My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 130: White Light? Are You Kidding Me?

The next day.

Tang Yu slept in for a change.

Even though he always felt he was at an advantage—and indeed he was—Lin Wei's presence had loomed over him like a... small mountain, somewhat suffocating him.

Now that he had dealt with Lin Wei and wasn't lacking in Source Crystals, his territory could finally enter a phase of rapid development.

"It's a pity, I still have no clue about the materials needed to upgrade to a level four castle. Although the hundred thousand units of Source Crystals are a trivial matter, with several hundred thousand units already stored in the warehouse, what exactly is this Sky-splitting Crystal?"

Unlike Floating Chariots and Cloud Roar Crossbows that require many materials, upgrading to a level four castle only needed one standard unit of Sky-splitting Crystal.

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Though he temporarily lacked the materials for Floating Chariots, he still had some leads. Grey Blade, from Lindong, also sent word that they had found traces of some of the materials, and he believed that these were not hard to gather.

However, the Sky-splitting Crystal, the description only contained one sentence: a special crystal containing the rules of space, and then nothing more.

No place of origin, no appearance, not even the slightest clue.

Heaven knows where he was supposed to find it!

"Since the territory can't progress to level four, let's make use of the abundant Source Crystals and see what useful functional buildings haven't been constructed yet; let's get them set up first."

Tang Yu flipped out of bed, refreshed, and after a quick wash, he stepped out of his room.

He first visited the market to check the newly listed products for the day.

Unlike the tavern, the market's daily free refreshes were not something he hoarded—the adventurers that appeared freely at the tavern were usually D-grade talent, utterly useless. The market was different; although it was hard to find urgently needed goods, he could still purchase some useful gadgets.

After splurging some Consuming Crystals, he left the market and hesitated while passing the tavern.

He felt a strange power drawing him in.

It was like playing those money-draining games where, whenever he had diamonds, he couldn't resist the urge to pull once, twice, or even a ten-pull gacha until he had no money left.

This blazing gacha spirit sometimes overwhelmed everything else, especially since he was currently walking past the tavern.

He found himself unable to move forward.

"Although upgrading the castle to level four seems a long way off, and the tavern can't be upgraded to level four either, there are still three Follower Contract slots available; summoning one more follower shouldn't be a problem, right?"

After all, summoning was a one-way ticket; there's no dismissal in reality. He kept the contract slots open just in case he came across items like the possibly high-probability Summoning Scrolls.

The last time he used a Summoning Scroll resulted in an A-grade talent, Grey Blade... even if it was just the luck of the draw, the result was good, and Tang Yu thought if someday he encountered a scroll capable of summoning beyond A-grade talent right when his contract slots were full, it would be utterly frustrating.

"Using up one contract slot now shouldn't be an issue, after all, there are still two left. No way will my territory remain at level three forever."

He entered the tavern, resolved, consumed Source Crystals, and after merging twenty summoning opportunities, he chose to summon.

A mysterious, magnificent Summoning Array rapidly unfolded, covering the entire ground.

On the pattern of the array, whoosh, a white light appeared.

Tang Yu was about to see what profession he had summoned when he suddenly paused.

White... white light?

He rubbed his eyes and looked again, still white light!

With a stiff neck, Tang Yu recalled the explanation for the merging summon.

[Merging twenty summoning opportunities greatly increases the chances of summoning a B-grade talent adventurer...]

Indeed, the system had never claimed it was a certainty, but he had summoned only four times in total and had already missed the high probability once.

"You've got to be kidding me?!"

"Sigh, let it be, let it be. I guess it's like my hands weren't clean after I went to the bathroom today."

Tang Yu was extremely disappointed, but since he had spent ten thousand Source Crystals to summon it, even if he didn't sign a contract, he at least wanted to see who had swallowed his money.

He looked over.

The apparition on the Summoning Array was an old man with white hair and a very long beard that reached his knees.

This was an old man, which was a pity since grandpas weren't in fashion anymore.

Thinking this, Tang Yu opened the adventurer's profile.

As expected, his aptitude was D, and his strength wasn't strong either, only having third layer Awakening. Comparing that with his age, Tang Yu felt that even a D-level aptitude might have been generous.

Suddenly, Tang Yu was taken aback. Under the adventurer's profile, besides the Warrior profession, there was an additional line.

Sub-profession: Equipment Manufacturer (Master level), Rune Master (Advanced).

It seemed to be just a sub-profession, which Tang Yu could understand, but he wasn't sure what to think of these two professions yet.

With the thought of "when in doubt, ask the system," he casually asked, and indeed got an answer.

"An Equipment Manufacturer has the ability to design, create, and improve equipment, where the master-level rating indicates extremely high achievement in this field."

"A Rune Master needs to master a certain number of runes and have the ability to draw runes. An advanced rune master already has a profound understanding of runes."

Tang Yu thought this was completely off, but now it seemed it wasn't.

It should be considered a jackpot, actually.

Regarding equipment manufacturing, he owned a workshop, so this might not be very useful. However, a master level in equipment manufacturing, especially in designing and improving equipment combined with the advanced rune master sub-profession, might be capable of designing a high-quality rune equipment on his own.

So, he decided to sign the contract!

"Ding Dong! Adventurer Kevin Sandrich de Patricia Traviskin, aptitude D, profession: Warrior, sub-profession: Equipment Manufacturer (Master level) Rune Master (Advanced)... Lord, do you confirm to sign a Follower Contract (Primary) with him?"

Tang Yu: "..."

...

The moment he pressed on the contract, Kevin felt a whirl of space and time.

He was a Master Equipment Manufacturer and enjoyed quite a high reputation in the Royal Capital. Unlike the previous followers, Kevin hadn't had any bad experiences, but when that ethereal voice echoed in his mind, he had an intuition that if he wanted to glimpse the Grandmaster realm he had been dreaming of, he should accept.

He embarks on a spontaneous interworld journey.

In the blink of an eye, according to the contract, this was already another world.

All of this was astonishing to Kevin; he could tell that this was definitely not where he had been before.

This was clearly the power of space, but even with his knowledge, he couldn't imagine what kind of space power could transport a person instantly from one world to another.

After a slight pause, Kevin looked towards the young man in front of him. The contact through the contract made him recognize Tang Yu's identity as the Lord. He stepped forward a few steps, "Kevin Sandrich de... de, is at your service, Lord."

While saying this, he faltered slightly, quickly resorted to noble etiquette, and was about to bow.

However, as he slightly bent forward, his already long beard touched the ground.

He immediately became flustered and tossed his head around.

Tang Yu: "..."