My Monster Fuses Everything

As more modern buildings were occupied and the population continued to increase, the restoration of production order had become urgent.

Take metal forging as an example, the cargo compartments of the Vine Giant Rat trucks, the plate armor of the Tree Domain warriors, melee weapons, and consumable weapons like crossbow arrows were all primarily produced by metal forging.

Initially, these things could have relied on Su Han and the Scorpion Spider Demon for forging, but that was evidently not suitable now.

The base use was too large, and if the Scorpion Spider Demon were made to do it, it would be tantamount to fixing the Scorpion Spider Demon into the position of a 'blacksmith.'

This was a tremendous waste and would actually hinder Su Han's progress.

Therefore, right from the start of the increase in personnel, Yan Meiyu had planned the restoration of production, especially in areas like small-scale metal processing and forging.

A large portion of the crossbow arrows used in the Second Ring Area combat operations were forged at the temporary steel mill, and so were some of the plate armors.

However, this was still not enough, as just manufacturing these simple items could not meet the entire camp's demands.

Therefore, it was necessary to find a way to expand this steel mill and restore other similar factories.

In a population of over ten thousand, there were more or less some people who knew the trade, so the progress of the tasks was relatively smooth.

Yan Meiyu was already organizing people to start selecting sites within the Second Ring Area to set up parts of the factories.

She also dispatched a large number of subordinates to further clear out resources after clearing the area of monsters.

A multitude of cars, metals, pharmaceuticals, clothes, and other items were all targeted for collection.

The northern Second Ring of the city, despite more than four months post-apocalypse, many things had already changed, but a considerable portion of the above-mentioned items were still available.

The number of vehicles was the highest; although it was just a northern district of the city, they had continuously found about twenty thousand vehicles, scattered across various parking lots and streets.

Due to the long duration of the apocalypse, monster rampages, and various other reasons, two-thirds of these cars were damaged.

Beyond that were other assorted resources, all classified and stored, managed by Yan Meiyu.

Su Han arrived with the Scorpion Spider Demon at the site where old cars and a lot of metal were piled up.

The cars piled up like mountains, filling the entire street, and almost every car had been dismantled into pieces, with their usable parts already removed; before the production was restored, many of these parts were difficult to manufacture.

To save a bit where they could, the cars had been disassembled.

The oil inside the cars had also been drained, the tires removed, leaving only the car frames stacked together.

Su Han commanded the Scorpion Spider Demon to stride forward, activating its Advanced Metal Control ability. Driven by this ability, countless car frames began transforming, shedding unnecessary paint, and other substances, continuously compressing into individual metal cubes.

Under Advanced Metal Control, the transformation was rapid; the Scorpion Spider Demon merely strode forward, and after about ten minutes, tens of thousands of car frames, countless iron fences, and scrap metals were all transformed into compressed enhanced metal cubes.

Starting from the street corner, the metal cubes were stacked on top of each other, shining a dull black luster, forming a human-height flat cube pile.

Each cube was not large, but hefty, weighing about two tons each, with solid strength.

The Scorpion Spider Demon's Metal Control had reached an advanced level, not only broadening the range over which it could control metal but also slightly enhancing the metal. The iron alloys, after being compressed and strengthened, had higher strength than ordinary iron alloys.

Weapons and armor made from these metals were more robust, and Tree Domain warriors averaged plate armor with sharp melee weapons, precisely because of this reason.

In the current metal forging at the Tree Domain, apart from some simple agricultural tools, most simple machinery, weapons, armor, and Angel Envoy armors were made from this metal, produced by the forge and processing plants.

The reason it was only simple machinery and weapons was because that was the limit of the current processing plants.

Su Han watched the ten thousand metal cubes being forged and did not hesitate to let the Scorpion Spider Demon begin Fusion.

Blood-red tendrils stuck onto the nearby metal cubes, then slowly incorporated them into its body.

The Scorpion Spider Demon's Metal Fusion Degree was very high, at LV7, and achieving LV8 required more metal and more time.

Now that they had just started to develop the Second Ring Area, the likelihood of putting the Scorpion Spider Demon into major battle was slightly less.

This calm period was an excellent opportunity for the Scorpion Spider Demon to undergo Fusion and enhance itself.

Su Han handed over the affairs of the metal cubes to the Scorpion Spider Demon, and also instructed Yan Meiyu to command the transport team and the forge staff to come over and move some of the metal cubes to be stored as a reserve.

The Tree Domain had a large demand for metal, and the Scorpion Spider Demon's needs were very high. Currently, these metals amounted to more than twenty thousand tons, but it was uncertain how much would remain in the end.

With the situation at the Blood-winged Alligator Dragon's side, Su Han did not make further arrangements, but let Zhu Xiong lead the exploration team to continue exploring the remaining areas of the northern district, further clearing out monsters and incorporating their flesh and blood into his body to enhance it.

There were many monsters in the areas beyond the Second Ring of the northern district. Similarly, in places like urban villages, night markets, small business circles, and residential areas, the density of monsters and the dispersion of survivors were directly proportional.

