Published: February 8, 2025
CHAPTER TEXT:
"I originally planned to have an outbreak tomorrow, on Sunday, but due to unexpected circumstances, let's push it back to the day after tomorrow! That's the 22nd~~"
Regardless of the time, humans always find ways to express their superiority, whether the outside world is bright and sunny or riddled with holes and chaos.
Outside the Inner City, across Cloud Port, and throughout the entire country and world, the current mainstream scene is the confrontation between humans and mutated life forms. There is no surrender, no mercy—only bloodshed and battle, fighting for the now vacant throne at the top of the food chain on this planet.
Even within the Inner City, unimaginable filth and depravity occur every moment.
Yet, none of this could stop some individuals who hold the highest authority in this city from showcasing their power through a feast that could even be described as luxurious in peacetime.
The grand hall, neat and tidy attendants, dishes that are a feast for the senses, well-aged fine wines, melodious and elegant music, noble and soft carpets… each detail could easily make one forget that this is the apocalypse.
When Ye Zhongming saw all this, his face was calm, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.
Is this what an organization seeking assistance from various surrounding forces should be doing? What are they trying to show? Strength? Wealth?
It’s merely about saving face—an expression of the conflicting psychology of needing help yet not wanting to lower one’s stature.
Just the items in the banquet hall alone, if taken out, could at least feed several thousand people for half a month.
Ye Zhongming's impression of the Cloud Port Alliance has diminished greatly.
He attended the banquet with Liang Chuyin. Due to prior notification, they couldn’t bring weapons inside, so both were empty-handed, with the internet celebrity girl linking her arm with Ye Zhongming. Naturally, for Ye Zhongming, who had spatial equipment, his weapon was stored inside.
Apart from Ye Zhongming, Zhao Xingmei and Bai Feng also participated in the Ying City Coalition, since reinforcements were not solely from Cloud Summit. Bringing these two along would alleviate a lot of suspicion.
When the four entered, the already lively banquet hall suddenly fell silent.
Even in Cloud Port, where many mutated marine creatures were present and one could easily encounter dozens or even hundreds of weak sea beasts to gain plenty of magic crystals, four five-star evolvers standing together were enough to draw anyone's attention.
After consuming the five-star evolution potion, Ye Zhongming's aura became even more restrained. Unless someone with special probing abilities was present, it would be hard to detect his true strength.
Moreover, both Liang Chuyin and Zhao Xingmei had dressed up nicely; the two already beautiful women shone with radiance. After seeing the dirty and blood-soaked appearances of women in the apocalypse, many men were quite moved by such clean and attractive faces.
There was no help for it, the women in the banquet were glamorous, but the vast majority did not possess the looks and figures above ninety points like these two.
Several people approached, right in the middle were the five leaders of the Cloud Port Alliance, with the elder at the forefront looking energetic, showing a smile from a distance.
“Mr. Ye, hello, are you getting used to living here?”
Ye Zhongming extended his hand to shake the elder’s hand, and the other four came over to greet him, as it was their second time meeting.
“Let me introduce, these are friends who also came to help Cloud Port. This is Liu Zong from the ‘Zongwei Team’ around the city, this is Duan Fei, the guardian of Tangnan Town, and this is Ling Ye, the boss of the god-seizing battle team…”
Meng Xiangjiang introduced one by one, there were more than ten leaders from various forces, most of them were five-star evolvers, with a few at four-star.
According to the intelligence gathered by Ayang, these external forces were discussing a coalition to gain greater influence and benefits. Meng Xiangjiang, for some reason, first introduced these few people who were the leaders, perhaps hinting that he knew quite a bit.