Published: February 10, 2025
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"If I hadn't fallen asleep, there should be another chapter in the second half of the night~~"
After seeing a group of mutated camels behind the dune, Ye Zhongming understood why these people dared to travel at night in the apocalypse.
Although it wasn't entirely absolute, at least to some extent, the apocalypse still maintained the food chain that existed before; the difference was that mutual predation could occur between the upper and lower levels of the food chain.
Even after mutation and at the same evolutionary level, those life forms that were once at the top of the food chain still maintained their advantages.
Even if those advantages were weakened, even if beings that once couldn't resist had now learned to fight back, it usually worked that way.
Of course, the lines were always blurred.
Camels could survive well in the deserts of the past; now, with mutations, they could still adapt to the deserts of the apocalypse. This was beyond doubt.
Clearly, it was these desert survivors who gave the rest a sense of confidence, at least a means to combat unexpected events.
Six people had brought along fifteen mutated camels.
"How did you find us?"
Ye Zhongming was quite puzzled by their arrival. After all, although they had encountered quite a few events in less than a day, their time spent here was still very short. In such an expansive and sparsely populated desert, it wasn’t easy to find even this small group of people, let alone to move the entire Cloud Summit Villa here.
"We came specifically to look for you. Every week, someone comes out here to check, so finding you is not a miracle but the wisdom of Haman Dan."
It turned out that these people were specially sent by Haman Dan, and they came to check here every week. That's why they were able to discover the arrival of Cloud Summit Villa in a timely manner. Perhaps such actions were impossible in the desert before, but now the physical abilities and survival skills of the evolvers could fully support such frequent explorations.
Ye Zhongming was slightly unaccustomed to the way these people spoke, but he didn't pay it too much mind. He asked a few more questions and gained a lot of information, though it also led to more questions.
Haman Dan's camp was not here, but in an underground facility over a hundred kilometers away. As for the scale, these people were a bit vague when talking about it, but it was still evident that they felt a sense of pride, which was very contradictory.
Ye Zhongming didn't understand why that was the case, nor did he delve deeper. Some things could wait until he met Haman Dan.
These third and fourth-level mutated camels were very fast in the desert and could easily keep up with the evolvers. The group marched cautiously and arrived at their destination by dawn.
Regarding the relatively quiet night they had just passed, Ye Zhongming noticed that the route taken by these people had been specially designed; they weren't just wandering randomly in the desert. For the outsiders of Cloud Summit, he was quite curious about how they could distinguish the seemingly identical vastness of the desert. Perhaps, this was also a capability of the camels.
The entrance to Haman Dan's camp was beneath an unassuming dune. When Ye Zhongming entered the silver metal door hidden in the sand with these people, it was as if he had stepped into another world.
Modern, clean, textured, luxurious...
This base gave everyone such a feeling just at the entrance.
Since Cloud Summit was built on the basis of a resort villa, among the many bases in the apocalypse, it could absolutely be described as picturesque and elegant, an object of envy for other factions.
But compared to here, it truly felt like a small witch meeting a great witch. Just look at the entirely metallic structures around, the beautiful and harmonious decorative lights on the walls, the carpets laid on the floor... and the soft, melodious music playing continuously, the pretty maids dressed in servant outfits, the massive crystal chandeliers...