Published: February 11, 2025
Li Qiang originally thought that there were only two ways for him to gain freedom. One was for Ye Zhongming to pay to buy him out of the five rings society, which was a more peaceful and the way he hoped for.
The other was for Ye Zhongming to take him away when leaving, which would be considered an escape. This option was risky, and naturally, Li Qiang did not wish for it. He had been here for a while and understood what kind of organization the five rings society was.
However, he knew that to buy someone like him, an evolver with unique traits, would not come cheap. It wasn't that he was afraid Ye Zhongming wouldn't spend the money, after all, he had already invested in him, but he didn't want to leave a potential impression of loss for his future boss.
But in the end, the way he was liberated was by being sent away!
This truly surprised Li Qiang. In under three years, had Ye Zhongming become powerful enough for the five rings society to hand him over willingly?
These shocks remained in his heart, making Li Qiang even more curious about what the current Cloud Summit Villa looked like.
"What kind of life?"
Ye Zhongming was very interested in Li Qiang's words. He knew about the slave race and was aware that there was more than one kind of life in the sky, but he couldn't figure out which one was the slave race mentioned in the resistance zone, and what the other kinds of life were called.
"A type of warrior," Li Qiang stated with certainty. Although his memories from his previous evolution were somewhat blocked, they had opened up a little, allowing him to recall this type of life.
"What I can remember is only the appearance of this life form. I still can't remember in what specific situations I saw them, but I can certainly say that they are very powerful warriors whose purpose is combat."
Ye Zhongming encouraged him to describe what these life forms, referred to as warriors by Li Qiang, were like.
"They are very tall, no..." Li Qiang frowned, as the act of recalling made him associate more thoughts.
"There are... two or maybe three types? They look quite similar, but there's a huge difference in height. The tallest one I’ve seen was over five meters, while the smallest was about our height."
"Is there a clear hierarchical difference?"
Ye Zhongming wanted to know if these life forms had completely random heights or if there was a clear standard like 'height determines strength,' similar to magical creatures.
"Umm..." Li Qiang thought for a moment, "There shouldn't be strict standards, but they're not entirely random either. In any case, they're either between four and five meters tall, then around three and a half meters, and finally close to our height."
"Right!" Li Qiang suddenly slapped his forehead. "The very tall ones and the short ones both have obvious sexual characteristics. The four to five-meter tall ones should be males, very muscular, while those about our height are females."
"How are you so sure?" Zhao Xiangxue asked curiously.
Ye Zhongming didn’t keep anything from his two subordinates. He had provided a simple explanation of Li Qiang's identity, but he hadn’t introduced Gao Yi and Zhao Xiangxue yet. After all, he hadn’t decided how to place Li Qiang, whether in the ordinary battle team of Cloud Summit or in avoidance.
Li Qiang glanced at the beautiful woman and knew that anyone by Ye Zhongming's side must be a trusted confidant, so he didn't dare to act overly confident and simply responded, "Logically, those life forms are not humans, so I can’t be sure of their gender. However, they... wear very little. The males basically just wear some very peculiar armor on their shoulders, elbows, knees, hands, feet, and hips, while the females have a bit more around their chests and occasionally wear some ornaments on their heads or wrists."
"They resemble humans quite a lot, with some differences in certain aspects, for example, their males are extremely dark, almost pure black, while their females are very white, pure white. Also, their eyes are beautifully shaped and have a tri-eye structure. Their hair doesn't come in white, black, or gold; the males have blue hair, and the females have fiery red hair."