Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2272: Yeka Red City

"Tell me, should I also find a girlfriend? I'm a bit envious of White Robe."

Jie Su and Ye Zhongming walked side by side along the streets of Yeka Red City. The former mumbled while looking at the distinctive architecture around him, showing none of the bearing of the future heir of the Su Clan.

This time, Jie Su had become a great expert, and his future path would be exceptionally smooth. If before, with Yaohan Su's support, he had only a fifty percent chance of becoming the next clan chief, now it was at least seventy percent.

That was already a very, very high probability, especially within a supermajor race.

Not everyone had luck like Yisewei's.

The Sheke Star people's clan chief could not meet Jie Su and the others for the time being. Ye Zhongming wanted to attend a secret gathering here, so Jie Su had to accompany him. As for White Robe and Yisewei... well, never mind.

"Can you make your own decisions about your marriage?" Ye Zhongming turned his head and glanced at his brother, whose appearance had been altered—he himself had also disguised his looks.

Jie Su shrugged and said, "That depends on how strong I can become. If I'm strong enough, naturally I won't need marriage to increase my bargaining power. If I'm not strong enough, then if I get arranged, there's nothing to complain about."

Then Jie Su smiled and said, "Actually, thanks to you all, the clan has been relatively lenient about marriage matters for now and hasn't made any demands yet."

Ye Zhongming, White Robe, Yisewei, and the others all counted as Jie Su's external support. If these external supporters were strong, then Jie Su himself was considered strong. At present, Ye Zhongming as an external supporter carried some weight in the eyes of the Su Clan, but compared to the couple White Robe and Yisewei, he was far behind—after all, those two represented an entire supermajor race and were themselves peak-expert prospects.

"Wait—are you sure you don't need me to go with you?"

Jie Su asked again with some concern.

The date of the secret gathering Ye Zhongming had mentioned was approaching, but Ye Zhongming insisted on going alone. With White Dragon Horse and Leilei Bird both left behind in the Star-Eye Clan, and with White Robe and Yisewei not coming, if Jie Su did not follow, there was a certain risk for Ye Zhongming, whose transformation cooldown had not yet ended.

Although Yeka Red City was located on the Survivor Fortress of the Sheke Star people, it was not within their sphere of influence. It did not belong to any race's jurisdiction—it was a completely free trade zone. To put it nicely, it was a place of flourishing trade and diverse offerings; to put it bluntly, it was a den of mixed fish and dragons, fraught with danger.

An ordinary trade transaction would have been fine, but Ye Zhongming was attending a gathering of a mysterious organization, and he was doing so under an assumed identity. The person he was impersonating was a peak expert, which almost certainly meant that this organization was of a very high level. Any accident would carry great risk.

If Jie Su stayed by his side, as a great expert, he could provide some protection for Ye Zhongming, and in a critical moment, he could even reveal his identity to ensure safety. But if Ye Zhongming went in alone...

"Don't worry, I'm not looking for trouble. I genuinely want to see if any transactions can help us. What if this organization is very powerful and could be of great use to us in the future? Besides, I've studied the mask—unless I run into someone who knows Kunzuo extremely well, with my aura concealed, I basically won't be recognized."

Seeing that Jie Su was about to say more, Ye Zhongming quickly added, "Even if I were discovered, so what? As long as I don't take off the mask, no one will know who I am. If I run into danger, I'm confident I can escape—and you'll be nearby to back me up anyway."

"I also prepared this."

Ye Zhongming took out a stone ball as he spoke.

"This is a gene stone. It stores the bloodline genes of another race. If anyone knows that behind the mask is Kunzuo and tries to identify the killer, I can use this to mislead them."

With that, Ye Zhongming crushed the gene stone. Now, if he were probed by someone of higher cultivation or by certain special abilities, they would only receive information that he belonged to another race.

Seeing that Ye Zhongming had prepared thoroughly, Jie Su said no more, only urging him to send a signal immediately if he encountered danger. Not only was Jie Su here, but there was also a She Ke Star people's office nearby; Yisewei had already made arrangements, so they could mobilize personnel from there.

Jie Su found a restaurant close to the meeting place and waited inside. Ye Zhongming slipped into an alley alone, and when he emerged, he was wearing the mask he had taken from Kunzuo. After changing direction a few times, he disappeared into a building.

"Number A11, security deposit ten million Moonspan Gold."

"Welcome, esteemed top-tier member. Please proceed to Exclusive Lounge Number Three."

Following the method displayed earlier on the mask, Ye Zhongming entered a building and immediately realized he had been teleported. Not knowing where he had been taken, he could only wait quietly. Fortunately, the teleportation did not last long—in his perception, only two or three seconds—after which he heard a pleasant synthesized voice.

After the prompt, elegant lamp lights lit up one after another before him, illuminating a path forward.

Ye Zhongming walked steadily along it and soon entered a place of splendor. He took one look and felt dazzled.

This place reeked of Moonspan Gold.

Because everything here, from top to bottom and inside out, exuded sheer luxury!

This was a manor—pavilions, terraces, towers, flowing water, small bridges, green grass, lush trees, and brilliant floral fragrances... At first glance, it looked like a poetic and picturesque setting. But if you looked closely, you would see that the pavilions and terraces were built from all kinds of rare materials, beneath the flowing water and small bridges swam precious mutated fish, the green grass and lush trees were all rare species, and the brilliant floral fragrances came from aged mutated herbs.

At a glance, Ye Zhongming felt that no less than a hundred million Moonspan Gold had been spent to create such a scene.

In his mind, he raised his estimation of this secret organization another notch.

At this moment, in the bird-song-and-flower-fragrant courtyard, small groups of people wearing similar masks were already chatting in low voices here and there. When they saw Ye Zhongming enter, they all bowed slightly in greeting.

This was likely the courtesy due to the top-tier member mask with the A11 designation.

Ye Zhongming guessed that Kunzuo might not have been a founder of this organization, but he was definitely one of the earliest members or someone who frequently conducted large transactions.

Scanning his surroundings, Ye Zhongming noticed some separate small courtyards around the main garden, and at the entrances of these courtyards, there were markings in elegant ancient script.

He quickly found Number Three and walked over slowly. The energy-rippling light door automatically opened after scanning Ye Zhongming's mask.

Once inside this exclusive lounge, Ye Zhongming inspected the place and determined that there were probably no surveillance devices here.

The lounge was naturally luxurious as well, though in a more understated way. He estimated it was equivalent to the presidential suite of the most lavish hotel during Earth's peaceful times.

After walking around the room, he sat down on a chair made from the pelt of a super-level-nine lifeform and took out two items: one was the organization's rules and regulations, and the other was a dedicated terminal.

Ye Zhongming turned on the dedicated terminal, which also used facial recognition—the mask itself served as the password. The light screen that appeared first displayed a facial graphic, alongside various information like a game panel—such as membership number, member level, join date, and so on. Among these, the information that made Ye Zhongming's eyes light up was at the very bottom, where it read...

"Number of transactions: 22. Total transaction amount: 1,215,699,000 Moonspan Gold. Pending withdrawal amount: 37,569,000 Moonspan Gold. Pending withdrawal item: one item—Dark Nether Dried Flower!"