These Small Shelters had once all been little brothers to the White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter, the world's number one behemoth.
Whether before the outbreak of the Apocalyptic Cataclysm or after the entire world had fallen into an end-of-days crisis.
They had always followed behind their big brother, standing against the Dragon Kingdom and the Star-Level Shelter.
Especially after being misled by Hua Ju Laboratory.
They had even joined forces and sent troops with the intention of launching a full-scale invasion of the Dragon Kingdom.
Unfortunately, they had never imagined that the Star-Level Shelter would be so difficult to deal with.
Or that Li Chen's evolution level would be so high.
Forget about attacking from east, south, west, and north at once, crushing through the Dragon Kingdom, and meeting up in the central region.
The main forces of those International Shelters had been stopped dead the moment they entered the border provinces.
Some International Shelters had even—
Been completely slaughtered by Li Chen, the Commander of the Star-Level Shelter, all by himself!
If the events from not long ago had made the managers of those International Shelters fearful and wary.
Then what happened afterward was the true reason their will to resist had been completely shattered.
It was also the important reason they had come looking for Li Chen now, begging for forgiveness.
"Mr. Li Chen, we know that we did many stupid things in the past and made many mistakes."
"But we had no choice! The White-Headed Sam Empire Shelter used its powerful military strength to force us into doing all of this!"
"You must also understand, right? Small countries and small-to-medium shelters like ours."
"Have no real say internationally. If we didn't cling to a powerful backer and follow a big brother, it would have been hard to protect