Inside a luxurious villa in Xizhou, Ye Hui watched the live stream on the StarNet with a chilling aura.
The destruction of the Ye family's influence in the capital only slightly damaged him; Jiuchuan Province was his true territory.
Due to its terrain, Jiuchuan Province is the province in the five provinces of Dongzhou that has suffered the least from zombie attacks. Moreover, it is warm all year round and was the largest storage place for supplies in Dongzhou before the apocalypse.
Ye Hui possessed all the most important weapons and food in the apocalypse from the beginning. The current five-province alliance is mainly supported by food and supplies provided by Jiuchuan Province.
Otherwise, Ye Hui would not have been able to rise to the rank of general so quickly after arriving in the capital.
The resources the Ye family had in the capital were all acquired by Ye Hui later, but they were just small-scale operations and were easily lost. However, the fact that Jiuchuan Province was taken over by Zhang Yun completely severed Ye Hui's roots.
Not only was the Ye family's influence in Dongzhou completely eradicated, but Ye Hui himself has also become the world's most wanted criminal, hated by almost everyone.
"Zhang Yun! You just wait!"
Ye Hui smashed the marble coffee table in front of him into pieces with a single punch.
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Dongzhou, Capital Base, Conference Room.
Elder Shen invited all the leaders of various factions in the capital to come.
Three days have passed since Zhang Yun and Yang Shize's live stream. Zhang Yun is currently busy taking over Ye Hui's resources in Jiuchuan Province with the people from Yunze Base and has no time to deal with them for the time being.
Everyone knew this was the calm before the storm.
In the conference room, only Mr. Shen seemed truly at ease.
Over the years, he has put in countless efforts to stabilize the situation in Dongzhou and unite everyone to fight against the zombies. Every meeting left him exhausted. Only this time, ah, was the most comfortable.
Shen Shengzhi slowly sipped the tea in his cup, and he tasted the flavor of a century-old Pu'er tea from the aged tea leaves.
After finishing his tea, Shen Shengzhi spoke up: "Tell me everything."
"Yunze Base had already joined the new ASEAN, yet it did this to an allied base and tarnished the reputation of the Five Provinces Alliance. We can't let this go!" someone said indignantly.
Old Shen almost spat out his tea. He adjusted his glasses, trying to see clearly who the idiot who said those words was.
The others also looked at that person with subtle expressions.
Why are you all looking at me like that? Am I wrong?
"Hmm, what you said makes sense. Are there other people who think the same way as him?" Old Shen asked.
No one said a word.
"Alright, please ask Governor Liu Yuqing to leave."
Liu Yuqing, who had spoken earlier, slammed his hand on the table and stood up, saying, "What right do you have to kick me out?"
"Your IQ is too high, we can't afford to pay for it," a young man sitting in the back muttered.
Why won't you let them go? What makes you think you can keep them from leaving?
Yunze Base has two Level 9 experts and dozens of Level 7 experts. It is the only laser satellite in Dongzhou that can threaten experts above the seventh level. It is still unknown who has taken control of it. The ordinary people outside are physically in the five provincial bases, but their hearts have long since flown to Yunze.
What is the Five Provinces Alliance?
Besides the mecha legion composed of a large number of ordinary people, and the fact that there are more evolved beings with superpowers below the sixth rank than Yunze, what else is there?
These low-level warriors don't even need Zhang Yun or Yang Shize to make a move; a single Yunmeng could easily take them down. No matter how many there are, it's useless.
Moreover, morale is crucial in warfare, and the reputation of the Five Provinces Alliance is now worse than ever before, while the Yunze Base's prestige is soaring.
In this situation, even if the mech legion is composed of ordinary people, if you order them to fight against Yunze Base, they will not disobey the order, but they will definitely be full of resistance in their hearts.
The soldiers' unwavering belief stemmed from protecting the people behind them, but now, the people have all turned against Yunze, and those leaders who refuse to turn against them are selfish people who would rather use laser satellites to attack their compatriots than launch them against the zombie horde!
The soldiers on the front lines, in particular, were far more disgusted by this than by the discovery of the living laboratory in Jiuchuan Province.
They had all personally participated in the battle against the zombie horde and witnessed their comrades using their own flesh and blood to fill the defensive line.
Previously, everyone firmly believed that the reason why Dongzhou's laser satellite was not launched was due to deeper considerations from above.
Now, the mask that the upper echelons are wearing to cover up their true intentions has been torn off.
It turns out that they would rather fire on powerful humans who threaten their leadership for their own selfish desires than fire on zombies to save hundreds or thousands of more soldiers!
The fact that the army didn't directly rebel is already a testament to Elder Shen's years of hard work and well-deserved praise. How could they possibly face the Yunze Base, which they have no chance of winning against?
You guys really dare to dream!
