Although he said he was going to talk to the commander-in-chief, Ye Xiao first went to find Lu Jianping and told him in detail about his plan and the impact it would have on them after sending out the energy cannon technology. After all, the two of them were in a cooperative relationship now.
Lu Jianping was also under pressure from his superiors to get relevant information about the energy cannon from Ye Xiao. Of course, he would not be dissatisfied with Ye Xiao's decision. Although Ye Xiao had to talk directly with Commander Fan and hand over the technology directly to the other party, which deprived Lu Jianping of an opportunity to make meritorious service to his superiors, he also understood it. Moreover, after handing over the technology, he could still secretly send a copy to his superiors.
He was even more disappointed with Ye Xiao's decision: "Have you really decided to retire?"
Ye Xiao said calmly, "Yes, but even after retiring, we will remain true to our original aspirations. We will absolutely not do anything detrimental to the people, nor will we become the person some people worry about. Chief Lu, rest assured about this. Our previous agreement will still stand."
Lu Jianping was silent. He had heard about Ye Xiao's life experience as well. The details were revealed to him by his superior not long ago, who asked him to be careful and beware of Ye Xiao, a potentially dangerous person with a bad background and perhaps not even a good reputation.
Thinking about what his superiors had told him, he shook his head in his heart. The superiors were too prejudiced against Ye Xiao. When the A017 mission was launched, the conflict between the two sides was completely irreconcilable.
Lu Jianping said, "It might not be easy for you to talk directly to the commander. Do you want me to set you up?"
Ye Xiao readily agreed.
Then, using Lu Jianping's internal channels, Ye Xiao contacted Commander Fan, whom he had rarely seen or dealt with, but had fought against through Han Ying.
At this time, Commander Fan was holding a meeting. To be more precise, it was a small meeting with only a few participants. The content of the meeting was how to deal with the matter of Ye Xiao's private detention of important military supplies and equipment.
This matter was caused by Min Yande. Although everyone knew that he could not suppress Ye Xiao and wanted to drag more people into the water and attack Ye Xiao from a higher level, it was because these bigwigs in the capital were still quite dissatisfied with Ye Xiao's actions. Today he dared to snatch Min Yande's magic machine for himself. Who knows what he will do tomorrow?
I have absolutely no respect for the big guys.
It is also a very bad example. If all his subordinates follow his example, take public funds and start their own business, recruit soldiers and horses, wouldn't everything be in chaos?
So they took time out of their busy schedule and condescended to hold a small meeting specifically for this person.
Just as Min Yande was talking about asking the commander-in-chief to take action and make an example of Ye Xiao and his gang, punishing them severely to serve as a warning to others, the commander-in-chief's subordinates said that Ye Xiao requested to talk to him.
Everyone had different expressions.
The commander stood up and left his seat without changing his expression. He answered the phone handed to him by his subordinate, and then he heard a calm and steady male voice say to him, "Commander Fan."
Commander Fan's muscles tensed and he narrowed his eyes. "Colonel Ye."
Not long ago, Commander Fan issued an order to take Ye Xiao's life. He thought that Ye Xiao would talk about this matter anyway, and asked him why he did that, and even threatened him verbally.
But none of that happened. Ye Xiao's voice was very calm, so calm as if the A017 mission did not exist at all. Han Ying did not die in his hands because of this mission, and he did not feel the slightest bit of dissatisfaction because of it.
He just came straight to the point and said bluntly that he was willing to give him the energy cannon technology as long as Commander Fan agreed to let the seven of them officially retire.
Commander Fan was surprised, but then Ye Xiao said that it was okay if he didn't agree, and he would give the technology to his enemy.
Commander Fan fell silent.
It was not easy for Commander Fan to become the commander-in-chief. He spent a lot of effort and won the position through competition from all sides. He has many opponents, and there are a few who are the most threatening.
Commander Fan did not take the so-called energy cannon seriously, but if his opponent's machine could be equipped with this energy cannon while his own could not, it would be a huge blow to his authority.
Commander Fan knew what to choose, so he agreed to Ye Xiao's request without hesitation, even agreeing to the other party's request to be promoted to a higher level and awarded a medal before retiring.
After hanging up the phone, he immediately asked his subordinates to do the job, the sooner the better.
He looked out the window and sighed, and couldn't help but think of Han Ying. This was better. Instead of making it a fight to the death, it would be better to let him get out and treat him as an ordinary psychic in the future.
He returned to the conference room and announced, "There's no need to mention this matter anymore. Ye Xiao just applied for retirement, and I've approved it."
Min Yande shouted, "Retire? He's my soldier, and I haven't agreed yet."
Commander Fan's square face grew even more tense as he said coldly, "He's not your soldier. In fact, their entire squad only obeys direct orders from the headquarters, and they only recognize the headquarters' official seal."
Min Yande choked and his expression turned cold. "Anyway, I disagree. They should at least be expelled and publicized as negative examples in the military. What's the point of just retiring them? Also, what about the energy cannon technology and the divine machine?"
