Chapter 183: Preparing for War

Zhang Mu, not wanting to be accurately guessed by the veiled woman with a cruel sense of humor, fell asleep with a blindfold. Today, without using second-rank strength to resist Long Qi’s mental pressure, he still felt a bit burdened.

Early the next morning, Zhang Mu received a notice from Long Qi’s security guard to gather outside the city in an hour. After entering the evolver team and being separated from the ordinary civilians, they would wait together for further instructions.

Just as Zhang Mu was about to ask for more details, the security guard hurriedly walked out, as if he had a lot of people to notify.

Why is this happening so suddenly? Notification in the morning, and gathering in just one hour?

Zhang Mu felt a bit puzzled, but still woke up Yuan Rui, called the mutated wolfhound and Obsidian Beetle resting outside, without taking any luggage, and headed out of the city.

Along the way, more and more people gathered towards the city gate, Zhang Mu was surprised, although most of them were civilians carrying various weapons and ordinary evolvers with only strength and agility enhancements, Zhang Mu keenly sensed some powerful auras in the crowd.

Compared to first-level evolvers, these strong awakeners in Shan Xi City’s huge population base were surprisingly numerous, showing the importance of the population.

In contrast, in Luo Yang City where the Era Store was stationed, the entire city’s population that survived was only a few thousand, demonstrating the huge benefits of having a ruler who could control the situation at the earliest possible time.

At the beginning of the apocalypse, Long Qi led his troops to save many survivors who should have died in the zombie horde, and gradually some of these survivors awakened evolutionary abilities.

Whether Wang Liang can integrate all the scattered forces in Luo Yang City under his command is one thing, but if he is asked to clean up Luo Yang City completely, Zhang Mu feels that unless something unexpected happens, Wang Liang won’t be able to do it at all. The situation is basically set now, those who can survive are barely holding on, and the unlucky ones have either turned into zombie members or become part of mutant beasts’ waste.

Because, in Luo Yang City, there is simply no second-level evolver who can control the overall situation.

Zhang Mu was part of Luo Yang City, but he didn’t favor Wang Liang too much. He wanted Wang Liang to prove himself. Zhang Mu had initially expected Wang Liang to reclaim Luo Yang City three months after the apocalypse. It was already good enough that he could do that. However, he was shocked by Long Qi’s skills now, which highlighted some gaps in comparison.

Whether it was ordinary people or stern-looking soldiers, they saw many warriors burning with a strong desire for battle in their eyes.

Zhang Mu hadn’t seen this kind of desire for a long time. In the future, almost all warriors had numb eyes when going to battle. They only ventured out of the city to survive. If they could ambush and kill some low-level mutant beasts for meat without being detected by high-level mutant beasts, they would have a more comfortable time.

Not only were the civilians confused, even the soldiers lived day by day with one meal to the next, making the most humble plea for survival.

In both Luo Yang City and Xi An City, the survivors had not yet freed themselves from the shadow of the apocalypse. They avoided being discovered by the zombie horde, feared that large mutant beasts would enter their refuge and see them as food. They lived in constant fear, devoid of the spirit of battle. Even Wang Liang’s people, the best that Zhang Mu had seen, could not muster such a strong battle spirit. After Zhang Mu arrived, they could only start to look forward to the future a little after having a meal.

Originally, due to insufficient resources, strict food distribution standards made it very difficult.

Now, the soldiers under Long Qi had perfectly integrated into every corner of the settlement, forcibly imposing a soldierly look on ordinary people. Combined with Long Qi’s strong personal abilities and unique charisma, this created the current situation as seen by Zhang Mu.

Until now, the battles fought by Long Qi’s troops had all been victories, big or small.

Although Zhang Mu was somewhat wary of Long Qi’s second-rank power, what he feared the most was not his personal abilities but the nearly ten thousand troops under his command filled with the desire for battle.

The city gate was wide open, Zhang Mu had already reached outside the city, looking at the vast procession, he couldn’t help but feel emotional.

Despite the bustling crowd, not a single person dared to make a sound. The discipline was truly impressive. If the death rate of modern armies during training could be like the soldiers led by Long Qi, who managed to lead them out during the difficult initial period of the end of the world, the results would indeed be very obvious.

Zhang Mu took Yuan Rui to another place with fewer people but strong presence. Here, the evolver team was quite conspicuous, as they possessed many unique abilities. Carrying exaggerated weapons or having energy attributes attached to them, their physique was also significantly different from ordinary people.

The look in the eyes of these people, compared to the ordinary group earlier, had a hint of arrogance, but they still showed great respect to the officers in front of them. It was also because of Long Qi, and the lessons learned from the previous rebels made them cautious.

After greeting Li Hu at the forefront, Zhang Mu quietly walked to the back of the group with Yuan Rui. The two of them strolled leisurely with their mutant beasts, drawing the attention of the crowd but soon being ignored.

The evolvers with awakened abilities respected Long Qi, showing their respect for a strong individual. As for people like Zhang Mu, who relied on mutant beasts, even though they were rare, they were not paid much attention. They began to chat quietly among themselves, creating a somewhat noisy atmosphere.

Zhang Mu gently used his psychic power to sense that there were nearly two thousand evolvers here.

With a ratio of evolvers to ordinary people being about one to five, Zhang Mu was astonished.

Can you believe it’s that high?

No wonder Long Qi had the confidence to reclaim Jin Zhong City, that’s his capital!

When Zhang Mu saw Gu Quan, he walked over to him, smiled, and greeted him, but the Jiang Shu seemed to be elusive, as Zhang Mu didn’t see his figure.

Most people had already gathered by the time Zhang Mu arrived. As time passed, scattered individuals continued to pour out from the city, while some hurried back from outside the city, likely informed before leaving the city.

“Everyone here?”

A clear voice echoed in everyone’s hearts.

Yes, not in their ears, but in their hearts.

It was Long Qi’s voice!

Zhang Mu squinted his eyes, looking at the figure on the city tower, and slowly spoke.

“Is it mental resonance?”

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