nycdaug Chapter 201 Southeast Military Region
Chapter 201 Southeast Military Region
At 5:00 AM on June 30th, just as dawn broke, Li Chenglong's investigation team had already assembled. After bidding farewell to everyone, they split into two vehicles and set off from the south gate of Shuguang City. According to the plan made the previous night, they would arrive at the Feiyun Base in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province today, rest for the night, and then arrive at the Qingshui Base, located at the border of southern Zhejiang Province and Shanghai City, the next afternoon.
Although the distance wasn't far, Li Chenglong decided to travel over two days. After all, safety was paramount over speed. As for the areas they were to investigate, according to the arrangements of the Huaxia Provisional Military Committee, they would investigate southern Zhejiang Province, Xijiang Province, and Fujian Province. Dongguang Province and Xiguang Province were too far inland, so for safety reasons, they wouldn't be investigated this time. Huaxia currently has six major military regions: the Northwest Military Region oversees Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, Gansu Province, and Ningxia Autonomous Region; the Southwest Military Region oversees Tibet Autonomous Region, Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province, Chongqing, and Guizhou Province.
The Central Military Region oversees Shaanxi Province, Beihu Province, Nanhu Province, Xiguang Province, and Nanhai Province. The Southeast Military Region oversees Zhejiang Province, Xijiang Province, Fujian Province, Dongguang Province, and Haiwan Province. The Eastern Military Region oversees the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Heilongjiang Province, Nanhe Province, Donghai Province, Jiangsu-Zhejiang Province, Shanghai, and Huian Province. The Northeast Military Region oversees the three northeastern provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Today, all they needed to do was get to the Feiyun Base. The journey wasn't very fast, and during the hottest hours around noon, Li Chenglong had the car stop at an abandoned high-rise building for lunch and rest. At lunchtime, Li Chenglong magically produced various foods from his psionic space, including five watermelons, for everyone to share. The Ye brothers, Ye Kai and Ye Xuan, were amazed. Erica had previously explained that only those with the spatial technology contained within their micro-computers could possess such a storage space. Of all the people Li Chenglong had seen so far, only Cecily and Erica, along with himself, Yun Lan, and Han Xiaoling, possessed one.
People like Li Xue, Erica, and Zhao Rui, who have bound weapons, can summon their own weapons. Erica once explained that this is actually a kind of space technology, but it is quite different from Li Chenglong's.
While eating the premium Dawn Rice, Wang Ruyan smiled and said, "Captain Li, when we go back, I wonder if you could give me some premium Dawn Rice? We'd like to try planting it ourselves." Li Chenglong replied, "It's not that I'm unwilling to give it to you, but the growing conditions for premium Dawn Rice are extremely demanding. It can only grow in the natural area of my and Yunlan's spiritual energy space. However, I can give you a large number of ordinary Dawn Rice seeds. Through our experiments, we've found that as long as it's irrigated with water containing supernatural energy, it can grow well."
After finishing their meal, everyone chatted and introduced themselves to each other. A while later, Li Chenglong checked his watch: "It's hot. Everyone, find a clean room in this building to rest. We'll leave at 3 PM." Li Chenglong found an abandoned office, quickly cleaned it up, and lay down on the sofa. He first video-chatted with Yunlan, then looked at his wife and children before slowly falling asleep.
At 7 p.m., the group arrived at Feiyun Base as planned, where Xu Limin, Xu Fumin, Wei Jing, and Wei Huasheng personally hosted a banquet for them. The banquet was a pleasant affair, and everyone became much more familiar with each other. Lu Mingyuan and Ye Kai also handed them letters written by their respective military district commanders. After the banquet, the group spent a considerable amount of time together before finally dispersing.
The next morning, everyone set off for Qingshui Base. Qingshui Base is located at the border of Shanghai and Zhejiang Province. Its overall area is larger than that of Shuguang City and Feiyun Base, and its population is also larger. With the addition of some refugees and troops from the Southeast Military Region, it now has two full-strength armies and one incomplete army, with a total of 7.8 soldiers. As for ordinary civilians, the number has reached 20.
Their journey today wasn't particularly smooth. Feiyun Base is located in the north of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, while Qingshui Base is situated at the border of southern Zhejiang province and Shanghai, a considerable distance. They had initially cleared a passage, but due to the anomaly in the Southeast Military Region, Qingshui Base was engaged in battle with the attacking zombies and didn't have time to defend the passage, which was then overrun by surrounding zombies. Last time, Qingshui Base suffered some casualties while transporting soldiers and civilians from the Southeast Military Region northward.
They had engaged in several battles that morning, including one encounter with a zombie horde of several thousand level-four zombies. However, it was precisely this horde that made the five men realize Li Chenglong's formidable power. To reach the Qingshui Base before nightfall, Li Chenglong unleashed his full power with the Galaxy Explosion, followed by a Dragon Fist Burst, instantly wiping out the thousands of level-four zombies. Then, to the astonishment of the five men, Li Chenglong, Wang Shuang, and Xu Qingming began rapidly collecting crystals.
Li Chenglong got into the car, and Xu Qingming volunteered to drive. Wang Shuang and Wang Ruyan sat in the back. Wang Ruyan said in surprise, "Lord Li, no, Captain Li, you are too amazing! Even I, an 8th-level Awakener, would have to fight for several hours to eliminate this wave of 4th-level zombies, but you wiped them all out in less than a minute."
Li Chenglong smiled and shook his head: "I'm only a little bit better than you guys, nothing to brag about. No matter how capable a person is, if they leave the group, they are nothing. One person's strength is not true strength. If they can lead everyone to become stronger, that is true strength. Throughout history, countless emperors have not succeeded by relying on themselves alone. Those who always rely on themselves to work alone and act arbitrarily often fail. Even if they can become powerful for a while, they will decline quickly."
The car behind carried Lu Mingyuan, Ye Kai, and Ye Xuan. As Ye Xuan drove, she said, "I'd heard people say that Li Chenglong, the city lord of Dawn City, was exceptionally powerful. I never believed it until I saw him in person. Even when I saw him a few days ago, he seemed rather quiet and gentle, like a pale-faced scholar, so I didn't really feel anything. But today, I truly felt his strength."
Lu Mingyuan nodded: "Strong people are never accidental. When I watched the live broadcast of Dawn City's first anniversary with the commander before, I was a little skeptical that they could have built it so well. I thought that since they were holding a commemorative ceremony, they must have shown the best side of it, and the live broadcast footage couldn't be completely trusted. But when I visited it the day before yesterday, I was 100% convinced. In terms of combat power alone, I wouldn't dare say which base is number one, but if we're talking about which base is the best built, it's definitely Dawn City."
Ye Kai continued, "Moreover, Dawn City has fully disclosed its Level 3 virus vaccine and protective agents to us, reducing our combat casualties by at least half. In addition, the crystal generators and super alloy knife manufacturing machines provided to us free of charge have greatly enhanced the strength of our two military zones. It can be said that his and Dawn City's prestige is already among the best in all of China."
The two off-road vehicles drove one after the other along the predetermined route and finally arrived at the Qingshui base at 6 p.m. They planned to rest for the night and then ask Sun Qingpeng and Gao Shixin at the Qingshui base for some information about the Southeast Military Region before starting their infiltration the next afternoon.