I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Without the assistance of a ninth-tier expert, the difficulty of this battle would increase tenfold, and the fierce battle would last for a whole day.

This is the difference between the eighth and ninth ranks, which is the difference between immortals and mortals.

How difficult was it to reclaim the land during the initial reclaiming operation? We made huge sacrifices. Now it seems that it would only take less than half a day to send the army into Jiangning. What's left is just a protracted war.

"How was it?" Huang Tao asked with a smile.

Yan Ziming rolled her eyes at him and said bluntly, "What else can we do! This is too boring."

"That's a good thing, you'll get used to it."

"Tch~~ I crave a worthy opponent!"

"There will be, right?"

Huang Tao answered uncertainly.

With Yan Ziming's current strength, there are very few people who can be her rivals. Even Huang Tao himself would have to admit defeat in front of her.

"Once we recapture Jiangning, Xue Yunling will go to Sichuan. Murong and Li Hao will be guarding Beian. Lao Hai and I might stay in Nanyue for a while longer. The safety of Jiangning depends on you. Do you still find this boring?"

"Then I'm really under a lot of pressure!" Yan Ziming said with a wry smile.

"Everyone else can refute this, but you can't? With such a massive fighting force, you can't even defend Jiangning?"

Huang Tao shrugged and led his troops into battle. With the force of a whirlwind, the fierce wind accelerated the armored division's advance. They charged into the current of mutated species like a sharp sword, charging straight ahead, and soon reached the city wall.

Now is the time when these soldiers will truly be put to the test.

4. A sudden and serious situation.

"Idiot, don't point your finger at people, it's so rude!"

Yan Ziming pressed Ye Qianxue's hand down and gave her a slight reprimand.

Standing before them was the newly appointed Chinese leader they had seen in the video earlier.

When they saw him face to face, Yan Ziming and Ye Qianxue could feel an aura about him that they couldn't see in the video.

"Hello."

Chinese leaders extended their hands to them.

"Hello."

Yan Ziming and Ye Qianxue shook hands with him one after the other, and could feel the calluses on his hands that had been worn down by the years.

She wasn't that nervous; she just acted as she normally would, completely calm and collected.

Politicians...

They all have the same temperament.

The Chinese leaders' gazes met those of Yan Ziming and Ye Qianxue multiple times, as if they could see the stars and the sea in them.

"How's the work going?" he asked gently.

"Let's talk over here."

Yan Ziming realized that these words were not appropriate to say in public, so she took him to the previous conference room, where Huang Tao was also present.

"Yo, you're here."

Huang Tao was already quite familiar with this new leader, so he skipped the formalities and got down to business.

"The work isn't progressing very smoothly," Yan Ziming said truthfully.

"How to say?"

The Chinese leader frowned. This was only the beginning, and with so many ninth-level experts going on the expedition together, they had already suffered a setback before the battle even started.

This is definitely not a good thing for the country as a whole.

After explaining their previous assessments of the Jiangning Military Administrative Region to the Chinese leaders, he finally understood.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Indeed, we should gather all the information before making a move."

"We've deployed all our reconnaissance forces; now we just need to wait for news."

“I want to find a charlatan to help me,” Yan Ziming suddenly said.

Huang Tao shook his head. "She has already made a prediction once before, and she can't use it again anytime soon."

"But there must be some kind of premonition, right?"

"If so, she will notify us on her own initiative."

"..."

After discussing the issue and gaining a thorough understanding of the situation, the Chinese leader said, "Keep up the good work. I, a mere scholar, will not disturb you any longer. I look forward to your performance."

"Ah."

He came quickly and left quickly, so quickly that Yan Ziming felt it was a bit unreal.

Huang Tao asked Yan Ziming, "What do you think?"

"So... is it just like that? Is there anything different?" Yan Ziming tilted her head, feeling that her final opinion was much the same as that of the previous leaders she had met.

Huang Tao sighed, "I reckon that many people with superpowers will dislike him later on."

"Huh? Why?" Ye Qianxue asked in surprise, while Yan Ziming beside her seemed to be deep in thought.

"Let me put it this way, the 'Regulations for the Management of Superpowered Individuals' that my predecessor was drafting are going to be implemented quickly during his term, which is a job that everyone hates."

Once this bill is implemented, the various overt and covert benefits currently enjoyed by people with superpowers will be greatly restricted.

Once you've become accustomed to the privileged treatment you receive, would you be willing to return to the treatment of an ordinary person?

Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.

Even some superhumans who don't care much about these benefits can feel a strong sense of being 'targeted' from these management regulations.

The same principle applies to any shackles specifically designed for a particular group; that group will never be happy about them.

Huang Tao took a deep breath and said, "There's no other way. Someone has to do this kind of thing. We will all support him."

"Will you become hostile towards him because of this?" After saying that, Huang Tao looked at Yan Ziming and Ye Qianxue with a smile, his words piercing the heart.

"Hmm... if it significantly impacts my life, I'll definitely be a little unhappy, right?"

Yan Ziming thought for a moment and then spoke very honestly.

Ye Qianxue had a similar thought: "As long as it doesn't disturb our lives, it's fine~ like restricting personal freedom, reporting one's location regularly... or paying more taxes or something."

"You guys really do say whatever you want!"

Huang Tao complained that if someone else had answered, they would probably have used the same flattering approach.

"Didn't you tell us to say that, Senior Huang Tao?" Ye Qianxue playfully stuck out her little tongue.

"Well, it's really just a matter of striking the right balance in law enforcement. Too much pressure is bad, and too little pressure is ineffective. It depends on how you, Senior Huang Tao, handle it."

Yan Ziming raised the banner of indifference, as if it were none of his business.

Management regulations are really of little use to people like them.

To reiterate—the only thing that can restrain these transcendent beings is their own moral bottom line.

"Well, it's better than all that flattery and hypocrisy."

Huang Tao had no choice but to give up, saying, "I just hope you can look at this rationally."

Drop drop drop  …

The communicator next to them rang, a signal from the front lines of the battlefield, from the pioneers. Yan Ziming, Huang Tao, and the others couldn't continue discussing what had just happened and quickly gathered together to listen to the intelligence.

Upon hearing the report from the front lines, Yan Ziming and the others' expressions changed drastically.

...........

On the tarmac, there was an aircraft that looked different from the surrounding military planes. This was the special plane of the Chinese leader, equipped with sufficient security measures and capable of staying airborne for extended periods, similar to the United States' "Air Force One".

At this moment, the Chinese leader had already arrived at the boarding gate, where his secretary was waiting.

"Old boss, is everything settled?"

"Sigh, I shouldn't have come here. I probably disturbed their work," the Chinese leader sighed.

"However, there were still some gains."

The Chinese leader glanced back in the direction he had come from, a number of thoughts flashing in his eyes.

One of his main purposes in coming here was to get a clearer picture of Yan Ziming and his group.

After all, the implementation of the regulations governing superhumans inevitably involves this group, and he needs to observe Yan Ziming and her companions' character. He wonders if this will lead them to oppose the Chinese government in the future.

It's a pity that the time was too short to see anything clearly, and we can't draw conclusions so hastily.

"The future is unpredictable!"

With these thoughts in mind, he boarded the private jet. Just as the cabin door was about to close, several dark figures flashed by, unnoticed by anyone.

The plane taxied on the runway for a while, then rose into the sky and disappeared into the clouds.

The Chinese leader, looking exhausted, closed his eyes to rest in his chair. Seeing that he was tired, his secretary went to get him a bottle of water. When he entered through another cabin door, he froze.