Apocalypse Gachapon
Chapter 1076: Deputy Captain

Gong Shangming had a serious expression. He looked at the open safe, which was empty inside.

“Opened by brute force with a sharp weapon.”

The female assistant observed before saying.

“Can you not say such nonsense?”

Gong Shangming was annoyed. He didn’t even speak nicely to his trusted subordinate.

The female assistant said, “This safe is specially made. The cut is smooth, so it should be a high-level weapon.”

“At least gold.”

Gong Shangming acknowledged and knew that he had overreacted. He didn’t pick up on what his assistant was saying.

“The losses aren’t too heavy, just a week’s worth.” The assistant hesitated before saying, “It depends on what you want to do.”

Gong Shangming sat on a chair. He crossed his arms, closed his eyes, and didn’t make a sound.

The assistant understood.

The loss of stone pearls might be a big issue.

It was what Five Ring Money wanted. Although he didn’t know what they were used for, they were very important. Gong Shangming even felt like he wasn’t as important as those pearls.

Apart from his strong battle squad, he was able to be the head of the Fallen Water Fortress because of these stone pearls. If anything happened here, he would be fired.

When that happens, whether or not he could stay alive was a problem.

If this was minor, then it was actually easy to hide. He didn’t lose many stone pearls and could use various methods to hide them.

As long as he suppressed this, everything would be the same as before.

Gong Shangming naturally wanted to suppress this and continue his emperor-like life.

But…

Where did the thief come from? Why did he only take the pearls? How was this place exposed? Was it a coincidence, or was it planned? Did this have to do with the mines?

There were many unanswered questions, which was why he hesitated.

“Is there news from below?”

“No.”

The assistant’s reply made him relax a little. After thinking about it, she asked, “When did Old Yan last appear?”

“He appeared a short while ago, and there are around ten days till he comes up again.”

Gong Shangming stood up, “Treat it like it didn’t happen. Pay attention to what happens below and inform me if anything is unusual.”

He decided to suppress this matter and adapt.

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Ye Zhongming carried a big bag, which made him look weird. There weren’t stone pearls inside; those things were in his space. The bag contained the materials and crystals that were previously in his space.

When he was a few kilometers from the location on the invitation, Ye Zhongming bumped into two people.

A guy and a girl. The guy was very muscular. He was around two meters tall and wore a set of gothic armor. He held a 1.5-meter-long sword. He looked like a guardian, and the sword was like a door.

The girl was much smaller. She wore a cream-colored robe and held a staff with a piece of red gem on it. Her black hair hung behind her, dancing with the wind.

“Chameleon Action Squad, Gao Yi!”

“Chameleon Action Squad, Lin Xiangxue!”

Ye Zhongming nodded toward the two, but he frowned.

This was the first time he met the two of them.

But he knew about them a long time ago.

Chameleon was split into three squads. First was the intel squad, which was the biggest squad.

These people were scattered around, and even Ye Zhongming didn’t know where they were. They might be wanderers in the wilderness, waiters in a bar, or captains of merchant squads.

They returned all the news to Cloud Peak for the Chameleon headquarters to consolidate.

One could see them as Cloud Peak’s eyes and ears, which monitored everything they heard.

The second squad was an organization that branched out of the intel organization. Internally, they were used to calling them the infiltration squad, but the Cloud Peak members would call them the spies.

These people hid their identities and joined various factions. They wouldn’t contact Cloud Peak, and they would transmit the news only when something major was happening or when valuable information was available.

Some special spies would never contact Cloud Peak and only waited for Cloud Peak to contact them.

They were the most special, and many of them had relatives living in Cloud Peak.

The final squad was the action squad.

They had few missions and focused on training and hunting. When needed, they were called to clear Cloud Peak’s targets.

But they wouldn’t appear in Cloud Peak and will never appear in places where people could see them. Only Ye Zhongming knew where they were.

Xia Bai and his squad couldn’t come this time, so Chameleon sent them to follow Ye Zhongming.

Even now, when they met Ye Zhongming, they were still wearing masks.

“Captain Gao, Deputy Lin, you have been putting in hard work.”

The two of them were captains and deputies of the action squad, which is why Ye Zhongming was unhappy. He understood the importance Chameleon placed on this operation. For the two captains to come personally. But he didn’t think it was necessary.

“There shouldn’t be much danger, but no one knows. If something happens, remember that safety first.”

“But…” Lin Xiangxue wanted to say something but was interrupted.

“If I face something that I can’t go up against, it doesn’t make a difference whether you two are here. I am not underestimating you but telling the truth.”

They looked at each other and nodded.

Chameleon would follow his orders closely. If not for their concern for his safety, they wouldn’t bother to question him.

“Have you arranged the people I told you to?”

“Yes.”

“Then let’s go.”

After the short conversation, the three of them walked to the location. They saw a huge lake. In the center was a long gate that looked at them like an eye.