"When I passed through Fuxing City, I happened to receive intelligence from the Third Brigade of the First Army and a report from Xiaoyu. They had recaptured Guxiang County and were preparing to use it as their base camp and a bridgehead for our advance from Fuxing City to the north."

"Send the rest of your equipment over there, except for the portion you keep for yourself and the portion given to the First Army. I will have Peng Gang expand the army again, turning their Third Brigade of the First Army into an independent armored division, and separating it from the First Army."

"In addition, I will have Fuxing City recruit a few thousand more people and send them over. When their armored independent division is building up Guxiang County, they can take the opportunity to familiarize themselves with those heavy equipment."

Hearing Bai Feiming's words, Lü Qi and the others were all envious.

Peng Gang is about to make it big.

An armored independent division—how impressive that sounds!

Furthermore, we need to recruit several thousand more people.

Adding their original numbers, the total number of personnel in the Armored Independent Division is likely to exceed 10,000!

Gan Wei asked, "Sister Ming, if Peng Gang's Third Brigade is separated to become an independent armored division, then the First Army will be one brigade short, right?"

Bai Feiming nodded and smiled, "At that time, the garrison brigade of Fuxing City will become the new third brigade of the First Army. In addition to undertaking the garrison mission, the remaining part will join the first and second brigades of the First Army. In this way, the First Army will be responsible for the south, the Second Army for the west, the Third Army for the east, and the independent armored division for the north."

Gan Wei exclaimed, "Sister Ming, you're so smart. You explained the whole system clearly in one go, without causing any confusion."

Ning Chuxia then asked, "Sister Ming, can Peng Gang's Third Brigade hold that position? Building a strong military position is not easy. If there is a large-scale counterattack by the zombie horde or an attack by other mutated beasts, it will be difficult for the Third Brigade to withstand it with its current strength, unless Sister Xiaoyu stays there all the time."

Bai Feiming smiled slightly and said, "During this trip to Guxiang County, the Third Brigade not only rescued several thousand survivors, but more importantly, Xiaoyu took in a goddaughter named Liu Qianqian. And this Liu Qianqian has similar abilities to Yan Yan, and can communicate with cats and dogs."

"Moreover, she already has three level-two evolved dogs, four level-one evolved dogs, and two evolved cats. With her and those nine mutated cats and dogs guarding Guxiang County, plus the Third Brigade, Guxiang County is relatively safe."

Ning Chuxia and Gan Wei were stunned.

He adopted a goddaughter and now owns nine mutant cats and dogs?

And three of them are even level 2 evolved beasts?

Lu Qi, Zhong Fu, and the others were completely dumbfounded.

This is too exaggerated. This is not like taking in a goddaughter at all.

This is clearly a Druid they've recruited!

Bai Feiming remembered something and asked, "Where is the artillery battalion commander who told us the location of this base? Tell him to come over here."

Lu Qi quickly took out his walkie-talkie and said a few words.

Soon, an agility-type evolved human carried Li Jie to this place.

Bai Feiming looked at Li Jie, then took out a piece of level-one energy essence from her pocket and said with a smile, "The reward I promised you won't be small. Also, you can eat this energy essence. It will make you an evolved being. Afterwards, I will send you to be the commander of the artillery regiment of the Armored Independent Division as a reward for reporting such important information."

Chen Si took the first-level energy essence, walked up to Li Jie, and put it in his hand.

Li Jie's eyes were red as he stared blankly at the energy essence in his hand.

A few seconds later, he realized what was happening, saluted Bai Feiming, and said loudly, "Thank you, sir!"

As soon as he finished speaking, tears streamed down his face.

Bai Feiming asked, "Why are you crying? You can tell me what's wrong."

Li Jie stood ramrod straight, tears streaming down his face, and said loudly, "Reporting, sir! I was moved when I saw your soldiers digging graves to bury my former comrades, and even tidying their uniforms! That's why I want to cry! There's no other reason!"

"Furthermore, on behalf of all my comrades who died here, I express my gratitude to you!"

After he finished speaking, he bowed three times respectfully.

Bai Feiming and the others also became solemn.

......

Chosen City.

Jiang Wu has been experiencing the sweetness of being in love these past two days.

Although she didn't go all the way with Veranika, she was definitely a hopeless romantic, wanting to be by Jiang Wu's side every single day.

She was always chattering away, sharing everything she liked.

Moreover, because there is no threat of zombies and no worries about supplies here, Veranika's mindset is completely different from Bai Feiming and the others.

She truly seemed to have transformed into a carefree, happy girl who only wanted to be in love with Jiang Wu.

Nine o'clock in the evening.

After finishing his late-night snack at Veranica's villa, Jiang Wu was about to say goodbye and leave.

Veronica suddenly grabbed Jiang Wu's hand, her face slightly flushed, and said, "Brother Wu, how about we go soak in the hot spring again? There's a hot spring on my estate that I really like, and I've always been the only one using it..."

Jiang Wu looked at Veranika with a half-smile and said softly, "Then I don't want to go back tonight."

Veronica blushed even more, lowered her head, and dared not look at Jiang Wu, squeezing out a "hmm" through her nose.

Seeing Veronica like this, Jiang Wu felt a pang of emotion.

When I first met Veranica, I thought she was a cold and ruthless woman.

Later, I learned from Zhang Yufei that Veronica actually had a kind heart.

I only found out two days ago that she's actually a hopeless romantic.

Later I learned that she was not only love-struck, but also very shy.

Jiang Wu never expected that simply changing the position of his hand would make her so shy.

Veranica was arguably the shyest of them all.

But through her own efforts, even snatching food from the jaws of death, she managed to become a Level 3 Evolver.

Jiang Wu didn't even know which one was the real Veronica.

Arriving at a single-story house in a corner of the manor, Veronica held Jiang Wu's right hand tightly, blushing as she said, "Brother Wu, the hot spring here is natural. The original owner specially built this big house over this hot spring."

Jiang Wu nodded and said with a smile, "Whether it's natural or not doesn't matter. The key is being able to soak in the hot spring with you. That's the important thing."

Veronica became even more shy.

Soon, Jiang Wu went directly into the hot spring.

This hot spring is not large, it looks to be only about thirty square meters.

It is much smaller than the hot spring base that Jiang Wu once recaptured.

However, being able to soak in a hot spring in winter is a real treat.

Jiang Wu contentedly submerged himself in the hot spring water.

A few minutes later, Veronica, having changed her clothes, finally arrived, her face still flushed.

Jiang Wu looked Veranika up and down, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

In the past few days, he could sense that Veranika's figure was better than Bai Feiming's and others.

After all, I measured it myself by hand.

It's a pity I didn't see the whole picture.