"Right."
Li Qingtian suddenly thought of something, turned his head back, and looked toward the survivors he had just passed.
"Do you know where the Peace Party is located?"
"It’s in the Central Control District." Someone pointed to a tall building, which was a very tall skyscraper.
"Do you see that building? That is the tallest skyscraper in the United District. Inside is the headquarters of the Peace Party, and that is the Central Control District. The Peace Party is in that place..."
Before the person finished speaking, they saw Li Qingtian had already left, with the Level 5 zombie striding forward behind him. She lightly hopped onto its shoulder and rushed towards the United District with incredible speed.
As they just arrived near the Central Control District, the guards saw a huge Level 5 zombie charging towards them. Everyone was shocked, and countless soldiers raised their weapons to point at the Level 5 zombie. Upon noticing someone standing on the zombie’s shoulder, confusion spread across their faces.
"Who goes there?"
The zombie came to a stop in front of the soldiers, lacking the bloodthirsty roaring that one would expect from a zombie. On the contrary, this Level 5 zombie was very calm, unlike any other.
Li Qingtian from above said, "I want to go in."
"Aside from office personnel, all others are strictly forbidden from entering," the guard replied.
"So you mean only members of the Peace Party can come and go? Is that right?"
"Yes! But... not exactly..."
The soldier was somewhat perplexed. How should he answer that question? To a certain degree, members of the Peace Party were permitted entry, but that referred to designated individuals, not just anyone.
However, before he could finish, he was interrupted.
"Then can I join the Peace Party?"
"It’s not that... it’s just a bit sudden, don’t you think?"
The soldier hesitated. There was no reason to refuse a Level 5 New Human’s request to join the Peace Party, but it still felt odd, and after all, it wasn’t something they could decide on their own.
"Can’t I?"
"It’s not that you can’t..." The soldier scratched his head, preparing to send someone to find a person in charge, but Li Qingtian clearly did not want to wait for him.
"Forget it, I’ll do it myself."
"What are you going to do?" Her words put the soldiers on high alert, watching the Level 5 zombie closely, fearing it might suddenly lash out.
But, nothing happened next.
Li Qingtian shifted her gaze from the soldier to the zombie and spoke a single word.
"Read."
Just this one word, which was the name of the Level 5 zombie. Apart from Li Qingtian, no one knew what it meant, but with just that one word, it seemed to understand what Li Qingtian intended to do.
Its throat, covered in purple scales, writhed, and its mouth opened, revealing two rows of ferocious, chilly fanged teeth.
Roar!
A loud roar resounded, startling everyone, as they felt a foul wind rush towards them!
"What are you doing?"
"I am simply calling for someone."
"Who?" asked the soldier, confused.
"Your people from the Peace Party."
"You don’t need to do this. You can tell us, and I will send someone to inform them."
"No need."
Li Qingtian’s face was expressionless, where was the gentle and neighborly big sister from yesterday?
"Chen Chaoyang, you should be able to fulfill your promise to me."
She thought to herself, and within the Peace Party, this earth-shattering roar also spread throughout the entire Central United District.
"Take this and give it to Chen Zhou’an and Chen Zhouquan, let the two brothers choose suitable people; Marshal will return tomorrow."
"Yes... But General Shang, can the Dead Knight Corps expand to accommodate so many people? And how were so many zombie creatures captured?"
Hatred glared at the soldier, his eyes brimming with menace.
"Don’t ask what you shouldn’t, just get the job done, alright?"
The soldier nodded and then hurried away. It was at this moment that the roar of the zombie pierced through the eardrums. After the soldier had left, Hatred suddenly froze, sensed carefully, and a smile appeared on his face.
"You’ve finally come."
It seemed that he had always been waiting for this young girl’s news. No matter how perverted a resurrected being was, its essence couldn’t be separated from people. Hatred wasn’t afraid of anyone because he could feel people’s emotions after his resurrection, including a zombie with intelligence.
However, if there was someone he couldn’t sense, that person would be Li Qingtian. Her ability was truly bizarre—a living person actually treated as one of the zombies?
This was nothing compared to the Peace Party’s forced cessation of zombie attacks on people. Li Qingtian was a living human being. Zombies didn’t attack her, treated her as one of their own, even obeyed her commands. It wasn’t due to any coercive measures, but the zombies voluntarily complied!
This was incredibly unbelievable, a group of thoughtless, emotionless dead beings actually exhibited such behavior. She seemed to have something that made zombies feel close to her. But that wasn’t all. Not only did the girl possess the ability to not be attacked by zombies, she could also bestow that ability on others at any time, even allowing them to control zombies!
This was undoubtedly very terrifying, and Hatred’s ability to manipulate zombies was largely due to her. For this ability, he had even promised her something, but no one knew what she would ask for when the time came.
Like with Chen Chaoyang before, until he fulfilled someone else’s promise, there was always a sense of unease in his heart.
Rising from his chair, Hatred opened the door and walked towards the direction from which the zombie roar came.
His pace was swift, and in no time he arrived at the entrance of the Central United District. From a distance, he saw Li Qingtian standing high atop the shoulders of a zombie.
"You’re here. What is your request?" Hatred inquired.
Seeing his arrival, the soldiers nearby hastened to greet him respectfully.
"General Shang!"
"General Shang!"
"..."
Li Qingtian lightly jumped down from the zombie’s shoulder upon seeing Hatred.
"It’s simple..." Li Qingtian hadn’t finished speaking when she looked Hatred up and down and suddenly smiled, "It seems you’re doing quite well for yourself."
Hatred nodded, saying nothing. This was unquestionably true.
"So, about the promise you made me?"
"Of course, I will help you, but only within my abilities."
Hatred readily agreed, then said to the soldiers, "Alright, disperse, I’ve run into an acquaintance."
"Hmm."
The soldiers, although curious, did not ask further and scattered.
Hatred led Li Qingtian to a quiet corner and asked, "Why did you call me out? I’m not omnipotent, you know."
"You can rest assured, I won’t force you. You have quite a status in the Peace Party, right? They call you General Shang; it seems your position is not just a little high."