Damn, This Is Infuriating!

"Uh…"

"Can you at least ask politely?"

Wan Guoqiang's eyes were wide open with anger. The Base Defense wasn't under Yun Che's command, why did he act like he was boss? And he had made the lives of the soldiers in Base Defense hard enough, why would they do it for Yun Che?

"Aren't you bored? Most people in the base can't even get a full belly and here you are, wasting energy and food on a wedding."

Someone suddenly mocked. Everybody looked in the direction where the voice came from. The guy sat next to Wei Kang, his shoulder boards indicated that he was a lieutenant general. The guy's name was Lin Zhihong, a commissar and lieutenant general of Wei Army, the eldest uncle of Lin Xian, an "old friend" of Yun Che.

"And you are?"

Yun Che had seen the photos of every high-ranking official in the three armies, he, of course, knew that Lin Zhihong was another important figure in Wei Army, but he acted like he didn't know him on purpose. Everybody in the meeting room sensed tension in the air. It was obvious that the battle between Yun Che and Lin Zhihong was on.

"Oh, sorry that I didn't introduce you to each other. Captain Yun, this is Lieutenant General Lin Zhihong, Commissar of Wei Army."

Knowing things weren't right, Wei Kan secretly nudged Lin Zhihong and introduced him to Yun Che with a fake smile. Deep down, he didn't really want to mess with Yun Che, not because he was scared of him, he just thought it was unnecessary. At the end of the day, Yun Che was just a captain of a superfunction squad. Yes, he might be on Mo Army's side, but Wei Kan had figured out after dealing with him several times that as long as they didn't mess with Yun Che, he wouldn't give them trouble on purpose. Granted, Yun Che was with Mo Army and what he and Xing Feng had done had earned reputation and won people for Mo Army, but after thinking about it, they did have done everything for the well-being of the survivors in the Southwest Base. Yun Che never maliciously made anyone his target, Wei Army messed with him and he merely fought back.

Xing Feng and Yun Che sat down next to Mo Wenyang. Yun Che acted as if Wei Kan just reminded him of who the guy was. "Oh, it's you. Nice to meet you, Lieutenant General Lin, but why did you have to be so harsh as a man at this age? What's wrong with us having supplies? We risked our lives collecting the supplies, didn't we? Do you think they just fell from the sky or something? Yes, many don't even get enough food in the base, but so what? Do Chaoyang and Peak own the base? If you say the word and everyone here is willing to turn the authority over to us, we can make sure everybody gets a full belly. Would you do it, though? I don't think so. So, yeah, don't make it sound like we cause the starvation. You impute the problem that you can't resolve to us, do you think it's right?"

Yun Che went full-on. He was aggressive and relentless. Yun Che would never be the first to start a conflict but if someone tried to shit on him, he'd never let that happen. Lin Zhihong wore a somber face, even Wei Kan looked awkward. Others all acted like they wanted no part of this. Yun Che was well-known for his glibness, Wei Army had it coming.

"Ahem, um, Captian Yun, chill out. The lieutenant general didn't mean by that. What he meant was, you don't want to stir up complaints among the folks for being extravagant."

A major general sat to the far right of Lin Zhihong cleared his throat and tried to clear the air. They all knew that Major General Lin disappeared for no reason and his uncle held a grudge but no one could present any evidence that could convict Chaoyang and Peak. Wei Army unanimously thought that the lieutenant general went too far, also, Peak and Chaoyang were going to hold a wedding, which was supposed to be a joyful event. No wonder Captain Yun brutally attacked Lin Zhihong.

"It looks like the complaints among Wei Army have been stirred up before the folks in the base say anything."

Xing Feng glanced askance at Lin Zhihong and commented. If tumult did happen, Wei Army would have to take responsibility.

"Hehe, come on, Captain Xing, we don't mean to start a conflict. Oh, you must have come here for something else other than the invitation delivery."

Wei Kan didn't even want to mess with Yun Che, much less Xing Feng. He secretly held Lin Zhihong back from saying something and tried to change the subject. He, too, was upset about what happened to Lin Xian, but Lin Xian had had feuds with many other people when he was alive. Without evidence in hand, accusing Peak and Chaoyang would only backfire on themselves.

"Oh, I should thank you, Lieutenant General Lin, for being so thoughtful. Well then, I can't be selfish because it would be bad if you were involved. I'd better take back the invitation card."

Right after he finished, the invitation card in front of Lin Zhihong whooshed back to Yun Che's hand. Regardless of all the eyes on him, Yun Che held the card with one hand and snapped his fingers of the other hand. A flame rapidly burned the invitation card into ashes in everybody's presence. Yun Che's action was like a smack in Lin Zhihong's face. No one knew that he'd be so hard-hearted. The meeting room was shrouded in silence until…

"What the fuck? You can cast fire superfunction now?"

