Now that Shen Feng's location had been exposed, he never expected that Ke Yiming would act as a cleaner to find him, working in Yuzhou for seven or eight days. This was too exaggerated. A dignified ability user, a once-in-a-million prodigy, had turned into a cleaner, which was not something ordinary people could do.
At this moment, Shen Feng could only resign himself to fate, but at least he had delayed things for over half a month, and half of Yuzhou City had already fallen into Shen Feng's hands.
Shen Feng could only comfort himself in his heart, "At least there were gains, and it wasn't a wasted effort."
Seeing that Shen Feng finally admitted his identity and understood that Shen Feng had given up futile struggles, Ke Yiming directly said, "Now that your appearance in Yuzhou has been captured by me, I can report your actions to headquarters at any time. However, I am a kind-hearted person and cannot bear to see others suffer, so I can give you the camera and help you conceal the truth, but you must immediately take your soldiers and depart for Yanjing."
Shen Feng waved his hand and said helplessly, "Ah, yes, yes, yes."
"I don't care how you handle Yuzhou and Jiangyang, but Yanjing is already at war with zombies. As a fourth-order ability user, and a natural system ability user, you must immediately support Yanjing. I believe this is what everyone expects!" Ke Yiming continued.
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, you're right," Shen Feng nodded, agreeing with him.
Ke Yiming was a little angry and said to Shen Feng, "Can you stop giving up as soon as we start talking? I'm talking about serious matters with you, please respect me!"
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, you're right," Shen Feng continued.
This time, Ke Yiming was truly angry and began to lecture Shen Feng, "I hope you have the same attitude towards your future life, no matter what others say, you just agree, completely adopting a laid-back mentality, you're simply useless."
Hearing Ke Yiming lecturing Shen Feng, Chu Chaoyan couldn't help but step forward and retort, "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have leverage. Don't we need time to prepare for our departure? It takes time to gather soldiers, time to prepare provisions, and even time to determine the route. It's not that whatever you say goes. You are our guest in Yuzhou now, and if you anger us, we'll kill you without burying you!"
Seeing Chu Chaoyan stand up for him, Shen Feng couldn't help but applaud and say, "Good, well said!"
"Hmph, talking about killing without burying, it's simply the behavior of bandits. I have a satellite-linked communication device with me. If I die in Yuzhou, you will definitely be held accountable, so don't threaten me. I've already made thorough preparations!" Ke Yiming was not intimidated, patted his chest, and gestured for Shen Feng to act.
Shen Feng shrugged helplessly and said to Chu Chaoyan, "Get ready, we're going to war again. Good times are always short. I just don't know how long this battle will take. Yanjing has 180 million zombies. It's despairing just thinking about it!"
Ke Yiming continued at this time, "Don't try any tricks. I'll be watching you. As fine young men, you should protect your country and save the people from suffering. Why are you being a coward?"
Shen Feng shook his head indifferently, "Yes, yes, yes, you're right!"
At this moment, Qiu Li's piercing pain had somewhat subsided. He looked up at Ke Yiming, his eyes filled with hatred, pointing directly at Ke Yiming's eyes: "You liar, you tricked me out of my fruit candy and tricked me into being bait. You scoundrel, I won't forgive you!"
Seeing Qiu Li's appearance, Ke Yiming quickly defended himself, "Don't wrongly accuse a good person. I made it very clear at the time that you could only act when you encountered a woman dressed provocatively. Look, Miss Chu Chaoyan here is dressed very properly, isn't she? You offended someone yourself, don't blame me."
Yang Chang helplessly took out his walkie-talkie and ordered his subordinates to take Qiu Li for treatment, "If you're lucky, you might have happiness in the rest of your life. However, Miss Chu is a third-order ability user, and under this power, I'm afraid... you might as well give up."
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Since his tracks had been discovered, Shen Feng could no longer pretend. He could only recall the fifty evolvers who had previously gone on expeditions. However, he was somewhat worried, "It would be bad if these mutated crocodiles continued to harm people."
However, Lu Kaiwen, a student of Professor Niu, told Shen Feng, "You don't need to worry about that. City Lord, I saw the photos you took and confirmed that these crocodiles are Chinese alligators, distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and they hibernate. Winter is approaching, and these crocodiles will dig holes to hibernate."
Hearing this analysis, Shen Feng finally understood why mutated crocodiles appeared in the Yangtze River outside Yuzhou City. It turned out they were feeding before hibernation, and their target was humans. Now that most of them had been killed, it was unlikely that mutated crocodiles would cause harm to the people of Yuzhou.
"It seems that having you as a strategist by my side is quite suitable. You'll follow me from now on. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly," Shen Feng nodded with satisfaction.
Lu Kaiwen appeared in Yuzhou because Shen Feng had requested him from Professor Niu Baixian. Shen Feng found that in some special situations, he couldn't analyze the situation, and Lu Kaiwen was already a doctoral student, making him an excellent strategist, especially in biology, where his advice was clearly professional.
Lu Kaiwen quickly waved his hands and said seriously, "I can provide advice within the city, but I can't go with you to the battlefield. Even if I drink the evolution potion and become an evolver, my combat power won't be strong enough."
It turned out that Lu Kaiwen was worried about being taken to Yanjing by Shen Feng. He had heard about the fighting in Yanjing. More than half of the northern region had descended into chaos, and no one knew the outcome of the war. If he were taken to Yanjing now and accidentally became a casualty, wouldn't it all be over?
Shen Feng shook his head helplessly and said, "Don't worry about that. I won't take you to the battlefield. You just need to be my strategist by my side."
Lu Kaiwen suddenly remembered something and quickly asked, "Isn't Professor Chu also your strategist? Why don't you ask him for advice?"
