I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 967 - 963: The Abandoned Henchman

Chapter 967: Chapter 963: The Abandoned Henchman

The soldiers rushing from all places were gathering in increasing numbers, and the people inside the mechanical building seemed to be getting anxious. The soldiers entering the building were like blazing arrows, shooting one after another into their hearts, which were about to explode!

"How many more?"

"It’s still initializing."

"Why is it so slow?"

"Just wait, it will be ready soon."

"I f*cking can’t wait anymore!"

"Can we take off directly?" Just as a muscular man rushed a technician beside him, an especially old voice sounded, its tone very calm, seemingly unaffected by the situation unfolding below.

"We can, but we might not fly for long if we do. Once we take off, the Peace Party will surely target us," the technician replied.

The elderly voice did not sound again. Beneath the control console, there was a streamlined shuttle, seven meters high and with a maximum diameter of four meters. Through the high-strength glass cover, one could see an elderly man nearing his seventies sitting inside, holding a glass with a yellow liquid—steaming hot tea—and occasionally taking a sip.

He looked nothing like someone being pursued; he resembled an old man leisurely enjoying the pastoral scenery from his yard.

This man was the most mysterious figure in the United District, the president of the Mercenaries Guild!

Few people had seen him, and if one were to describe how many had, it was as scarce as the white rhinos, nearly extinct before the Apocalypse!

It was precisely because few had seen the president of the Mercenaries Guild that people dared to imagine. In some streets of the United District, people claimed to have seen the Guild President first-hand—some described him as a vicious thug, others as a handsome young man, and still others as a rich second generation from before the Apocalypse, all sorts of identities and versions existed, but those were all false.

Who would have thought that the so-called president of the Mercenaries Guild was an old man?

The old man had been silent for a long time, very calm, occasionally lifting his glass to sip the tea, listening to the gunfire rumblings coming from outside.

He seemed to be waiting for someone, and soon, a woman dressed in black combat clothes approached the console, turned around, and respectfully said to the old man sitting inside the shuttle, "President, Zheng Yunzhen is dead."

With the woman’s words, the old man nodded his head, not at all surprised, as if he had known this would be the outcome.

"He is dead," the old man sighed, and the woman nodded, "Yes, dead."

"Alright, what did he do?"

"He did nothing, achieved nothing, killed no one, and injured no one."

The old man fell silent again, but his silence made the muscular man at the control console even more anxious. Unable to hold back, he slapped the technician’s head, who screamed in pain, the strike knocking him to the ground. It took him a while to get back up, and it was fortunate the muscular man hadn’t used his full strength, or with a third of a Level 5 New Human’s strength, he could have easily blown the technician’s head apart!

"F*ck, can’t you die faster? Do you want to get us all killed here?"

The muscular man seemed very irritable, continuously cursing and blaming the technician beside him.

"It can’t go any faster; this is already the fastest it can be."

"F*ck, if you keep this up, I’m going to kill you!"

The burly man’s curses continually echoed, sounding just as irritable. The old man maintained his calm, not uttering a word. Finally, when the burly man raised his hand to slap a technician, he could no longer stand by. With a light hum, he raised his hand and stopped the actions of the burly man.

"Enough, Little Sea, let these young ones do their work quietly. Go and check where those people have gotten to now."

Upon hearing the old man call his name, the face of the burly man immediately showed a pleasing smile, nodding repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, President, I’ll go check."

Saying this, he returned to the viewing platform to look down below. What he saw heightened his already anxious heart.

"President, the Peace Party people have already reached the second floor."

The old man’s face remained just as calm as he spoke, "These youngsters are so fast. Alright, Little Sea, why don’t you go down and hold them off, don’t let them come up."

"Yes, yes!" The burly man named Little Sea agreed without any second thoughts, but quickly he realized, was this old man actually asking him to hold off the Peace Party?

His face twisted in an instant, full of pleading.

"This... President, you’re not serious, right? How can I hold them off?"

"Just put on the exoskeleton armor."

"This... this... President, that’s not going to work!"

"So that means you don’t want to stop them, right? Do you want to see me get caught by them?" The old man’s voice remained as plain as ever, chillingly calm.

And the man called Little Sea almost wept, his body bending as though he was about to kneel at any moment. He knew that he had already fallen out of favor with the president. He had no choice but to go down. The old man sending you to hold off the Peace Party didn’t mean he valued you or wanted you to handle important matters but rather that he wanted you to die at their hands!

Previously, the Level 5 New Human Zheng Yunzhen was just like that, ordered by this old man to hold off the Peace Party’s progress, but what happened?

He hadn’t even gotten close when he was pulverized by the fierce firepower of the Peace Party!

And now, it was his turn, just like Zheng Yunzhen. He had no long-range weapons, just two H32 arm blades and the Predator Exoskeleton Battle Suit, exactly the same equipment as Zheng Yunzhen had. Anyone could guess what the president of the Mercenary Guild was planning.

"President... no! I was wrong, please give me another chance, President, I won’t rush things, I’ll keep quiet. Please don’t do this. You know I’ve always been loyal to you!"

In response to Little Sea’s words, the old man’s face showed no signs of relenting, still calm but speaking words of utter despair.

"Since you are so loyal to me, then hurry and go stop them. Once the spaceship is successfully launched, you can come back up. How could I possibly abandon you? "

"No! President, I won’t go down, I can’t stop them, I’ll die, please, I’m begging you!"

Little Sea collapsed to the ground with a thud, weeping loudly and crying out, but little did he know, a murderous intent flashed across the old man’s face, sending a violent shiver down Little Sea’s spine. Having followed the old man for so long, it was the first time he had seen a murderous expression on the face of the president, who had always seemed like a kind old man.

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