December was the most leisurely month for Tang Zheng.
After the battle at the manor base ended, the surrounding situation completely calmed down.
Only Liu Yibang is still continuing the battle to recapture Hezhou, and the news about the battle to recapture Hezhou will be broadcast every day.
The 100,000 troops of the Fifth Group Army persisted in fighting against the zombies in Hezhou despite the wind and snow. The number they eliminated every day was about 300,000, and the progress was pretty good.
If this continues, it will be possible to regain Hezhou before the Lunar New Year. It seems that Liu Yibang has made up his mind to launch a satellite during the New Year to shock the whole country.
Tang Zheng's troops are also fighting in Shuanglin. Although there are only more than 10,000 troops on the expedition, with the help of Chen Feilong, more than 200,000 zombies are eliminated every day, which is not much worse than the large troops of the Fifth Army. .
Shuanglin's five million zombies started fighting at the beginning of December and lasted until December 24th.
The battle that lasted for more than twenty days was finally coming to an end.
It was slower than expected, because with the arrival of winter, the wind and snow became heavier and heavier, and all the mechanized troops had to fight against the severe cold. Their movement speed also began to slow down, and the speed of killing zombies also slowed down.
On the evening of the 22nd, Tang Zheng came to the battlefield on the front line of Shuanglin.
The soldiers were now living in abandoned buildings, and Tang Zheng did not let them come out. He only met with several battalion commanders of the army.
Although we have been out for more than 20 days, everyone seems to be quite excited.
At present, Shuanglin's corpse group has been almost wiped out. There is only the last wave of about 300,000 corpses. It is possible to capture them in one go tomorrow.
Moreover, all the funds here have been collected. After Tang Zheng arrived, Luo Fei enthusiastically handed over the funds to Tang Zheng.
Looking at the piles of funds, Tang Zheng immediately exchanged them.
[Congratulations, General, for receiving 14.05 million yuan in funds! 】
This amount of funds is slightly less than Qingquan, but the largest jewelry store in Shuanglin was once taken over by Tang Zheng, so there is only so much left.
Tang Zheng's previous capital of more than two million yuan, after constructing several buildings and increasing some troops, only had more than three hundred thousand yuan left. This more than fourteen million yuan of funds could be said to be a timely gift, which depleted his wallet. It suddenly swelled up.
After receiving the funds, Tang Zheng let out a long breath.
With this money, I can live a good year.
Now the weather is getting colder, and the temperature in the field has reached about minus 25 degrees. The Battle of Shuanglin has ended. He doesn't want the troops to go out again until the weather warms up.
Tang Zheng is not used to the current temperature. His family lives in Qinzhou, which is about 1,500 kilometers away from here. The winter there is not so cold.
Moreover, there are many differences between the temperatures before the apocalypse and after the apocalypse. It was not this cold in the past.
After obtaining the funds, he also has a strategic reserve. He will focus on development this winter and make decisions based on specific circumstances.
After having a meal with the battalion commanders, Tang Zheng also slept here.
Early the next morning, Tang Zheng got up and personally commanded the troops to fight and eliminate the last zombies in Shuanglin County.
The battle lasted from morning to afternoon. Chen Feilong summoned a wave of 150,000 zombies and then took a rest, while the Light Chasing Army continued to fight.
In the afternoon, Tang Zheng asked Chen Feilong to summon 100,000 zombies again.
Chen Feilong was also very excited. After this battle, he was free.
He immediately continued to summon zombies, and the Light Chasing Army easily killed them on the spot.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Battle of Shuanglin was completely over.
The entire Shuanglin County was completely quiet except for some scattered zombies in some houses.
The soldiers collected funds and brought Tang Zheng tens of thousands of gold in profits.
Pour gasoline on it, ignite the flames, and burn the corpses of the zombies. The sky-high flames represent the complete end of this battle.
Tang Zheng was very excited after regaining two county towns in a row. What he was doing now could only be done by the empire's large armies, and the rest of the survivor bases were beyond his reach.
At this time, Chen Feilong walked to Tang Zheng's side.
"Chief Tang."
Seeing Chen Feilong's arrival, Tang Zheng sighed slightly.
Although this corpse king had brought him a lot of trouble, he had also helped him a lot in these incidents.
Without him, it would be impossible to defeat Qingquan, let alone Shuanglin.
Moreover, after the Battle of Shuanglin, Tang Zheng discovered that some soldiers in the army had been upgraded to four stars.
If four stars are full, it means you can upgrade to five stars at any time.
Guo Yun once compared the combat effectiveness of the Light Chasing Army soldiers with those of mutants.
The four-star warriors of the Light Chasing Army are slightly less powerful than the first-level mutants, but this is limited to mobilizing soldiers.
For example, a four-star scout is equivalent to a first-level mutant.
Guo Yun also calculated that if the soldiers of the Light Chasing Army were upgraded to five-star, high-level soldiers, their strength would be between the first-level peak and the second-level mutant.
Although the five-star warriors are slightly inferior to the second-level mutants, you have to think about how many people there are in the Light Chasing Army.
Now Tang Zheng saw that the number of four-star warriors here had exceeded five hundred.
And now Tang Zheng has more than 500 second-level crystals in his hands.
