On the second floor of the Council Hall, Lin Feng's consciousness was immersed in the newly activated 【Territory Management Template】, with more functions and details unfolding before him like a scroll.

However, he first turned his attention to the 【Great Qin Elite Camp】 in the southeast corner, which exuded an aura of iron and blood.

With a slight movement of his mind, detailed information about this special barracks flooded into his brain.

【Building Name: Great Qin Elite Camp (Unique)】

【Currently Trainable Troops: Weakened Great Qin Garrison Soldier (Infantry)】

【Troop Description: Strength is far inferior to true Great Qin Garrison Soldiers, but they retain basic discipline and combat instincts; they are the starting point for rebuilding an iron-blooded army.】

【Level: Lv10】

【Recruitable Quantity: 0/100】

【Attribute Bias: Strength, Constitution】

【Attribute Point Allocation: Strength +5, Constitution +3, Agility +1】

【Trait: Fearless of Pain (Morale does not easily collapse)】

【Training Requirements:】

Source of Troops: Vagrants or Awakened who meet the qualifications (must meet basic Strength ≥ 5, Constitution ≥ 5).

Materials: Copper 1 unit, Tin 1 unit.

Energy: Gray energy crystals 10 (or White energy crystals 1).

【Training Time: 10 days (Train a Lv1 vagrant to a Lv10 Weakened Great Qin Garrison Soldier).】

"10 days... Lv1 to Lv10..." A stunning brilliance erupted in Lin Feng's eyes. This efficiency could be called heaven-defying!

You must know, for normal Awakened to level up in the Nightmare World, they need to risk their lives hunting monsters and completing tasks; the process is arduous and slow.

For an ordinary vagrant (NPC) to possess combat power, it requires years of training and resource investment.

Yet this Great Qin Elite Camp could actually directly cultivate qualified blank-slate vagrants into Lv10 soldiers in just ten days!

Even if it is just a "Weakened" version, this is a qualitative leap!

He immediately connected to the territory's resource list through the management panel.

【Current Territory Resources (Core Area Warehouse):】

Gray energy crystals: 109.

White energy crystals: 0.

Copper: 10 units.

Tin: 10 units.

Iron: 100 units.

...

"Only enough to train 10 soldiers..." After the initial excitement, Lin Feng quickly calmed down.

Resources, especially the critical copper and tin, severely constrained the barracks' explosive potential.

The small metal reserve left behind by the Black Wolf Den seemed to be from past accumulations; every bit used is a bit less.

"Near the Riverbend Land, only the small open-pit iron mine upstream of the Black Water River has relatively stable output. Copper and tin... It seems I really have to take a trip near Heitie Town."

Lin Feng recalled the tall, crooked smelter in that ruin.

Since it was named "Heitie," there must be ore veins nearby. Even if abandoned for many years, finding some remaining ore points or scavenging discarded metal should be better than blindly searching in the wilderness.

"However... I hope it's not really just iron ore."

He muttered to himself, "If I can't even see a piece of copper slag, what will I use to make bronze?"

A plan quickly took shape in his mind. The top priority was to use up these 10 slots first to form the first batch of reliable guard forces.

He pulled up the list of existing NPC vagrants in the territory.

The qualifications of system-generated vagrants were random. He quickly filtered through them and soon found 10 young and strong male vagrants whose Strength and Constitution both reached the base of 5 points.

"Conscript."

As the order was issued, the 10 vagrants who were performing basic labor in the camp trembled slightly. After a brief moment of confusion in their eyes, it was replaced by a rigid command.

They put down the tools in their hands and walked silently toward the 【Great Qin Elite Camp】 in the southeast corner with neat steps.

The heavy stone door slid open silently, swallowing the ten figures. The "Qin" character on the lintel lit up slightly, then immediately dimmed again. Training had begun.

Lin Feng was just about to close the panel when he suddenly noticed an inconspicuous option at the end of the barracks information.

【Masking Function: After activation, the barracks' appearance will be disguised, and internal training details and specific troop attributes will be invisible to non-lords and non-designated personnel.】

"Oh? There's this function too?" Lin Feng did not hesitate, "Activate!"

With his confirmation, the appearance of the dark cyan stone barracks did not change much, but the eye-catching "Qin" character on the lintel...

...was like ink dropped into water, slowly fading and receding, finally disappearing completely, leaving only the bare stone lintel.

The unique, murderous aura exuded by the entire barracks also seemed to be bound and restrained by some force, no longer so aggressive.

To others, it was just a slightly thicker, slightly more ancient-styled stone warehouse.

"Very good." Lin Feng nodded with satisfaction. Trump cards must be kept hidden.

Especially in this Nightmare World where live broadcast lenses were everywhere, keeping an ace up one's sleeve was always the right thing to do.

After handling the barracks matters, his attention returned to the main interface of the management template. A flickering option caught his attention.

【Territory Function: Summon Vagrants (Village Level)】

【Description: Newly established village-level territory; can manually trigger one initial vagrant summon. Subsequent vagrants will be automatically summoned after each successful defense against the Nightmare Tide (quantity and quality are related to defense performance). The first summon is a special summon, and at least one life professional will appear.】

【Trigger the first summon immediately?】

"First summon! At least one life professional!" Lin Feng's spirits lifted.

"Trigger!"

The moment the order was issued, he "saw" through the territory's perception that in the empty space outside the west gate, in the originally silent night, the space rippled like water.

One figure after another turned from virtual to # Nоvеlight # real, from blurry to clear, as if "printed" from another dimension.

Men, women, young, and old, dressed in simple clothing, most with expressions of confusion and fear, as if they had just experienced a displaced migration.

A full two hundred people!

The crowd instantly packed the small open space outside the west gate, and low discussions, children's crying, and uneasy commotion began to spread.

A shadow, like a leaf blending into the night wind, appeared silently in the shadows beside Lin Feng.

"Lord." Shadow Snake's voice remained cold, but carried a trace of imperceptible gravity and doubt.

She was responsible for night patrols and had witnessed the strange scene of more than two hundred people appearing out of thin air; even with her resilient mind, she felt shocked.

"Newly summoned vagrants."

Lin Feng explained briefly; this was Lord authority, no need for more words.

He looked at Shadow Snake: "Go, take a headcount of the crowd. Focus on finding life professionals and bring them over."

Shadow Snake looked deeply at Lin Feng, nodded, and her figure merged into the darkness again, drifting toward the west gate like a ghost.

Lin Feng, through the management panel, uniformly granted the title of 【Ordinary Resident】 to the two hundred new vagrants.

The invisible boundary opened to them, and after a brief hesitation, the uneasy crowd began to be guided by several camp NPCs maintaining order.

Crossing the drawbridge and entering the reserved open space in the northwest corner of the camp—that would temporarily serve as their settlement area.

About half an hour later, Shadow Snake returned, followed by two people.

One was a middle-aged man with dark skin, rough palms, and a slightly hunched figure, his eyes carrying the simplicity and a trace of nervousness typical of a farmer.

The other was a middle-aged man wearing a washed-out long gown, with a thin face and wearing old-fashioned glasses. His hands were subconsciously clutching the air, as if habitually wanting to fiddle with an abacus; his temperament was refined, but his eyes were also filled with unease.

"Lord, preliminary screening completed," Shadow Snake reported. "There are two people who fit the characteristics of 'life professionals'.

Li Si, who claims to be skilled in farming and familiar with grains and tubers.

Zhang Ping, who claims to have been a shop accountant and is proficient in arithmetic and bookkeeping."

Farmer! Accountant!