Apocalypse Gachapon

Cloud Peak’s core members first fell silent, then erupted together.

The significance of the Female Guard to Cloud Peak was no longer just that of a combat team. To some extent, they represented a spirit, a spirit belonging to Cloud Peak and also to the post-apocalyptic world.

At the same time, the Female Guard was also a symbol of Ye Zhongming. This significance wasn’t felt much before, but after the Cloud Peak King left, more and more people realized that as long as the Female Guard existed, Leader Ye would always be there. Even if he left, he would return.

It was strange. As Ye Zhongming’s women, Xia Lei, Chuyin, Miya, and others didn’t give people this feeling, but the Female Guard did.

Many people regarded the Female Guard as the symbol and core of Cloud Peak Mountain Villa. Yes, they regarded this small team without even a nine-star evolved being as the symbol and core of the country’s top force.

Not only did outsiders think so, but even Cloud Peak people subconsciously thought so.

This combat team of only a few hundred people just had an inexplicable magic to it.

If the equipment Ye Zhongming transmitted down were given to others, some might still have objections, but if it were given to the Female Guard, everyone would raise both hands in agreement.

What everyone discussed now wasn’t whether they should give it to them, but rather the Female Guard’s combat power after they received it.

“Before, everyone was very certain that the Female Guard could deal with two top-tier life forms. Had it been tested? Or was it speculation?”

Deacon Tong hadn’t been with Cloud Peak for very long. She always had doubts about such claims regarding the Female Guard.

In her view, top-tier life forms were in a class of their own; there was no such thing as killing above one’s level. Even if the Female Guard were all eight-star evolved beings and all in gold equipment, they couldn’t possibly kill top-tier life forms, let alone two.

“Sister Tong, you might have a slight misunderstanding about the Female Guard.” Liu Zhenghong, sitting right next to Deacon Tong, patted the shoulder of this former Five Ring Money boss and said, “Their equipment and level are one aspect, a very important aspect, but not all of it.”

Liu Zhenghong and Le Dayuan were already eight-star evolved beings, although not combat types, just to give them better physical fitness and energy. But at this level, they had a profound understanding of it. Being technically trained, she saw things deeply and accurately, so she understood the Female Guard’s strength very well.

“Those girls, each looking delicate, but when they fight, they really don’t fear death. Note: it’s truly not fearing death, not just a brave combat style or fighting to the death—these ‘seemingly’ fearless types. When they fight, they are as calm as robots. But if it can achieve the goal of killing the target, or under orders to achieve a certain objective, then they really can accomplish it without fearing death. This is a… habit.”

“A very terrifying habit.”

Who was Liu Zhenghong? The Human-creator Red from a previous life. Although in this life, she was taken under Ye Zhongming’s wing and no longer directly used living people to create those half-human, half-corpse monsters, the research she did couldn’t really be called merciful.

What she was most accustomed to facing was blood, limbs, flesh, and cells.

Such a person had long since become indifferent to death. For her to say something was terrifying; it must truly be terrifying.

“Also, Cloud Peak is big, and there are many warriors. Even with many weapons, equipment, jobs, bloodlines, skills, etc., it’s impossible to take care of everyone. Most people need to adapt to these. But the Female Guard is different. From the very beginning, they followed Little Ye’s plan. What weapons each person used, what jobs they learned, what bloodline and skills each person acquired, even what warbeasts each could raise later, were all meticulously planned by Ye Zhongming. Do you know what this means?”

Deacon Tong nodded, not paying too much attention to Liu Zhenghong’s somewhat impolite tone.

Although Sister Hong wasn’t a top-tier evolved being, nor a Cloud Peak leader, in the post-apocalyptic country and even globally, because of the emergence of magic crystal weapons, Le Dayuan was almost universally known; no one didn’t know this inventor of magic crystal weapons. For many high-level officials, Liu Zhenghong’s name was as famous as Le Dayuan’s, even more so. After all, what Le Dayuan made still needed humans to use, while what Liu Zhenghong produced could directly participate in combat.

Wasn’t this almost like the immortal art of scattering beans to create soldiers? So even though Deacon Tong was a nine-star evolved being, in terms of status, Liu Zhenghong was miles ahead of her. Xia Lei spoke to Deacon Tong politely; Deacon Tong didn’t mind. Liu Zhenghong spoke to her impolitely; she also didn’t mind.

This was the status of Liu Zhenghong and Le Dayuan, this couple, in the country and even the world.

Tailor-made weapons, equipment, jobs, bloodlines, skills, warbeasts—even though Commissioner Tong was once the wealthiest of the Five Ring Money giants, she had never done this, never even attempted it, because it was too troublesome and too costly. And once casualties, betrayal, etc., occurred, all this effort would be wasted.

Just from this point, Deacon Tong already almost believed the Red Guard could together defeat two top-tier life forms.

“The people in this room are either eight-star or nine-star. Besides you top-tier evolved beings, among the rest of us, let’s be honest, how many can pat their chests and confidently say they could defeat a Red Guard warrior one-on-one? Xia Lei could, Guangyao could, Tong Hu might be able to, Deacon Water probably could, but others, to be honest, might not necessarily win one-on-one. Even if they win, they’d have to pay a great price.”

Everyone accepted Sister Hong’s conclusion. What the Female Guard was like, those who had been in Cloud Peak for a long time knew very well.

“There’s another point that’s terrifying.” Liu Zhenghong said with a smile, “Each warrior in the Female Guard has at least two types of Team Book enhancements. Some, like Xiao Min and others, have four!”

Deacon Tong was completely shocked, as were the district managers from the Cannibal Chain and others.

Team enhancement books! These were rarer than profession upgrade scrolls. One book could elevate a team’s strength by one level, equivalent to everyone evolving one level.

“That is to say, besides receiving the enhancement from one large Team Book covering everyone, each member of the Female Guard is also enhanced by at least one small Team Book.”