Chapter 95: Meeting

Yingzhou followed Ye Cheng's reconnaissance team and encountered an Orc Patrol Squad on the road; the group hid in the shadows of the ruins, watching the Orc Patrol Squad depart.

"Are there many Orcs in this area?" Yingzhou asked Ye Cheng in confusion.

"Yes. When we retreated to this area, the Orcs had already begun a massacre here. At the time, our Spiritual Power was exhausted, and our equipment and ammunition were nearly spent, so we couldn't save those civilians being slaughtered by the Orcs," Ye Cheng said with a gloomy expression and a low tone.

"Then why are you still lingering here?" Yingzhou asked, looking in the direction where the Orc Patrol Squad had disappeared.

"Although our Spiritual Power was exhausted at the time, every time we recover some, we try our best to save a few civilians. So far, we have saved nearly 100 people. It's just that food has now become our most severe problem. Alright, the direction that Orc Patrol Squad went is one of their camps. Let's retreat to the Guerrilla gathering place first," Ye Cheng said, stepping out from the ruins to his team members and Yingzhou.

Soon, Ye Cheng led his team members and Yingzhou back to the Guerrilla gathering place.

Yingzhou's tall and sturdy body was very conspicuous in the reconnaissance team; the survivors and soldiers at the gathering place all cast their gazes toward Yingzhou and began to whisper.

"Ye Cheng, where did you find such a strong brother?" a Guerrilla soldier said to Ye Cheng.

"A... survivor I met while scouting the movements of the Beast Race." Ye Cheng only then remembered he hadn't asked for Yingzhou's identity, so he had to refer to him as a survivor for now.

At this moment, Hu Jie and Ye Peng walked out and caught sight of Yingzhou, who was a head taller than the crowd, at a single glance.

"Holy shit, is this a height a normal person can have?" Hu Jie couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

Although Ye Peng didn't say anything, the expression on his face was already frozen; this was too outrageous, right? He had originally thought those Catachan muscle men were already tall enough, but he hadn't expected that, after only a few days, another muscle man this tall would appear?

"Ye Peng, damn it, is it as outrageous as those survivors said? Let me take a look..." The hat-wearing Catachan muscle man walked out, and seeing Ye Peng standing there in a daze, he slapped Ye Cheng on the shoulder.

But immediately after, his gaze followed Ye Peng's line of sight and saw Yingzhou, and the words in his mouth came to an abrupt halt.

Ye Peng noticed the change in the muscle man beside him, turned his head, and saw the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man looking at the tall and sturdy man with a look of shock, his body even trembling slightly.

"Uh, I know the guy over there is very tall and very strong, but you don't have to be this shocked, right?" Ye Peng asked the Catachan muscle man in confusion.

After the other six Catachan muscle men came out, their expressions were identical.

At this moment, the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man said in a somewhat stuttering tone, "Em... Emperor!"

Yingzhou was already used to being watched by everyone; a middle-aged man squeezed out of the crowd, his eyes full of surprise, "Kid! Not bad! How did you grow so tall?"

Ye Cheng explained, "This is our Guerrilla Captain—Hubiao. Captain, this is Yingzhou, a survivor we met outside."

Yingzhou smiled at Hubiao in a friendly manner, and following Hubiao's gaze, Yingzhou saw a few familiar figures.

The seven Catachan muscle men were looking at him in shock; the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man saw Yingzhou looking at them, immediately brought his subordinates to walk quickly in front of Yingzhou, and saluted, saying:

"Emperor, why have you appeared here? Is there some important Task you wish to entrust to us?"

Ye Peng watched as this group of muscle men, who were usually carefree and spoke in a rough manner, became so serious at this moment, and furthermore, they called this tall and sturdy young man Emperor?

Ye Peng felt a bit bewildered. These muscle men always praised the Emperor from time to time—was it this kid right in front of him?

Yingzhou nodded slightly and said, "I have come to understand the intelligence you have collected recently, and by the way, I am preparing to raid the Orc troops planning to attack the Inner City tonight."

Yingzhou's words made the surrounding survivors feel as if something was wrong with their ears.

What? Raid the Orc troops? And the Orc troops preparing to attack the Inner City? This was too crazy, right?

Ye Cheng and Hubiao, standing beside Yingzhou, were also stunned after hearing these words.

Especially Ye Cheng—had he brought back some self-righteous guy?

Hubiao watched as, after Yingzhou said these words, a trace of excitement flashed in the eyes of these muscle men.

Excitement? Were these guys all lunatics?

"Yes! We have long since followed your orders to disperse our manpower to begin scouting those Orc troops, as well as helping these survivors in the Outer City to survive," the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man said with a somewhat excited tone.

"Do you have a more private space here? I would like to understand the intelligence from them," Yingzhou said to Hu Jie with a smile.

"Uh, okay."

Hubiao hadn't originally intended to agree, but his instincts reacted first, and he agreed directly.

Yingzhou and the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man entered the place where Hubiao and Ye Peng had just been talking.

The other six Catachan muscle men stood guard outside, blocking the survivors in the gathering place, including Ye Peng and the others from the Giant Cedar District, from entering.

Hubiao looked at Ye Peng and said, "Aren't these muscle men soldiers from your Giant Cedar District?"

Ye Peng shrugged, "I never said that. They are just here to help us; they are not soldiers of our Giant Cedar District. They say they are loyal to the Emperor."

"You mean that tall, sturdy young man from just now?" Hubiao looked at Ye Peng in confusion.

"How would I know? I haven't seen what their Emperor looks like either," Ye Peng said to Hubiao in a low voice, "Also, you had better not express any disrespect toward the Emperor in front of them, otherwise, the consequences will be quite miserable."

Hubiao looked at the six muscle men standing at the ready, prepared to enter a combat state at any moment, swallowed his saliva, and nodded slowly, "Uh, thanks for the reminder."

Inside the building, Yingzhou listened as the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man recounted the intelligence they had gathered over the past few days and how they had followed his requirements not to interfere too much in the internal management of the survivors.

"Hmm, you have done well. Go back and tell the other warriors that we can begin the second phase—give these Alien Race a profound lesson!" Yingzhou said to the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man.

"Yes, I obey your will!" the hat-wearing Catachan muscle man said, saluting.

Yingzhou walked out of the dilapidated building and said to Hubiao, "How many survivors do you have here?"

After receiving Ye Peng's reminder, Hubiao did not expect this man called the Emperor to ask him a question, and he answered somewhat stutteringly, "About less than 200 people."