binnovel Chapter 182 Expanding the Victory
Chapter 182 Expanding the Victory
Time flies, and it's already the end of March. During this time, the leaders of Black Gold City, Dawn City, Flying Cloud Base, and Qianyun Base held a video conference, using Dawn City's Crystal Network technology. Currently, Dawn City's civilian Crystal Network is under the jurisdiction of the State Administration of Radio and Television, the military Crystal Network is under the jurisdiction of the Information Support Department, and the government Crystal Network is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. However, all their network information ultimately terminates in the central computer room, making Dawn City's central computer office particularly crucial.
Their meeting focused on how to eliminate the alien species. Although they had achieved significant victories recently, it was impossible to keep people stationed in those areas indefinitely. As a result, zombies and zombie beasts from other areas were wandering back into the cleared areas, especially the roads between Qianyun Base and Dawn City, and between Black Gold City and Dawn City. The four bases ultimately decided to conduct a joint cleanup operation periodically to ensure unimpeded transportation between them.
News also came from Feiyun Base: Qingshui Base, the largest base in Southern Zhejiang Province, had expressed goodwill to Li Chenglong through Feiyun Base, requesting cooperation and stating that they would send someone to discuss the matter within a certain timeframe. Li Chenglong naturally welcomed this and asked Xu Limin to convey his willingness to cooperate.
A few days ago, the military regions were reorganized. The main changes were the replacement of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Military Region with the Eastern Military Region, expanding its scope slightly to include Zhejiang Province and Shanghai City. Now, the six military regions are entirely based on location: Northeast Military Region, Eastern Military Region, Southeast Military Region, Central Military Region, Northwest Military Region, and Southwest Military Region. Currently, the Provisional Chinese Military Commission and the Provisional Chinese State Council are located in the Northwest Military Region, where there are relatively fewer heteronyms.
When Erica went to the Provisional Military Commission of China, Li Chenglong asked her to bring 10 crystal generators, 2 Type 20 rifle manufacturing machines, 2 super alloy knife manufacturing machines, and 20 tons of refined Dawn Rice. The Northwest Military Region is currently facing severe difficulties, and he wanted to help if he could. After reaching level nine, his psionic space had expanded to 0.5 square kilometers, and the planting area of Dawn Rice had further increased; he could afford to send these things.
Sure enough, the day after Erica arrived, General Chen Guoqiang contacted them, highly praising Li Chenglong's selfless dedication and deciding that they would also provide a batch of supplies to aid Dawn City when Miss Erica left. Li Chenglong initially wanted to decline, but later agreed under Chen Guoqiang's strong insistence.
Currently, the central computer room's storage space contains 400 crystal generators, 50 super alloy knife manufacturing machines, 10 crystal mobile phones, and 5000 terminal crystal computers. There are also numerous other machines, including automatic harvesters, seeders, identity card manufacturing machines, and Type 20 rifle manufacturing machines. These originally belonged to the royal family of Meral Star. Erica's father later gifted these items, along with Dawn City, to Erica. However, to incentivize Erica to strive harder, he set conditions: Dawn City had to reach a certain level, and crystals were required to exchange for them.
Originally, there weren't that many. When the planet Meral was about to be conquered by the alien alliance, Erica's father put many of their latest scientific research results into it, and used space technology and microcomputer technology to create a central computer. He also distributed the blueprints of the two cities to his daughters. After covering the escape of his two daughters, King Meral led his personal guard in a desperate battle against the alien alliance. In the end, outnumbered, King Meral died, and many of his personal guards were transformed into the warrior zombies that Li Chenglong had seen before.
Li Chenglong had previously asked her if she had tried to find her sister, Princess Cecily. Erica said she had searched for two Earth years before discovering that the alien alliance had arrived on Earth, which led to her arrival and the subsequent events. However, she also mentioned that her sister was much more powerful than her; Cecily was already level 9 and an SS-rank Awakened when they were separated, so she should be fine.
That evening, Li Chenglong arrived at the city lord's office and saw Wang Xiao working there. He smiled and said, "Why aren't you home yet, Wang Xiao?" Wang Xiao, organizing printed documents, replied, "Dawn City has been developing rapidly lately. I receive many applications and reports from various departments every day, so I'm quite busy. Besides, although I'm a member of the central computer office, I'm not a superhuman and can't control those computers, so this is all I can do." As he spoke, he placed some confidential documents into a file box marked "Confidential," put it in a cabinet, and locked it. Only Wang Xiao, Li Chenglong, and Yun Lan had the key to this lock.
