Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1579: Earth's own spokesperson

This guy’s body could be big or small. Ye Zhongming pressed his hand on its body—it was very elastic, cool to the touch, and the skin was soft.

“Woo?”

Now, the size of a car, the hellish creature hid an eye on the upper half of its body and looked at Ye Zhongming, full of confusion.

As if asking, why touch me?

Ye Zhongming circled around it, then pinched its tentacle, also soft. Under the tentacle were dense strips of flesh, likely capable of piercing the ground when needed to anchor itself in place.

Without any treatment, Ye Zhongming only found a shallow wound on the lower half of the spherical creature’s body, probably caused by the two ice blocks thrown by the Human Bear King earlier.

But other than that, he couldn’t see anything else.

“Woo?”

The spherical creature made another simple sound.

“Can you understand me?” Ye Zhongming spoke first, but seeing the blank look on the sphere’s face, he felt helpless. Could they only communicate mentally? Since it wasn’t his battle beast, they could only exchange simple commands, nothing too complex.

This made it impossible for him to figure out why the sphere could remain in this plane instead of returning to hell behind the door opened by the bloodline.

It seemed this would remain an unsolved mystery.

Ye Zhongming also wondered—would any creatures still be summoned when he used the Hell Envoy bloodline in the future?

He needed to take this guy to Sister Hong for research. If they discovered the reason for its strong defense, it might bring another leap in strength for Cloud Peak.

The battle was over, and tonight the icy plains seemed unusually quiet.

Everyone rested well through the night and set off north again the next day.

As Cloud Peak moved forward under the dim morning light, a secret base of Five Ring Money was in chaos.

Director Tong and Director Ouyang sat in a room, frowning as they waited for results.

About ten minutes later, someone rushed in, sweating profusely.

“Two directors, the results are confirmed.”

Hearing this, the two directors instinctively straightened their backs.

“Life signals for the Snow Wolf King, ranked sixth, and the Human Bear King, ranked tenth, have disappeared within a short time frame—no more than half an hour apart.”

Director Tong glanced at Director Ouyang beside him, then asked, “Can the location be confirmed?”

The man shook his head. “These life signals were emitted by that machine, which only covers half of the country. The north was never a key monitoring area for us, so the range doesn’t extend there. We can only scan that area during scheduled adjustment periods. At the time, both level-nine creatures were still alive and near Black Dragon City.”

Director Tong’s eyes flashed—Black Dragon City?

That name was previously unknown, but recently Five Ring Money’s intelligence department had taken an interest because the city had a purple-grade defensive item and rumors of something highly valuable inside—something even level-nine creatures coveted.

For Five Ring Money, both items were extremely valuable. Acquiring them could multiply their resale value several times over.

“During the last scan, they were both in Black Dragon City, alive?” Director Ouyang asked. After receiving confirmation, he and Director Tong shared a thought.

Did they die outside the border?

For the freezing far north, Five Rings Money had no interest beyond the dubious Witch Palace.

“Sigh, looks like we’ll have to update the Mutated Lifeform Rankings again,” Director Ouyang said, shaking his head.

He and Director Tong instructed the intelligence officer to investigate Black Dragon City, preferably determining the cause of death to provide an explanation to the nation’s evolved.

After discussing a few more matters, the two walked out together.

The deaths of level-nine creatures were gradually becoming less significant. Only two died at once this time, which was why the directors paid attention.

They were more interested in what could kill two level-nine creatures in such a short time.

After leaving the area, they saw Deacon Water waiting. The two directors smiled and greeted her warmly.

Though Deacon Water had branched out independently, she maintained close ties with Five Ring Money. In a way, she still worked for them—just freely, under a partnership.

“What brings you here? Aren’t you busy opening trade routes and training teams after partnering with Cloud Peak?” Director Tong asked with a hint of fondness.

Deacon Water sighed. “I thought I was ambitious, but Cloud Peak’s leader is even more so. For some reason, he went to the freezing Black Dragon City, partnered with the locals, bought a street, and plans to replicate the Puxing Town trading market model there. As a partner, I also bought a shop there.”

“Black Dragon City?!”

Directors Tong and Ouyang exclaimed almost simultaneously.

Deacon Water was puzzled but nodded. “Yes, I even took the teleportation array to visit, picked a shop myself, and it’s being renovated. It should open in a month.”

The two directors exchanged glances, both visibly shaken.

Ye Zhongming went to Black Dragon City, and soon after, two level-nine creatures nearby disappeared. No one would believe this was a coincidence.

If true, it meant Cloud Peak could now kill level-nine creatures without mobilizing large forces, relying solely on their high-tier combatants.

That was terrifying!

If not for Deacon Water—their ally—bringing this news, Five Ring Money might not have learned for a while that Cloud Peak had quietly achieved something so significant.

“We’ve repeatedly overestimated their strength, but it seems we still underestimated them.”

Director Ouyang sighed, and Director Tong agreed.

Cloud Peak’s current strength was truly frightening.

“Perhaps we should adjust our strategy,” Director Ouyang suddenly mused.

Director Tong’s eyes widened. “You don’t mean…”

Director Ouyang nodded. “Exactly. Since Ye Zhongming has grown this powerful, helping him meet the conditions sooner could temporarily curb Cloud Peak’s expansion, balancing the major factions, and truly give Earth its own spokesperson.”

As he spoke, Director Ouyang’s eyes narrowed.