Second-level crystals are obtained from the brains of lickers or orangutan zombies. After such a long time, there are gradually more second-level zombies in the wild.
But it is impossible for such wild zombies to collect so many crystals for the time being.
The officers of the Light Chasing Army all knew that the general wanted to collect secondary crystals, and they began to control them intentionally.
With Chen Feilong here, they can let some zombies evolve to the second level through training.
Killing some wild ones every day, and then cultivating some, over time, Tang Zheng now only has 500 second-level crystals in his hand.
Crystals can now be traded in the trading hall of Chasing Light City.
The first-grade crystal on the market sells for 30,000 light yuan.
As for the second-level crystal, the price soared to one million light yuan!
The gap is so huge because second-level crystals are so rare.
Most of these crystals were obtained through Chen Feilong.
To be honest, Tang Zheng didn't want to let Chen Feilong go, but he had promised to let Chen Feilong go free as long as Chen Feilong helped him eliminate ten million zombies.
If he hadn't said that at that time, Chen Feilong wouldn't have been able to sacrifice his life for Tang Zheng like this.
Now Chen Feilong came to Tang Zheng's side, with strong desire in his scarlet eyes.
Tang Zheng sighed and called He Xue over: "Xiaoxue, please remove the bomb in Chen Feilong's brain."
As a bomb expert under Tang Zheng, He Xue installed this bomb. After hearing Tang Zheng's instructions, she immediately walked over.
After tinkering with some fine tools for a while, he performed a small operation on Chen Feilong.
The bomb installed in his brain was taken out by He Xue.
Tang Zheng called Guo Yun over again, "Give him the medicine you developed and let him be a new man."
Guo Yun took out the potion and handed it into Chen Feilong's hand.
"Inject this potion and you can completely turn back into a human. But be careful not to be bitten or caught by zombies again. This does not guarantee that you will no longer be infected for life."
Chen Feilong was a little excited, stretched out one of his hands and took the potion.
He only has one hand, and the other hand is the mechanical arm installed by Guo Yun.
The mechanical arm held the potion, and Chen Feilong's eyes showed a look of struggle.
Tang Zheng said: "I'm going back to Light Chaser City now. Do you want to go back with me? If so, I can give you a lift in a helicopter."
Unexpectedly, Chen Feilong shook his head.
Tang Zheng was stunned for a moment: "What are you thinking? It's freezing here. Are you too excited to have the opportunity to start a new life?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Feilong said in a hoarse voice: "I don't know if I want to turn back into a human?"
"Ah!" Tang Zheng was stunned. He didn't expect Chen Feilong to say this. Isn't it his dream to become a human again?
Chen Feilong raised his hand: "I only have one hand. This is a mechanical arm. It can do some simple movements, but after all, it is not as flexible as before. Normally, I will change back to In human terms, he is a disabled person.”
"I know the current situation in Zhuangguang City very well. Although life is happy and safe, everyone needs labor and work. There is no place for idlers or disabled people."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to find a suitable job when I go back like this. And as you know my identity, Tang Zheng, once my identity is leaked, I might be beaten to death on the street one day."
"So... I won't go back."
After hearing Chen Feilong's narration, Tang Zheng also had a solemn expression on his face.
"Then will you continue to be the Corpse King?"
Chen Feilong smiled bitterly: "Besides this, I can't think of anything else I can do. Although I can't control too many zombies now, I still have no problem maintaining control of hundreds of thousands on a daily basis."
"Nowadays, there are vast areas of uninhabited land in the wild, and there are still countless zombies. I can live well wherever I go. I have recovered part of my sense of taste, smell, and touch, and my food tastes good, so... I still Continue to be the King of Corpses.”
After saying that, he put the bottle of potion in his pocket and said goodbye to Tang Zheng.
"Tang Zheng, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I will keep this bottle of potion. Maybe one day I will get tired of being the Corpse King and I will choose to turn back into a human. But don't worry, I have started to eat normal humans now. Food, those bloody things, I have never touched since I started as the Corpse King. I will not hurt the people on your side, nor will I stay in your territory. I will leave here and go somewhere else. The place."
"We meet again when mountains and rivers meet. Goodbye, Tang Zheng."
After saying that, Chen Feilong adjusted his thick down jacket and walked into the wind and snow, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked into the distance.
Tang Zheng said nothing, just watched Chen Feilong disappear silently.
He didn't know whether Chen Feilong's choice was right or wrong, but if he were Chen Feilong, I'm afraid there would be no other choice.
As a former corpse king, it is indeed difficult for him to integrate into human life again. Once his identity is revealed, the consequences will be disastrous.
Tang Zheng is not worried that Chen Feilong will still cause trouble. Now he is not capable enough, and after experiencing so much, his desire to kill has indeed diminished, and the tyranny of the Corpse King can hardly be seen anymore.
Since the other party wanted to start a new life, Tang Zheng was willing to give him a chance.
Tang Zheng only looked back after watching Chen Feilong completely disappear into the snow.
"Let's go back to Chasing Light City. It's almost the new year. Let's go back to the military camp and have a good rest and a big meal! Everyone has a share in the expedition allowance!"
The light-chasing army cheered for a while, and the troops began to withdraw.
(End of chapter)
