Shen Feng heard the sentries’ words, his face changed drastically. He used "Ru Feng Sui Xing" to accelerate himself and quickly ascended to the top of the tall tower to look. Could it be that the zombies were attacking at this time? Yang Ye had not yet arrived by boat, which meant the people here had no retreat.
When Shen Feng reached the high platform, he peered into the distance. He discovered that the zombies were not attacking the dock but were retreating into the distance. In this situation, it must be that a battle had occurred or a huge sound had been created in the distance, which attracted these zombies.
However, Shen Feng listened carefully but could not hear any sound from the distance, which made him somewhat confused. If the zombies did not hear any sound, why were they gathering in the distance?
All along, the zombies’ actions were to choose their targets after hearing sounds. But now Shen Feng heard nothing, and the zombies were even less likely to have heard anything. Why had these zombies left? This was something Shen Feng could not figure out. It was as if the zombies had received a collective command.
After thinking about it, Shen Feng could not figure it out. In the end, Shen Feng had to abandon his speculation and decided to wait until Yu Ren Shu woke up before making a decision. At the critical moment, he still needed to lead the remaining team members back to the base.
“President, all these zombies have retreated. Should we take the opportunity to rescue the people around? And collect food!” the sentry beside him quickly asked.
Shen Feng frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, “Let’s wait and see. After the Doctor wakes up and we understand the specific situation, we can decide. I think the actions of these zombies are definitely related to Ren Jing.”
Everyone ate breakfast at the dock, and then Yang Ye returned to the dock by boat. Seeing Yang Ye’s arrival, Shen Feng quickly pulled Yang Ye aside and patiently said, “Listen, after we go back today, tell the Vice President to continue recruiting personnel, especially to supplement the combat team. There was a slight accident here, and the number of people has been halved.”
“President, has something gone wrong?” Yang Ye quickly asked.
Shen Feng explained Ren Jing’s betrayal and Yu Ren Shu’s escape, finally summarizing with this sentence: “In the future, unless there are special circumstances, I will not arbitrarily divide our forces to fight. The difficulty of control is too great.”
Yang Ye frowned upon hearing this account. In his plan, after taking the granary, the final decisive battle would be through the dam. He did not expect betrayal at a critical moment. Four hundred people were a small matter, but the subsequent plan being affected was not good.
After much thought, Yang Ye said, “President, the Vice President already started recruiting personnel last night, but it is certainly not realistic to supplement combat power in a short period. At a necessary moment, we can only choose to conscript by force!”
Shen Feng lowered his voice and asked, “Conscripting soldiers, right?”
Yang Ye nodded and said, “That’s right. There will definitely be very few volunteers, as it requires facing the threat of zombies directly. So, let’s be more drastic and forcibly conscript personnel. After we take Luzhou, we can let them leave the army, can’t we?”
Shen Feng pondered for a moment. Conscripting soldiers was indeed the fastest way to supplement troops. However, doing so was too excessive, and loyalty could not be guaranteed. In the end, he rejected Yang Ye’s suggestion and said seriously, “They cannot be conscripted into the combat team. If it is for building fortifications or transporting supplies, they will do it if they feel safe. If there are too many such people in the combat team, the final outcome will be a reduction in overall combat effectiveness.”
“But President, the speed of recruiting combat personnel will slow down, and our plan will have to be postponed,” Yang Ye said anxiously.
Shen Feng firmly held his view and said, “Combat personnel can be trained slowly, and the issue of loyalty needs to be strengthened. We cannot have sand mixed into the combat team anymore. As for the training of subsequent combat team members, I plan to recruit locally, supplemented by personnel from the base! Now that most of the zombies have been attracted away, there are only scattered zombies in the nearby streets, which is perfect for training soldiers.”
“Alright, President, I will quickly inform the Vice President about recruiting personnel. You also need to be careful!” Yang Ye sighed and said.
At this moment, Chu Chaoyan walked out of the container and shouted at Shen Feng, “President, the Doctor is awake. She has evolved and said she has something important to tell you.”
