On the way, two people in tuxedos kept glancing at the ring on Zhang Chen's hand.
The greenish ring was extremely out of place with the dark red rings on their hands.
The two exchanged a look and said nothing.
But their expressions were filled with disdain.
They found it hard to believe that the leader had invited a next-generation re-entrant to the strategy meeting.
They couldn't imagine what capabilities a re-entrant with a greenish ring could possess.
Were they just there to make up the numbers and then wait to share the spoils of victory?
However, since they were guests invited by the leader, no matter how disdainful they felt, they wouldn't voice it.
Soon, led by the two, Zhang Chen and Shirley arrived at the conference room of the Black-tailed Swallow Legion's camp.
The Black-tailed Swallow Legion's camp was also a manor, and its area was much larger than Zhang Chen's manor. The guards and defensive structures on the city walls were more numerous, and the defenses were strict.
It was evident that the leader's ring level was even higher than Zhang Chen's.
Zhang Chen and Shirley were led into a conference room on the third floor.
A square-faced man with a scar sat in the main seat. To his left sat Wang Zihao and several senior merchants from the black market. To his right sat a group of men and women in formal attire.
Zhang Chen's seat was behind the senior merchants, the furthest from the main seat.
He didn't mind and sat down, with Shirley standing obediently behind him.
For Zhang Chen, he was going to rush into the seventh walled city anyway, even without these two groups.
Now that two groups were willing to be his vanguard, why wouldn't he agree?
As for the meeting seat, it was just a formality and not important at all.
Upon seeing Zhang Chen sitting in the last seat, Wang Zihao quickly whispered something to the person next to him.
That person immediately stood up, walked over to Zhang Chen, and said softly, "Mr. Zhang, your seat is next to our supervisor. Please move."
Zhang Chen knew this was a favor from Wang Zihao. The leader of the Black-tailed Swallow Legion, the person in charge of this meeting, hadn't said anything.
So, he smiled and refused, "No, I feel quite comfortable sitting here. Please convey my thanks to your supervisor!"
After speaking, Zhang Chen nodded at Wang Zihao with a smile.
Seeing that Zhang Chen was unwilling to move, Wang Zihao did not insist.
Soon, the meeting began.
"Today, we are honored to have supervisor Wang Zihao from the black market attending our joint meeting. Let's all give him a round of applause!"
Scarface finished with a smile, and the conference room immediately echoed with warm applause.
"The black market's strength is renowned. I believe with their help, we will be able to successfully enter the seventh walled city this time!"
"The regret from our last reincarnation will be resolved this time!"
After Scarface finished speaking, everyone applauded warmly again.
Seeing the high spirits of these people, Zhang Chen had a fleeting feeling of being in a pyramid scheme den.
"Hey, it's your great honor that you've invited my master to this meeting!"
Shirley, seeing that Scarface had completely ignored Zhang Chen, couldn't help but say indignantly.
"Oh, right, I almost forgot to introduce him. This is a re-entrant from the previous cycle. May I ask for your name?"
Scarface finally asked.
"My name is Zhang Chen!"
Zhang Chen said.
"That's it?"
Scarface asked in surprise.
"That's it!"
Zhang Chen was equally surprised. Isn't introducing oneself just stating one's name?
What else could there be? Did they need to bring a resume like in a job interview?
Scarface chuckled and said, "Next, I'll introduce myself!"
After saying that, he didn't continue but looked up at the woman in the business suit beside him.
The woman stood up and said slowly, "This is Yan Gang, the Deputy Commander of the Black-tailed Swallow Third Legion, the Bane of Infected, the Terminator of Mutated Creatures, and the Bug Slayer!"
Yan Gang smiled proudly as the woman beside him announced his titles as if reciting a menu, seemingly expecting envious and admiring glances from those around him.
Indeed, after these words were spoken, some of the black market merchants showed a hint of surprise at Yan Gang's strength.
However, Zhang Chen showed no reaction at all, and even felt like laughing.
What the heck?
Is he in the late stage of chuunibyou?
What's the point of having so many titles?
Did he award them to himself?
At this moment, Shirley bent down and whispered into Zhang Chen's ear, "The title system has not been activated in this reincarnation yet. Once it is activated, the system will grant certain title rewards based on your combat performance!"
"For example, the title 'Bug Slayer' requires killing at least 100,000 bugs! Therefore, Yan Gang has indeed worked hard to level up, and his strength should not be weak."
"Oh, I see..." Zhang Chen nodded.
But he still didn't think the title 'Bug Slayer' was difficult to obtain.
It's just killing 100,000 bugs.
Although Zhang Chen hadn't killed many bugs, he had killed quite a few infected.
When he fought the zombie horde in Jiangbei, he had killed tens of thousands of zombies. Later, when he fought the Class VI infected, Zhang Chen used the Janitors to kill over a million infected in the entire city.
If calculated, these infected would be in the millions.
It probably wouldn't be much harder for bugs.
Seeing that Zhang Chen's face showed no shock, Yan Gang let out a disdainful smile, thinking:
The re-entrants of this generation have not seen much of the world and have no idea how hard-won these titles are. They are just frogs in a well!
"Alright, let's discuss entering the seventh walled city. Let's divide our tasks as soon as possible and enter the city!"
Yan Gang waved his hand dismissively and nodded at his female assistant.
The assistant understood and immediately projected a set of analysis videos onto the big screen.
"The information we have gathered so far is that the entire outer perimeter of the walled city is protected by a powerful energy grid. Energy attacks will be absorbed and reflected!"
"This energy grid extends from the top of the city wall down to 100 meters underground, and its energy source is the [Core Energy] in the city center!"
"However, we cannot enter the city to destroy the [Core Energy], and thus cannot directly destroy the energy grid!"
"The best method we have thought of so far is to use physical attacks. Physical attacks cause a multiplied energy consumption to the energy grid, so it is easy for us to temporarily tear a gap in a localized area of the city wall that is not protected by the energy grid."
"However, the density and thickness of this city wall can withstand attacks from colossal-class monsters. A temporary gap in the energy grid may not be enough for us to break through the city wall."
"Furthermore, in addition to the energy grid, this city also has 20 reinforced combat mechs, over 200,000 infected, and various defensive armaments that have not yet been surveyed."
"This battle is destined to be a tough fight. Optimistically, it will take at least 12 days for us to enter the city!"
After the female assistant finished speaking, she returned to her seat with a solemn expression.