Published: February 8, 2025
Ye Zhongming set down a white-level leather armor and let out a gentle sigh.
This batch of equipment was standard gear prepared for Xiao Peng’s Cloud Port Branch, with the first batch totaling three thousand sets. It was a massive undertaking, and even for an equipment manufacturing machine like Ye Zhongming, it took almost three days to complete.
And this was without even starting on weapons yet.
Sometimes, Ye Zhongming couldn’t help but doubt why he and Cloud Summit had already obtained quite a few professional scrolls but had not received a craftsman-type profession. Such a profession would at least make things a bit easier for him.
But wishes are beautiful; everything still had to be done by Ye Zhongming himself.
As a result, he had to postpone his visit to Linhai to look for high-end experimental equipment for Liu Zhenghong. Ye Zhongming estimated that he would need to stay here for about ten more days before he could feel a little more at ease about leaving.
However, this delay meant that Cloud Port Branch could establish various guarantees related to equipment and safety in its early stages, which was also a benefit.
During these busy days for Ye Zhongming, others were not idle either. The people of Ying City, along with those willing to stay from Cloud Port, were repairing the damaged city walls and constructing various facilities in the Inner City.
In the future, this place would serve as the base for Cloud Port.
Initially, the area here would undoubtedly be too large for the number of people in Cloud Port, as it used to accommodate a population in the six figures.
But this place was meant to develop, so having a larger space was not a problem.
Regarding the potential issue of a sea beast tide, Ye Zhongming and his subordinates had also considered it. First, the likelihood of a sea beast tide occurring in the short term was very low. Even if it did happen, the scale wouldn’t be large, so this threat was not urgent.
Second, even if a danger arose that the Cloud Summit Branch could not handle, this place could be abandoned at any time. Ye Zhongming’s philosophy had always been that people are the most important; as long as they are alive, everything is possible.
Although there were no large machines to help, everyone was an evolver; each person was like a humanoid machine, working with high efficiency. Additionally, after the evolvers from Cloud Summit awoke, the number of five-star survivors surged. Those large stones in the ruins could be lifted by these people with one hand, so the repair work progressed quickly.
Some female members were responsible for processing the leftover sea beast meat, which was valuable aside from magic crystals and materials. Therefore, over these few days, a delicious meat aroma wafted throughout the Cloud Port Base.
Not far outside the Cloud Port Base was the camp of the Demonic Scorpion War Department.
They hadn’t engaged in battle with the Cloud Summit Villa nor left.
They didn’t fight because they had lost the courage to do so; the collective evolution behavior from Cloud Summit that seemed designed to provoke had completely shattered the confidence of the Demonic Scorpion War Department.
And they hadn’t left because… they were extorted.
To put it in a phrase popular online during peacetime, they had been coerced but wanted to leave?
When the Demonic Scorpion War Department arrived, they were aggressive, pointing fingers at Ye Zhongming and demanding that he and Cloud Summit Villa accept their challenge.
Now that Cloud Summit had accepted the challenge, they were the ones who backed down first. It was fine to back down, but wanting to leave safely after doing so was unacceptable.
Ye Zhongming, aiming not to offend the mysterious resistance zone too much, only required two sets of Rong Clan Holy Armor from the Demonic Scorpion War Department.
The equipment from the Demonic Scorpion War Department was good but only relatively speaking. Ye Zhongming could already manufacture silver-level equipment himself, so he wouldn’t look at their gear. The only thing that caught his eye was the Rong Clan Holy Armor.