Chapter 205: Chapter 205

Chapter 205: A World Without the Silence Agreement

“Alliance Leader, why don’t we just give it a try?” Yang Zheng suggested.

Li Ye shook his head.

“No. We still have many projects that need testing.”

After that, he picked up a Level 3 Assault Rifle, aimed at the vampire, and unleashed a fierce barrage of fire.

Once Li Ye emptied the magazine, the vampire had been riddled with bullets, barely clinging to life.

However, he still did not die.

Upon seeing this, Li Ye could not help but frown.

Conventional firearms could inflict effective damage, but they could not completely kill a vampire.

During the barrage, he had deliberately aimed at its head and heart.

After pondering for a moment, a new idea came to him.

“Someone, bring up the flamethrower!”

A minute later, a combat personnel carried up the Scorcher Flamethrower.

Li Ye took the flamethrower and sprayed it furiously at the vampire.

Yet, a Level 2 Flamethrower was still limited in killing power against a Level 3 monster.

To strengthen the effect, Li Ye chose to increase the dosage.

Before long, the vampire had turned into a blazing fireball, emitting a piercing, mournful scream.

But he still did not die.

Li Ye ordered someone to fetch a bucket of water and douse the flames.

Although his body had been charred black, the vampire quickly displayed astonishing regenerative power. The scorched layers of flesh began to peel away one by one, revealing fresh, growing flesh beneath.

Just as he was about to catch his breath, Li Ye picked up a Level 3 Sniper Rifle, narrowed his eyes, and aimed at the vampire’s heart.

As Li Ye pulled the trigger, the vampire’s chest was instantly blown apart.

His eyes turned vacant as he collapsed powerlessly onto the ground.

“This time he should be dead.” Zhou Xing muttered instinctively.

Yet, a bizarre sight soon unfolded.

The flesh at the vampire’s chest began writhing slowly. Under everyone’s stunned gaze, he started to regenerate his heart!

“Just as the legends said, conventional weapons can’t completely kill him!” Fang Yong exclaimed in shock. “Only the legendary methods work!”

“His vitality is astonishing, but I still believe if we unleash enough firepower to blast him into pieces, no matter how strong his life force is, it won’t be able to regenerate.” Yang Zheng replied.

As the lord of a Fire-support Mobile City, he had always upheld the principle of firepower supremacy.

Although the vampire could regenerate his heart, his recovery speed was extremely slow.

Probably because of the repeated torment from Li Ye earlier, his vitality had been greatly weakened.

At first, the group still had the patience to wait, but as time dragged on, they could not resist striking up casual conversation.

“Alliance Leader, I actually find it quite interesting when the Mobile City migrates across the plateau. When will we go to the plateau terrain again?” Zhou Xing asked.

“That depends on our development needs.” Li Ye answered.

“By the way, is there a chance we might develop under the sea?” Yang Zheng asked. “Maybe there are plenty of resources down there.”

“Under the sea?” Fang Yong was surprised.

“From the current outlook, as long as we install the Submersible-type Mobile City accessories, it should be achievable.” Li Ye muttered. “Actually, I’m also curious about the situation beneath the sea.”

Growing impatient from the wait, he simply selected a few healthy combat personnel, ordered the nurses to draw their blood with syringes, and fed it to the vampire.

After ingesting the blood, the vampire’s recovery speed clearly accelerated.

Within two minutes, he was fully recovered.

When he reopened his eyes, he weakly scanned the crowd before him and spoke.

“…You should just kill me.”

“No.” Li Ye shook his head. “There are still many experiments left to test.”

Over the next while, he tested methods such as covering the nose and mouth, and breaking the neck.

Yet none of these could kill the vampire.

“I don’t know why, but I’m starting to feel sympathy for this guy.” Zhou Xing remarked. Google seaʀᴄh noveⅼfire.net

What surprised Li Ye the most was that the vampire actually adhered to the invitation rule.

The so-called invitation rule meant that a vampire must be invited by the owner before entering a residence.

“This really is a genuine vampire!” he thought.

In the end, Li Ye bound the vampire to the deck, awaiting sunrise.

After arranging guards to watch him, he yawned and returned to his room to sleep.

When he awoke again, one of the combat personnel guarding the vampire immediately reported to him.

As the first rays of sunlight shone down, the vampire turned into a heap of ashes.

From within the ashes, the combat personnel carefully searched and retrieved 30 Crystal Coins.

While eating breakfast, Li Ye began contemplating the Blood Clan Civilization.

He had to admit, this Level 3 Monstrous Civilization was extremely troublesome.

