Published: February 12, 2025
In his previous life, Ye Zhongming held a lowly status, being a mid-to-lower tier evolver. If it weren't for his sharpshooter profession and a green sniper rifle that gave him decent long-range attack power, he might have fallen to the very bottom of the apocalypse.
Thus, the higher-level matters he had heard about were mostly just legends, sensational stories that had reached his ears after an unknown amount of time and were likely distorted beyond recognition.
Some of these tales were told with great conviction, impressing him enough that he remembered them well. Others, however, were vague and seemed fabricated, leading Ye Zhongming to simply ignore them, letting them go in one ear and out the other.
However, as an evolver, his memory was ultimately quite good. If no one ever mentioned the things he had disregarded, he wouldn’t recall them at all. But once something or someone touched upon those memories, he would suddenly have a clear impression.
After arriving at Longevity Manor, everything that had happened had always given him a strange feeling. Ye Zhongming initially couldn't determine what this feeling indicated until Guan Cheng Village made a request to Li Daqian about borrowing equipment. That triggered a memory from his past life.
Rumors had it that Alamos Laboratory once engaged in some very disgraceful acts, seizing resources and technologies from a significant force in the national district through despicable means. Although they later sold their scientific achievements in the national district thanks to their powerful strength and substantial capital, they faced open and covert resistance from other major forces, preventing them from fully entering the national district market.
Even the person spreading this rumor was unsure of its truth. Ye Zhongming only listened to it at the time, not taking it to heart, as Alamos Laboratory's clients were not ordinary evolvers like him. He didn’t think he could be connected to such matters.
As for glory and means, Ye Zhongming had encountered too many of those in his past life and had no interest in them. He only retained a few fragments of memory because it involved the national district and the foreign district.
However, when Guan Cheng Village mentioned it today, Ye Zhongming suddenly recalled that among the spoils taken from that national district force by Alamos Laboratory, there were two items that left an impression on him. One was a golden piece of equipment, reportedly crucial for the leader of that force. It was because this golden equipment temporarily left the leader's side that Alamos could carry out the robbery. The other was a powerful beast pool equipment, specifically a large-scale beast pool equipment. Some breakthroughs in Alamos's subsequent experiments were only made possible after securing enough experimental subjects thanks to this equipment.
All of this was remarkably similar to the current situation.
The rumors contained other details, but Ye Zhongming couldn't really remember them anymore, and even what he could recall, he wasn’t confident was accurate.
Ye Zhongming had two choices now: one was to pretend he hadn’t remembered anything and continue watching events unfold. With his strength, along with Xia Bai and the red dress guard, even if something unexpected happened, he should be able to retreat unscathed.
The second option was to discuss this matter with Zhang Daqian, letting him prepare in advance just in case.
However, Ye Zhongming hesitated, unsure of what to choose.
Choosing the first option seemed pointless, as it would only make things uncontrollable. If anything happened, he and the warriors from Cloud Summit would be in danger. At that point, would he intervene or let it be? Or just muddle through the chaos?
No matter what, he would have to bear the consequences of his decision.
Then what about the second option? Ye Zhongming found it equally difficult to make such a choice.
He remembered that the force designed by Alamos in his past life was not called Ten Thousand Beast Manor, and there hadn’t been any mention of Guan Cheng Village Laboratory at that time. Among those present, he had not heard of as many experts as there were now.