My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 324 - 321 Mirage

Chapter 324: Chapter 321: Mirage

Chapter 324 -321: Mirage

“After last night’s statistics, electronic products such as lights, vehicles, cell phones, and computers all suffered various degrees of damage. According to the research from the Equipment Department, even if new electronic products are manufactured, they would still be severely affected, specifically showing intermittent functionality.”

“However…” Chen Haiping added, “The popularization of Source Power devices in the Sanctuary had reached as high as 30%, and there was also a plan to gradually convert electronic devices into Source Power devices. The changes from last night did not have a major impact on our Sanctuary. Within three days, the Municipal Department can guarantee that all operations of the Sanctuary will be restored to their original state.”

Tang Yu nodded.

After the apocalypse, interference from an unknown force field had already occurred, such as the inability to locate, to transmit messages over long distances, and various electronic components were also more prone to damage, but he didn’t expect that now they were almost completely paralyzed.

Chen Haiping continued, “Nearby large Sanctuaries such as Lindong were greatly affected. The Green Lin Railway did not operate this morning, and it is said that the trains were seriously damaged. It seems that Lindong can no longer afford to maintain the trains…”

“Trains… We are not short of professional talent, we are fully capable of building our own.”

Tang Yu looked at the deputy director of the Equipment Department, an early joiner and a hardworking survivor with seniority in the Sanctuary, “The Equipment Department will be responsible for this, of course, with priority given to the production of various Source Power devices currently needed by the Territory.”

“Moreover, once the Green Lin Line is equipped with our own manufactured Source Power trains, the reapportionment of interests between us and Lindong will naturally need to be re-negotiated, and it would be best if our own people manage the trains… Minister Chen, I’ll leave this matter to you.”

“Yes,” Chen Haiping replied, “Director, this morning, Lindong and some other large Sanctuaries have also expressed the intention to order a large number of basic Source Power devices. Only, once sold, the technology for these Source Power devices could easily be deciphered.”

“They can be sold, just make sure to mark up the price.”

Devices like Source Power streetlights, whose application of Source Crystals is very basic, could be figured out by the science academy of a large Sanctuary in a few days’ time. Those official Sanctuaries intended to order in bulk precisely to stabilize survivors’ emotions in a short period of time.

After all, darkness is most likely to cause panic.

After Chen Haiping finished speaking, Luo Zhe stepped forward, his expression somewhat grave, “Director, last night, the number of Demonized Beasts that emerged from Resource Point One increased by a lot, and there was even a Catastrophe Level Demonized Beast that appeared. Fortunately, it was killed in time. This morning, the Investigation Corps sent word that the density of Demonized Beasts everywhere has also noticeably increased.”

“Moreover, compared with yesterday, the concentration of Source Qi has increased by about twice, and it is still slowly rising.”

The concentration of Source Qi on Earth was already very high.

Tang Yu had previously asked Eileen and Luo Zhe and others, in their world, the concentration of Source Qi was only about one-fifth, and even in certain treasured lands, the concentration of Source Qi could not compare with Earth.

Before his injury, Luo Zhe spent several years advancing from the First Layer of Awakening to the Ninth Layer. Now, he had only spent a few months and already had the strength of the eleventh layer. While refining soul power played a part, and Luo Zhe’s own aptitude had improved, as he reached the Late Period of Awakening, cultivation played an increasingly large role.

If relying solely on cultivation, advancing one level would take him a year and a half. In Luo Zhe’s original world, one or two years might not even guarantee a breakthrough, a huge difference.

Last night’s changes, at least, were not all bad.

After the meeting dispersed, Tang Yu took advantage of the increase in Source Qi concentration and went to cultivate for a while. Stuck at the Ninth Layer Peak for so long, he faintly felt that his breakthrough was not far away.

He hoped it wasn’t an illusion.

“Look over there!”

“What is that?”

“A mirage?!”

Many people shouted.

Tang Yu was startled and looked up. The sun was high in the sky, and on the horizon, a vast expanse of phantoms could clearly be seen. Those were mountains encircling, towering above the clouds.

