Wasteland: I Awakened A Plant System

Leaning back on the sofa, with four women obediently lying in his arms, Vikram couldn’t help but pinch one of them.

"Hmph, you little rascal, if you really wanted to help, would you have waited so many days to come and greet me?"

"Don’t say that. I also had to spend time fending off the insects here. Didn’t I come to find you as soon as I had a moment?"

What kind of person was Lilith? To be able to establish such a large force on her own, regardless of whether her methods were honorable or not, at least she was very sharp - witted.

"What? Little rascal, do you have something you want to ask Big Sister for help with?" Vikram pursed his lips. This address was really awkward, but since she was already his women, he didn’t bother to care.

He explained her about encountering Arjun Malhotra today.

Soon, Vikram received a reply.

"Regarding the situation in the Central Area, I don’t know too much about it either."

"However, according to a friend of mine in the Central Area, the distribution of power there is extremely concentrated, unlike our scattered forces."

"Due to the dense population that descended there in the early days, the Wasteland Central Area doesn’t have many fragmented forces."

"Instead, there are four super-large Survivor Shelters."

"They’re called Shelters, but it’s said that these four Shelters are massive cities built by countless Survivors working together."

"And they say that even the smallest city among them has at least tens of thousands of permanent residents."

As Lilith spoke, her tone carried a hint of hesitation; to be honest, even she found it hard to believe what she was saying.

Let alone telling it to others.

Given the difficulty of survival in the Wasteland World, she couldn’t imagine how enormous an undertaking it would be to build such cities.

And this was under conditions of scarce resources and completely overturned technology.

The three people on the sofa, including Vikram, all changed their expressions upon hearing this.

Regardless of whether what Lilith said was true, the news was indeed somewhat shocking.

"A shelter with tens of thousands of people?"

In the early days, Vikram occasionally paid attention to messages in the world channel.

However, later on, because the screen scrolled too fast and useful messages couldn’t be retained, he only focused on the regional channel.

He had vaguely heard about the bustle of the Central Area, but at the time, his attitude was simply to guard his own small plot of land; what others did was none of his business.

As long as his own life was comfortable, that was enough.

In fact, if the people from the Central Area hadn’t sought him out, Vikram would still hold this view.

With the system in hand, despite its many limitations, as long as he persevered and worked hard to build his Shelter, there would eventually be a day when he would succeed.

But from Arjun Malhotra’s words, Vikram had already realized that the Central Area seemed to have some ideas about Survivors in other regions, which made it impossible for him to sit idly by.

If it was just a simple recruitment of Survivors from the Wasteland Edge into the four major cities of the Wasteland Central Area, that would be acceptable.

But Vikram was no fool; no matter how he listened to Arjun Malhotra’s tone, he couldn’t hear that these Survivors from the Central Area were coming to do good deeds.

Combining this with the frequent news he had heard recently about Aurora Shelter recruiting people everywhere, Vikram’s expression grew even stranger.

He always felt that Aurora Shelter and the Wasteland Central Area had some connection.

"Director Lilith, do you know about Aurora Shelter?"

"I’ve heard a lot about this shelter, which used to be very low-key, recently. I hear they’ve taken in many stranded Survivors?"

Unexpectedly, Lilith, whose tone had been calm, immediately raised her voice a notch when Vikram mentioned Aurora Shelter.

"You little rascal, you haven’t provoked those madmen from Aurora Shelter, have you?"

"If that’s really the case, then I’m afraid I can’t help you with this."

Vikram frowned, thinking to himself that Aurora Shelter was indeed suspicious.

Crimson Desire Shelter, in their region, was a local power, so Lilith being so wary definitely indicated a problem.

"No, I haven’t. I’m just a bit curious. Their shelter never shows its face, and I’ve never heard of any force having disputes with them. I want to know how they managed to do that."

"As far as I know, Aurora Shelter is no worse than Director Lilith’s Crimson Desire Shelter or White Fox Shelter, right?"

To develop a Shelter, exploring resource points is unavoidable.

As long as resource points are explored, conflicts with other forces are inevitable.

After all, there are only so many resources in the Wasteland; if you take them, I can’t, so when a resource point is found, everyone naturally fights tooth and nail over it.

Perhaps small forces might be lucky enough to encounter one or two resource points that haven’t been stumbled upon by other forces.

But for Aurora Shelter to achieve this, Vikram wouldn’t believe it even if he was beaten to death if they claimed they’d never had any conflicts.

Lilith on the other end, hearing that Vikram hadn’t provoked Aurora Shelter, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

After hesitating for a long time, seemingly conflicted about whether to speak, she finally explained, "I don’t know what’s going on with the people from Aurora Shelter, but they are never easy to deal with."

"As for never having conflicts with other forces, that’s even more impossible."

"You rarely hear about it purely because Aurora Shelter’s actions are swift and ruthless!"

