Published: February 6, 2025
"People have already been arranged, and the surveillance locations have also been determined."
Young Master Yun met Ye Zhongming at a seed company on the outskirts of Ying City. Although he didn't know why his new boss decided to meet here, he didn't ask and helped his boss clear out the seed company's warehouse.
In Young Master Yun's mind, he recalled the strange vines that appeared beside his boss during the fierce battle against the zombie tide, vaguely guessing that Boss Ye might have a plant-related profession.
"Did you tell them not to stir the grass and alert the snake?"
Ye Zhongming squatted behind an abandoned car, observing the situation ahead, while quietly asking Young Master Yun.
"I did tell them. The binoculars you prepared for us are enough to keep an eye on the Lou family from hundreds of meters away. Once the suspicious figures you mentioned appear, we can activate the chain monitoring and track down their lair."
Ye Zhongming nodded.
All signs indicated that the Lou family and the Zero Commerce Association were closely linked. In the previous life, the Zero Commerce Association was a colossal organization that commanded respect and was a notorious criminal syndicate. If possible, Ye Zhongming didn't want to provoke them while he was still weak.
However, things didn't go as planned. He didn't want trouble, but the Zero Commerce Association came knocking at his door. It seemed that their influence had already extended to the areas around Cloud Summit Mountain.
Since peaceful coexistence with the Zero Commerce Association was impossible, Ye Zhongming knew he had to prepare early. The appearance of Young Master Yun and the Starved Tiger Knights under his command made Ye Zhongming feel that he could attempt to find those who would sell their souls for profit.
As for why he didn't use the people from Cloud Summit Villa, Ye Zhongming thought it was just a precaution. Using the Starved Tiger Knights as a buffer would create some trouble for them if the Zero Commerce Association discovered him, preventing his rapid exposure. After all, only Young Master Yun knew that the Starved Tiger Knights had already allied with Cloud Summit Villa.
In addition, Ye Zhongming truly had limited manpower right now, and future development would certainly be constrained in this regard. Cultivating a force he could control now would undoubtedly provide him with much assistance in the future. The most significant benefit was that he could control another Roulette Base, expanding the influence of Cloud Summit Villa outward.
This time, during the exchange meeting in Ying City, Ye Zhongming brought Young Master Yun along partly because Young Master Yun was a local, and although Ye Zhongming had lived here in his previous life, it was many years into the apocalypse, and the city had changed drastically. Secondly, it was also to continue observing Young Master Yun to decide on the intensity of training he would receive in the future.
"You are a swamp sorcerer?"
Young Master Yun exclaimed in surprise and nodded, "Yes, how did you know, Boss?"
"I saw you use your professional skill that day."
On the day of the battle against the zombie horde, Young Master Yun had used the swamp sorcerer's professional skill—Deadly Quagmire. He had trapped a grade 3 zombie in it, which Ye Zhongming had witnessed.
"Where did you get the professional scroll?"
"Hehe, it came from a colorful roulette in the cement factory. We Starved Tiger Knights got several professional scrolls from there; all our magic crystals were used on it, otherwise, we wouldn't have a single two-star evolver by now."
"However, the roulette exploded later for some unknown reason."
Young Master Yun recalled that day with some fear. If he hadn't been outside with his group, he might have been the one who died.
"The colorful roulette is indeed very dangerous; you shouldn't touch the black area," Ye Zhongming casually remarked.
"This profession is good, but it consumes too much mental energy. I need a week to recover after using a professional skill once; I can't bear to think about it."