Chapter 56: Black Rose

A moment later, a reply finally came from Big Senior Brother: "I'm setting off right now!"

In truth, deep down in his heart, he considered himself of the same kind as humans rather than those zombies. Mobilizing the zombies to fight against the rat tide could also be seen as saving humanity.

This was the reason why he had made up his mind.

As for the Tier 2 and Tier 3 crystal cores, those were secondary. In any case, when it came to leveling up, he would always stay ahead of everyone else in the early stages.

Having reached an agreement with Big Senior Brother, Lin Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.

With the rat tide surging like a torrent, he did not believe he would die. If he wanted to flee, the rat tide could not stop him.

The crucial issue was that there were still hundreds of thousands of survivors in Tianhai City, and he was not yet cold-blooded enough to abandon them.

Besides, his younger sister had not been found yet.

Lost in thought, Lin Yu posted another message.

[The world's top-ranked Big Senior Brother invites powerful fighters around Tianhai City to come to Tianhai to kill rats, slaughter zombies, and claim high-tier crystal cores.]

In the post, Lin Yu detailed how the brutal slaughter between the zombies and the rat tide would give birth to numerous Tier 2 and even Tier 3 creatures.

This was a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the strong!

After publishing the post, Lin Yu could not be bothered to look at it any further and prepared to rest.

He had already done what he could; the rest was up to fate.

He only needed to find his sister. If the situation proved completely hopeless, he would evacuate with the people around him.

However, since Big Senior Brother had already agreed, he no longer had too many worries.

"This lifetime is, after all, somewhat different from the previous one."

Looking at the Yunnan Province leaderboard, where the names of several powerful figures he had never heard of in his past life had appeared, Lin Yu felt a stir of emotion.

On the Yunnan Province Tier Leaderboard, out of the one hundred ranking slots, apart from Big Senior Brother who was at Tier 2, everyone else was still at Tier 1.

Many of the powerful fighters near the top were people he had never heard of in his previous life.

Kun都市.

Big Senior Brother stood on the rooftop of a building. Below him, a dense, sea-like mass of zombies covered the ground, numbering at least a hundred thousand.

He let out a loud roar, seemingly issuing commands.

Then, the earth trembled. The hundred thousand zombies obeyed his orders and began to charge in the direction of Tianhai City.

Watching this magnificent spectacle, a surge of boundless heroism welled up in his heart.

"Tier 3!"

This time, his target was Tier 3.

Tianhai City had a zombie population of nearly two million at the very least. As long as he drove them to engage in mutual slaughter, biting, and devouring with the mutant rat horde, thousands or even tens of thousands of Tier 2 creatures would evolve, and hundreds of Tier 3 monsters would be well within reach.

In the ancient town.

Inside the West Street Hotel lobby.

Chen Jing'er looked at the two posts published by Lin Yu, smiled faintly, and then said in a clear, ringing voice, "Listen up, everyone in Black Rose!"

"Get yourselves ready. Our destination is Tianhai City."

Hearing her words, everyone in the lobby halted their tasks and quickly gathered around.

"Sister Jing, I heard a terrifying rat tide broke out over in Tianhai City. Won't it be too dangerous?"

"Danger always comes with opportunity, doesn't it? All of you have reached Tier 1, but breaking through to Tier 2 requires far too many crystal cores. Only Tianhai City can allow us to rapidly break into Tier 2."

"Besides, your boss's boss is right there!"

At this, the corners of Chen Jing'er's lips curved upward, and a profound, meaningful look appeared on her face.

"Brother Yu is in Tianhai too?" Liu Yu asked happily.

"Mhm, get ready. We move out!"

Chen Jing'er gazed toward the direction of Tianhai City, a fire seemingly burning in her eyes.

"Madam Lin, just wait. I will surely make Black Rose the strongest faction within Everlasting Day."

After Lin Yu left, she had named the faction centered around her "Black Rose," operating under the banner of Everlasting Day.

She was the Queen of Black Rose.

And Lin Yu was the King of Everlasting Day.

"Little Yu, who on earth is our boss's boss? Is he even more formidable than Sister Chen?"

