Apocalypse Gachapon

“They’re suicidal!”

That was many people’s first thought. The Concave Exit was nearly fifty meters high, with walls too smooth for climbing. Even evolved humans would be severely injured from such a fall without ropes. Yet these women merely tapped lightly against the wall mid-descent before landing gracefully—some even slammed directly into the ground in crouches, completely unharmed.

Ah Kai watched below in shock. At his evolution level, he could survive such a jump too—but if these women could as well, didn’t that mean…

Also, that leader’s red hair…

Also, this squad’s all-blue equipment, seemingly all seven-star evolved, entirely female…

Also, their leader’s surname was Ye…

Only three words filled Ah Kai’s mind now:

Female Guards, Cloud Peak, Ye Zhongming! “

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On Black Dragon City’s opposite side, the tension from the city center had heightened defenses here, too. Many faction elites had been ordered onto the walls as reinforcements, just in case.

Elder An and other leaders feared problems arising here as well.

The icy plains held far more mutated lifeforms than the city—they just weren’t concentrated.

Defending here were secondary leaders like Jiang Dabao, mostly seven-star evolved. Not many, but four or five were present.

With the support of the four dragon-head structures, they could handle emergencies.

One leader passed around cigarettes as the group smoked on the walls.

Such was the hierarchy among evolved—regardless of pre-apocalypse backgrounds, those with lower evolution levels now obeyed. While others patrolled the windy walls, the strongest smoked sheltered in watchtowers.

Their casual chat was interrupted by noise outside. Not daring to delay on such a day, they dropped their cigarettes and ran out.

They met messengers reporting a fast-approaching target.

Gathering at the wall’s edge, they saw a golden object streaking toward them—so fast it was nearly a blur.

“Prepare to fire once it’s in range!” the seven-star leaders immediately ordered. “Power up the dragon-heads! First level readiness!”

The speed alone marked this as an extremely powerful mutated lifeform.

But as Jiang Dabao’s group prepared, they suddenly sensed something. Looking up, they saw two shadows descending rapidly toward Black Dragon City.

“Airborne enemies! Prepare defenses!”

The seven-star leaders broke out in cold sweat—as the flying figures neared, they appeared to be… dragon-like creatures? One a fire dragon, the other… an undead dragonfish?

Two of the four dragon-head structures slowly tilted upward under control, targeting the sky.

“Make way for this dragon lord! I am Yangos, mightiest of Cloud Peak’s dragons—all of you, kneel!”

The deafening roar shook the city walls, stunning everyone.

They didn’t recognize this dragon, but they’d heard of it. Anyone who’d seen the national rankings knew of Cloud Peak’s Yangos.

The national ranked #3 battle beast!

“That’s a dog!”

Someone identified the golden blur now just hundreds of meters away—a gigantic dog!

“It’s Yellow Ball!”

“It really is Cloud Peak.”

The impending attack halted immediately. Black Dragon City’s residents weren’t fools—attacking these three battle beasts today meant facing Cloud Peak’s retaliation tomorrow. Could they withstand that? The answer was obvious.

Yangos roared again, pleased with the humans’ reaction. It led the charge over the walls into the city, the undead fish-dragon close behind. Yellow Ball wasn’t far either—treating the towering wall as flat ground, it leaped halfway up, scaled the rest in bursts, then jumped down the other side without a glance back.

Jiang Dabao and the others exchanged bewildered looks. They didn’t know why Cloud Peak’s famous battle beasts had come, but connecting this with the recent buzz around that Mr. Ye in the city… a realization dawned.

The nation’s #1 might have arrived in Black Dragon City.

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“You’re waiting for backup? So am I!”

As Ye Zhongming spoke, the frozen ground behind them suddenly split open. A gigantic, rabbit-eared earthworm emerged, its body like half a skyscraper, radiating immense pressure. Even facing a level nine lifeform, it didn’t retreat, snarling defiantly at the Snow Wolf King.

“Clumsy thing.”

The Snow Wolf King scoffed.

But it soon shut up—Yangos’s silhouette had appeared in the distant sky, flying unimpeded straight toward them.

“Oh? A level nine? Listen here, Little Ye—after we kill it, I want at least two hind legs!”

The wicked dragon was utterly arrogant now. Its master wasn’t running—that meant confidence in killing this big gray… no, big white wolf! So it had to perform well. Besides, even if they lost, Yangos could fly—this oversized wolf could chase till exhaustion and never catch it.

“And more.” Ye Zhongming smiled, pointing behind.

From just a few hundred meters away, a figure rose into view—an undead creature carrying a red-haired woman. The undead fish-dragon had arrived with its partner.

Just like that, Ye Zhongming’s side now had eight level eight lifeforms!