About an hour later, Bai Zemin gathered his entire army and looked at them in silence for what many felt was an eternity of time.
Finally, his voice that was neither too high nor too low and sounded not authoritative but carried a hint of appreciation and gratitude spread through his ranks: "You may all be doing your duty, to receive the payment you deserve and to live lifestyles that other survivors of this apocalypse can only dream of. But regardless of what your motives are, I would like, from the bottom of my heart, to thank you for being here."
They all fell silent, and with their eyes and ears attentive they looked at the young man in front of them who came further than most probably believed.