The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

Chapter 404: Chapter 338, Pursuing Excitement

Hearing Wu Heng’s arrangement, Qi Hancai’s heart leaped with joy.

The Skeleton possessed formidable combat abilities, and being assigned one as a personal bodyguard also indicated the level of importance she held in the other’s eyes.

At the very least, she was no longer considered just an ordinary, untrustworthy survivor.

The Skeleton Poison Blade consciously walked over to Qi Hancai’s side.

“Thank you!” Qi Hancai expressed her gratitude with delight.

Wu Heng nodded and continued to ask, “How is the market today?”

“It was quiet in the morning, but now people have started to trickle in. It looks like there will be more than yesterday,” Qi Hancai said, glancing in the direction of the market.

Yesterday’s survivors who traded goods would certainly have spread the news somewhat.

Over the following days, the number was bound to increase even more.

“No problems with security, right?”

“No issues so far. The Skeletons armed with guns are enough to deter the survivors from outside, even those from less reputable sanctuaries keep a low profile after they arrive,” Qi Hancai responded directly.

“Good, I’ll leave this side to you then.”

“Alright, don’t worry,” Qi Hancai nodded in agreement, then added a reminder, “The pace of food exchange is somewhat fast. At most, it can only be maintained for a week.”

All the sanctuaries think the people here in the old factory area are foolish, exchanging food in large quantities for fear that it won’t be available after a couple of days.

Moreover, with more and more sanctuaries coming, at most it could be sustained for another week.

“Food isn’t a problem. Just keep the exchanges going as normal,” Wu Heng stated.

The goods from Starflower would arrive in the next couple of days.

That shipment included the large amount of food he had ordered.

The Wood Elves had elixirs that could increase food production, fully capable of meeting the trading needs here.

Moreover, a bag of flour that costs just a few coppers was being exchanged for gold.

Even if he went to every grain store to collect, he couldn’t let the exchanges here stop.

Relieved by Wu Heng’s assurance about the food supply, Qi Hancai said, “Okay, then I’ll get back to my tasks.”

“Hmm, go on,” Wu Heng replied.

Qi Hancai headed towards the market.

The Skeleton Poison Blade thief followed behind her and left together.

Wu Heng also made his way toward the dormitory building.

…

Entering the dormitory building,

Wu Heng proceeded to a room on the third floor.

He knocked lightly on the door and then pushed it open to enter.

The room was somewhat dim, and ‘Zhang Chi,’ sitting in front of the computer, turned to look.

Upon seeing Wu Heng, he immediately stood up, “Your Majesty.”

“How’s the design coming along?” Wu Heng walked over to the computer.

Zhang Chi made room and enlarged the pattern on the computer software, explaining, “I’ve measured the inner dimensions of the Flying Dragon’s chest cavity. I’m now creating the appropriate module sizes based on the positions inside.”

In the software, one could see a pattern of a Flying Dragon’s chest cavity and various modules being formed within it.

It looked somewhat like the CAD software learned in school, but it displayed three-dimensional models.

“When can it be ready?” Wu Heng inquired.

“It might take a few days. After the mold is printed, we’ll need to test and make adjustments,” Zhang Chi promptly said.

“Try to speed it up a bit. When it’s completed, have Qi Hancai arrange for someone to test it.”

Zhang Chi nodded, “Okay.”

After a brief instruction,

Wu Heng didn’t linger any longer and left the room.

…

Back in his dorm,

Wu Heng released both ‘Glenda’ and ‘Xiao Xiao.’

One large and one small Ghost floated in mid-air, glanced around, and then set their gaze on him.

Both were his Ghosts, but they could not communicate with each other due to the language barrier.

Only Wu Heng could understand them both.

Xiao Xiao semi-reclined in the air, “Uncle, if there’s nothing for me to do, I’ll go see my mom.”

Wu Heng nodded, “Go ahead. The market is open, so if you’re bored, you can hang out there, but don’t scare people.”

“I know! When have I ever scared anyone?” Xiao Xiao replied and left through the wall.

In the room, only Wu Heng and Glenda remained.

The latter peeked out the window and said, “Those people below, are they all your slaves?”

Glenda had seen Zombie World.

On two occasions, when searching for Mutated Zombies over a large area, he would release both Xiao Xiao and Glenda to scout.

Afterward, Glenda had also asked about it.

His answer was that his hometown had undergone some changes and had become what it was now.

Due to their contractual relationship, he wasn’t worried about ‘Glenda’ betraying him.

If something happened to him, it would not benefit the Ghosts residing within his body, and they would even die alongside him.

