I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1316 - 1311: Rules of Cloud Gorge Base

Chapter 1316: Chapter 1311: Rules of Cloud Gorge Base

In the conference room, when it was discovered that Su Sigui and her entourage, including Tang Ye, were heading towards the Ye family’s direction, a middle-aged man suddenly stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I might be in trouble, I’m heading back first."

No one responded to the middle-aged man, as everyone knew that he was the current leader of the Ye family, Ye Zhong. The only reason Su Sigui would go to the Ye family was because of none other than the Ye family’s elder, Ye Changgong!

Amongst the four major families, he was now the sole surviving elder of his generation, with two of the others from the other families not having undergone evolution, passing away as ordinary people, and another, Nangong Ming from the Nangong Family, was killed by Bai Huipeng, a former high-ranking member of the Peace Party, at Level 6.

Now, even Ye family’s leader Ye Zhong, his grandson, who was also the youngest of all his grandsons, was under Ye Changgong. Logically, with Ye Changgong’s high seniority, his word should carry substantial weight within the Ye family. However, in this apocalyptic world where strength is revered, Ye Changgong, stuck at Level 6, could only occasionally exert influence over his filial grandson Ye Zhong, who might listen to his teachings. But could a Level 8 New Human like Ye Zhong always be entirely subservient?

When the two superpowers joined forces to deal with the City of Bright Moon, the only one who helped her was Ye Changgong, who directly ignored the council and ordered Ye Zhong to muster all of the Ye family’s strength to aid Su Sigui. But how could Ye Zhong do such a thing? As a result, he ignored Ye Changgong’s raging screams, placed him under house arrest forcefully, forbade him from leaving, and had someone deliver meals daily.

What puzzled Ye Zhong and many others was that during the process of confining Ye Changgong, Ye Changgong kept calling himself muddled. That was something Ye Zhong and everyone else present at the time couldn’t understand. To risk offending the two superpowers for Su Sigui’s sake seemed utterly irrational.

Ye Changgong, tactful throughout his life, having survived bayonet fights with the enemy during World War II up until now, possessed courage and strategy far beyond ordinary people. In all of China, Ye Changgong could be considered a national treasure and was also the strongest foundation of the entire Ye family.

While people can get muddled, it seemed impossible for Ye Changgong to get confused at such a time. What situation could Ye Changgong not see clearly?

Why would he pay such a heavy price to aid Su Sigui? This was a mystery in everyone’s mind. If it were an ordinary person, they could freely laugh and call the other a fool, but it was Ye Changgong! Each decision he made had to be repeatedly pondered by people, considering his true intentions!

It is known that if Ye Zhong really played the role of the dutiful grandson and followed Ye Changgong’s words, the moment Su Sigui fell, that would be the moment the Ye family’s lineage would come to an end!

He couldn’t make sense of it before, but now, Ye Zhong seemed to have some idea why.

"Could it be that Grandfather foresaw Li Henian’s arrival and thus instructed me to do so?"

Although he thought this, Ye Zhong wasn’t the least bit certain, not even a bit! He felt it wasn’t that simple, as if there were a deeper layer of things, like a bottomless abyss beckoning people to peer into it, yet the darkness of the abyss hung over everyone’s heads!

He had already decided that if nothing unexpected happened to him today, he would have to get the real reason for his grandfather’s actions straight from Ye Changgong’s mouth!

Ye Zhong thus left the room, and in the conference room, no one spoke to ask if he needed help, not even the more than a dozen retainers of the Ye family, who pretended not to see anything. Faced with more than a hundred Level 8 powerhouses, if they were to follow Ye Zhong out to the Ye family, a fight could leave them literally spat to death by the opposition!

After Ye Zhong left, the conference room was once again enveloped in silence. Ye Zhong hurried down the stairs, waved his hand at the entrance on the first floor without saying a word, and with that gesture, he informed them to return to the Ye house. The next second, he vanished from the spot, showing off the instantaneous speed of a Level 8 New Human as he rapidly headed in the direction of the Ye family’s residence.

At this moment, Ye Zhong couldn’t care less about maintaining appearances. Taking a slow ride back to the Ye family’s home would not suffice. He had to deal with Li Henian and Su Sigui!

This was the sole thought in his heart!

As for Tang Ye’s side, he wasn’t in as much of a hurry as Ye Zhong. Their car was traveling at a steady pace. When encountering some soldiers on the street, instead of stopping them, they hurriedly stepped aside as if avoiding a plague at the sight of Su Sigui, making their journey quite smooth, with only a drone following them from the air as they moved.

In Cloud Gorge Base, many towering pillars could be seen reaching up high, and even before entering, these towering pillars were quite hard to ignore.

Cloud Gorge Base was divided into two levels. Upon Tang Ye’s inquiry, he also learned that these pillars were elevators leading to Sky City. There were a total of ten such pillars in Cloud Gorge Base. During their conversation, the vehicle stopped unknowingly, and they were now beside one of the pillars.

Su Sigui calmly got out of the car, and the others followed suit.

"We won’t need the car now; we’ll take the elevator up, and the Ye house is not far."

"Let’s go."

Tang Ye looked at the soldiers with their complex expressions and shook his head with amusement as he followed Su Sigui into the pillar without any obstacles.

The staff here were quick on their feet. Less than ten seconds after they all entered the elevator, it began to ascend rapidly toward Sky City. When the elevator door reopened, what reflected in Tang Ye’s eyes was a completely different city.

He touched his chin, asking Su Sigui curiously, "Hey, we don’t need an elevator for this height, right?"

From below, Tang Ye had also seen the "Sky City" up high; it was barely over two hundred meters. A Level 8 New Human could leap up there with a single jump.

Su Sigui shook her head and said, "You can indeed skip the elevator and reach here quicker, but no destruction is allowed in Cloud Gorge Base. It’s one of the rules here. If everyone did that, there’d be no ’Sky Continent,’ and those folks probably regret not foreseeing the extent of the new humans’ evolution when they first established Cloud Gorge Base. If they had known, there wouldn’t be a Sky Continent within Cloud Gorge Base."

"Heh, what if I demolished that building, what would happen?" Tang Ye said with a mischievous tone.

Su Sigui glanced at him and spread her hands, saying, "You might get surrounded by many Level 8 New Humans, but now, it’s unlikely anyone would want to trouble you." As she reached the end of her words, Su Sigui couldn’t help but look toward Ah Fu and the others. So many Level 8 New Humans and zombies going berserk could totally be a catastrophe for Cloud Gorge Base!