Wasteland for All: I Can Infinitely Upgrade My Vault

Faced with Zhuque's concerned inquiry, Zhongli calmly took out a prop from his backpack.

[Projection of the Devil Rat Ruins: In the desolate and dark underground, lies an endless unknown, and what I see is a race shimmering with brilliant green light, whose bells toll constantly. To make their existence known to their followers, they harbor evil and depravity. They let incense burners, laden with germs, wander the world. They let death and survival become our eternal ailment. The Great Horned Rat roams among us! Yes! Yes! Placing it in a cave will continuously produce rat-man units descending from the Devil Rat Ruins.]

Huo Wu's eyes lit up, and she roughly guessed Zhong Li's idea. She asked, "You want to build a training room to constantly summon ratman units and let the red erosion liquid corrode them?"

She is indeed a very intelligent girl.

Zhong Li nodded and said, "I plan to build a Red Erosion Training Ground. I believe that when the Red Erosion Liquid bubbles corrode these monsters, they will also consume Red Erosion Energy. This energy cannot appear out of thin air. Every bit consumed will improve our situation a little."

Ye Wei frowned slightly. She gazed at Zhong Li, who was holding the collapsed crystal key in his right hand with great pride, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "My lord, I'm sorry if this might dampen your spirits. But from my own experience, this loss is nothing compared to the vast and powerful energy of the Crimson Moon. It's not even a drop in the ocean. It's like..."

"How can the light of a firefly compare to the brilliance of the moon!" Zhong Li calmly uttered the words that Ye Wei had hesitated to say.

Clearly, compared to the vast starry sky, the consumption in a refuge on a planet is nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

Ye Wei swallowed the rest of her words, looking at Zhong Li with a guilty conscience and apologetic expression: "I'm sorry, Master, I didn't mean to say such unpleasant things, but I was afraid..."

Zhongli raised his hand, interrupting her, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that easily discouraged. The ephemeral mushroom doesn't know the dawn and dusk, the cicada doesn't know spring and autumn; this is the norm in the world. How powerful Scarlet is isn't something I need to focus on for now."

He then flashed a bright smile and cheerfully said to everyone, "Save the apocalypse—such a grand undertaking shouldn't be the sole responsibility of just a few of us. If the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up. Right now, all we need to do is keep killing the Crimson Devouring Monsters and prolong Vivi's Moonlit Radiance state!"

A long time ago, Zhongli understood a principle: don't love vague people, but love specific individuals.

Zhong Li had a crush on a girl a year older than him when he was in high school. The ending wasn't perfect; the girl is now married, and Zhong Li can hardly recall her voice, appearance, or smile. But one sentence she said left a deep impression on him: "Everyone wants to save the world, but no one helps their mother wash the dishes."

Saving from the apocalypse is simply saving the people closest to you, isn't it?

It is these people you care about most that make up your world.

If these people are gone, what's the point of saving the world?

Upon hearing Zhongli's explanation, everyone smiled and relaxed in a good mood.

Yes, the apocalyptic invasion is a predicament that the entire wasteland must face, and it's not something that a few people can change.

For the current shelter, isn't the most important and happiest thing to do to continuously improve the saint's physical condition?

Liu Lu smiled, her eyes crinkling: "That's wonderful! If we can provide the Saintess with a continuous supply of Moon Essence, her lifespan might soon advance to a day, two days, or even a month or two!"

Ye Wei smiled faintly at Zhong Li and asked, "How does Master plan to construct the Crimson Eclipse Training Ground? Will you enhance this [Demon Rat Ruins Projection]?"

Hongluan was somewhat unsure and asked, "These are rat-people's items, right? Can we humans enhance them?"

Zhong Li stated confidently, "Definitely! My ability is Gaia's blessing, and Gaia's will doesn't discriminate against her children. We humans are Gaia's children, and so are other creatures. It's just that we humans have always been accustomed to considering ourselves the most intelligent of all beings, limiting our vision to our own race. The wasteland has lizardmen and ratmen; they are all part of Gaia's attempt to fight the Crimson. Perhaps it won't be us humans who can save the world in the future. Therefore, Gaia's will treat all races equally, and her enhancement abilities will definitely work on the ratmen's items as well."

It doesn't make sense that Gaia's blessing can enhance items made by humans but not items made by ratmen.

To Gaia, there is no distinction of high or low status among dinosaurs, rats, insectoids, and humans!

Zhong Li then opened the [Wildfire] system and found the [Projection of the Demon Rat Ruins] in the item list.

However, the cost of this upgrade left Zhong Li speechless.

[Ding! First upgrade of [Demon Rat Ruins Projection] consumes 1000 Victory Points. Confirm?]

You start with 1000 victory points!

This is an unprecedentedly large number for any item. It's unclear whether the increased consumption is due to racial differences or the item's power exceeding everyone's expectations.

Zhong Li didn't bother to think about the specific reasons; it was pointless anyway. He took a deep breath and clicked "Confirm!"

[Ding! [Item - Demon Rat Ruins Projection] successfully enhanced, gaining the trait - Tower of Ruins: A towering, precarious tower pierces the clouds, with the Great Horned Rat Bell hanging atop it. Sacrificing 2000 Primal Crystals will ring the Great Horned Rat Bell, immediately deploying the next batch of Demon Rat Ruins troops to the deployment site.]

"It's done!" Zhong Li clenched his fist excitedly; good luck had finally come his way this time.

Since entering the wasteland, he has always encountered all sorts of terrible accidents, but this time he finally encountered a pleasant surprise.

The effect of this enhancement was even better than he had expected.

Before he upgraded it, he was worried that the troop spawn interval of the [Demon Rat Ruins Projection] was not fixed, which would cause the Moonflower's status to be unstable.

But now with the [Tower of Ruins] feature, sacrificing 2000 units of Primal Crystal Ore can refresh a wave of Skaven troops, allowing the Sanctuary to control the pace of the battle!

The cuckoo cheered excitedly, "Yay! With this Crimson Training Room, we can keep killing Crimson Monsters and obtaining basic Wasteland Relics!"

[Basic Wasteland Relics] This is the source of stable experience points.

Huo Wu crossed her arms over her chest, propped her delicate chin on her hand, and thought for a moment before calmly saying, "It can indeed consume the power of the Crimson Erosion. During the process of the Crimson Erosion bubble corroding the ratmen and transforming them into Crimson Erosion monsters, it will definitely absorb Crimson Erosion energy, because when we kill Crimson Erosion monsters, we may obtain power crystals such as [Blood Orchid], [Bloody Pineal Gland], or even [Collapsed Epiphyllum].

Suzaku nodded in agreement, saying, "The corrosion of the Crimson Erosion Bubbles is not fixed. The monsters that are transformed may be Crimson Erosion Annihilators, Crimson Erosion Bats, Crimson Erosion Tarantulas, and so on. This process will definitely consume Crimson Erosion power."

Zhong Li clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Then let's train hard, kill monsters to hone our skills against the Crimson Erosion Monsters, and help the Holy Maiden refresh the Moon's Radiance status."

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