Chapter 393 - 205: Transaction, Ambition, Coming to the Fore

Chapter 393: Chapter 205: Transaction, Ambition, Coming to the Fore

The column of troops moved quickly. Han Yuxin, having been notified in advance, had already dispatched a large convoy to support them.

As the column passed Xi City, they could see the massive crater left by the nuclear explosion from a distance, along with the devastating destruction from the fierce battle that had taken place nearby.

The urban area within a one-kilometer radius of the subway transfer station had been completely razed, reduced to rubble.

The sight of such a terrifying battlefield was shocking; it was hard to imagine just how intense the fighting must have been.

As the details of the decapitation strike came to light, most of the soldiers who had remained in Wu City gradually learned the truth.

They understood what a dangerous yet monumental task their leader had undertaken!

In the suburbs of Xi City, Lin Feng had led thirty members of the Tier Two Battle Group and three hundred elite Warriors...

...to directly confront a Zerg Race Mother Empress!

And they had successfully killed it!

Upon hearing that the team members who went with Lin Feng had already transported the massive Mother Empress Zerg’s corpse to Jin City, the column couldn’t help but speed up. Everyone wanted to be the first to lay eyes on it.

After all, this was a legendary High-tier Zerg Race, a Tier Three Zerg Race Mother Empress—the main culprit behind the invasion of Blue Star and humanity’s greatest enemy!

Very few, aside from a handful of lucky individuals, had ever witnessed the true form of a Zerg Race Mother Empress hidden deep underground!

At the rear of the column, among the Tier Two Corps, Liu Yi was with the Battle Group members who hadn’t been chosen for the mission and the newly integrated Tier Two Warriors.

Pointing to the battlefield ruins in the distance, he was vividly describing the earth-shattering battle.

Nearby, Shen Jie’s expression held a trace of regret.

’An opportunity to directly confront a High-tier Mother Empress is incredibly rare,’ he thought. ’Even just observing from a distance would have been immensely beneficial.’

He had already passed the Zerg Race Realm Trial and reached Tier Two Peak. The only path forward now was to kill a Tier Three Life Form and ascend to Tier Three.

He was originally supposed to play a supporting role in the plan, but he had been tied down by the Hai City Mother Empress and its Samurai Hunter Zergs. The Mother Empress had even personally entered the fray, unleashing all sorts of Spirit attacks that had pinned Shen Jie down.

However, according to Lin Feng’s subsequent arrangements, Shen Jie would have another chance to participate in a similar Tier-Jumping battle and decapitation strike.

The massive column, nearly four thousand strong, passed through Xi City and cut through the suburbs of Chang City, finally arriving on the outskirts of Jin City at five in the afternoon, just as the sun was setting.

They had covered nearly two hundred kilometers in five hours, which wasn’t particularly fast.

The setting sun’s rays cut through the dense high-rises of the city, casting an evening glow on everyone’s faces.

Before long, a small mound over fifty meters high appeared in the plaza ahead of the column. A group of fully armed and armored soldiers stood guard nearby.

Of the three hundred Warriors Lin Feng had dispatched, the ones who had killed Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs to complete their Awakening were not present. The remaining two hundred and seventy-odd soldiers, under Liu Yi’s command, were responsible for guarding the corpse of the Zerg Race Mother Empress here.

Not far away, in the Jin City District center, Han Yuxin and the others who had received the news were already leading the base’s administrative staff to welcome the arrival of the Thirteenth Division.

The camp and facilities originally arranged for them were in a high-end villa complex on the city’s edge.

However, at Li Ran’s suggestion, their accommodations were changed to the University District in the northeastern part of Jin City.

It had everything they needed: dormitories, conference halls, and cafeterias. There was even a large field for training, maintenance, and rapid assembly before deployment.

Neither the Warriors nor the Tier Two Corps had any objections. The so-called wealthy district had long since been looted clean—there probably wasn’t even any bedding left—and its large area would have made communication and sparring inconvenient.

After all the combat personnel were temporarily settled, Lin Feng took Chen Yanyan to the top floor of a hotel by the Great River late that night.

Here, the three women—Han Yuxin, Betty, and Chen Yanyan—had their first private meeting.

It was primarily a first meeting for Chen Yanyan and Betty. Chen Yanyan had missed the previous celebratory banquet because she had been undergoing her Tier One Awakening during the construction of the Wu City defensive line.

Han Yuxin had been the one to accompany Lin Feng back then.

As the top representatives of the martial and civil spheres at Lin Feng’s side, respectively, Chen Yanyan and Betty didn’t have many conflicting interests. After they introduced themselves with Lin Feng mediating, the four of them quickly got down to business.

The main topics were the establishment of a temporary base and the problems of maintaining order and distributing resources.

Betty’s expression was grave. Based on the data she had collected since taking over, the situation was not optimistic. She got straight to the point.

"Of the more than one hundred and six thousand survivors in the city, over eighty percent are old, weak, sick, or disabled. There are fewer than twenty thousand young men of suitable age, and only ten thousand of them are willing to become Support Soldiers."

"If we’re going to continue expanding the Warrior system, that means ten civilians supporting one soldier. That ratio is already extremely high."

"I’ve also calculated the food consumption. A Tier One Awakener eats three to four times as much as a normal person. A Tier Two Awakener is even more extreme, eating at least five to six times as much."

"So, in terms of food, the ratio is actually ten to five, which is like two farmers supporting one soldier who doesn’t farm."

"The problem is that we don’t have many ways to produce our own resources right now. Fishing isn’t a long-term solution; if we keep overfishing like this, the catches will only get smaller..."

"As for the summer rice being hastily harvested in the northern suburbs, even with every survivor mobilized, we’ve only brought in about fifty thousand tons over the past few days. The monsoon arrives the day after tomorrow. After the torrential rains, the grain in the flooded paddies will certainly either sprout or rot."

"The most we can expect to harvest is around sixty thousand tons. That sounds like a lot, but in reality, based on the consumption rates I mentioned, our food burden is equivalent to feeding about one hundred and fifty thousand people."