My Apocalypse Territory

Humans are distinguished by their culture, their beliefs, their spirit, and their enduring legacy...

For survival, humans may resort to any means necessary, but if they lose their moral baseline and live only to live, they are not human, but beasts.

Months into the apocalypse, Tang Yu had taken control of a Nightmare Puppet and traveled through many places.

The vast majority of the areas were without order, where survivors struggled to live.

There were those who killed entire families for a loaf of bread, those who strangled their own flesh and blood, and powerful Awakeners who slaughtered entire settlements just to vent...

The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, is indeed the most fundamental rule, but if this continues for a few more years, or even decades, even if some humans are still alive, they may have forgotten the civilization of their species and regressed entirely to a primitive society.

The Alien Race is watching, and it's uncertain whether humans will be able to see the sun a hundred years from now.

However, some things must be done by someone.

Building an academy might seem useless in the short term, but in a few months or a few years, it could cultivate many talents for the Territory.

Tang Yu summoned Chen Haiping and senior officials from the Municipal Department, and after some inquiry, he learned that within Green Shadow City, there were currently three orphanages, each housing hundreds of children under twelve years of age.

Children older than twelve were no longer within the range of the orphanages' care, but Green Shadow provided substantial assistance to those under sixteen. As long as they were not lazy and gluttonous, even orphans could get by.

"Adding up all the orphans under twelve, there are less than two thousand? That few?"

Tang Yu asked, knowing that just Green Shadow City on the Floating Land alone was home to over a million survivors who were still increasing. Including Lindong and the other areas within the Defense Circle, the population totaled over three million.

"The survivors in Green Shadow City either come from large Sanctuaries nearby, or they have crossed the wilderness by themselves to get here. Many of these people are Awakeners, and even if they have children, they are not orphans. Moreover, the groups that bring children under twelve to Green Shadow are generally strong and not short on money..."

Chen Haiping paused and then continued, "Previously, we also set up some cultural classes for younger children, but they were neither standardized nor popular. Despite being free, few parents took their children to the teaching sites.

The children of ordinary families, although receiving additional assistance to have enough to eat, which family doesn't want to earn more money? Even if children can't register at the labor center, there are still manual jobs they can do, and parents prefer them to earn money to support the family.

As for Awakeners' children, parents are more willing to teach them combat experience and skills. The wealthier ones have even started to soak their children in diluted Body Tempering Liquid, hoping their children will gain an advantage in the Awakening."

Chen Haiping shook his head with a wry smile, "On the other hand, because these Awakeners often go out on missions for several days at a time, young children are left without supervision, and many are reluctant to find nannies at the labor center due to the lack of strict background checks. Unless the survivors disclose it themselves, no one knows about their past before coming to Green Shadow.

So later, the Municipal Department set up a few more care centers, and when these young children were sent there, we found some preschool teachers to educate them."

After Chen Haiping finished, Tang Yu nodded.

Care centers and orphanages already had a certain level of teaching staff, which provided a foundation for the academy.

He wanted to build a Cultivator Academy, and not only teach martial arts, but also culture. Only learning martial arts would make one merely a brute in the future, no matter how strong. Both intellectual and martial development are necessary to become a talent of the new era. Besides, studying cultural subjects naturally helps to develop intelligence and broaden one's horizons.

But there could be focuses.

For example, setting up humanities and martial arts classes.

After research, it was found that the earliest age for Awakening was twelve, but generally, the Awakening rate was low under sixteen. The earlier one naturally awakened, the higher the talent.

"Although Awakening Potions have no side effects, forcibly Awakened minors under sixteen could potentially damage their foundations. Therefore, the academy plans to recruit students under the age of sixteen..."

Tang Yu spewed his ideas, and the specifics would naturally be handled by the professional staff of the Municipal Department.

The specific rules were quickly drawn up.

The academy location was chosen outside Green Shadow City; Tang Yu directly set aside an area of two to three thousand acres, and this was just the beginning. The academy could continue to expand; even if the area of the Floating Continent was not enough, he could keep building more land.

He aimed to create a top-tier Cultivator Academy.

Currently, the martial arts department only offered basic classes, but as soon as the first batch of students graduated, high-level classes would naturally be established, providing a one-stop educational system to continuously cultivate strong individuals for the Territory.

Just like the Cultivator Academy in Holy City, the geniuses that emerged not only had great power, but were also dependable, loyal, and became the backbone of the Human Race.

"For the cultural class teaching staff, recruit them quickly. For the martial arts department, part of them are instructors from the Martial Arts Hall, and part are drawn from the various Corps... Remember, in the selection of these instructors, ability comes second to character, which is the number one priority."

This character was not just about moral character, but also loyalty to Green Shadow.

Only a group of instructors with a strong sense of belonging to Green Shadow could teach a generation of students with the same sense of belonging and identification.

Chen Haiping and the senior officials of the Municipal Department didn't need him to spell it out; they understood.

"What should the academy be called?"

Someone suggested naming it after the City Lord, so that the students would remember his name firmly, but Tang Yu declined.

Simply put, it was too awkward, and the survivors in Green Shadow City were already well acquainted with his name.

Then, someone suggested calling it the "First Cultivation Academy," or "First Cult" for short, but it was too generic, and not every academy was about cultivation.

Suddenly, Tang Yu saw the badge on the chest of a high-level official from the Municipal Department, which was not only for Corps members but also for civilian staff.

The World Tree badge.

He said, "Let's call it World Tree Academy, hoping that these children can grow up to be mighty trees that support the spine of the Human Race."

...

Under the personal direction and order of the City Lord, the preparations and construction of the academy progressed rapidly.

In less than ten days, World Tree Academy was completed, and the teaching staff for both the literary and martial arts departments were in place.

At the same time, widespread promotional information about the academy spread everywhere.

[Green Shadow Daily: Martial Path Fruit overhead, you and I beneath the World Tree, let us come together at the World Tree Academy.]

[adventurer's report: Start with the basics of cultivation, keep an eye on World Tree Academy, and give your child an edge from the starting line.]

Newspapers in large Sanctuaries like Lindong, Heng City, and others featured the World Tree Academy on their front pages.

Outside of the Defense Circle, in other large Sanctuaries in Tiannan Province, and in adventurer guild halls, the flashing text dazzled the eyes of all adventurers.