Chapter 1268: Collaboration

The soldier was b.l.o.o.d.y all over, his head still bleeding as he sat crouched on the snow, clearly someone who had just desperately returned to deliver news.

The General was so mad that he was clenching his teeth, but in front of so many people, he couldn’t do anything.

The good news is that the War Shaman is dead.

That was good news, but also bad news.

——if even the War Shaman had died in the black fog, why should I go face such an Apocalypse?

But if I don’t go and violate my ident.i.ty, I’m as good as dead.

How should I deal with the current situation?

Even if I am their leader, a leader who refuses to face the enemy even after being provoked is an unworthy leader.

Unless something unexpected happened…

Unexpected…

What kind of unexpected situation could occur at this point in time?

Do I say I have a stomachache?

——That will probably send me straight into the center of the Apocalypse by the rules of this world.

The General’s gaze quickly scanned through everyone here.

All of these people are too weak, if my subordinates were here, I’d at least be able to attempt fighting…

While he was thinking, a bit of commotion could be heard at the gate of the city.

“General! General!”

Someone called out.

Everyone turned back, only to see a group of 20 well-armed soldiers being led by an officer towards them.

They quickly arrived in front of the General, saluted him, then loudly said: “General, please take us into combat with you!”

The General was surprised.

All of the War Shaman’s subordinates within the Tomb of Myriad Beasts are here.

As well as a portion of my subordinates.

Everyone was caught in the Apocalypse and lost sight of one another, they hadn’t reestablished contact yet.

They should have taken various different ident.i.ties within the capital city——–

They have no way to easily change their ident.i.ties and become my subordinates again!

This was one of the most headache-inducing issues.

Who in the world managed to locate them all, then send them to me like this?

The General moved his gaze towards a certain officer.

This was also one of my subordinates, but after entering this world, he became a recruitment officer, simply responsible for hiring talented individuals for the military.

Hiring talented individuals?

The General finally realized.

So this one used the power of the military to locate everyone!

The recruiting officer loudly spoke: “General, you a.s.signed me to recruit talented individuals among the populace, so I’ve found these Combatants who carried unique abilities. All of them are willing to follow your every order!”

The General turned to his subordinates.

The issue of ident.i.ty——–

Since this was official military recruitment, it was an official reason to change someone’s ident.i.ty.

The rules of the world would not affect this!

Regardless if they were the War Shaman’s subordinates or my own, as long as they’re soldiers, they will have to listen to my orders in war!

Otherwise, they’ll be tossed directly into the Apocalypse!

What a well-executed move.

——who would have thought at this crucial point in time, one of my best subordinates managed to find and rally all of the War Shaman’s subordinates here?

“Where are the rest of our people?” the General sent his voice to ask the recruitment officer.

“There wasn’t enough time, I still haven’t managed to find everyone. These are all the people I’ve managed to locate so far” the recruitment officer replied.

—–that was true, with so little time to spare, the fact that he managed to find 20 people was already quite an achievement.

“Ahahaha, well done!”

The General laughed.

These are all ancient monsters with ample experience against the Apocalypse. Under my command, even against an Apocalypse illusion, they’d be able to fight just fine!

At this point, the soldier who managed to escape the black fog had been carried onto a stretcher.

He suddenly raised his fist up high and shouted: “Praise the great General!”

Everyone followed suit: “Praise the great General!”

“Praise the great General!”

“Praise the great General!”

The General nodded.

———there’s only one choice right now.

Since I can’t violate my ident.i.ty, and now there are usable men under my command, there’s nothing else to do but fight.

He patted the recruitment officer’s shoulder and said: “You’re an office worker, not a Combatant, there is no need for you to go out on the frontlines. You shall remain and continue searching for powerful people for this General!”

“Sir, yes sir!” the recruitment officer replied.

The General walked in front of the 20 men and shouted: “Come, accompany this General against that monster!”

“All other troops, remain and await your orders!”

At this point, he had realized something.

——-he definitely cannot allow the people of this world to come with him.

Because that would greatly hinder him in many ways, including in combat due to fear of exposing his ident.i.ty.

“Sir, yes sir!” everyone loudly responded.

