Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 164: Chapter 162: Nine Cities Plan

After Yang Dingguo and Ye Qing had a detailed conversation, they returned to the hotel.

Some representatives from remote areas hadn’t arrived yet, so the meeting wouldn’t start for another three days.

Ye Qing was indeed a man of action; just as Yang Dingguo had returned to the hotel, the action team promised by Ye Qing arrived.

Emperor Dragon City truly lived up to its name, the strength of this action team was truly extraordinary!

The strength of one action team was not inferior to a hunter squad from the Deceitful King Faction.

It’s worth noting that the entire Deceitful King Faction only had nine hunter squads.

And Emperor Dragon City, just on the surface, had as many as thirty action teams.

Remember, these are just the ones out in the open.

These thirty publicly known action teams were all under the unified command of Ye Qing.

As for the hidden forces, they were beyond measure.

Emperor Dragon City remains formidable, even if we’re invaded by the mysterious; Emperor Dragon City is not to be underestimated.

”Elder Yang, the Eighteenth Action Team of Emperor Dragon City, reporting to you per Commander Ye’s order!” the bespectacled young leader said loudly.

Elder Yang nodded and glanced at the action team, their strength was impressive. With them going to find Lin Yuan, he could be at ease.

”Here’s the situation, I need you to help me find someone.”

”I will arrange for someone to guide you to the specific location!”

”I have only one requirement: whether alive or dead, you need to bring him back to me. If he is still alive, do whatever it takes to bring him back to Emperor Dragon City alive.”

”Understood?” Yang Dingguo emphasized earnestly.

”Understood!”

”We’ll complete the mission,” the bespectacled young leader responded loudly.

After instructing the action team sent by Ye Qing on their mission, Yang Dingguo went next door to see Zhang Zhen.

Thanks to rest during the journey, and the strong physical constitution and self-healing abilities of a Life Pattern Master, Zhang Zhen’s injuries hadn’t fully healed, but at least he could move freely.

Upon seeing Elder Yang enter, Zhang Zhen quickly got up from the sickbed and asked, ”Elder Yang, what do you need?”

Yang Dingguo gestured with his hand for Zhang Zhen to relax and slowly began, ”I borrowed an action team from a friend, and I want you to take them to that Deceit Village you mentioned.”

”You’re the only one who’s been to Deceit Village, and you’re familiar with it.”

”That woman, whether she’s an enemy or a friend, or even human, we still have no idea.”

”I think we need to rescue Lin Yuan soon, maybe he’s still alive.”

”Even if he’s dead, I must bring him back to Peng City. He’s done so much for Peng City, I owe it to the survivors there to provide closure.”

After hearing Yang Dingguo’s words, Zhang Zhen was deeply moved.

Of course, amidst his gratitude, Zhang Zhen also thought to himself, ”Elder Yang really cares about the boss! Could it be that the boss is Elder Yang’s illegitimate child?”

”No, Elder Yang is too old, the ages don’t match for an illegitimate child.”

”Could it be that the boss is Elder Yang’s long-lost grandson?”

As Zhang Zhen was lost in his thoughts, Elder Yang’s voice interrupted, ”This matter shouldn’t be delayed; the action team is already waiting outside.”

”If you’re able to move, get ready and set off with them now.”

Since that woman took Lin Yuan away, Zhang Zhen had been constantly worried.

After all, according to Lin Yuan, that woman was already dead.

Being taken by someone who’s already dead, it was impossible to be at ease.

”Okay...” Zhang Zhen was about to agree but then hesitated, worrying about Elder Yang’s safety if he left.

If something happened to Elder Yang after he left, he wouldn’t be able to explain to Lin Yuan!

”Elder Yang, what about you if I leave?” Zhang Zhen said, caught in a dilemma.

On one hand, he needed to find his boss; on the other, he had to protect Elder Yang. Zhang Zhen wished he could clone himself.

Elder Yang waved his hand, smiling as he said, ”You’re overthinking it. This is Emperor Dragon City; the Deceitful King’s hand can’t reach here.”

”If this place isn’t safe, then our Dragon Country is truly finished.”

”Alright, hurry up and go, bring Lin Yuan back as soon as possible, then I can settle my worries.”

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”Preliminary analysis suggests that the reason for the mysterious invasion is due to the fusion of two worlds.”

”To put it simply, a larger, more expansive mysterious world is swallowing up our world.”

”You can think of the mysterious world as a large circle and our world as a small circle; the edge of the large circle has already consumed the small circle, and the small circle is moving toward the center of the large circle.”

”Based on the data we currently have, our world is approximately only three percent of the mysterious world.”

”Our world is now at the edge of the mysterious world, and as we move closer to the center, we encounter increasingly powerful Deceitful Evil Spirits.”

”As the two worlds merge, our world will be drawn closer to the center of the mysterious world, and by that time, we’ll face even stronger Evil Spirits.”

