I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1073 - 1069: Hostile Level 7

Chapter 1073: Chapter 1069: Hostile Level 7

Old Cao’s response left Wei Ba feeling utterly confused. What on earth was happening in this world that a person with as much power as an ancient Emperor would be seeking him out?

Even stranger, why would such a prominent figure want to find him?

Thinking this, Wei Ba grew even more uneasy. This was not a novel. Just a second ago, he had been shocked by Old Cao’s answer, fantasizing that maybe he was the protagonist of a book, prized by the big shots no matter where he went. But a second later, he realized that reality does not play out like dramatic scenes where a sovereign suddenly seeks someone out either because they have conflicting interests or because, unknowingly, he had helped the other party at some point.

However, Wei Ba did not believe he had done anything even remotely related to this.

Could it be because of his identity?

With growing doubt in his heart, Wei Ba still gave Li Henian the most formal military salute from before the Apocalypse, to show his respect for the other party.

Yet Tang Ye only glanced at him twice, emotionless eyes not revealing anything, and without even getting out of the car, asked, "You’re from the Cigong Sanctuary, aren’t you?"

Wei Ba blinked. It seemed he had guessed right; such a prominent figure had come for him because of his origins. But what about being from the sanctuary? Could it be that he wanted to...

Suddenly fearing the worst, Wei Ba started to feel uneasy again.

His mind a little scrambled, he answered subconsciously, "Yes... yes."

No sooner had he spoken than Wei Ba regretted it, but it was too late to take it back.

Indeed, in the face of someone far more powerful than oneself, it’s impossible to stay completely clear-headed, since any extreme human emotion can affect judgment.

After Wei Ba admitted his origins, the soldiers in the vehicle disembarked. Their exoskeletal suits clanged against the ground. Seeing several among them were Level 5 Evolutionary Bodies, such powerful beings clad in armor so formidable it was alarming, how could they be defeated?

Decisively, Wei Ba and his companion chose to surrender, raising their hands to show they would not resist.

A few soldiers from the Peace Party got out of the vehicle and pointed their weapons at Wei Ba’s and his companion’s heads.

"Don’t! Don’t do this."

"What are you doing? Marshal, if we have committed any violations, please tell us!"

Wei Ba and his colleague were terrified. Having spent several years in the sanctuary, they knew the power of the ray weaponry developed by surface dwellers, and they dared not place too much confidence in their own Level 4 Evolutionary Body defenses.

Their words did not stop the Peace Party soldiers. In a few moments, the soldiers surrounded Wei Ba and his colleague. One soldier, without saying a word, grabbed Wei Ba, not asking for his consent, pulled open his collar to check his neck, and finding nothing, he nodded at the others, gesturing downwards with his hand.

Following his gesture, the surrounding soldiers also lowered their weapons, much to Wei Ba’s and his colleague’s relief.

The official reported to Tang Ye, "Marshal, there is nothing on their necks as we expected."

"What?" Hearing the official’s words, Wei Ba was the first to ask in confusion.

The official glanced at Wei Ba, took a piece of a slave worm from his pocket, and its blood made Wei Ba uneasy.

"What is this?"

This object was foreign to Wei Ba; he had no idea what it was.

"We don’t know either. Someone has abducted Miss Li, and that person, we don’t recognize him. However, a guy traveling with you does."

"The person you are talking about is Chen Jing."

"We don’t know his name."

Listening to the official, Wei Ba fell silent. As soon as the official mentioned the person traveling with him, he immediately thought of Chen Jing, who had fled like he’d seen a ghost upon encountering that man. Now, where they had gone, he and his colleague had no idea.

The bunch of glass and a hyper-fast processing chip in the official’s hand was related to Chen Jing, but upon closer inspection, Wei Ba could not identify it. After seven years in the sanctuary, although the Level 4 New Humans still could not dominate the social status there, his power was recognized, inevitably drawing much attention, and naturally, Wei Ba was absolutely aware of the information within the sanctuary.

The research team there had not produced anything related to these fragments. Soon, Wei Ba noticed the title the official used for someone.

"Miss Li? Who is she?" He instinctively felt that anyone the Marshal of the United District would seek personally must be no ordinary person.

"She is our Marshal’s sister."

"Ah?" Wei Ba was taken aback. While he could imagine that Miss Li was significant in status, he had not anticipated she had such a grand background, nor had he realized that in just under a day in the United District, his mindset had already begun to shift.

"So, what does it matter if we don’t know the person who abducted Miss Li...?"

"But your companion knows him. He told us that your sanctuary has been controlled by that man, and we guess that your companion is being restrained by this thing."

"What?"

Wei Ba was shocked, instantly remembering the encounter with Sun Wen and his group when he had planned to leave the United District today. It had been strange that Sun Wen and his group had suddenly appeared in the United District, but he had trusted them enough not to notice the oddities in their words. Thinking about it now, it was full of holes!

"But that person is..."

"His name is Lin Jie. To put it in terms you understand, that man is a Level 7 Evolutionary Body, such a character can easily control your sanctuary."

"But why would this person do this?" Wei Ba’s face paled, becoming skeptical about the reality of this world. In his understanding, a Level 7 New Human was almost a god-like existence. With such an entity in the United District — and one standing right before him — he had thought he would never conflict with such a cataclysmic being, yet his sanctuary had been taken over by such a force!

This must be a joke, right?

How Wei Ba wished the official was lying.

"We don’t know what Lin Jie plans to do, but we are certain that whatever he does, his ultimate target is our Peace Party. According to your companion, after Lin Jie abducted Miss Li, he should be heading to your sanctuary."

"And Chen Jing?"

"Sorry, after he spilled everything, he died, killed by this thing."

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