Doomsday Roulette

"Thank you to my slacker brother for the alliance leader's reward. Well, I've fallen behind by five chapters again~"

"The top-level life forms among the demons have appeared."

Mo Ye showed up beside Xia Lei, and beside the two women was Big Yellow, lying there like a small mountain.

"The spirit woman and her black cat have moved; Red Hair and the undead fish dragon are on the move; Yangos is active; Little Tiger and Hatsune are constantly applying pressure. How can the top-level life forms among these guys remain inactive? If they don’t move now, they might miss their chance."

Although the northern part of Plum City was the first to be attacked by the ninth-level parasites, there were also ninth-level life forms on standby from Cloud Summit. The Yama Tree could be considered an established ninth-level life. As long as it didn't involve issues of transforming into a human, that big tree was quite reliable… except for its foul mouth.

That was not her responsibility; spending too much time with Sister Hong had made the Yama Tree learn to be sharp-tongued. With the increased frequency of brawls with Yangos, it naturally learned to curse as well. This combination made this top-level life form, which was otherwise not much different from humans in non-combat situations, someone no one dared to provoke in Cloud Summit.

You couldn't fight against it, nor could you argue back, so the only option left was to avoid it.

"You gathered us all over here without worrying about the villa getting into trouble?" Mo Ye asked Xia Lei while observing the battlefield.

Now, the battlefield was filled with top-level life forms: Mo Ye, Liang Chuyin, Big Yellow, the spirit woman and the black cat, Red Hair and the undead fish dragon, Little Tiger, Yangos, the Yama Tree, and Tong Steward—eleven in total. All of Cloud Summit's top-level life forms had arrived, leaving the villa rather vulnerable.

Xia Lei laughed heartily, "I actually hope someone tries to cause trouble at our villa."

Mo Ye pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "Is that one among the avoidance at the villa?"

Xia Lei shook her head, "No, quite the opposite, she’s here."

"Then..."

Facing Mo Ye's puzzled gaze, Xia Lei squinted her eyes.

"After being with Zhong Ming for these years, I've learned a principle from him, or perhaps it's more accurate to say a habit—always ensure you have an unknown trump card in any situation. Although he has been away for a while, wandering in the skies, I think this habit is quite good, so I've adopted it."

Xia Lei was constantly monitoring the battle situation below. At this moment, the army of zombies led by the spirit woman and the black cat, along with the war rat legion and the nine treasures, or the battle beast legion, had already infiltrated Plum City. Their involvement significantly alleviated the pressure on other evolvers, and victories were rapidly increasing at that moment.

If these parasites wanted to reverse their decline, they had two paths to take: either let all the hidden green-skinned demons emerge in large numbers to make up for quantity or continue sending out top-level life forms to compensate in quality.

But no matter which method they chose, Xia Lei had a way to respond; she just needed to wait for the enemy to make a decision.

"Occupying the national zone, I’ve said before that the purpose is to assist Zhong Ming, but can occupying a large territory really help? Obviously not; ultimately, it’s to seek and gain benefits from vast expanses of land."

"Although we haven't occupied for long, not even a year, the benefits gained have been numerous, at least in terms of magic crystals."

Xia Lei paused here, not continuing. Many things didn’t need to be stated too explicitly; the current occasion wasn’t suitable for full disclosure.

As a ruler of a dominant faction and over half of the national zone, if Xia Lei still didn’t understand how to leverage power to gain benefits, she wouldn’t be Xia Lei.

"I really hope someone goes to stir trouble in Cloud Summit." Xia Lei repeated this statement, but this time her tone was filled with extreme hope.