Chapter 545: Fighting the Tide of Zombies
What's more, the situation outside is difficult. Even if we leave with a large force, casualties are inevitable no matter where we go.
The energy, materials and personnel required to rebuild the base are countless.
Lu Xiao's appearance seemed to give the wavering person a reassurance. Zhao Qiang's eyes swept over the members of the Lieyan family and finally looked at the Zheng family's team.
Zheng Tongzhi stared at Lu Xiao with bloodshot eyes, without saying a word.
"I will guard this base until the last moment," Zheng Yi said.
"Me too"
"Add me one"
"You all have already started, I can't fall behind"
...The several psychics standing next to Zheng Yi said with a smile.
Those who originally supported Zheng Tongzhi looked at each other, their eyes wandered between Zheng Tongzhi and Zheng Yi, and finally stood silently behind Zheng Yi.
Lu Xiao is right.
They are soldiers.
They are the ones who should least abandon the people.
They should be the ones holding on to the country's last hope for survival.
Lu Xiao didn't say any polite words. He stretched out his fist towards Zheng Yi, and the two of them bumped their fists together, like every comrade in the army who could be trusted with support.
At this moment, no matter how much deep hatred we have, I am willing to believe you.
Lu Xiao turned to look at Zhao Qiang and stretched out his hand to him, "Come on, Chief Zhao, don't be shy."
Zhao Qiang raised his eyes and looked at him expressionlessly for a moment, then finally held his hand.
Seeing this scene, Mr. Zheng smiled with relief.
"That's not enough," he said.
"We need to gather the strength of everyone in the Kyoto base, and also send cooperation messages to nearby bases. With the support of the country, we will reintegrate the scattered bases," Mr. Zheng said forcefully.
"Zombies have become the public enemy of all mankind. The only way for us to survive is by cooperating."
"What do you want to do?" Lu Xiao asked.
All the base leaders are not unaware of the current situation, but there is no stable force to unite all the bases. They can see the long-term, but unfortunately they are more worried about being backstabbed by those around them.
If it weren't for Zheng Yi's previous willful behavior, Yuebanwan would definitely be willing to support it.
Lu Xiao thought with some regret in his heart.
"Before the end of the world, the population of our country alone exceeded 1.5 billion. Now, the total number of people counted in various bases does not exceed 10 million. This means that there are more than one billion zombies hiding in the lost cities, and now the death of every human means the expansion of the zombie army. If this continues, humanity will be extinct sooner or later."
"The zombies have begun to gather and challenge humans. We have no way to retreat. The only way to survive is to fight head-on."
Mr. Zheng spoke seriously in order to stop the three major teams supporting the Kyoto base from thinking about temporary evacuation and to focus all their attention on fighting the zombies.
Seeing that Lu Xiao and Zhao Qiang agreed, Mr. Zheng immediately threw out the bait, "As for the chips to get each base to participate..."
He glanced at Zheng Yi and said, "I will find a way to convince them."
Lu Xiao and Zhao Qiang were both a little surprised. Although Mr. Zheng had held a high position before the apocalypse, the first thing to collapse after the apocalypse was the political system. Now he is just an ordinary old man, and it is really difficult to get all the bases to cooperate.
"All you have to do is make sure you hold on to this city until support arrives."
"Do you want to take over the command?" Lu Xiao asked while glancing at Zheng Yi and Zheng Tongzhi who was standing alone in a corner with his arms folded, in a daze and in silence.
"Yes, don't worry. When I was young, I was also a battlefield warrior and commanded wars. I won't hold any of you back." Grandpa Zheng's tone was full of pride in his familiarity with the industry. He looked intently at Zhao Qiang and Lu Xiao, "and I will issue every order impartially."
"I'm not worried about being held back, but..." Zhao Qiang continued, "Grandpa, you want our team to fight hard on the front line, and you have to show us the trump card you're using to pry open the various bases. I feel unsure if I can't see the trump card I have with tens of thousands of brothers under me."
Zheng Yi frowned and was about to stop him, but was stopped by Old Man Zheng. After a moment, he said, "The Zheng family's medical team has developed a solution for the reproduction of people with special powers, and has successfully bred offspring of people with special powers. I will take this opportunity to announce that any base that joins first will have the right to share in the research."
"Child of a superpower?"
"Can people with special powers really have children?"
"Is it a boy or a girl?"
"Natural conception?"
"Are both parents superpowered or just one?"
…
Mr. Zheng's sudden announcement shocked everyone in the conference room except Zheng Yi.
In the last five years of the world, the birth rate has dropped significantly, and in many bases, the number of new births out of tens of thousands of people can only be counted in double digits.
The lack of life has made many people who suddenly gain superpowers and become powerful feel less concerned. Add to that the fact that the legal order is non-existent, and they become even more unscrupulous in committing evil.