Upon hearing this, Shen Feng hurried to the container. Yang Chang and Yang Ye also quickly followed, as they also wanted to know more about the situation.
After entering the container, Shen Feng immediately saw Yu Ren Shu wrapped in a quilt and couldn’t help but say, “Don’t cover yourself. I’ve already seen it!”
“Go to hell, you pervert!” Yu Ren Shu’s face showed shame and indignation. She did not expect her pure and chaste body to be seen by this scoundrel. It was truly hateful. However, she then saw Yang Chang and Yang Ye behind Shen Feng and began to recount what happened yesterday.
Yu Ren Shu’s voluntary trip to Luzhou Academy was actually just to find a few suitable helpers and hunt a few mutated zombies to make evolution potions. She wanted to make evolution potions herself and undergo a second evolution. Unfortunately, there were no mutated zombies in the academy, so Yu Ren Shu did not find any targets to hunt.
Afterward, Yu Ren Shu discovered that there was already a basic organization in the academy, and the leader of the organization was named Zhu Yan. Coincidentally, Zhu Yan flattered Ren Jing in every way. Ren Jing, such a pure and innocent young man, had no schemes and was easily tricked by Zhu Yan into revealing everything he knew, including information about evolved individuals and mutated zombies.
After dealing with the zombies, Yu Ren Shu and her companions prepared to return to the dock. As long as they drove away, they could definitely shake off these zombies. But at this moment, Zhu Yan whispered something in Ren Jing’s ear, and Ren Jing made a decision. He directly said, “Everyone will stay at school tonight and go back tomorrow. I am the leader of the combat team, and everyone must listen to me!”
Hearing this, Chu Chaoyan also nodded in confirmation: “That’s right, Ren Jing did say that.”
Yang Chang couldn’t help but curse upon hearing this, “This scoundrel, he really thinks he’s someone important! Not following orders, there must be something wrong.”
Yu Ren Shu continued, “After dinner, this person named Zhu Yan invited everyone to a banquet. I didn’t attend, and Chu Chaoyan didn’t go either, but all the other evolved individuals went. I felt something was wrong, so I quietly followed to watch. I didn’t expect that the banquet these people were having was not proper. Each evolved individual was holding a beautiful girl in their arms, and their hands were not honest. Ren Jing was holding Zhu Yan, who was wearing a very short skirt, black stockings underneath, and black stockings on her feet…”
“Stop, stop, stop. The attire doesn’t need to be described. Tell me the main point,” Shen Feng interrupted the Doctor’s description. He was only concerned about Ren Jing’s subsequent choices, not a woman’s attire.
Yang Chang gently shook his head with a hint of regret. In fact, he was quite interested in hearing the subsequent description.
Yu Ren Shu continued, “Afterward, I overheard Zhu Yan and Ren Jing’s plan. They actually intended to attack the granary. Ren Jing knew you would chase him, so he wanted to deal with the zombies near the granary as quickly as possible, grab a few trucks of grain, and escape. Because he believed that with grain, he could do whatever he wanted wherever he went. And the people below, under the guise of the Self-Aid Association, deceived them into fighting and killing zombies!”
“The granary!” Shen Feng’s expression became anxious upon hearing this. If the granary was robbed, even if he recaptured Luzhou later, he might not have enough food to sustain himself! This was not good!
Seeing Shen Feng so agitated, Yang Ye quickly said, “President, don’t worry. The granary is not so easy to conquer. At most, they will prepare to grab and leave. They won’t be able to take all this grain away. It won’t have much impact.”
“I forgot to tell you something important: zombies also eat grain!” Shen Feng said in a deep voice.
“This…” Yang Ye was stunned. He realized a huge problem: once the granary was opened, even if it was robbed, it was still in human hands. But if the grain was eaten by zombies, wouldn’t that be very troublesome?
“President, don’t worry. Didn’t the zombies make a big move before? I think these zombies were attracted to the vicinity of the granary. Ren Jing may not succeed,” Yang Chang quickly said. They couldn’t rush at this time. Although Ren Jing’s target was the granary, they might not be able to successfully capture it.
