Several people visibly relaxed, and the fear on their faces diminished considerably.
[Percy: So, Brother Vikram, what you’re saying is...]
Percy quickly recovered from his shock.
Combining everything Vikram had said earlier, he immediately understood where this was going.
[Percy: We just leave them alone, and after a few days, the black mist will poison them to death on its own?]
[Vikram: Mm.]
Vikram nodded without denying it.
[Ron: And what about the zombies outside?]
[Vikram: Leave them to me.]
[Vikram: I want to test the Treehouse’s Defense Turrets.]
[Vikram: The rest of you can go out afterward, collect the Zombie Crystals, and bring them back.]
Hearing Vikram’s words, everyone immediately looked toward the surveillance screens.
They were also curious about the Defense Turrets that had appeared after the Treehouse upgrade.
Without wasting any more time, Vikram directly activated the system interface.
A moment later, several Defense Turrets mounted around the Treehouse slowly rotated.
Mechanical sounds echoed through the area.
Click!
Click!
Click!
The muzzles gradually locked onto the zombie horde surrounding the territory.
The zombies below were completely unaware of the danger approaching.
They continued clawing and smashing against the outer wall.
BOOM!
A deafening explosion suddenly erupted.
A blazing energy projectile shot out from one of the turrets and landed directly in the center of the zombie horde.
Several zombies were instantly blown apart.
Before anyone could react, the remaining turrets opened fire as well.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions continuously erupted across the battlefield.
Limbs, flesh, and broken bodies flew into the air.
Large groups of zombies were torn apart before they could even approach the wall.
The entire area outside the territory instantly transformed into a slaughterhouse.
The zombies, who had previously been endlessly attacking the wall, now fell in batches like harvested wheat.
Some Mutated Zombies tried to charge forward.
Unfortunately, before they could get close, several concentrated shots struck them directly.
BOOM!
Their bodies exploded into pieces.
The battle had become completely one-sided.
Inside the control room, everyone stared at the scene in stunned silence.
Even Ron, who had originally been eager to rush outside and fight, froze in place.
[Ron: Damn...]
[Ron: Those turrets are this powerful?]
[Percy: That’s not powerful...]
[Percy: That’s terrifying.]
[Draco: If we had these things earlier, we wouldn’t have been afraid of zombie hordes at all.]
The others nodded repeatedly.
In just a few minutes, hundreds of zombies had been wiped out.
The outer wall hadn’t even suffered any additional damage.
Most importantly, no one from their side had needed to fight.
The Defense Turrets alone had handled everything.
Even Divya and Anjali looked shocked.
They had known the upgraded Treehouse would become stronger.
But neither of them had expected it to be this ridiculous.
Meanwhile, Vikram calmly watched the battlefield.
His gaze wasn’t focused on the zombies.
Instead, it was fixed on the distant group from Frost Shelter.
As expected.
The moment they witnessed the overwhelming firepower of the Defense Turrets, the expressions on their faces instantly changed.
Their original confidence vanished completely.
What replaced it was pure disbelief.
None of them had expected the shelter they came to provoke to possess such terrifying defensive firepower.
The zombie horde that had surrounded the territory moments ago had already been reduced to piles of corpses.
Only scattered groans remained.
The Defense Turrets slowly rotated back to their standby positions.
Far in the distance, the members of Frost Shelter stared blankly at the battlefield.
The zombie horde they had painstakingly attracted had been completely annihilated.
Not a single zombie had even managed to touch the Treehouse wall.
The terrifying Defense Turrets had simply erased everything.
Scott’s expression turned ugly.
He had originally planned to use the zombies to test the Treehouse’s strength.
Instead, he had witnessed a scene that nearly made his scalp go numb.
"Retreat!" Without any hesitation, he immediately turned around and fled.
The others naturally didn’t dare stay behind. The group quickly disappeared into the forest.
From the control room, Vikram watched them leave but made no move to stop them.
The black mist surrounding the territory would take care of them sooner or later.
Besides, he still had more important things to do.
[Vikram: Ron, Percy.]
[Ron: Brother Vikram!]
[Percy: We’re here!]
[Vikram: Take some people outside and collect all the Zombie Crystals.]
[Vikram: Don’t wander too far.]
[Vikram: Return immediately if anything unusual happens.]
[Ron: Leave it to me!]
[Percy: Understood!]
The two immediately ran downstairs.
A short while later, the Territory 2 gate opened.
Ron and Percy led several survivors outside and began collecting the scattered Zombie Crystals.
The battlefield was covered with corpses.
Everywhere they looked, crystal drops glittered among the remains.
Ron was so excited that he almost laughed out loud. "This many crystals!"
