Plan to Take over as the Base Commander

"What did you say? They announced that they have successfully developed the antidote and nutrient?!"

In the military headquarters office, Wang Wei had not yet recovered from his illness and Wang Guoan was in charge of all the military affair for the time being. Hearing the subordinate report, Wei Kan, Wang Guoan and Wan Guoqiang all widened their eyes. They knew that Mo Wenyang had summoned all superfunction possessors of Chaoyang and Peak for a meeting, but they thought it was about the relocation of the Superfunction Association or reform or something like that. They did not expect it was such a major matter.

In the doomsday, they were always facing the threat of the zombie virus, so they knew better than anyone else what the successful development of antidote and nutrient meant. The Mo Army, Chaoyang and Peak had directly left them out of this, which meant that they would not be rewarded any credit for this and the Mo Army and Chaoyang would enjoy all the reputation arising from it. There was nothing they could do.

"Wei, how come you agreed to give them the institute in the first place?"

A long while later, Wang Guoqiang sighed. They could not stop the Mo Army from being the leader in this competition and once the base also acquired the power, there was no more need for the existence of the official.

"I…"

Turning his head to look at him, Wei Kan was also bewildered. When they still had the institute, no fruit was ever produced. It was to everyone's surprise that they were able to develop something important as these only two or three months after Xing Feng took it over. Wei Kan pinched his nose bridge. The Wei Army's reputation had been significantly damaged due to the invisible superfunction possessor and they still hadn't restored it. Now the Mo Army was a leap ahead and did they still have the power to compete with them?

"What's the use of regretting now? It's better to think about how to equip our army with antidotes and nutrients as well, otherwise it won't be long before we lose all our followers."

After calming down, Wang Guoan looked at the two and said calmly. What else could they do apart from staying calm? The Wang Army had just been greatly wounded, and Wang Wei was still lying in bed, unable to get up. Even if he wanted to compete, he didn't have the strength to, not to mention he was not convinced that they could defeat the Mo Army, who were supported by Xing Feng and Yun Che. Instead of making a fool of themselves, they'd better to recuperate and made thorough plans later.

"Why are Xing Feng and Yun Che always involved?"

Wei Kan felt his head ache even more. Their choice of leaving them out was blatantly telling them that they had nothing to do with the fruit, and then, the military would not have any privileges even if they wanted the antidote and the nutrient. As long as he realized he had to do business with Xing Feng and Yun Che again, he felt pain in every inch of his body.

"Ugh…"

Wan Guoqiang sighed heavily and was already considering whether to join the Mo Army. It was all because the Wei Army and the Wang Army were useless. If the official really became subordinate to the Mo Army, he would not even have a chance to be on an equal footing with Mo Wenyang in the future.

As they were depressed, everyone in the Superfunction Association was joyful. After the meeting was dismissed, Mo Wenyang took Xing Feng and Yun Che to his office on the second floor. They spent little time in the Superfunction Association and it was managed by his trusted men. The office was rather concise, and there was nothing else apart from a table, some chairs and a set of sofas.

"People in the capital will soon learn about this, and then the capital base will surely ask for the research result of the antidote and nutrient. What do you plan to do?"

Recently he had been engaged in the matter concerning Wan'an District, and he did not have time to talk to them in detail. He only came to know about the antidote and nutrient yesterday when he received a phone call from Xing Feng, and he was not clear about the specific follow-up issues.

"They can have it on two conditions. First, the base commander of the Southwest Base must come to negotiate with us in person. Second, we have spent a lot of manpower and material resources on the research, so they can't take it for free, right? A million low-grade crystal nucleus, it's a bargain for them."

Yun Che, who was leaning on Xing Feng, hooked his lips. He remembered that in his previous life, when the capital base developed the antidote and nutrient and share them with various bases, they also asked for a lot of supplies. He didn't care about their supplies, and the only thing he wanted was crystal nucleus. One million low-grade crystal nucleus sounded a lot, but for a big base, it was just a drop in the bucket and not worth mentioning. The first condition was the more important one.

"The base commander? You mean we take advantage of the situation to take control of the base?"

Not expecting Yun Che to be so ambitious, Mo Wenyang widened his eyes in disbelief. According to his plan, it would take them a year or so to have the whole base under control but Yun Che wanted to do it right now. Did he have too little ambition or was Yun Che too ambitious?

"Well, I've made a plan with Che. The Wei Army has not yet recovered from the damage caused by the invisible superfunction possessor, and the Wang Army has just suffered a huge upheaval, so this is our best opportunity to take control of the base."

The Mo Army enjoyed the best reputation among the three armies of the Southwest Base, if they could use some external help, it wouldn't be mission impossible to take over as the base commander. Mo Wenyang stayed silent, assessing the strength of various aspects in his mind. A long while later, he asked, "What if they directly leave with the army?"

The reason why the three armies were competing was because they were not convinced of the other armies. If they were pushed too far, it was very likely that Wei Kan and the others might just leave with their armies. With their capability, they could establish a brand-new base in other cities, and the Southwest Base had already become a large one, so once the other two armies left, it might be difficult for the Mo Army to support the whole base. Then the Southwest Base might collapse even faster, which was something he hated to see.

