Chapter 756: The Thirteenfold Absolute-Sealing Formation

The Silent Council had not informed anyone beforehand about its plan to establish a Guard Team. Bringing it up suddenly during the meeting caught everyone completely off guard.

Everyone looked at one another, and each saw confusion and bewilderment in the other’s eyes.

Chen Ye tossed Chu Che a glance. Chu Che merely shrugged.

Clearly, Chu Che had not known that Hou Junji had been harboring this idea.

Chen Ye’s eyes narrowed thoughtfully. He was already considering turning down the position of captain of Guard Team One.

Once he became a captain, he would inevitably be plagued by trouble in the future.

And he would be the captain of the first team at that.

Given Chen Ye’s personality, he only wanted to be an ordinary person. If he really became a captain, there would certainly be no shortage of trouble waiting for him in the future.

Hou Junji stood up and placed the electric megaphone beside the bird’s beak on his shoulder.

“Everyone, for the sake of the Return to the City Plan, how many lives have we sacrificed? How much manpower, material, and resources have we invested?”

“If Xi City is lost, will any of you still have the chance to capture a second city?”

“The original purpose of the Silent Council establishing the Guard Team is to protect Xi City and safeguard the space in which we survive.”

No one spoke. Each person’s thoughts were racing, their eyes darting about as they whispered among themselves.

Everyone was wondering what the Silent Council meant by suddenly pulling this move.

Unlike them, suspicious by nature, Chen Ye looked at the people around him, who were whispering to one another, harboring their own motives, and constantly shifting their gazes. He had already formed some guesses.

Most likely, Hou Junji had been planning the establishment of the Guard Team for a long time.

The reason he had brought it up today at the general meeting of all the Superhumans was to catch everyone off guard.

If the news had been leaked beforehand, it might have caused all sorts of complications.

By bringing it up at the last moment, he would leave everyone without enough time to react. Even if some people had their own ideas, they would not have time to respond.

However, if Hou Junji thought he could accomplish this proposal so easily, then he had clearly oversimplified the matter.

At this moment, everyone was probably thinking that this was likely a scheme by the Silent Council, an attempt to use the establishment of the Guard Team to seize control of all Xi City for itself.

No one would agree. Nobody was a fool.

But given Hou Junji’s cunning and scheming nature, he would not handle matters so crudely. He probably still had more to say.

Chen Ye therefore suppressed his own thoughts and waited to see how the old fox Hou Junji would proceed.

The bird on Hou Junji’s shoulder continued speaking. “Everyone, do not overthink this. We of the Silent Council will not participate in the Guard Team’s affairs. The experts from each convoy will fill all the positions!”

When they heard Hou Junji say this, everyone let out a collective sigh of relief.

If the Silent Council did not interfere in the Guard Team’s affairs, everyone felt somewhat more at ease.

However, new suspicions soon surfaced in their hearts.

The Silent Council was handing over authority over the Guard Team. What did they intend to gain from this?

Could it be that the Silent Council wanted nothing at all? How was that possible?

If the Silent Council truly wanted to do something, then with their strength, not a single convoy present would be its opponent.

“Everyone has seen the Magic Formation formed by the thirteen pillars of light surrounding Xi City.”

“This Magic Formation was jointly established by City Lord Cha Wu and the Silent Council. It is called the Thirteenfold Absolute-Sealing Formation!”

“As long as we remain within this formation, our aura of the living will be completely isolated. No matter how powerful the Anomalies are, they will be unable to sense the aura of the living here.”

“When you previously purged the Anomalies in Xi City, you should have noticed this as well. No matter how much commotion we caused inside Xi City, the Anomalies outside the city never noticed us!”

“When you used to gather supplies in cities within the Uninhabited Forbidden Zones, any battle with an Anomaly would attract other Anomalies to come running.”

“But inside the Thirteenfold Absolute-Sealing Formation, that has never happened!”

“Therefore, these thirteen pillars of light are Xi City’s foundation.”

“If anything happens to the thirteen pillars of light and the aura of the living in Xi City leaks out, then Xi City will eventually become an Uninhabited Forbidden Zone once again, just like the other cities.”

Everyone fell silent, and their expressions became extremely grim.

They had only just captured Xi City. No one wanted to return to that nomadic life they had endured before.

As long as they could settle down in Xi City, humanity’s Spark would be preserved here before long. When that happened, everyone would benefit.

