343: Back to Tianfu Safe Zone

Tang Ping spent another long period of time in that world. While consolidating his realm, he continuously devoured the essence of the azure ancient trees from the Primordial Barbaric World to nourish and expand the ancient trees within his own Azure Realm.

By the time he returned to Blue Star, five years had already passed since the outbreak of the Apocalyptic Disaster and the Contamination of Heaven and Earth. Over these five years, with the rise of various major powers and the establishment of numerous Safe Zones and Survivor Bases, humanity had regained a basic level of stability.

In fact, the strength of some Safe Zones had already allowed them to dominate entire regions, truly a situation of Rival Warlords Rising.

Nowadays, Level Five Experts had become indispensable pillars for Safe Zones, with many zones boasting more than one such expert.

Tianfu Safe Zone

Zhang Xile was dealing with a headache-inducing matter. Over in the Forbidden Zone, the Thunder Realm, as the great changes in the world persisted, the number of powerful Pollution Beasts inside was countless, and even Calamity Beasts were not few, occupying swathes of territory.

Although the Tianfu Safe Zone was currently powerful, wanting to defend the Great Wall that cut straight through an entire Forbidden Zone was still somewhat beyond their means.

That Flesh and Blood Great Wall had, two years ago, after being fed day and night with the flesh and blood of Pollution Beasts, completely traversed the Thunder Realm. But traversing it was one thing; defending it was another matter entirely.

If it weren't for the reliance on the Tianfu Safe Zone's protective barrier and the abundant food and precious medicines produced by numerous small secret realms, they would have likely been dragged down long ago by this Resource-Devouring Monster that was the Thunder Realm Great Wall.

Recently, calls to withdraw the Great Wall and instead adopt a strategy of circling the wagons around the Tianfu Safe Zone, establishing a personal kingdom, were growing louder and louder.

He simply didn't know what to do anymore.

The Flesh and Blood Great Wall was already 2,300 kilometers long. If they could truly withdraw it, they could encircle a land with a diameter of over 360 kilometers. At that point, the Tianfu Safe Zone would essentially be a State Within a State.

But just as Brother Tang had said before, once the Flesh and Blood Great Wall was withdrawn, the Tianfu Safe Zone would find it extremely difficult to communicate with other regions in the future. To the east and west were Forbidden Zones, and to the north and south were Towering Mountains and Steep Ridges. While these weren't Forbidden Zones, they were still overrun with Pollution Beasts. Beyond the northern mountains, there was also a large city with millions of Infected inside, and just the number of Corpse Kings alone was more than one.

"Sigh, Brother Tang, where did you go? How could you just leave for four years! Four years! You dumped this mess on me and went off to have fun yourself!"

Wearing Flowery Shorts, Zhang Xile collapsed onto the sofa, completely ignoring the mountain of work piled on the coffee table. But he had only been lying down for three seconds before he suddenly sat up again! And threw himself back into work!

"Heavens, I really don't want to be this Chief Steward anymore! Waaah!"

But he couldn't quit. What if Brother Tang came back and beat him up? Such a miserable fate.

"Chief Steward! It's terrible! Over at the Thunder Realm Great Wall, another Level Five Calamity Beast is attacking!"

A man rushed into the Villa. This man was none other than Zhang Hong, that former C-Rank Spear-Wielding Talent User. However, he was now an A-Rank Talent User and a current Level Five Talent User of the Tianfu Safe Zone.

"These damned Calamity Beasts again! Damn it all, I'll smash every last one of them to pieces someday!" Zhang Xile cursed and grumbled. "Come on, let's go!"

Every Calamity Beast was equivalent to an S-Rank Talent User, even stronger than ordinary S-Rank Talent Users. As a top-tier Level Five Talent User now, possessing a top-tier S-rank Talent, and with the holy spirit of the purple light golden sun tree, Zhang Xile naturally had the strength to kill Calamity Beasts. But it still required considerable effort. Wanting to slaughter his way through an entire Forbidden Zone was naturally a bit of a fantasy, but that didn't stop him from running his mouth and boasting.

Zhang Hong's mouth twitched. He'd noticed the Chief Steward's temper had been getting more and more volatile lately, blowing up at the slightest thing. The higher-ups of the Tianfu Safe Zone were all treading carefully, afraid of offending this ancestor, lest they be on the receiving end of a 'Great Sun Descends' attack.

Although Level Five Talent Users still couldn't Walk on Air, the Tianfu Safe Zone had quite a few powerful Illusory Beasts, some of which were not even weaker than Calamity Beasts.

The Chief Steward had a Flame Azure Bird, peerless in speed, which also controlled a Tricolored Flame capable of Scorching the Heavens and Boiling the Seas.

With a long cry, the Azure Bird shot through the sky. Hearing the sound, the people of the Tianfu Safe Zone knew that their own Chief Steward, who seemed to be having his 'time of the month' every day lately, had gone out again.

"Where is the Chief Steward off to this time?"

"A friend of mine said there's been another Calamity Beast invasion in the Thunder Realm. The Chief Steward probably went there."

"The Thunder Realm again... Sigh, I really don't know what the Chief Steward is thinking. Why spend such enormous manpower and resources to have the Great Wall cut straight through a Forbidden Zone!"

"Who knows? But I heard this wasn't the Chief Steward's decision. It seems to be an order from our Leader."

"Leader? Our Tianfu Safe Zone has a Leader?"

"You didn't know that? Speaking of the Leader, that's a long story. But counting the years, our mysterious Leader hasn't appeared for a full four years now!"

"Four years! Could he be dead?"

"Shh! Keep your voice down! You might not want to stay in the Tianfu Safe Zone, but I do!" The man quickly covered the other's mouth, looked around to see if anyone noticed, and only then let out a sigh of relief.

"You must never say that again. The last high-ranking official who dared to say something like that was directly smashed by the Chief Steward with a 'Great Sun' attack and couldn't get out of bed for half a year!"

"That... that serious?" The man paled in fright. "B-but... the apocalypse outbreak, the Contamination of Heaven and Earth... it's only been five years."

"Who knows? Anyway, it's not something we can talk about. Let's go, let's go, hurry up and get to farming."

On a Country Path, Tang Ping, dressed in White Casual Clothes, was leaning against an old tree with his arms behind his head. Today was already the second month since his return. Yes, the second month, not the first day. For these two months, he had been traveling everywhere, enjoying food, drink, and entertainment, not missing a single thing. He didn't feel the slightest bit sorry for Zhang Xile, who was busy and overwhelmed every day.

But today, there was another Calamity Beast invasion.

"The Thunder Realm... It seems necessary to clean it out."