As the Ning City base welcomed a new day, in a huge base far away in the capital, an increasingly plump middle-aged man also heard the report from his subordinates.
He seemed a little bit unconvinced, and frowned. "After being besieged for five days by a million zombies, the Ning City base is completely unscathed?"
The subordinate corrected him: "It's not that there were no casualties, but that the death toll was less than 10,000."
The fat man, Min Yande, waved his hand. The loss of less than ten thousand was almost equivalent to nothing. Now, tens of thousands of people died every day in the capital base, outside the base, and from various reasons. It was impossible to count them. It was incredible that such a small base had only such a small loss when it was surrounded by a tide of zombies.
Min Yande tapped the table and asked, "What about the casualties on his side?"
The subordinate knew who he was referring to and lowered his head to report, "We don't have particularly detailed data, but we estimate that the death toll in the Zhengyang Brigade is no more than 50, and the number of injured is within 300."
With a bang, Min Yande's hand that was tapping the table suddenly slammed heavily on the table. His face darkened, and his huge fat body sat in the leather boss chair like a mountain.
The subordinate took a look, lowered his head even lower, and revealed the most important and incredible information: "According to the news from over there, yesterday Ye Xiao piloted the divine machine and fired an energy cannon, repelling the remaining zombie tide."
"Energy cannon? What energy cannon?"
The subordinate handed over the written report with both hands. Min Yande quickly read it and gasped: "How ridiculous! How ridiculous!" He took his things, changed them randomly, and now he is making a name for himself with this, but he himself is so ashamed of himself!
Now everyone in the entire capital base is laughing at him for losing not only his wife but also his soldiers, and being slapped in the face by the soldiers he once commanded.
He slammed the table and said, "He thinks I can't touch him just because he's hiding in Ning City, right? Damn it, tell him to return the magic machine, or I'll, I'll..." After talking for a long time and finding that there was nothing that could threaten Ye Xiao, he slammed the table again and said, "Remove his military membership and make public what his father did. Let's see if he still has the nerve to do it!"
"Uncle Min, what's so mad about this morning?" A cheerful voice with a smile came from outside, and then a handsome young man walked in. Min Yande's anger subsided, and he also stood up with a smile: "Xiao Yi, how come you have time to come to Uncle Min today?"
Chen Xianyi glanced at the subordinate. Min Yande asked them to leave. Chen Xianyi sighed, "Uncle Min, what else could it be? Everyone wants you to give an explanation about the Shen Ji ending up in Ning City."
Min Yande's face fell.
There are only five divine machines in the capital base now, and each of the five most powerful camps has one. In Min Yande's camp, the divine machine is kept with him. Don't be fooled by the fact that they promote the divine machine as the best on the outside, as if it is a must-have artifact for dominating the world in the end times, but everyone in their group knows that this thing still has very big flaws. At this stage, instead of wasting energy on the divine machine, it would be better to get more food and some superpowers.
So the big guys didn’t really take it too seriously, that’s why Min Yande sent it out to pick up a five-element mutant.
As a result, it was lost.
Not taking it seriously was one thing, but losing their only divine machine was another. After all, they needed this as a gimmick to attract talent. Min Yande had been under immense pressure for days, and Chen Xianyi's presence today was a wake-up call. The others, knowing the divine machine had landed at the Ning City base and had been modified to produce an energy cannon, which seemed to have a powerful deterrent effect on the zombie horde, were restless and were determined to pressure Min Yande to retrieve it.
Min Yande shook the flesh on his cheeks.
Chen Xianyi added, "But Uncle Min, you don't have to worry too much. I will take care of everything for you. As long as Grandpa stands by you, no one else will dare to say anything."
Min Yande looked very touched: "On Mr. Chen's side, please say a few good words for Uncle Min. I will give everyone an explanation as soon as possible."
Chen Xianyi asked, "What's Uncle Min's plan?"
Min Yande sneered, "This isn't just our business right now. Ye Xiao and his men have stolen important military equipment like the Divine Machine, and they've also acquired technology like the Energy Cannon. Whether it's about holding them accountable or demanding they hand over this technology, the Commander-in-Chief has to make a statement!"
Chen Xianyi's eyes flashed. "I heard that the commander-in-chief launched the A017 mission against Ye Xiao, but it failed and Han Ying died tragically, but the commander-in-chief didn't pursue the matter."
"Isn't that better? There's no investigation, but the mission itself is untenable. Now we have a ready-made handle for him to investigate?" Min Yande said, "I'll go see our commander."
After this death, in the Ning City base, Zhengyang Brigade, Lin Tantan was still "hanging out" with Ye Xiao. Ahem, it was mainly because she provided VVVVVIP recuperation services to her boyfriend who was also her exclusive patient. Unlike other people, she didn't just spend five or ten minutes to let him fall asleep and then leave. Her energy was uninterrupted, and the energy would travel throughout his body, helping him to relieve fatigue and rejuvenate in all aspects.
She felt sorry for her boyfriend who hadn't had much rest in recent days and wanted him to sleep more, but his communicator kept flashing, so she had to stop early. Even so, after waking up, Ye Xiao still felt full of energy.