Li Chenglong nodded, then took out a psionic apple and handed it to Wang Xiao: "Comrade Wang Xiao, after discussion among the city lords, in order to improve our work and reward your efforts over the past year, we have decided to give you this psionic apple." Wang Xiao looked at Li Chenglong in disbelief, then at the psionic apple in his hand: "Is it really for me?"
Li Chenglong affirmed, "Yes, I wouldn't joke about something like this. Of those who followed us from Jinghai City, besides those who sacrificed their lives or left later, there aren't many left. The rest of the members are all working in the military or some departments in Dawn City. Wang Xiao, you've always been with us, first joining the special forces and then the Dawn City Lord's office. You work diligently every day without complaint, and almost year-round without a break. Liu Qingqing, Wu Suqiang, Chen Anbang, and others also became ability users before. Now, after our discussion, we've decided to give you one of the three psychic apple slots from Dawn City this time."
With tears welling in her eyes, Wang Xiao solemnly said, "Thank you for the trust of the comrades in Dawn City, and thank you for Lord Li's promotion." Li Chenglong handed her the apple, instructing her to eat it directly in her assistant's office. Wang Xiao reluctantly ate the apple slowly, and ten minutes later, she became a Level 2 Wood-type Ability User. The Spiritual Apples can now ripen about 10 per month, generally distributed as follows: 3 for Dawn City and 7 for the Dawn Army.
Li Chenglong used his True Dragon Eye to check Wang Xiao's attributes; they were decent. He then glanced at his watch: "It's already 7 o'clock. Hurry home. I'll handle the rest of the work." As Wang Xiao was leaving, he said, "Captain Li, I have a younger sister, five years my junior, named Wang Jie. She graduated from Peking University with a degree in Urban Management and is pursuing a master's degree in Government Management. She just doesn't have much work experience." Li Chenglong asked in surprise, "Oh, there's someone like that? Where is she now?"
Wang Xiao said, "She's at our house now, but she's sick. We've called in a healing-type ability user from Dawn City Hospital, but it hasn't been very effective. However, the doctor said Li Xue definitely has a solution. She's an 8th-level Awakened, and her healing abilities are the strongest in all of Dawn City. So I was wondering if Captain Li could talk to Li Xue for me." Li Chenglong immediately replied, "No problem at all. Let her go with you right now. But I have one request: such talent shouldn't be wasted. Could you bring her to Dawn City to work as your deputy?"
Wang Xiao thanked him repeatedly, "That's wonderful. Actually, I've told her before, but she hasn't been able to work because of health reasons." Li Chenglong nodded and immediately called Li Xue, asking her to come to the office to help Wang Xiao with her sister's treatment. After the two left, Li Chenglong tidied up some documents before going home.
As soon as he arrived home, he saw Yunlan playing with the child. The little guy was developing very well and rarely cried. Yunlan and Qin Fangyu would read simple books to him from time to time, and he seemed to understand them, listening attentively. Li Chenglong picked up his son and said to Yunlan, "I handed over all 200 tons of Dawn Rice harvested this time, except for the seeds, to the Logistics Department to have them refined into Dawn Rice." Yunlan smiled and said, "After you advanced to level 9, the natural area became so large, and the yield increased significantly. Now it's more than enough for the Dawn Army's ability users in Dawn City to eat every month."
Li Chenglong said happily, "You might not know, but today alone, our Dawn City gained six more Level 8 ability users: Wu Gang, Zheng Aiguo, Wei Lanxin, Qi Guoan, Hao Dahai, and Zhao Rui." Yun Lan, upon hearing this, also said, "After the baby's one-month celebration, I also want to return to the fighting ranks. I haven't participated in combat for so long; I feel like my body is rusting." Qin Fangyu, who came out carrying food, said, "No rush, no rush. The baby needs to be breastfed for at least three months. It's not good for you to go into combat when the baby is only one month old. Besides, the parents' companionship in the early stages plays a crucial role in the formation of the child's personality."
Yunlan sighed, "Of course I know that, but it's already the end of March. There are more and more advanced mutant species, and even the attacks by giant beasts are becoming more and more frequent. It's no longer the time for me to stay at home and breastfeed my child in peace. I'll put the breast milk in the refrigerator in advance, and you can heat it up for the child when the time comes. Besides, I won't go too far."
