Published: February 11, 2025
“Mr. Ye, can we join you in your actions?”
Garan and Mina initially wanted to use a more familiar term due to their prior acquaintance with Ye Zhongming, but when the words came to their lips, they ended up addressing him like Tong Steward and Water Steward as "Mr. Ye."
They realized that they didn't really have any familiarity to establish a closer bond. Indeed, their subordinates had offended Ye Zhongming with their words.
The Nalan Battle Team followed Ye Zhongming into this place with the intention of strengthening their relationship. It had to be said, this was an excellent opportunity. They were not strangers since they had known each other before, and this time Garan even accompanied Ye Zhongming to a dangerous area, which could be considered as having established an emotional bond.
However, in the apocalypse, merely having an emotional bond was not enough.
Thus, Mina and Garan planned to use this opportunity to truly "fight side by side" with the Cloud Summit Villa. In the future, regardless of anything, it would be a form of reliance.
Yet, they faced a small eruption of anxiety due to their lack of control over their squad, which meant that Ye Zhongming had no intention of involving them after entering.
In the recent street battle, it was essentially the four of them taking the lead, while their team merely provided support, resulting in some losses. This made Garan and Mina acutely aware of the power gap between them, causing them to drop their pretenses and take the initiative to speak.
They knew very well that even if Ye Zhongming agreed, the Nalan Battle Team would just be bait, drawing fire. It was likely that many would die on this trip to the City of Color, and even they themselves were in danger.
But since they were here, could they retreat?
Ye Zhongming looked at the two anxious and hopeful women and gestured towards the members of the Nalan Battle Team, “Are you willing to part with them?”
Garan and Mina certainly didn't want to. The warriors of their team were all cultivated by them; they represented all their efforts since leaving Linhai.
But now, they had to face a choice.
“In the apocalypse, it’s just like this.”
Mina said self-deprecatingly, as if responding to Ye Zhongming's question.
“Alright, then. In a moment, you should select some speed-type or quick-reacting people to draw out the monsters around. The rest of you should find some ruins, stones, wooden boards, or the like. Also, have your people hand over any materials they are carrying.”
The first two instructions from Ye Zhongming were understood by both women, but the latter part was unclear to them. However, they didn't ask and quickly instructed their team to follow his orders.
If anyone had previously underestimated Ye Zhongming and Cloud Summit Villa, after breaking through a street now, they had experienced what a superpower truly meant.
Now, when Ye Zhongming gave the order, even the previously rebellious Qiang Yu complied obediently, scurrying around like a diligent little bee, gathering stones, planks, and iron bars from the wreckage left by the earlier battle.
There weren’t many materials, as carrying these items was inconvenient. If it weren't for the fact that the Nalan Battle Team had almost everyone present, they wouldn't even have these.
Ye Zhongming didn't discriminate; he attached these materials to the ruins directly, resulting in stones glowing with a gray light, wooden boards appearing, and iron bars materializing...
The members of the Nalan Battle Team were left speechless.
After struggling for over two years in the apocalypse, they had achieved their current status thanks to two naive leaders, but what level of equipment were they wearing and using? The best was white, with Qiang Yu and a few five-star evolvers having some silver-level gear, while the others were mostly gray.
This team, in fact, only had the two female leaders equipped with green gear, which was the only thing Garan and Mina had managed to procure for themselves recently.