Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as Lu Bu: I Have a Pseudo-Apocalypse System

It's almost the end of July.

Lu Bu can receive 3 skill points every day from the level 3 safe zone.

Although it now takes 10 skill points to improve one attribute, on average, it takes three to four days to break through the 100 limit of a major skill and reach 101.

This feeling of transcending the limits of ordinary people intoxicated Lü Bu.

After his strength reached 101, he tested it and found that he could lift a stone lock weighing hundreds of kilograms in front of the camp with one hand and swing it like an ordinary person swinging a wooden stick.

With a physical fitness score of 101, he was able to travel dozens of miles continuously and fight for two hours while wearing heavy armor, yet still had plenty of breath.

Injury Resistance 101 helps prevent bodily injuries and illnesses.

His perception, reaction, and agility have all exceeded their limits, making his ability to anticipate opportunities and maneuver on the battlefield far beyond what he used to be.

With the new weapons delivered by Zuo Feng—a halberd weighing ninety-nine jin and a powerful bow with an eight-stone capacity—Lu Bu was confident that even if Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were to fight him again, he could ensure that they would not return.

His army is also undergoing rapid transformation.

Cheng Lian's personal guard of 500 heavy cavalrymen were the first to secretly change their equipment to high-bridged saddles and double stirrups.

Although it needs to be covered with cloth when in use, the training effect is immediate.

Cavalrymen are as stable as a rock on horseback, and can make more effective use of the horse's power when charging. The power of long weapons is greatly increased, and they can even draw their bows and shoot arrows more easily while galloping.

The men and horses were fully armored, and from a distance they looked like a moving steel fortress.

Zhang Liao's light cavalry battalion, Wei Xu's elite infantry battalion, Song Xian's infantry battalion, and Hou Cheng's crossbow battalion had all completed their reorganization and training according to the new system, were well-equipped, and had high morale.

The daily consumption of grain was astronomical, but Lü Bu never worried about logistics.

The rapid expansion of his power caused a change in Lü Bu's mindset.

He was no longer content with passively waiting for refugees to come to him, or simply relying on spreading rumors to attract people.

In Chang'an, Li Jue and Guo Si finally gave Dong Zhuo a grand funeral.

After the funeral, in order to maintain their large army and extravagant lifestyle, they once again allowed their troops to plunder throughout Guanzhong, ostensibly to "raise military supplies." In reality, it was nothing more than open robbery.

The people's remaining food and property were stolen, women with any attractiveness were abducted to the army camp, and men were forced into labor. Any resistance was met with swords and knives.

Not only did the Han people suffer, but the Qiang and Hu tribes in the west and the Xiongnu tribes in the north were also not spared, and their livestock and furs were looted.

Throughout the entire Sanfu region, cries of sorrow and resentment filled the air.

In contrast, the situation was quite different under Lü Bu's rule at Wuguan Pass.

The market was prosperous and prices were stable. As long as people were willing to work, whether it was participating in city repairs, road construction, land reclamation, or doing small business, they could easily earn enough money and food to make a living or even have a slight surplus.

The army is disciplined and never disturbs the people; you can even see soldiers spending part of their salary at the market.

As one side gains at the expense of the other, more and more people in Guanzhong regard Lü Bu's rule as a paradise in a chaotic world.

Although many people hesitated because of Lü Bu's past reputation as a "slave of three surnames" and "tyrannical and ruthless," driven by the instinct for survival, some still risked crossing the Liangzhou army's blockade line and fleeing south towards Lantian and Shangluo.

Lu Bu sat in the general's mansion in Shangluo County, listening to Meng Cheng's report on the population influx, and understood.

Li Jue and Guo Si would never sit idly by and watch themselves grow stronger; a decisive battle between the two sides was only a matter of time.

His military and civilian population is approaching 90,000, just one step away from reaching 100,000 and upgrading to a level four security zone.

"Pass down the order!" Lü Bu commanded Meng Cheng. "In my name, General of Valiant Might and Marquis of Wen, Lü Bu, issue a public proclamation and try to send it to the Three Auxiliary Regions! The proclamation states: All displaced people in Guanzhong may come and settle under my rule! All who come will be registered by household, and will be provided with unclaimed wasteland and basic farming tools. The government will also organize manpower to assist in building shelters! I, Lü Bu, will do my utmost to ensure that everyone under my rule has food to eat and that there are no starving corpses everywhere!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Cheng immediately accepted the order: "General, you are truly benevolent! This proclamation will surely attract even more people to join us! However, the required funds, provisions, and supplies are enormous. What should we do?"

Lü Bu said, "Chief Meng, there's no need to worry. Just go and do it. I know what I'm doing!"

Looking at Lü Bu's confident expression, and recalling the military supply depot secretly managed by his two wives, Meng Cheng suppressed his doubts and bowed, saying, "Your subordinate obeys, and will carry it out immediately!"

Lü Bu's public announcement to recruit people caused a huge uproar throughout the Guanzhong Plain.

Starting in early August, the number of refugees flocking to the towns and passes along the Wuguan Road began to surge.

Carrying baskets on their backs and shoulder poles, they avoided the bandits of Liangzhou and quietly made their way to the towns along the Wuguan Road via various hidden mountain paths.

The shelters in towns such as Lantian, Shangluo, Shangxian, Danfeng, and Shangnan were immediately overcrowded.

Meng Cheng was extremely busy, organizing his subordinates to register and compile records, distributing temporary porridge, dividing resettlement areas, organizing able-bodied men to build simple houses, allocating wasteland, distributing farm tools, and starting cultivation, among other things.

Lu Bu, through Zuo Feng's procurement channels, continuously poured the massive amounts of resources leaked by the system—millet, wheat, salt, cloth, iron farm tools, etc.—into the headquarters warehouse, and then distributed them to various resettlement sites.

The warehouse seemed to have an inexhaustible supply, leaving Meng Cheng and Zuo Feng deeply shocked amidst their extreme busyness.

On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Lü Bu was reviewing the latest population statistics bamboo slips sent from various regions when a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind:

[Ding! The host's safe zone population has reached 100,000, meeting the upgrade requirements! The safe zone level has been upgraded to Level 4!]

[Daily rewards for Level 4 safe zone updated: +4 skill points, random 1000-9999 shi (a unit of dry measure) of food, and significantly increased quantity and quality of other resources (armory, medicine, daily necessities, precious metals, etc.)!]

Lu Bu was overjoyed!

You get 4 skill points and 1000 shi of food every day, up to nearly 10,000 shi at most!

What does this mean?

This means that even if he only received 1000 shi (about 30 tons) of food per day, it would far exceed the needs of an army of 1!

This is just the lowest random value. If the random value is higher, even if all the soldiers and civilians under his rule ate together, they still couldn't finish it, including all kinds of other supplies!

Fortunately, his storage space is virtually unlimited; he can simply store items in the space and take them out as needed without having to use them all.

Inside the storage space, there was glittering gold and silver, piles of copper coins, brand-new bright armor, chainmail, and ring-pommel swords, and mountains of millet and wheat.

The daily rations he receives from the system's secure zone far exceed the daily consumption of his more than 10,000 troops, with a large surplus that can be stored or released into the market.