Before Elijah left, the inventory included three zombie grasses, one Blood Spirit Grass, and one Crystal Grass.
Now, the zombie grass count had increased to six, thanks to exchanges with the leaders from the five new contract settlements Fiona mentioned.
Additionally, they had acquired an unfamiliar spirit plant, contributed by one of those leaders.
Elijah carefully examined the new spirit plant and identified it as Orbifolia Grass, which was known from his past life.
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Like zombie grass, it could facilitate awakening and advancement but was less common.
Elijah informed Bella that the Orbifolia Grass was fully matured and could be used by Vincent the next day.
Upon reviewing the Orbifolia Grass, Elijah looked at the Blood Spirit Grass and Crystal Grass.
The Blood Spirit Grass was nearing maturity, and the Crystal Grass had reached five apertures.
Elijah was pleased with the progress, knowing that soon they could have one or even two third-tier experts from these plants.
The six zombie grasses were at various stages, ensuring a daily supply of awakening potions and advancement potions every two days.
Recently, many people had been coming to trade for these valuable items.
While most could not afford them, some made a dramatic show of drinking the awakening potions immediately, causing a stir.
After reviewing the spirit plants, Elijah escorted Bella back to her room.
She then insisted on training alone, which Elijah accepted, understanding her desire not to monopolize her time.
He intended to visit Daisy and Abigail but was turned away as they wanted a private chat.
With no other immediate plans, Elijah headed to the usual meeting spot to find Jasmine.
As he walked outside, the moonlight was exceptionally bright.
He made his way to the woods between two villas and saw Jasmine waiting there in a sheer white outfit.
Elijah thought to himself about how bold Jasmine was to appear like this and approached her.
Over the past two days since his return to Azure Isle, Elijah had been thoroughly enjoying himself—whether it was the pleasure of "cleansing" with women, sailing, or frolicking on the beach with beauties.
Having fulfilled his greatest past-life desire for revenge, he had truly relaxed, feeling like a ruler who had stopped holding court.
However, his reprieve was short-lived. On the third day, Fiona brought a news flash that jolted him back to reality.
"What? You're saying Vincent's modified radio received a message claiming to know the truth about the apocalypse?" Fiona's expression was unusually serious.
Especially with the third month of the apocalypse approaching.
That would be a watershed!
From the third month of the apocalypse onward, the mutated zombies, which were rarely seen before, would become increasingly common. This would also lead to more high-level zombies of second tier and above.
Exploring outside would become increasingly dangerous.
In his past life, Elijah had run out of supplies after hiding from two zombies and had to venture out.
At that time, even if he could control ten zombies, he was walking on thin ice because a single misstep could lead to encountering mutated zombies.
One zombie was manageable, but if there were many, he could only flee in the face of danger, otherwise, he would inevitably fall into a desperate situation.
It was during that phase that Elijah tried to contract mutated zombies, but all attempts failed and he nearly got killed by them.
This made him believe his abilities were useless until he started interacting with people from other settlements and tested his abilities on normal humans.
Slowly, he realized the true effects of his abilities.
Especially when a guy he had contracted, while exploring, was accidentally infected by a zombie. Instead of going on a rampage, the guy was instantly controlled by Elijah.
This made Elijah ecstatic. From that moment on, he was determined to build his own team.
In this life, everything has already come to fruition. Elijah's subordinates are all capable, and most of them have advanced to the second tier.
First-tier mutated zombies are no longer a significant threat to them.
But while their strength is formidable and the zombies have not yet mutated on a large scale, it is an excellent opportunity to expand their influence and collect more resources!
Currently, Azure Isle has set two essential targets for occupation.
One is the shopping mall and storage base close to the YLK group.
It has all kinds of living supplies, from essentials to non-essentials, and retail goods.
Occupying it would ensure that Elijah and his team wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for years, or even decades.
The other target is the largest port in Neoville City, the Neoville City International Port.
Not only is it the largest port in Neoville City, but it is also one of the largest container ports in the world.
It also has a massive amount of resources, though unlike the shopping mall and storage base, it does not guarantee that all resources are essential for daily life.
Even so, it is worth occupying!
In the port, on the cargo ships, with several million containers combined, even if only ten percent of the containers have items they can use, it would still be immensely beneficial for them.