He immediately ran to the castle rooftop, where he had an unobstructed view and could see even more clearly.

An endless range of mountains appeared above the distant mists, from his vantage point, almost half the sky was filled with the spectacle of encircling mountains, and it was extremely vivid.

Tang Yu widened his eyes, straining his gaze.

He saw the mountains covered with lush and majestic trees, some extremely large, with many oddly shaped trees that even moved and walked.

Towering mountain peaks abound, where numerous birds fly past, resembling mutated animals that are not only huge in size but also extremely ferocious. In just a short while, Tang Yu witnessed many ferocious birds hunting, engaging in deadly combat.

“Where on earth are these mountains…”

Tang Yu had no idea how many peaks there were… This mirage of mountains, like a 3D scene above the clouds, only allowed him to view the nearby scenery, but even at a glance, there seemed to be thousands of peaks!

“Which mountain range possesses so many peaks, with so many giant birds? This must be a treacherous place… Wait, what’s that?”

Tang Yu couldn’t help but lean forward, although it didn’t make his view any clearer.

Amid the continuous mountain range, he saw some majestic clusters of buildings, resembling palaces, with a somewhat unique architectural style. But at a glance, one could still feel their towering grandeur, awe-inspiring momentum, and resplendent magnificence…

Once.

Tang Yu instinctively added a prefix to those constructions in his mind. Although the glory of the past could be seen in those palaces, now they were mostly in ruins. Some had collapsed, leaving only bricks and tile fragments, while others remained relatively intact yet still seemed to have lost their luster.

A huge predatory bird soared high above and suddenly swooped down toward a well-preserved palace building. Just as its sharp claws were about to grasp the eaves of the building, the palace suddenly burst into a bright light.

The bird’s mouth opened wide, as if it was screaming or perhaps fearful. It was injured and dared not approach again, but it was unwilling to leave, circling around the palace.

Tang Yu took a deep breath.

What were those palaces? Where did they come from?

Those ferocious birds, though seen only from afar, were many… and even his eyes couldn’t keep up.

What exactly was revealed in the scene? Was it that mountain range, or was it not?

One question after another arose in Tang Yu’s mind.

According to scientific explanations, a mirage is a natural phenomenon created by the refraction and total reflection of light, a virtual image formed by the reflection of light from objects on Earth through atmospheric refraction. Its essence is an optical phenomenon.

But is this really just an optical phenomenon?

It always felt like with the arrival of the apocalypse, the once-familiar Earth was becoming ever more mysterious.

…

The mirage lasted for a little over three hours before it gradually disappeared.

In Green Shadow, the survivors of Lindong could clearly see it, and even in Luoxia, a thousand kilometers away, they saw those stretching mountains, though the mirage was smaller there, unlike in Green Shadow, where it almost covered half the sky.

As if the distance was even greater, the Carmen Brothers in Luoxia couldn’t see the majestic palace clusters among the mountains.

For several days in a row, Tang Yu remained in his territory cultivating. With a sense of crisis, perhaps because of a change in mindset, the breakthrough in his Awakening at the tenth layer began to loosen… This was no illusion.

At the same time,

he had Luo Zhe continue to expand the Guardian Team and Investigation Team Corps, opening the roads to large Sanctuaries like Lindong. The military recruitment in Green Shadow was becoming more and more exceptional.

Led by Grey Blade, the Intelligence Department’s massive information network was also rapidly spreading to surrounding areas.

Not long ago, an intelligence agent brought news that the mirage had not disappeared!

In Green Shadow, in Lindong, it was no longer visible, but in a provincial city hundreds of kilometers away, that mirage persisted, only its scope had shrunk, fixed in a certain location.

It was said that on the day the mirage appeared, survivors in the provincial city could see the stretching mountain range all around, completely enveloping the entire sky!

The provincial city wasn’t too far from Green Shadow. Ordinary Awakener Teams couldn’t traverse such a distance, but for the armed forces of the territory now, it was not difficult.

On that day, a hundred-member Investigation Corps team immediately set out for the provincial city, shifting the focus of the intelligence to that location.