"Brother Vikram is going to get rich again!"
About half an hour later, the last Zombie Crystal was finally collected.
Ron and Percy returned with several survivors, each carrying bags filled with crystals.
Their faces were overflowing with excitement.
The harvest this time was simply too great.
After storing the crystals inside the Treehouse, the two immediately received another message from Vikram.
[Vikram: Ron, Percy, Draco, Harry, Ginny.]
[Vikram: Come to Territory 1.]
The five looked at each other.
Although they didn’t know why Vikram had summoned them, none of them hesitated.
After making the necessary arrangements, they immediately headed toward Territory 1.
By the time they arrived, Vikram had already descended from the control room and was waiting on the ground floor of the Treehouse.
Several tables and chairs had been placed nearby.
Sophia, Luna. Divya and Anjali stood quietly at his side.
Seeing the five arrive, Vikram nodded slightly.
[Vikram: Sit.]
The group quickly found seats and sat down.
None of them dared to be careless.
Although Vikram usually treated everyone kindly, they all knew who the true owner of the territory was.
More importantly, Vikram rarely gathered them together like this.
This made everyone somewhat curious.
Ron was naturally the first one unable to hold back, "Brother Vikram, why did you call us here?"
Vikram didn’t reply, he first scanned them.
He scanned the physiques of the five people again:
[Name: Harry, Strength: 36, Speed: 37, Stamina: 37, Reaction: 36]
[Name: Ron, Strength: 41, Speed: 40, Stamina: 41, Reaction: 39]
[Name: Draco, Strength: 39, Speed: 41, Stamina: 39, Reaction: 40]
[Name: Percy, Strength: 37, Speed: 36, Stamina: 34, Reaction: 36]
[Name: Ginny, Strength: 28, Speed: 30, Stamina: 29, Reaction: 30]
It was the same as the previous, and didn’t change anything.
"Your physiques... have you all used a crimson orb?"
Vikram nodded, then asked.
Upon hearing this, the five people cast curious glances.
Because Vikram’s statement made it sound as if he could see their physique values, asking this way was somewhat strange.
After a moment of hesitation, Ron finally spoke, "How could that be, Brother Vikram? We don’t have such good fortune."
"Actually, only I, Draco, and Harry Bro have used a crimson orb in the team."
"Percy and Ginny’s physiques were raised later using zombie crystals."
"Speaking of which, we were lucky before to have learned early from other friends that crimson shards could be synthesized into orbs."
"That’s how we managed to luckily trade for three orbs from the market." Recalling past events, Ron couldn’t help but stroke his bearded chin with emotion.
Hearing this answer, Vikram was slightly surprised.
Why hadn’t he thought of trading for crimson shards from the market before, instead foolishly and honestly killing monsters for shards?
Now he didn’t even have extra orbs to cultivate talent.
Sighing inwardly, Vikram put the long-past matter out of his mind and turned to ask, "Is that friend of yours still alive?"
A survivor who could know such important news so early must be extraordinary. Since this member knew the other party,
Perhaps they could establish contact, and maybe get more channels for information or something.
"Hmm... he is still alive, but his family later entered the Aurora Shelter in our region, and he hasn’t actively contacted us for a long time now."
Ron opened the Survival Platform and showed Vikram a Survivor in his friends list.
[Name: James. Current Status: Offline.]
Hearing Ron’s explanation, Vikram was slightly stunned.
"Aurora Shelter..." Repeating the name, Vikram remembered that this was also one of the three early major Shelters in their region.
However, compared to the Savage Wolf Shelter and Brown Wood Shelter, this Aurora Shelter seemed exceptionally low-key.
It was said that this name initially became widely known because the Shelter did many things to aid Survivors, and was then publicized by those Survivors who were saved.
Vikram didn’t rush to actively add this Survivor, but instead secretly memorized the other party’s name.
Then he shifted his gaze back to the crystals on the table.
"You all use these crystals as you see fit; try to maximize the physique limit that ordinary zombie crystals can provide."
"These crystals should be enough for you to reach your full potential."
"Brother Vikram, we..."
"We’ve entered your Shelter, eaten so much of your food, and haven’t done anything yet."
"Isn’t it inappropriate for you to just give us so many crystals?"
Although Ron also coveted these physique-enhancing crystals, he knew that their work was not yet enough to warrant these supplies, and immediately intended to decline.
The others behind him also waved their hands, clearly embarrassed to accept Vikram’s crystals.
"If I tell you to take them, then just take them. As long as you can serve me well after improving your physiques, that’s enough."
Vikram finished speaking, and went back to the treehouse with his wives.
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