Chapter 317: Cloth River Dungeon

Chapter 317: Cloth River Dungeon

“Boss Ye, why don’t you let us follow you?”

Tong Hu Battle Squad made up their mind to join Ye Zhongming. They were the strongest, and Ye Zhongming had plans to turn them into his speakers in Ying City. But the leader rejected him and said that his wife, Little Li, and he weren’t cunning. They were more willing to fight for him than butt heads.

Tong Hu didn’t say the real reason, which was that... Cloud Peak was too expensive for them to go to, and they couldn’t afford it. Being able to head over now would help complete a wish of theirs.

After half a month, Ye Zhongming knew most about Tong Hu. Although his wife, Little Li, looked big, she was stronger than Tong Hu. She was a direct person who held nothing back. She easily won Ye Zhongming’s trust.

“No, you guys clean up in Ying City; head back after half a month.” Ye Zhongming smiled. This caused the short guy to think about whether or not Boss Ye wanted to abandon his group and him.

Pa!

Little Li smacked his head and scolded him for being stupid.

“No one thinks that you are mute if you don’t talk. Boss Ye has beautiful people accompanying him, like Sha Sha and Xing Mei; why do you want to tag along?”

Ye Zhongming rolled his eyes. These two were interesting.

Tong Hu squinted his eyes at Ye Zhongming and said he understood what guys liked through his eyes. His wife saw that and smacked him again.

Ye Zhongming touched his nose and kicked the two of them out.

“The road back won’t be too peaceful.” Sha Sha appeared. Although she didn’t get an evolution potion, her equipment had changed. Apart from Moon Edge, she got a white belt. Her other gear was grey, so her combat strength doubled from before.

“You don’t have to. They are just afraid and not fools. They all understand.”

Little Li dragged Tong Hu’s ear and walked far. Sha Sha was envious of them.

Four months had passed since the apocalypse started, but people seemed to forget what love and relationships were. They only knew how to evolve and get stronger.

This was humans adapting. But from another angle, it showed the bad side of humanity.

Some people couldn’t even find food, so why talk about love? That was so foolish. Tough and dangerous environments would change how humans live but didn’t change how humans felt emotions. This was the difference between humans and those mutated monsters.

No matter the time, humans had to insist and persist on some things.

She might not be able to do so, but she envied those who did.

Tong Hu and Little Li. People might tease and laugh at them during peacetime for their looks, but they stayed together in the apocalypse. That made many people feel the power, the light of humanity.

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This power and light was the reason why humans were humans.

“I know they are using such a method to show their determination to follow me.” Ye Zhongming nodded, “They are good people.”

Good people was a phrase often used to scold others during the apocalypse, but they weren’t scolding them now.

“Do I need to gather the others to send you back?” Sha Sha smiled, “I am not a good person; I need payment.”

Ye Zhongming shook his head, “I am poor. I can’t pay you.”

“Liar, pervert.”

A guy that spun all the uses of the wheel being poor? What a liar!

“You should have a plan. If not, you wouldn’t have sent Young Master Yun away. I won’t say anything useless, you... Take care.” Sha Sha looked at him with a complicated expression. She then suddenly hugged the guy and left a kiss on his face.

“Don’t misunderstand; this is just a deposit. You got the blueprint, and I want to purchase it after you make the equipment first.”

She adjusted his collar, and after saying goodbye to the pervert, she left with her group.

He touched the place she kissed and shook his head. This woman was the same as the last life; she needed payment for everything she did.

He kept his smile and collected his gear. He set off alone.

Dangers were rising ahead, and they waited for their target to arrive.

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Cloth River was an inland river that fed hundreds of thousands of people on the two coasts. The east shore was known as the East River District, and the west was called the West River District. In the apocalypse, this place turned into a gory dungeon.

The difference with the Upper River Dungeon was that this Cloth River Dungeon was very exciting. Humans occupied most of this area. Humans gained the resources, mines, and herbs here.

But they had to pay a price to do so.

On the 35th day, the Glory Army sent troops to attack the dungeon. Two months passed, and they paid a huge price, but monsters still occupied a quarter of the territory. Cloth River Dungeon’s highest-level monster, Evil Lizard, had evolved to level five and became the lord of the dungeon. It guarded the dungeon and stood off against the Glory Army.

This stand-off lasted for close to two weeks. This valley was covered in broken limbs. Some were humans, and some belonged to the monsters. Both sides clashed, and their corpses mixed.

A thin and beautiful woman wore pink leather armor. She crossed her arms and looked at the battlefield.

“Did we find a path on the east? Can we pass through the poisonous gas field?”

“What about the east? Can we cross the purple-colored mountain? Is the Corrosive Winged Dragon still there?”

Questions caused her subordinates to sweat. They lowered their heads as if they were at fault for their side battling with the monster army ahead.

“Do you know how many of us died? The battle hasn’t even ended, and over 30 people are dead! We nurtured them with all our resources. The first division has taken down the dungeon they were in charge of, but we are still wasting our resources. Do you want us to drop out of the top ten during the next evaluation? With the current situation, how can I answer Little Nine? How can I answer to the commander?!”

Women were scary when they got angry, and all her subordinates were terrified.

“Sister Red! Little Nine is back!”

This person they called Sister Red was delighted. She scoffed coldly, “Look at all of you, okay, stop crying. I know you tried your best. Let’s think of a way. I will go meet Little Nine.”

The small leaders of the Glory Army then heaved a sigh of relief. Little Nine came back at the right time.

But Sister Red was in a good mood not only because of Little Nine. White Robe was back, too. She was about to see her guy, so she was happy.

Red Hair brought her group out of the camp and saw Little Nine and the hundreds of soldiers with lowered heads and tattered clothing.

“This, what happened?” Red Hair was shocked. She glanced at the group, and her heart sank.

“Where is Old White?”

She walked before Little Nine and Jin Quan. She ignored Little Nine’s identity and asked.

Little Nine and Jin Quan glanced at each other and moved aside to reveal the space behind them.

Two Glory Army soldiers were carrying a stretcher. White Robe used his hands to cover his face, and tears flowed out from his fingertips when he heard his lover’s voice.

Seeing that her husband was still alive, she was delighted. She wanted to hug her guy, but she stopped. She saw the blanket covering his body was missing something.

She flipped it open, and a decomposing smell surged into her face.

She saw his empty lower body, and her body shook vigorously.

A moment later, a heart-wrenching scream passed through the skies above Cloth River Dungeon.