Post-Apocalyptic: Unlimited Resources, Neighbor's Wife and Sister Beg for the Door to Open

Chapter 128 Hope City is born, ready to replace it! (Please continue reading)

Wang Shengbang agreed without hesitation.

Lu Zheng's terms for the fee reduction were indeed very sincere.

It's just about providing information about one person; it's not about forcing someone to follow Lu Zheng.

This is already very easy.

With Lu Zheng's financial resources and capabilities, finding someone himself would just take a little more time.

Compared to this short period of time, the amount of crystal cores offered at a discount is quite substantial.

In Wang Shengbang's view, Lu Zheng might not even be after the so-called top goddess, but rather to legitimately help the authorities.

At the same time, it is also necessary to safeguard one's own rights and interests.

It's just giving him a way out.

With nearly forty unique women already on Lu Zheng's ship, why would he still be obsessed with pursuing other beauties?

Little did they know, what Lu Zheng was pursuing most was a top-tier goddess.

The number of crystal cores that the official can provide is limited, but if you obtain a Superb Resource Card, the resources inside are unlimited.

If one could obtain a skill book resource card similar to the Sword Control Technique or a miraculous medicine resource card similar to the Body Strengthening Pill, the resulting increase in combat power and benefits would be greater than that from a batch of crystal cores.

After all, Lu Zheng now relies on teleportation arrays, beast-taming rings, and other extraordinary resources to trade with the official authorities for a large amount of resources.

After finalizing the cooperation details with Wang Shengbang, Lu Zheng landed in the plaza outside the Jingge Building.

At this moment, he had temporarily cleared a space free of black mist by using a spatial barrier.

Everyone from the Azure Society gathered here, waiting for him to speak.

Fifty thousand members of the Azure Society, along with tens of thousands of survivors who had been struggling to survive in the surrounding black fog and rushed to the scene, crowded the temporary safe zone around the building.

People's eyes were focused on Lu Zheng and the colossal object that stretched across the sky behind him.

That was an existence beyond imagination.

Looking up, my gaze was filled with an indescribable, enormous landmass that blocked out the sky at the end of my field of vision!

It hovers hundreds of meters above the ruins of Azure City, like a man-made cube.

Beneath the shadow cast by that colossal object, the crowd appeared as insignificant as ants.

A deathly silence fell over the square. Fifty thousand pairs of eyes were fixed on the sky, heavy breathing, suppressed gasps, and countless other sounds of breath forgotten in the face of overwhelming shock intertwined to create an indescribably heavy atmosphere.

Shocked!

The sheer shock and impact left everyone present speechless.

"Was that... a miracle?" an old man with gray hair murmured to himself, his cloudy eyes covered by a huge shadow, as if they had lost focus.

He was once a staunch atheist, but everything about the apocalypse and the emergence of superpowers is gradually overturning his understanding.

At this moment, the scene before him seemed to have completely turned him into a believer in the gods.

He couldn't imagine that anyone other than the legendary gods could achieve such a feat.

"Land...flying in the sky?"

A young man with scars on his face pinched his arm hard, the pain reminding him that this was not a dream.

His companions around him also stared blankly, their mouths agape, wide enough to fit an egg.

Is it really safe? Will it fall down?

A low murmur of doubt arose from the crowd, carrying the instinctive skepticism cultivated from years of struggling in the apocalypse.

Some people instinctively took a step back, seemingly worried that the giant city suspended above the ground might collapse at any moment.

For humans accustomed to the solid ground beneath their feet and the vast sky above their heads, a giant city suspended overhead carries a certain sense of unease.

"What's it like inside? Can we go up?" A mother holding a baby asked, her eyes filled with longing, but even more so with anxiety.

She tightened her embrace around the sleeping child, whose tiny, fragile life filled her with both anticipation and trepidation at any promise.

"What price will be paid to get up there?"

Many others are weighing the pros and cons.

Lu Zheng was never a kind and compassionate person.

Within the Azure Society, acquiring resources also requires people to take on various roles.

This place, far from the black fog and monster attacks on the ground, is truly safe. It's a new society and a new civilization, and we can't let them go there for nothing.

Among the crowd, the vigilance in the eyes of some survivors who had experienced the collapse of order, being deceived and abandoned was particularly evident.

They crave security, yet they also know that there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Just as the crowd was getting excited, Lu Zheng's voice rang out clearly, and the square instantly fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Lu Zheng's gaze swept over the countless faces below, a mixture of shock, trepidation, and longing. His voice was steady and powerful, piercing through the last trace of doubt.

"As you can see, above us is the 'Azure Hope City' that I have painstakingly built. It will become humanity's new home in the Dark Ages, an absolutely safe haven."

"Hope City!"

These three words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the crowd, only to be quickly overwhelmed by ecstasy and even deeper anticipation.

“The bottom layer of the safe zone is 100 meters of fertile soil, which has been planted with enough vegetation to support the cycle of the ecosystem. The community where you will live will be on top.”

He gave a brief introduction to the structure.

Then, he announced the rules for entry, his voice devoid of emotion, yet it determined the fate of countless people.

"Members of the Azure Society and their registered immediate family members have priority in applying for housing allocation according to the standards. Non-members of the Azure Society need to apply through open channels and those who pass the ability assessment or have special skills can obtain housing allocation through normal rental channels."

"The rental fee for each unit is one second-order crystal core per month, with a deposit of one month's rent and three months' rent paid in advance."

"All positions within the safe zone will be earned based on merit! Management positions will be filled through open selection! Any 'parasites' who try to coast along will be expelled immediately!"

"Insects deserve to live in the dark, black mist!"

The cold words announcing the rules were like a boulder thrown into a lake of newly ignited hope, creating violent ripples.

Cheers and excited embraces erupted from the core members of the Azure Society and their families.

"We have a home! We have a real home!" Tears of ecstasy and shouts filled their area.

However, a huge commotion instantly erupted in the larger crowd!

The high cost and stringent conditions made many people feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

"A second-tier crystal core! One a month? How... how can ordinary people like us earn that much?!"

"Aren't all Azure Society members directly assigned? Do they have to apply? How is it evaluated?"

"Expel? Good heavens, can't you help everyone?"

"Leasing! Not allocation! What do we do?"

Questioning, debate, and even cries of discontent were intertwined. The jubilant inner circle contrasted sharply with the anxious and uneasy outer circle.

But one person's thoughts were different from all of these people.

Zhai Jincheng looked at Lu Zheng, who was high above everyone else like a god, his eyes filled with madness and jealousy.

"A true man should be like this! I can take his place!!"

But the next moment, he suddenly realized that Lu Zheng's gaze was directed at him, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

(End of this chapter)