"How does it have nothing to do with me? I can go along too!" Shrimp Chaser said.
Flared Ears curled his lip. "They're only sending one command ship this time. Seats are limited, and Brother Ke and the others are already lining up. They definitely can't take you. If you want to go... run there yourself."
"Oh! Then I'll run!" Shrimp Chaser stood right up.
"Hey, come back!"
Mist hurriedly grabbed him. "Northern Province is on the opposite side from us. You'd have to cross the entire Corpse Soil Continent. If you ran there, you wouldn't make it back in a hundred years."
"Besides, Boss hasn't said who he's taking yet. We can try asking in a bit. Who knows? We might actually have a chance."
"Oh, true."
Shrimp Chaser settled down again. For a moment there, he had genuinely considered running all the way...
Flared Ears' eyes darted around.
"I don't think our chances are good. Everyone going this time will be elite, so forget about it. Let's just stay home and raise pigs."
But while he was consoling Shrimp Chaser, the zombies ahead suddenly stirred.
Lin Dong had appeared on the tall stone platform before them.
Flared Ears' eyes widened. His attitude changed completely, and he rushed forward in a frenzy.
"Boss! Take me! I promise I won't let you down!"
"Huh???"
Shrimp Chaser and the other zombies froze, exchanging glances.
He had just told them to settle down and raise pigs, only to sneak ahead himself.
"I treated Brother Ears like my own brother, and he went and played me..."
"..."
Lin Dong stood on the stone platform, with a command ship behind him. It was sizable, like a small mountain.
Its silver hull reflected the light, brimming with futuristic technology. It resembled a dormant behemoth about