Published: February 8, 2025
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"Making up for yesterday~~" Although their strength had not fully recovered, both could move freely. Especially Xia Bai, who had just been carried by Ye Zhongming but actually had more stamina than him.
The two of them were handling the corpses left behind in this gray mist...
"This should be an island."
Ye Zhongming lowered his head, working on a Level 7 mutated life form, its half-torn body looking quite bloody. However, he had grown accustomed to it, or rather, people in the apocalypse had all gotten used to such sights. In fact, if given a choice among ten thousand people, they would all prefer to do this. No one really cared about the bloodiness; what truly mattered was getting magic crystals and materials.
Based on his experience and some guesses, Ye Zhongming realized that this was indeed an island surrounded by gray mist, with the Sea King Disk located atop it.
"There are about thirty here, but some corpses are hard to distinguish."
If someone from Cloud Summit Villa were here, they would surely be shocked, jaws dropped. When had they ever seen the female demon lord Xia Bai speak so normally, even with a hint of sweetness? Moreover, at this moment, Xia Bai wasn't even wearing her mask. The damaged face rumored to have been destroyed was nowhere to be seen; instead, it had been replaced with a slightly delicate and gentle pretty face, only occasionally revealing a coldness in her eyes, still holding a trace of the aura of Ye Zhongming's most loyal guardian.
"It's fine, this is probably enough." Ye Zhongming glanced at where Xia Bai was, mentally noting the number.
"Why are we counting?"
Having finished her task, Xia Bai held a few processed materials and moved closer to Ye Zhongming, squatting beside him, watching him deftly maneuver a dagger to cut off a sharp bone spur embedded in the carcass of a sea beast.
Ye Zhongming took the piece of cloth Xia Bai handed him to wipe his hands but quickly realized it was a bit special. He looked up and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
What was this woman thinking? How could she give him something like this to wipe his hands?
Seeing his reaction, Xia Bai smirked, her eyes narrowing in amusement.
"We're dividing up the areas based on the time of the occurrences."
Ye Zhongming casually replied, his meaning not very clear, but after a moment, Xia Bai understood.
Dividing by time referred to when the battles took place. For example, the fight they had just witnessed was the most recent; the blood and corpses that had already dried or begun to stink indicated that those battles occurred much earlier.
With his abundant experience, Ye Zhongming could ascertain what had happened here based on these factors.
"We can't leave the gray mist now; we're trapped here. We can only wait for the next opening of the Sea King Disk and see what opportunities we might find. We should observe how much time has passed between each occurrence, how many sea beasts appear each time, what the mortality rate is, and correlate that with the number of these corpses. I think we can roughly estimate how many high-level mutated lives are surrounding the Inner City."
As Ye Zhongming spoke, he glanced around, returned the soft lace item to Xia Bai, but she simply caught it and tossed it away.
"If there aren't many, we continue to guard; if there are many, we retreat?"
Xia Bai stood up, her eyes squinting as she adapted to the brightness, looking around lost in thought.
Ye Zhongming nodded. "We came here to make a fortune, to quickly consolidate the strength of the villa. Whether we go into the secret realm in the future or face the retaliation from the zero commerce association and the Radiant World Army, this is essential. If possible, I don't want to leave easily."
"But we haven't escaped danger yet, have we?" Hearing Xia Bai say this, Ye Zhongming was taken aback. In his memory, this woman had never feared death; just look at her combat style.
"Yes, but I think we are not that easy to kill."
After saying this with a smile, Ye Zhongming stood amidst the remains of the sea beasts, meditating while activating both the star-absorbing satan and the great thousand soul refining technique to restore his stamina and mental energy.