”Overall, the days ahead will be even tougher. We need to change the status quo; humanity cannot always live in the sewers...”

In the conference room of a mysterious department in Emperor Dragon City, researchers are presenting their latest research findings.

The conference room is filled with key personnel from Emperor Dragon City, as well as representatives from shelters around the area.

These representatives are all staring intently at the content on the big screen, utterly shocked in their hearts.

The meeting has been going on for more than two hours, and in these two hours, nothing else was discussed except the discoveries about the Mysterious World.

Representatives like Yang Dingguo, who come from large shelters, are somewhat familiar with these discoveries, whereas representatives from smaller shelters are hearing these things for the first time.

They all widen their eyes, displaying disbelief.

Clearly, this news is extremely explosive for them.

After the researcher finished presenting the findings on the Mysterious World, the meeting entered a mid-session break.

Many familiar representatives started discussing and whispering among themselves.

”This is truly incredible!”

”Initially, I thought once we drive away the Evil Spirits, we could restore order and return to the lives we used to have,” a middle-aged man beside Yang Dingguo whispered.

Yang Dingguo picked up a cup of tea, took a sip to soothe his throat, and answered softly, ”Our world only accounts for three percent of the Mysterious World. Driving away the Evil Spirits is virtually impossible.”

”Perhaps the best outcome is to coexist with the Evil Spirits.”

If the best result is coexistence, then what is the worst result?

If the human world only occupies three percent of the Mysterious World.

Does this mean the number of Evil Spirits is ten times, a hundred times more...?

Perhaps, it won’t be long before humans are entirely annihilated by an ocean of Evil Spirits.

”Sigh!” The representative next to Yang Dingguo sighed heavily and said, ”In that case, our situation is indeed worrying!”

Compared to the pessimism of this person beside him, Yang Dingguo appeared much calmer, saying flatly, ”If the sky falls, there are taller ones to hold it up. If those above aren’t panicking, why should you?”

After hearing Yang Dingguo’s words, this person quickly replied, ”Old Yang, we’re all relying on Peng City in this area.”

”Among us, you’re the tallest, Old Yang; you have to support your brothers!”

At this moment, Yang Dingguo glanced over and saw Ye Qing and others accompanying a dignified elder as they walked in.

Upon witnessing this person’s arrival, the representatives who were previously whispering and chattering suddenly fell silent.

Meanwhile, those who had been taking the chance to drink tea or use the restroom quickly returned to their seats.

Everyone took their seats one after another, and once everyone was present, Ye Qing stepped out from behind the elder, took out some documents, and read, ”With the deepening fusion of the Mysterious World and the Real World, the existing shelter system can no longer effectively protect humanity.”

”For the continuation and development of humanity, it is now decided to implement a new plan, temporarily named the Nine Cities Plan.”

Then, Ye Qing personally began to introduce the general outline of the Nine Cities Plan to everyone.

The current shelter system, simply put, is each governing independently, building small shelters based on each city.

In the early stages of the Mysterious invasion, this method was somewhat effective. At the very least, it preserved a considerable number of survivors.

It didn’t result in humanity being annihilated at the onset of the Mysterious invasion.

However, as the process of the Mysterious invasion accelerated, humanity faced increasingly stronger Evil Spirits.

At this point, the shortcomings of the shelter system became evident.

In places like Emperor Dragon City and Peng City, large shelters were still adequate because they were guarded by a group of powerful Life Pattern Masters, and they were temporarily safe.

However, shelters in smaller cities were not large, and didn’t have many strong defenders.

As a result, their risk resistance was very weak.

Many official shelters in small cities had no capability to resist Tier Five Evil Spirits and were wiped out upon encounter.

Even Tier Six Evil Spirits could possibly cause massive turmoil.

The so-called Nine Cities Plan is about building nine cities in Dragon Country, gathering all survivors in Dragon Country within these nine cities.

All human power will be concentrated in these nine cities to ensure the continuation and development of humanity.

The shelter system is like scattered fingers.

The Nine Cities Plan is like forming the fingers into a fist, and without a doubt, a fist is more powerful.

The Nine Cities Plan aims to combine human power into nine fists, to strike and exert force together.

If Lin Yuan were here, he’d surely feel as though countless alpacas were stampeding through his mind.

Nine Cities Plan?

This is a plan that did not exist at all in the previous life!

As a transmigrator, Lin Yuan struggled for three years in the environment of the Mysterious invasion in his past life.

In the previous life, Dragon Country always adhered to the shelter system.

There wasn’t anything related to the Nine Cities Plan at all.

After all, building nine Giant Cities and migrating all survivors into them is a plan that, once realized, cannot be hidden from anyone.

Everything happening now only indicates one thing: due to someone’s transmigration, everything familiar from the past life has been completely altered.