Translator: Ashish
Translation Checker: Silavin
While Yu Zi Yu was busy constructing the underground city, not far from the Misty Mountains, in a city nearby…
A girl dressed in a white military uniform, exuding a confident and spirited aura, was eagerly looking at the intersection.
“If everything went as planned, Senior Ling Er should be arriving soon,” biting her red lips, Yang Leng Ling could not help but murmur to herself.
Not long after, a black jeep caught Yang Leng Ling’s attention. From afar, when she saw a girl wearing a duckbill cap sitting in the passenger seat, Yang Leng Ling’s face lit up with joy, and she excitedly shouted, “Senior Ling Er!”
As she spoke, she even performed a standard military salute.
“En…” Ling Er nodded slightly and shot a glance at her, but she did not say anything in response.
Yang Leng Ling was just one of the girls who followed her.
There were four such girls in total.
[By the looks of it, that impromptu decision back then was right. At least, this chess piece played its expected role.] Thinking about it, Ling Er, who had already gotten off the jeep, turned around and cast a glance at the gray-white mist in the distance.
At this moment, Yang Leng Ling, who had noticed Ling Er’s gaze, took the initiative to speak up.
“Senior Ling Er, the fluctuations of Spiritual Energy in the Misty Mountains have calmed down for now.”
Speaking of this, Yang Leng Ling added with some unease, “However, the Misty Mountains are still a significant hidden danger. It was reported that not long ago, a High Level Mutant Beast attacked a city not far from here, causing numerous casualties.”
“Are these Mutant Beasts attacking cities now?” seemingly surprised, Ling Er turned around and asked.
“Yes.” Nodding, Yang Leng Ling further added with concern, “I’m a bit worried. If the Mutant Beasts from the Misty Mountains were to break out…”
Before Yang Leng Ling could finish, Ling Er waved her hand to interrupt her.
“Rest assured, the Spiritual Energy Monitoring Bureau hasn’t detected any significant Spiritual Energy fluctuations in the Misty Mountains. Even if those Low and Intermediate Level Mutant Beasts were to attack together, they wouldn’t be able to withstand the defenses we’ve deployed around the city.”
“That’s true.” Seeing Ling Er speak with such confidence, Yang Leng Ling felt a sense of relief.
[Maybe she is right. Without any High Level Mutant Beasts, those Low and Intermediate Level Mutant Beasts did not have the qualifications to worry Humans.]
And right at this moment, looking at Ling Er’s departing figure, Yang Leng Ling quickly chased after her and stated, as if she had thought of something, “Senior Ling Er, just half a day ago, the military organized a ten-men team to conduct a new round of exploration of the Misty Mountains.”
Ling Er’s footsteps momentarily paused, but she remained silent.
Instead, she adjusted her black duckbill cap, seemingly concealing some subtle expressions.
Then, she lifted her foot and continued walking.
“Do they really want to see the bloodshed?”
Muttering in her heart, fiery red flames seemed to flicker in between her bright red hair.
…
Meanwhile, deep underground in North Canyon…
Yu Zi Yu suddenly froze.
He looked up and saw a flash of red light coming from a rock wall in the underground plaza. Immediately after, a phantom-like figure in red emerged.
“You’ve returned in broad daylight,” Yu Zi Yu stated with a hint of surprise, curiously glancing at Qing Er.
“Just arrived at the city. I’m resting there for now,” Qing Er casually responded.
She further added, as if she had thought of something, “Master, there will probably be quite a few unexpected visitors coming later.”
“Unexpected visitors!?”
Nodding, Qing Er continued the explanation, “The military regularly sends a team to conduct inspections of the Yellow Zone. And now, a ten-men team is about to arrive.”
“Another team is coming!?” Yu Zi Yu’s movements stopped, he could not help but murmur.
The military was never a word to be ignored, not in the past and even more so now.
At this point, Qing Er added, “Master, the current military is different from before. Since the resurgence of Special Superhuman, China has already started to form the Special Superhuman Forces (SSF).
“And now, the SSF has already expanded to hundreds of thousands, distributed among the various units. In other words, every reconnaissance team now has one or two Superhumans more or less.”
…
Listening to Qing Er’s account, Yu Zi Yu could not help but shake his head.
The Human Race, or rather, China, proved to be incredibly efficient in this regard.
It had not been long since the resurgence of Spiritual Energy, yet they had already established a Special Superhuman Forces of hundreds of thousands. Moreover, they dispersed the SSF among various units for training.
However, Yu Zi Yu believed that such a Human country was probably the only one of its kind.
While it was true that the population of Superhumans would continue to increase with the continuous resurgence of Spiritual Energy, there would not be another country capable of establishing a unit of Superhumans as vast as China’s, with several hundred thousand members.
It was worth mentioning that the population of China had already exceeded 2 billion.
With such a large population base, this nation possessed limitless possibilities.
Sighing in his heart, Yu Zi Yu no longer felt nervous.
He already had complete control over the Misty Mountains. By sending a team, it was no different than sending them to the Tiger’s den. Their life and death were in his hands.
Moreover, what was even more crucial was that with the Mist Beasts deceiving their eyes and ears, Yu Zi Yu seemed to have nothing to fear anymore.
With this in mind, a cold smile curled up on Yu Zi Yu’s lips.
He hoped that the visitors would be nothing more than useless individuals, like ordinary humans who would simply circle around the outskirts and then leave.
Otherwise, if there were Superhumans among them with intuition similar to Qian Qin, capable of venturing deep into the Misty Mountains, then Yu Zi Yu’s hands would be forced and they would have to remain here eternally.
As Yu Zi Yu’s thoughts spun…
*Boom, boom, boom…* The ground started quaking fiercely.
If someone was looking from a distance, they would see a towering giant Willow Tree emerging within the heart of North Canyon.
The dense fog rolled back as if welcoming its arrival.
For a moment, the entire canyon was captivated by this sight.
“Divine Tree, Divine Tree…”
Excited shouts echoed one after another, while Qing Gang quickly ran over. “I thought you would never come out again. I was worried…”
[This guy…] Looking at the sturdy young man, Yu Zi Yu was slightly moved. Compared to Qian Qin and Leng Feng, Qing Gang was clearly more loyal to him. And his competence was not lacking either.
With these thoughts in mind, Yu Zi Yu could not help but wonder. [should I really trust this guy?]
Although for now, Yu Zi Yu only intended to let Qing Gang be in charge of the underground city. But the underground city was Yu Zi Yu’s true headquarters; it must never be known by outsiders.
The only one to lay his eyes on it would either be a comrade or… a dead person.
*Ha…* Yu Zi Yu heaved a soft sigh, finding it difficult to make a decision at that moment.
However, when it came to the construction of the city, only the Human Race, the most intelligent species, was capable of achieving it.
Yet, Humans were also the most unpredictable factor.