He ruffled Lin Tantan's hair and glanced at the time. It was already past breakfast time. "Are you hungry? Let's go get something to eat?"
Lin Tan Tan pointed at his communicator and said, "I don't know who it is, but they probably have something urgent to talk to you about. You can check it out first."
Ye Xiao clicked on it and saw that it was all from Lv Jianping. After reading it, he smiled and said, "The capital knows that we have modified the divine machine, and they want us to spit out the technology and put our strength to Lv Jianping."
He immediately contacted Lü Jianping, who said, "You guys are such a jerk! When I contact Bai Cheng, he says he's busy, and when I contact you, you don't answer. It's urgent. How are you going to get the energy cannon technology?"
Ye Xiao said: "What else can I do? This is a good thing, of course I have to share it with everyone. I will come to you later and tell you in detail then."
Lu Jianping was stunned and said, "Okay, I'm also busy here, we'll talk about it later."
Lin Tan Tan asked Ye Xiao: "Do you really need to take it out?"
"We can't hide this thing, and the technology of the energy cannon is not mature enough. Instead of keeping it in our hands, it is better to let it out for everyone to study together." Ye Xiao said. Not to mention Min Yande, the other four parties who also possessed the magic machine would definitely try every means to make him spit out the technology. Ye Xiao didn't want to make so many enemies.
He was silent for a moment, then added, "Consider this the last thing I do for the organization as an active-duty soldier."
Lin Tantan was stunned. Ye Xiao looked at her and said, "Tantan, I'm ready to retire. This identity only brings trouble and trouble to me now."
Lin Tan Tan said, "Then retire. I support you!" It's time to do this! She thought for a moment and said, "It would be best if the highest-ranking commander, or whoever, could award you a medal. We want to retire, and we want to retire with honor."
Ye Xiao smiled and said, "Okay."
They went to the small canteen to eat, Ye Xiao went to do his thing, and Lin Tan went back to the mountain to check on his little cuties. Well, after these few days, they still ate and slept well, and they were all in good spirits... Hey, what was that black thing in the pit?
Lin Tantan walked closer and saw that it was actually a mosquito pit. Black mosquitoes the size of thumbs or fists were either swatted to death or torn to pieces and thrown here. She poked it with a branch and found that the pit was more than one meter deep. How many mosquitoes were there?
She asked the little cuties, "Are these the mosquitoes you killed these days?"
The black swan Hei Zai held his head high and cackled proudly. The white swan became more reserved in preening its feathers. The mutant mice jumped around her, and the three longer ones came up shyly.
Obviously, they did kill these mosquitoes, and the reason why they did this must be because Ye Xiao ordered them to do so.
Imagine that a group of mutant mosquitoes flew out of the mountains. Before they could fly into the base to show their skills, they were swatted down by these guys and crushed to death on the ground. It was a bit tragic.
No wonder they all look a little dusty, they must have run up the mountain a lot.
Lin Tan Tan touched this and that and said, "You are all good children. Come, I will give you some wood energy."
At this time, Ye Xiao was having a meeting with his team members. This team was their original seven-member team. Ye Xiao announced his decision to retire and asked everyone what their plans were.
Mei Baisheng was the first to say that he also wanted to retire. He was almost turned into a zombie by Cai Chengliang. After he saved his life, he scolded Min Yande on the phone and said that he would quit.
Xu Li continued, "I'll follow Brother Ye."
Jiang Xiaotian was the third to speak, shrugging his shoulders and saying, "I'm retiring too. With the way things are right now, I can't go back even if I want to."
Next came Xu Qin. He took a sip of tea calmly and said, "I have no objection. Um, just transfer my household registration. If the procedure is too complicated, just cancel it directly."
The last one to come was Zhong Xiong, the one with the longest service time. He was silent for a long time and then sighed, "Everyone above has been replaced. What difference does it make whether they retire or not? Let's go, let's all go."
Bai Cheng distributed a cup of tea to each person, then continued to brew it gracefully, saying, "Since everyone agrees, I have something to say. After the apocalypse, most active-duty soldiers received promotions. Min Yande was promoted from major general to general, and Lü Jianping was promoted from colonel to major general. We can't retire with our current ranks."
Several people looked at him in confusion. He was about to retire, so what was the point in fussing over this? Was he still expecting a higher level of resettlement pay?
Bai Cheng continued slowly, "Because of our attitudes over the past six months, the capital hasn't been very kind to us. There was even an assassination attempt on Ah Xiao. If we just retire like this, they'll call us traitors and expel us. They might even find an opportunity to have the army come and annihilate us. In today's world, reputation isn't as important as it used to be, but it's still very important."
He looked at his comrades and said, "Having the current highest military leader, Commander Fan, raise our ranks means that the new military he represents has recognized our normal and honorable retirement. Even if we want to make a fuss about it, we won't be able to do so in the future."
A few people seemed to be thinking about it. Xu Qin agreed and said, "Let's do it, but he may not agree."
Ye Xiao thought of what Lin Tantan said, about getting a medal and then retiring in a dignified manner, and couldn't help but laugh: "It's just a matter of talking. He'll agree. I'll go talk to him."
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