Published: February 12, 2025
CHAPTER TEXT:
On Earth, at Cloud Summit.
"How long has the boss been gone?"
Little Tiger, Young Master Yun, Copper Pot Ayang, and a few others huddled together, each with a bottle of strong liquor and a roasted beast leg that was golden brown. They chatted while eating and drinking, gazing up at the sky.
"Almost a month now."
Ayang took a swig of alcohol, allowing the spicy liquid to slide down his throat and into his stomach.
In terms of age, he was still relatively young. During peacetime, drinking, especially this kind of strong liquor, would likely have led to a punishment from his parents. However, in the apocalypse, he had become a core member of the first force in the national district, a leader of a powerful battle team.
But now, like the others, he had a flushed face, exhaling the smell of alcohol, and looked up at the sky with a sense of loss, reminiscing about their boss.
They all knew that perhaps in the next moment, their eight-star evolver physique would break down the alcohol, and they would wake up from this tipsy state, forced to confront many troubling thoughts.
"Things were better when the boss was around. Even if he went to North America, or the Northwest, or even entered the secret realm, we had a backbone. Other forces had to behave themselves; no one dared to challenge us at Cloud Summit. After all, many had already gone to hell as examples; provoking us was just asking for trouble."
Young Master Yun's attire was no longer so outlandish. Wearing a fitted golden battle armor, he looked even more striking.
"Is there anyone now?"
Little Tiger sneered, a natural air of disdain surrounding him.
Ye Zhongming had indeed been gone for almost a month, still somewhere in West Asia when he left. However, Cloud Summit had analyzed and gathered intelligence through avoidance techniques, basically confirming that most of the previous nine-star evolvers from the national district had already left.
When Ye Zhongming was around, Cloud Summit was undeniably the best. With his departure, they were still strong.
After all, they still had Mo Ye, while other forces, reportedly, also had nine-stars, but who exactly was involved had yet to be disclosed. The avoidance techniques could only determine that a grade 9 roulette on the grasslands had been spun once, and nothing had changed.
The rewards on the grade 9 roulette were unique, with the only exception being the Evolution Potion, which meant that someone had obtained a nine-star potion.
However, Cloud Summit didn't care too much about this since their focus was not on that aspect.
"I always felt like Sister Lei's decision was a bit crazy."
Although Copper Pot was older than Xia Lei, he resonated with the likes of Little Tiger and Young Master Yun and called her Sister Lei. The first time he addressed her this way in person, it nearly drove Xia Lei mad.
"That wasn't just Sister Lei's decision; it was proposed by Sister Lei, Sister Hong, and Hatsune, three crazy women. Sister Xia Bai definitely supported it. I just didn't expect even Sister Ye, Sister Rong, the musician, Brother Shengyuan, and Sister Xiuying to agree. Later on, even Guangyao and Tang Tian voted in favor."
Little Tiger was still astonished. A plan that wild was surprising enough when he agreed, but to see even the more composed ones like Guangyao, Tang Tian, and Shengyuan agree was simply unbelievable.
As for Nami and Garan, while they were also core members, they ultimately were a tier lower and did not participate in major decisions.
"Actually, I don't think it's that bad." Ayang said while reflecting on his sister's unusual behavior after the boss's departure.
Ayang knew his sister admired the boss but was also aware it was destined to be an unfulfilled dream. Not to mention the boss already had Sister Lei, Hatsune, and Miya by his side—even if someone else shared his bed, it would be Sister Ye, Sister Xiuying, or even the peripheral core member, Sister Shasha, and the steadfast ally, the Water Steward. It was even said that Commander Mu hoped their resistance zone could marry into Cloud Summit. Who knows, maybe one day, that beauty Mu Xinfey would become the new lady boss of Cloud Summit, leaving Big Milk Wei out of the picture.