Every outward exploration would trigger more battles.

Of course, this time, the methods and routes for clearing the third designated area of the northern district were different.

Driving away monsters, cleaning section by section, eventually integrating the entire northern district.

The Second Ring Area was vast, and completely sealing it off for cleanup was not feasible, as the next wall's boundary wasn't between the intersections, but between the suburban and urban buildings.

This was an extremely extensive area. Even if the construction team had eighty Black Rock Tree Monsters, even dozens more wouldn't necessarily complete this area in one or two months. Therefore, the plan was to build and clean up in segments.

Correspondingly, on Su Han's side, the Nine-Snake Mother Tree continued to fuse with the rock soil, acquiring a large amount of fusion material from various abandoned buildings and underground.

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Outside of the Tree Domain Camp, the long street was empty, lined on both sides with dark red Parasitic Corpse Willows, their fleshy tendrils hanging down and swaying slightly, adding an eerie touch. Beneath these Corpse Willows, various dark-colored, differently shaped monsters intertwined with vines stood silently, instilling fear in anyone who saw them.

This street was a good five to six hundred meters away from the Tree Domain; looking down the street to where the fog ended, one could see the silhouette of these Corpse Willows, numbering dozens in sight.

"The ancient trees of the Tree Domain really are enviable," Mr. Guo remarked.

This wasn't Mr. Guo's first encounter with the Parasitic Corpse Willows. At first, they thought they were some type of monster, but later through continued trades with the Tree Domain, they learned that these were descendants of the Tree Domain.

Originally, these descendants weren't numerous. Although he didn't know the full extent, from their widespread locations mainly outside the First Ring Area, Yan Tiejun and others speculated they numbered only a few hundred.

But now, they had spread here, and there had to be thousands; anything less was impossible.

Mr. Guo sat stoically atop his Second-order Intermediate Bone Spur Giant Dog, waiting quietly.

Behind him were Captain Cheng and the South City Camp convoy, following closely with five large trucks and about seven or eight small jeeps, totaling around ten vehicles.

The trucks were loaded with goods, not short of monster meat and flesh, all from beasts of at least First-level Intermediate level. Although there were few from the Second Order, their value was not low.

Besides, there were many other supplies produced by their base, from machinery to daily necessities, all sorts available.

Although he hated to admit it, each trade with the Tree Domain heavily saw their major goods flowing into the Tree Domain, in exchange for injectables, enhancers, and mostly such goods, along with specialty metals and Evolved Kind food.

For the Tree Domain, acquiring these items was far easier than for them.

In these trades, South City had gradually become the weaker party.

"Shasha sha"

As he contemplated, a crisp noise came from within the fog, and a squad of Vine Giant Rats hurriedly approached.

The stomping shattered the fog's stillness, and the fully armored patrol team appeared before Mr. Guo.

"Mr. Guo,"

The person who came was Gan Xinglei, wearing a smile, he also greeted Captain Cheng beside him, "Captain Cheng, been waiting long? Come with me."

"Hmm?"

Mr. Guo nodded, but both he and Captain Cheng, coming from the Armed Forces background, were highly sensitive to danger. They exchanged looks, both thinking simultaneously: Gan Xinglei's strength had improved again.

"Brother Gan is too polite, your recent gains must be significant for the descendants to have reached here," Mr. Guo replied as he followed the patrol team, increasingly astonished by the number of Parasitic Corpse Willows lining the street.

Hundreds of Corpse Willows down one road, each with the strength of at least the First Rank, though not all Medium or High Grade. But just the number of vines and Vine Puppets was enough to defend against and delay a large number of monsters.

With this number, not even a thousand monsters would think of easily trampling down this street.

And that was just to breach it. If they managed to delay, then the Tree Domain would have already had time to react.

Gan Xinglei cracked a smile, "A bit of a harvest, you'll know soon."

He was playing coy, but Mr. Guo grew more curious. Suddenly, a shadow loomed up ahead. He abruptly looked up towards the edge of the fog, revealing a shocked expression.

"You've expanded to here?!"

They hadn't gone far when a towering wall nearly ten meters high appeared before him, completely spanning the twenty to thirty meters wide street, flanked by towering buildings embedded seamlessly into the wall without any gaps or flaws.

The last time he saw such a wall was near Riverside Avenue, similarly arranged with Parasitic Corpse Willows.

He had thought that this time it was merely an extension of the weird descendant lineage of the Parasitic Corpse Willows, but it turned out to be a complete expansion.

He was astounded. From Shanhu Villa District to this place, it was almost half of the northern part of the city, wasn't it?

Seeing Mr. Guo's astonishment, Gan Xinglei couldn't help feeling pleased, saying, "Our new gains. Let's enter the city first. Mr. Guo, are you here to see our leader this time, or to find Meiyu?"

To seek Su Han was to discuss something of great importance, whereas seeking Meiyu was for routine trading.

With Mr. Guo's personal presence, Gan Xinglei suspected there must be something significant.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om