183: Chapter 183 "Whether it's 100,000 or a million corpses, we'll all be buried with them."

A military helicopter landed on the edge of the Inner City plaza.

Before the propellers had even stopped spinning, thirty of Feng Sanhai's soldiers had already surrounded the area in a semicircle with their guns raised.

Feng Sanhai stood in the front row, his back drenched in sweat.

When Lin Yuan arrived, he had his arm around Feng Qingwu's waist.

Her body stiffened for a moment, but she didn't pull away.

Seeing this, Feng Sanhai's eyelid twitched.

Lin Yuan glanced at the helicopter.

"What are they here for?"

Feng Sanhai lowered his voice.

"I'm not sure either."

"We cut ties during Commander Wei Guangjun's time."

"When the Zombie Horde first besieged the city, Commander Wei Guangjun requested tactical missiles from the capital to bomb the Zombie Horde in the North District."

"The capital refused."

Feng Sanhai paused.

"Commander Wei Guangjun cursed them out on the channel for twenty minutes."

"Since then, Zhe City has never reconnected to the capital's command network."

The cabin door opened.

Five people disembarked.

The man in the lead was in his early forties, with a buzz cut, an unbuttoned military overcoat, and a steady gait.

Behind him were two armed guards.

A bespectacled female analyst held a tablet.

Finally, there was a thin man in a grey hoodie.

He kept his head down, standing at the edge of the group with very little presence.

The leading man looked around at the gun barrels.

He didn't panic.

"We're here to talk, not to fight."

"Can we find a place to sit and talk?"

When he came within ten meters, Lin Yuan's Mental Energy had already scanned him.

Qi and blood were restrained.

His frame was steady.

He had a foundation in ancient martial arts.

It was very similar to Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's style, just a bit thinner.

And there was a B-rank Superpower fluctuation within his body.

The man's gaze swept over Lin Yuan without lingering.

He looked at Feng Sanhai.

"Where is Commander Wei Guangjun?"

Feng Sanhai was about to speak, but Lin Yuan spoke first.

"Before asking about others, don't you know how to introduce yourself?"

His tone was casual.

The man frowned.

"Director Xu Changfeng."

"Capital Emergency Coordination Group."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"You follow the path of restrained internal energy."

"Is it a foundation in Baji Quan, or a variation of Xingyi?"

Director Xu Changfeng frowned.

"An expert?"

Lin Yuan waved his hand: "Grandmaster Ling Suzhen chatted with me before she left."

Director Xu Changfeng's breath hitched for a split second.

The hands of the two guards behind him also tightened around their guns.

Lin Yuan acted as if he didn't see it.

"She is currently handling matters in Shanghai for me."

"Before she left, she said the capital would send people."

"I didn't expect it to be this fast."

Director Xu Changfeng looked at Lin Yuan again.

This time, his gaze was much heavier.

Who was Grandmaster Ling Suzhen in the capital?

In the National Emergency Response Team, she was the type of existence who dared to throw files in front of leaders, dared to call researchers idiots, and could suppress three grandmasters on her own.

This kind of person, handling matters for him?

Director Xu Changfeng had originally intended to use his status from the capital to pressure him.

Now, that card had been trumped the moment it was played.

He cupped his fists.

"May I ask how to address you, Your Excellency?"

Lin Yuan didn't answer.

He turned around.

"Prepare the conference room."

Feng Sanhai immediately followed.

"Yes."

Director Xu Changfeng stood where he was, his expression unchanged.

However, the eyes of the young guard behind him had already turned cold.

Ten minutes later.

In the Inner City command headquarters conference room.

Lin Yuan sat at the head of the table.

Feng Qingwu stood behind him.

Four soldiers guarded the door.

Director Xu Changfeng's group of five sat opposite them.

The thin man in the grey hoodie was placed in the furthest corner.

He didn't speak.

However, his eyes flashed in the reflection of the conference table.

When Lin Yuan sat down, his peripheral vision swept over him.

That man had been looking at the window.

The window faced north.

Three hundred meters to the north, inside a villa, Lin Motong was sleeping.

Lin Yuan tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

He didn't make a sound.

The female analyst opened her tablet.

"Three days ago, satellites detected a unified Mental Energy resonance in Zhe City."

"All Zombie Hordes knelt down simultaneously, facing the same direction."

The thermal imaging map was displayed.

Dense red dots covered the North District.

"The higher-ups have determined that a new Zombie King has been born in Zhe City."

The analyst paused for a second.

"It might even be a Zombie Emperor."

"The capital needs to confirm all information regarding it."

Lin Yuan leaned back into his chair.

"The Zombie King is already dead."

"Commander Wei Guangjun sacrificed himself to take it down."

"Zhe City is free."

Director Xu Changfeng stared at him.

"If the Zombie King were dead, the Zombie Hordes wouldn't kneel."

"They would scatter."

Lin Yuan said: "Perhaps they are just used to it."

He pointed outside the window.

"Look at the streets, are there any Zombie Hordes causing trouble?"

"They farm when they should farm, and patrol when they should patrol."

The conference room went quiet.

Feng Qingwu almost couldn't hold back her expression.

The young officer among the five had a darkened expression.

Director Xu Changfeng lowered his voice.

"Sir, whose name I do not know, please take this matter seriously."

Lin Yuan looked at him.

"I am very serious."

"Zhe City's internal affairs do not require the capital's interference."

Director Xu Changfeng snatched the tablet from the analyst beside him and opened a map of the Dragon Kingdom.

"If this new Zombie King goes out of control, the entire southeast coast will become a Zombie nest."

"This is not just Zhe City's business."

"You cannot bear this responsibility."

Lin Yuan chuckled.

"Responsibility?"

"When Commander Wei Guangjun begged you for a missile, you refused."

"Now that the Zombie King is dead, you've come to reap the rewards."

He looked at Director Xu Changfeng.

"Also."

"How is that intelligent Zombie King of yours doing?"

Director Xu Changfeng's tone faltered.

He hadn't expected that after Zhe City had been disconnected for so long, this man would still know about the situation in the capital.

This intelligence came from Liu Qing.

When Director Li Wenhui was speaking with the capital, Liu Qing had intercepted snippets of the conversation.

Lin Yuan had never forgotten it.

Director Xu Changfeng was silent for two seconds.

"The capital is willing to recognize Zhe City's autonomous status."

"We will provide three months of supplies."

"Plus twenty vials of awakening serum."

Feng Sanhai's throat bobbed.

Three months of supplies for one hundred thousand people.

If they rationed it, it would last for half a year.

As for what the awakening serum was, he didn't know, but it didn't matter.

Director Xu Changfeng continued: "There is only one condition."

"Help our expert group make contact with the new Zombie King."

Lin Yuan looked at the thin man in the grey hoodie in the corner.

"An expert?"

The thin man kept his head down and didn't react.

Director Xu Changfeng said: "Yes."

Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze.

"Let's rephrase that."

"You want to trade some ethereal supplies for the lives of Zhe City's soldiers?"

Before Director Xu Changfeng could speak, the young officer sitting to his right, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Zheng, slammed the table and stood up.

Bang!

The teacup overturned.

There was a Lieutenant Colonel's rank on his shoulder.

There was suppressed anger in his eyes.

"Enough!"

Lieutenant Colonel Liu Zheng stared at Lin Yuan.

"You, a person who doesn't even dare to say your name, are trying to negotiate terms with the capital?"

"Let me tell you."

"If you don't cooperate, we have strategic thermobaric missiles."

"One shot, and nothing will be left."

"Whether it's one hundred thousand people or a million-strong Zombie Horde, you can all be buried together."

"We have the authority to make that call!"