binnovel Chapter 353 Serving as a Peace Negotiation Ambassador
Chapter 353 Serving as a Peace Negotiation Ambassador
The people in the conference room fell silent as they looked at the thick letter written by the zombie emperor Zhao Wuji. After a few minutes, Wang Yuan, the commander of the Northeast Theater Command, spoke first: "I think we can talk to them. There are two main reasons. First, although this battle has not lasted very long, with the longest battle in any theater being only 20 days, we have made great sacrifices. Both ordinary soldiers and those with superpowers need time to adjust and recover."
General Wang Yuan continued, "The second reason is that this is a great opportunity to reach an alliance. We all know that the alien coalition will attack us in the fourth quarter of this year. If we are still frequently fighting zombies, it will be tantamount to getting bogged down in a quagmire of war. At that time, we will have to fight both zombies and aliens, and our chances of winning will be too small. Moreover, despite the many conditions he has put forward, there are still some that we can negotiate."
After hearing General Wang Yuan's words, everyone nodded in agreement. Seeing that everyone agreed, General Chen Guoqiang said, "Very well, the peace talks are settled then. As for the location of the talks, let's tentatively set it at Longnan City in Ganzhou City, Xijiang Province, which has just been recovered."
General Sun Tianlong said, "Since it's a peace negotiation, we definitely need to send a delegation. In addition, the zombie emperor Zhao Wuji also wants to have a martial arts contest with us humans. I propose that Comrade Li Chenglong serve as the ambassador of the peace negotiation delegation, and then headquarters will appoint a deputy ambassador to lead our peace negotiation delegation and the comrades who will have the martial arts contest to go together."
After some whispering among themselves, the group nodded in agreement. Director Zhao Wannian of the General Affairs Department smiled and said, "Then it's settled. Our headquarters will now form the peace negotiation delegation, and Comrade Li Chenglong will lead a 12-person team to participate in the martial arts competition." The meeting continued for another two hours, with detailed discussions of the peace negotiations.
After the meeting, General Chen Guoqiang kept Li Chenglong behind and invited him to his office for a meal. Li Chenglong followed the high-ranking officer and discovered that he was now a level 5 dual-elemental ability user (wind and wood elements). Although his leveling speed wasn't fast, it was sufficient for the high-ranking officer. Currently, Li Chenglong's psionic space's natural zone could produce 400 psionic apples per month: 300 for the Dawn Army, 50 for Dawn City, and 50 for sale. Although each apple wasn't cheap, they were always sold out immediately upon release.
Secretary Han Fei brought General Chen Guoqiang a meal and also brought one for Li Chenglong. The two sat on opposite sides of a table, eating and chatting. Li Chenglong shared many of his thoughts, some of which were quite mature, while others were still under consideration. The commander occasionally offered suggestions, addressing any shortcomings in Li Chenglong's ideas.
Regarding the martial arts tournament between humans and zombies, General Chen Guoqiang asked Li Chenglong for his thoughts. Li Chenglong replied that they would definitely send a strong team and ensure victory in the tournament. General Chen Guoqiang smiled and nodded, saying that the honor of all humanity rested on the shoulders of these 12 individuals.
Li Chenglong smiled and said, "Chief, can I freely select personnel from all the bases on this list of 12?" Chen Guoqiang nodded, "Yes, of course you can. I will talk to them and make sure they fully cooperate with you to ensure a successful martial arts tournament."
There was no need to worry about Li Chenglong from the peace negotiation delegation; Dean Zhao Wannian would take care of everything. But he needed to carefully consider who would participate in the martial arts tournament. After leaving Chen Guoqiang's place, he went to his dormitory. Although it was called a dormitory, it was 60 square meters in size and had all the necessary facilities—quite a feat for the Anxi base.
After thinking for a moment, Li Chenglong first called Yunlan to tell her about the martial arts tournament and see if she wanted to participate. Yunlan was having hot pot with Li Xue, Han Xiaoling, Qin Fangyu, Shen Menghua, and others when she received Li Chenglong's call. She immediately said that she absolutely had to participate and that her name had to be on the human team's roster for the tournament.
