Chapter 168: Chapter 168 Permanent Alliance
The shelter is inward.
"What do the people of Raang say about us?"
"Boss! You scared me!"
Melanie screamed in surprise; she was thinking about something important and got a little distracted.
"They say all sorts of things..." The young girl caught her breath and said.
"Most of them are outrageous rumors, like you’re colluding with aliens, that’s how the food comes, and there’s a conspiracy behind it, the food is poisoned..."
"Looks like they’re waiting for me to leave?"
"Especially their leader!" Melanie said with a smile, then pointed a camera at the elderly leader.
This guy was reassuring the crowd, promising them that the monster would soon leave...
At noon, Lin Yi intended to take a nap on the hammock when Melanie spoke through the radio.
"Xiaochuan says there’s a new discovery!"
Lin Yi teleported to the Raang camp and contacted Xiaochuan, who was with the beastmen outside the town.
He summoned the motorcycle "Dagger," and arrived there in about a minute and a half.
The road was empty, as anything remotely useful had already been scavenged.
Xiaochuan stood next to the beastman commander Ter Liu, holding a strange axe-like object.
"Boss! This beastman..." Xiaochuan pointed at the young beastman holding the axe.
"He saw a wandering zombie and killed it, then claimed the ’tribal spirit’ contacted him, saying he was chosen to participate in a survival game. As a reward, he received this item. They call it Colam."
"Interesting, what do you say, Shelter?"
[Any sentient being not recognized by the system that kills an infected entity on this planet will establish a connection with the local system, meaning they will receive the same rewards as humans for killing infected entities.]
"I see, but that’s not within our contract with the beastmen..."
Lin Yi stroked his chin, then turned to Xiaochuan.
"Gather everyone, we’re going back. Anyway, everything useful here has already been scavenged by us."
"Yes, boss!"
"Yes, lord of the humans!"
After sending everyone back to the shelter, Lin Yi greeted the elderly leader of the town and then left.
He drove six kilometers northwest.
kilometers away from Raang, there was a chaotic place called the Lille Administrative Region.
Why is it called chaotic?
Because it was basically a city cobbled together from several towns and communes.
Lille Town was near the Belgian border, densely populated before the zombie outbreak, with 1.5 million people, but about a third of them were immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa.
At least that’s what Hubert said; he had been there shortly before the apocalypse.
Back at the shelter, Lin Yi held a meeting in the beastman lord’s castle.
Terghai himself and all the elders were present.
On the human side, there were Immanuel, two beastman mercenaries, Teruo, and his apprentice.
Lin Yi briefly introduced the situation to them and showed them that strange weapon.
[Colam, First Level]
An ancient traditional weapon of the Taru people, made from the whiskers of the wild Core Cat and the tusks of the Shanram.
Note: System incompatibility.
Killing an enemy with this weapon will not yield any experience points or rewards.
This strange weapon was made from rough and durable gray whiskers and a large tusk carved into an axe blade shape.
Old Shaman Teruo checked carefully as his apprentice held the weapon and said.
"Indeed... this is Colam! A real Colam... and it’s... brand new!"
"Impossible! How could it be?!" Elder Nu, the shaman with gray-green skin, cried out excitedly, filled with disbelief.
Elder Shu, the shaman with gray-orange skin, looked at Lin Yi with kindness.
"I think we should ask this great human lord. He seems... very wise; he must know something."
"Come on, Boss Lin Yi, tell us, we all saw that cunning smile on your face."
This was Terghai, who recently learned the term from humans, saying it was supposed to enhance their relationship, and he was imitating them.
Lin Yi put away the cunning look on his face.
"Hehe. You guessed it right. I asked the shelter, also called the ’soul,’ and he told me if you’re in my world, you’ll receive blessings, and then you can kill zombies and receive rewards just like humans."
The elders were greatly shocked upon receiving the message from Lin Yi.
"This means that once warriors are recognized, they can acquire skills, just like the warriors of ancient times..."
"Yeah, probably..."
"Boss Lin Yi, you have to help the young warriors secure recognition! These are crucial for our survival!"
"Though I’m the big boss, you have to know this isn’t within our agreement, right?"
Lin Yi smiled with a businessman’s air.
Terghai nodded in agreement and asked.
"In exchange, what do you want?"
