Published: February 8, 2025
CHAPTER TWO-IN-ONE
What determines status? In peaceful times, it is power and money; in the apocalypse, it is strength.
Cloud Summit Villa currently possesses extraordinary power, thus holding a transcendent status.
This shift in status has been closely observed by the teams from the Cloud Port Alliance, who can be said to be witnesses to Cloud Summit Villa's rise in Ying City.
They had originally planned to stay here for a few days to connect with potential allied forces, encouraging the willing to join while not forcing those unwilling.
However, under a series of maneuvers from Cloud Summit Villa, they discovered that in just over ten days, the villa had already achieved actual control over Ying City and formed what appeared to be a loose but would become increasingly tight interest alliance.
Moreover, they had promised to send troops, but the timeline left this small team feeling extremely anxious.
More than ten days had already passed, and Boss Ye had claimed it would take another half a month before they could mobilize. Considering the difficult journey, wouldn't that mean they wouldn’t arrive at Cloud Port until a month later?
They had already been out for over a month, and they had no idea what the situation was back there. If they delayed for such a long time, what would happen if there was nothing left when they returned?
As a result, they had to split into two groups, with the captain and one person remaining while the others quickly returned to Cloud Port to inform the alliance that a super team of over ten thousand warriors would head to Cloud Port for assistance, insisting that they must hold on until the reinforcements arrived.
On this side, the two individuals constantly urged Ye Zhongming to set out, but after meeting him twice, they could no longer find him.
Ye Zhongming was indeed not in Cloud Summit Villa or Puxing Town; he was currently leading a small but elite team of Ying City’s best, hiding in the outskirts of Jinhuaizhuang City, over a hundred kilometers away from Ying City.
“Is this the place?”
This team had just over a hundred members, all at least four-star evolvers, quietly crouching on the rooftop of an abandoned building, watching the seemingly calm city area.
“Yes.”
This team comprised almost all of Ying City’s elites, including Zhao Xingmei and Bai Feng, among the top fifty leaders and experts in the city. Besides the core members of Cloud Summit Villa—Xia Lei, Lu Yi, Sister Rong, Tang Tian, Mo Ye, Liu Zhenghong, and Le Da Yuan—everyone was here. It could be said that if these people were wiped out, the remaining human survivors in Ying City would be essentially doomed.
One of the businesses of Cloud Summit Villa’s trading post in Puxing Town was information gathering; any information deemed useful to the villa could be traded, and if recognized as valuable, appropriate rewards would be given.
This business was initially just an attempt by Ye Zhongming to establish his own intelligence system and lay a foundation for the future. Who would have thought it would lead to a surprising piece of news?
Someone offered a silver piece of equipment to sell information about a location of the zero commerce association.
The Divine Hall, Radiant World Army, and zero commerce association were currently deadly enemies of Cloud Summit Villa. Ye Zhongming was troubled by his inability to locate them. After receiving the notification, he personally met with the informant and immediately exchanged a silver piece of equipment for the information. However, Ye Zhongming was not foolish; he kept the person by his side, knowing that if the information was false, the consequences would be dire.
As for why he brought these elites from Ying City... Ye Zhongming’s intention was simple.
Aren't they relying on me for development? Fine, no problem; this is his declaration of loyalty—there's no backing out.
Of course, it wasn't said in so many words, but this was the situation; they could choose not to come, but in the future, they should forget about staying in Ying City.