Chapter 230: Settling Scores

After completing the trade, Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui left the Era Store. As a rookie Era Sub-merchant, Era Universal Merchandise didn’t have much to offer Zhang Mu at this stage. After the trade, he left directly from No. 29 with Yuan Rui.

Zhang Mu’s only thought now was to quickly return to Luo Yang City and see how to use Sharira as advised by No. 37. He had no other plans.

When they returned to camp, everyone, including the serious soldiers, welcomed Zhang Mu with respectful looks.

Just now, Long Er issued orders from the camp that the leader of the mutated beasts and the zombie king in Jin Zhong City were defeated by their joint efforts, so they would set out again in a day to reclaim the city.

When the zombie horde lost control of the smart zombie, they scattered like sand in Jin Zhong City. The mutant beast group in the city were not originally united, but were forced together by the powerful old white fox. Without the guidance of the old white fox, the built-up resentment burst out.

The fox clan, those red foxes, used to be dominant in the mutant beast group in Jin Zhong City. Now that they have lost their main support, they become the target of the other oppressed groups.

Long Er stayed for a day to let the zombies and mutant beasts exhaust themselves in fighting each other. Her intuition told her that after a day, only the foolish zombies would be left in Jin Zhong City.

Even the first-rank zombies might not stay in Jin Zhong City. They were controlled by the king’s psychic power before, suppressing their primal instincts to feed. However, now they might leave when they smell intense blood, or even worse, engage in battles with each other for evolution.

In the previous war to take Jin Zhong City, humans suffered great losses, depleting nearly half of their strength. Long Er wanted to take advantage of the situation without using any soldiers to capture Jin Zhong City.

Feeling the tense atmosphere in the camp, Zhang Mu was approached by a soldier who had been waiting for him. The soldier said, “Mr. Zhang, the leader requests your presence in the main tent.”

Still haunted by the memory of Zhang Mu killing several people in the camp before, the young soldier spoke hesitantly.

Curious, Zhang Mu asked the young soldier, who was not much older than himself, “Who are you? Has our leader woken up? How is he feeling now?”

Sensing that Zhang Mu was not as cold-blooded as when he witnessed the killings, the soldier, who was the leader’s security guard, explained that the leader’s condition had improved. He mentioned a chest cavity issue that even a second-rank evolver would need time to recover from.

Zhang Mu held Yuan Rui’s hand and waved to Long Qi’s security guard, saying, “It’s okay, I’ll come over in a bit.”

But the young security guard stubbornly stood in front of Zhang Mu and said, “Sorry, Mr. Zhang, my orders are to escort you the moment you appear.”

Seeing the young guard’s expression, Zhang Mu smiled and said, “What’s so urgent? Besides, if you rush me, aren’t you afraid of angering me? You’ve seen my abilities.”

“Soldiers are duty-bound to obey orders! Please understand!”

The young soldier straightened his legs and saluted Zhang Mu properly, leaving him speechless.

Since there was no rush, Zhang Mu found the young soldier cute when he saw him like that and replied, “Alright, you’re impressive, let’s go meet your leader.”

Hearing Zhang Mu’s words, the young soldier stepped aside, walked ahead of Zhang Mu, wiped the sweat from his hands discreetly with his sleeve, though Zhang Mu had intervened earlier for their sake, his actions had been so emotionless and unexpected, making it seem like dozens of lives were mere ants in Zhang Mu’s eyes.

If Zhang Mu had heard this inner monologue, he would have felt unjust and frustrated. Not asking why, carrying out Long Er’s orders to act directly without speaking, he just followed orders. Taking any delays might lead to complications.

Not knowing why Long Qi’s team was in such a hurry to meet him, Zhang Mu walked quickly following Long Qi’s security guard.

Zhang Mu lifted the thick curtain of the tent, and the security guard stood straight outside the tent, attentively watching the surroundings without any distraction, diligently carrying out his duty as a security guard.

“Zhang Mu, you’ve kept quite a big secret from me.” As soon as Zhang Mu entered, he heard Long Qi’s hearty laughter.

Zhang Mu felt fine and replied naturally, “As long as I didn’t mean any harm to you, it’s fine. Besides, you didn’t ask me what my true abilities are, did you?”

As soon as Zhang Mu hinted at joking around, Long Qi’s tone became serious, and he stared at Zhang Mu intensely, saying, “Don’t play games with me. When you entered Shan Xi City, were you planning to hide your identity and do something? But unexpectedly, your identity is exactly the kind of evolver I need, and you didn’t know you would meet me, someone who had a connection with you before the apocalypse, or rather, a destined bond.”

Suddenly, Long Qi’s serious tone softened a bit. “Actually, when you entered the camp, Long Er had already noticed your uniqueness and asked me to keep an eye on you. But let bygones be bygones. And you also saved my life, as well as Long Er’s. Without you, Shan Xi City would have been chaotic, with tens of thousands of people displaced, the consequences unimaginable.”

After saying these words, Long Qi clasped his hands together, bowed deeply as a sign of respect to Zhang Mu.

“It’s okay. The cash I took from you before was important to me. Without it, there might not be the Zhang Mu standing here today. Also, I did hide some things from you about my abilities and what I did when entering Shan Xi City. So, let’s call it even. Like a true man, let’s not owe each other anything!”

Long Qi, with bandages around his chest, walked over, patted Zhang Mu’s shoulder heavily, and smiled.

“A true ‘let’s not owe each other anything’!”

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