Published: February 11, 2025
The man looked at the ranking on the nameplate, his face dark enough to drip water.
He had been ordered to come here to sabotage the completion rate of the trio, but who would have thought it would end in failure? Realizing he would have to face the five rings society's stewards afterward, a sense of fear welled up from his heart.
He knew very well why the five rings society supported them; because when needed, they could help the five rings society with tasks and demonstrate their value to repay the investment made in them.
But now, they had failed utterly, not showcasing the value they were supposed to exhibit. What awaited them?
The man dared not think any further.
He simply couldn't understand; they had come prepared with energy shock batons specifically designed to deal with energy entities, yet how could they not find any energy entities?
He now knew they had definitely been killed by the trio. He just didn’t understand how those people could take down monsters that even the five rings society found troublesome!
“Boss, we...” one of his subordinates asked quietly.
“Let’s go. Whether we stick our necks out or not, it’s a blade either way. Hopefully, those stewards will give us a chance to redeem ourselves.”
After saying that, the man led his team toward the entrance, and naturally, those following him were in a bad mood too.
After walking for a few minutes, an injured giant bat suddenly sprang out from the darkness. A frustrated team member swung his baton at it, and the mutated creature, which had fallen from some evolver's grasp, immediately met its end.
Afterward, all the evolvers still in the desolate tunnel received a boost; the completion rate here became a hundred percent.
The team stopped in silence, and after a good thirty seconds, the leading man trembled with rage, pointing at the teammate who had just acted. Between gritted teeth, he spat out five words.
“You idiot!”
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Ye Zhongming shook his head in admiration, secretly grateful to the nameless evolver who had contributed that last 0.1 to the completion rate, thinking that even in the apocalypse, there are good people.
After receiving the completion rate notification, the notification for the lord's chest followed.
He eagerly opened the chest, which, like the Puppet Ruins, contained three prizes.
Ye Zhongming looked at the first item: a cooling potion formula.
This potion, which could only be crafted by a pharmacist or an Alchemist, held great significance for Ye Zhongming. Seeing it materialize in his hands, he realized that his previous expenditures had completely paid off, and he had made a significant profit.
Next, he would use this item to produce cooling potions and gather the necessary materials for large-scale production.
As long as this potion became standard equipment for the core members or even ordinary members of Cloud Summit, the combat strength of the entire villa would undoubtedly see a huge enhancement.
Of course, this item was ultimately a consumable, and to manufacture it on a large scale would require substantial financial backing. Ordinary factions, even if they obtained this formula, could only occasionally produce one or two bottles for use.
From this, one could see why Ye Zhongming placed such importance on the secret realm, fighting tooth and nail to claim it for himself. It truly was the best material base.
The second reward was still a key, called—the Gem Maze.
Ye Zhongming felt this name was somewhat familiar and after thinking for a long time, he remembered a game from before the apocalypse that had this name. It wasn't surprising he was slow to react, after all, for others, the apocalypse had only just begun a little over two years ago, while for him, it had already been more than twelve years.
Just like the Puppet's Token and Puppet Sculpture being a set, this was also linked to the eyeballs they had obtained. When needed, those 'eyeballs' could be combined to create a region that produced mental interference, causing targets that entered to fall into a certain illusion.