[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in":3,"chapter-the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-59":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},358227,620,"Chapter 59 - 59, Discussing Conditions_l","the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-59",59,"\u003Cp>Chapter 59:, Discussing Conditions_l\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s body tensed, she grabbed the kitchen knife from the table, brandishing it in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was filled with terror as she stared at the semi-transparent ghost floating mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other than the standing skeleton, how did a ghost appear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it appeared directly in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aunty, you don’t have to be nervous, Xiao Xiao won’t hurt you.” Xiao Xiao broke the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My name is Xiao Xiao, my family owns the Fuheng Silver Store.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Xiao? Fuheng Silver Store?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you want from me?” the woman continued questioning, carefully inching towards the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Xiao floated around the room, and continued, “Uncle asked me to talk to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your uncle? What does he want to talk about?” the woman kept asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation in front her was weird, but the ghost didn’t seem to want to harm her immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It is about the man you mentioned, the one with the skeletons.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was true, someone was controlling the skeleton troupe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is your uncle a superpowered man?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is a superpowered man? I don’t know. He is King Yama.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Yama?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now a King Yama surfaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does he want me to talk about?” the woman had backed up to the door, standing there as she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, let me think.” Xiao Xiao flew a small circle in the room, then continued, “Uncle said, he wants you to follow him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow him? What does he mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just be like Xiao Xiao, follow Uncle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would want to be like you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You obviously are not human anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other than the ghost, there is also the skeletons. If I followed this King Yama, would I still be alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>zzzz~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the woman was about to speak, her walkie-talkie in her pocket beeped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Hong, we have a problem, the skeletons are coming, they’re getting closer to us. Let’s go now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman carefully glanced at the ghost in mid-air, then took out her walkie- talkie and said, “Gather your stuff, prepare to retreat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the woman finished speaking, she looked back to the ghost girl in mid-air, asking, “What if we don’t want to follow him? What will happen?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Xiao thought for a while, “Uncle didn’t say any specifics, I think he might have to kill you all. He killed my grandpa, and my dad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing these words, the woman’s body shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This indeed is the real Yama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to consider this, we’ll get back to you soon,” continued the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll go back and tell Uncle first,” Xiao Xiao finished speaking, then went straight through the wall and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman stood in place for a few seconds, seeing there were no special circumstances, she opened the door and ran out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the rooftop, she crouched beside the man who was on guard duty and looked into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, there was a sea of shiny skeletons wielding various weapons, strolling down the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attacking zombies were chopped down like melons and then became a part of the skeleton batch, standing up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like an army of undead marching through, eerie and ominous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, they must have followed us back, these damn ghost things,” the lookout man cursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman, however, remained solemn, not saying much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle of the skeleton troupe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Xiao flew back from a distance, and reported the conversation with the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he heard that the leader on the other side was a woman, he was somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that women were inferior to men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in such circumstances, men with physical advantages were more likely to be in control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even just for a small group of survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quite surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening to the conversation between Xiao Xiao and the woman, Wu Heng decided to check it out himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Xiao Xiao inside his body, everything in the garage workshop appeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The makeshift messy room, dimly lit bulb, walkie-talkie on the table, and not a lot of food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they assigned someone to go out and search for supplies, resources would be scarce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the half bag of rice in the corner was all of their stored food, they wouldn’t be able to hold out for many days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought before about them having electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear in their hands needed to be drilled and polished, which would be hard to accomplish without electrical devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must have a diesel or gasoline generator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Releasing Xiao Xiao, he said, “Xiao Xiao, take Little Grey with you, ask them for a walkie-talkie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, alright!” Xiao Xiao called out to the back, “Little Grey!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four dogs and a cat rushed over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow me over,” Xiao Xiao was the first to fly forward, with the five animal skeletons trailing behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atop the garage roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yahong, went over the incident in the room again with the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they heard that the controller of the skeleton troop dubbed themselves Yama, and had killed the little ghost’s grandfather and father, everyone looked a few shades paler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fear was stronger than facing zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it didn’t matter if the other person was a superpowered man or anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered was that they caught his attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People whispered plans among themselves, when suddenly someone cried out, “The skeletons are charging over here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them looked up, staring ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few animal skeletons were seen running our way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, Damn, skeletons are rushing here, we have to run now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What should we do, we probably can’t fight them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we start now, we have a chance to break out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yahong bandaged her injured shoulder and continued, “Let’s go, leave everything else, we’ll get out from the roof.