"All 13 demon beasts possess the strength of supreme martial artists. If they are all revived, the Sun Base will be unable to defend itself..."
With concerns about the city's defenses, Ye Ningze returned to the base to continue his cultivation.
As a world-shattering war was about to erupt, Ye Ningze could only strengthen his cultivation as much as possible.
Fortunately, although he was only at the intermediate level of extraordinary, he possessed many powerful special talents, especially his Saber Intent, which was nearing completion.
"If my Saber Intent can reach perfection, combined with my various talents, even ordinary supreme demon beasts will not be my match!"
"However, the path of swordsmanship highly values practice. I myself am on the path of slaughter to enlightenment; only battles of life and death can allow me to continuously break through."
After understanding his cultivation path, Ye Ningze's subsequent training was not just meditation and breathing. Whenever he had an opportunity, Ye Ningze would venture into the demon beast forest for training.
Of course.
While striving to improve his swordsmanship realm, Ye Ningze did not forget to scout the surrounding terrain.
The 13 demon beasts, being so powerful, were likely suppressed through the joint efforts of several high-level bases.
Soon.
His subordinates, Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao, brought back concrete news.
"Boss, Qichao and I were scouting the demon beast forest with our men when we suddenly detected array fluctuations to the east. We followed the clues and found out what happened, guess what?"
Li Mingbo did not make Ye Ningze wait and directly revealed the answer.
"To the east, we discovered two human bases. Although their scale is not as large as the Sun Base, the powerhouses within them are no less than those in the Sun Base!"
Upon hearing this news, Ye Ningze's face showed an expression of "as expected."
In fact, as soon as he arrived at the Sun Base, Ye Ningze had already speculated that there must be other human bases in the vicinity of the demon beast forest.
This was not a baseless guess, but a deduction based on logic and intuition.
Setting aside the logical deduction, Ye Ningze's intuition had never been wrong.
Because he had awakened a spiritual talent, this talent greatly enhanced his affinity with primal energy.
As is well known.
For a martial artist, the more primal energy they store within their body, the higher their strength and realm.
However, there was a secret that few people understood.
This was related to spiritual talents.
The stronger a martial artist's spiritual power, the more sensitive they were to the primal energy of heaven and earth.
For a long time, the Sun Base had fought alone against the demon beasts in the demon beast forest, and no one knew if there were other bases on the distant forest edge.
The root cause of this phenomenon was that the Sun Base had never produced a martial artist with spiritual talents.
Coincidentally, Ye Ningze possessed special talents in the spiritual aspect.
Through the amplification of his powerful spiritual talents, Ye Ningze could clearly perceive strong primal energy fluctuations at the edge of the demon beast forest.
Demon beasts cultivated by devouring cultivators or other demon beasts to advance; there was no known method of demon beasts cultivating through primal energy.
Precisely because of this, Ye Ningze could be certain that there were other human bases nearby.
Now, with the news brought back by Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao, Ye Ningze could fully confirm the correctness of his initial judgment.
"The 13 demon beasts are about to revive, and the Sun Base alone cannot withstand the beast tide. We should cooperate with these two bases!"
Ye Ningze asked in a deep voice, "Besides the existence of these two bases, did you gather any other information? How many King-level martial artists do they each have?"
Compared to the unexpectedly discovered two bases, Ye Ningze was clearly more concerned about their high-level combat power.
In the face of the surging beast tide, only King-level martial artists possessed the strength to resist.
Hearing Ye Ningze's question, Liu Qichao replied affirmatively, "I inquired. Both of these bases have quite a few King-level martial artists. I don't know the exact numbers, but each of them is no less than the Sun Base."
Receiving Liu Qichao's affirmative answer, Ye Ningze nodded slightly.
It was just as I predicted.
After all, the demon beast forest had nurtured 13 supreme demon beasts. If these three bases were not strong enough, they would not have been able to survive.
"Boss, what do we do now? Should we proactively contact these two bases?" Li Mingbo suddenly asked.
Ye Ningze had already given considerable thought to Li Mingbo's question.
These two unknown bases were not weak. Rashly sending people to ally with them might arouse their desire for annexation.
After all, in this apocalypse, only those who were ruthless and cunning could survive.
If the powerhouses of these two bases did not understand this principle, they would not have been able to establish human bases amidst the beast tide.
Furthermore.
Once two forces gather, one side will inevitably seek to dominate, such is human nature.
With this in mind, Ye Ningze said to Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao, "Since these two bases have many strong individuals, we should form an alliance with them. However, to be safe, there are some things we need to do before forming the alliance."
"Contact the supreme powerhouses of these two bases and invite them to be guests at the Sun Base. When they arrive, do not take them to any other places; bring them directly to my private residence."
Ye Ningze's words left Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao somewhat bewildered.
They didn't quite understand why, if they were inviting guests, they weren't allowed to enter other areas but were to be brought directly to Ye Ningze's room.
"In my hometown, there is a law called the Dark Forest Law..."
Ye Ningze, seeing the confusion of Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao, decided to explain.
The so-called Dark Forest Law, originating from a science fiction film from later generations, was complex, but it could be summarized in one sentence.
"Once a civilization is discovered by another civilization, it will be attacked by that civilization!"
"For the future of the Sun Base, we need to cooperate with other powerhouses, but we must firmly hold the right to speak..."
Through Ye Ningze's explanation, Li Mingbo and Liu Qichao finally understood his intentions.
The reason for not allowing the powerhouses from outside bases to roam freely within the Sun Base was to prevent them from discovering the base's arrays, defense distribution, number of powerhouses, and other strategic information.
"Does boss mean... to warn them in advance?" Liu Qichao asked.
Before Ye Ningze could answer, the impatient Li Mingbo interjected.
"Why warn them? Just take them in as subordinates. Our boss has the strength to do so!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Qichao also nodded belatedly, indicating his agreement.
Just as Li Mingbo said, constantly warning them was troublesome; it was simpler to just subdue them.