My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 176 - 174: Inventory of Gains

The garden square in front of the Lord's castle.

A burst of radiance flashed, and several figures immediately appeared.

Tang Yu and followers like Eileen had experienced the Return City Scroll many times before, so this was nothing new to them, however, for the others, it was their first time using the Return City Scroll...

Peng Bo's mouth was agape; he had previously been puzzled as to why Vice Captain Kong gave them such scrolls, and had even instructed them to tear them.

The scroll was quite exquisite; why tear it?

He hadn't expected...

"Are we back in the Sanctuary now?"

Peng Bo had never been to the Lord's castle before, but he had seen it from afar, and he recognized it immediately.

The Iron Hammer Brothers had a vacant look and nodded, "Yes, I suppose."

As for Yan Dazhuang, um, he was completely stupefied.

After giving these people a minute to be astonished, Tang Yu sent them away. Yan Dazhuang was taken back to the Patrol Team's barracks by Peng Bo and the others, and after bidding farewell to Tang Yu, the other followers also went to rest on their own.

Tang Yu knew that although Eileen and the others seemed to be not badly injured, in reality, they were very tired. Zuofo and those two Puppets were significantly stronger than the rest of them; if not for their well-coordinated efforts, they wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long.

However...

Thinking of those two Puppets, Tang Yu showed a smile and took small quick steps toward the castle's storage room.

"Now, it's time to witness the spoils," he said.

He took out the Space Backpack, shook it with one hand, and two large chunks of metal poured out, clanging onto the room's floor.

After the collapse of the Secret Realm, Zuofo's power declined rapidly and he even became weaker than when he had first appeared, as though he had originally drawn the life energy needed for refinement from the Rune Array, and after the collapse of the Rune Array, this gateway could no longer be closed, causing the life energy to flow back, turning Zuofo suddenly from a strong man into a weakling.

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"This ring, however, did not get damaged in the midst of the bombardment of spells."

Clearly, this ring was of high quality. Tang Yu somewhat understood Zuofo's surprise when the use of the ring to take control of the Puppets failed.

But now this ring was his, and that was quite satisfying.

Although, he still didn't know how to use it.

Tang Yu lifted his leg and kicked one of the chunks of metal beside him; these two Super Puppets had completely lost their ability to move after Zuofo's death.

To facilitate packing them into the Space Backpack, with the effort of several followers, they had specifically bent... I mean, folded the limbs of these Puppets, so their volume wouldn't exceed the space of one compartment in the backpack.

He aimed the ring at one of the Knight Puppets and fiddled with it several times, but indeed, he couldn't figure out how to use the ring.

"I can give this ring to Kevin to break down. Although Kevin doesn't specialize in Puppets, he is quite accomplished in that area, and it shouldn't be a problem for him."

"As for these two Puppets..."

Tang Yu pondered.

He actually didn't want to control the Puppets through the ring, as that would be too insecure. If they could meet one Zuofo, who's to say they wouldn't encounter a second? If the Puppets were to betray them in a critical moment of combat, that would make the combat experience very dangerous.

"If the Puppets are sent to the workshop for processing, could they be branded with the Territory's mark? Could they be directly controlled then?"

Tang Yu wasn't sure, and his gaze fell on another object in his palm.

It was the last piece of loot from Zuofo.

A plain and unadorned ring.

Compared with the other ring that controlled the Puppets, this one would have likely been overlooked if he hadn't turned Zuofo's body over and over again, failing to find anything of value.

"This should be the legendary Space Ring."

This thing, even Lord Tang didn't have one, although he had several Space Backpacks, but this was different.

Wearing a ring is the main character's standard gear, right!

But the problem was how to open the ring.

The Puppet ring just now probably failed because he used the wrong gesture. Even after injecting Source Power, the gem on the ring only glowed faintly, and then nothing happened.

This time, Tang Yu invoked the scarce Source Power within his body, and after several attempts, he finally transmitted it through the palm of his hand onto this simple ring.

In an instant,

The ring seemed to buzz and tremble for a moment, and Tang Yu finally managed to activate the ring and "saw" the contents inside.

Indeed, it was a Space Ring, with about ten cubic meters of space. Although it wasn't as high-spec as his Space Backpacks—since each compartment of the backpack was fixed at one cubic meter...

It was a bit embarrassing.

Even if the Space Backpack had fifty or a hundred cubic meters, it still couldn't hold very large items.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to bend those two Puppets to fit them inside.

There weren't many items in the Space Ring. Tang Yu glanced over them and couldn't hide his disappointment.

"This Zuofo, such a big fuss for nothing, turns out to be a pauper; utterly disappointing!"

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There weren't many items in the ring, mostly materials. He wasn't illiterate, recognizing some of the materials, and at the very least, he could discern the quality. However, after a quick identification, he realized these were completely ordinary materials.

They had some value, but compared to Zuofo's identity as the Thief King, it was a meager hoard.

Not a single Source Crystal in the space... After searching again, Tang Yu confirmed that the most valuable thing was the research notes on Puppetry that Zuofo had left in the corner.

The rest was completely worthless.

Tang Yu couldn't understand it, the so-called Thief King, but where were all the plundered items? Not to mention a mountain of treasure, there should at least be some valuables.

He didn't know that Zuofo was indeed very rich once.

But to create this Secret Realm, Zuofo had gambled everything, bartering away everything exchangeable long ago.

Yet he still failed...

Shaking his head, Tang Yu sorted the materials from the ring into the storage room, and with a light step, he returned to the garden square.

"Now, it's time to upgrade the Territory."

Opening the system panel, the upgrade requirements appeared before his eyes.

[Upgrade to the next level Territory]

[Requirements: Sky-splitting Crystal (1/1), Source Crystals (0/100000)]

The Sky-splitting Crystal was already part of the upgrade conditions, it seemed he had no chance to take out that coffin to have a look.

"Upgrade it."

Inside the main warehouse of the Territory, there were over a million units of Source Crystals.

At this moment, a portion of the Source Crystals turned into points of light and disappeared, the energy continuously injected into the system until the required number of Source Crystals for the upgrade was met.

"Ding, Lord's Castle upgraded to level four."

"Territory upgraded to level four Territory."

Not far from the main complex of the original castle, a series of exquisite buildings rose from the ground, significantly expanding the castle complex once more.

And the main castle at the very center was now even higher; from what was originally about five stories, it had shot up to eight or nine stories high.

At that height, even standing at the entrance of the residential villa area, one could still see the majestic castle in the distance.