Chapter 230: Settling Scores
After completing the trade, Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui left the Era Store. As a rookie Era Sub-rchant, Era Universal rchandise didn’t have much to offer Zhang Mu at this stage. After the trade, he left directly from No. 29 with Yuan Rui.
Zhang Mu’s only thought now was to quickly return to Luo Yang City and see how to use Sharira as advised by No. 37. He had no other plans.
When they returned to camp, everyone, including the serious soldiers, welcod Zhang Mu with respectful looks.
Just now, Long Er issued orders from the camp that the leader of the mutated beasts and the zombie king in Jin Zhong City were defeated by their joint efforts, so they would set out again in a day to reclaim the city.
When the zombie horde lost control of the smart zombie, they scattered like sand in Jin Zhong City. The mutant beast group in the city were not originally united, but were forced together by the powerful old white fox. Without the guidance of the old white fox, the built-up resentnt burst out.
The fox clan, those red foxes, used to be dominant in the mutant beast group in Jin Zhong City. Now that they have lost their main support, they beco the target of the other oppressed groups.
Long Er stayed for a day to let the zombies and mutant beasts exhaust themselves in fighting each other. Her intuition told her that after a day, only the foolish zombies would be left in Jin Zhong City.
Even the first-rank zombies might not stay in Jin Zhong City. They were controlled by the king’s psychic power before, suppressing their primal instincts to feed. However, now they might leave when they sll intense blood, or even worse, engage in battles with each other for evolution.
In the previous war to take Jin Zhong City, humans suffered great losses, depleting nearly half of their strength. Long Er wanted to take advantage of the situation without using any soldiers to capture Jin Zhong City.
Feeling the tense atmosphere in the camp, Zhang Mu was approached by a soldier who had been waiting for him. The soldier said, “Mr. Zhang, the leader requests your presence in the main tent.”
Still haunted by the mory of Zhang Mu killing several people in the camp before, the young soldier spoke hesitantly.
Curious, Zhang Mu asked the young soldier, who was not much older than himself, “Who are you? Has our leader woken up? How is he feeling now?”
Sensing that Zhang Mu was not as cold-blooded as when he witnessed the killings, the soldier, who was the leader’s security guard, explained that the leader’s condition had improved. He ntioned a chest cavity issue that even a second-rank evolver would need ti to recover from.
Zhang Mu held Yuan Rui’s hand and waved to Long Qi’s security guard, saying, “It’s okay, I’ll co over in a bit.”
But the young security guard stubbornly stood in front of Zhang Mu and said, “Sorry, Mr. Zhang, my orders are to escort you the mont you appear.”
Seeing the young guard’s expression, Zhang Mu smiled and said, “What’s so urgent? Besides, if you rush , aren’t you afraid of angering ? You’ve seen my abilities.”
“Soldiers are duty-bound to obey orders! Please understand!”
The young soldier straightened his legs and saluted Zhang Mu properly, leaving him speechless.
Since there was no rush, Zhang Mu found the young soldier cute when he saw him like that and replied, “Alright, you’re impressive, let’s go et your leader.”
Hearing Zhang Mu’s words, the young soldier stepped aside, walked ahead of Zhang Mu, wiped the sweat from his hands discreetly with his sleeve, though Zhang Mu had intervened earlier for their sake, his actions had been so emotionless and unexpected, making it seem like dozens of lives were re ants in Zhang Mu’s eyes.
If Zhang Mu had heard this inner monologue, he would have felt unjust and frustrated. Not asking why, carrying out Long Er’s orders to act directly without speaking, he just followed orders. Taking any delays might lead to complications.
Not knowing why Long Qi’s team was in such a hurry to et him, Zhang Mu walked quickly following Long Qi’s security guard.
Zhang Mu lifted the thick curtain of the tent, and the security guard stood straight outside the tent, attentively watching the surroundings without any distraction, diligently carrying out his duty as a security guard.
“Zhang Mu, you’ve kept quite a big secret from .” As soon as Zhang Mu entered, he heard Long Qi’s hearty laughter.
Zhang Mu felt fine and replied naturally, “As long as I didn’t an any harm to you, it’s fine. Besides, you didn’t ask what my true abilities are, did you?”
As soon as Zhang Mu hinted at joking around, Long Qi’s tone beca serious, and he stared at Zhang Mu intensely, saying, “Don’t play gas with . When you entered Shan Xi City, were you planning to hide your identity and do sothing? But unexpectedly, your identity is exactly the kind of evolver I need, and you didn’t know you would et , soone who had a connection with you before the apocalypse, or rather, a destined bond.”
Suddenly, Long Qi’s serious tone softened a bit. “Actually, when you entered the camp, Long Er had already noticed your uniqueness and asked to keep an eye on you. But let bygones be bygones. And you also saved my life, as well as Long Er’s. Without you, Shan Xi City would have been chaotic, with tens of thousands of people displaced, the consequences unimaginable.”
After saying these words, Long Qi clasped his hands together, bowed deeply as a sign of respect to Zhang Mu.
“It’s okay. The cash I took from you before was important to . Without it, there might not be the Zhang Mu standing here today. Also, I did hide so things from you about my abilities and what I did when entering Shan Xi City. So, let’s call it even. Like a true man, let’s not owe each other anything!”
Long Qi, with bandages around his chest, walked over, patted Zhang Mu’s shoulder heavily, and smiled.
“A true ‘let’s not owe each other anything’!”
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