At this moment, whether ordinary person or Awakener, they were all panicking.
Facing the endless tide of demonized beasts, the Awakeners were no better off. They all understood that with their strength, breaking through the Demon Tide was far beyond their reach.
The scene became chaotic at one point, but fortunately, the gate was wide enough, and there weren't many survivors, so these people quickly made it inside the walls.
Some leaned against the cold walls, gasping for breath, their eyes vacant.
Even with these towering walls, they had little confidence whether they could withstand the assault of the Demon Tide.
"There are flying demonized beasts too, the walls can't block them!"
"Even if the walls hold for a while, the Demon Tide is overwhelming. With so few Awakeners here, even if the demonized beasts stood still for humans to kill, they couldn't be defeated. How can humans contend with this?"
"It's over, it's over. I thought we could live a stable life in the Sanctuary. Who would have thought, if I knew, I wouldn't have come…"
Despair enveloped everyone's hearts. Suddenly someone realized they hadn't seen Director Tang and other high-level figures from the Sanctuary.
Could it be they escaped?
Some couldn't help but doubt. Indeed, they couldn't break out, but the Sanctuary leaders were powerful, especially with someone as strong as Captain Luo. Breaking out wasn't entirely impossible, right?
Thinking of this, these people grew even more disheartened and even began to harbor resentment.
Then someone shouted, "They are still outside!"
Some looked through the gate, while others came to the battlements, seeing the approaching Demon Tide swarming toward the Sanctuary. The old historical buildings, weakened by the previous tide, finally collapsed completely under this tide.
But in such circumstances, Director Tang and others remained unfazed, standing in the small square as if to face the demonic tide with their small, fleshly bodies!
The survivors who saw this scene felt ashamed, realizing they had wronged Director Tang and others, who did not intend to flee but instead stood at the front line to resist the Demon Tide!
Yet some couldn't understand why Director Tang and the others hadn't retreated to the walls. Did they want to die heroically knowing they were outmatched?
The survivors looked at Tang Yu with admiration.
Under the watchful eyes of the puppet, Kong, who was left outside, looked at Tang Yu as if he were a dead man.
Tang Yu gazed at the Demon Tide.
A vast black mass, like waves.
The roaring and thundering... just this scene alone made most survivors almost crumble.
Even Awakeners, when faced with such a scene, could hardly hold their weapons steadily, let alone engage in combat with demonized beasts or resist the Demon Tide.
This was an apocalypse, leaving a trail of ruins in the Sanctuary's path.
Once, the Green Shadow Sanctuary faced the same fate.
In the face of the Demon Tide, no one could remain unafraid.
After all, he had experienced one Demon Tide and survived, achieving the feat of a "Demon Tide Survivor."
This time, facing the Demon Tide was indeed spectacular, and his heart beat a bit faster, yet it wasn't fear he felt, but excitement and joy.
If you asked other survivors what the Demon Tide meant, ninety-nine out of a hundred would say it signified destruction, and the last one would be too scared to speak.
Tang Yu disagreed. How could the Demon Tide signify destruction? Clearly, it represented wealth!
Even though he had amassed over ten thousand Source Crystals, making him a boss-level figure, no amount of Source Crystals was too much. They were more precious than pre-apocalypse banknotes, especially for a household lord like him.
Looking at the surging demonized beasts, Tang Yu nearly drooled.
"If calculating with a ten percent Crystal drop rate…"
Tang Yu counted on his fingers, realizing he couldn't calculate it with the mathematics knowledge he'd returned to his physical education teacher.
"Old Chen, you guys go inside first, Eileen, you go back too."
Chen Haiping and a group of survivors who had joined the Patrol Team were still outside.
Perhaps because the high-level figures of the Sanctuary hadn't retreated, it was quite commendable.
Tang Yu noticed many Patrol Team members' legs trembling, biting their teeth into perseverance. Among them were ordinary people, while some Awakeners, taking advantage of their speed, were the first to rush into the city.
Indeed this first batch of Patrol Team members was worth training.
At the city gate, the alloy gate fell, blocking the people's sight.
Some survivors shivered under the wall corners, while others climbed the walls, staring tensely at the distant Demon Tide.
Chen Haiping distributed guns to the Patrol Team members, who aimed their barrels into the distance. Despite holding these human wisdom crystallizations of hot weapons and standing on tall walls, they still lacked confidence.
Eileen's clothes fluttered, her magic wand erect before her, her expression emotionless as always, but a keen observer would notice her gaze never left Tang Yu.
Tang Yu took a deep breath, his eyes surveying, his calm yet confident voice spreading across the field.
"Though our Sanctuary may not have many people, may be small in scale, we have confidence and the capability to ensure that every survivor abiding by the Sanctuary's rules is free from demonized beast harm!"
With that, a familiar building list appeared before Tang Yu. He mentally controlled it to move to the defensive building page.
"Build Arrow Tower *4, consuming 800 Source Crystals, 1,200 wood, 800 stone, 400 iron."
"Build Cannon, consuming 1,000 Source Crystals, 200 wood, 200 stone, 500 iron."
Tang Yu spread his hands open, palms up, as if holding something.
The abandoned materials in the small square were drawn over, wood, stone, iron melded together by an unseen force, transforming mysteriously.
From the foundation, to the tower body, and the top.
Four towers stood on either side of Tang Yu, like they were printed out of thin air!
The black tower walls were like basalt, extremely heavy, a black opening extending from the tower top, cold arrows protruding.
These were Arrow Towers, the Black Castle Lord's most basic defensive building.
Though cheap to build and slightly more majestic than ancient Arrow Towers, they were not to be underestimated.
Every arrow shot from the Arrow Tower was energy-concentrated, solidified, and rune-processed, making Super Rune Arrows with unparalleled destructiveness and penetration!
While the Arrow Towers were built, behind them, a louder sound echoed.
A Cannon, black and metallic, with a mouth big enough for a basketball, was also instantly completed.
The survivors on the walls stood speechless with amazement.
With a wave, structures resembling Arrow Towers and Cannons were constructed.
Both the speed of construction and the scale were dreamlike to them!
The few survivors who had seen the wall being built felt unsurprised, capturing the speechless survivors around them, spitting animatedly about how grand the wall's construction was back then. Compared to that, a few Arrow Towers and Cannons were mere child's play.