Mo Wenyang opened up his eyes in disbelief and nearly fell from the seat. Yun Che, someone with three attributes, now had a new attribute: fire? Jesus, this was very frustrating because the man seemed to be able to have every superfunction attribute that he wanted.

What Mo Wenyang said reminded everyone else. They all opened up their eyes in disbelief as well. "He has too many attributes, doesn't he? And the guy is already level-5, shouldn't single-attribute superfunction possessors level up faster? It seems the rule just doesn't apply to him." They all thought.

"Hey, you're a major general and the Chairman of Superfunction Association, can you watch your language? It's just fire superfunction. Really?"

*Snap*

Yun Che intentionally snapped his fingers to agitate Mo Wenyang more, a spurt of water came out of his finger.

"Holy shit."

"Thud!"

Mo Wenyang wasn't that lucky this time, as he slipped off the chair. Wei Kan and the others didn't act so dramatically, but they were stunned. Yun Che looked back and forth between them, wondering if he should make the show bigger. Xing Feng sat next to him wore a smile, which meant that he knew his boy became naughty again.

"Crazy, you're not a human anymore. Do you have all the attributes?"

Mo Wenyang got up from the floor and yelled his thought out. Five attributes? Five freaking attributes? Could he outshine us more?

"Well, I think I do. How about I show you earth, gold and wood?"

"Piss off! I don't want to speak with you."

It turned out that Yun Che could go even further. Mo Wenyang had lost his mind, his pretty was contorted. "Goddammit, all five elements? He's a real jerk and a mean home-guarding beast."

"Ahem, um, do you have all five major attributes?"

Even though Wang Guoan knew that he would say yes, he still asked. Yun Che was one of the focuses of the military, since he wasn't holding back, they'd better dig as much information as possible.

Yun Che blinked his eyes and shrugged, "Do I? Who knows?"

"Can someone slap his face? This is really infuriating!" Wang Guoan thought.

The desire for smacking Yun Che in the face arose inside everybody, but Yun Che acted as if nothing happened and put on a serious look on the face. "All right, enough with the jokes, let's talk business. So, we're here to share some thoughts of ours with you. I assume you all know that we met a level-5 zombie beast during our bamboo-cutting operation two months ago, right? I was told last night that someone saw level-5 zombies. The level-5 zombie beast might be an exception or a coincidence but things aren't the same when it comes to zombies. We estimate that level-5 zombies will spring up in large numbers soon. And According to the research result that our mini-lab worked out, level-6 zombies will be having intelligence to some degree. If we don't take necessary precautions right now, when most zombies become level-6, things will get really tricky."

Yun Che would never show off for no reason. He demonstrated his "new attributes" because he was trying to gain more credibility by impressing them. The military wouldn't take his opinion seriously unless his power was beyond their imagination.

"Level-5 zombies? Is your source solid?"

When it came to business, Mo Wenyang picked up a serious attitude. If there were indeed level-5 zombies, they'd have to take some measures.

"Dead solid."

Xing Feng gave the answer. Yun Che might joke around but Xing Feng wouldn't. All of a sudden everybody wore a solemn look on the face. Wang Guoan rubbed his chin and asked, "Do level-6 zombies have intelligence?"

Once zombies became smart, they'd be more difficult to deal with. If what Yun Che said was true, then mankind would be in real trouble.

"Yes. According to the research result, level-6 zombies will start to have intelligence, level-7 zombies will have the intelligence of a 10-year-old, level-8, 15-year-old and level-9 zombies are basically as intelligent as adults."

Yun Che looked at him and replied in a serious tone of voice. The lab could be their best pretext without causing suspicion.

"So what are your thoughts then?"

Wei Kan asked in a deep voice. The source of the information didn't matter anymore, one thing was for sure, it definitely wasn't good news.

"Simple. We'd like the three armies and the government to work together to mobilize the entire superfunction possessor community to clear all the zombies between the base and Wanan District and have the base wall extended to the dam of Lingjiang River, leaving a two-land road outside the wall."

Yun Che cut right to the chase.

"What?!"

Everybody had the same response and opened up their eyes in disbelief. They couldn't believe what they just heard. Wanan District was a new district that had just been developed in recent years. Yes, it was less populated than the downtown was, but because of the external investments attracted to the district before the doomsday and the Southwest Base, which located right behind Wanan after the doomsday, there were at least a million zombies. Clearing up the entire area couldn't be an easy task. Also, if the authorities were to mobilize every superfunction possessor, they would have to pay them, the expenses wouldn't be small. The reality was, the supplies were running low and the harvests weren't satisfying, the authorities wouldn't like to splurge on it.

"So you want Lingjiang River as the natural defense from the high-level zombies? But that's not a bullet-proof plan, either. Putting the possibility of the zombies outflanking us aside, we can't blow up the bridge, can we?"

Mo Wenyang was the first to break the long silence. Yun Che's proposition was far beyond his authority to make the decision, much less others.