Doomsday Roulette

"Is this Cloud Summit?"

Zhenghua stood at the front of the convoy, staring at the distant, sprawling fortress, a look of incredulity on his face.

His first impression of this place wasn’t particularly grand; he thought to himself, what kind of strange building is this? It wasn’t luxurious or beautiful, and it looked a bit chaotic.

However, as he examined it more closely, the more he could discern certain things, gradually realizing that within the unattractive exterior of these fortresses lay a hidden, lethal danger.

Is this really Cloud Summit Villa? Is this the power that the organization values so highly?

Zhenghua had previously dismissed it, but now he realized he was mistaken.

"Minister Zhenghua, we’ve already sent someone to notify them. Why haven’t we received any news yet? Isn’t this Cloud Summit Villa being a bit difficult?"

The speaker was one of Zhenghua’s subordinates, a minor leader from the Ogre Chain’s storage department, while Zhenghua himself was the head of storage.

The Ogre Chain had a unique organizational structure; besides the managers from various districts, there were only two departments at their headquarters: the Chairman’s Office and the Storage Department.

The division of labor was also simple and clear; the Chairman’s Office was responsible for setting strategic directions and personnel management, serving as a bridge to communicate with those ‘people’ in the sky, and it was the core of the highest leadership of the entire Ogre Chain.

On the other hand, the Storage Department was tasked with the functions of finance and logistics.

Moreover, both of these departments, like several major districts, had their own armed forces, which were also quite powerful.

In fact, if you took any major district or department from the Ogre Chain individually, they could all form a complete power structure; this was one of the unique aspects of their organization.

Controlling most of the resources of the entire chain, it was easy to imagine Zhenghua’s position as the Storage Minister. In the organization, he was second only to the three top leaders and ranked above the district managers.

This time, Minister Zhenghua personally came because the higher-ups of the Ogre Chain wanted to see for themselves what this Cloud Summit, which was highly regarded by the organization and praised by District Manager Ruan Xiao, was really like.

Undoubtedly, the first impression was profound; Zhenghua felt the distinctiveness of this place.

"Difficult? Only those with powerful strength can be difficult," Zhenghua replied dismissively. He didn’t think this was a matter of Cloud Summit's negligence.

Although the competitor, the Five Rings Society, had come up with a national district ranking that could indicate some issues, the Ogre Chain didn’t fully acknowledge it. They believed that only through actual combat could one truly understand who was strong; merely “looking strong” was not enough.

This was also the reason they valued Cloud Summit Villa even more because the reputation of this place had been earned through countless real battles!

Since that was the case, why would they care if Zhenghua was someone important? If a little time was delayed, what’s the harm?

Additionally, Zhenghua noticed that their large convoy had been under constant surveillance ever since they entered Ying City. He had carefully observed, and the people monitoring them were not from Cloud Summit; they were merely evolvers from various factions within Ying City. They followed the convoy without any attempt to conceal themselves; sometimes there were many of them, sometimes few, and there were even some who had forgotten their phones in other places while filming.

Later, some individuals overtook the convoy, rushing towards Cloud Summit, obviously to report back.

Zhenghua found it puzzling what would drive these individuals to act on their own like this.

It was indeed voluntary, Zhenghua was certain.

Because no matter how great a power was, it was impossible to get so many organizations to serve him so meticulously. If they were being paid, then such repeated surveillance would be an extreme waste of resources. If it was coercion, the faces of these people showed no signs of numbness or reluctance.