It not only retained the conventional land, sea, air, and Mobile City combat forces of a Level 3 Monstrous Civilization, but also possessed the unique advantages of vampires.

If it came to war against the Blood Clan Civilization, it could not be approached with conventional thinking.

Wooden melee weapons? Wooden bullets? Cannon shells loaded with garlic in bulk?

For a moment, Li Ye’s mind surged with all sorts of strange ideas.

Although the Blood Clan Civilization was formidable, he believed that as long as the right methods of combat were mastered, it could still be defeated.

“At last, it’s refreshed.” Looking at the system before him, Li Ye whispered softly.

He had to admit, this week-long wait had been rather drawn-out.

【1. On the ten-thousand-meter snowy peak of the Northern Firmament Continent, the Emperor-class Monster, Heaven’s Chosen Hard, set out once again. This time, its destination was the Southern Continent. (Intelligence Value: Ordinary)】

【2. In the Western Wasteland Continent, the war between human and monstrous forces over the Heavenly Road Path had come to an end. Humanity emerged victorious, marking the conclusion of this continental-scale war. Both sides were about to sign a truce agreement. (Intelligence Value: Excellent)】

【3. Last night, the leaders of the three world-class monstrous organizations held a meeting to discuss whether to abolish the Silence Agreement. The leader of the War Alliance believed that this agreement had entirely constrained the monstrous side for over a century, and had often been exploited by the human side. The leader of the United Sect remained neutral. The leader of Natural Selection strongly opposed it, believing that once the Silence Agreement was abolished, humanity would launch indiscriminate attacks against the low-level Monstrous Civilizations of the wastelands, causing severe ecological destruction for the monstrous side. After much discussion, the proposal was shelved. (Intelligence Value: Rare)】

【4. The top-secret research base “Heart of Leviathan” within the Titan Throne had successfully developed artificial Emperor-class Monsters. (Intelligence Value: Excellent)】

【5. In the future, the Wasteland God Miwei would play a grand prank on the entire world. (Intelligence Value: Excellent)】

【6. Refreshing… (Intelligence Value: Epic)】

【7. Refreshing… (Intelligence Value: Epic)】

Li Ye’s gaze instantly fixed on the third piece of intelligence.

“The monstrous side actually wants to abolish the Silence Agreement?” he was shocked.

Thinking it through, the Silence Agreement was actually a decent arrangement. At the very least, it allowed both humanity and monsters to remain within a framework of dignity and regulation.

If a Super Monstrous Civilization expanded, both sides could agree to intervene together.

Even if conflicts escalated into continental-scale wars, the number of Mobile Cities and the scale of military force deployed would still be limited to corresponding levels, keeping the intensity of wars under control.

In Li Ye’s view, the greatest benefit of the Silence Agreement was that it barely maintained the wasteland’s ecological balance.

Whether it was low-level human Mobile Cities, survivor caravans, bounty hunters, towns, or survival squads, they all could develop slowly in low-level zones.

And low-level Monstrous Civilizations would not face overwhelming threats either.

Unknowingly, a bead of sweat slid down Li Ye’s cheek.

He vaguely foresaw what the world would look like once the Silence Agreement was abolished.

The monstrous world-class organizations would unleash indiscriminate firepower, and humanity would no longer have a foothold in the wastelands.

The human world-class organizations were immensely powerful, and the abolition of the Silence Agreement would not affect them much.

High-level human Mobile Cities had means of concealing themselves and wielded formidable military force, allowing them to continue surviving and developing in the wastelands.

But for low-level human forces, survival would become utterly impossible. Their only choice was to depend on the human world-class organizations and the high-level Mobile Cities.

Humanity’s plight was dire, but the monsters were not much better off.

The three major human world-class organizations would also launch indiscriminate strikes, wiping out nearly all low-level Monstrous Civilizations.

Without question, the abolition of the Silence Agreement would accelerate the world’s trajectory.

This matter would serve as a fuse, igniting the final confrontation between humanity and the monstrous side.

A battle to determine the ownership of the planet.

“Looks like time really is running short.” Li Ye thought with some melancholy.

The remaining intelligence also surprised him somewhat.

“Never thought the Titan Throne could actually develop artificial Emperor-class Monsters! And as for the Wasteland God Miwei, just what kind of existence is that?”

After digesting the contents of the intelligence, Li Ye began making arrangements for his current affairs.

Over these ten days, the Tomorrow Alliance had already collected all the metal resources of the tourism state—except for the ruined city where the Seventh Ember Organization was located.

