Published: February 12, 2025
Before the grade 9 roulette, several people stared at the surface for a long time in silence. After a while, one of them slowly said, “Let’s start.”
Another person nodded, took out some magic crystals, and was about to place them in the groove.
“Wait.” Suddenly, a voice interrupted, causing the person’s action to slow down.
“Zhang Hengtai, do you have any objections?” Wen Zhong frowned and turned to look at Zhang Hengtai, the scar on his face appearing a bit sinister.
Ji Rui Guang couldn’t help but sigh with worry. Since the last incident where Wen Zhong narrowly escaped death, he had become a bit too aggressive.
Clearly, he hadn’t negotiated terms with Zhang Hengtai properly.
The short and stocky Zhang Hengtai placed his hands on his waist, brushing against the belt there, and smiled. “Commander-in-Chief Ji gets to spin the wheel first, and I have no objections. The contributions made by District C to the Resistance Zone are evident. Although we didn’t spin for the nine-star evolution potion, we did get an excellent weapon.”
Wen Zhong was a bit impatient. He tugged at his collar and asked, “What exactly do you mean?”
Zhang Hengtai ignored him and continued speaking to himself, “The magic crystals in our hands are partially obtained through hunting, but most of them were acquired through… above.”
“That’s because we completed their tasks!” Wen Zhong’s tone was already quite unpleasant. Anyone who might get a bottle of the nine-star evolution potion in the next moment wouldn’t want to hear someone else’s ‘nagging,’ especially since this nagging was definitely not well-meaning.
Zhang Hengtai shook his head. “Let’s not deceive ourselves, shall we? My dear Commander Wen, although you survived last time, did your brain get damaged?”
“Are you looking to duel with me?”
“Haha, not interested!” Zhang Hengtai was very pleased at being able to infuriate Wen Zhong. “If such a difficult task could yield ninth-level magic crystals, then the nine-star evolvers from the national district would be everywhere!”
On this point, Wen Zhong couldn’t rebut because Zhang Hengtai was stating facts.
He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, “You didn’t refuse either.”
“Indeed.” Zhang Hengtai nodded in acknowledgment. “I didn’t refuse, and I have no reason to refuse. I’m not some moral saint with a purity complex.”
“Then why are you talking nonsense?” Wen Zhong said and was about to place the magic crystal into the groove.
However, a hand firmly held his.
Wen Zhong didn’t want to escape; he was afraid this person would take away the ninth-level magic crystal he had already put in the groove.
“Don’t push your luck!”
He gave Zhang Hengtai a final warning.
“The rules need to be changed!” Zhang Hengtai stood his ground.
“Get lost!”
“The magic crystals belong to everyone. We can’t take turns like this because we don’t know when we’ll gather enough ninth-level magic crystals again. I propose that if we spin for the nine-star evolution potion this time, it should be given to Commander-in-Chief Ji!”
Zhang Hengtai’s words left Ji Rui Guang and Wen Zhong stunned for a moment. The former quickly retracted the foot he had taken to stop this, while the latter was completely enraged.
“We agreed on this!”
Indeed, the previous discussions had been about each person spinning the wheel once, with Ji Rui Guang as the commander-in-chief, holding the strongest position, and thus entitled to the most ninth-level magic crystals, rightfully coming in first.
Wen Zhong followed in second place, having obtained the second most ninth-level magic crystals, with better qualifications and connections than Zhang Hengtai.
After Ji Rui Guang obtained the weapon from the grade 9 roulette, the entire Resistance Zone began secret operations, launching an assault on ninth-level life forms. After more than a month of effort, three ninth-level life forms were killed, and together with the remaining ones, they could spin the wheel once.