All capable bases have conducted research in this area, but the results have not been satisfactory. The accident came too suddenly, and they lost not only talents but also many advanced instruments that could not be replicated, which slowed down the research progress.
Now, everyone present heard Grandpa Zheng say that the Zheng family had actually come up with results of their research in private, and in their joy, the horde of zombies outside became less desperate.
"What are being bred now are children of people with special powers and ordinary people, but there have also been breakthroughs in the children of people with special powers and ordinary people. As long as they survive, there will always be a day when we can see the results."
Old Master Zheng heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the hopelessness on the faces of the people with special abilities who were tortured by the end of the world gradually turn into hope, and some even whispered about their children's situation with the people around them.
It turns out that the continuation of life is something that is engraved in the bones of animals. Even humans, who claim to be evolved, have bloodlines to continue and people to protect, but their desire for life is always a little bit greater.
I hope this point will allow them to live on with their dreams.
No one expected that the Zheng family had such a trump card in hand. With the future of each base in their hands, how could they not be able to mobilize the various bases?
Given the current situation at the Kyoto base, if they can fully gather together, they may have the strength to fight against the zombies, but if they want to minimize the losses, external support is indispensable.
It has to be said that the trump card played by the Zheng family at this time is indeed valuable.
After thinking it over again and again, it seems that there is really no better commander than Mr. Zheng, and Zhao Qiang has nothing to say.
Seeing that no one objected, Mr. Zheng immediately entered combat mode, divided the areas where all the teams and ordinary people in the Kyoto base were located, and assigned them to various teams.
The leaders of the three major teams no longer confronted each other, nor did they think about the consequences. For the first time, they put aside all their calculations and just wanted to get through this crisis together.
"Captain, this is bad..."
Just as we had agreed on a commander, we heard panicked shouting from outside, and then the door was pushed open with force. The person who came in, before he could even stand, shouted, "People outside the city have begun to attack the inner city walls, trying desperately to get into the city. Some people with special abilities have also begun to tear down the walls..."
The faces of the people in the conference room suddenly changed. If hundreds of thousands of people turned into zombies, they would at most be primary zombies, which would be easy to deal with. But if they were humans with intelligence and consciousness...
No one can bet on what a desperate person will do.
If the inner city wall was really breached, it would be tantamount to opening the city gates to welcome zombies into the city. Everyone looked at Mr. Zheng at the same time.
Mr. Zheng had a solemn look on his face as he lowered his head to check the strategic defense map of the Kyoto base. Zheng Yi whispered to him the current distribution areas of each team.
He looked around and calmly took the communicator that Zheng Yi was carrying and contacted all the front-line channels. "This is the command post. I am Admiral Zheng Aiguo. From now on, I will be the commander of this battle against zombies. All teams must obey your command and dispatch."
A sonorous and powerful voice came from the command communicator of each team. Some psychics who had never heard of Mr. Zheng's name were a little confused for a moment, and then the voice of the old man giving orders was heard.
"The fifth team of the Zheng family army led 5,000 people to clear out the three-kilometer area around the Zheng's trading ground southeast of the base's city gate entrance. The residents were immediately transferred to the northwest business district. With the Zheng's trading ground as the center, an independent city wall was built to confine residents who immediately entered the city. Once an infected person was found, he would be killed immediately until the battle was completely over."
"Captain of Team Five, Hong Lin, received it!"
The voice of someone executing orders came from the communicator, and before anyone could question his identity, the old man's voice continued to sound.
He quickly readjusted the deployment of the city wall, filling in all the previous loopholes, and then turned his attention to the backbone forces who had not moved in the conference room.
The three responsible persons in the conference room all knew that the new beginning was about to begin.
They stood up straight unconsciously.
"I need to know how many heavy weapons you have stored."
Lu Xiao shrugged, "In addition to those that appeared last time, there are still a dozen or so missiles that can be used. There is a distance limit, and the accuracy will be deviated if they are too far. The rest are rocket launchers with low lethality."
Zheng Yi and Zhao Qiang were both surprised that he still had a usable missile in his hand. However, Mr. Zheng didn't react much. He just nodded and looked at Zhao Qiang.
"I don't have any large weapons." Compared to Zhao Qiang and Lu Xiao who were in high positions before the apocalypse, Zhao Qiang only rose to prominence after the apocalypse. Although he took over the Zhao family's power in the police force, he was still lagging behind in terms of weapons reserves. "There are... several thousand rocket launchers, pursuit guns, and a number of crystal core guns."
"Thousands? All of them with crystal core weapons?" Zheng Yi was surprised.
"Only a part of it." After all, the Yuebanwan base, which produces the most crystal core weapons, sells them in limited quantities. Even if Zhao Qiang hides his identity, it is impossible for him to buy them all.
But even so, this number is really surprising. Lu Xiao couldn't help but turn around and give Zhao Qiang a thumbs up. He didn't expect that he could store so much quietly after the apocalypse without saying a word.
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