“We don’t have the concept of slaves here. You could call them survivors,” Wu Heng explained.

Glenda commented, “Survivors? Sounds like people who have narrowly escaped death.”

“You’ve seen what this world is like, saying they’ve narrowly escaped death might be quite accurate.”

“That’s true!” Glenda agreed, then asked, “Why haven’t I seen you catching Pirates lately?”

“There’s been some trouble with the association, and the Steward has temporarily instructed us not to go to sea. We’ll wait some time and see how things develop, and meanwhile, we can take a break,” Wu Heng replied.

The Steward paused the activities within the association to conduct an internal investigation.

How they planned to investigate wasn’t clear, but things have indeed been rather relaxed recently.

He also devoted more energy to this world, the market has been established, and in the original plan, there was still a level 15 remaining.

“Hmm, that’s pretty good too,” Glenda nodded.

“Now that there’s a market here, you can go have a look around when you’re bored,” Wu Heng said outright.

It was because there had been no battles for a long time, Glenda had not emerged for quite a while.

Wu Heng was thinking of letting both ghosts out today, to get some fresh air.

“Sure, I’m quite interested in your culture here,” Glenda replied, her figure fading away as she walked through the walls and left.

Having released both ghosts, Wu Heng sat down at his desk.

He took out the Skill Book he bought today and started to flip through it.

…

The Eagle Eye Technique is a rare skill in the spell world, belonging to the Prophetic School.

The prophetic faction is dedicated to predicting the future, but many of its abilities are more about uncovering hidden secrets, seeing through deceptions, or abilities related to investigation.@@novelbin@@

The Eagle Eye Technique is one such investigative skill.

It can create an invisible sensor within the casting range, allowing you to observe and listen to that area.

In Wu Heng’s understanding, this was akin to a magic-created temporary surveillance camera.

Except that after casting, it would become invisible, making it a type of hidden camera capable of real-time monitoring.

The book also detailed the features of the skill.

When casting, it must be done within the spell’s range, but once a complete sensor forms, it’s no longer restricted by distance.

You can remotely monitor the sensor from afar.

“This is much more convenient than a camera.”

For instance, when traveling, you could place a couple of sensors along the way to check if anyone’s following behind.

This is far more practical than any ordinary camera.

Wu Heng continued to read on.

Once the sensor is successfully deployed, it has a set duration instead of being permanent.

Generally, it lasts for more than 10 minutes, with the duration depending on the caster’s spiritual power.

The second point pertains to the detection of the invisible sensors.

Those with high Perception or professions skilled in detection stand a chance at discovering these invisible sensors.

They’re not completely undetectable.

“This is similar to ghosts!”

After a ghost turns invisible, if someone has high Perception, they might sense it.

This is somewhat akin to the sensors.

Wu Heng flipped through the pages one by one.

As he reached the final page,

a system prompt immediately followed.

[Skill Unlocked: Eagle Eye Technique.]

He had finally unlocked it.

He closed the book and stored it in his Space Ring.

He stretched out his hand and released the Eagle Eye Technique to the side; after a brief consolidation of the spell, a tennis ball-sized spherical sensor appeared before his eyes.

And then, within a second, it gradually faded, becoming invisible.

But Wu Heng could still sense the location where the sensor floated.

Wu Heng connected to the sensor using his spiritual power,

immediately accessing its vision and hearing.

Seeing himself from another angle felt somewhat strange.

With a thought, he promptly released two more sensors.

They were placed in two other spots within the room.

Continuing the connection,

he could only connect to one sensor at a time, needing to switch if he wanted to view another.

It wasn’t possible to observe all three at once.

Indeed, he couldn’t monitor them as one would on a security screen with all cameras displayed simultaneously.

Upon reflection, this made sense.

After all, it was communication via spiritual power.

Receiving several visuals and auditory inputs at once could potentially overload a human brain.

Overall, the skill was quite decent,

and the effect was satisfying.

…

A day passed.

As dusk approached, the market closed.

Glenda was the first to fly back from the market, hovering in the air, she said, “There was a conflict at the market just now, aren’t you going to take a look?”

“What happened?” Wu Heng asked curiously.

“It’s nothing serious, just that one guy went to trade food, and another man was, you know, doing something with that guy’s woman inside a metal-sheet vehicle. The key moment was when the husband returned and caught them red-handed, and that’s when the fight broke out,” Glenda recounted.

Wu Heng frowned, “In such a short time, they still have the mind to do such things?”

“It’s about seeking thrills, don’t you think it’s exciting to take the opportunity to do such things while the other’s husband is away?” Glenda remarked.