"The reason they’re called madmen is because what they love to do most is ambush at resource points."

"They wait for Survivor forces to finish exploring the resource point, then they make their move and subdue these people."

"Anyway, they don’t kill them; in the end, all these people are taken to Aurora Shelter."

"As for what happens once they enter the Shelter, I don’t know."

"To be honest, if it weren’t for my business dealings with Survivors from various places in our region, even I wouldn’t know these things."

Vikram’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Generally speaking, resource points contain many dangers.

Don’t think that Vikram always explores resource points unscathed; that’s purely because his physique is too abnormal.

For other Survivors, let alone Legendary-level, encountering an Epic-level could lead to a team wipe.

Putting himself in their shoes, if he were to finish exploring a resource point exhausted and encounter such a group of people specifically setting ambushes, even if he couldn’t defeat them, it would still be incredibly disgusting.

"In short, it’s better for you to have less to do with those people. What I said earlier was actually the better part."

"The most crucial thing is that the people in their shelter generally have extremely strong abilities."

"Don’t even talk about my Crimson Desire Shelter contending with their Aurora Shelter; even if I teamed up with the other two, it would be difficult."

Lilith was, of course, referring to the Official Shelter and White Fox Shelter in the region.

"No wonder Crimson Desire Shelter and White Fox Shelter haven’t fought each other yet."

"It seems White Fox Shelter also knows about Aurora’s situation."

He had been wondering for a long time; if he were the leader of White Fox Shelter and knew that a large number of capable members of Crimson Desire Shelter were injured, he would definitely seize the opportunity to strike.

Instead of just sending a few insignificant subordinates to cause trouble, which was such a childish act.

Now it seemed they were also wary that if they weren’t completely confident in annexing the other party, they would be targeted by Aurora Shelter.

Having a rough understanding of Aurora Shelter, Vikram thanked her and was about to hang up the communication.

Unexpectedly, Lilith on the other end called out to him again.

"You little rascal, I’ve told you so much, and it’s not for free."

"Actually, I also have something I’d like your help with."

After briefly listening to Lilith describe the situation, Vikram was slightly stunned, then showed a look of joy.

"How is this asking for my help? To me, isn’t this purely a good thing?"

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"Hey, have you guys heard recently?"

"The Official Shelter is taking us to explore a Legendary-level resource point!"

"No kidding, you don’t need to tell me that."

"The Official Shelter has been promoting this every day; anyone who isn’t blind can see it, right?"

"It seems it’s happening tomorrow; they said they want to finish exploring before the insect plague changes."

"Not just the Official Shelter people, but according to my inside sources, the Crimson Desire Shelter and White Fox Shelter, those two major Shelters, also plan to go along."

"It’s going to be lively at that resource point then. Are you guys planning to go?"

"Of course! It’s free resources. We just follow behind; we don’t need to exert any effort. Even watching the excitement is fine."

"You don’t know, these past few days, to avoid these bugs, I’ve been hiding in the dirt every day; I’m practically suffocating."

"Now there’s such a good resource point, and someone is leading the team so we don’t have to fear bugs and zombies. Why wouldn’t we go?"

"That makes sense. Anyway, if the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up."

The regional chat channel was filled with discussions about the upcoming Legendary-level resource point.

Countless Survivors were already looking forward to tomorrow’s operation.

Watching the increasingly lively discussion in the chat, Abhi couldn’t hide the satisfaction on his face.

Naturally, he had never intended to share the resources inside with those ordinary Survivors.

Inviting them was merely an excuse.

His real purpose was to use them as cannon fodder to scout the dangers inside the resource point.

After all, Abhi didn’t dare underestimate the two Legendary-level creatures guarding that place.

However, with so many Survivors acting as the first wave, combined with the strength of the Official Shelter, White Fox Shelter, and Crimson Desire Shelter, he was confident they could eventually eliminate those two Legendary creatures.

"Report!" Just then, a voice sounded from outside the office.

"Come in."

An officer quickly walked inside while holding a small cloth bag. After opening it, he respectfully presented its contents.

"Director Abhi, these are the ten insect nuclei you asked us to sort out. Please inspect them."

Abhi didn’t bother replying. He casually grabbed all ten insect nuclei into his palm before crushing them one after another.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The insect nuclei instantly shattered into powder. Immediately afterward, streams of pure energy surged into his body.

Abhi could clearly feel his physique rising once again.

His muscles tightened, his bones emitted faint cracking sounds, and a powerful tingling sensation rapidly spread throughout his entire body before gradually fading away.

Feeling the explosive strength flowing through his body, Abhi slowly clenched his fist.

A satisfied smile spread across his face.

"Hahahaha, eighty points of physique, what a wonderful power."

He slowly looked toward the distant horizon, his eyes filled with confidence.

"Legendary-level creatures? I refuse to believe that even now... I still can’t defeat them."

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