Chapter 940 - 300: Spacetime Distortion, Life Forbidden Zone! (3)

Chapter 940: Chapter 300: Spacetime Distortion, Life Forbidden Zone! (3)

Lu Zheng’s remaining time is clearly not much, he estimates about five to ten years at most. After this period, he can only move toward the end of life through recuperation, naturally he won’t care about those risks.

As for Wang Rui, he clearly realizes that with the new reforms, conservative thinking is no longer feasible, and is willing to take a gamble to change the situation of his faction.

Within the Heavy Machinery Faction, there may be quite a few who share their thoughts, but what about those conservative factions holding onto their old ways? This is the most troublesome variable in the negotiations.

Just like Wang Rui asked, if there are people who support him within the Heavy Machinery Faction and some are clearly opposed, how would he handle those dissenters?

"When Old Ding chose the Heavy Machinery Faction initially, he certainly considered the complexity and compatibility within. But as he said, ultimately how much we can consume and negotiate depends entirely on my means and appetite."

Cheng Ye’s gaze is still fixed at the end of the asphalt road. Now that he’s already played his cards without holding back, the next step is seeing how the Heavy Machinery Faction will choose.

There is still some time left until the military’s restructuring, and we might have to wait until the internal disassembly point arrives to see clearer results.

"Don’t rush." Liu Bi rubbed his chin, trying to comfort him, "I know quite a few people in the military legion, and someone has already called me for a meeting after the conference. Perhaps we can find a better collaboration partner than the Heavy Machinery Faction."

He changed the subject, "I originally wanted to connect with Song Hai regarding the work in Dongping Town, but I heard his replacement hit him hard, and he was directly taken to the medical office."

"Hmm... if it was someone else, maybe he wouldn’t think much of it. But if Brother B goes, Song Hai will definitely understand what’s happening, maybe he’ll hold a grudge against us."

Cheng Ye shook his head and added, "I plan to head out for fieldwork by mid-month, today’s the 3rd, so there’s almost two weeks left for preparation."

"Alright, there’s enough time." Liu Bi agreed, "The situation in Dongping Town isn’t too complicated. Besides, when we leave, Matthew Lee will keep an eye on things, having him lead the team to pioneer shouldn’t cause any issues."

"Okay, then Sister Luo and Yiyi will stay with me, it’s safer here. Once Dongping Town’s mess is tidied up, then we’ll make plans."

With a few words, they set out the basic plan for the next steps.

Noticing Cheng Ye was slightly downcast, as he spent three days preparing but didn’t achieve the most ideal outcome.

Liu Bi thought for a moment to console him, "You should find yourself an assistant now. Doing everything yourself is too exhausting."

An assistant?

Unexpectedly, Huang Liang’s image flashed in Cheng Ye’s mind, and his slightly calmed frustration sank again.

"Let’s talk about it later, Brother B." He rubbed his temples, "I’ll go back and sleep for a bit, these days have been so busy, I’m worn out."

"Alright, you have a good rest, I’ll see if I should head to Dongping later."

Back in his room, lying on the small bed.

Cheng Ye emptied his mind, and as soon as he closed his eyes, his whole body felt relaxed, as if he shed accumulated fatigue in an instant.

But strangely, those chaotic thoughts seemed to have taken root, swirling endlessly at his heart, refusing to calm down.

Previously, he had only read descriptions of wasteland winters in books, about their harshness and how difficult external pioneering was.

But through repeated struggles with Wang Rui, these abstract words gradually took form, giving him a deeper perception.

Things running on the ground, flying in the sky, swimming in the river...

Winter is inherently a season where the infection sources and infected bodies are active, their activity level far exceeding summer and autumn by ten times, and their numbers could increase dozens or hundreds of times.

This year, with the large population congregating at Happiness City, it naturally has a stronger attraction to infection sources.

Plus, the surrounding buffer like Yue Ye, along with those scattered settlements, is now empty, without any buffer zones.

If it formed a plague-level mass infection wave of over ten thousand level, that would be easier to handle, and Happiness City would surely focus all its power to counter it.

But if it’s a swarm or tide level of infection bodies, that’s the true test of each Satellite City’s independent defense capabilities.

Dapo Town is adjacent to the Water Series, already fraught with dangers.

Dongping Town lies at the very edge of Happiness City’s Satellite City, facing a similarly grim plight.

If not for his demonstrated ability to independently contain disaster-level infection sources, along with a complete defensive plan, Wang Rui might have only assessed him as a fearless young calf.

Just as he was thinking, the Defense Communication suddenly let out a "ding" sound.

It’s a group chat message from the research institute. He set special attention to Yu Erlan and Shi Xu’s messages, which would alert him even if the Defense Communication was on silent.

Yet at this moment, amidst the chaos of his thoughts, Cheng Ye remained with closed eyes, uninterested in checking.

But more than ten seconds later, the "ding" sounds came in succession, dense enough to suggest the discussion of some emergency matter.

Cheng Ye paused and still ended up opening his eyes, took the Defense Communication, and clicked on the research function.

To his surprise, within just half a minute, the chat had already swiped over a hundred messages.

Dapo Town’s already slow internet speed was rapidly receiving, with still more than ten new messages per second.

Was there a major event happening?

Cheng Ye quickly skimmed through a few discussion messages, his pupils contracted abruptly as he sat up swiftly, flipping to the source messages.

It was... Yu Erlan sent two of the latest videos.

Meanwhile, since her departure, it had been more than half a month. Based on the journey and speed calculation, she indeed reached the edge of Flower Province.