Humanity was, by nature, a communal species!

Hou Junji continued, “Of course, we of the Silent Council will not leave all these matters entirely to the various convoys. Our Silent Council will also establish its own Silent Guard Team and work together with all of you to protect Xi City!”

After hearing this, everyone instead felt reassured.

If the Silent Council completely handed the Guard Team over to the various convoys, that approach would certainly reassure the Superhumans of each convoy, but it would inevitably make everyone suspicious.

Joint rule by the Silent Council and the convoys was the normal arrangement.

“Everyone, after giving it some preliminary thought, I have decided to establish thirteen Guard Teams. These Guard Teams will be responsible for protecting the pillars of light. At the same time, they will also be responsible for maintaining public order throughout Xi City!”

“The captain of each Guard Team only needs to meet one of the following two conditions to take the position!”

“First, the captain must have a sequence rank of Sequence 4 or higher!”

“Second, if the captain is not Sequence 4, then he must at least be Sequence 3. For a Sequence 3 Superhuman to become a captain, he must obtain the approval of at least the majority of the people before taking the position!”

After hearing this, no one present was dissatisfied.

Sequence 4 Superhumans were few in number.

If every captain had to be a Sequence 4, there clearly would not be enough Sequence 4s.

Therefore, some captain positions had to be filled by Sequence 3s.

Chen Ye was already Sequence 4. As long as one was not blind or stupid, one could sense the aura of Sequence 4 from him with only a slight perception.

Although no one knew Chen Ye’s sequence name, his Sequence 4 aura was genuine. It was the kind of thing that could not be disguised, no matter how hard one tried.

Chen Ye had never intended to conceal his aura from beginning to end.

Sure enough, after Hou Junji said this, quite a few people in the crowd began to stir.

Some of them even looked eager to try.

“I know Chen Ye. There’s no problem with him becoming a captain as a Sequence 4, but why should he be the captain of Guard Team One? I refuse to accept that!”

Being the captain of Guard Team One meant ranking first among all the captains. It meant being the chief captain!

A heavily muscled man stood up and voiced his objection.

The aura emanating from this man also seemed to belong to a Sequence 4. He had apparently only arrived at the base two days ago.

As a result, he had not participated in the battle two days earlier!

Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, and a dangerous glint flickered within them.

Yet inwardly, he agreed with the man’s words. What kind of ridiculous captaincy was this? He had no desire to become one.

But not wanting the position was one thing. Opposing him was another!

Under Chen Ye’s dangerous gaze, the muscled brute suddenly felt his heart jerk.

A trace of fear seemed to rise within him. He actually found himself unable to meet Chen Ye’s eyes.

However, the muscled brute quickly seemed to become angered by his own embarrassment and glared back.

Chen Ye did not want to become captain, but that did not mean the others did not want him to become captain.

The Pink-haired Girl was already radiating a dangerous aura, like a sharp sword that could be drawn from its sheath at any moment. She stared fixedly at the muscled brute.

The muscled brute had already felt uncomfortable when Chen Ye glanced at him earlier, but now...

With Sun Xixi staring at him, the muscled brute felt as if a sword were pressed against his throat. It was as though the slightest movement would cause his head to be chopped off.

The muscled brute swallowed hard. For a moment, he did not even dare to speak.

At the same time, Jiang Rou was also staring at the muscled brute, her eyes filled with ill intent.

Although Jiang Rou did not know why she was taking Chen Ye’s side, she still made her position clear at that moment.

It was probably because, despite the grudge between her and Chen Ye, the two of them were still familiar with each other. When dealing with outsiders, Jiang Rou felt that she should stand on Chen Ye’s side.

The priority of external conflicts should always be higher than that of internal conflicts, right?

Wu Zehui also gave the muscled brute a playful glance, seemingly watching a show, but there was an extra trace of sharpness in his eyes.

All right, he had once shared life-and-death bonds with Chen Ye as well.

What the hell? I only said one sentence. Why are three Sequence 4s staring at me?

The muscled brute felt uneasy and grumbled inwardly.

He had already begun regretting stepping forward to make himself the target.

Hou Junji chuckled, and the bird on his shoulder continued speaking.

“Everyone, surely you should have been able to sense that battle earlier!”

“Even if you could not sense it yourselves, the pathfinder captains of your respective convoys should have been able to feel how powerful that thing was!”

“Did your captains not tell you?”