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.” A few people said, ready to leave with their essentials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Li Yahong was about to leave,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A little girl appeared out of the floorboard below, “Auntie, there you are. My uncle wants you to give him a walkie-talkie. He’ll speak to you himself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A walkie-talkie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yahong’s step suddenly stalled as if glued to the ground, she held her walking posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spoke to someone behind her, “Hand me a walkie-talkie.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them unhooked a walkie-talkie and handed it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yahong placed the walkie-talkie on the table, “Can you take it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Grey!” Xiao Xiao called to the floor below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A skeleton cat instantaneously jumped up onto the roof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeleton cat seized the walkie-talkie in its mouth and bounded away, disappearing in a cloud of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the team trailing the group,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng held the walkie-talkie, pressing the communication key, “Can you hear me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the minor static,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman’s voice came through, “Yes, what’s the matter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng spoke directly: “I can provide you a safe environment to live in, in return, you will need to work for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other side did not respond immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some time, there was static again, and the woman’s voice came back on, “Thanks for your kindness, we won’t be staying here for long, we’ll probably be leaving soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng glanced at the building in the distance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rejecting his offer of protection under these circumstances, it seemed they had already planned their destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are you planning to go?” Wu Heng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To a settlement of our kind, humans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your kind, humans?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng frowned. Something about that didn’t seem right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Wu Heng could continue asking, the voice on the other end spoke first, “We mean no harm, we hope to maintain a peaceful relationship with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng didn’t respond, thinking to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His original development plan didn’t involve human survivors, but having them join could cover some areas that the skeletons couldn’t handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, managing generators, cutting, and welding projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither he nor the skeletons could handle these tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from what it seems, the other party has no intention of working for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are only two ways to deal with this now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One, is to capture them and have them work for him as captives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other is to try and cooperate with them, and reach a mutual agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To have them fulfill his requirements in exchange for something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first option is the most efficient and straightforward, but it could leave many loose ends. For example, the survivors might see themselves as being exploited, and constantly plot mutiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he did it this way, he would be crossing some boundaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it’s the end of the world, he didn’t have to resort to harming others to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second option is to have them work for him in exchange for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It isn’t very different from the first, other than offering some benefits which make them feel like they’re worker’s wages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, there isn’t much of a difference between the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After quickly considering all the options, Wu Heng continued: “Since you have your plans, I won’t insist. Before you depart, we could initiate some trades that could provide you with more resources.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Phew-!” A sigh of relief came from the walkie-talkie, then the woman asked, “What kind of trade?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll exchange food for iron spears, the type you’re using.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How’s the exchange?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“100 of them for a bag of grain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s too much, this isn’t fair to us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng continued: “In this environment, food holds higher value in human settlements. Even when you reach a human settlement, food still remains the most valuable currency.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Wu Heng’s speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing that would drive survivors out scavenging would be a shortage of food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s too many, and we don’t have enough materials to produce that many spears,” the woman replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng said, “100 iron spears, you have a generator, you wouldn’t be crafting them by hand, it won’t be that hard. I’ll provide you with the pipes and materials.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another pause on the other end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, she didn’t sound as determined, “One hundred spears – for a bag of rice, five half-kilo bags of sugar, and some antibiotic medication.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Heng thought for a moment, there was no need for negotiation, he was not short of these.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t even anywhere to store it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, their choice between the second or first option didn’t make much difference. They would make iron spears in exchange for his food and materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference was in the approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, if the workmanship is good, I’ll give you five cans of meat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That can work, but we only have enough materials to make about 20 spears. We still need steel pipes and electrodes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will provide those to you in the next few days, you can start with the materials you have.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they hung up, Wu Heng took another look at the auto repair shop in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading his team, they retraced their steps back to the water supply station, scavenging through the nearby shops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, bringing back the dead bodies and scavenged items, they returned to their living quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after the skeleton army had retreated did the people on the roof of the auto repair shop finally breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slight breeze swept through, everyone shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did they realize their clothes were soaked with sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister Hong, are we really cooperating with skeletons?” a younger member asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you have a better solution? Plus, what he said makes sense, food is precious. Taking more food to the settlement will benefit us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yahong clapped her hands and continued, “Alright, fire up the generator, let’s start making the iron spears.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1965,"2026-05-30T04:42:17.487Z","2026-06-01T04:30:19.980Z",1,"novelbin.me","5b9dd5680542efc09a560e90edb7b986b2e4541aa6d6c0ef3cb572c3e4236288","the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-60","the-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-chapter-58",1714,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-necromancer-is-amassing-troops-like-crazy-in-cover.jpg"]