391: Chapter 391 There is another plan

"That's good then!" Seeing Oriental Chen's confidence, Zhang Yuankui said no more.

With the matter settled, the two went their separate ways.

After Niu Xingwang informed the various Settlements of the new decision, they indeed agreed.

Being able to supervise the Citizens and also receive communication fees turned a bad situation into a good one for them.

"Sorry for the wait." Zhang Yuankui returned to the meeting room.

"Celestial Fiend Guild Leader, what have you decided?" the investigation team leader asked.

"It's like this, I don't think you can take over this business," Zhang Yuankui said.

"What do you mean?" the leader asked.

"The communication service relies on the base stations we've set up in the Settlements, but these base stations are all built inside the Mercenary Guild. I ask you, can you take these base stations away? There's also another problem: these base stations require electricity, and coincidentally, we supply the electricity ourselves. Even if you took these base stations, you wouldn't be able to use them," Zhang Yuankui explained.

These were practical problems that they couldn't avoid.

"You're right," the leader nodded.

"So, Celestial Fiend Guild Leader, do you mean you're going to shut down these base stations?" the leader asked after a moment of thought.

In his view, if it couldn't be nationalized, it could only be shut down.

The council could not accept the communication network being in the hands of civilian forces.

"Not at all, I have another proposal, you might want to hear it," Zhang Yuankui said.

"Please speak."

"I can transfer the highest management authority to you."

Note, Zhang Yuankui said 'transfer' here, not 'activate'.

There was a fundamental difference between the two.

Transferring authority meant the Mercenary Guild would lose control of the communication network, whereas activating authority would not.

In reality, for Oriental Chen, the highest management authority was Xiao Lin.

What he considered the highest management authority of the communication network was merely a regular administrator.

So, there was no fundamental difference between transferring and activating.

But when the investigation team heard this, it was an entirely different matter.

"What? You're willing to hand over the highest management authority?" The leader was a little surprised.

"It's nothing. For us, the purpose of building base stations is just for convenient communication. As for whose hands the management authority is in, it doesn't really matter. It's just that..." Zhang Yuankui deliberately paused here.

"Just what?" the leader asked eagerly.

"It's just that the base stations and server rooms need electricity, and they also need specialized personnel for maintenance, you know what I mean, right?" Zhang Yuankui looked at the leader and smiled.

"I understand. Actually, before the virus outbreak, we operated in the same way. You can completely act as a hardware contractor, providing equipment and technical support. We will pay for the relevant hardware and maintenance costs," the leader explained.

"That would be even better," Zhang Yuankui smiled.

"Since Celestial Fiend Guild Leader agrees, I will draft the contract as soon as possible and finalize the matter."

"Alright."

"Then we'll be going now. Happy cooperation!" The leader stood up and extended his right hand.

"Happy cooperation!" Zhang Yuankui also extended his hand.

...

At the same time, Ling Tian and his Master, along with three others, finally returned to Kultak after a day of frantic travel.

Because the train was powered by coal, they were all covered in coal dust, as if they had just emerged from a mine.

"We're back, we're finally back!" Ling Tian shouted.

"What are you yelling about?" his Master reprimanded.

He had lost one hand and one foot; wasn't that shameful enough?

The five of them were so eager to return that they didn't notice a mechanical spider, about 10 centimeters long, crawling out of a certain train car. It jumped off the train and disappeared into the night.

It was from this night onwards that a series of strange events began to occur in Kultak's biological laboratory, and no one knew what was happening.

...

On the morning of October 23, 2055.

Yun Du City Train Station.

A train emitting thick black smoke slowly pulled into the station.

This train had come from Olos Country, and its purpose was to transport gasoline.

Yan Zhengping, along with Director Tian Huamao, Director of the Energy Department, Liu Feiying, Director of the Military Political Department, and Chen Guanxuan, Director of the Finance Department, had been waiting there for a long time.

They needed to handle the handover on-site.

The Energy Department personnel were responsible for inspecting the gasoline quality, the Military Political Department personnel for warehousing, and the Finance Department for accounting.

What frustrated them was that they could only look and record; they couldn't take it away.

After the three departments finished their work, Yan Zhengping completed the handover with them, and the gasoline was temporarily kept in the Southwest Military Region.

In addition, six Ultrasonic Emitters and 10,000 Combat Suits had already been prepared.

The Olos Country staff almost went crazy when they saw that the Ultrasonic Emitters, valued at 2 million crystalss, were so tiny.

"Are you mistaken? Is this thing really the Ultrasonic Emitter?" a staff member mumbled in a foreign language.

There was real-time translation available, so communication was not an issue.

"Yes. Don't let its small size fool you. I guarantee that as long as it's placed in the base, not a single zombie animal will appear. If it doesn't work, I'll compensate you double," Yan Zhengping said.

"Alright, I hope it works," the staff member reluctantly accepted.