Chapter 138: Why Bother Being Polite When We Don't Speak the Same Language?

Zhang Ze truly had not expected that he would just be coming out of seclusion.

Before he knew it, Woody had made him join the garrison force, claiming it was to accompany their logistics transport team so he could get familiar with the geographical environment surrounding Anqing City.

With no other choice, who could he blame for being her student?

Soon, Zhang Ze and Zhang Yue arrived at the garrison camp.

It was worth noting that after coming out of seclusion this time, Zhuang Ting did not tag along with them anymore.

However, Zhang Ze did not really mind.

What was Zhuang Ting's combat power rating again? Around 1800S?

She was not much stronger than him anyway!

...

Upon arriving at the garrison camp, Zhang Yue sought out the commander in charge.

It turned out to be none other than Commander Qi from before, which naturally sparked some speculation in Zhang Ze's mind—could there be some little sparks between this Commander Qi and his mentor?

He quickly cast these messy thoughts aside. Upon seeing Commander Qi, Zhang Ze hurried to ask, "Commander Qi, may I ask when our logistics transport team will be setting out?"

Hearing Zhang Ze's voice, Commander Qi finally raised her head to look at the two of them.

Only then did Zhang Ze notice that the other party's combat power rating was surprisingly as high as 4600S.

Commander Qi said in a deep voice, "Go to the training ground and look for Zhou Yonghao. He usually tags along with the logistics department."

"Understood~"

...

Meanwhile.

On the upper floor of the administrative building.

The old man caught sight of Woody's figure and asked with a light chuckle from the side, "What's this? You're just letting those two little fellows act on their own already?"

Woody snatched a chair and said in a deep voice, "Fledglings must always learn to fly on their own, and besides, that kid has already reached the Rank-4 realm!"

Hearing this, the old man could not help but slightly furrow his brow. "Didn't I hear that a few months ago, when this kid was causing a ruckus for Lin Feng, he wasn't even Rank-1?"

"He wasn't~"

Woody made no attempt to conceal it.

With a solemn expression, the old man muttered, "Well, that makes him quite a genius, eh? I wonder if he'll be able to grow and mature!"

...

Zhang Ze and Zhang Yue quickly joined Zhou Yonghao and headed over to the logistics department's team.

In reality, Anqing City covered an immense area, and in order to guard against attacks from Blood Moon City, the garrison's defense line was extremely long.

Both east-west and north-south spans measured nearly a hundred miles.

Since Zhou Yonghao and his team's location was closest to Anqing City and the Star Gate, all supplies shipped from Earth were transported by them to the other defense lines.

Moreover, these supply transport routes had long been tested countless times, making attacks from Blood Moon City and wild star beasts extremely rare.

Consequently, Zhou Yonghao and the others were actually quite relaxed.

Along the way, they could not help chatting with Zhang Ze and the others about the geographical environment around Anqing City.

...

"About two thousand li directly north of Anqing City lies our mortal enemy—Blood Moon City!"

Seeing that Zhang Ze was already Rank-4, Zhou Yonghao spoke to the two of them without any arrogance. "Generally speaking, as long as you don't venture five hundred li away from Anqing City, you basically won't run into people from Blood Moon City."

Zhang Ze was completely in the dark about these matters and knew nothing at all, so naturally, he listened very attentively.

Zhou Yonghao added, "However, apart from Blood Moon City, we humans are still widely despised."

"Let's not even mention wild star beasts and star plants; most of those fellows have low cultivation and lack intelligence, so they don't exclusively hunt down humans."

"On the other hand, about twelve hundred li to the northeast of Anqing City, there is a place called Cat Mountain, which features dense jungles and a vast expanse."

"The most crucial point is that there is a star beast living on the mountain, which we call the Star Cat. The name sounds casual enough, but this fellow possesses Rank-7 cultivation—a veritable king of the mountain~"

Hearing this, Zhang Ze grew interested and asked with a smile, "Since this Star Cat has Rank-7 cultivation, it probably doesn't exclusively hunt down us humans, right?"

"Uh..."

"Actually, as long as you don't go provoke it, it doesn't want to bother anyone. This fellow has only one defining trait—laziness!"

Zhou Yonghao had heard quite a bit about this Star Cat, and speaking of it to Zhang Ze and Zhang Yue now, he seemed rather excited. "Last year, when Anqing City and Blood Moon City fought fiercely in the middle zone for over ten days, that Star Cat didn't even show its face~"

The two of them nodded slightly.

...

Not long after they resumed their march, Zhang Yue asked, "I've heard that three major star beast tribes—the Pegasus, the Lion-Fish, and the Twin-Scales—have bodily forms identical to us humans?"

"That's right!"

Zhou Yonghao straightened up and quickly continued, "I heard that when this stellar domain space was first discovered, our human predecessors even mistook them for humans who had arrived in this land much earlier~"

"But later on, the hatred between the two sides grew deeper and deeper. As for what exactly started it all, nobody knows anymore!"

Zhang Ze furrowed his brow. "You don't know why these fellows fight us humans to the death either?"

"I have no idea~" Zhou Yonghao shook his head.

...

"Roar~"

"Vθριε~"

A sudden, strange cry instantly drew everyone's attention.

Not far away, a group of human-like figures had abruptly appeared.

Only, these individuals were dressed in somewhat archaic attire, clad in long robes from head to toe, giving off a rather peculiar aura~

Yet Zhou Yonghao's eyes widened in horror. "Why would these guys appear here!"

His voice carried both shock and terror!

Zhang Ze soon figured out the background of this group of humans.

Because he spotted the low-hanging banner at the very front of the procession...

The banner clearly depicted a centaur!

A pair of wings grew from the horse's back!

The Star Beast lineage—the Pegasus clan!

"Θορνι~"

Zhang Ze was left speechless as he watched the figures in the lead waving their arms and crying out strangely as they charged toward their small logistics squad.

Zhou Yonghao reacted instantly, shouting, "Those beasts are trying to loot the equipment! Grab your weapons and prepare for battle~"

Clutching his large iron staff, Zhang Ze stepped up to the front of the group as well.

In the blink of an eye, the group of Pegasus aliens had already closed the distance to within a hundred meters!

The system's detection function activated instantly, and Zhang Ze clearly saw that among this group, two individuals displayed Rank-5 cultivation!

The most terrifying part was that there was one person for whom the system could not provide any data at all!

Rank-6!

That was the bare minimum!

And looking at their own side, apart from the logistics team leader who was a Rank-5, there were only a few Rank-4 martial artists including himself!

After all, nobody expected to run into people from Blood Moon City in a place like this!

The two-thousand-li distance between the two sides was hardly a vacuum zone.

Both the human side and Blood Moon City had numerous small squads operating in the forward areas, ambushing one another!

How did these people manage to bypass Anqing City's eyes and ears and appear right here?

Regardless of the reason, Zhang Ze was acutely aware of one fact: these indigenous beings were their enemies!

Calling these people indigenous the very first time he saw them was perhaps a bit impolite~

But this was a time for running for one's life, not a time for observing etiquette!

More importantly, the two sides didn't even speak the same language!

What kind of etiquette was there to speak of?

...

Zhang Ze and the others no longer dared to engage in battle. The appearance of a Rank-6 powerhouse within Anqing City's radiation zone implied many things.

As he ran, Zhou Yonghao shouted to Zhang Ze and the others,

"Scatter and run!"

"Fifty li to the southwest, or forty li to the southeast—either way, there are garrison troops!"

"Get this news back as fast as you can~"

Without replying, Zhang Ze kept his head down and ran for his life.