"Come on, Professor Chu is over sixty years old and in poor health. He can't handle the constant running around if he follows me," Shen Feng explained casually.
Ke Yiming had been following Shen Feng, urging him to lead the troops quickly. Shen Feng could only take his men back to Jiangyang to discuss matters. Someone had to be in charge in Yuzhou. Once Shen Feng left, there would be no important person to guard Yuzhou. Yang Chang would definitely follow Shen Feng into battle, and as an ability user, his combat power would not be too weak.
Therefore, Chang Jianyi had to be stationed in Yuzhou, but there was no suitable person to manage Jiangyang.
When Shen Feng returned to Jiangyang and mentioned this, everyone hesitated. Everyone knew that Shen Feng would go to Yanjing to participate in the battle, so no one would be able to manage Jiangyang, especially with the undercurrents in Jiangyang.
There were at least 350,000 people in Jiangyang, including many young and strong men. Once Shen Feng left Jiangyang with his soldiers, the city's defense forces would inevitably be weak. A city with so many people was like an unstable bomb. If handled improperly, it would inevitably lead to disaster. No one wanted to take on this hot potato.
During the meeting, Ke Yiming sat quietly on the side, watching, not interfering at all. However, in reality, the problem was brought about by him.
Fortunately, at this time, Professor Chu Yangtian stepped forward and said to Shen Feng helplessly, "How about this, I'll stay in Jiangyang, and I can stabilize the situation to some extent. As for Shen Feng, after you leave, you must take care of yourself, and I hope you'll take good care of Chu Chaoyan."
Professor Chu had argued with Shen Feng over strategic issues before, and Shen Feng had always wanted to apologize but never had the chance. Now that Professor Chu took the initiative to step forward, it made Shen Feng feel grateful.
Shen Feng nodded. At present, only Professor Chu could step forward to manage the situation. Shen Feng responded, "I will leave a thousand soldiers in Jiangyang. Your safety, Professor Chu, must be guaranteed. As for Chu Chaoyan, I will take good care of her."
Everyone present quickly agreed with Shen Feng's decision, all believing that Professor Chu was the most suitable candidate to guard Jiangyang. After all, when the zombies invaded the city, it was Professor Chu who led the effort to stabilize people's morale. He had high prestige in the hearts of many people. Most importantly, Chu Chaoyan would accompany Shen Feng, which was equivalent to a hostage, thus stabilizing the situation in Jiangyang.
After more than half a month, Guo Pinming also returned to Jiangyang. He brought back many antibiotics from the south, and the price he paid was more than twenty evolution potions. It was said that many private pharmaceutical companies were eager to obtain evolution potions, but unfortunately, the evolution potions were controlled by the authorities, and ordinary people could not produce them. Now that Guo Pinming appeared with evolution potions, the transaction became simple.
Seeing Guo Pinming appear, Shen Feng jokingly said, "I thought you wouldn't make it for this operation, but now it seems, Old Guo, you still have to go into battle with us!"
Guo Pinming smiled bitterly and said dejectedly, "I killed so many brothers before, and now I can make up for my mistakes. There's nothing to regret. For someone like me, dying on the battlefield is the best outcome."
Hearing this answer, Shen Feng couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. He didn't expect Guo Pinming to still regret his previous failures. After all, in the apocalypse, who could predict what would happen next? But Guo Pinming kept blaming himself, which was too much.
Shen Feng could accept mistakes, but he didn't want Guo Pinming to be discouraged after making a mistake.
Afterward, Shen Feng carefully calculated that in this operation, his side would have five ability users. Although no one else besides himself was a natural system ability user, their combat power should not be underestimated. "That's good, at least we'll have some self-preservation ability on the battlefield."
Seeing that Shen Feng had five ability users, Ke Yiming was indeed surprised. When he first came to Jiangyang, there were only two ability users. He didn't expect Shen Feng to have five ability users now. After all, any ability user could establish a survivor base, and many ability users had recaptured cities and become local lords. Shen Feng's group of five was undoubtedly the strongest force among the civilian forces.
"Shen Feng's side is indeed very powerful, no wonder he has the strength to retake Yuzhou. Although he just took advantage of the situation, it's not simple!" Ke Yiming thought to himself.
Afterward, Ke Yiming continued to urge Shen Feng to set off. He had to keep an eye on Shen Feng going north, otherwise, who knew if Shen Feng would keep delaying on the way?
At this moment, Ke Yiming also told Shen Feng some internal news: "Actually, the headquarters' plan to deal with the northern zombie tide is very thorough, and victory is certain, because no matter how many zombies there are, they cannot withstand the cold weather!"
Shen Feng frowned and suddenly realized, asking, "So, the headquarters' plan is to delay time and freeze these zombies to death?"
Ke Yiming nodded seriously and said without concealment, "That's right. As long as it snows heavily and the temperature drops, the zombies will inevitably freeze to death! You know, the weather in the north can really kill people. If you're worried about the battlefield being dangerous, there's no need!"
Shen Feng murmured, "No wonder, no wonder they weren't actively attacking in Yanjing. So they were waiting for heavy snow, and all they needed to do was hold the defensive line!"
The reason Ke Yiming told Shen Feng this was to stabilize Shen Feng's mindset. If Shen Feng became a deserter, it would be bad. Therefore, temporarily revealing some internal information was also very necessary. As for Shen Feng's side, he did feel reassured. If they could kill zombies by utilizing the low-temperature weather, it was indeed a good method.
No matter how the zombies mutated, they still mutated from humans. Therefore, humans' weaknesses were also possessed by zombies! It was hard to believe that zombies could still move freely in heavy snow. If they could do so, it could be said that zombies had completely broken free from the limitations of their human bodies and surpassed humans in physique.