Published: February 9, 2025
After Ruan Xiao met Dacheng, they formed a large team.
The outside forces aimed at treasure hunting, and some tricks and temptations, even the allure of the Evolution Potion, made it easier for them to agree to unite than the locals of Linhai. Coupled with the connections from the Ogre Chain, Ruan Xiao quickly brought together several battle teams, with thousands joining his ranks. Dacheng, who he had arranged to come here as an informant, also brought five thousand people. After they merged, their numbers reached nearly ten thousand.
With such strength in hand, Ruan Xiao had no other thoughts because he was very clear that only cooperation could help them escape from this place. Otherwise, just look at the zombie horde to know that they wanted to turn you into nourishment.
Similarly, they encountered a dried corpse horde, specifically one of about sixty thousand that was surrounding Ye Zhongming. Among these dried corpses, there were still shadows of semi-dried corpses.
Before they could challenge the Yama Tree, they were met with these persistent foes. The human survivors were in a bad mood and were not very willing to risk their lives.
Faced with this situation, Ruan Xiao exchanged a glance with Dacheng, then took out two silver-grade handguns from his waist and said to the team behind him, “The city has been closed again. If you want to survive, there’s no other way than to fight your way out, so let’s battle!”
After speaking, he led the charge directly into the horde of corpses. Dacheng shouted that there would be rewards, and followed suit.
With someone taking the lead, and under the threat of the dried corpses, the battle started chaotically. With Ruan Xiao at the forefront, the ten-thousand-strong team began breaking through towards Ye Zhongming's direction.
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“Are you hurt?”
Seeing Zhao Xingmei wiping away a string of blood from her fair left ear, Bai Feng, who was resting, gasped slightly and asked.
Although the Ying City Coalition couldn’t compare to some superpowers in terms of the leader's evolution level, they had been following Ye Zhongming for a long time. Their weapons and equipment were excellent, and they had learned from many who had served in the disciplinary departments or the military to train the team. Combined with the bravery instilled by Cloud Summit, their combat strength was considerably stronger than that of ordinary evolver forces.
It had been less than twenty minutes since they split into three parts to attack the zombie horde, but the intensity of the battle had exceeded everyone's expectations, forcing them to implement a rotation system to alleviate the combat intensity. Otherwise, both stamina and mental energy would be severely depleted, resulting in greater casualties.
“Before, with Cloud Summit in front, I didn’t feel the battle was this difficult and arduous, but now everything has to be done by ourselves, and it’s quite exhausting,” Zhao Xingmei glanced at the still-alert and observing Lezi, carefully wiping the blood from her hands with a handkerchief.
“We’ve probably taken down five or six thousand dried corpses, but we’ve also lost nearly a thousand people, which is not very cost-effective.”
Bai Feng moved his mechanical arm, estimating the direction of the battle while occasionally glancing at the menacing Yama Tree above.
“We need to change our approach,” Zhao Xingmei's status was now unquestionable, showing a commanding presence of the Ying City Coalition.
“The situation has changed.” Pointing at the Yama Tree, Zhao Xingmei said, “We don’t know what this thing is, nor what impact it will have on us. So while we haven’t been completely bogged down by these dried corpses, let’s meet up with Boss Ye.”
Bai Feng nodded; he shared the same sentiment. The ominous flower canopy overhead was unsettling, and even though it wasn’t very dense, light still filtered through, but the color instinctively felt eerie.