Published: February 5, 2025
Jia Min held a bag containing two thousand magic crystals, watching the dust kicked up by the armored vehicle gradually disappear, feeling a sense of loss. The person who had made him an evolver, who had given him a base, had left, taking his small team and disappearing into the city.
“Stop looking, how's Li Qiang doing?” Daming stood beside his friend, patting him on the shoulder.
“He wanted to leave with Brother Ye, but it seems Brother Ye refused him and asked him to help us improve this base,” Jia Min replied.
“Brother Ye is worried about our weakness. Li Dage has excellent marksmanship, which would be a great help for us, especially since we are about to tackle the food problem,” Daming said.
“I just don’t understand why Brother Ye wants to leave. With them here, it won’t take long before we have thousands of evolvers, and then this area and even this city will be ours,” Jia Min expressed his confusion.
Daming shook his head in agreement, “Don’t think too much about it. Maybe we’ll see Brother Ye again in the future.”
The two stood on the city wall, looking down as many people reinforced the recently repaired city gate. Jia Min retracted his gaze, tightly gripping the note Brother Ye had secretly given him when he left.
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The roaring of the armored vehicle attracted the attention of many zombies on both sides of the road. They stretched out their withered hands, yearning for even a bit of flesh and blood, but how could these steel beasts be stopped by flesh? The zombies were smashed into pieces, truly ending their journey in this world.
“Boss, this thing is wasting too much fuel!” Little Tiger complained, his face full of distress, “At this rate, it won’t be long before this vehicle turns into a piece of scrap metal.”
Ye Zhongming leaned against the side of the vehicle, unfazed, “If it runs out of fuel, we’ll just abandon it. This thing is not worth it.”
The others actually felt quite safe inside, even though it wasn’t very comfortable.
“Boss, can we talk about where we’re going now?”
Previously, Ye Zhongming had kept the final destination a secret, and no one had pressed further with so many people around in the base. Now that they were all in the vehicle, Little Tiger felt he could ask without hesitation.
“Ying City, Cloud Summit Villa.”
“A big city, but it’s going to be out of the province,” someone remarked.
No one expected that their target would be the provincial capital of the neighboring province, which was nearly a thousand kilometers away from here.
“Why are we going there?” Liang Chuyin, who had recovered, sat next to Ye Zhongming. The vehicle’s bumps occasionally brought her body into contact with his. Although the internet celebrity often spoke boldly, she felt a little shy at this moment, her face slightly flushed.
“Because there, we can develop steadily for at least two years.”
After fighting together for several days, the trust among the group had significantly increased, so Ye Zhongming began to reveal a bit more.
“But our current direction seems a bit off,” Xia Lei said, holding a map and tapping it lightly.
“Hmm.” Ye Zhongming nodded, “We need to make a stop here first.”
“Ulan County?”
“Yeah, we’re looking for someone.” After a pause, Ye Zhongming looked at everyone and added, “Do you have anyone you want to find? If it’s convenient, we can go together.”
Mo Ye shook her head; she didn’t even know where her parents were, and she had few relatives, none of whom were in the country. This was similar to Park Soo-young, whose parents were both highly educated and teaching at a university abroad. Le Da Yuan had no relatives; his few assistants had either died or mutated, which was why they followed him so readily. Xia Lei had a similar situation, with no ties holding her back.
Only Little Tiger and Liang Chuyin had family in the country, but their hometowns were far apart, making it nearly impossible for them to return now.