After calling Yunlan, he dialed Zhao Liying's number. A few minutes later, Zhao Liying's name appeared on the list. An hour later, the list of 12 people was finally complete. They were: Shangguan Jingyun, a Level 12 S-class Killer Whale Spirit Awakener; Yunlan, a Level 11 SS-class Dragon-Phoenix Body Awakener; Ding Hai, a Level 12 Wind-Fire-Power Type Ability User; Liu Zhigang, a Level 12 Wood-Water-Wind Type Ability User; Yan Song, a Level 12 Earth-Water-Wood Type Ability User; and Li Chenglong, a Level 12 SSS-class Holy Dragon Body Awakener.
The participants included Zhao Liying, a Level 11 A-rank Nine-Tailed Fox spirit awakener; Li Xue, a Level 11 A-rank Mermaid spirit awakener; Xu Qingming, a Level 11 A-rank Flaming Falcon spirit awakener; Zhou Siyun, a Level 12 Wind, Ice, and Lightning elemental ability user; Xu Chu, a Level 12 Lightning and Wood elemental ability user; and Wang Ruyan, a Level 11 B-rank Spirit Sable awakener. Li Chenglong originally wanted Han Xiaoling to go with them, but considering that Han Xiaoling had only recently reached Level 11 and might not perform well, he brought Wang Ruyan instead. Lei Qingcheng, however, disliked being in the public eye, stating that killing zombies was fine, but she would skip the martial arts tournament.
After finalizing the list of participants for the martial arts tournament, Li Chenglong rushed to the commander's office. However, upon hearing that the commander was in a meeting with the highest-ranking officers from several war zones, he waited in the office until 5 p.m. When the commander returned, Li Chenglong quickly handed him the list. The commander put the list down, told him about the meeting, and said he needed to review the list before making a decision.
Li Chenglong understood, as the martial arts tournament concerned the honor of all Chinese people and required utmost care. He then visited several people he was on good terms with or who were friends with Dawn City. Shangguan Jingyun had reached level 12 after the battle, becoming the second awakened being of level 12 among Chinese people. Li Chenglong brought her gifts to congratulate her.
Li Chenglong asked someone at the office and found Shangguan Jingyun's dormitory, then rang the doorbell. Less than five seconds later, Shangguan Jingyun opened the door, holding a spatula in her right hand, apparently cooking. He immediately smiled and said, "Aunt Shangguan, I heard you leveled up to level 12 during last week's battle, congratulations!"
Shangguan Jingyun is 46 years old this year. In terms of age, Li Chenglong could indeed call her aunt. However, because she is an Awakened One and has reached level 12, she looks like she is only 32 or 33 to ordinary people. When she heard Li Chenglong call her aunt, she immediately grabbed his ear and dragged him inside.
After entering the dormitory, Li Chenglong stopped joking and said more formally, "Sister Shangguan, Yunlan and I were very happy to hear that you have reached level 12, so we prepared some gifts on behalf of Dawn City. Please accept them." As he spoke, Li Chenglong took out a small combination lock box from his spiritual energy space, opened it, and placed it on the table.
Shangguan Jingyun was initially a little embarrassed to accept the gifts, but upon seeing the neatly arranged storage capsules inside the box—at least fifty or sixty in total—she immediately smiled and said, "Then I'll accept them. Thank you. Next time your Dawn City needs anything, just let me know. I have people and supplies now. By the way, have you eaten? I'm cooking now, it'll be ready soon. You can eat some here with me."
Li Chenglong didn't refuse. He took out some dishes he had prepared in advance, and they ate and chatted at Shangguan Jingyun's place. Later, because he still had to go to Ding Hai and Xu Chu's place, he didn't stay long and left after an hour.
At 8:4 AM on April 28th, the group of over 100 people who were going to the peace talks and participate in the martial arts tournament, escorted by a combat company composed of superhumans, boarded various vehicles and headed towards their designated location. Li Chenglong took out his Level 2 all-terrain combat command vehicle, which led the convoy. Some wealthier bases had already shown interest in Li Chenglong's command vehicle and had discussed it with him. Li Chenglong indicated that he was willing to sell it as long as the crystals were sufficient.