"Five hundred young warriors, to arrange beastman women for household chores, and assign a blacksmith to forge equipment for them for six months. Also, I hope you’ll lower Teruo’s reward to a thousand coins per day."
Lin Yi looked at Teruo and Terghai.
"In exchange, I’ll give you most of what your warriors scavenge, except for coins, and help any number of beastmen obtain recognition."
"I need to discuss with them..."
Terghai and Teruo exchanged a glance, then replied after a moment of silence.
The discussion didn’t take long.
Only about four minutes later, the elders agreed to the terms on the human side.
"But we would like to add one more! Lin Yi, we must form an indefinite alliance with humanity, this is our biggest request."
Terghai said with utmost seriousness.
Since the two races allied, Lin Yi’s power completely overturned their perception.
As allies, they benefited greatly, but the Zombie General was already defeated.
Once the common enemy was gone, who knew what would happen next?
In the past, fearlessness stemmed from ignorance, and they would talk about a glorious battle.
But now...
Thus, holding tightly to Lin Yi’s thigh was the quickest way for the orc tribe to develop!
After contemplating, Lin Yi finally nodded under the eager gaze of the orcs.
The orcs, as a powerful melee force, could be said to be the best mobile fortress.
During this period of interaction, they were also very obedient.
To expand territories in space-time, one couldn’t be too sectarian, the ocean is big enough to hold every river to develop quickly.
Moreover, the life force of the shelter has a huge relation to the destruction of Earth.
His current armed force was still too little to lead extraterrestrials to save Earth, it would be too awesome!
In ten minutes, the contract was signed.
In twenty minutes, the orcs began to prepare.
Thirty minutes later.
Lin Yi looked at the large crowd of orcs in front of him.
"What’s going on, full tribe mobilization?"
"I don’t quite understand this expression..."
"I mean, have you decided to have all your tribesmen complete the recognition?"
"Why not? You promised it would be completed safely, I trust every word you say!"
"Damn, I’m always deceived by your dumb-looking face, forgetting how cunning you are!"
"Hahaha! I understand what you mean!"
"There don’t seem to be many females among these warriors?"
"Indeed! There were females among the initial people, but if any of them gained powerful skills, perhaps we need to re-examine... ancient traditions."
"The initial people? Who are they?"
"Allow me to explain."
At this time, Teruo took over the negotiation board.
"The initial people are those before the system’s descent, they lived in the world of Taru, when our tribe was on the brink of extinction, the great chief—Morzal, united the remnants of various tribes under his banner.
Regrettably, our world eventually perished, but before then, the great chief saved the remaining survivors and transferred them to a place very similar to your area.
Unfortunately, when our world perished, our tribesmen lost the ability to gain rewards by killing evil, and that area became much weaker."
"Isn’t your shelter called the Ark? It doesn’t seem to match your description."
"Yes, to promote the survival of our race, every few generations, the great ’Ark’ separates a part of itself, forming a new ’Ark’.
The Sea of Space-Time is a dangerous and unpredictable place, even the great ’Ark’ will eventually perish one day.
This is why it sows seeds throughout the Sea of Space-Time, so they might take root and grow to be stronger than the great ’Ark’ and give rise to more ’Arks’."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi suddenly understood, so many things could be explained now.
"Alright then, let’s start this holy war! Let’s grind Levels and collect equipment!"
"Grind? Collect?"
After appearing in France, Terghai couldn’t hide the shock on his face: "A real... real world! This feeling... this air..."
"The air here... is nauseating!"
"How can you be so delicate?" Lin Yi moved his gaze from Terghai and Teruo.
He looked ahead.
Marler, a small town with a population of 2,500, currently had over 3,000 zombies.
"Alright, enough small talk, time is money, I’m going to activate it now, are you ready?"
"Ready."
"Then let’s go!"
Lin Yi said, activating the bait device.
It instantly consumed half an Energy Core.
There was some commotion in the small town!
The roar was already audible, along with the sound of breaking windows, a group of zombies, either walking or running, emerged as Experience Points zombies.
"Dinner time, guys, enjoy to your heart’s content."
After Lin Yi spoke, he retreated to the side.
They were in a cage about 30 square meters, formed by movable walls.
The orcs didn’t like this method very much, but running around hunting zombies would take too long.
"There’s a wall over there, bad guys over there, get to it, you all, I have to head to Berlin."...