"No."

However, Yun Che didn't even hesitate, and directly answered. Meeting his puzzled gaze, Yun Che continued, "If it was before today, they may really leave with their armies. Why do you think we only disclose the antidote and the nutrient with you but not Wei? We are guarding it against them, in case they leave with their armies. Before the matter concerning the base commander is settled, we will not provide any antidote or nutrient for the army. Do you think they will leave now? Even if they dare to, the soldiers won't. We all have only one life, and the soldiers are not made of steel. If they don't take consideration of soldiers' life, they can count down their time as generals. Then you can enlist their soldiers. But of course, I don't think Wei and Wang are stupid like that. Even if they will no longer have real authority if they stay, they are still generals. They will know how to choose."

This was also the reason why he had Mo Wenyang publicly announce that the antidotes and nutrients could not be provided for now, though it was also true that they were too understaffed for the mass production of antidotes and nutrients.

"When exactly did you guys start planning this?"

Being left in daze for a while, Mo Wenyang looked back and forth at the two. Why did he feel that he couldn't keep up with them? They couldn't have started planning from this since the time they seized the institute, could they?

"It doesn't matter when we started. The important thing is that this is a rare opportunity, and we have all conditions in our favor. It will be such a pity that we don't take down the base."

Xing Feng smiled. They did have a plan for a long time, but they did not expect the Wang Army would be defeated so quickly, which invariably helped them.

"I'm still hoping that you will give us some green lights when you become the base commander."

Lazily leaning back, Yun Che joked with a smirk. In the next few months, he did have a lot of plans to implement, and when the child was born, it would be time for him to take a trip to the capital to completely settle the long-standing feud with the Zhou Family.

"There's no green light. Do you want red light or not?"

Glancing at him, Mo Wenyang then said in a deep voice, "In that case, then let's do it."

The earlier they could break the power balance of the three armies in Southwest Base, the earlier the base could be stabilized.

"By the way, hurry up about your relocation. It's better to move to Wan'an District this month and vacate Section C for me."

Since the most important thing was solved, Yun Che urged another matter. It was getting cold, and he planned to build several factories in his own territory. It could satisfy their own needs and, in the meantime, create some jobs so that ordinary people could have a chance to work and feed themselves. It would also contribute to Mo Wenyang's goodwill. Even if he managed to become the base commander, he would have to be nice to people in order to last.

"Allow me to remind you that it's already October 20."

How could they all move out in ten days? And he still had to plan on taking over as the base commander. Did they really think he was a god?

"Anyway, just be quick. It will be a tough winter this year."

Since the doomsday, the weather was getting worse. People were freezing to death when it was could and they felt like burning when it was hot. The summer this year was bearable, but they wouldn't be so lucky in the winter. He remembered in his previous life, a lot of ordinary people were frozen to death and many weak superfunction possessors fail to survive.

"Fuck, next time you have something like this in mind, inform me earlier, alright?"

Guessing what he was up to, Mo Wenyang wanted to cry. Yun Che only told him about this now and left him no time to prepare. No, he had to get back to the army and make some arrangement. Thinking about this, Mo Wenyang stood up, "We can talk about the rest in a couple of days. I think that by tomorrow, all bases will call to ask about the antidote. You've got to make some arrangement in capital. It will be best if you can talk to grandpa. It is hard for him to support the whole Xing Family at the age of seventy."

Speaking of the old man, Mo Wenyang could not help but sigh. He knew that Xing Feng had been blaming the old man for stopping them from killing his sister-in-law. But as the head of the family, how could he stand by watching Xing Feng, his favorite grandson, kill his sister-in-law and become a murderer. Mo Wenyang blamed the old man as well in the beginning. After all, Shao Ting was the one got killed. But all these years later, his parents had been persuading him implicitly or explicitly, and he managed to let it go. And he wished that Xing Feng could also forgave the old man, who, after all, did this for them.

"Okay, I'll call him later."

His eyes flashing, Xing Feng stood up with Yun Che, and the three of them left the office together. As they went downstairs and walked out of the Superfunction Association, Mo Wenyang left first with his guards, while Xing Feng held Yun Che's hand and slowly walked back. Earlier Mo Wenyang suddenly mentioned his grandfather, invariably reminding him of the past. He knew the old man did it for him, for the whole Xing Family, but emotionally he couldn't accept it. That incident had killed too many of his friends, and even though he had eliminated the Long Family, his friends would not come back to life again.

"You feeling bad?"

After walking for a while, Yun Che asked casually as he looked ahead, which indirectly drew back Xing Feng's attention. Turning to look at the side of his face, Xing Feng shook his head, "I've long passed the stage of feeling bad. It just makes me a little sad everytime I think about it."

"Haha – it's all in the past now. We have to look forward."

Turning his head to meet his eyes, Yun Che raised a gentle smile. He did not ask what happened, as he believed that when the right time came, Xing Feng would tell him.

"Yeah, it's all in the past."

Pulling him over and wrapping his arms around his back, Xing Feng also smiled. He couldn't bring his dead friend back to life, but he could protect his friends that were still alive, as well as his love and his kid.