After Liu Zhizheng was taken away by the bodyguards, Old Shen said, "Everyone, put away your arrogance. In any case, the future of Dongzhou and even the world has been transferred to those young people. Everyone should be prepared for who will call the shots in the new ASEAN. Young people tend to act rashly. I advise you not to test the waters unless you are absolutely certain. I think no one wants to become the next Ye family, right?"
Old Shen's words silenced everyone.
Before everyone could process what he said and offer their opinions, a figure suddenly appeared in the conference room, next to Elder Shen.
"Oh, they're all here! Saves me the trouble of looking for them one by one," the man said with a smile.
Everyone in the conference room was shocked, and Chen Fei, who was next to Elder Shen, immediately drew his gun and pointed it at the man.
Zhang Yun raised his middle and index fingers, pushing the gun pointed at his neck aside. "I advise you to put this thing away, otherwise, if it accidentally discharges and hits someone, I don't know who it might be."
Chen Fei put away his gun with a look of horror on his face.
Zhang Yun's strange spatial abilities were not kept secret at the time, and people knew that he could easily change the position of moving objects when he was at the fourth level.
In his youth (Zhang Yun: Huh? Am I old?), a short video of him killing the former governor of Mingzhu City and others who were exploiting and abusing survivors in an underground air-raid shelter has been circulating privately.
In the video, Zhang Yun stood still and let a group of people shoot at him. As a result, both those who fired and those who didn't were killed.
Chen Fei himself secretly saved a copy of that video because he looked so cool!
To date, no other space-type ability user has been able to do this except for him.
This, in turn, added a great deal of mystery to Zhang Yun.
Moreover, the words Zhang Yungang said when he first appeared were a bit too frightening.
What does "saves me from having to search for them one by one" mean?
Is this an attempt to wipe them all out?
Even if young people are impulsive, they shouldn't be this reckless!
"I was just looking to discuss the future development of the new ASEAN with you all. Since you're all here, I'll just join in. I hope you don't mind?"
After Zhang Yun finished speaking, he instantly teleported to the only empty seat in the conference room and sat down—the seat vacated by Liu Yuqing, who had just been kicked out.
"Alright, first come, first served. You all discuss your questions first, and I'll speak after you've finished," Zhang Yun said with a smile, his arms resting on the conference table and his hands crossed under his chin.
Can I say this when we were discussing how to deal with you?
Old Shen regained his composure, cleared his throat, and said, "Mr. Zhang, you've come at the right time. Our problem has been solved. What questions do you have? We're all ears."
"I see..."
Zhang Yun leaned back in his chair, tapping the table with his fingertips, and said, "What I want to say is that, starting today, the Five Provinces Alliance is dissolved and merged into the Yunze Base."
Before anyone could speak, Zhang Yun continued:
"Since the beginning of the apocalypse, the Eastern Continent has wasted too many resources and suffered too many unnecessary sacrifices due to internal strife."
"Now, Dongzhou only needs one voice, my voice."
"Why..." The crowd was terrified and angry, but finally someone stood up unwillingly.
Zhang Yun gave him a single glance, and the man immediately fell silent in fear.
Zhang Yun raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
The wall of the conference room behind him suddenly disappeared, replaced by the Yunze Base's fully equipped superhumans, evolved beings, and mecha legions.
The gazes of countless soldiers made them realize that this was not an illusion, but the army of Yunze Base, right behind Zhang Yun and right in front of them!
The conference room table was oval-shaped. The row of people sitting next to Zhang Yun turned around and saw Yun Ze's army right behind them, and their legs went weak with fear.
The person sitting opposite wasn't much better off.
The bodyguards, guns in hand, stared in disbelief at the scene.
Only Shen Shengzhi, who was sitting in the middle, and Chen Fei behind him understood what was going on.
The entire conference room seemed to have been cut in half from the left, connecting to another place, which was undoubtedly an open space in the Yunze base.
Meanwhile, the army from Yunze Base is gathering in this very place!
Zhang Yun smiled slightly, "With just a snap of my fingers, Yunze's army can arrive in an instant. We can wipe out all five of your provinces in a single day, no, four provinces."
"When Ye Hui came to Yunze Base and asked us to submit to the Five Provinces Alliance, he said that humanity had reached a critical moment of life and death and should no longer fight amongst ourselves. So, you should be sensible and obediently submit to Yunze. Everything can be resolved peacefully. I just want to eliminate the zombies as soon as possible and do not want humanity to kill each other because of the selfish desires of some people."
"Aren't you afraid we'll fight to the death?" one of them said angrily.
"The net won't break, but some fish will definitely die." Zhang Yun's smile didn't reach his eyes. "Whether you agree or not, everyone, please state your opinion."
Although Mr. Shen had anticipated this, he did not expect it to happen so quickly.
