Published: February 7, 2025
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The biggest difference between the apocalypse and other eras is the absence of rules.
Yet, the apocalypse is also the era with the most rules.
If you are strong, you are the rule. If you are weak, you must obey the rules.
Thus, when the powerful Anti-Cloud Summit Alliance designated the area around Cloud Summit Mountain as a battlefield, no one dared to enter here, at least for now.
But today, someone has entered, and not just a few people.
Since that night when they ambushed Cloud Summit and forced the only five-star evolver, Park Soo-young, to take action, the Anti-Cloud Summit Alliance was prepared to launch another attack the next day. However, they had to pause due to the bizarre red cloud over Ying City.
Today, the Anti-Cloud Summit wanted to go to war again, but once more had to interrupt their attack plans due to a group of survivors suddenly flooding into the controlled area.
“What is the background of these people?”
Pang Cheng sat on a stone stool, asking in a low voice.
He was draped in clothing but shirtless, revealing layers of fat, with fresh scars that showed he was still recovering from the ambush that night. Beside him sat the provocatively dressed Lou Xiaoling, her momentum not as strong as that day, but still looking quite arrogant.
Xia Lei had recovered yesterday, while Pang Cheng's wounds today were merely scabbed, highlighting the difference between those with healing professions and those without.
Pang Cheng's words were directed at the Sound Iron Sacred Seat and Little Brother Jiu, as these two were locals and knew the situation best.
The Sound Iron Sacred Seat and Little Brother Jiu frowned; they were indeed unclear about who these people were, and they needed to wait for reports from their subordinates after investigating.
“Just wait; the earliest news will come this afternoon, at the latest tomorrow.”
In the afternoon, news truly came in.
“Ogre Chain?”
Looking at the two nearly identical pieces of intelligence in their hands, the Sound Iron Sacred Seat, Little Brother Jiu, Wen Hong, and Pang Cheng exchanged glances.
Perhaps Pang Cheng's evolving faction wasn’t very clear about this organization, but the zero commerce association and the Radiant World Army certainly knew about it. After all, they were a superpower spread over a wide area, and naturally paid close attention to other similar organizations. Thus, with their intelligence network, it was easy for them to find out who these people were and how they came.
“This organization is somewhat obscure; although there are branches in many bases, it has avoided areas controlled by major powers, such as our area and that of the zero commerce association. Did they come here to stir up trouble?”
Little Brother Jiu tossed aside the intelligence, his gaze sweeping over to where he could vaguely see several moving shadows.
“Someone must have hired them,” the Sound Iron Sacred Seat said, moving his slightly tense right arm. A large chunk of flesh had been ripped off during the night raid by that ghost woman wearing the Qinghua Sacred Seat mask. Though he had applied healing medicine produced by the roulette, it still affected his movements.
“To hire so many people at once, based on what we know about the Ogre Alliance's charging standards, they would need nearly eight to ten vials of three-star evolution potions. That price is not something an ordinary person can afford.”
Several five-star stronger nodded. Even though they had consumed five-star evolution potions, and many four-star strongers under them, the three-star level was the backbone. In other words, these major powers averaged around three-star evolution, one tier higher than the rest of the human survivors.
And ten vials of three-star evolution potions wouldn’t be considered huge wealth for them, but it was certainly not small either; they would need to hunt intensely for a week or longer just to acquire them.