Chapter 804 - 160: Bronze Tree
As Su Changxing and Fang Muping chatted, others also observed this direction. Everyone knew Su Changxing was a true powerhouse, capable of easily wiping out a large group of ghouls.
"This is at least Tier Seven Extraordinary." A slightly chubby-faced young man said with certainty.
His name was Yi Xiaotian, considered a key member. In terms of face-to-face fighting, aside from the captain, few in the team could beat him.
"Of course, that’s obvious. This kind of powerhouse, I’ve seen for the first time; before, I only heard about them on forums." Said another person, wearing a steel helmet and somewhat thin, named Tan Zhongshu.
"He looks about the same age as us, yet he’s so powerful, it’s really hard to believe."
"It’s not related to age, mainly related to talent and luck. I’ve heard most powerful ones now survived the first round of apocalypse."
"Like us who became Extraordinary later, our strength is generally not too strong, unless luck is extremely good, obtaining some special mysterious items or completing some high-level missions."
"What are you doing? Go clean up the corpse of that ghoul over there, we’re preparing to leave." A woman with a short braid shouted loudly, full of aggressive demeanor, scaring others into a jolt.
This place belongs to the territory of Chenzhou, and the entire area is under the jurisdiction of Seventeen, so it hasn’t been affected by the frontline wars.
Su Changxing followed Fang Muping and others all the way to their gathering place, and was met with a massive Bronze Tree growing from the center of the gathering area.
"What is that?" Su Changxing looked at the Bronze Tree and asked Fang Muping.
Fang Muping explained: "That’s the Inheritance Tree, able to condense Extraordinary Power within the gathering place, making it easier for the Extraordinary to break through. Our gathering place’s Inheritance Tree was planted not long ago but is growing very quickly."
Su Changxing raised his eyebrows: "Inheritance Tree?"
Indeed, he felt the energy around here was denser, seemingly due to the effect of this Bronze Tree.
But where did this thing come from?
"Is this something distributed from Seventeen?" Su Changxing asked.
Fang Muping hesitated and said: "Sir, I can’t inform you about this, this is our internal affair."
In the dark mist, the treetop of this huge Bronze Tree flickered with light like fireflies, as if burning, extremely eye-catching.
This giant Bronze Tree gave him a touch of familiarity, as if he’d seen it somewhere, yet not very clearly.
Intuition told him that there was something wrong with this thing, but couldn’t tell exactly where.
Although Team 17 had separated from the Security Bureau, it retained the physique of the Bureau and still managed various areas via a Leader.
After arriving at the gathering place, Su Changxing quickly met the gathering place’s Leader, considered the most powerful person in this area.
He was a somewhat overweight middle-aged man with cut-short beard, a burning cigarette between his lips.
Su Changxing knew this man, having known him a long time ago. Seeing him here was somewhat unexpected.
Lu Yu, the administrator of the Zombie World’s Security Bureau residency; later Squad Leader Lu; he never had a strong presence but kept alive, surviving till now, becoming a Leader at Seventeenth Middle School, possessing impressive power.
He was now a Tier Eight Extraordinary.
At the first sight of Su Changxing, Lu Yu’s expression turned dull, the smoking gesture halted, ashes scattered from the cigarette end, sparsely falling on the ground:
"Leader Su!"
Everyone knew Su Changxing left more than a year ago, where he went nobody knew. Some said he died under the Great Wizard’s hand, others said he didn’t die but was hiding somewhere healing due to severe injury.
Other than core members of Seventeen, people had no idea about this. The information was completely confidential.
It was months after Su Changxing left that others found out he had gone; they previously believed he was in Donglin City.
War gradually began to erupt from that time; otherwise, if Su Changxing had been present, war would not have erupted at all.
Su Changxing’s name was legendary for everyone in Team 17, symbolizing extraordinary significance.
Seeing Lu Yu, Su Changxing also showed a smile, walked over to put an arm around Lu Yu’s shoulder, lightly tapping:
"Didn’t expect you now possess such power, quite surprising."
This unfamiliar yet familiar feeling brought joy, like meeting a friend not seen for many years, now seen again.
Su Changxing’s appearance was clearly unexpected for Lu Yu, whose expression was somewhat stiff, a look of being stunned.
"Haha, Leader Su you left for so long, I never thought I’d see you here again, this is truly wonderful." Lu Yu said excitedly, grabbing onto Su Changxing’s arm and walking inside.
Lu Yu was also an old member of Team 17, presumably knew more than Fang Muping.
"Still fighting?"
"Yes, there’s still fighting, continuously fighting, and it’s getting fiercer." Lu Yu had two cups of tea brewed, brought to the table, saying with a face full of emotion:
"However, Leader Su, since you’re back, the war will definitely end. Many on the forum are calling for an end to the war, but our sides have fought to the point of no return."
Su Changxing looked at him thoughtfully and said: "Seems you’re quite opposed to this battle indeed."
Lu Yu thought for a moment and said: "Can’t say I’m strongly opposed, just as time progresses we suffer more losses, and many with strong powers are perishing. This has completely deviated from our original intent."
Su Changxing picked up the green tea on the table and drank it all, sighing: "Good tea! Since that’s the case, why don’t you stop the war? The war has reached such a point, I reckon negotiation should be able to cease the fire, right?"
Lu Yu’s face showed an awkward smile: "Although it’s said like this, I’m not considered a core figure, can’t say anything within Seventeen, nor know why the fighting continues."
Su Changxing contemplated a bit and said: "Tell me the current situation, how’s Zhou An now; surely, it’s because he feels there’s a need to fight."
Lu Yu nodded: "Commander Zhou’s power is now very strong; after you left, he was the second to bear the title of First Extraordinary, once single-handedly shattered the army led by four Apocalypse engineered by Chenxi."
"In the early stage of war, despite many forces siding with Chenxi, we still had the upper hand."
"But later on, Chenxi’s side emerged many powerhouses, these people are all very strange."
Su Changxing put down the tea cup: "Very strange? In what way?"
Lu Yu continued: "They give me the feeling like ancient people who survived from the past, also players, possessing extremely strong power. Some say on forums they’re from other worlds."
"To be precise, I don’t know much, but at that time the war was close to ending, Deputy Lin had sent messages, saying peace talks were being prepared."
"But the appearance of these people reignited the war, making it increasingly fierce."