank you, Lord Leader."

Watching the trucks gradually fill up and the camp become empty, Ren Chuan nodded slightly and said to Qu Ling, "Send the people over to Old Dong and the others. As for the Machinery Factory and the maintenance team, I am already stepping up arrangements. By then, dismantle two trucks and reassemble them inside Scarecrow Manor to transport wood. A batch of city-building tools has also been shipped over, and the rest are being produced in a rush."

"Understood, Brother Ren."

[The currently available redeemable items for the low-level anomaly Pig-headed Farmer are as follows]

[Farmer (Trait): Gain combat power buffs within the territory range. The more flourishing the territory, city, and farmland are, the more buffs are obtained, with the upper limit of the buff not exceeding Tier 2. Gain physique enhancement upon harvest. 800 monster points]

[Pig Head Flag (Creation): Influence and control 3,000 mu of farmland belonging to the Pig-headed Farmer, automatically summon and generate Rot Soil Hounds to improve soil quality, kill unauthorized thieves, and increase farmland yield per mu. 500 monster points]

[Farmer Vine (Creation): Thorny vines growing on the cemetery where the farmer buried his peasants, transformed into a Transcendent item because they were used by the farmer to whip the peasants. Can generate Farmer Fruit, obtaining the Transcendent powers of soil moisturizing and seedling urging/growth, cannot break through. 500 monster points]

[Copper Skin and Iron Bones (Trait): Strengthen skin and bones, obtaining a higher tier of defense strength of the Pig-headed Farmer. 800 monster points]

[Pig-headed Farmer (Servant Beast): 1200 monster points]

Scarecrow Manor, inside the farmer's main house.

Looking at the redeemables of the Pig-headed Farmer, Wang Ting showed a hint of curiosity.

The Pig-headed Farmer was also a chieftain-level individual. Wang Ting had originally thought its redeemables would be similar to the Tyrant's, but looking at them now, they were a tier weaker.

"The farmer trait is quite interesting, but it's not a direct enhancement. On the contrary, the farmer vine is simpler and more brutal; it's not a Transcendent path, yet it possesses Transcendent power——"