The General rode a horse in front, bringing 20 ancient monsters with him.

They quickly disappeared into the black fog.

Other than them, the others remained around the vicinity of the black fog, preparing to face the enemy.

Only Gu Qing Shan was being carried away on a stretcher by two soldiers through the city gates.

As they reached the front of the city gates, the recruitment officer from earlier rode a horse alongside them.

He had his horse matched the pace of the stretcher and asked Gu Qing Shan.

“How bad are your wounds?” he asked.

“I’ll survive” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The two of them nodded and said nothing else, instead started sending their voices.

“Our collaboration this time was quite decent——– I didn’t think you’d be able to force him into a corner so well, I almost couldn’t make it in time” the recruitment officer said.

Gu Qing Shan helplessly said: “He wanted to get rid of me first—— I’ll be honest, originally I wanted to observe a bit before deciding on a game plan, but now I can see that these monsters had better be eliminated as soon as possible”

The recruitment officer nodded: “I’m of the same mind. Since the Apocalypse is already here, might as well let them throw their lives into it”

The two of them remained silent for a bit.

Apocalypse vs monsters.

It didn’t matter which of these sides were eradicated.

And it was a good opportunity to see what kind of Apocalypse they were fighting against.

Gu Qing Shan asked: “Other than you, where is another ‘other me’?”

The recruitment officer replied: “We didn’t just kill this recruitment officer, but another monster as well. He had already taken that monster’s form to investigate, when necessary, he’ll act as a hidden blade or something”

“Ah… then… there’s nothing to worry about right now…”

Gu Qing Shan calmed down, then muttered: “Collaborating with ‘myself’, this is quite a nice feeling”

The recruitment officer replied: “Hm, I didn’t think I’d run into another of ‘myself’ here either——- it’s mostly that this tomb is too miraculous, allowing people from numerous s.p.a.ce-Time to appear at once. I a.s.sume that quite a few parallel world Combatants are all searching for the secrets of the great tomb’s deepest chamber”

“When the Tomb of Myriad Beasts fused 99% of the fragments, this great tomb appeared. Say, what kind of other things do you think would emerge if other Samsara fragments were also fused?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“That’s tough to say, I’m also pondering this matter…”

…

While chatting, time pa.s.sed quickly.

After entering the city, Gu Qing Shan was brought to a rehabilitation ward.

After a priest whose expertise was in healing arrived, Gu Qing Shan’s flesh wounds were all healed up.

“After this illusion is over, you two will most likely be teleported back to where you previously were, while I would remain on top of the Wraith’s corpse” Gu Qing Shan said.

“You’re really riding its body inside?” the recruitment officer was shocked, “But it’s a living monster”

Knock knock knock!

A sound of knocking.

“It’s me”

Shan Hai Qi Xia could be heard from the other side of the door.

The recruitment officer grabbed a sword from the void of s.p.a.ce and looked at Gu Qing Shan.

“An ally” Gu Qing Shan replied.

He then opened the door.

Shan Hai Qi Xia walked in, then was shocked to see the recruitment officer.

Subconsciously, she had already wielded the purple bell in her hand and quickly said: “Gu Qing Shan, he’s a subordinate of the Beast King G.o.d——-”

“He’s not, relax, let me introduce you two, this is me” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Gu Qing Shan” the recruitment officer slightly smiled.

The recruitment officer’s outer appearance slowly changed, turning into another Gu Qing Shan.

Compared to the regular Gu Qing Shan, he was basically the exact same, but from his physique, there was a bit of belly fat.

Gu Qing Shan also noticed this and appeared confused.

“Hey, what’s up with your stomach?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The other ‘Gu Qing Shan’ appeared troubled and replied: “It’s because of my [Order], the one I’m carrying is [Worlds Apocalypse Online – NEET[1]]”

“N—NEET?” Gu Qing Shan raised his eyebrows.

“Yup, other than when I’m cultivating, I have to be a NEET every moment of the day in order to grow stronger”

That ‘Gu Qing Shan’ put a hand on his belly and muttered: “Staying in one place for too long and eating too much eventually led to this”

[1] In Chinese, the slang for NEET is ‘dried salted fish’, please keep this in mind