Published: February 10, 2025
Xia Lei curiously flipped the mother platform over and looked at the level of the magic crystal.
After all, it was daytime now, and the Underworld Bone Demon Platform, which wasn’t feeding, was just a harmless little baby, allowing for any kind of rough handling. Of course, one couldn't go too far; otherwise, it would fight back.
Seeing a black magic crystal among the purple tentacles below the bone platform, Xia Lei was quite puzzled. Was something that caught her man's eye only a level three?
Noticing Xia Lei’s confusion about the level of the Underworld Bone Demon Platform, Ye Zhongming smiled and said, “After each breeding, this thing evolves a level. In the wild, it’s okay, but if someone deliberately raises it…”
Ye Zhongming didn’t continue, knowing that Xia Lei would understand.
In his previous life, the force that owned the Underworld Bone Demon Platform had cultivated it to a level nine existence. Although it didn’t have much combat power, just having such a creature in the base would deter many mutated beings due to the overwhelming presence it exuded.
In fact, it was true; that force's base was one of the safest human gathering points during the apocalypse, even more stable than the city where Le Da Yuan was in his past life.
“Find a safe place to put this thing, and no one is allowed to come within twenty meters after nightfall.” After a moment of thought, Ye Zhongming added, “No, make it fifty meters. After that, catch some level four beings and throw them beside it until it stops eating.”
Now that the Underworld Bone Demon Platform was only at level three, its range for consuming life was probably just over ten meters. However, if Cloud Summit nourished it, it would likely evolve quickly. Ye Zhongming thought it would be better to keep a greater distance to avoid accidents.
Seeing Ye Zhongming was very satisfied with the Underworld Bone Demon Platform, Mu Xinfey felt relieved. The more she interacted with Ye Zhongming, the more she felt his formidable nature. Not to mention his incredible equipment manufacturing ability, just his personal strength alongside that of his subordinates was impressive enough to earn her respect.
In the apocalypse, the power structure was even more pyramid-like. Those at the top amassed wealth through layers of exploitation with no exceptions, not even in the resistance zones.
However, Cloud Summit went against the trend, maintaining a stable pyramid shape for its structure while adopting a high-level replenishment and overall mutual complementarity in its evolution methods.
Over eighty percent of the resources for high-level evolution came from Ye Zhongming, the boss himself, while the remaining twenty percent were obtained independently. The collective of Cloud Summit operated with lower-level warriors fighting for benefits while upper levels provided potions and equipment that matched the warriors’ created value.
In other forces, this would be impossible; usually, warriors would contribute ten, only to receive five or even three in return.
Mu Xinfey couldn’t help but marvel; no wonder Cloud Summit had such strong cohesion. Even in the face of the mutant legion's siege, there was no sign of a breakdown in morale. People here received benefits proportional to their contributions, with the possibility of surplus.
Such a place was appealing to everyone. If it weren't for her ties to the resistance zone, she might have considered joining Cloud Summit.
Mu Xinfey planned to stay at Cloud Summit for a while. Besides bringing Ye Zhongming a firearms production line and some technicians, she also brought a team of about a hundred people. These were instructors and future leaders for the newly formed battle department. She also needed to recruit soldiers in Ying City and surrounding areas.
After she left for Ying City with the batch of potions and equipment Ye Zhongming provided, the missing Xia Bai and her battle team returned, bringing back a batch of water and ice gems.
After Xia Bai recovered, Ye Zhongming assigned her to the Riverbank of Desolation.