Published: February 12, 2025
CHAPTER TEXT:
"Boss Ye, you should go seize a passage first," Wu Xiu said with a not-so-good expression. No one feels good when being targeted. Just a moment ago, when five minutes had passed without anyone competing for this spot, another missile flew in, which although not very powerful, still had some effect.
Regardless of whether you pay attention to it or not, its attack was effective and would be recognized by the roulette space, thus recalculating the occupation time. The people from the Ogre Chain couldn't send anyone to scout, otherwise, they would have to give the passage away, making it frustrating to stay here.
Wu Xiu knew that having Cloud Summit stay nearby wouldn’t help, so he suggested to Ye Zhongming that Cloud Summit go look for their own passage, without delaying others, and promised that the previous agreements still counted.
Ye Zhongming thought about it and agreed.
A period of time had passed since the competition began, and he had no idea if anyone had already occupied the passage. He had to guard against unexpected occurrences. Take the passage where he sent Xia Bai to cause disturbances for example; if the organization occupying it wasn’t particularly strong, and the occupier had changed hands several times, Xia Bai might have already helped someone gain complete control down there.
Ye Zhongming felt that establishing a defensible position was the most urgent matter at hand.
After greeting Wu Xiu and Ruan Xiao, Ye Zhongming led his team to join Xia Bai. As for this side, since the Ogre Chain was relatively strong, if they encountered an unstoppable attack, he could still send someone to notify Cloud Summit in time.
Soon, the main force gathered with Xia Bai's team.
Ye Zhongming glanced at the current situation, his brow slightly furrowed.
It was clear that things were somewhat chaotic.
Xia Bai's main task was to disrupt the situation so that no faction could occupy the passage.
One could say that Xia Bai had done an excellent job, successfully turning this passage into a chaotic one.
Including Cloud Summit, six forces were inexplicably gathered here!
Compared to the theoretical value of three forces per passage, this place obviously had too many factions.
It wasn’t that several factions were desperately fighting over it; rather, three of them, like Cloud Summit, had only sent a small team to look for opportunities.
Clearly, many people weren’t betting everything on one passage.
This was understandable; in a situation where everyone was strong, they had to keep an eye on other locations to see if there were any opportunities to exploit.
Being able to gain passage rights at a lower cost to accumulate enough strength for later battles was the most scientific way to approach things.
After surviving in the apocalypse for so long, no one was a fool.
"These people are very cunning. They will keep track of the number of attacks. Once the force occupying the passage has withstood four attacks, during the fifth attack, they will definitely rush in and push that force down. They won't let a single faction stay quietly on the passage for five minutes," Dai Zhi, who had just come over with Xia Bai, proactively reported to Ye Zhongming since he knew the captain wouldn't say these things.
"The force currently occupying the passage is said to be called the Corona Hurricane, which is quite prominent among all the forces here, but they just occupied the passage once and were collectively pushed down at a critical point. This is their second time occupying it, and they seem quite confident, having repelled three attacks already."
Listening to Dai Zhi, Ye Zhongming's gaze didn't settle on the passage but instead on other factions below.
"We are cautious and don’t want to occupy the passage, so there aren’t many casualties, only a few minor injuries," Dai Zhi concluded his report, and the whole team fell silent, waiting for Ye Zhongming to issue the order to attack the passage.
Yet, Ye Zhongming didn’t move for a while.
Everyone couldn’t help but cast puzzled looks at him.