Sha Sha left Ye Zhongmingâs room in confusion and looked at Xia Lei, leaning on a pillar of the villa. She smiled awkwardly.
Although nothing happened between them, Sha Sha was sure Ye Zhongming peaked at her. If not, how would he know what was on her body? She even kissed Ye Zhongming the night the poppy wheel disappeared. Now that she saw his girlfriend, it was normal to be awkward.
Xia Lei crossed her arms and sized up Sha Sha. After noticing nothing, she stopped caring and just entered the villa.
Sha Sha pouted; she shrugged and left.
She didnât want to hear things that would make her embarrassed.
Xia Leiâs expression changed after she entered. She hugged the guy who was looking outside and rested his head on her chest. Her hands ruffled his dark hair and started to massage his scalp.
Ye Zhongming relaxed.
âGood that they cleared the area around. Send people to occupy these areas. Build a base in the villages and towns.â
âEn.â Xia Lei agreed. Now that her guy was back, he was in charge, and she didnât have to use her brain.
âWe lack people. This is a key point for the near future. Stop the hunts and send people out to find people. Try to recruit normal people. We donât need warriors but farmers.â
Ye Zhongming was not doing this for no reason. He left for some time, so many things were delayed. From now on, the food problem will be an issue. Food storage would change after the year, so not much remained. The things from the wheel were too little and couldnât meet the food demand. Hunted meat could only solve a small portion, and it was not enough.
Ye Zhongming was originally not in a rush to solve this problem as the food crisis was relative. Those factions with skill would not be troubled much. Cloud Peak would not be hungry under him.
But after this incident, he knew he had to pay attention. He faced a few factions, and there might be an intense conflict. Although he said that he didnât need warriors, on the contrary, as compared to the super factions, Ye Zhongmingâs gap wasnât in high-level combat strength, not weapons and equipment but people.
The number of warriors was comparable to one division of the Glory Army, at most two.
That was too little. If there was a war, what mattered were numbers.
Moreover, Ye Zhongming was planning to build a super faction. The plan had to change, so the population was a problem he had to solve.
With population, he would have warriors.
âBut if there are too many normal people, what about potions?â Although Xia Lei was too lazy to think and just wanted to hug him, she was in charge for so long and asked some questions instinctively.
Now was the evolution wave, and level one zombies and mutated lifeforms were reducing. That meant level-one crystals were getting lesser, and so were one-star potions. Ying City markets would often appear one-star potions trading for close to a two-star potion. It seemed illogical, but it wasnât. To become evolved, many normal people were willing to pay more and were extorted by those who had such potions.
Even Cloud Peak didnât have many one-star potions.
âDonât worry about that, I can solve it.â Ye Zhongming clapped her hand, âClear 20 meters of space below the walls. I will plant something that can help defend and solve the problem of low-level crystals.â
She knew her guy was magical, so she didnât ask and just agreed.
âCloud Hoove eggs?â
âThey are in Sister Hongâs lab.â
Ye Zhongming nodded, but she was suddenly squeezed.
Xia Lei smiled and continued to push half his head into her chest.
âSend people to Ying City to inform all the factions to come to Cloud Peak for a meeting in five days. Those who donât come scram out of Ying City.â
Xia Lei was shocked. But thinking about Cloud Peakâs current strength, it made sense.
âWhat other instructions?â
Xia Lei used more strength.
âWe might have to help Cloud Port, not only help, but I also need to prove something and earn from there. Moreover, we need to form an alliance, not those life and death ones, but at least for information.â
He offended many factions, so he wasnât a fool. He planned to get help. At least, he had to know information that was bad for him.
âI will lead a third of the people over. You can choose. Donât choose those strong ones; mid-level is enough.â
Xia Lei memorized it.
âAnd?â
âAlsoâŠâ
She used more strength, and the frequency was not a massage but a rub.
Ye Zhongming said a word before stopping.
âWe hadnât met for half a year, and you are telling me all this work stuff. You donât want to do something else?â
âDo something else?â He smiled and teased the woman behind him.
But he underestimated her strength. She carried him up and tossed him onto the bed before riding on him. She ripped her clothing.
âThis!â
Her body sunk.
Three hours later, the tables turned, and Xia Leiâs voice spread out.
âYou are a monsterâŠâ
Half an hour passed.
âGo find Chuyin, I canât anymoreâŠâ
Another half an hour.
âCall Xia Bai, please let me goâŠâ
Another half an hour.
âAnyone, find a few more, let me goâŠâ
Another half an hour.
âJust kill me.â