Chapter 547: Seeking Help
After a long while, Li Qing spoke first, "Our base should also be conducting fertility research, right?"
"There has been no progress." Their base has few people, and more energy is focused on guarding the base. Safety and survival have always been given top priority. Scientific researchers are also leaning towards the research and development of weapons and zombie viruses, and there is simply not enough manpower available for other research.
Although there were two "experimental subjects" Qin Nian and He Mei, most of the time they were limited to observation and some basic examinations, without too much interference and participation, and the results were not encouraging.
"We... don't need it now..." Li Qing didn't continue speaking.
He knew in his heart that since Mr. Zheng could bring it up at this time, he would definitely be able to control several surrounding bases in the future. If he did not go this time, he would not know what price he would have to pay if he wanted to intervene in the future.
But……
He was really unwilling to do so because the other party asked them to provide manpower, supplies and weapons just based on a few casual words from the other party.
"Do you think he will lie?" Li Qing asked Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan was holding a thin piece of paper, and had already imagined all the situations in his mind. Hearing his question, he shook his head and said, "No, the fact that they are seeking support only means that the situation in Kyoto is not optimistic."
"If they want to hold on, they will definitely try their best first. If the conditions are false, then even if they repel the zombie army, the Zheng family's team will be the next to be liquidated. Mr. Zheng will not let this happen, but..."
Ning Yuan pulled up a smile and said, "It's not that easy to ask us to contribute manpower based on just this piece of information..."
"Do you want to negotiate terms with the old man?" Li Qing asked tentatively. He had met Mr. Zheng, his father's old leader, a serious old man. He himself did not have the courage to negotiate terms, but seeing Ning Yuan like this, he could not help but give him a thumbs up.
Ning Yuan shrugged his shoulders. "After all, we are at a critical moment in responding to the mutated seafood. It is very dangerous to withdraw manpower..."
The corner of Li Qing's mouth twitched, and he suddenly felt that none of these people in the team seemed to be easy to get along with. However, in order to seek benefits for his own base, Li Qing was eager to try and make a suggestion, "Let him share his technology with us."
As long as you have the skills, you won’t need to ask anyone for help to raise as many children as you want.
This is the majority idea of the general public. After all, the education we have received since childhood is that it is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish.
However, Ning Yuan hesitated.
While he was considering, Mr. Zheng sent another message, elaborating on the various benefits of establishing an anti-zombie alliance and the current opportunity.
"Is Kyoto base...immediate?" Even if there is no response to the message, under normal circumstances they will continue to send messages after receiving a response. Sending messages one after another can make people feel their impatience.
"Not necessarily," the communicator replied on behalf of Ning Yuan, "communications after the end of the world have been a bit chaotic. Some information will disappear inexplicably, and some information will be delayed. This results in the received information not necessarily being sent immediately by the other party."
As he spoke, he pointed to the numbers written at the bottom of the paper. There was indeed some confusion.
"Is this the reason why Captain Zhuang hasn't received any news?" Ning Yuan asked.
"Not sure. We are far away from the village director, and the transmission of information has always been unstable. Now it may be more obviously affected by the weather."
Ning Yuan sighed and waved his hand, signaling him to continue checking the information from Kyoto.
The news from Mr. Zheng is still coming in. He has already started planning to not get involved now and then think about the cost of getting in later.
Ning Yuan did not reply. After a long while, the message from Mr. Zheng stopped. Like a summary, he talked about the importance of Kyoto to the **, and even expressed his feelings as a ** soldier. Finally, he even solemnly apologized for Zheng Yi's behavior.
His attitude was so low that Li Qing felt a little sorry for him. "Do you want to just say what you want?"
They are all soldiers, and he couldn't feel at ease seeing the old general's attitude.
"Commander Ning, Major General Lu has replied."
Ning Yuan took it and Li Qing glanced at it. It said that the condition for Lie Yan to agree to join the anti-zombie alliance was to share the breeding technology.
"Reply to the old man that we want 30,000 children in one year," Ning Yuan said to the communicator.
"No, you want so many children. Where can we find the manpower to raise them in our base? And wouldn't it be more convenient to ask for technology? What if..." He didn't want to talk about the fall of Kyoto. He paused for a moment and said tactfully, "We have the technology. Can't we raise them whenever we want?"
"Major General Lu has already shared the technology. When Mingxu left, he asked him to take care of our base. For the sake of Lu Xiaiyi and Lu Weiyi, he will not hide too much from us if we want the technology. At most, we will have to pay some materials and crystal cores, which is no different from us owning the technology."
Ning Yuan explained, "So there is no point in asking Mr. Zheng for technology again, it is better to find someone else."
