Apocalypse Gachapon C.887: Iron Tower Hut

Iron Tower Hut was a famous place in Lingshan Suburbs as it was an intel station.

The two iron towers were a drying facility of a certain factory. People connected them with bricks and iron in the apocalypse and used it as an airbase. The faction either shifted or was wiped out, but this place became empty.

After people found it, due to the strong defense, it became a place where survivors rested. After a time, it became an intel station. People would sell or buy intel here and use the news to profit.

Don’t underestimate this place. A piece of news might mean an evolution potion. Like, where did a horde of zombies appear? It might not be valuable for a small faction, but for a faction of thousands, this was a huge piece of meat. They would set up traps and easily hunt the zombies.

Paying a percent of your profit was a good deal.

Don’t think that there was no honesty in the apocalypse. Greed and betrayals did happen all the time, but under certain situations, people in the apocalypse cared more about reputation in the apocalypse.

In these few days, the Iron Tower Hut was filled. The factions around loved to head here and didn’t want to miss the latest news.

“How long has Cloud Peak fought for?”

A big guy drank a cup of beer, and after burping, he wiped his mouth. The liquid splashed on his pants.

The thin middle-aged man sitting beside him rested on the thick walls and knocked the table, “Who cares? What we care about is when the battle ends!”

“To be honest, Cloud Peak really is strong. So many days have passed, and it is still holding on. If so many mutated zombies attacked us, we can’t last more than three days.”

An old man saw the big guy drinking. He sniffed and was thirsty. He gulped and wondered what he could use to trade for some beer.

“Three days? Old Pi, that's wishful thinking. With our strength, can we last three days? We can’t even last three hours!”

The one speaking was a clean young man. When he spoke of Cloud Peak, his eyes were filled with envy and respect.

“Someone sent news that there are over a million zombies there. There are more behind that can’t get close. The flying lifeforms are descending in the tens of thousands. Apart from two mutated golden eagles, no more flying lifeforms have headed out.”

That young man said loudly and continued, “Level eight zombies have appeared, but Cloud Peak killed it. It didn’t even touch the wall. Level eight crystal fell under their walls. Whoever gets it will be rich.”

“If you worship Cloud Peak, then why aren’t you helping?”

That Old Pi mocked, and that caused the young man’s face to turn red.

Old Pi saw his face and became more gleeful, “Cloud Peak can’t get through this.”

Everyone waited for him, but he stopped, and his eyes opened wide.

“Damn, Old Pi, are you going to finish?” Someone was unhappy. He was just whetting their appetite. They had agreed that all news regarding Cloud Peak would be free, and everyone would just share.

“Hehe, let me drink your beer; I am thirsty.”

That big man was stunned but cursed and tossed the beer bottle over.

“The situation isn’t good.” Old Pi enjoyed, “Cloud Peak is surrounded, and they can’t enter or exit. Although most of the red mist has dissipated, there is still some, which is still attracting mutated lifeforms. A few days ago, some underground monsters dug tunnels. Although they were forced back, they had to pay a huge price.”

“Old Pi, don’t say random stuff. People can’t even enter Cloud Peak, so how do you know this?” That young man continued to protect Cloud Peak.

“I am not talking nonsense, Old San by the bridge told me.”

Everyone listened and stopped speaking. Old San was a weird person and came and left alone. He evolved, and he was quite strong. He also had a special job-- Spirit Ear, so he had strong hearing abilities. Thus, people often placed him in charge of sentry and investigation, earning him a lot of money and connections.

If Old San had heard it, then it would have been definitely true.

Seeing no one retorted, he continued, “Cloud Peak is unlucky. I heard that someone plotted against them. Their main force isn’t in the villa; only a few thousand are defending. They were able to last so long because of their equipment. The crystal weapons are so strong. Ying City also assisted. Before they were surrounded, 30 thousand entered to help, which was why they can last for so long.”

This wasn’t the first time some of them heard this, but they listened intently.

“But think about it: so many days have passed, and who knows how many monsters have gotten in. There are tens of thousands in thee sky. So, how many are left? If the people aren’t enough to defend the walls and it gets broken through, they will collapse!”

“So what if they killed the level eight? They had the advantage on the wall, but who knows how much they paid to kill it? I heard news that there is more than one level eight lifeform. Do you think they can defend?”

Everyone hushed. More level eight lifeforms appeared. Seemed like Cloud Peak couldn’t hold on.

“A battle squad passed. They aren’t leaving but are heading back. Cloud Peak is going to be wiped, so the order that they would kill everyone who didn’t help was nonsense! Those people think that Cloud Peak is going down, so obviously, they see it more clearly than us?”

Everyone nodded and felt like it made sense. Only the young man and three black clothes men in the corner were solemn.

At this point, the dark sky suddenly lit up. A giant black hole appeared beside the Iron Tower Hut. One corner was at the tower's foundation, and the iron rods were melted, which caused the hut to collapse. The people inside were evolved so they wouldn’t get squashed to death. But when they climbed out, they weren’t in a good state.

But when they saw the black hole, they were shocked and wondered what had happened. What occurred next stunned them.

A giant golden ball headed out and flew into the sky. Behind it were a few dozen people in various armors.

The three black clothes guy saw the final person who walked out of the hole and shouted, “Ye Zhongming?”