Published: February 12, 2025
Everyone turned around to see a youthful face peeking from under a white leather hat, looking a bit too young, almost like a half-grown child.
The members of Old Father’s team were a bit stunned because Old Father’s real name was Wang Zhi Ling!
However, they quickly revealed looks of joy.
This was because the name Wang Zhi Ling was known to no one in Blood Nest except for them; the only others who might know were the contacts from Black Dragon City!
At that time, Old Father had left his real name with the other party.
The sudden appearance of someone calling out Old Father’s real name could only mean they were from Black Dragon City.
Remembering what Old Father had said earlier about how Black Dragon City wanted them to act as guides, it seemed these four people were the ones.
Looking at the familiar Oriental faces, the members of Old Father’s team, after their surprise, felt an uncontainable panic and frustration.
They were willing to work for Black Dragon City, and they were happy to do so because they were of the same blood and nation; even in the apocalypse, the connections of blood and ethnicity could not be erased.
Even though the members of Old Father’s team had lived here for five or ten years, they had not forgotten who they were and where they came from!
However, this did not mean they were willing to expose their connection to Black Dragon City in front of outsiders.
They still had to make a living here, and if these foreigners learned that they were “traitors,” their lives would not just be difficult, they would be impossible to live.
They would be immediately driven out of Blood Nest, or rather, they would be killed.
Indeed, before Old Father and the others could respond, the team members of Tarogufu and the Howling Ice Bear were already in an uproar.
“Who are these people? Are they from the East?”
“I’ve never seen them. Where did they come from?”
“These damn yellow-skinned monkeys are their accomplices! What do they want here? We should tell Ivan to kill them all!”
“Spies! They must be spies!”
Tarogufu, almost gleefully, pointed at Old Father and said, “This time, you will all be expelled, your properties will be confiscated, and you will have to leave Blood Nest with nothing!”
This was not out of kindness from Tarogufu; he did not want to leave Old Father and his team a way out. On the ice plains, given the evolution levels of Old Father’s team, losing their gear meant they would not be able to survive, let alone leave with nothing—that would be a death sentence.
Even an evolver would not survive in such low temperatures without any clothing.
Old Father and his team turned pale upon hearing this; they were at a loss for words because the four people from the other country stood right there, which was undeniable evidence.
Upon hearing the commotion, teams within a few hundred meters began to surround Old Father’s team, causing their faces to grow increasingly worse, completely devoid of color.
They seemed to have already seen their fate.
“What are they saying? Do you know Wang Zhi Ling? This is Blood Nest, right?”
The first speaker, a half-grown child from their country, furrowed his brow and asked. He could tell that these foreigners were not saying anything good.
He was Xiao Xuan, sent by Ye Zhongming to contact Old Father and find a guide for him.
The Youth Army felt quite displeased for not contributing much during the ninth-level battle.
But they also knew that it was not within their capacity to intervene; however, as youths, they were full of passion and energy. Even knowing this, they held back their emotions, eager to evolve into eight-star evolvers and then help those who had given them their current status and strength.
All evolvers within the range of Cloud Summit revered Ye Zhongming, but if one were to speak of the most fervent group of worshippers, it would undoubtedly be these young people.
Just like idol worship in peacetime, in the apocalypse, these youths needed an idol to illuminate their path forward.