Zombie King Babysits the Reborn Empress - Chapter 419 - 431: Preparing to Abandon All of Jiang Province!

Chapter 419: Chapter 431: Preparing to Abandon All of Jiang Province!

Next, after carefully questioning Little Qiqi and not getting more information, Lu Chuan smiled and let Little Qiqi return to her room for rest.

Ji Ruxue nodded, obediently went upstairs, and returned to her bedroom.

After watching Little Qiqi go upstairs, Lu Chuan walked to the sofa beside him and sat down.

The next moment, Lu Chuan closed his eyes and concentrated, his consciousness began connecting with the evolved corpse puppets under his command.

Immediately, the corpse puppets that had been standing still began to move, boarding the transport fleet, heading to the Li River for hunting once more.

Currently, Lu Chuan wants to quickly enhance his strength, and the best way is naturally to meticulously manage the zombie breeding base.

With sufficient food, a large number of evolved zombies can be cultivated, accelerating the supply of crystal cores from the breeding base.

Because only a large number of fourth-level crystal cores can make the corpse puppets under Lu Chuan’s command quickly advance to the fifth level.

And only with a considerable number of fifth-level corpse puppets will Lu Chuan have the opportunity to get enough fifth-level crystal cores to help himself advance to sixth-level evolved zombies, and cultivate powerful sixth-level corpse puppets!

The next day.

Rumble～

The convoy slowly drove into Yu Hua Base City. Captain Zhao Lin finally returned to Yu Hua Base City with her teammates.

Sitting in the car, Zhao Lin’s expression was indifferent, her gaze held an almost imperceptible anticipation, while the remaining members of the evolutionary squad wore stiff expressions and looked gloomy.

After all, the plan to have Thunderous Roar and the Corpse King injure each other was ultimately a bust.

It even allowed the Corpse King to subdue Thunderous Roar, reinforcing their strength, making it impossible for them to be happy.

Sss～

The convoy stopped inside the military camp.

“Alright, after all this traveling, everyone must be exhausted, go and rest! As for this mission’s report, I’ll personally go to the leaders and report!”

After getting out of the car, Zhao Lin looked at her team members, all listless, shook her head helplessly, said a few words to them, and without caring how they responded, turned and left the military camp.

Fifteen minutes later, inside the conference room of the official residence.

At this moment, a wide conference table was already packed with people, and the atmosphere was incredibly tense.

“…That’s how things went. Not only did we fail to achieve the goal of eliminating Thunderous Roar and the Corpse King, but the Corpse King also subdued Thunderous Roar…”

Looking at the high-ranking officials gazing at her, Zhao Lin spoke with a serious expression and a deep voice.

She had already narrated the entire mission’s events to everyone completely.

After Zhao Lin finished, the atmosphere in the conference room was incredibly oppressive.

The expressions on everyone’s faces varied: some were shocked beyond belief, some felt powerless, and some showed despair, feeling the destruction of the Base City could happen in an instant…

“Didn’t expect…the Corpse King to be so strong, quickly dealing with Thunderous Roar. This…sigh, it seems we were too simplistic in our thinking!”

After a long silence, the highest leader of the Base City finally spoke, looking around at everyone, his expression grave, sighed, and said.

Previously, when they formulated the plan for Thunderous Roar and the Corpse King to injure each other, they thought both were in the fifth-level range, moreover, fierce beasts generally are stronger than similarly leveled evolved zombies.

So, they believed even if the Corpse King had some fifth-level evolved zombies under his command, facing Thunderous Roar mostly would result in mutual destruction.

But they never imagined the Corpse King’s strength surpassed Thunderous Roar’s by so much, beating Thunderous Roar without a chance to fight back.

“This time, we underestimated the Corpse King’s strength, so Commander Zhao’s failure isn’t due to negligence in battle!

No matter who went, the situation would be the same, not to mention, if Commander Zhao hadn’t broken through to the fifth level at the crucial moment, it might not have been possible to draw Thunderous Roar to the Corpse King.”

At this time, a high-ranking official nodded and praised Zhao Lin.

The others heard this and also spoke up, expressing their views, mostly praising Zhao Lin.

Zhao Lin, having anticipated this, naturally faced it with a smile, confident and composed.

“Alright, everyone quiet down. Commander Zhao did very well on this mission. The Base City shouldn’t blame her, instead, it should reward her greatly.”

A few minutes later, the leader spoke, quieting the high-ranking officials, looked around at everyone, then earnestly said: “However, that Corpse King still remains unsolved. He’s insidious and vengeful; our actions might not escape this beast’s notice.

To prevent any accident, we might need to contact the high-levels of other base cities soon, discuss a bit, and see if we can collectively retreat from Jiang Province.”

Upon hearing this, everyone present was shocked, not expecting the leader already intended to retreat from Jiang Province.

After a moment, a high-ranking official who had recovered from their shock quickly nodded and agreed: “I support this decision, as now that the Corpse King has taken shape, he’s beyond what our base cities can handle, adding on the lack of assistance from the Imperial Capital, retreating is the best choice.”

“I also agree. Since the Corpse King is entrenched in Li River Base City, it indicates he’ll surely view Jiang Province as his territory.

Rather than worrying here, it’s better to retreat early, allowing our base cities to retain some vitality.”

Another high-ranking official chimed in agreeing.

Next, the other high-ranking officials nodded, none opposing the leader’s retreat proposal.

The pressure the Corpse King brought them was just too great.

Originally, Thunderous Roar was already a headache, now with the Corpse King being able to subdue Thunderous Roar, it shows how terrifyingly powerful the Corpse King must be?

“Retreating Jiang Province… well, that might be for the best.”

Listening to everyone’s words, Zhao Lin, standing nearby, had a flicker in her gaze.

This is good for both sides, it allows Lu Chuan and the humans to distance themselves, preventing further conflict.

She didn’t want to see Lu Chuan and humans clash anymore, seeing humans yielding and offering Jiang Province territory to Lu Chuan, she certainly welcomed it.

After the high-ranking officials discussed and finalized the retreat plan, the leader looked at Zhao Lin again, squeezed out a smile and said: “Commander Zhao, though the mission’s goals were unmet, your merits cannot be ignored.

Your strength is formidable, having reached the fifth level, moving forward, the entire Evolutionary Squad of Base City will be under your command!”

“Thank you for your trust, leader!”

Hearing this, Zhao Lin was overjoyed, quickly stood up and saluted.

Taking command of the entire Base City’s Evolutionary Squad means possessing the highest military power in Base City, in terms of status she’s undoubtedly within the top three.