Seeing that some people were still unwilling to give up, and to avoid unnecessary casualties, Shen Sheng said, "Mr. Zhang, I have a question to ask you."
"Please speak."
Shen Shengzhi said, "Ten months ago, when you disappeared, the laser satellite control system of Dongzhou was hacked and controlled by an unknown program. Now, who has control of the satellite?"
Zhang Yun said, "It's far away, yet right before my eyes."
really!
The Way of the Subdued Heart.
"Impossible! How could you possibly control our Dongzhou's laser satellite?"
Zhang Yun glanced at him and asked with a smile, "What? Do you need me to have someone shoot it spontaneously to prove it now? It's just that the coordinates are hard to choose... Ah, I've got it, how about shooting it in the salt market in the East China Sea?"
Donghai is the territory of the Tang family, an ancient martial arts clan. Salt City is their core residence. The person who just spoke is Tang Ming, the Tang family's representative in the capital.
The arrival of the apocalypse also brought opportunities to these reclusive large families, allowing them to step onto the political stage.
The Tang family's headquarters are in Yanshi, a fact known only to the core disciples of the Tang family. Zhang Yun's actions were intended to show Tang Ming and others that his information control capabilities were far beyond what they could fathom.
Tang Ming's face turned pale, and he quickly said, "No, that's not what I meant!"
"Oh, I didn't mean to launch a laser. To wipe out the Tang family, we can just send any War God over there. The Tang family isn't worthy of a laser satellite."
Tang Ming looked embarrassed and remained silent.
Although Zhang Yun was insulting the Tang family, he didn't have the courage to defend his family!
With even laser satellites in Zhang Yun's hands, who in Dongzhou can stop him?
At this moment, Shen Shengzhi took the initiative to say, "On behalf of the Shen family, I agree to dissolve the Five Provinces Alliance and merge it into the Yunze Base."
"Our Wang family agrees too!"
"The Gu family seconded it!"
"..."
When Elder Shen spoke, his faction naturally agreed.
More than half of the remaining people are still hesitating.
Zhang Yun knew that these people were similar to Tang Ming, being spokespeople pushed out by their families or organizations and not qualified to make full decisions. So he said, "You just need to make your own decisions. After the meeting, I will talk to the people behind you who can make decisions one by one. Anyway, I have plenty of time now."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately agreed.
This was the first time since Shen Shengzhi became the chief administrator of the Five Provinces Alliance of the Eastern Continent that a proposal was unanimously approved at a meeting, but the content of the proposal was to dissolve the Five Provinces Alliance.
It's really ironic.
Zhang Yun snapped his fingers, and more than a dozen high-level ability users and evolved individuals emerged from the space behind him from the Yunze Base army. Then, the space behind him returned to the original state of the conference room.
Without the oppressive feeling of a large army in front of them, everyone in the conference room breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Yun sat there and continued to issue orders: "The Five Provinces Alliance is dissolved, and the new ASEAN government will be headed by Yun Ze, with me as the leader. I don't think anyone has any objections, right?"
He politely countered with a question.
Everyone hurriedly shook their heads, afraid that if they were too slow, he would snap his fingers and they would be reduced to ashes.
"Shen Shengzhi will serve as the new Chief Executive Officer of ASEAN." Shen's faction was stunned, looking at Shen with a mixture of surprise and delight.
The chief administrator of a base is usually the leader. I didn’t expect Zhang Yun to separate this position. That means he occupies the title of leader but does not have the power of a leader.
Of course, given Zhang Yun's current strength and status, he has power even if he doesn't have it. Old Shen is essentially the person he put forward to handle things, which is similar to the emperor and prime minister in ancient times.
The emperor ruled by doing nothing, leaving all matters to his subordinates. Only when faced with major issues that he could not resolve would the prime minister consult with the emperor.
Although both are chief executive officers, Shen Lao's power has undoubtedly been expanded!
Because the forces in the capital were deeply entrenched, he couldn't mobilize many people and resources, and often had to rely on exchanges of benefits.
But now, with Zhang Yun, a level nine ability user, backing him up, who would dare to disobey?
Choose between a laser satellite or Yang Shize!
What does it mean when you suddenly feel a little good?
This kind of chief executive officer is a true chief!
He is truly second only to the emperor, with no exaggeration whatsoever!
Zhang Yun continued, "The position of Marshal Chen Zhengchu, the Supreme Commander of the Military, is hereby removed. Yang Shize will assume the position of Marshal. Yang Shize will be fully responsible for any subsequent changes in the appointment of military generals."
Chen Zhengchu, who was sitting next to Shen Lao, suddenly stood up, seemingly somewhat angry, but the next second Yang Shize appeared beside him and gently placed his hand on his shoulder.
Chen Zhengchu stood with his legs together and gave a military salute: "Yes, Commander!"
