97: Leading the battle

After a moment of silence, the audience suddenly erupted into thunderous applause.

"The Commander is too amazing!"

"The Commander is mighty!"

"The Commander is number one under heaven!"

"Commander!"

"Commander!"

"Commander!"

Finally, everyone, in high spirits, collectively cheered for the Commander.

They couldn't help but be excited.

With the Commander being so formidable, their chances of survival as members of the 007 Corps should be greater, and their future brighter.

Qin Shi Lei raised his right hand to quiet them, and the audience immediately fell silent.

"Don't say 'number one under heaven'; it attracts too much envy."

"In this terrible apocalypse, I hope to live, and to live well."

"To live, we must become stronger."

"And the crystals inside zombie heads are our capital for becoming strong."

"Are you willing to follow me to kill those damn zombies and take all their crystals?"

A fervent response immediately rang out from the audience:

"I am willing!"

"I am willing!"

"I am willing!"

Qin Shi Lei raised his hand again to quiet everyone's voices:

"I have a military banner that, within a hundred-meter radius, can not only increase the strength of friendly forces by ten percent but also weaken enemy attributes."

"Whoever performs well, I will permit him to enjoy the blessing of the military banner."

The crowd below immediately looked at the red military banner in Qin Shi Lei's left hand with burning eyes.

Before, it was just empty slogans, but now it was real, tangible benefits.

As long as they could gain Qin Shi Lei's approval and enjoy the halo buff from that military banner, killing zombies would become much easier.

Killing zombies more easily meant more crystals for Evolution, which meant their strength would grow faster.

This would become a virtuous cycle, and they would become increasingly formidable.

Qin Shi Lei paused, then continued, "I will not let everyone go to their deaths, and I also hope you do not drag others down and put us in danger."

"To better coordinate everyone in killing zombies, I will now select thirteen company commanders."

Subsequently, Qin Shi Lei spent two hours selecting thirteen company commanders.

He divided the entire corps into thirteen companies, with over ninety people in each company.

Most of those company commanders were the ones who had just stepped forward to challenge Qin Shi Lei.

The majority were leaders or presidents of small gangs.

Qin Shi Lei had considered whether to break up the various small teams within the corps but found it impractical and had to give up on the idea.

Zhang Cheng and his wife were called back to lead a company independently.

Zhang Xiaoli was appointed as the deputy commander of the 007 Corps.

After the reorganization here, Qin Shi Lei went to An Qian's side to check on the situation.

At this time, An Qian had also just finished reorganizing her team.

After she displayed part of her strength, she also gained the recognition of most people in the corps.

The 018 Corps also had over 1,200 people and was divided into thirteen companies.

Zhang Qiang, Xie Haimei, and He Kaige each led a company.

An Qian, with a slightly flushed face, asked excitedly, "Qin Shi Lei, are we setting off now to kill zombies?"

Qin Shi Lei smiled and said, "Yes, my Commander, young lady."

An Qian rolled her eyes at Qin Shi Lei and said coquettishly, "Then let's go, my Commander, young master."

Immediately, nearly five thousand people from the two corps, in a mighty procession, crossed Luyang Bridge and arrived at the guard post area assigned to them by the military.

"Each company, under the leadership of its company commander, will choose a location for a sweep."

"Once you encounter an insurmountable enemy, contact me via walkie-talkie."

The walkie-talkies were found in an electromechanical market, and Qin Shi Lei equipped each team leader with one.

After listening, each company commander led his team into various streets.

Qin Shi Lei, accompanied by his adjutant Mu Ziping, arrived at the base of an office building.

As usual, he found a high spot to tie his fishing rod and hung the zombie king meat.

Then he retreated to a distance, holding his short bow, on guard.

Before long, a continuous stream of zombies poured out of the office building.

They wildly jumped and waved their hands beneath the zombie king meat.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Qin Shi Lei, with one person and one bow, shot out volleys of arrows, killing the frenzied zombies one by one.

Mu Ziping exclaimed, "The data said your archery was 100% accurate; I was a bit skeptical at first, but now I feel the person who recorded it was a bit conservative."

Qin Shi Lei took out the Seven Star Sword and handed it to him, "Stop marveling; extracting the crystals is your job."

Mu Ziping, this adjutant, was ostensibly a liaison officer sent by the military and an assistant to the corps commander.

In reality, he was also a military informant, or rather, a political commissar or lobbyist sent by the military to try to guide the corps towards the military.

Qin Shi Lei used him without any hesitation.

Of course, if he put in the effort, he would give him a few crystals as compensation.

The office building was over twenty stories high, with each floor more than three meters tall, so even if the zombie king meat was nearly twenty meters from the office building's entrance, it was enough to attract all the zombies inside the entire building.

Half an hour passed, and the zombies pouring out of the office building showed no signs of decreasing.

The distance from the office building's entrance to the zombie king meat was already piled several layers deep with zombie corpses.

Roughly estimating, it seemed he had killed over a thousand zombies.

"I didn't expect there to be so many zombies in this office building," Qin Shi Lei turned to Mu Ziping and instructed, "Go find a team to help extract the crystals."

After Mu Ziping left, Qin Shi Lei took out the zombie king's brain matter and walked towards the fishing rod.

Suddenly, the zombies at the office building's entrance became somewhat confused.

On one side was the attraction of the zombie king meat, and on the other was the repellent effect of the zombie king's brain matter.

Ultimately, the zombie king's brain matter had a greater effect, and those zombies struggled to turn around and fled back into the office building.

"Roar!"

Just then, a huge zombie roar suddenly echoed from inside the office building.

Then a massive figure burst out of the office building.

That figure was over three meters tall, entirely grayish-white, with bulging muscles.

Other than that, it was no different from a human, just like a super large human.

Giant Zombie?

No, it should be a Tyrant.

Qin Shi Lei put away the zombie king's brain matter, re-aimed his short bow, and drew an arrow, shooting it towards the opponent's eye.

When the zombie king's brain matter was put away, the Tyrant visibly paused.

Then it veered off, striding towards the zombie king meat hanging on the fish hook.

As for the arrow Qin Shi Lei shot, it was easily blocked by its left hand.

"Then let you try the powerful strike I've devised."

A trace of light appeared on the arrow.

As Qin Shi Lei continuously mobilized his ability energy, the light on the arrow grew brighter and brighter.

Powerful Strike!

The arrow, enveloped in lightning, shot rapidly towards the Tyrant.

At this moment, the Tyrant had just arrived beneath the zombie king meat, stomping its right foot forcefully on a corpse on the ground, crushing that zombie into a pulp, while it leaped high into the air.

Just as the Tyrant's right hand touched the zombie king meat, the arrow had already struck its left hand.

"Boom!"

The Tyrant's left hand was shattered by an arrow.

The arrow, only slightly slowed, continued to shoot towards the Tyrant's left eye.

An invisible shield appeared on the zombie's head.

"Bang!"

Even the shield could not stop the glowing arrow; the Tyrant had half of its head blown off, revealing white brain matter.

Unexpectedly, even like this, the Tyrant was still not dead.

It casually stuffed the zombie king meat into its mouth, not even chewing, and swallowed it directly.

Then, taking strides of four or five meters, it rapidly ran towards Qin Shi Lei.