Chapter 84 – The Battle About to Begin!

Volume 2: Battlefield Between Two Worlds

"I'm in!"

Wen Yu replied with certainty.

There was no reason for Wen Yu to refuse something that was so clearly to his advantage.

"See, this is the Military's attitude toward powerful loners like you. Normally, we mind our own business, but when we need you, we issue high-reward missions. This kind of partnership is exactly what the Military wants!"

"You have to understand, for the High Command, it's always better to use words than force. There are too many unpredictable factors once you start fighting. If we truly enraged a super-powerhouse and they started picking off our soldiers every other day, wouldn't that be a massive headache for us?"

"As they say, harmony brings wealth!"

Jiang Wentao chuckled.

Wen Yu considered Jiang Wentao's words carefully. It did seem to make sense.

"Then what about those guys who establish their own Settlements out there and act like local kings?"

"Those are even easier to deal with. We provide weapons, equipment, and Magic Crystals to buy their population. Do you think they'd refuse?"

"You have to realize that to these local tyrants, Ordinary People might be a burden or a liability. But in the hands of the Military, it's a completely different story!"

"If a Settlement loses its people, is it still a Settlement? When a Settlement's population drops to a certain point, can their Boss still be called a faction leader? At most, he'd just be a combat team Captain. By then, if they want something they lack, the price they'll have to pay… well, just look at the loners."

Jiang Wentao looked at Wen Yu with a beaming smile, but his words made Wen Yu feel as if he were being introduced to a whole new world.

This was a world where people killed with their brains!

Using trade, wealth, and the greedy, self-serving nature of humanity to directly dismantle the foundation of a faction!

And all without shedding a single drop of blood.

"But what if there really is a faction that is incredibly powerful-so powerful that even the Military is wary of them?"

Wen Yu simply wanted to see the Military's true stance toward those who lived outside the system.

"That would be a good thing!"

Jiang Wentao said firmly, his expression becoming extremely serious.

"The Military deals in facts. The High Command has never believed that they could end this Apocalypse on their own, especially knowing that humanity's greatest enemy has yet to appear. The emergence of a powerful faction wouldn't just share the Military's burden; it would add another layer of insurance for human survival!"

"The Military-especially our current leader, Lin Haifeng-sees things from a different perspective than we do. Commander Lin considers these issues from the standpoint of all of humanity."

"I actually admire Commander Lin quite a bit. He always has one saying on his lips."

"'If the skin is gone, where can the hair attach itself?'"

"If all of humanity across the world dies out, who is he going to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Military Regions of Huaxia for?"

Wen Yu chewed on the phrase "If the skin is gone, where can the hair attach itself" for a moment before shaking his head.

Discussing the fate of all humanity was a topic too vast for Wen Yu. He just wanted to live well in the Apocalypse.

"By the way, are you really not going to consider joining the Military?"

Jiang Wentao tested the waters once more.

"If there's an opportunity in the future, I'll go take a look at the Military. For now, I'll pass," Wen Yu replied with a smile.

"Well, I expect it won't take more than a few days for the Military to retake Yanjing City. When you have the chance, you can come find me in Yanjing City-as a friend!"

Wen Yu nodded.

"By the way, how do you know all this? Aren't you just a regular grunt?"

Jiang Wentao gave a simple smile but didn't speak. Instead, Monkey, who was standing behind him, chimed in.

"The Captain is far more than just a grunt. He used to be part of our Country's most mysterious special forces. He's carried out missions involving infiltration, espionage, and the like. As a super soldier king who's more of a spy than actual spies, how could he not know these things?"

Wen Yu fell silent. He truly couldn't understand the world of the elite!

…

"Come on, let's get something to eat."

Seeing nearly a hundred Class Holders sitting idle for almost half a day, most could no longer ignore their hunger.

Back at the barracks, they had each had a simple bowl of broth, but when distributed equally, the amount of food each person received wasn't much at all!

Wen Yu pulled out the High-Protein Energy Bars he had just exchanged and handed them to Jiang Wentao and his three teammates.

"Right, how much ammo do you guys have left?" Wen Yu asked Jiang Wentao.

Monkey heard this and immediately showed Wen Yu the Spatial Ring on his finger.

"An E-Rank Spatial Ring, 3x3x3 meters. It's packed with ammunition and weapons. If we go full throttle, we could level this little place a hundred times over! Big Bear and the Captain are also carrying some of my ammo."

"Good, then I'm relieved."

Spatial Rings had solved the ammunition transport issue for the Military's heavy gunners, vastly increasing the combat potential of that Class.

From this perspective, it was clear that there were no useless Classes, only useless Class Holders!

Chewing on the flavorless Energy Bar that felt like rubber, Wen Yu watched William in the distance. The man was busy directing people to toss the corpses off the battlefield.

"Hey, Knight, not eating anything?" Wen Yu asked half-jokingly.

"I'm not quite hungry yet."

William gave Wen Yu a perfectly practiced smile.

"What about you?"

"I'm not eating that crap of yours."

As soon as Chu Ziling finished speaking, he pulled a piece of Jerky from his Spatial Ring and began chewing on it vigorously.

"Those two are quite interesting," Jiang Wentao remarked playfully.

Wen Yu rolled his eyes.

"Those two have holes in their heads! Absolutely!"

While the Class Holders present were either eating or moving corpses, two acquainted Class Holders stood at the point closest to the wall's edge.

The two Class Holders put their full strength into it, hurling the corpses in their hands far away.

The corpses traced a parabolic arc, falling freely from a height of five hundred meters. In the blink of an eye, they turned into tiny black dots in the men's vision!

By the time the corpses finally hit the ground outside the city, the two men had already turned away. Consequently, they failed to notice that as the bodies approached the ground, the air rippled like a stone hitting the surface of a pond!

As the ripples shimmered, the scene below blurred and revealed its true form!

Below, a dense, dark mass of eerie creatures was advancing rapidly toward the wall.

This was a massive area-of-effect illusion ability! It had shrouded the entire Demon Race army in an illusion for the sole purpose of a sneak attack!

The Demon Race's plan had succeeded, because even now, the Silver Moon Clan had yet to sound the alarm for an enemy attack!