My Apocalypse Territory

The tavern remained the same as always: a two-story building, with a quaint wooden structure, located within the castle complex, conspicuously standing out.

Like the defense buildings, any subsequent changes to the tavern had to be chosen... by oneself.

The scope of summoning, the strength of the followers, the number of contracts... These were the main aspects.

"The contract slots need to be expanded with Telekinesis energy value, but let's not talk about that for now, I'm still broke... Anyway, the remaining twelve slots should be enough."

"The key is the strength of the summoned..."

From a fourth-tier tavern to a sixth-tier tavern, the upper limit of summoning is at Awakening Tier Perfection, with a maximum potential of A-rank aptitude, though it's uncertain... Nancy's case was just an accident.

Having obtained the authority, Tang Yu had understood the summoning rules.

Simply put, everything was a choice of fate.

To explain it more complexly, when the followers saw the golden Contract Book, they would inevitably agree to it—sifting through countless uncertain candidates and timings to find a certain outcome.

The first time Tang Yu summoned, if he had been a few minutes earlier or later, he might not have summoned Eileen, but possibly other followers with B or A-rank aptitude.

Randomly selected from numerous certain candidates at the same moment.

This was why, no matter how many summoning attempts were merged, one could not guarantee an A-rank, as the summoning rules could not ensure that at this very second, there would definitely be an A-rank aptitude follower who would choose to sign.

It was different for B-rank aptitude followers; there were dozens or hundreds of times more, and given the vast base number, it was possible to find followers who would definitely sign the contract.

Most of the followers were in desperate situations before being summoned, because in such states, they had no choice but to enter into a contract.

It was inevitable.

But with this method of summoning, the quality of followers was mediocre.

"Besides, I don't want to spend a lot of time and resources to train another group of Transcendent Strongmen."

Tang Yu opened the summoning interface.

There were two new functions.

[Advanced Filter: Select targets directly based on the number of Source Crystals invested.]

[Restrictions Release: This mode allows the searching of more characters, but without the power of destiny, there is no guarantee of successful summoning.]

Tang Yu immediately filtered for characters with A-rank or higher aptitude, and Transcendent or higher strength.

The estimated consumption of Source Crystals was 11,000 units per second.

He chose to confirm without frowning.

Soon, he entered the search interface.

One second, two seconds... ten seconds passed without a whisper of life.

He was mentally prepared and chose "Restrictions Release."

The next second,

Ding!

The Summoning Array's light burst forth, and a silhouette of a character stood tall in the center of the Array.

[Character]: Karl

[Aptitude]: A+

[Level]: Transcendent First Tier (one Source Power Core)

[Occupation]: Fierce Tiger Warrior

[Brief]: Omitted two hundred words

[Skills]: Omitted thirty words

His eyebrows raised.

He chose to summon.

"Ding! The adventurer refuses to sign a contract with you."

Tang Yu was expressionless.

"Cough cough… it was to be expected."

But outright refusal like that was a bit too decisive!

He tried several more times.

Without exception, all were refused. The longest wait was three seconds after choosing to summon before the refusal came.

... It's probably that the sudden contract proposition shocked them on the other side.

"Normal~ normal, although the contract states many benefits, fundamentally, it's still about recruiting employees, subordinates. These Transcendents, each one of them a big shot, how could they possibly sign..."

He shook his head, groping around, and gradually had an idea.

It seemed that during summoning, he could convey some simple messages to the summoned.

Choosing those in unfavorable circumstances could also increase the chance somewhat.

...

In a certain world.

A human, wielding a long spear and bathed in blood, tore through the encirclement of monsters, and with a few flashes, vanished at the ends of the sky.

A few miles away in the city ruins, covered with green vines, Zhong Ping leaned in a corner of a dilapidated room, channeling Source Power to heal his wounds.

Two years after breaking through to Transcendent, he still hadn't found any surviving humans.

The sky was dim yellow.

The mood was gray.

"I might be the last surviving human in the world."

He murmured.

Suddenly he started, standing up, a black iron spear positioned in front of him, "Who's there!"

"Monster? Or human?!"

The echo lingered.

In the distance, the howling of monsters could be heard.

Zhong Ping didn't pay attention to the outside world but furrowed his brow as the voice resounded in his mind again.

"Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly… live?"

"Sign the contract, and you will be able to see the real future."

A golden Contract Book materialized from the Void, hovering in front of him.

A surge of information flooded his mind.

"Green Shadow? All Worlds? Follower?"

His expression changed over and over.

Once you become a follower, you are a follower for life... For him, that was harsh. Even though the contract information stated that the followers also have their autonomy and many benefits, other than defending the Territory and dealing with the Lord's enemies, there were no other demands.

Zhong Ping still couldn't be careless.

Before the extinction of humanity, he had heard some stories; Devil's contracts, the powers stated in the Contract Book weren't false, but the information might not be true.

Once signed, he might not have the power to resist.

However, after two years, this was the first time he had heard from humans.

Outside of this world, there were also humans.

Perhaps somewhere in this world, there were other survivors clinging to life, but once found, what then? Monsters were getting stronger, and the world was becoming more lifeless.

Standing in front of him may be the only opportunity.

Seemingly seeing the hesitation, the color of the golden book faded, turning more ethereal, about to disappear at any moment.