Doomsday Roulette

Ye Zhongming and Zizikaba returned to their room.

This action was somewhat abrupt, but everyone's attention was focused on the colorful light barrier, and they moved cautiously, so no one noticed.

"Time is short; we can only formulate a simple plan," Zizikaba's heartbeat quickened significantly. His thoughts startled him when they came to mind, but the fact remained that it was the most likely way to obtain high-level mechanical battle armor.

His contact in Divine Artisan City was a high-ranking foreigner who had his own residence on the second floor. Upon receiving Zizikaba’s message, he initially planned to defect directly, taking his level 5 battle armor with him.

However, by chance, he discovered an opportunity. Due to an upcoming auction, a large number of Tarros Red Dwarfs were gathering on the third floor. Currently, aside from the big shots attending the auction, there were no other foreign races present, not even the usual servants from other races who handled cooking and miscellaneous tasks.

The second floor was similar, with Tarros Red Dwarfs from the mechanical legion occupying it, guarding all the passages leading to the upper and lower floors. Even if there were foreign races around, they were a rare few who were trusted, assigned to trivial tasks.

As a driver of level 5 mechanical battle armor, Zizikaba’s contact was quite trusted by the dwarfs. Originally tasked on the second floor, he suddenly received an order to take his five hundred subordinates down to the first floor to execute a guard mission.

Upon arriving, this contact discovered that, for what seemed like a simple task, he wasn’t even the highest-ranking commander. A peak expert wearing level 6 mechanical battle armor was in charge of the entire operation.

Moreover, he also saw three others in the same level of battle armor as himself—one was a Tarros Red Dwarf, while the other two were foreigners, but their battle armor designations were ahead of his.

This meant he was ranked last among the five commanders here.

What kind of object needed to be guarded that required five wearing level 5 battle armor, along with five thousand mechanical legion warriors at least at level 2 to mobilize?

Because of the task Zizikaba assigned, this contact paid special attention and found that all levels from level 6 to level 2 were present.

Thus, he sent a message to Zizikaba, letting the intelligence department commander decide for himself.

Zizikaba chose to take the risk.

Over there, among the five experts, one was on their side. With him and Ye Zhongming against four, they had a complete operational space under the surprise attack.

In other circumstances, Zizikaba wouldn’t take such risks, but this time was different.

This contact was a close friend of his, someone who had settled here long ago. He was willing to help Zizikaba because of their relationship; otherwise, even with Zizikaba’s background from the Library Palace, he wouldn’t have been able to make someone so favored by a certain Tarros Red Dwarf big shot a contact.

It was worth noting that this contact was valued enough to secure two observation spots for the level three auction.

However, Ye Zhongming’s grand legion plan had deeply influenced Zizikaba.

Why did he immerse himself in such a seemingly hopeless force as the Library Palace? There certainly were reasons for the Old Dean and the book keepers to guide him in his cultivation, but a bigger reason was to take a gamble—what if the Library Palace could truly break the shackles? Then he would become a true big shot.

Now, with Ye Zhongming’s appearance, the sense of hopelessness deep within him had been erased, leaving only hope.

Under the guidance of a great craftsman like Ye Zhongming, the grand legion plan illuminated the word hope.

Zizikaba became bolder.

How could someone who made the choice to immerse themselves in the Library Palace not have a big heart?

Coincidentally, Ye Zhongming was also such a person.

The two of them simply discussed a few details and came up with a seemingly rough yet very bold and straightforward plan.