Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World-Chapter 302: Strengthening the Safe Zone

Moon Baein, however, wasn’t surprised. "As long as they’re not blind, they’d know what choice to make."

From the fact that the Caeruleus Draco Squad had not left after the second wave of refugees arrived, Moon Baein had already anticipated this outcome.

Having ability users join the safe zone was certainly welcome.

After all, each additional ability user would slightly boost the overall strength of the safe zone.

Right now, Pyeongseong Safe Zone lacked both ordinary people and ability users.

Moreover, the method proposed earlier by the Caeruleus Draco Squad to enhance abilities had proven effective.

The leader of the Caeruleus Draco Squad, Song Hayoon—a rare dual-ability user—had initially awakened a plant-type ability.

Later, she developed another ability she called "Spirit Summoning."

This "Spirit Summoned" ability, if classified, would likely fall under the rare mutated space-type category.

Song Hayoon could summon a spirit that appeared as a flickering flame.

When crystal core were thrown into it, they would instantly vaporize and releasing the energy contained in it as a gaseous mist that was surrounded the spirit.

The ability users who shared the same energy type as the crystal core could directly absorb the mist, which was far more efficient than absorbing the energy directly from the crystalsl core.

They would also absorb more energy in the process.

The longer one stayed near the spirit, the faster their abilities would improve.

However, Song Hayoon’s Spirit Summoning ability wasn’t without limitations.

She needed to use a large number of crystal cores to create a circular pattern around herself and meditate for twelve hours straight to summon one spirit.

The spirit would exist for five days, followed by a two-day cooldown period before it could be summoned again.

Three batches of the Pyeongseong Safe Zone’s ability users had already experienced the spirit’s ability-enhancing effects, and the fourth batch was expected to finish soon.

Having someone like Song Hayoon on the Pyeongseong Safe Zone’s side would be a significant advantage for the safe zone.

However, Moon Baein did not immediately agree to their request.

Even ordinary refugees from the Bangnang Safe Zone had to undergo a probationary period before being allowed to join the safe zone.

There was no way the ability users would be exempt from evaluation. Explore hidden tales at novelbuddy

If an ability user caused trouble, they would be far harder to deal with than ordinary people.

What troubled Moon Baein was figuring out an appropriate evaluation process for the Caeruleus Draco Squad.

Kim Haru admitted he couldn’t come up with any good ideas either and left it to the safe zone’s management to figure out.

The new group of ordinary people was assigned to the river channel to take over the sand-digging work from the previous batch.

Their treatment was the same as before, and even the Igloo were left intact for the newcomers to live in.

This group was smaller than the previous one, so they found the Igloo relatively spacious.

As for the earlier group from the Bangnang Safe Zone—or rather, they could no longer be called Bangnang Safe Zone members—they had officially joined the Pyeongseong Safe Zone and become its new residents.

These new residents were naturally accommodated within the safe zone.

As newcomers without much money to rent properties in prime areas, most of the. chose to live in the Fourth District.

Perhaps it was a matter of feeling secure in familiar surroundings, as almost all of them, except for a few, decided to settle in the Fourth District.

Occasionally, the second group of the sand diggers would enter the safe zone through the Fourth District’s gate to trade supplies and see familiar faces.

Watching their former peers live better and better lives stirred a deep sense of envy and motivated them to work harder to become Pyeongseong Safe Zone residents themselves.

After the new residents stopped working in sand digging, they didn’t remain idle.

Most of the construction work for homes in the safe zone was now handed over to these new residents.

After all, many of the old residents’ houses were already nearly complete.

The next phase primarily involved building homes for the new residents.

Those who originally worked on house construction were reassigned to other tasks, such as building Greenhouse or creating facilities for raising Starlight Armored Bug.

As for the Caeruleus Draco Squad, Kim Haru later inquired and learned that they had been sent to the unexplored half of Gokmul County to undertake a challenging assessment mission.

Of course, Song Hayoon didn’t go.

She had to stay behind to continue enhancing the abilities of the safe zone’s ability users.

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With most tasks in the Pyeongseong Safe Zone delegated, Kim Haru didn’t need to worry much.

The Starlight Armored Bug facility still required time to dig up enough soil.

Even with the use of Unmelted Frost Bamboo Tree to soften the thick ice and dig through it to the earth below, the process remained labor-intensive.

Kim Haru planned to wait until the facility was completed before purchasing the Starlight Armored Bug, so there was no rush for now.

Similarly, the Greenhouse framework was still under construction, so there was no immediate need for Kim Haru to transport the glass there.

Moreover, once the Starlight Armored Bug facility was operational, most of the sand would need to be transported there.

As a result, the sand currently being excavated was no longer being delivered to Kim Haru’s small farm.

As for other developments in the safe zone, Kim Haru didn’t need to concern himself too much about them either.

For a while, Kim Haru had nothing else to do but stay in his small farm, keeping a close watch on the seedlings in his Greenhouse.

Inside the Greenhouse, where temperature and humidity were strictly controlled, the sprouting plants were growing fairly well.

The only downside was the lack of sufficient sunlight.

After all, winter sunlight was scarce, appearing only briefly in the afternoons—if at all.

There were even stretches of several days where overcast skies dominated, leaving not a hint of sunlight.