#82 - Chapter 82: Spiritual Summoning Ceremony
"Are you planning to build your own armed force?" Yan Zhengping didn't answer but asked instead.
"You could say that! Commander Yan, it's legal at the moment," Dongfang Chen replied.
"That's right, it's legal. Xiao Chen, have you ever thought about coming to work for me?" Yan Zhengping switched to another question.
"Huh?" Dongfang Chen was baffled.
"Commander Yan, are you planning to poach me entirely?" Dongfang Chen joked.
"Hahaha! Look at you, kid, I'm just saying. How about it? Consider it?" Yan Zhengping laughed.
"Forget it, Commander Yan, I'm too restless and don't like being controlled," Dongfang Chen refused.
"It's okay, you can take your time to consider it," Yan Zhengping said, stopping there and not intending to force him.
"Then about borrowing people...?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"No problem. But we're just in a business relationship right now. I can't lend you people for free, can I?" Yan Zhengping put on a money-grubbing expression.
"Of course not for free. How about 10 people for 2 months, and 100 sets of combat suits?" Dongfang Chen stated his price.
"Hahaha! Deal! It's settled then!" Yan Zhengping beamed with joy.
"But I have one more condition," Dongfang Chen added.
"What condition?" Yan Zhengping was taken aback.
"Rong Po must go," Dongfang Chen said.
Yan Zhengping pondered for a moment and replied:
"As you wish!"
"Then I'll trouble Commander Yan. I'll contact you again when the time is set," Dongfang Chen stood up, ready to leave.
"What, you're leaving already?" Yan Zhengping asked.
"Yes! I have other things to take care of, so I won't disturb you any longer," Dongfang Chen smiled.
"Alright! Let's have a drink sometime if we get the chance," Yan Zhengping said politely.
"Okay!"
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Yusu Province, Mozhou City, Urban Area, Development Zone.
A ten-man squad was searching within a factory area.
"Team 1 normal."
"Team 2 normal."
"Captain, situation," someone suddenly reported through the walkie-talkie.
"Everyone, converge towards Team 3's direction," the captain ordered.
These people were mercenaries from the Mercenary Guild.
They were wearing the Guardian I-type combat suits provided by the guild, and holding Guardian I-type laser guns.
However, other aspects were relatively poor, such as the walkie-talkies, which were just ordinary handheld walkie-talkies.
After hanging up the walkie-talkie, the captain quickly moved towards Team 3's direction.
Those who arrived at the scene were stunned by the scene before them.
In a huge wastewater pool, there were densely packed corpses.
It was obvious that these corpses were zombie corpses. Their crystal nuclei were all gone.
If it were just this, it wouldn't be enough to surprise them.
What really surprised them was that all the zombies were in a state of climbing towards the center. The more towards the center, the more there were, and the higher they were piled up. And in the very center was a high platform, and at the center of the high platform stood a flagpole, with a blood-red banner hanging across the top of the flagpole.
It looked like some kind of sacrificial activity had been held here.
"Report to the guild!" the captain took a breath and said.
Not long after, Zhang YuanKui arrived with people.
"Guild Leader, it's here," the squad leader led Zhang YuanKui over.
"You guys go out first," Zhang YuanKui said.
After everyone left, Zhang YuanKui transmitted the image to Dongfang Chen through his digital eye.
At this time, Dongfang Chen had already left the Southwest Military Region and was flying back.
"Brother Zhang, do you think this could be the Red Cloak Society's doing?" Dongfang Chen asked, looking at the synchronized image.
"I think it's possible," Zhang YuanKui replied.
"I'll send the picture to Qu Zhengping and see if he knows," Dongfang Chen said.
As he spoke, Dongfang Chen had Xiao Lin transmit the image.
"Boss, I haven't seen it before. But judging from the looks of it, it might be the Spirit Summoning Ritual they mentioned," Qu Zhengping quickly sent a text message.
"What is the Spirit Summoning Ritual?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"I'm not sure about the specifics, but I roughly know that the person presiding over the ritual can give zombies consciousness and make them obey him," Qu Zhengping replied.
"No wonder it's called the Spirit Summoning Ritual. Then, does that mean someone can already control zombies?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Yes," Qu Zhengping replied.
"Okay, you're busy, contact me again when you have news about this," Dongfang Chen said.
"Okay."
"Brother Zhang, according to the information provided by Qu Zhengping, this is likely a Spirit Summoning Ritual held by the Red Cloak Society. The person presiding over the ritual can control zombies in this way," Dongfang Chen told Zhang YuanKui the information he had obtained.
"Then that means the Red Cloak Society might attack humans by controlling zombies?" Zhang YuanKui made a further guess.
If it wasn't to deal with humans, there would be no point in the Red Cloak Society doing this.
"Very likely," Dongfang Chen replied.
"Damn it, these bastards are really inhumane!" Zhang YuanKui said.
"Let's not worry about this matter for now, let's wait and see," Dongfang Chen said.
"Okay!" Zhang YuanKui also turned and left.
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