Published: February 12, 2025
Ye Zhongming hadn’t forgotten the Radiant World Army and the zero commerce association just because there hadn’t been any conflict between them in the past two years. On the contrary, it was unusual that these groups, which would normally actively seek out the Cloud Summit for attacks, have remained silent or kept their distance for so long.
The continuous growth in strength of Cloud Summit was certainly a significant reason for their lack of trouble, but it was far from the entire picture.
The current situation was this: if Cloud Summit were to become weaker than these groups, they would undoubtedly be the first to eliminate this enemy. If Cloud Summit grew stronger, they might not act immediately, but in addition to hatred, greed would also emerge towards Cloud Summit, becoming another motivation for them to deal with it.
Thus, it was impossible for them to exist in peace like this. They were merely taking time to recuperate and strengthen their abilities, and at some point in the future, conflicts would inevitably arise again.
As Cloud Summit gradually rose, Ye Zhongming often recalled these old rivals. One of the long-term tasks of avoidance was to gather intelligence about them. Ye Zhongming wouldn’t dare to claim that he was the most knowledgeable about the zero commerce association or the Radiant World Army, but he was certainly among the most informed in the apocalypse.
In the secret realm, when the monster commander mentioned cooperation, Ye Zhongming's first thought was to divert the calamity to his enemies.
He wanted to drive the monsters that had entered Earth towards his foes.
However, the emergence of these two alliances made Ye Zhongming begin to seriously consider the consequences of such actions.
Before any alliances were formed, the existence of ten million monsters would have been an impossible threat for them to handle. Even for a place like Cloud Summit, equipped with gene warriors and magic crystal weapons, they would not dare to face a figure in the tens of millions of monsters.
Dealing with over five million monsters was one thing; handling ten million was another. Once the number reached a certain level, each additional million might require double the resources to manage as before. This was the qualitative change brought about by quantity.
But now, with the emergence of the alliances, what if they could handle ten million monsters on their territory? Wouldn’t that be like gifting them ten million magic crystals?
This was what worried Ye Zhongming the most.
The Blue Secret Realm was already quite unstable, and the migration of the monsters was imminent. He needed to make a decision as soon as possible.
Due to the urgency, Ye Zhongming began to probe into the situation of the two alliances and their two wars through various channels. The avoidance intelligence agency was fully operational, and the five rings society, the Ogre Chain, and even some small intelligence dealers received secret commissions from Cloud Summit.
In a world without networks or phones, information was one of the most valuable commodities.
After compiling various pieces of information, Ye Zhongming gradually formed his own thoughts.
The Radiant World Army and the Black Star Alliance were powerful in the rebel zone. Individually, no single force could match Cloud Summit Villa, but when combined, they exceeded Cloud Summit significantly in terms of the number of evolvers. Furthermore, both the rebel zone and the Radiant World Army had the most solid foundations among the apocalypse forces. Their strong partnership would complement each other’s shortcomings and would surely lead to significant progress in many areas.
In fact, others might not realize it, but Ye Zhongming was very clear in his mind that Cloud Summit Villa currently ranked first among the comprehensive forces in the national district primarily because the five rings society placed too much emphasis on evolution levels and equipment levels, which was not necessarily wrong. These were indeed the most valued aspects in the apocalypse.