Everything Li Ye had planned to craft had already been made, and there was still a surplus of steel.

Next, they would advance to the next state in the Old Civilization Zone, gather metal resources, and forge them into steel for sale to the three major human organizations.

The Crystal Coins they earned could then be used to purchase blueprints as needed.

Meanwhile, the fleet of the Tomorrow Alliance could go on to attack Level 2 Monstrous Civilizations, thereby weakening the monstrous side’s power in the Taranis Ocean.

Overall, both fronts faced little pressure.

Western Wasteland Continent, Heavenly Road Path.

The Mobile Cities of humans and monsters now stood on the northern and southern sides.

At present, humanity controlled most of the Heavenly Road Path, holding the advantage in the Western Wasteland Continent.

Both sides dispatched representatives to sign the truce aboard a Mobile City.

The chosen Mobile City was the Saint, and the location was its cathedral.

The heavy oak doors slowly pushed open, and cold sunlight streamed diagonally through towering arched windows, casting geometric patterns onto the deep-red carpet.

At the center of the hall stood a horseshoe-shaped negotiation table, polished to a gleam, reflecting the cold light of the crystal chandeliers above.

On the table were neatly arranged leather-bound agreements, pens, and the banners of the six major organizations.

There was even a bottle of mineral water placed at each seat.

Only a world-class organization like the Apocalypse Sect could afford such modernized arrangements.

In addition to the six organizational banners, the cathedral also displayed the banner of the humans of the Old Era—something Heath had specifically requested.

The representatives of both humans and monsters took their seats.

Ten minutes later, the agreement was signed.

Seated among them, Heath could not help letting out a long sigh of relief.

This time, at least, the Western Wasteland Continent would know some peace.

After the participants gradually departed, Heath entered the communication room.

A few minutes later, Lord Viktor appeared on the screen.

“The truce has been reached, Lord Viktor.” Heath reported.

His tone carried both excitement and joy.

“You performed well this time, Heath.” Viktor said. “But I still have some matters to entrust to you.”

“Please, speak freely.”

From Viktor’s words, Heath learned what he was to do next—continental-scale construction.

With the war over, the southern part of the Western Wasteland Continent had fallen under humanity’s control.

Survivors, bounty hunters, survivor towns, caravans, Mobile Cities—all these forces would now be able to develop more smoothly.

After all, the region was now linked together.

The southern monstrous forces would gradually withdraw from the Western Wasteland Continent, moving northward or toward the oceans.

But this also brought a problem.

With monsters disappearing from the southern continent, Level 1–2 human Mobile Cities would find it difficult to gain resources by hunting monsters.

At that time, they would face three options:

They could venture to the northern continent, entirely controlled by monsters, continuing to move and fight.

They could choose to develop overseas.

Or they could board flights on Airborne Islands and head for new continents to seek Level 1–2 zones for further growth.

Heath had once consulted the people’s opinions.

The vast majority chose to settle down, living peacefully in the Western Wasteland Continent.

Compared to development, a stable life was also a good choice.

Not everyone was like Li Ye, single-minded in pursuit of growth.

Viktor, smoking a cigarette, listed out a series of continental-scale construction plans for Heath.

Intercontinental railways, super harbors, highways linking the regions.

Dams, canals, subways, cross-sea bridges.

Modernized towns and cities.

Everything people needed in daily life would be built by the three major organizations through high-level Mobile Cities.

If nothing unexpected occurred, the southern part of the Western Wasteland Continent would one day become a modern nation.

During their exchange, Heath emphasized two issues.

First, because of the agreement between the Titan Throne Natural L3 and the dinosaurs, the Cretaceous Zone would belong to the dinosaurs.

Second, the issue of handling the suppression devices in the Wasteland Zone.

“The matter of the Cretaceous has already been decided. After all, the dinosaurs contributed greatly in the Heavenly Road Path war, so let that zone be theirs.” Viktor replied. “From now on, the two sides will keep to their own, not interfering with one another. But to be safe, the three major organizations will each station a Level 3 Mobile City at the edge of the Cretaceous Zone as guards.”

“And what about the Wasteland Zone?” Heath pressed. “Lord Viktor, I truly don’t understand—why did the United Sect choose to repair the suppression device rather than destroy it?”

Viktor merely chuckled.

“Well, that can actually be understood.”

This Cardinal Bishop then casually revealed a matter that left Heath utterly shocked.

Deep beneath the Wasteland Zone, tens of thousands of meters underground, lay the Wasteland God Temple—equivalent to a horn.

Once it reemerged in the world, the long-slumbering Wasteland Gods would return one after another.