Published: February 9, 2025
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"Wait!" A voice came from the opposing team as a middle-aged man in silver leather armor stepped forward.
He raised one hand, and the others immediately lowered their weapons to a forty-five-degree angle, but they didn't completely put them down.
Before coming here, Zhang Hengzhou originally planned to take down this group who dared to snatch things from him.
Having been absorbed into the C2 Resistance Zone for nearly half a year, he had climbed to the position of deputy commander of the combat department. He was quite rare; for someone like him who entered mid-way, this speed of promotion was enough to feel proud.
How did he manage to attain this position? It was a simple trick: be obedient and act like a fool towards those above him, and take care of his subordinates like a nanny!
The people who initially followed him had already been dispersed to other combat departments, while he was assigned to a combat department as a squad leader. In half a month, he gained the squad's recognition through his savings and hunting achievements. After that, he was promoted to team leader, and a month later, he earned everyone's trust again, eventually becoming the deputy commander of the combat department.
Although there were four deputy commanders in a combat department, and the C2 Resistance Zone's combat department wasn't as strong as C1, Zhang Hengzhou was the most prestigious in his department because he always reserved the good stuff for everyone. This seemingly foolish behavior allowed him to gain even more prestige after he had established it.
Attending this meeting with the leaders of the resistance zone was itself a recognition of him.
When he heard someone was snatching things from his combat department today, Zhang Hengzhou was not only not angry; on the contrary, he felt secretly pleased. He knew this was another opportunity to show goodwill to his subordinates.
Under his command, they would forcefully obtain the prey, suppress other evolvers, and allow everyone to benefit. This would consolidate his position.
It was even possible that his reputation would rise in the four major resistance zones in China.
A well-known new star could bring him unexpected benefits.
However, from a distance, Zhang Hengzhou saw the team confronting his combat department, and his heart jolted.
He saw a dazzling array of silver equipment.
This was not something an ordinary force could possess. As he got closer, he maintained a calm expression, but inside he felt bitter, knowing that today would be troublesome.
Half of this battle team was clad in full silver armor!
His own combat department didn't even have such luxurious equipment.
Zhang Hengzhou thought for a moment and realized he had only heard that the guard squad had equipment of this level.
Who were these people? Why were they here?
But compared to the fear other survivors felt upon encountering the Cloud Summit Villa’s full silver equipment, Zhang Hengzhou didn’t harbor much of that emotion. He was merely surprised; after all, there were many good things in the resistance zone, and he had seen too many. A battle team of about five hundred clad in full silver level equipment was not something the resistance zone couldn't gather; they could concentrate those core squads together and have even more people!
But to casually attack such a team, Zhang Hengzhou indeed did not have that courage. Because if a conflict arose and the less than two thousand people he brought suffered heavy losses, he wouldn't be able to explain it to the commander when he returned.
So seeing the other side turn hostile due to the vigilance of his combat department, Zhang Hengzhou decisively prevented the situation from worsening.
"Who are you...?"
Ye Zhongming glanced at Zhang Hengzhou, then looked around at the resistance zone soldiers and said in a deep voice, “I am not used to being pointed at with guns while talking.”
Zhang Hengzhou raised an eyebrow and retorted, “Many things become familiar once experienced enough.”