Qin Fangyu wanted to say something more, but knowing Yun Lan's personality, she didn't. A little while later, Li Xue returned. Li Chenglong asked about Wang Xiao's condition, and Li Xue happily said, "I've completely cured her. She had stomach cancer. When she was in graduate school, her diet was irregular; she ate takeout every day and had a bad sleep schedule, which caused the problem. Luckily, it was only in the middle stage. If it had been late-stage, even I couldn't do anything, and I had to call Miss Erica. Wang Xiao and Wang Jie asked me to thank you and said they'll come to your place in a week."
Yunlan was initially unaware of what had happened, but after Li Chenglong's explanation, she learned the whole story. She praised Li Chenglong's actions, saying, "I didn't expect we had such talent here. We might be good at fighting, but when it comes to governing Shuguang City, we still need to learn from those professionals." Li Chenglong also said, "Recently, we've started cadre training, with several senior veterans and Ma Tiancheng and others giving lectures to improve their professional skills." Qin Fangyu added, "Yes, one should learn until old age to avoid falling behind others."
Qi Guoan arrived a while later. He first reported to Li Chenglong on the battle report of the two regiments of their 11th Division that day, and then said, "Yesterday, our two combat regiments advanced from the left and right flanks, heading towards the city northwest of Shuguang City. Qianyun Base also sent three regiments to cooperate with us. After a day of fighting, we killed more than 12,000 alien creatures. Among them, Regiment Commanders Zhao Rui and Liu Jianye even jointly defeated an 8th-level alien beast." Li Chenglong said with satisfaction, "Good. We must take this opportunity to expand our gains, make our human territory bigger and bigger, and gradually encroach on those areas."
The family had a meal together, and Han Xiaoling and Chen Xiaoke reported their recent learning progress to Li Chenglong, who then spoke a fluent segment of interstellar language. Li Chenglong said with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad. The school is progressing faster than me. I can't even speak a sentence fluently yet." Currently, the members of the Dawn City Central Computer Office are all learning interstellar language and script, as well as Merar language, for future combat use.
While eating, Li Xue suddenly seemed to remember something and said in surprise, "Sister Shen gave me a package earlier. I was in a hurry to report to my brother, so I left it in my room." After saying that, she quickly walked out the door. A dozen seconds later, she came back in carrying a milky white package and placed it on the coffee table: "Sister-in-law, this is milk powder made by Sister Shen's factory. She heard that your milk supply is not enough, and Hao Hao sometimes doesn't have enough to eat, so she cooperated with Sister Yun Qian to make milk powder using the milk of exotic cows and exotic sheep. These two big packages are labeled. You can give Hao Hao a little of each and see which one suits him best. They will make more."
Yunlan walked over and carefully examined the two large bags of formula, then said, "I'll call them later to thank them properly. It's not my fault that I don't have enough milk; Haohao eats too much." Qin Fangyu rolled her eyes at her: "I told you to eat well and take care of yourself during your pregnancy, it's all because you're too thin. That's why Haohao doesn't have enough milk." Yunlan pouted slightly: "I'm 175cm tall and weigh 60kg, is that thin?"
Qin Fangyu snorted, "Listen to this, listen to this! 175cm tall but only 120kg, what else is that but skinny? And she's a mother of a baby less than a month old!" Yun Lan laughed and said, "Your daughter is naturally beautiful, she can eat as much as she wants and never gain weight, and she'll recover her figure quickly after giving birth, haha. By the way, Mom, you have to teach me how to make formula." Qin Fangyu put down her chopsticks and said, "You go ahead and eat, I'll make the formula." Then she went to the kitchen to get busy.
Soon the alien beast milk powder was ready, and Qin Fangyu slowly fed it to Hao Hao with a bottle. Hao Hao was reluctant to eat at first, but later he ate it in big gulps. Li Chenglong smiled and said, "The little guy can really eat. This has given me a good idea. This alien beast milk powder can be promoted. Tomorrow I'll discuss it with Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Li Qingwan about raising more alien beast dairy cows. This milk and dairy products can become a very good thing."
Yunlan quickly said to Qin Fangyu, "Mom, don't feed Haohao too much. The pediatrician said that as long as he gets enough nutrition, it's fine, but being too fat can be bad for the baby." Qin Fangyu nodded, "I know that, don't worry."
After dinner, Qi Guoan left first, explaining that he would be staying at the military camp for the time being, responsible for training new recruits and giving lectures, and wouldn't be coming to the Shuguang Building for a while. Before leaving, he spent some quality time with his grandson before happily departing. Han Xiaoling, who was on night duty in the central computer room with Zhao Liying, helped carry the dishes to the kitchen and also left. Li Chenglong and Chen Xiaoke were responsible for washing the dishes.