Shen Feng nodded, signaling Yu Ren Shu to continue.
“According to Zhu Yan’s plan, these people were to rob the granary and then escape to a place where the Self-Aid Association could not find them, and then establish their own base,” Yu Ren Shu said. After that, she looked at Chu Chaoyan beside her. “Then she exposed my location. Those people discovered I was eavesdropping and immediately prepared to silence me. More than a dozen evolved individuals came to hunt us. In the end, we escaped by relying on the lake water in the academy. Fortunately, I did not reveal my abilities before.”
Chu Chaoyan said with some embarrassment, “I just saw the Doctor eavesdropping outside the door and intended to scare her a little. I didn’t expect to alert the people inside.”
Shen Feng listened to Yu Ren Shu’s experience, frowned, and thought for a moment before saying, “I’ll go and scout the situation first. Yang Chang, from now on, you are the leader of the combat team. When I leave, you will lead the people to rescue the surrounding residents. If there is danger, I will come back to inform you.”
“President, please leave with peace of mind. I will definitely complete the mission,” Yang Chang quickly assured him.
Yang Chang did not expect that becoming the leader of the combat team would be so hasty. He was not particularly outstanding, but now with Ren Jing’s betrayal, the position of combat team leader was vacant, so he naturally became the leader, which was like a dream.
Shen Feng then left the container. The most crucial issue now was the granary. If the granary was indeed captured by Ren Jing and others, his plan would be severely affected. Although he did not know why the zombies were gathering, it was definitely not a good thing.
Yu Ren Shu watched Shen Feng’s retreating back and shouted loudly, “You must avenge me! These traitors must be dealt with severely, otherwise, there will be others who betray in the future.”
Shen Feng did not reply. He used "Ru Feng Sui Xing" and quickly left the dock, directly climbing onto the rooftop and heading towards the granary. Along the way, Shen Feng only saw scattered zombies appearing. The zombies on the streets and roads earlier seemed to have all disappeared. Shen Feng recalled the scene he saw this morning. It seemed all the zombies were attracted away. In that case, could it be that all the zombies were gathered near the granary?
Shen Feng kept guessing in his heart. To verify his idea, he could only know when he reached the granary.
When Shen Feng arrived near the granary, he was shocked. He saw that the zombies were organized in surrounding a single building, and there were still people inside resisting. These resisting people had red cloth strips tied to their arms, indicating that these people were members of the Self-Aid Association.
Shen Feng squatted on the rooftop in the distance and carefully observed the direction of the granary. The granary had not been breached. It seemed these people did not even have a chance to get close to the granary. The streets and roads around the granary were all densely packed with zombies. These zombies numbered at least tens of thousands, and there were mutated zombies among them. The building inside only had a few hundred people left.
Shen Feng looked at the surrounding streets and found that all the streets were filled with zombies. What did ten thousand zombies mean? It meant that as far as the eye could see, there were no edges, especially in the current situation, where several surrounding streets were densely packed with zombies.
However, Shen Feng now discovered a serious problem. So many zombies gathered together was very unusual. Although there was no significant noise from the surrounded building, the zombies in the distance were still approaching continuously. This was unusual. Without any sound or smell to attract these zombies, why were they still coming?
“Could it be that someone is controlling them from behind the scenes?” Shen Feng suddenly had such an idea.
As soon as this idea appeared, Shen Feng felt it was absurd. Zombies, creatures without intelligence, how could they be controlled? Moreover, even if they were to be controlled, by what means? It was clearly impossible.
In a month, Shen Feng had never heard of anything that could control zombies, whether it was animals or humans, it was impossible to control zombies. But now, the scene appearing before Shen Feng was too strange. Tens of thousands of zombies were surrounding a building and attacking in an orderly manner, not the scattered formations from before! Shen Feng could not understand what had happened. Had the zombies learned to coordinate their attacks overnight?