32: Chapter 32 A Brief Silence

"Um... just asking, how much did you lose?" Before Mu Cheng could react, Gu Na went straight up and asked.

An opportunity like this could help Mu Cheng clear his name... she naturally wasn't going to pass it up, so she asked very bluntly.

"It seems they just returned, and they can't blame anyone else. If they had listened to that woman from the Trading Center back then... the losses probably wouldn't have been so severe."

gelatinous tooth was filled with regret at this moment. Hearing the questions from the ladies of Menglou Pavilion, he instantly understood Gu Na's intent and replied.

"Sigh, I lost nearly sixty percent of my forces here. I'm planning to head out of the city to scavenge for supplies."

Hearing this... Mu Cheng instantly heard the inner voices of a large group of Menglou Pavilion ladies.

[It seems to be true. If we had all stayed, I'm afraid our losses would have been heavy too.]

[Fortunately, Brother Cheng had foresight, otherwise I'd probably be the one dead.]

[Brother Cheng is so handsome... I want to have his monkey cubs.]

...It was clear that not a single person dared to question Mu Cheng.

"Regiment Leader gelatinous tooth, are you planning to head out now? I suspect it's going to be very unsafe in a while..." Mu Cheng said hesitantly.

He was currently very conflicted... conflicted over whether or not to bring out the supplies.

"What is Brother Cheng up to again? Could it be that a new wave of zombies is coming?" Gu Na naturally felt it was strange.

Wild animals had appeared... yet all the zombies seemed to have vanished into thin air overnight.

Even a fool could tell that it was far from that simple.

"Yeah, there's no choice, the losses were heavy this time." gelatinous tooth nodded helplessly.

As the regiment leader, he still had to support several thousand people; even if he knew it was dangerous, he had to go out.

"How about this, Regiment Leader gelatinous tooth, I'll lend you three days' worth of supplies. Of course, this includes the other factions and the City Lord. Trust me this once, three days later... it won't be too late for you to set out then." Mu Cheng finally made up his mind.

As soon as these words were spoken... clearly all the ladies of Menglou Pavilion, as well as Gu Na, Lu Yuxuan, Tao Mumu, and Tao Shuishui, were so shocked they couldn't react.

"Is Regiment Leader Mu sure he's serious?" gelatinous tooth asked, unable to believe it.

One must know that now... the number of people without combat power was as high as fifty thousand. Relying on Menglou Pavilion to support them for three days?

This... was actually a bit unreasonable.

"Yes, I am serious. Trust me this once, and organize the defense against the zombies as quickly as possible," Mu Cheng said very seriously.

"If the zombies don't come within three days, the borrowed supplies don't need to be returned..."

The holdout mode on the hidden prompt... Mu Cheng had already roughly guessed that it meant an army of zombies and wild animals were coming.

To hold Xinning City... it was naturally impossible to rely solely on the ladies of Menglou Pavilion.

So, weighing the priorities... Mu Cheng had to organize all the forces together!

There was no other way; to survive, he could only do this.

"Alright, I'll listen to Regiment Leader Mu this once. As for the other factions... Regiment Leader Mu will have to make a trip personally," gelatinous tooth agreed.

Just as he finished speaking... several familiar voices came through.

"No need to go, my Jiang Family is willing to trust Regiment Leader Mu this once."

"I, Bai Yi, also trust Regiment Leader Mu."

"And me, this old man, I'll also trust Regiment Leader Mu this time."

It was none other than Jiang Nanbei, Bai Yi, and Qin Chen...

"Good, Mumu, you make the arrangements," Mu Cheng instructed.

Gu Na stepped forward at this time. "Wait... since you've all chosen to believe Brother Cheng, shouldn't we discuss this?"

"Yes, I also feel it's necessary," Lu Yuxuan agreed.

"Fine then! Let's set up a high-tech tent to discuss it." Jiang Nanbei didn't even wait for the others' consent.

He directly took out a high-tech tent and went inside; soon, a meeting room was set up.

Though simple... it was no problem for a discussion.

"Little friend Mu, tell us your thoughts," Qin Chen spoke first.

Mu Cheng also went straight to the point.

"Build defensive walls. Our four major factions will each be responsible for North, South, East, and West as before. Lord City Lord, please act as needed!"

"They're already about a hundred meters high... and we still have to build? Is Regiment Leader Mu sure he's not joking?" gelatinous tooth expressed great doubt.

Mu Cheng nodded. "Yes, we must build. Also, my Menglou Pavilion is all ladies... can you send some people to help out?"

"I'll help little friend Mu!" Qin Chen readily agreed.

It was very obvious... he approved of Mu Cheng's approach.

Although everyone was very confused, the sudden disappearance of the zombies as if they had vanished from the earth was indeed very abnormal.

So even if they had objections... they expressed agreement. It wouldn't be too late to see the situation in three days before making further plans!

After half an hour of discussion, the crowd began to get busy with their own tasks...

"Sigh, forget it, out with the old and in with the new. Order them to set up high-tech tents and take turns on duty," Mu Cheng sighed as he looked at the mansion that had turned into ruins before him.

Although high-tech tents were useful... this thing wasn't safe in the wild; anyone could enter or leave at will.

"I've already arranged for them to take turns on duty," Tao Mumu had already organized everything clearly.

"Alright! We've all been tired for so many days, we should go back, wash up, and get some rest." After Gu Na finished speaking, she turned and left.

Tao Mumu and Tao Shuishui followed her... now only Mu Cheng and Lu Yuxuan were left.

Mu Cheng didn't care about anything else... he directly set up a high-tech tent on the spot and carried Lu Yuxuan inside in a princess carry.

"Do you want to? Go wash up first."

Lu Yuxuan didn't refuse... nor did she say a word.

"What's on your mind, little girl?" Mu Cheng saw that she had something on her mind and asked softly.

"Brother Cheng... I'm tired," Lu Yuxuan said hesitantly.

There was clearly something wrong...

Mu Cheng could see it but didn't ask further. He wasn't the type to force people, so he held Lu Yuxuan very gently.

"Then let's sleep!"

That night... the two of them didn't make any strange noises and slept very soundly.

After an unknown amount of time... Lu Yuxuan suddenly woke Mu Cheng up.

"Brother Cheng, there's a situation over there, let's go check it out."

"Okay." In fact, Mu Cheng had already been awake, he was just lying there...

Although the hidden prompt countdown had already ended, it was now very quiet, as if nothing had happened at all.

Soon the two of them arrived at the simply built city wall. It was nothing else... just some wild animals.

Very, very few came... but they were all easily dealt with by the ladies of Menglou Pavilion.

"Mumu, what's the situation in other places?" Mu Cheng asked, looking ahead.

Tao Mumu reported, "The situation is the same everywhere, some wild animals come by every now and then."

"This silence is too abnormal. Pass down the order that we cannot let our guard down," Gu Na said slowly.

"Skeleton Island should have appeared by now... why is there no movement at all?" Mu Cheng also looked very confused.

He remembered clearly that in his past life, after the Great Earthquake, Skeleton Island would appear... but now nothing had been discovered.