Published: February 5, 2025
The slopes on both sides were somewhat steep, but for the evolvers, it was nothing. They could even carry Ye Zhongming up with ease.
The elite martial team only had five members left. Aside from the Candy siblings, the other three took turns carrying Ye Zhongming and handling all the luggage.
Outside the desolate land, they may have been high-ranking evolvers, but here, they were merely laborers hoping to survive.
The wooden staff that Ye Zhongming had taken out, along with its Ice Lotus attack, was simply too powerful.
So powerful that it instilled a deep sense of helplessness in the three one-star evolvers. When faced with Ye Zhongming, even a mere glance from him could evoke immense fear.
It wasn’t that they were cowardly, but when someone could easily take down an evolver of the same level as you, or even a Grade 2 monster stronger than you, you realize how insignificant you are.
Someone who could snuff out your life with just a flick of their finger was truly unresistable.
They carried Ye Zhongming, anxiously awaiting their fate.
Rebellion? They had entertained such thoughts, but they were immediately extinguished upon learning that Ye Zhongming was already a two-star evolver.
“Wow, what’s that down there?”
After several hours of feeling down, Candy gradually regained her spirits.
In truth, she didn’t have a deep connection with the elite martial team members; they had only cared for her because she had significant utility value.
Now that those people were dead, Candy felt somewhat out of sorts, but she soon realized that being with Ye Zhongming seemed more comfortable.
As for killing… Even a soft-hearted girl like Candy didn't find the gravity of killing to be as severe as it would be in peacetime.
From a different perspective, if Uncle Da and the others had killed Ye Zhongming, would Candy turn against them? No, she wouldn’t. Even if her heart was kind, it was based on certain grounds.
That ground was simply her survival.
Ye Zhongming never believed that this soft-hearted girl would maintain any degree of kindness when it came to sacrificing herself.
As the saying goes, in the apocalypse, no one is noble.
“Cloud Hoof.”
“Hmm?”
Candy was confused.
“It’s the name of a monster. It looks similar to cattle and horses on Earth, and since its hooves are white, it’s called Cloud Hoof.”
As Ye Zhongming explained, he observed the herd of Cloud Hoofs below, contemplating their next move.
During his time in the Riverbank of Desolation, Ye Zhongming had discovered traces of the Cloud Hoofs more than once. At that time, he had an idea, but due to limitations in strength and conditions, he had no chance to implement it.
However, with Candy’s appearance, Ye Zhongming found hope.
She was an alchemist.
Ye Zhongming happened to have found materials for a recipe he knew from his previous life.
Also, Ye Zhongming was a gardener.
Combined, these conditions led Ye Zhongming to decide to take a risk while his injuries were still healing— a risk with a relatively low danger level.
“Falling Red Sap, what is this? The color is quite nice; is it poison?”
Candy held several bottles of light red potion and continued to ask.
Since this recipe wasn’t something she learned from a parchment scroll, although she could prepare it as Ye Zhongming instructed, specific information wouldn’t appear in her consciousness. She had mastered a brand new recipe, but it was outside her professional expertise, and making this Falling Red Sap would not grant her any professional proficiency.
Although Candy didn’t know what this substance was for, she understood that it was definitely very precious, as each bottle required a Grade 2 Magic Crystal as energy.
This was an area she had never encountered before. She felt incredibly excited when she succeeded in the preparation, and heartbroken when she failed.
Ye Zhongming said nothing; they would find out soon enough.
“Also, what’s that shiny gem you have in your hand?”
“You’re full of questions, aren’t you?”