With Commander Xu's guidance, Qin Shilei quickly found Chen Pengfei in a luxurious office.
Chen Pengfei recognized Qin Shilei instantly, and his expression soured.
He tentatively asked, "Can you give me a way out?"
Qin Shilei glanced at him and replied indifferently, "What do you think?"
Such a rebellious minister was perfect for him to assert his authority in the military, how could Qin Shilei let him go?
Chen Pengfei's face turned frenzied. He took out a remote control and said fiercely, "Since I have no way out, no one else will live."
With that, he was about to press the remote control.
However, in the blink of an eye, Qin Shilei appeared beside Chen Pengfei.
With a flash of red light, Chen Pengfei's right hand holding the remote control clattered to the ground.
Qin Shilei caught the remote control.
Qin Shilei waved his hand again, and a bloody line appeared on Chen Pengfei's neck.
Chen Pengfei pointed at Qin Shilei, but could no longer make any sound.
Then, with a thud, he collapsed to the ground, the gushing blood instantly staining a patch of the white carpet red.
Seeing their legion commander killed before their eyes, everyone in the office descended into chaos.
Qin Shilei let out a loud whistle.
Upon hearing the whistle, Xiao Qiang immediately flew to the office window with Kong Zhendong.
Kong Zhendong jumped in through the window, "I am Kong Zhendong. Shut up, all of you."
With the commander-in-chief, Kong Zhendong, appearing, and after Qin Shilei killed a few more of Chen Pengfei's loyalists, the entire Storm Legion was successfully taken over.
Later, upon investigation, it was discovered that Chen Pengfei had installed a large number of bombs in his office.
If he had pressed the remote control just now, Qin Shilei would have been fine, but the middle and high-ranking leaders of the legion would have surely paid the price with their lives.
Thinking of this, they all cursed inwardly, "I must have been blind to have followed that scoundrel Chen Pengfei."
Qin Shilei ordered the Storm Legion to first clear out the zombies in Nanzhuang City, while he and Kong Zhendong continued towards the Thunder and Downpour legions.
Half an hour later, the Downpour Legion was also subdued.
When they reached the Thunder Legion, they discovered that their commander, Cui Yuanliang, had already fled Nanzhuang City yesterday with hundreds of elite soldiers and a large amount of crystal cores and other supplies.
Since they didn't know the direction of his escape, Qin Shilei couldn't pursue him. After reorganizing the legions, he and Kong Zhendong headed back.
Kong Zhendong asked, "Qin Shilei, what are your plans for these legions?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Shilei knew the other party wanted to give him advice, so he replied, "I plan to temporarily assign An Qian, Zhang Xiaoli, and Kong Qingshu as legion commanders."
"And I will draw a group of people from the Boulder Combat Group to replace the middle and high-ranking leaders within them."
With the silver-level strength of An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli, suppressing dissenting voices within the army would be no problem.
As for Kong Qingshu, with Kong Zhendong's help, it should not be a problem either.
Kong Zhendong nodded, "To stabilize the situation, I didn't kill those regimental and divisional commanders earlier. It is indeed time to replace them. As for An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli, although they are not familiar with military affairs, with the General Staff Department, it will be fine."
He paused and then added, "However, to make it easier for these two women to take over the army, I think it would be best to assign a soldier to be their deputy, such as Lu Tiangang or Zou Xinyue, who would be quite good."
His original intention was to make Lu Tiangang a legion commander, but since Qin Shilei already had plans, he couldn't say anything further.
Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and nodded, "It is indeed Uncle who considers things more thoroughly. Let's proceed with this arrangement."
Over the next two days, the scattered zombies in Nanzhuang City were finally cleared.
An Qian and the others had also gained initial control over the army's operations.
Qin Shilei once again came to the underground chamber of Jingcui Garden and expanded the city protection monument to its maximum.
As the tall city walls slowly rose, survivors who had been unable to move into the City of Hope due to its small size could finally do so.
The former municipal government building now served as the administrative office of the City of Hope.
In the conference room.
Zhang Cheng reported, "Reporting to the City Lord, the City of Hope now has a total population of 381,700 people. Among them, over 40,000 elderly, weak, women, and children are in a state of prolonged starvation and are at risk of dying from hunger at any time."
"The Boulder Combat Group has a combat strength of 3,000, with 98 individuals at the Black Iron level."
"The four major legions have 127,654 people, with 35 individuals at the Black Iron level."
"There are three civilian teams with over 3,000 combatants, namely the Flying Star Society, the Misty Pavilion, and the Dragon Tiger Association. There are five teams with 1,000 to 3,000 people, and twenty-six teams with 500 to 1,000 people. The civilian combat strength is approximately 120,000, with 67 experts at the Black Iron level."
Qin Shilei nodded and instructed, "I will provide a batch of food and arrange for people to provide relief to the elderly, weak, women, and children."
"Speed up the recovery of some material production, and arrange for those with little combat strength to engage in production on a paid basis."
"Establish a martial artist guild to uniformly manage the various mercenary groups in the city."
"Dispatch teams to search and investigate the surrounding counties of Nanzhuang City."
He was now the City Lord of the City of Hope, and he felt obligated to help the elderly, weak, women, and children within it.
Previously, leading the Boulder Combat Group of a few thousand people felt relatively easy for Qin Shilei.
Now that he had suddenly become the lord of a city with hundreds of thousands of people, he was overwhelmed by the multitude of tasks and didn't know how to proceed.
Fortunately, he had Kong Zhendong's assistance and the strategic planning of the military's staff, so there had been no major incidents so far.
Kong Zhendong said, "City Lord, although our food reserves are abundant, we cannot sustain ourselves indefinitely. We must arrange for people to resume production."
"As for resuming production, we first need to solve the power supply problem, and the raw material problem must also be considered."
Qin Shilei had also considered these two issues.
Regarding food production, they could try to find fertile land outside the city for grain cultivation.
He could also destroy part of the bamboo forest in his small space for farming.
As for the electricity problem, he had consulted relevant experts and knew that there was a hydroelectric power station about eighty kilometers away from Nanzhuang City.
As long as they sent people to recapture it and arranged for them to restore power generation, it should be able to supply the City of Hope.
However, the power station was located in the suburbs, and there was a risk of mutant beast attacks, requiring a permanent detachment of elite forces to be stationed there.
The problem of raw materials was not significant at the moment, as most factories would have stored materials, which could temporarily support operations.
Qin Shilei instructed, "Zhang Qiang, lead a team with agricultural experts out of the city to survey suitable land for grain cultivation, and then arrange for people to plant it."
"He Kaige, lead your men to this oil company a hundred kilometers away and see if there is any oil inside."
"Find an expert to accompany me to this hydroelectric power station and see if it can be restored to generate electricity."
Soon, a fifty-something expert was found, and riding Xiao Qiang, they flew towards the hydroelectric power station.