Fearing that Yan Ning would be anxious, Banxia went to find him after dinner.
Yan Ning poured her a cup of hot water: "You must be tired from the journey. Sit down and let's talk."
Banxia obediently sat down and recounted her and Nanxing's experiences in Rongcheng in one go, except for the matter of taking in all the mutated plants and animals in Rongcheng, as she understood the principle of "possessing a treasure is a crime."
Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, Yan Ning took a while to process it all: "You mean, the thousand-year-old banyan tree in Shahe City predicted the earthquake in advance, so it deliberately used this as an excuse to evacuate everyone from the city? Shahe City is now a deep crater?"
If she hadn't personally experienced the violent earthquake a while ago, she would have thought Banxia was talking nonsense.
A city with a history spanning thousands of years was swallowed up by a deep pit overnight; it seems like a myth.
Yan Ning remained silent for a long time: "Banxia, do you think this world will ever get better?"
Banxia answered without hesitation, "I don't know."
The facts showed her that the future can be changed, depending on whether you are willing to take practical actions and pay the price.
Yan Ning smiled wryly: "I was being dramatic."
The journey from S City to the border took a full two months. During that time, a major event occurred: the extreme cold ended, and a second wave of extreme heat began. Furthermore, the trip was fraught with danger: being hunted by mutated plants and animals, being chased by hordes of zombies, and encountering extreme weather...
The civilians along the border had already evacuated at the beginning of the apocalypse, and now only soldiers are stationed here.
Yan Ning handed her ID card to the soldier guarding the city: "Hello, my name is Yan Ning. Behind me is the support team from S City. The entire team consists of 309 people, including those with superpowers..."
The soldier straightened up and saluted her: "Greetings, Commander Yan! I'll inform the officer immediately!"
Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing a military green short-sleeved shirt came running over with a warm smile on his face: "Yan Ning, Yan Ning, you've finally arrived!"
Yan Ning raised an eyebrow: "You mean the other teams have already arrived?"
The middle-aged man, Lin Qi, burst into laughter upon hearing this: "Isn't that right? We've been waiting for you!"
Yan Ning sighed helplessly: "I'm unlucky. Ever since the ice melted, I've encountered hordes of zombies almost every day..."
If it weren't for the ugly zombies blocking their way, they would have arrived long ago!
Lin Qi hadn't expected this, and quickly asked with concern, "Are you and your men alright?"
Yan Ning's men were all handpicked to support him; if they were to be lost on the way, he would be nauseous!
Yan Ning couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, everything's fine!"
Her gratitude towards Banxia deepened; thanks to Banxia's help along the way, countless people would have died otherwise.
The two chatted for a while and agreed that Yan Ning should take his men to rest and recuperate today, and then discuss how to deal with the giant goose zombie king that was about to reach the border tomorrow.
The infrastructure in the border city is much worse than that in S city. The whole city is dilapidated, and you can't even find a decent house.
Lin Qi was a little embarrassed: "Well, during the extreme cold, my soldiers and I lived in igloos, and during the extreme heat, we lived underground, so we didn't build any new houses."
Yan Ning wasn't a picky person, and joked, "Oh, it's been years, and you've actually learned to be polite?"
She and Lin Qi had been friends for over ten years, and they would usually get together every three to five months. They only lost contact in the last two years because of the apocalypse.
Lin Qi rolled his eyes: "I heard that the S City you manage is similar to the pre-apocalyptic world. I'm just worried that you won't be used to going from luxury to frugality."
The two bantered back and forth, and soon arrived at the entrance to the underground city.
The underground city was converted from an underground shopping mall, so it's not very large. There are four soldiers guarding the entrance, and everyone entering or leaving must have their identification checked.
Banxia and the others were assigned two 10-square-meter rooms. After discussing it, they decided that the men and women would temporarily live separately.
The next morning, Yan Ning, accompanied by his temporary assistant Banxia, went to the conference room to discuss with the leaders of the other six teams how to deal with the zombie king.
As soon as the two entered the door, everyone's eyes turned to them. Wasn't Yan Ning's assistant a man? When did it become a delicate young girl?
However, they were not people who judged by appearances, so they didn't say anything unpleasant.
Lin Qi coughed lightly to draw everyone's attention back and got straight to the point: "We're all old acquaintances, so I won't introduce you. According to news from the front, three zombie kings are leading their subordinates toward the border. The highest-level zombie king has reached level seven, while the other two are slightly lower, with levels between level six and six and a half."
Except for Banxia, everyone else couldn't help but gasp in shock. A level seven zombie king?
Throughout the entire country, the highest-level superhuman is only level four!
Ye Jingxue, the head of the M City base, tapped the table with her knuckles: "Do you have accurate data on how many subordinates the Zombie King has?"
Lin Qi said with a serious expression, "Between two hundred and fifty thousand and three hundred thousand."
They paid a heavy price to obtain this relatively accurate information.
Everyone gasped again. There were only 50,000 soldiers along the entire border, with the ratio of superhumans to ordinary people being about 10 to 1. Each of their seven support teams brought only 300 superhumans, and all of them combined only had a little over 7,000 superhumans.
With 250,000 against 7,000, there's simply no way to win this battle!
Chen Boren, the head of the L City base, was sweating profusely with anxiety: "With such a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, why don't you ask your superiors for more manpower?"
Lin Qi smiled wryly: "Across the country, everywhere is short of people now. Who am I supposed to ask? Besides..."
He didn't elaborate, but everyone understood his unspoken meaning. Some people, having been in power for too long, have developed unwarranted ambitions; otherwise, why would only seven of them have come with a team to provide support?
Ye Jingxue gritted her teeth: "Leave the Level 7 Zombie King to me, the rest of you can handle it!"
Fearing that some might disagree, she conjured a golden longsword in her right hand. "Thanks to everyone, I just reached level five a few days ago."
“Great job, Jingxue,” Xie Xunying, the head of the D City base, looked at her with amazement. “But you were always my defeated opponent when we were in military school. It’s more reliable to let me handle the task of killing the level seven zombie king!”
She raised an eyebrow slightly, and a wisp of sky-blue flame appeared at her fingertips. "Unfortunately, I reached level five half a month ago."
"Your women's army is truly remarkable," Kong Xueyi, the head of the X City base, clapped. "However, my lightning-based superpowers are more effective against zombies."
He conjured a purple ball of lightning, emanating a pressure that was only present at level five.
Zhong Jianhong, the person in charge of W City, and Liu Mao, the person in charge of K City, were anxious: "No way, no one is allowed to take it from me!"
A group of people argued heatedly, but Yan Ning and Ban Xia remained unmoved.
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