Commander Fan ignored his shouting and said directly, "The formalities are already being processed. That's it. He will send the relevant technology of the energy cannon directly to me. After our headquarters has studied it, we will share it with everyone."
When the others heard this, they no longer cared about Ye Xiao. They all focused on the energy cannon and no one paid any attention to Min Yande.
Meanwhile, within just a few hours, Ye Xiao received the official electronic document, complete with official seal and signature. Jiang Xiaotian also confirmed that their files had been modified accordingly, leaving no flaws in their resumes. Even their retirement was highly commended. The news of their promotion and retirement was publicly displayed on the military's internal network.
Commander Fan seemed to want to curry favor and was very generous. In the file, Ye Xiao was directly promoted from Colonel Ye to Major General, and the others were also promoted two levels based on their respective foundations.
Mei Bosheng muttered, "Now he's being generous." The so-called commander-in-chief was nothing more than a profit-oriented person who could change his tone immediately after a few threats and inducements, not to mention that his compromise was just a matter of talking and signing a document.
It's a pity that we can't get the written documents, and medals and other things are replaced by text. The physical objects don't exist. As for the household registration, at the request of this side, the household registration of the seven people was moved out of the army and sent back to their hometown.
Although this step seems to have no meaning at all in this era.
Ye Xiao looked at the electronic certificate and the bright red official seal on it, and let out a long sigh. Everything was over.
His ambitions, his life goals, all his determination and struggles were over.
He said to Jiang Xiaotian, "Send the relevant information about the energy cannon."
Jiang Xiaotian: "Okay, right away."
Bai Cheng reminded: "Min Yande will not let this go."
Ye Xiao said: "I know." He wanted to rest, but he was not willing to do so yet.
From the moment he reached out his hand to Lin Tantan, he had no intention of letting her go.
Now that official business is done, the next thing is personal grudges.
He stood up and said, "I'm going out for a while."
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After feeding all his little cuties and giving them a bath, Lin Tantan took them for a walk to let them get some fresh air.
She really hadn't taken care of them these past few days, so she came here to make up for it.
After being closed for six days, the Ning City base finally opened its doors today. The first to come out were groups of crystal core collecting teams. These people were ordinary people who were hired. Of course, they did not pick up the crystal cores for themselves, but to hand them over to the people who hired them.
After these small teams came some private teams, which organized themselves into groups of three or four to go out and find food. After six days, many people ran out of food. Even though it was still dangerous outside and no one knew where the zombies were hiding or when they would jump out, they still risked their lives to come out.
In addition, the damaged city walls needed people to repair, and the various garbage left inside the city walls due to the busy fighting needed people to clean up. The inside and outside of the base became quietly busy.
At the same time, everyone in the Zhengyang Brigade was lazy. More than 10,000 people were exhausted after working non-stop for so many days. Except for some people who were still at their jobs to maintain the operation of the brigade, the others stayed in their own nests to rest. They also hired some people to do the work outside, such as picking up crystal cores and dealing with corpses.
Lin Tantan was strolling in the compound with this bunch of treasures and saw a lot of idle people. Everyone was quite relaxed, chatting, basking in the sun and taking a nap. When they saw Lin Tantan and the long group behind her, they all greeted her with a smile and took out snacks for the mutant animals.
Some people also asked Lin about when to restart the sleep aid program. After trying to sleep with her help, everyone felt that the quality of their sleep was too low.
Lin Tan said with a smile, "Today is my day off, I need to rest too. I'll start again tomorrow, but I won't be able to fall asleep after the battle. Come to the clinic in the evening, and that's when I start seeing patients."
After getting her approval, everyone was very happy to inform each other.
Lin Tantan walked around the compound, and the mutant animal and plant legions felt bored and wanted to go out and play.
The outside of the compound was still a mess. Lin Tantan didn't want to take them out, so he took them to the new area. After having some fun in the fields, he climbed up the city wall to let them see the messy battlefield after the tide of zombies receded.
Looking down, there were corpses everywhere and the smell of decay kept coming up. Small teams were busy among the piles of corpses. They wore gloves and long boots to prevent accidental scratches on their legs and feet that might cause infection. Some people dug crystal cores from the heads of the corpses, while others carried and burned the corpses.
Just like what Lin talked about in the city before.
Lin Tan Tan asked the people who were still standing guard on the city wall, on guard against the zombies returning: "Are these the people we hired?"
"Yes." The man said, a little embarrassed, "Brothers are too tired, and these corpses cannot be dealt with without them, so we apply to hire someone..."
Lin Tantan waved her hand. "That's great! Everyone should have a good rest. It also creates jobs for these people." She looked for a moment and noticed someone arguing in the distance. She looked over and asked, "What are they arguing about?"
Before the man beside him could say anything, a young man's voice, accompanied by laughter, came over: "They are arguing about the ownership of the crystal core."
Lin Tan Tan turned his head and saw a guy who looked a bit sloppy and underage. He had a black anklet just above his right ankle with a red dot flashing regularly. Lin Tan Tan knew immediately that this was a captured mercenary.
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