After the message was sent for a while, the message stopped coming and there was no sign of a reply.
"There's no need to have so many children. At least we can take it easy over a few years."
Li Qing was still chattering. Ning Yuan looked at the radio station that had gone silent and had already started thinking about possible situations in his mind.
[We have limited technical personnel and cannot train so many people, so we can directly share the technology].
After a long while, there was a reply from the other side.
Ning Yuan held a thin piece of paper in his hand, and smiled cunningly, "Reply to him, we don't have any technicians, we just want children."
Seeing that Li Qing was puzzled, Ning Yuan looked at him as if he was a 200-pound silly kid, "When we retired from the army and started a business with Mingxu, he said that we had been in the military environment for too long and had a kind of naive stupidity. I never understood it, but now I suddenly understand it when I see you now."
After saying that, his playful expression disappeared, and he said seriously, "Don't be brainwashed by the old man's sentiments. Now we are contributing our manpower and actually losing lives. I admit that the old man has different feelings towards this country, so he stood up at this time, but no one can guarantee that what he takes out does not have traps."
"What do you mean? Didn't you say it couldn't be fake?"
"It is impossible that the matter is false, but there are always other conditions that can delay it, such as..." Ning Yuan thought for a while and said, "The material, human and even time resources needed to raise a child are all things we need to consider."
"If the conditions are very harsh, then even if we have mastered the technology, it will only be a mirage. It is better to just have a finished product."
If the old man agreed directly, Ning Yuan would believe its authenticity. If he hesitated, it only meant that there must be something fishy going on.
"Are you overthinking it? After all, it is impossible that Major General Lu and Zhao Qiang have not thought of it."
"Maybe they have thought about it, but right now, compared to moving away from the Kyoto base, they need an excuse to unite everyone. After all, moving and rebuilding the base is not an easy task for any team."
Li Qing touched his head and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation to Ning Yuan, "I'd better go find Li Yan to discuss the manpower going to Kyoto."
Just as Ning Yuan thought, Mr. Zheng had indeed set a trap - the children were indeed bred, but the fact that there were only two of them was enough to imagine the difficulty.
He even thought about agreeing now and changing his mind after Kyoto had overcome the crisis. However, he thought about how Zheng Yi's previous actions had already made Yuebanwan dissatisfied. If they completely fell out over this matter, Kyoto might not be affected much, but the Zheng family would definitely be retaliated against.
Once the Zheng family is defeated, the entire situation in Kyoto will be in complete turmoil. Lieyan and the Guard will not miss this opportunity and will definitely find a way to completely control the Kyoto base at all costs.
Mr. Zheng has a sincere desire to contribute to the country, and also has selfish concerns for the entire family. He will not let the Zheng family become a stepping stone for any team.
As the most influential and combat-capable base near Kyoto, Yueban Bay is an essential force to be won over this time, and Mr. Zheng will never give up.
This brought the negotiations to a temporary standstill.
At that time, the occasional missile launches at the Kyoto base eventually attracted the zombies originally in the center of Kyoto. Drones captured the scene of an endless stream of zombies leaping towards the Kyoto base.
The newly built outer walls of the city have collapsed and many gaps have appeared. An endless stream of zombies are rushing in. They are tireless and they never run out of strength.
"Commander, the Qilin team's psychic said that the team's crystal cores are exhausted and there are no replacements, so we request a replacement."
"In the northwest direction, zombies are gathering together and trying to climb over the city wall. The Flying Tigers are requesting support."
"The members of the Tengfei team were hit by the zombies' superpowers. There are no people with healing abilities in the southeast direction, so we request to station the healing power there."
"Some people took advantage of the chaos to loot supplies. They were just ordinary people who were powerless. Commander..."
A steady stream of information was delivered to the command post. Old Mr. Zheng, with his graying hair, looked energetic, as if he had returned to his youth, strategizing and commanding with great power.
"Collect the crystal cores of all the teams in the base, allocate them uniformly, and give feedback based on the proportion afterwards."
"Mobilize five bazooka operators to support the northwest. Do not let any zombies enter the city."
"Send Zheng Miao to garrison in the southeast..."
"this……"
Seeing that no one took any action, Mr. Zheng frowned and looked over.
"We invited her at the beginning, but Miss Zheng was unwilling and even let her bodyguards take action against people," the orderly looked embarrassed.
"Just say it's my order. If she can't do it, she can only die there."
"yes!"
When the orderly was leaving, Mr. Zheng suddenly remembered Zheng Tongzhi's question, "Wait a minute."
"Let her bodyguard go with her and protect her as much as possible."
Mr. Zheng watched the orderly leave, without even having time to sigh, and began to issue other orders.
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