binnovel Chapter 196 Changes
Chapter 196 Changes
On May 30th, at the Kiel alien base on the moon, 380,000 kilometers from Earth. "Is this true, Lord Babar?" Ingram, just waking from his sleep pod, asked the large screen somewhat impatiently. Babar nodded: "That's right. Our allied forces are estimated to arrive a year later. First, we've discovered a habitable planet and need time to process it. Second, the space pirate legion has proposed joining our alliance, and we still need to discuss some issues."
Ingram's eyes widened: "Excuse my bluntness, Lord Babar, the space pirates are far stronger than us overall. Why would they take the initiative to join our alliance? There must be something wrong with this."
Babar said calmly, "I will relay your opinion to King Gil. While we are away, try to keep a low profile. I have learned from Little that abnormal changes have occurred on Earth, and even our Gil warriors and hybrids have been killed in battle. I plan to send you a batch of cyborgs and hybrids. Use them first, along with the behemoths and the zombies and zombie beasts on the ground, to continue attacking humanity."
Little spoke up at this point: "Reporting to Lord Babar, not only are there problems with the surviving humans, but even the zombies seem to have developed intelligence. A few days ago, without our involvement, they actually formed a formation and attacked several bases on their own initiative."
Babar said seriously, "Little, you need to quickly come up with a solution. You developed this virus, so you should improve it. Also, Ingram, you can send an envoy to talk to the zombies, but don't go now. Wait until they are both exhausted before going. As long as we can control those zombies, we can easily take over Earth."
After Babar finished speaking, he closed the communication. Ingram then said to Little, "We need to move the warships and re-establish the base in a different location. Then we'll activate the highest level of stealth shields to ensure everything goes smoothly." Little nodded, "I also need to continue my research and see if I can create some weapons to strike those Earthling bases."
As Ingram walked, he said, "Send someone to investigate thoroughly whether those zombies have truly gained intelligence. If they have, we can try to recruit them. This way, we won't have to deplete our fighting strength, and we can weaken the bases' power at the same time—a win-win situation." Little grinned and said, "You're very thoughtful. I'll send someone right away."
Li Chenglong had just returned from the Second Military Region when Wang Jie immediately said, "Team Leader Li, General Sun Tianlong just sent a message saying he couldn't reach you, so he forwarded the message to the Central Computer Room." Li Chenglong then took his crystal phone out of his psionic space and saw that there were indeed several messages from Sun Tianlong. He slapped his forehead: "I saw the soldiers were very enthusiastic about training, so I joined them. For convenience, I put it into my psionic space and didn't receive any messages."
He immediately made the call, and Sun Tianlong answered almost instantly. Hai Mei waited for him to speak before Sun Tianlong said, "Li Chenglong, something's happened. More than a dozen bases in the Southeast Military Region were simultaneously besieged by a zombie corps, and almost all of them were wiped out." Li Chenglong immediately stood up from his seat: "What? The Southeast Military Region has so many large bases, and a large number of soldiers and superhumans. Its overall strength is equivalent to twice that of our Eastern Military Region. How could such a big thing happen in such a short time?"
Sun Tianlong said seriously, "I'm just informing you first; we don't know the specifics either. In a moment, General Chen Guoqiang will connect with you via video call through the Central Military Region. You can gather the high-ranking officers of your Dawn Army and Dawn City to hear the details."
After ending the communication, Li Chenglong immediately instructed Wang Jie to contact all officers of the Dawn Army at the battalion commander level and above, and all officers of the Dawn City at the section chief level and above, to attend an important meeting on the second floor of the Dawn Building. Unless they were unable to attend, everyone was required to participate. An hour later, everyone gathered in the conference room on the second floor of the Dawn City building. They were all unaware of what had happened, whispering among themselves, hoping to glean some information.
A short while later, Li Chenglong, Zheng Yong, Yun Lan, Feng Tian, and several others entered. At the same time, the video signal relayed through the Central Military Region also came in, and Li Chenglong had someone project the signal onto the screen. Li Chenglong, Yun Lan, and the others began a video call with General Chen Guoqiang.
General Chen Guoqiang looked extremely haggard and said with some sadness, "Comrades in Dawn City and the Dawn Army, we learned something very serious this morning. Starting the day before yesterday afternoon, zombies in the Southeast Military Zone suddenly launched a full-scale attack on more than a dozen bases and also blocked communications through some means. Our intelligence is that almost all of those bases in the Southeast Military Zone have fallen. The specific situation is still unclear, but according to some people who have fled to the Central Military Zone, the situation is very dire."
These words caused a huge uproar, and the crowd was immediately filled with shocked voices. It should be noted that the Southeast Military Region has the largest and strongest army, which can be firmly ranked first among the six major military regions. It is hard for everyone to believe that it has fallen in less than three days.
Chen Guoqiang continued, "The Central Military Region and the Southwest Military Region dispatched several groups of personnel and drones to conduct reconnaissance this morning, but they haven't found anything. Among them are exploration teams composed of Level 7 and Level 8 personnel. I will send you the details later. The main purpose of my contact this time is to ask if you can take over some refugees and remnants of troops in Shanghai. Qingshui Base has already received a batch, but their capacity is limited, so I want to divert the remaining people to your Shuguang City and Feiyun Base."
Li Chenglong immediately agreed. If it were the previous Level 2 Dawn City, which only had an area of over 200 square kilometers, he would have needed to consider it. However, the current Level 3 Dawn City has an area of 900 square kilometers, which is more than enough to accommodate 300,000 people, excluding the military zone and industrial production zone.
However, he also pointed out that if they joined Dawn City, everything would have to be done according to Dawn City's rules; otherwise, they would only be able to be stationed in Linhai City, east of Dawn City, in which case Dawn City would only provide the bare minimum of humanitarian aid. Chen Guoqiang said that this was perfectly acceptable, since according to the initial regulations, Dawn City and the surrounding 200 kilometers were under the jurisdiction of the Dawn City Autonomous Region.
Chen Guoqiang concluded with words of encouragement, urging Shuguang City to remain vigilant and prevent a repeat of the tragedy that occurred in the Southeast Military Zone. After the video call, Yun Lan, Zheng Yong, Feng Tian, Yun Qian, and others spoke, demanding that everyone in Shuguang City maintain constant focus from that day forward, and that the Dawn Army enter Level II combat readiness, ready for battle at any moment. Additionally, Li Chenglong recalled the 11th Division, which had been deployed to exterminate zombies, as a precaution against any unforeseen circumstances.
With the consent of Li Chenglong and others, Dawn City Television broadcast a brief message about the Southeast Military Region via television and the internet. Li Chenglong also personally addressed the people of Dawn City on television, expressing the determination of the Dawn City government and all the soldiers of the Dawn Army to fight against the zombies.
That evening, he contacted Gao Shixin at the Qingshui base to inquire about their situation. He learned that they had also been attacked, but the losses weren't significant. Gao Shixin said in the conversation that the zombies and zombie beasts seemed to have become more organized, and not like the organized organization they had under the leadership of the Dane or Gil aliens. It was more like they had evolved on their own. Gao Shixin jokingly concluded, "Could it be that they've developed the same intelligence as us and learned military tactics?"
What was said in jest was taken seriously by Li Chenglong. Combining the various documents and pictures Chen Guoqiang had sent that afternoon, Li Chenglong had a bold idea: the zombies had very likely evolved intelligence.