nycdaug Chapter 64 News
Chapter 64 News
Li Chenglong glanced at his watch; it was already 9:20. Unless something major had happened, no one would come at this hour. Luckily, he and Yunlan were in the living room, otherwise they wouldn't have heard the knocking. He'd have to ask Alice tomorrow if she had doorbells and install one at each of the main doors of the Dawn Building. Since the last meeting, the building had been renamed the Dawn Building.
Li Chenglong opened the door and found Huang Zhen, the director of the Confidential Division, and Jiao Haitang, the deputy director, standing outside. As soon as they saw Li Chenglong open the door, Huang Zhen immediately said, "Lord, something terrible has happened." Li Chenglong gestured for them to calm down and led them into the Lord's office. A short while later, Yun Lan and Qi Guoan also entered. Li Chenglong turned on the crystal computer and connected to the computers of each combat battalion via video communication. Only after the battalion commanders and deputy commanders had all arrived did he signal Huang Zhen to continue.
Huang Zhen opened a folder: "According to our classified investigation, we've discovered a major piece of information. In Zhejiang Province, about 400km south of our Donghai Province, a new country has been established." Yun Lan exclaimed, "A country? What does that mean?" Li Chenglong also frowned: "What exactly happened?" Huang Zhen continued, "Yesterday, our classified department received a communication from our communications officer. The gist of it was that a very strong human force 400km south of us has occupied a prefecture-level city and some surrounding smaller cities. They then directly established the Huaxia Federation. Moreover, they have informed some surrounding forces through various communication methods, and some smaller forces, under pressure, have joined them."
Zheng Yong roared from the other end of the computer: "The General Administration of State Council clearly said it encouraged local areas to be self-reliant, but it didn't say they were allowed to act like tyrants." Several battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders also started discussing among themselves. After a while, Yun Lan asked Li Chenglong, "What do you think we should do now?" Li Chenglong shook his head: "Ignore them. If they want to be in the limelight, let them be. But we need to have the brothers in the Confidential Bureau work hard to find out more about their movements." Huang Zhen immediately replied, "I'll inform them in a bit to strengthen their investigation of that Huaxia Federation."
Jiao Haitang then said, "City Lord, our men in the east have reported that a large number of mutated beasts have landed in the Yellow Sea. Our Dawn City is only 100km from the Yellow Sea, and those beasts seem to be moving further inland. However, they're not moving very fast. What do you think we should do?" Li Chenglong thought for a moment and said, "That is a problem. Tomorrow morning, Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo's First and Second Battalions will head east to investigate this wave of mutated beasts. If necessary, we can launch a certain attack, but we must not linger or underestimate them. This is the first time we've dealt with mutated beasts from the sea." Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo agreed in unison and then closed the communication. Li Chenglong then communicated with the other battalion commanders about the recent arrangements and ended the call as well.
Huang Zhen and Jiao Haitang had finished their reports and left to attend to their previous arrangements. Seeing that the office was empty, Yun Lan took Li Chenglong's arm: "Tomorrow, Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo are going to investigate the strange beasts coming from the sea. I'd like to go with them." Li Chenglong thought for a moment and immediately agreed: "Sure, you're almost level 6 anyway, this trip should give you enough experience. But you must be careful." Yun Lan nodded, then asked, "What do you think about the Huaxia Federation?" Li Chenglong laughed: "It's hard to say right now, but they've already occupied a prefecture-level city and several surrounding small counties, so their strength can't be weak. Let's not worry about them for now and focus on developing our strength during this stable period."
Recently, Dawn City has been implementing a strategy of gradual encroachment. Each day, besides leaving two combat battalions within the city, the other three are deployed to Linhai City. The daily advance is minimal, only 1km is needed. If they encounter mutated beasts, zombie beasts, or zombies that they cannot defeat, they retreat, waiting for advanced ability users to deal with them. Even Li Chenglong and Yun Lan have launched multiple attacks. After these few days of effort, Yun Lan's Martial Power Tower has reached 97% capacity, just a hair's breadth away from level 6. If only they had more green crystals, Yun Lan could have used one to level up.
Dawn City's current strategy is to maintain development and promote production, striving to navigate this relatively peaceful period smoothly and efficiently. Wang Bing, Zhao Gang, Hao Dahai, Wan Dahai, and Yun Qian have all reached level 5. Li Xue's Power Tower has reached 89% capacity, followed by Zhao Rui, whose Power Tower is currently at 77%. Li Chenglong had long noticed that while Awakened Ones are significantly stronger than other ability users of the same level, their leveling up is indeed quite slow.
The two worked for a while, sending documents to various departments, before returning to their house. Qi Guoan had already returned from the city lord's office, and Qin Fangyu asked him what had happened. Qi Guoan recounted the events, leaving Qin Fangyu somewhat shocked: "My God, someone has already declared themselves king?" Qi Guoan chuckled: "I think they're courting death. Wherever there are many people, the zombie army will flock there. Our Dawn City has high walls and thick defenses, and recently we've even had flying zombie beasts and alien beasts attacking us. You can imagine their predicament. Also, the bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow. Only half a year after the zombie outbreak, they dare to establish a country. What will other forces think? How many people will submit to them? Becoming a target of everyone's ire is really not advisable."
Qin Fangyu nodded: "Old man, do you think our country still exists?" Qi Guoan took a sip of water: "That's hard to say, but I feel it's practically defunct. Five months have passed, and aside from the initial announcement from the State Council, there's been virtually no further news. Besides, the attack on Yanjing was too intense. It's no exaggeration to say that our highest-level command system is gone." Qin Fangyu sighed: "Fortunately, we now have Dawn City, at least we have a place to stay. To be honest, back in Jinghai City, I really didn't know what to do." Qi Guoan smiled and said: "Our son-in-law is great. Now with Dawn City, we can attack or defend, and we'll never be chased by zombies like before."
On the other side, Yunlan, who was preparing to go out with two battalions the next morning, took a shower and went to bed early, while Li Chenglong was looking at some documents. These were documents submitted by various combat battalions on outstanding combat personnel, as well as documents on some civilians who had performed well in Dawn City. Li Chenglong made simple notes on all of them.