Then Chen Zhengchu smiled at Yang Shize and said, "After the meeting, I will have to trouble Marshal Yang to come with me to the military headquarters to complete the handover."
After saying that, he offered his chair, saying, "General Yang, please sit down."
Yang Shize nodded and sat down.
Next, Zhang Yun made personnel adjustments to other positions, and everything went very smoothly without any objections.
"As for the other four provinces, Yunze has taken over Jiuchuan Province. He Jiajia is the chief executive officer of Jiuchuan Province, and He Yang is the military commander. The list of heads of other departments in Jiuchuan Province will be fed back into the list of internal administrators of the alliance. Those of you with sufficient authority can pull it up and check it yourself."
"In the other three provinces, Yunze Base will send review teams to investigate the military and political officials in the three provinces. Those who meet the requirements can continue to serve. If any of you have relatives or friends who are serving in the three provinces, you can remind them to surrender themselves to the authorities for leniency. If they are found out, things will not be so easy to talk to."
"Oh, the head of the review team is Yunmeng."
Thinking of that eleven-year-old girl with the ability to control people's minds, everyone broke out in a cold sweat and felt a pang of sympathy for the administrators of the three provinces.
If Yunmeng were to interrogate them, wouldn't they have to confess even how many times they wet their pants as children?
It can't be hidden at all!
"In addition, starting today, all ability users belonging to the military at the six bases will be dispersed and their defensive personnel will be redistributed according to the combat strength of each base and the number of zombies, in order to prevent the formation of cliques and the waste of defensive resources."
"The resources of Dongzhou will be prioritized for the Biological Research Institute of Jiuchuan Province and the Armament Research Institute in the capital, in order to develop an anti-zombie vaccine and mass-produce weapons as soon as possible and start the war of human counterattack!"
No one objected.
Mr. Shen strongly agreed.
His greatest wish has always been to coordinate the resources of the Eastern Continent and get everyone to work together towards the goal of fighting the zombies.
But he was just an ordinary person who had not evolved or awakened. He could barely keep the power he originally possessed, let alone integrate other forces and organizations.
If all human and material resources could be coordinated and allocated, the efficiency of humans fighting zombies would undoubtedly be much higher, and so many soldiers would not have to be sacrificed in vain when the zombie horde attacked!
Although humans are weak, the power of all people united is so great that even the heavens must yield.
What destroys humanity is always humanity itself.
"As for the new human alliance formed in the Western Continent, let's leave it alone and wait until the new ASEAN is stable before making any decisions."
Let the Western Continent drag things out as they please; in any case, the Eastern Continent is now capable of handling the zombie horde even without support from other continents.
Since you don't need to ask for favors, why bother competing for a seat?
Let's just drag it out; sooner or later they'll be begging to go to Dongzhou.
Xizhou has always held the top position in the world.
Now, times have changed, and it's time for Dongzhou to take a look.
No one had any objections.
The meeting concluded successfully in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere.
This meeting, which integrated the six super bases of the Eastern Continent and unified the Eastern Continent's government, had a profound impact on the Eastern Continent and was of great significance.
This day was January 5th of the seventh year of the Gregorian calendar, which was also the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the old Eastern Continent.
Because it was late when the meeting ended, and a crescent moon hung high in the night sky, the meeting was also known as the "New Moon Meeting".
The following day, the people of the former five-province alliance received news—
The Five Provinces Alliance was dissolved and merged into the Yunze Base. The New Dongzhou Alliance was established, with Zhang Yun as its leader and Yang Shize as its military marshal.
A time of great joy for all!
After the New Moon Conference, the people of the East Continent united as one and devoted themselves to the great cause of fighting against zombies and reviving human civilization!
On June 18th of the seventh year of the Gregorian calendar, He Jiajia, the director of the Biological Research Institute of Jiuchuan Province, was the first to develop a vaccine that could resist the zombie virus.
In September of the same year, the Capital Weaponry Research Institute also completed the upgrade of all soldiers in the capital with tenth-generation laser weapons and fourteenth-generation combat uniforms.
On February 7th of the eighth year of the Gregorian calendar, the people of the capital, led by Yang Shize, launched the second human counterattack against the zombies (the first counterattack was the recapture of Mingzhu City by Yunze Base), historically known as the "War of Awakening".
This was humanity's first large-scale counterattack against the zombies, and Zhang Yunrang's system broadcast the entire battle live.
The victory in the Awakening War not only gave people around the world a great deal of confidence in fighting zombies, but also became one of the most famous classic battles in history, which has been analyzed, studied and learned from by people in various bases around the world.
Yang Shize's near-perfect command and combat capabilities and his ability to adapt to changing circumstances in this battle have refreshed people's understanding of him around the world.
It turns out that he was not only a ninth-level all-around warrior, but also a near-monstrous genius military strategist!
He is a true god of war!
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