Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2289: Nail

"From the moment you started speaking."

Ella nodded.

When Ye Zhongming returned to Earth, although he wore a mask, he had not deliberately altered his voice. Ella would never forget that voice for the rest of her life.

During the fight for the Mountain King Crown, this man had left an indelible impression on her and her Women Camp.

"What are you doing here? What about your Women Camp?"

Although Ella's Women Camp had failed in that contest, at that time it should have been considered a strong faction, and even after losses, they should have had the means to defend themselves. So it was surprising to find Ella as one of the three leaders here.

If the Women Camp had merged into Gold and Silver City, then just now...

"Only me." Ella's voice was low. "The others are all dead."

Ye Zhongming fell silent and did not press for details about how they died—he was not particularly interested. In the apocalypse, such things happened almost every day.

Ye Zhongming shook his head: "I didn't spare you just because we know each other, but because you stayed still the whole time."

After Ella entered, even when the other two leaders and the warehouse guards attacked Ye Zhongming, she did not move.

In Ye Zhongming's view, she had saved herself through her actions.

"That piece of equipment belongs to 'Aize.'"

Ella pointed to the first leader Ye Zhongming had killed. "The gem set into the right side of his belt."

Ye Zhongming searched and tore off the gem, holding it in his hand.

After fiddling with it for a few minutes, somehow, the floating sphere suddenly expanded into a door, and through it, one could see everything inside.

Ye Zhongming took out all the items. Some appeared to be the owner's personal belongings, placed on one side of the space. On the other side were ten large chests. Opening the first five, he found magic crystals—all level seven and above, including five level-nine magic crystals.

When he opened the other five chests, the Cloud Peak King's eyes lit up.

Inside were all Moonspan Gold!

A quick count showed it exceeded ten million Moonspan Gold.

That was a considerable sum.

"Up in the sky... is there a way to bring someone back to life?"

While Ye Zhongming was inspecting the items in the space, Ella waited quietly by the side. Only after he had finished did she cautiously ask a question.

The Cloud Peak King looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"I know you went up there, and you're the only one who has come back. So I thought you must be the most powerful person. So... what you encountered up in the sky... is there any way to help me resurrect Gianna?"

Gianna, the black leader of the Women Camp.

Ye Zhongming saw Ella extend her hand. On the back of her left hand, the skin and bone in the center were gone, and a transparent energy bubble was embedded in its place.

The Cloud Peak King saw a female human's soul-form suspended within it.

"This is..."

Ye Zhongming had seen much, but he had never encountered such a situation. He finally became interested and asked how it had come about.

From Ella's account, Ye Zhongming gathered the general picture.

After parting ways with Ye Zhongming and the others, Ella and Gianna took the Women Camp back to their base. But the Women Camp had been significantly weakened compared to before, and its all-female rule made it a target for many factions, leading to inevitable conflicts.

The process was arduous, and many died, but Ella always felt they could hold on.

By then, the first batch of nine-star evolved had already gone to the myriad races of the universe. Knowing that without top-tier lifeforms they would surely perish, the Women Camp searched everywhere for level-nine magic crystals.

They allied with the few factions friendly to them and paid a heavy price, finally obtaining a bottle of nine-star evolution potion. By that time, the Women Camp's casualties had exceeded seventy percent.

They thought their hard times were over. But unexpectedly, while Ella was evolving, their hideout was discovered, and a deadly battle ensued.

Without Ella's presence, the Women Camp quickly fell. In the end, only Gianna remained.

When Ella woke up after successfully evolving, she found Gianna dead, her soul sealed within a special piece of equipment, and she herself was in Gold and Silver City.

The leaders there told her they had rescued Ella, but regretted that when they arrived, Gianna had already died in battle, and they could only preserve her soul through special means.

They also told Ella that on Earth, resurrection after death was impossible, but among the myriad races of the universe, it was not impossible. Moreover, since they had preserved Gianna's soul, if Ella could one day go up there and find Aimus, she would find a way to help Ella fulfill her wish.

"So I joined them, helping them hunt level-nine lifeforms. Later, by chance, I learned something."

Ella took a deep breath at this point.

"I overheard the two leaders saying that they needed me as an immediate combat asset—killing me outright would be a waste. Aimus up there was also in urgent need of help, and I would be a good labor force once I went up."

Ella smiled bitterly and looked at Ye Zhongming. "Though it wasn't the whole truth, it was enough to prove many things."

Clearly, the Women Camp's destruction had been orchestrated by Gold and Silver City behind the scenes.

"I've always wanted revenge. I've been waiting for an opportunity. Today, even if it hadn't been you but some other nine-star evolved, I would have joined them in killing those two leaders."

Ella's voice remained calm, but Ye Zhongming could sense the fierce resolve beneath—a will to seek revenge even at the cost of her own life.

"If one day you go up to the sky, and if there really is a way to resurrect a person's soul, who would you trust more to help you—Aimusi or me?"

"You."

"Good. In that case, I have an idea."

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Half an hour later, a great fire began to burn in Gold and Silver City. The most powerful faction on the American continent would disappear in that blaze.

And Ella, carrying an entry ticket obtained from Gold and Silver City, vanished from everyone's sight.

Ye Zhongming sat atop 'Klog,' speeding toward the western coast, a faint smile on his face beneath the mask.

The next time he saw Ella, it would probably be on the Novice Battlefield, wouldn't it?

That Aimusi, who had once chased him in disgrace, and the Gold and Silver Island Alliance behind her—he hoped they would enjoy this unexpected gift.

Ye Zhongming thought to himself.

Klog leaped up, and man and beast plunged into the sea. On the other side of the ocean, a great battle had just begun.