The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse
Chapter 1322 - 964_3

Chapter 1322: Chapter 964_3

After releasing the ghost, he took out his phone and dialed Li Yahong’s number.

After two rings, Li Yahong’s voice came through from the other side, carrying a tone of dissatisfaction, "Did you forget?"

"I remember, it’s the annual meeting today," Wu Heng said.

"I’ll arrange for someone to pick you up," Li Yahong said.

Wu Heng spoke into the phone while walking outside, "No need, I can go by myself."

"Then I’ll arrange for you to award the outstanding members later, a total of six people, I’ll give you the list then," Li Yahong instructed in a serious tone.

"Okay!" Wu Heng walked out of the building and headed to the garage.

He got into an off-road vehicle and said to the skeleton driver, "Head to the central mall."

The vehicle started and left the prison.

...

Upon arrival, the annual meeting had already begun.

Inside the banquet hall, crystal chandeliers reflected brilliant golden light, illuminating the entire space like a scene of splendor before the end of the world.

On a huge electronic screen behind the stage, the performances were broadcast live, and below, the faces of the base members were all joyful and relaxed.

Wu Heng walked through the crowd, and the sounds of chatter lowered with reverence in their eyes.

Li Yahong sat in the center of the front row, flanked by Qi Hancai, Gao Rong, and some unfamiliar faces, among them a few foreigners.

Seeing Wu Heng, his eyes lit up and he immediately waved.

"You’re finally here!" Li Yahong lowered his voice, gesturing to those beside him, "Let me introduce you, this is the total station representative - Vice Commander Qi, this is the representative from New Eden - Mr. Joel, this is... ."

He introduced six or seven people in succession, including representatives from the major bases of the Dawn Alliance and a few base representatives he had never heard of.

Wu Heng warmly shook hands with them.

These people were also very interested in Wu Heng, their eyes assessing him up and down.

After chatting for a while with several representatives, Li Yahong leaned in again, "The performance is almost over, you’ll be on stage to present awards to the base members."

Wu Heng said, "I also brought protection pendants, I plan to distribute them as rewards too."

Originally, he had purchased both Flame Rings and Protection Pendants.

But only six people were going on stage, so Wu Heng planned to distribute the ’Protection Pendants’. The Flame Rings were useless to the base people and could easily cause problems if given to them.

’Protection Pendants’ Li Yahong also had, she thought for a moment and said, "There are people from other bases present, will it cause any trouble?"

"It’s fine! It’s not a big issue," Wu Heng assured her to relax.

With his strength, just demonstrating some props wasn’t a big deal.

"Alright! Do you need a demonstration?" Li Yahong asked again.

"You can accompany me for the demonstration then."

"Okay," Li Yahong nodded.

Soon, the performance ended, and the host’s enthusiastic voice rang out:

"Next, please welcome Leader Wu Heng to present awards to members who have made outstanding contributions to the base this year!"

The spotlight suddenly focused, and Wu Heng walked up the stage slowly, the screen behind him magnifying his every subtle move.

The audience went silent, everyone looked up.

Many people were seeing Wu Heng for the first time.

The host continued, "Please come up when your name is called to receive your award."

"Yu Xuan, investigator at the military factory, improved equipment multiple times, boosting production efficiency by 40%."

A tall, thin man wearing glasses nervously walked up, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the corner of his clothes. Wu Heng reached out to shake his hand, exerting steady strength.

"Lin Yuwei awakened the purification superpower, purifying water resources for various bases, saving countless lives."

"Yang Lei of the vanguard team set an example, undertaking many dangerous missions... ."

Several people came up successively, Wu Heng shook hands with each of them, then awarded them certificates, then placed the pendants around each person’s neck like medals.

The host read out from the handed manuscript, "In addition to the base’s awards, Leader Wu Heng has also prepared a special gift for each person, a protective talisman that will keep the wearer safe in case of sudden danger."

After reading this, there was a brief silence below.

The host’s eyebrows furrowed, checking again to confirm they hadn’t read it incorrectly.

At that moment, Li Yahong came up, followed by a skeleton.

Placing the [Protection Pendant] around the skeleton’s neck, then brought out a strong crossbow and aimed to shoot.

The crossbow arrow flew through the air, and just as it was about to hit, a pale blue barrier spread out.

The crossbow arrow seemed to hit a wall, falling powerlessly to the ground.

A deathly silence followed below.

Then it suddenly erupted into excitement.

"This... isn’t this essentially having a superpower directly? A defensive superpower."

"No need to awaken, just wear it to use?"

"Where did the Leader get such a magical item!"

Discussions arose one after another, everyone’s eyes turning fervent.

In this apocalypse, superpowered individuals were already rare, and ordinary people hoping to gain power almost relied solely on luck to awaken.

But now, Wu Heng had brought out something that allowed ordinary people to use superpowers directly!

...

"Thanks to Vice Leader Li’s demonstration, we witnessed the magical effects of this necklace, please return to your seat," the host continued to control the scene, then invited Wu Heng to the center of the stage, "Please Leader, offer New Year blessings to everyone."

Wu Heng said a few encouraging words and blessings to the members below, then also walked off the stage.

Just after returning to his seat, several representatives from external bases immediately approached.

"Leader Wu Heng, is this something you’ve developed with new technology?"

"Could it be applied to tanks or some vehicles, serving as a shield?"

"It seems quite like spells in games!"

"Leader Wu Heng, is there an intention to sell this technology, or could we exchange technology?"