Chapter 422: Reason For The Going Home Club’s Meeting
Zayne had noticed that there weren’t just Henry’s Going Home Club core members in the command room but also the representatives and leaders of the top forces of this country.
Moreover, since the government and military were also involved, Zayne didn’t want to put up a weak facade as he wasn’t interested in the so-called "pig eating the tiger".
If one pretended to be a pig too much, they’d eventually no longer eat the tiger but a damn pig feed.
Furthermore, since all the top forces of the country were involved, Zayne wanted to prevent himself from looking like a pushover, or else they’d just dump every problem they couldn’t solve on him.
As the World’s Strongest and the Sovereign of Order, Zayne had to act befitting of his status and power.
Of course, if it was only the core members of the Going Home Club present, Zayne wouldn’t have shown off and displayed his power. But since there were outsiders, he decided to do this and prevent them from taking advantage of him in any way, shape, or form.
Due to using his Hint Prompt (Gold) talent, he knew that Benedict and some of them had indeed planned on doing something similar.
There was already a powerful Evolver Overlord who had fallen for the "for the sake of the greater good" narrative and became a wagging dog of the government and other top forces who painted themselves as "the good guys".
Although he found such actions disgusting, Zayne wasn’t the type to care as long as those he knew weren’t affected by such troubles.
While Zayne had such thoughts, Henry was about to answer his question, but two powerhouses suddenly appeared within the command room.
Looking at the two familiar handsome and beautiful young people that suddenly appeared, Zayne smiled and greeted them, "Yo! Damien and Haley, you two came just in time."
The two powerhouses that suddenly appeared within the command room were none other than Damien Crawford and Haley Goldmore.
As for how they suddenly appeared, it was due to Haley’s awakened viral superpower, which was none other than Space Manipulation.
The strongest Zombie Overlord within this country was none other than Haley. She was a genuine Overlord rank powerhouse, capable of using her space manipulation to teleport a nearby island to smash it down towards her enemies.
Coupled with her SSS-rank Single-Minded Devotion innate talent, it truly became impossible for Damien to escape from her.
After all, due to SSS-rank Single-Minded Devotion, Haley knew about Damien’s real-time location and life status. She could even use her space manipulation to teleport right at Damien’s side.
Moreover, while Damien was indeed a genuine Evolver Overlord Peak Stage powerhouse, his innate talent wasn’t suited for combat, unlike Haley’s.
Even Damien’s viral superpower, which was earth manipulation, couldn’t surpass and outmaneuver Haley. Of course, Damien was merely putting up a facade of resistance, but he was actually enjoying it and didn’t mind Haley’s possession of him.
After Damien and Haley’s arrival, Henry also greeted them and finally spoke out about the reason for contacting Zayne and them:
"I called you all here and initiated this meeting due to one reason. According to what our Going Home Club had discovered, the mutated zombie creatures within the ocean had already invaded and even destroyed those small countries surrounded by the ocean."
"A refuge from those countries had managed to escape via air and contacted our Going Home Club, causing us to discover that there are countless Zombie Emperors in the ocean. Their combined Zombie Overlords are even greater than all of the Evolver Overlords within our country."
Hearing Henry’s words, Benedict and the other representatives or leaders of top factions within the country gritted their teeth and decided to get out of the shadow of domination that Zayne had placed them into.
Although it was difficult, as fear and awe still lingered within their hearts, Benedict and the others knew that the matter at hand was more important, especially when it concerned everyone’s survival.
Coughing out loud, Benedict directed attention towards him as he spoke up, "The military has also been aware of it. I presume other top forces also have been, since there were quite a considerable number of refugees from other countries that while a major amount of them went to the Going Home Club, others had taken refuge in other first-rate forces as well."
"The military has also wanted to deal with those zombie marine creatures, but we lacked the manpower to do so. Our reason for attending this meeting is also due to our strategist believing that the purpose of this meeting is to deal with those zombie marine creatures, and it turned out to be the case."
"After all, something that required all the powerful factions within the country to gather for a meeting could only be to deal with those zombie marine creatures."
Regarding Benedict’s words, the leader of a certain first-rate faction, who was at Evolver Emperor Mid Stage, spoke up to back him up, "Indeed! Our faction had also received refugees, and they all came from those countries whose land had been ravaged by those zombie marine creatures."
"If it had become way too severe and the Going Home Club hadn’t initiated this meeting, we would have been tempted to inform the Going Home Club and Henry about this. After all, this problem is not something that could only be solved by just one top faction alone."
The other faction leaders or representatives present within the meeting also chimed in with a comment or two, which was basically affirming Benedict and that first-rate faction leader’s words.
Although most of them were selfish, they weren’t stupid. If this was merely a zombie apocalypse, they might have chosen to ignore it and just commit to saving themselves from this trouble.
However, this was not just a zombie apocalypse but the first Monthly Apocalypse World Update.
If humanity wanted to survive as long as possible within the Monthly Apocalypse World Update Era, banding together to deal with the greater threat was an inevitable outcome.