Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2287: Plunder

This was Ye Zhongmingʼs first time fighting in the deep sea. Yet it felt no different from fighting on land.

After all, with the Ocean King Crownʼs enhancement, being in seawater was not a hindrance to Ye Zhongming—it even provided a certain boost.

Ye Zhongming and Superior Dragon entered the sea from the western coast and fought their way across, advancing at astonishing speed. In just one day, they had already surpassed the expectations they had discussed.

Originally, Ye Zhongming had said he would help Superior Dragon take two sea regions, but because his strength was so overwhelming—with virtually no top-tier lifeform able to last more than a minute against him—he used his immense pressure and deterrent power to successively subdue three sea regions. He killed the ruler of one region and forced the rulers of the other two to submit.

For Superior Dragon, this day felt like a dream. With its strength, it could have ruled any sea region without much trouble—except against opponents like the Demon Whale—and could have contended with the kings of other regions.

Take these three sea regions along the western coast, for example. Superior Dragon was slightly stronger than their kings, but taking over their territories was basically impossible.

Without overwhelming strength, the number and quality of subordinates would decide victory or defeat. How many followers did Superior Dragon have left after being defeated by the Demon Whale? And they were still soaking in the cold waters north of the Bering Strait.

But it witnessed how Ye Zhongming did it.

This terrifyingly powerful human would enter a sea region, locate its king within about ten minutes, then take Superior Dragon there for a ”submit or die” battle.

Three sea regions thus fell into Superior Dragonʼs hands, and this half-dragon ascended to the throne.
The world of mutated lifeforms was complex, yet sometimes it was that simple—whoever had the strongest fist was the boss.

Ye Zhongming had Superior Dragon take the original king of one region to reorganize and consolidate the forces, while he took another surrendered sea lifeform to find Gold and Silver Islandʼs proxy power on Earth.

This would also help Superior Dragon gain control more quickly. Once things stabilized, Superior Dragon would bring its newly acquired subordinates to assist near the national regionʼs coastal waters.

This sea king could not fly, but on land it was also extremely fast. Two days later, Ye Zhongming found his target.

There was no help for it—on the American continent, this power was as famous as Cloud Peak was in the national region.

Since it was night when he arrived, Ye Zhongming decided to let ”Klog” hunt in a nearby lake while he entered the survivor base called Gold and Silver City.

This was a large city built on an island, using its unique geographical environment to face only aquatic lifeforms from the surrounding lake, naturally insulating itself from land-based dangers.

It reminded Ye Zhongming of the Lou family base, which he had clashed with early in the apocalypse—similar in concept, but much smaller in scale.

Security here was tight, but that did not trouble Ye Zhongming. He entered the city unnoticed, wearing his mask as he roamed about.

Perhaps because there was no threat from mutated lifeforms, the city was lively at night, with no restrictions on lighting.

This was probably a ”perk” of humans evolving to level nine—at least, attracting top-tier lifeforms with lights was no longer something to fear, as they could be confronted.

After wandering the city for about an hour, Ye Zhongming found what he was looking for.

A warehouse!

It was located in the cityʼs northwest corner, appearing extremely sturdy from the outside, with guards everywhere—within three hundred meters, there was no one who did not belong to the security forces.

Ye Zhongming approached the main gate, glanced around, and walked toward a corner. He reached out his hands to the wall, and in moments, he had made a large hole.

The warehouseʼs interior was cold, which puzzled Ye Zhongming. As he walked through, the items on the countless shelves disappeared into a spatial device he had made from materials collected during his journey.

As for what exactly was in the warehouse, the Cloud Peak King did not even look closely.

For this kind of thing, it was best just to take everything; sorting could be done later by Cloud Peakʼs people.

At the far end of the hall were several special storage rooms. One was made entirely of metal, clearly treated and extremely sturdy. Another had energy protection—a high-level defensive measure created by some ability. There was also a hole the size of a ping-pong ball, which was likely a self-contained space requiring specific equipment to open.

Ye Zhongming first punched through the energy-protected room and entered directly.

Inside the small room, opposite the entrance, stood three elegant stands, each holding a box.

Ye Zhongming walked over and opened the first box. Inside were five neatly arranged class advancement scrolls. He opened the second box, which contained five bloodline crystals, also neatly arranged. The third box, in the center, held a scroll—only one—a Universal Unsealing Scroll!

Ye Zhongming grabbed it and used it immediately, receiving a prompt that the Ocean King Crown could be unsealed once.

After putting away the other items, the Cloud Peak King went to the second room—the solid metal one.

”Zongheng Zhimi Iron—they sure spent a lot.” With that, energy surfaced in his hand, turning it into a blade, which he used to cut into the thick, sturdy metal. After cutting an opening large enough for a person, he entered.

Inside, on one side, several weapons were displayed—all purple-grade. Ye Zhongming did not even look at them closely, simply taking them all. On the other side sat a machine, taking up nearly half the room.

”Oh, a Moonspan Gold extraction furnace?”

Ye Zhongming paused in surprise. This was equipment that only existed among the cosmic races—he had not expected to find it here.

It seemed Gold and Silver City had also received the task of extracting Moonspan Gold. But unlike Cloud Peak, where Ye Zhongming had sent down the technology, they had received a machine directly. The people here probably did not even know the uses of Moonspan Gold.

He put it away—this machine was not cheap. Aside from the Universal Unsealing Scroll, this was the most valuable item.

With everything put away, there was nothing of value left in the room. But Ye Zhongming looked around, and black threads began to emanate from his body, spreading outward. The entire metal room, made of Zongheng Zhimi Iron, was instantly sliced into a thousand pieces and absorbed into Ye Zhongmingʼs space.

Now only the equipmentʼs self-contained space remained—this one was tricky.

Just then, Gold and Silver City finally detected the situation in the warehouse. Alarms blared across the entire city, security forces began swarming inside, and a tall figure descended from the sky, crashing straight through the warehouse roof and landing inside.

When he saw the empty shelves, he let out a furious roar.