Beside Liu Yu, a robust man asked in a low voice.

Startlingly, this person turned out to be Lu Qi.

The very man who had tried to absorb Chen Jing'er's group into his own, only to end up being hunted down and beaten by an awakened Chen Jing'er.

Lu Qi possessed the S-rank talent: Ability Reception.

If Lin Yu were here, he would undoubtedly be astonished to find that this powerful contender, whose fortuitous destiny he had once seized, had actually become Chen Jing'er's underling.

One had to know that this fellow's talent was extraordinary; as long as he continuously absorbed the abilities of various powerful entities, he had a genuine shot at contending for the highest tier.

Liu Yu slanted a glance at him and said, "We all call him Brother Yu. His strength is definitely even greater than Sister Jing's."

"As for his code name, I don't know it. Probably only Sister Chen does."

"Even stronger than Sister Chen?" Lu Qi was taken aback.

He had originally thought he was already part of the topmost echelon of the strong, seeing as he had reigned supreme and undefeated in the center of the small town.

Who would have thought that on West Street, he would be suppressed and beaten by the awakened Chen Jing'er, and subsequently reduced to a subordinate? Now, an even more formidable boss had supposedly emerged.

Suddenly, his fighting spirit ignited, and he found himself filled with anticipation for this boss of their boss.

...

In Danlang Town, located under the jurisdiction of Tianhai City.

A light, drizzling rain fell from the sky.

A young man in white stood quietly in the rain, looking thoroughly relaxed and content.

What was astonishing was that as the raindrops fell, they vanished into thin air before ever touching his clothes.

"Boss, are we really going?"

At this moment, several people braved the rain and walked up to the youth, their faces etched with helpless resignation.

Their boss was always like this!

Whenever his mood turned heavy or he grew unhappy, the sky above wherever he stood would involuntarily begin to rain.

It was truly a headache-inducing trait!

"Yes. Because that person is there! Furthermore, I am also looking forward to the Battle of a Hundred Nations. The Great Xia Country can only be number one." The youth suddenly broke into a bright smile.

In that instant, the world transformed.

The drizzling rain of a moment before vanished, replaced in a flash by bright, clear skies.

"Let's go!"

The youth in white flicked the hem of his garment, turned his back to the group, and strolled away leisurely, leaving the crowd to hurriedly follow in his footsteps.

...

Licheng City, the closest city to Tianhai City.

Two hundred-man squads were also on the move, led by top-tier experts, heading straight for Tianhai City.

On the Erhai-Licheng Expressway.

Five off-road vehicles sped past.

A small team of just seventeen people was also charging toward Tianhai City.

"Big Brother, our Yunnan Province really is brimming with powerful experts."

"Big Senior Brother, ranked first on both leaderboards; Yun, ranked ninth on the Great Xia Country Tier Leaderboard; and the Illusionist, ranked second on the Evolution Points Leaderboard—they are all in Yunnan Province, and probably all in Tianhai City."

"Yeah, even our boss is only ranked seventeenth on the Tier Leaderboard and ninth on the Evolution Points Leaderboard."

Inside the lead vehicle, several men conversed in low voices.

"This Illusionist must be the guy who was the first to exchange for attribute fruits, right?"

"It has to be him. Although names aren't visible on the forum, during the first and second days of the doomsday, only he possessed enough evolution points to exchange for attribute fruits."

"This person is probably no weaker than Big Senior Brother, having gotten a head start on everyone else to secure quite a few attribute fruits."

"Just perfect. This time, going to Tianhai City, we'll cross paths with them."

The man in the passenger seat had eyes like flashing lightning, and the sound of rumbling thunder seemed to echo from within his body.

He was the leader of the Thunder Squad.

Divine Punishment.

"This time, amid the rat tide, we should be able to reap plenty of Tier 2 crystal cores. Reaching Tier 2 peak by then will be no problem at all."

"In the Battle of a Hundred Nations, every country gets only a hundred slots. I am bound to secure one. To fight for one's country is an honor of a lifetime."

Divine Punishment felt his emotions surging with passion.

Though this team consisted of only seventeen members, small in number, every single one of them was an elite powerhouse.