The Plan of Annihilation & Tricking the Old Man

Yun Che didn't expect that he would get two more family members in the coastal area, but he kind of liked it. Tan Jianting was a respectable admiral, and he deserved Yun Che to address him as "grandpa". As for Tan Weiye, despite his casual personality, his subordinates and Xing Feng seemed to respect him. Although they had only known each other for a short time, Yun Che already started to like him.

Xing Feng and Yun Che weren't hungry. Yun Che only suggested having supper because he figured the old man could use some food after losing one of his arms. Thanks to the treatment with the light superfunction, his condition was already stable, but he was still weak.

"How's the situation outside? Have the zombies…" asked Tan Jianting. He knew Yun Che was concerned about his health, but he was more concerned about the base at the moment.

While the adults were talking, Chenchen was sitting next to the old man and drinking a bottle of milk in his hands. He had a habit of drinking milk after supper every day.

"When Cheng and his companions left, the zombies started attacking again. Fortunately, after taking some rest, our men have regained some energy, and they can handle the situation for now."

Tan Weiye came back from outside after answering a phone call. His face was grave. As dissipated as he was, he could not keep smiling when the base was still under attack.

"Alas…"

Upon hearing that, Tan Jianting sighed in depression. Having pondered a bit, Yun Che said, "Grandpa, don't worry. I was serious when I said I could help. Would you like to force the zombies to retreat or annihilate them all?"

"Annihilate them all? Are you kidding?"

Tan Weiye widened his eyes in shock. Annihilate them all? That was impossible. There were more than a million zombies outside the base. And they could not use weapons of mass destruction when the zombies were so close. Such being the case, how could they possibly take out all those zombies?

Tan Jianting remained silent and stared at Yun Che, waiting for the latter to prove that he was being serious.

"No, I'm not kidding. Brother Weiye, you just talked to your man outside the base, so you must have heard about the performance of my people in the battle, right?"

Yun Che looked up to meet his gaze and said in an earnest tone. Even though he didn't know that Zhan Yafei and the others had gone outside again, he believed the soldiers had already been shocked by the power of Heiyu, Cheng, and Yehan.

"Well…"

Tan Weiye recalled the conversation he had had on the phone. When his subordinate told him how powerful those people were, he thought the subordinate was exaggerating, but now, judging from Yun's serious look, he believed that his subordinate didn't overstate anything. Therefore, Tan Weiye asked with a serious look, "If we want to annihilate all the zombies, what do we need to do? How long will it take?"

Driving the zombies away would not keep them safe forever, unless they moved to another place, which they wouldn't want to do, as this base was already well-constructed. The only option left was to annihilate all the zombies. They could not afford the process to be dragged too long, as the ocean beasts might attack them again at any time.

"It's simple. Since we're family, I'm going to trust you with one of my secrets. My little brother Cheng zombified when the doomsday started. For some reason, he's been leveling up very fast, and now, he's already at level 7, which makes him a super zombie. Don't worry. He hasn't lost humanity yet, and he won't flip out at the sight of flesh or blood. What I want to say is, the zombies outside are all scared of Cheng. Just like you've seen before, when Cheng stood there, the zombies were so scared that they didn't attack people actively. To annihilate the zombies, you just need Peak Squad to take the lead. As for how long it will take, it depends on how many Level-3 and above combat superfunction possessors you have in the coastal base. Grandpa, Weiye, I don't want anyone else to know that Cheng is a zombie, so please keep it a secret."

Yun Che chose to tell them about Yun Cheng's secret because he trusted their integrity. He didn't worry that he could be wrong about them as he knew Xing Feng could use hypnosis superfunction to erase their memories. And if they did fail his trust, he would take his team and leave immediately, which meant the coastal base would have to face the zombies all on their own.

A level-7 zombie?

Even Tan Jianting was shocked, not to mention Tan Weiye, who had met Yun Cheng before. Yun Cheng looked no different from a normal person, and it was hard to believe that he was a zombie. Did zombies look like normal people when they reached level 7? If that was the case, how were they supposed to guard against them?

"Cheng is a zombie?" Tan Weiye forced himself to stay calm and asked.

Having seen through his mind, Yun Che responded with a smile, "Yes, he is. But we all treat him like a normal person, and so does he."

"Admiral Tan, Weiye, although Yun Cheng is a zombie, he's not like other zombies. He mutated for a reason, and that reason makes him the only zombie that is so close to human beings."

Xing Feng cut in, for fear that Yun Che's words were not convincing enough. As far as he and Yun Che were concerned, Yun Cheng was always their little brother.

"We'll keep this a secret and claim to the public that Cheng has the superfunction to control zombies."

After pondering a bit, Tan Jianting made a decision. Since Yun Che was now his god-grandson, Yun Cheng was his family, too. He had an obligation to protect Yun Cheng.

"There are all kinds of strange superfunctions in the doomsday, so nobody would suspect anything. This is shocking for us, but as you said, we're family. We should protect Cheng together. By the way, your sister didn't come here with you, did she? I'll visit her in the southwest someday."

Tan Weiye declared his stand as well. Both Tans had an earnest look on their faces. While the coastal base was suffering the catastrophe, they received no help from the national army or any other departments. Only Xing Feng and Yun Che had reached out for them. Now, Yun Che had become a family, so they must have his back. Yun Cheng was a zombie, but so what? Sometimes, humans were scarier than zombies.

"Thanks, Grandpa, Brother Weiye."

