Published: February 8, 2025
“Why are you here?”
Mo Ye couldn't hide her surprise. She didn't expect that her decision would lead her to encounter the backbone of the entire Ying City Coalition, which made her quite happy.
One can never understand the pressure of a position until they are in it. After Ye Zhongming left, Mo Ye took over command and began to control the lives and deaths of twenty thousand people; only she knew the burden she bore.
Every order she gave could determine the fate of many.
If it weren't for her resilient spirit, if the people of Cloud Summit hadn't stood firmly by her side, and if it weren't for those immensely powerful weapons, Mo Ye might have already collapsed.
Only at that moment did Mo Ye suddenly realize how much Ye Zhongming had done for Cloud Summit.
Thunderstorm Tower, magic crystal series weapons, upgraded equipment, Evolution Potions...
Mo Ye had known about these things before, but never had she felt that they were so crucial.
In a sense, these had saved her life and the lives of everyone in Cloud Summit and the Ying City Coalition.
So when she saw the man who had almost been the support of her faith without any preparation, Mo Ye felt her nose tingle and her eyes redden.
She hadn't cried in a long time; the last time was probably back in middle school when she saw her crush holding another girl's hand.
But now, the face of that crush had long faded from her memory, while the face of this man became increasingly clear.
Ye Zhongming looked at the Ying City Coalition members who quickly surrounded him and the excited people from Cloud Summit. He put away the embarrassment from being flung away after grabbing the Golden Sea King Crown and smiled, “To be precise, I don’t know either. I just got swept here by the wind in a daze.”
Everyone chuckled, but they believed it. Ever since the apocalypse began, no one had been surprised by anything unbelievable that happened.
“However, it seems we are in big trouble now.”
With his words, everyone turned to look around, only to find that this island was now teeming with apocalyptic creatures.
As humans and sea beasts came across the golden bridge, they kept appearing here, and their numbers were increasing every second.
Surprisingly, the ferocious sea beasts showed no aggression towards the humans. Instead, after a brief moment of chaos, they all gazed foolishly at the Golden Sea King Crown floating in mid-air.
By instinct, humans subconsciously gathered together, clearly distinguishing themselves from the sea beast camp.
Five minutes later, the golden bridge disappeared, and the connection between the island and the outside world vanished. To some extent, the island was completely sealed off.
Sure enough, the gray mist reappeared, but this time it was only on the shallow areas of the island. Clearly, life here could not leave until a certain condition was met.
This was the big trouble Ye Zhongming had mentioned.
Whether it was the Devil's Bet Table from before, the Poppy Roulette, or the competition of death roulette, all were built on lives and blood. Reborn, Ye Zhongming felt deeply about this.
He had thought that this time the Sea King Disk would be different; he had managed to grab that golden crown for a fleeting moment.
But he had failed. The power emanating from the Golden Sea King Crown was evidently a force of some ‘rule’ that prevented life from obtaining this mysterious crown until certain conditions were met.
And what was the condition?
Just look at the evolvers and sea beasts around, it had to be completed with lives.
“Mr. Ye.”
A voice came from afar; it was Guang Yao, the commander of the heavenly phenomenon war department, who was looking at Ye Zhongming with a complicated expression.
“Let him through.”
Ye Zhongming thought for a moment and signaled his subordinates to clear a path.
Guang Yao was actually cursing in his heart the moment he saw Ye Zhongming. His war department belonged to the T1 Resistance Zone, one of the few organizations that had known about the apocalypse in advance, and was also one of the few who knew the Sea King Disk was about to appear.