My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 564 - 502 Town West City

"I... I..."

In the foggy transfer area, Buckley touched his neck, the overwhelming fear of facing death left him unable to regain his composure.

"The Spirit Space is too realistic, not at all comparable to those so-called Simulation Illusions..."

He murmured.

The cold of the longsword, the choking feeling as his throat was cut, the sense of consciousness fading away before death, and the sensation of being pulled into an abyss—it all felt incredibly real.

No wonder, the combat within the Spirit Space not only enriched battle experience but the immense terror between life and death further facilitated breakthroughs.

—Being stuck at a bottleneck wasn’t scary, dying once would do.

Buckley gradually snapped out of his wild thoughts, recalling the recent battle.

A pure white combat space unfolded before him.

The hard floor, reflecting the shiny gloss of weapons, a figure holding a longsword, dressed in combat uniform, appeared hundreds of meters away from him.

The figure charged forward.

Buckley too met the charge fearlessly, his spear in hand.

Then his opponent’s speed suddenly increased, with a twist of the body that Buckley couldn’t comprehend, they fiercely appeared beside him. Before he could react, a sword move beheaded him.

[Buckley: Awakening Eleventh Layer, win rate 0%.]

[Record: 0 wins 1 loss]

[Details]: Buckley vs. Huang Wen (loss), time: 0.96s.

"???"

Did I not even last a second?

Am I really that weak?

Buckley couldn’t believe he had lost so miserably... Perhaps it was because it was his first time, shocked by the realism of the space, that he was caught off guard—yes, it must be that.

He chose to match again.

[Opponent matched successfully, Zhang Wu, Awakening Tenth Layer, win rate 41%.]

"An opponent one level lower than me..."

Buckley gripped the materialized knight spear, looking at his opponent holding dual blades.

In a fierce battle,

Buckley GG, time taken just over three seconds.

He didn’t believe it, matched again.

[Opponent matched successfully, Liu Jin, Awakening Tenth Layer, win rate 38%.]

GG!

[Opponent matched successfully, Wang Shuiyi, Awakening Tenth Layer, win rate 37%.]

GG!

[Opponent matched successfully, Gu, Awakening Tenth Layer, win rate 26%.]

Still GG!

[Matching opponent...]

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A golden exclamation mark emerged in front of Buckley, puzzled as there was no mention of such a scenario in the manual.

He clicked on it.

The golden exclamation mark unfolded into text.

[Tip: Considering the low win rate of the user, for the sake of your combat experience and mindset, it is recommended to start training combat skills and experience from the ’Solo Practice (Bot)’ mode.]

"???"

Buckley was stunned.

He couldn’t help but feel disrespected?

...

The Aino continent was vast, sprawling with hundreds of large and small kingdoms.

The kingdom to which Gel City belonged was considered average.

However, the kingdom’s capital city had not been as tough as Gel City and had been destroyed more than a decade ago; some weaker small kingdoms had long been annihilated.

The trio of Xing Ling, Xing Yue, and Xiaoli, along with the duo of Zabol and Shay, moved toward the central region of the continent, hardly seeing any surviving humans.

The Aino continent had suffered from the Black Tide for decades, making its environment far harsher than Earth’s.

Although dangerous, experienced survivors on Earth could still find wild fruits in the wilderness to satisfy their hunger, and with some luck, hunt mutant beasts, securing food for a considerable period.

Thus, some Lone Heroes and Awakener Teams continued to actively live in the wilderness, leading lives akin to wild people.

At least they could survive.

Yet on the Aino continent, any area outside the cities was utterly silent, where plants were extremely rare, edible wild fruits scarce, and mutant beasts nearly extinct in the wild except those bred by humans.

Even someone at the Awakening Tier Perfection could not survive long-term in the wilds of Aino; only those at the Transcendent Tier, capable of surviving under various harsh conditions, had the capital to roam the wilderness.

Furthermore, kingdoms and cities on Aino were sparsely distributed, leading to almost no contact between cities.

If not for the fact that the surviving humans had gathered in the former major cities and that Zabol had provided a pre-apocalypse map of Aino, Xing Ling, Xing Yue, and the others would have almost failed to find cities with survivors.

After several days of traveling, searching, and analyzing, they finally decided on the location for the second Sub-territory—a major city, Town West City.

Town West City, located in the central region of Aino, also belonged to one of the most powerful central kingdoms on Aino—the Aino Kingdom.

The origin of the kingdom’s name, whether it derived from the continent or vice versa, was no longer traceable. However, while kingdoms big and small rose and fell on the continent, Aino Kingdom had endured through thousands of years—known as the Sunset Kingdom.

Sadly, the current Aino continent never saw the sunlight. The Sunset Kingdom had no sun and naturally declined alongside it.

Zabol and the group of Xing Ling converged in Town West City.

"I’ve been to this city before, but that was nearly a hundred years ago," Zabol recalled, sighing.

Town West City was a super city guarding the west of the kingdom. Due to its proximity to the border and being built to the highest defense specifications before the apocalypse, as Zabol walked through, he noticed the city hadn’t changed much from his memory a century ago.

The same iron-blooded aura lingered.

However, Town West City could not escape the troubles with food scarcity—civilians hurried by, either in haste or with a sallow, malnourished appearance.

The city’s warriors, wearing armors stained with dried, clotted blood, looked exhausted.

There were also visible repair marks on the outer city wall.

"Town West City, despite its strength, is also having a tough time..." Zabol lamented.

Xing Ling said, "Lord tasked us with finding a location to establish a Sub-territory. How can we acquire such a plot of land within the city?"

She thought a moment, then added, "Town West City has a large population and a bigger area. If we handle it properly, buying a piece of land from the nobles in the city with Source Crystals should not be hard, and it likely won’t attract the attention of the city’s upper echelons."

Shay curled his lip, "Like before, just blow up the City Lord Mansion, and it’s done."

"That won’t work; Town West City is Aino Kingdom’s main city guarding the West Territory and surely houses many experts. Besides, with the city’s large population, using force would complicate matters.

Gel City, with just tens of thousands of residents, required days for the Lord and Municipal Department’s high-level officials to stabilize the situation in the city. Given Town West City’s scale, dealing with an uprising would be extremely challenging," Xing Ling thoughtfully rejected the plan.

Shay, finding it boring, lit a cigarette and leaned against the wall.

Xing Yue and the charming Li Xiaoli could not come up with any constructive suggestions.

Eventually, Zabol thought, "The City Lord of Town West City is different from typical nobles; he was known as the Iron Blood Duke in the past. Now, given Town West City’s precarious situation, I plan to talk to them. If we can reach a collaboration, we will gain more materials, manpower, and intelligence support in this world."

He paused, "I will go alone. Even if I fail, having the Return City Scroll poses no danger. If my plan fails, we’ll proceed with Miss Xing Ling’s plan."

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