Yun Che nodded at them with a smile. His parents passed away when he was ten, and the elders in his clan only cared about the property left by his parents. Therefore, Yun Che didn't have much experience of being taken care of by an elder in the past. Now, he had a grandpa and a brother to love him, which felt good. Maybe this relationship would turn out better than he had imagined.

"We're family, remember? By the way, I want to meet Cheng tomorrow."

"Okay. I'll bring him here, Grandpa."

With that, Yun Che turned to Tan Weiye, "Brother Weiye, I need to know how many level-3 and above superfunction possessors you have as soon as possible. Can you finish the counting tonight? We'll start the zombie annihilation plan tomorrow."

He could not afford to stay in the base for too long, as he still had something else to do in the coastal area. Otherwise, Heiyu would be mad again.

"No problem. We have records for that. But are you sure you want to take the lead?"

He knew they were strong, but how long could they hold before running out of superfunction energy?

"Uh-huh. We have to take the lead so that the zombies won't play offense. However, as soon as we start attacking the zombies, they will fight back. Therefore, I need you to gather all the level-3 and above superfunction possessors. We'll launch an all-around attack together and kill as many as we can. As for energy consuming, my little brother basically doesn't get tired. Xing Feng and I will divide the rest of our people into two groups, and the two groups will take turns to rest. In this way, we can make sure everyone has enough rest to restore energy. I suggest you do the same, too. If we cooperate well and you have enough manpower, I believe we can annihilate all the zombies outside within three days."

When he arrived at the coastal base, he already noticed that there were quite a few level-4 superfunction possessors in this place. The coastal base had a large population, which suggested that they had more superfunction possessors than the southwest base. Among the millions of survivors, there were at least eighty thousand level-3 and above combat superfunction possessors. If each of them killed ten zombies a day, three days were long enough for them to take out all the zombies outside, which were around a million.

"Uh-huh. That's what I thought, too. Well, I'd better get moving and ask Xinbai to do the counting for me.".

Tan Weiye was thrilled as he finally saw a glimmer of hope. When he rose to his feet, Yun Che and Xing Feng stood up as well. "We should start heading back. Admiral Tan, Wenyang told me to bring you some supplies. You know how things work in the southwest base. The three armies are running the base together, and the Mo Army only has one vote, so they can't push the base to send troops."

"I understand. I'll call him tomorrow and thank him personally."

Tan Jianting sighed. Disappointed with the state, he had decided to mind his own business and do his best to manage the coastal base. As for everything else, just let it be.

"Grandpa, are you planning to go on the battlefield personally tomorrow?"

Sensing his intention, Yun Che frowned and asked. Tan Weiye made an objection immediately, "No way. Grandpa, if you don't want to stay in the hospital, you can go home, but you can't go to the front line. You need some rest for recovery."

Tan Weiye involuntarily glanced at his empty left sleeve, feeling a twinge in his heart.

"I just want to go to the wall tower and watch you taking out those zombies."

Tan Jianting was stubborn. Even though he could not join the fight, he should at least see how they took out the zombies and solved the crisis.

"No. It's dangerous…"

"Weiye, just let him go."

Yun Che interrupted Tan Weiye before the latter could finish. When Tan Weiye frowned and tried to retort, Yun Che held Chenchen and said, "Grandpa, I don't have anyone to babysit Chenchen for me tomorrow. Why don't you take him to the wall tower and keep an eye on him for me?"

If Admiral Tan took Chenchen with him, he would not leave Chenchen behind and run out to fight zombies. Moreover, maybe…

"Chenchen, would you like to go to the wall tower with great-grandpa and watch me beat the bad guys tomorrow?"

Before the old man could respond, Yun Che said to his nephew.

"Yeah. We'll watch you fight tomorrow!" Chenchen nodded obediently.

Tan Jianting scolded, "Are you kidding? Chenchen is just a kid. He'll be terrified."

Even though Chenchen was an all-attribute superfunction possessor, he would never bring a three-year-old kid to watch a brutal fight.

"If you don't babysit him for me, who else will help me? Do you want me to fight with him on my back?"

Although Yun Che had done this a lot in the past, he made it sound like he was really in a dilemma. At this point, everyone had realized his intention, including the old man.

"Fine. I'll stay at home. Bring Chenchen to me tomorrow. Don't take him to the brutal battlefield. I can't believe you actually have suggested that. Unbelievable!"

The old man knew Yun Che was tricking him into staying at home, but he gave in as he cared about Chenchen too much.

"Thanks, Grandpa."

Yun Che smiled brightly. For fear that the old man might take back his words, Tan Weiye said hastily, "Grandpa, you take a good rest. I'll send someone to take you home later. After traveling a whole day, Yun Che and Xing Feng must be tired. I'm busy, too. Goodbye."

With that, they rushed out of the ward.

"Damn! I just got played!"

After a while, the old man roared in the ward as he realized that he had been deceived. Chenchen could not have avoided the bloody images on the way from the southwest to the coastal base. Besides, Chenchen didn't show any fear when Yun Che suggested taking him to watch the fight tomorrow. Instead, he was cheerful, which indicated that he had long been used to violence. In a word, the old man got played by Yun Che.

"What a cunning brat."

Tan Jianting lay down in the bed. Indeed, he had got deceived, but it suggested that his grandson was smart. Besides, they were doing this to protect him. Therefore, he had no reason to be upset. Nevertheless, he didn't like the way Yun Che raised Chenchen. Exposing a three-year-kid to violence was unforgivable. The old man decided to have a serious conversation with Yun Che tomorrow.

However, there was a great chance that he would end up being deceived again. When it comes to bullshitting people, Yun Che was better than anyone else. Even Heiyu wasn't his match.