CHAPTER 1849: CHAPTER 1842: THE EVIL LEADER

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Zhao Boning said nothing. He shoved all the evolution crystals thrown by Bai Huipeng into his mouth as if he were eating candy beans.

As the energy contained within the evolution crystals dissolved, the vitality of his body quickly replenished. The rough, peeling, and wrinkled skin on his hand gradually became smooth at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When Zhao Boning’s transformation stopped, Tang Ye said, "You’re lucky, you don’t have to go into the little black room anymore. You also won’t need to do the corpse collector’s job. These people are your new colleagues, get to know them."

"Oh!...? Alright, alright..." How could Zhao Boning dare say "no"? As soon as Tang Ye finished speaking, he nodded quickly. He looked at the others, a little at a loss, but these guys from the Royal Court were never short of familiarity. Soon someone came over.

"Let’s get acquainted, I’m called Li Gui, just call me Ghost Brother usually. That one, you see over there, is called Heiya, when you’re familiar you can just call him Duck."

Heiya was furious: "What Ghost Brother shouldn’t be called randomly. Call him Old Turtle, Turtle Head, or Turtle Son instead."

"Get lost, I’m not talking to you. That person over there, Bai Huipeng, usually called Old White."

"And there’s the bald guy behind you, that’s Saio, just call him Baldy. The one over there in the colorful clothes..."

With Li Gui’s introduction, Zhao Boning barely remembered what the people around him were called. After finishing his introductions, Li Gui continued chattering: "Additionally, there will be a lot of people coming later. I’ll introduce them to you one by one, and there are a few you must remember, got it?"

"Mm-hmm."

"If you see a particularly tall and strong person, call him Brother Hu. Usually, the boss calls him Ah Fu, but only the boss can call him that. Don’t you dare, or he’ll beat you up. Also, there are a few tough guys on our Royal Court side, especially some women. The nicknames I tell you, remember them in your heart. Don’t be a fool and shout them out."

"Understood?"

"Understood, understood. By the way, Ghost Brother, what do we do?"

"Not much to do. The busy work was finished by others long ago. Now we just fight some battles, clean up some guys who can’t see. But later on, it’s hard to say, because we have something big to do."

"What big thing?"

"Dealing with the other Zombie Kings."

"Ah!?"

"..."

By a little past seven in the evening, others returned to the base one after another. These "corpse-driving" teams each had some gains. Apart from Bai Huipeng’s group successfully recruiting a new talent, Abeng’s group harvested the most, offering two Level 8 evolution crystals, several Level 7 evolution crystals, and Tu-E’s group also seized one Level 8 evolution crystal.

Although the battle caused some damage to the facilities at Cloud Gorge Base, the overall impact was not significant. Most battles started outside the Cloud Gorge Base as Ah Fu directed, but in an eight against one situation, fights generally didn’t last long.

When Chu Zha and the others returned, twenty-seven Level 8 zombies and twenty-one Level 8 new humans, totaling forty-eight strong individuals from the Royal Court, all gathered in this villa. The villa was not small, just the first floor covered an area of 360 square meters. However, most of the guys from the Royal Court were enormously strong, making the spacious hall appear densely packed.

Exaggeratedly speaking, standing among Ah Fu’s group of inhuman beings, a height below two meters was considered short!

As everyone arrived, Zhao Boning, the new rookie, was surrounded by chatter, but he still seemed out of place.

The people...no! The corpses were numb!

So many similar-level beings standing in front of him, he found it extraordinarily absurd. Although he had encountered other Level 8 zombies outside the Royal Court, they were generally unfriendly, causing him rarely to seek others out actively.

But here...he couldn’t understand it. Just thinking about more in the Royal Court made his scalp tingle...

Seeing everyone was present, Tang Ye raised his hand, and the noisy hall quickly fell silent.

"Alright, everyone sit down."

"Boss, why are we back so early? Haven’t had enough fun yet?" Abeng asked, and Tang Ye replied casually, "Huang Quanjiu and the others encountered a situation, changed plans last minute."

"What did they encounter?" Abeng moved closer to Huang Quanjiu, who coughed a few times and recounted everything he saw while pursuing that Level 8 zombie, not taking much time.

After he finished, the hall’s atmosphere turned briefly heavy. Bai Huipeng touched his nose and, with a frown, said, "From what you’re saying, the Northern Zombie King already brought its horde in. The Water Guanyin usually lives in the water and travels by water. They shouldn’t reach Cloud Gorge Base along the Yangtze River, right?"

"Can’t say for sure. There’s news of a Water Guanyin coming ashore in the north. When the time comes, let the corpse tide come ashore directly. That would be trouble."

"But can’t you guys focus on the main point, why did that zombie you were chasing jump into the river to commit suicide?"

"I think..."

"Let me share my guess first," Huang Quanjiu interrupted the others. "The corpse tide we encountered might just be a vanguard unit. There’s possibly another, larger corpse tide behind. That Level 8 zombie jumping into the river might be bringing information to the Water Guanyin’s corpse tide. Moreover, the Northern Zombie King might still be in some sea area, not having come inland yet; otherwise, the zombie we were chasing wouldn’t need to flee."

"The Northern Zombie King has the ability to influence zombies on a large scale, which makes sense. So, Su Sigui’s lab, is it the Northern Zombie King’s doing?" Bai Huipeng questioned.

Huang Quanjiu shook his head: "Not sure. Let’s say it like this, the labs responsible for the Divine Rain plan can’t be known by just anyone, right? Su Sigui wouldn’t be so foolish. The few zombies we encountered couldn’t even speak. Relying on them to find out would be strange, but it’s still possible..."

"Anyway, the zombies here are very hard for the Northern Zombie King to control delicately. Using the Zombie God Cult should only be a general directive. Huh? You didn’t encounter the same situation as us?"

"We weren’t as unlucky as you," Abeng said. "We killed two Level 8 zombies. They came in during this period. Those two weren’t stupid; they knew Su Sigui is a Level 9 New Human and didn’t dare to come out for prey. You know about the Independent Gold Society, right?"

"Yes, why?"

"Now the leader of the Independent Gold Society is one of those zombies. Previously, he was severely injured by the boss and then disbanded. The reformed Independent Gold Society still deals in human trafficking, or it’s more like buying rather than selling. All the people they bought are now in its belly."

Whoa~

The hall was in an uproar, someone shouted: "That leader is really evil."

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Ate some things I shouldn’t have yesterday, woke up with a killer headache, and spent the whole day in bed with no energy. Sorry for the late update – ouch...