Chapter 207: Seeking Help from the Capital
Five days later.
"Is the auditorium ready?"
"Well, I arranged it all myself."
"Where are the guests?"
"Everyone has been invited. You don't have to worry about this."
"Okay, what else is there..."
"I didn't expect that our boss, the dignified Wolf King, would be so nervous at times, hahahaha." Lin Cong couldn't stop laughing when he saw Gu Chao's anxious look.
Cheng Ming couldn't help but laugh and said to Gu Chao, "Okay, everything is done. Don't think about anything else. Just wait for tomorrow to propose."
"Hey, Boss, you're going to be single soon. How about having a bachelor party today?"
"Shoot you!" Gu Chao knocked on Li Hangyuan's head and said.
At this moment, Yan Wei, who was waiting outside the door, suddenly said loudly, "Ah, schoolmate, you're here!"
Everyone in the door quickly shut their mouths and sat up straight.
"Hey, why are you standing at the door?" Lu Ming asked Yan Wei as he pushed the door open. He saw a circle of people sitting in the conference room, all of them looking extremely serious. He blinked and said, "What are you guys... discussing? Why are you so serious? What happened?"
"Oh, it's okay. We were just guessing what Lao Zhou wanted us to do." Lin Cong replied quickly.
Lu Ming walked over to Gu Chao and sat down, then asked him, "Really?"
"Uh-huh, yes, that's what we're talking about."
She narrowed her eyes suspiciously, "You guys are so weird."
Then she looked around at everyone, and those who were seen quickly looked away to avoid looking at her.
Only Cheng Ming remained calm.
Lu Ming was suspicious, knowing that it was Gu Chao's "surprise" again. Just when he was about to give them a peek, he saw Zhou Zixi walking in from outside with a frown.
He put down the pile of documents in his hand, then sat down across the long table, took a long breath, looked around at everyone, and stayed on Gu Chao for a while, his face solemn, without saying a word.
"What happened?"
Everyone present became serious, after all, they had never seen Zhou Zixi with such an expression before.
He lowered his head slightly, and after a moment he looked up at everyone, and a sentence came out like a bomb.
"Subsidiary Base No. 5 of the Capital Base fell this morning."
"What?!"
“How could it be?!”
"Are you sure it's a subsidiary base of the capital?"
"Yes, this is the official news just released."
Gu Chao frowned and asked, "What's the reason?"
"It's that mysterious zombie."
Everyone was shocked.
"Didn't they say it hadn't appeared for almost four months? Why is it suddenly in the capital now?"
"According to official reports, although it hasn't appeared in public for such a long time, it has actually been secretly attacking survivor bases and high-level zombies, but it has not been discovered by people."
After he finished speaking, he distributed the information on the table to everyone, "This is a detailed report from the Capital Base. Everyone can take a look at it when they have time."
Cheng Ming looked at the cover of the report and asked, "I guess the official release of this information isn't just to inform everyone."
"That's right." Zhou Zixi nodded, then he turned on the big screen and played a few satellite pictures.
"This is... the capital?!"
Everyone was shocked.
Zhou Zixi replied, "Yes. This morning, along with the information, these pictures were also received. As you can see, a large number of zombies are gathering near the Capital Base. I'm afraid they will soon attack the Third and Fourth Sub-Bases."
"so?"
"Given that a mysterious zombie had just attacked Base No. 5, the Capital Base speculated that this large-scale zombie siege was likely related to this mysterious zombie. They feared an unprecedented zombie siege and a simultaneous attack by this mysterious zombie. Therefore, the Capital Base sent a message to the entire nation, requesting all capable bases to send personnel to support the capital."
I see.
It can be seen from the satellite image that hundreds of kilometers away from the capital, countless dense black spots are surrounding the capital in a circle. The number is countless and it is terrifying.
Could it be that all the zombies in the country have been driven there?!
The capital base and its affiliated bases have a population of over 10 million, which makes it easy to attract a large number of zombies. They encounter zombie waves every now and then, but they have never seen such a large scale, not to mention that this time there is also the possibility of the mysterious zombie attacking at the same time.
This is really adding insult to injury.
Zhou Zixi looked at the solemn expressions of the crowd and continued, "The question we face now is, do we want support?"
As soon as this question was asked, everyone fell silent.
Logically speaking, the Capital Base is full of talented people. With such a large population, there must be many experts and soldiers. Not to mention that they have been providing 3,000 bottles of awakening potions to the Capital Base for free every month. Although it is not like the Chaoyang Base which screens people first and then awakens them 100%, the awakening rate is as high as 90%. The number of people with special abilities is steadily increasing, so dealing with the zombie tide should be no problem.
But the bad thing is that the mysterious zombie is also there.
To be honest, no one wants to fight that mysterious zombie, let alone fight it for another base.
Moreover, they had previously had a rather tense relationship with the capital base, and it seemed that there was no ties of affection between them. Instead, they were forced to rely on "tribute" to maintain their independence. If they did not provide support, it seemed understandable.
But, that's the capital.
The place where they had lived for so long and been loyal to for so long.
It was also a symbol of the country and the people's yearning.
Moreover, an idea came to everyone's mind.
If the capital loses the battle, does it mean that the tens of millions of people there will become their enemies?
By then, which of these other bases, big and small, will be able to withstand so many zombies?
And what about that mysterious zombie? What if it becomes more and more powerful if we don’t stop it?
The conference room was silent, and everyone's minds were racing as they asked themselves a question.
To go or not to go?!
Lu Ming doesn't have any deep feelings for the capital. She thinks it doesn't matter whether she goes or not. It mainly depends on whether Gu Chao wants to go.
So she looked at Gu Chao.
However, this problem did not seem to be a problem for the latter, so he was not thinking about it now, but his mind was full of another thing.
Depend on!
What a lousy date that rubbish zombie picked! Couldn't he have waited until he proposed and got married before coming?!
Fuck it.
He sighed secretly, quickly got rid of this complaining mood, and looked at others.
And then...he noticed that they were all looking at him.
Each look was filled with sympathy.
Gu Chao: “…”
I'm determined.
He glanced around and said calmly, "I won't make any demands this time. Those who want to go can go, and those who don't want to go can stay."
As expected, everyone decided to go.
"But we still need to leave some people behind just in case. Zixi, Shaoyang, you stay."
"good."
"yes."
So in the end it was decided that the eight members of the Chaoyang team would set off for the capital tomorrow.
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