Zombie Apocalypse: Creation-Chapter 504: Letters, Orders, and Sucession

"The two of them writing a single response?"

As Xiaoyun opened the letter, he was immediately greeted by Yiming's signature at the very front.

"Commander, do you want me to leave the room?"

"No need."

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To the Commander-in-Chief, Chen Xiaoyun.

As of this writing, it is May 11th. I have been in Dongguan and Shenzhen for over two months now.

The injury rate had rapidly increased over the past two months. The zombie report stated how zombies tricked the soldiers.

I partially agree with that report, but please do not read it as a call for help. Rather, view it as a positive thing.

I know this might be hard to understand, but please bear with me. As of writing, we have made massive progress in clearing the city.

The so-called 'intelligent increase" had only opened even more opportunities for our soldiers to counter-exploit them.

We had made much more progress than before. More progress in two weeks than in the entire month.

My army is confident in clearing Dongguan and Shenzhen by the end of this year, rather than the original one-year timeframe.

Personally, I witnessed various drone operations we conducted with the stockpile we found in Shenzhen, which allowed us to lower casualties.

With more time and newer technology, the soldiers will only get better at dealing with zombies.

So please, remain calm, Commander. Our country needs a steady figure that can hold everyone together.

Signed, General of 2nd Army Corps, Yiming.

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"Looks like I don't even need to do much at all."

As Xiaoyun put Yezi's letter back into the envelope, his mind was finally at ease.

"What did General Yiming say?" Houqin curiously asked, her hand stopping again as she looked over to him.

"Everything is only getting better than before. Here, you can read it."

After handing Yiming's letter over to Houqin, Xiaoyun began reading Yezi's letter next.

As he expected, the letter was much rougher, almost as if someone submitted a draft letter.

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To Commander-in-Chief Chen Xiaoyun.

As of writing this, it is May 12th.

It has been almost two weeks since I returned to the front line. I would like to say that progress is going great.

The original threat in the east has dissipated as the zombie horde seems to have disbanded on its own.

I had sent several scouts to investigate, but I would guess that the zombie hordes disband on their own after time passes.

Other than that, the army had been making rapid progress. Much faster than I had ever expected.

By the end of this month, the army will be marching to the city center of Zhaoqing.

Jiangmen's situation was a little rougher. During the outbreak, it was hit by a flood. Han Bang stated that Jiangmen would be clear by the end of the year, assuming we would reinforce them afterward.

Assuming you have read Yiming's letter already, I don't really have much to add besides a little request from some of the troops.

Can our Army Corps get the first tanks from Anna's factory?

Signed, General of 1st Army Corps, Yezi.

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As Xiaoyun put Yezi's letter down, his mind was further reassured than before.

Both of his commanders had shown confidence in the soldiers, so there was no need for him to attempt intervening.

The only thing he needed to do was show them his support by maintaining the supply chain.

"You can read this letter as well... Is there anything else you have for me while I was gone?"

Houqin put the two letters down as she went into her drawer before pulling out a proposal paper.

"This is the week's military budget. I was about to send this over to Miss Yuqi for approval."

"Is there something different about this budget than usual?"

As Xiaoyun started reading the paper, he immediately noticed the spike in allocated spending between last week and this week.

"Based on General Yiming and General Yezi's request, both of them had ordered fifty tanks from Miss Kate."

"One hundred tanks... Are they out of their mind?"

Reading the price tag on each tank made him read it over and over again, but his mind was still unable to believe the number.

"This has to be a joke. Do they not realize how expensive this would be?" Xiaoyun murmured.

"I think they do... But having an armored unit really helps lower casualties and——"

"Sneaky old bastards. No wonder they are telling me just to stay calm. They are just trying to squeeze money out of me."

Seeing Xiaoyun's face boiling red in anger, Houqin didn't attempt to pursue any further.

"How much of the current military will this eat into?" Xiaoyun questioned, his face slowly calming back down.

"Currently, we have projected one year of military funding, assuming we receive no funding other than the income from the salvage group taxes.

With this request, we would have three months left to pay out for our soldiers and civilian contractors before we run out."

Sitting in silence, Xiaoyun stared at the request before him as he thought back to the tank that Anna had showcased.

It was only a rough prototype that had questionable reliability, yet two of his generals are fighting for it to be produced.

"I just have to raise the money for this, right?" Xiaoyun questioned.

"No, sir. We also need the gas for it... I don't think we really have the gas reserve to run at their projected pace."

Xiaoyun sighed, thinking back to Yuqi's plan for the oil operation. It would still take a lot of time before it could be fully functional.

He was under pressure to meet all these material demands, including the steel needed to build the tanks.

Even with all the cargo resources on a port that his generals had both reported before, it was going to take a long time to transport them.

"I'll deal with this order myself. Don't allocate the military budget to it yet."

"Yes, sir."

With the proposal back in the file, Xiaoyun suddenly got a little curious about what Houqin was typing.

"What are you doing on your computer?"

"Making an email to the Telecommunication department to establish a connection to the front line."

"Telecommunication department?"

"Miss Yuqi made it into an independent department two days ago."

"Huh. I see... Is there anything else I need to know?"

"No, sir."

"Then I'm going to head over to Yuqi to deal with this order."

Just as Xiaoyun got up from his seat and reached for the door, he was interrupted by a sudden voice from the back.

"Wait, Commander. Can I ask a question?"

"What is it?"

"This question might be a little rude, but many of the office workers had been wondering about this."

"Just ask the question, I won't be mad or anything."

"Um... Who will be the successor after you? Like, after the apocalypse is all over and everyone is now old."

The question caught Xiaoyun completely off guard as he stood still for a second before snapping back to reality.

"What kind of question is that? Are the logistics office workers this noisy?" Xiaoyun questioned with a hint of irritation.

"Sorry, Commander. They just don't have enough work. I'll tell them to shut off the rumors later——"

"No need... Tell them that I haven't thought of that yet."

Houqin quickly nodded in acknowledgment, not asking any further as she gathered everything off the table.

"See you tomorrow."

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As Xiaoyun exited Houqin's office, his head had already moved on from the succession question.

It was pointless to consider it when he was still so young, on top of the power he had gotten from the black crystal stone.

Even if he dies from a wild accident, the town's power structure forces everyone to maintain the status quo to survive.

Both of his military generals knew how difficult it was to manage a town, let alone three settlements spanning different directions.

He couldn't imagine a world in which the military would overthrow Yuqi's civilian government. In addition, she has both border patrol forces and a police force that controls the soldiers' families.

The final nail in the coffin would be Yueyue's web of agents spanning across the various branches, preventing anything crazy from happening.

The only possible concern was infighting within the family, but with Leyan being such a motherly figure, it's just borderline impossible.

"Money, money money... Where can I find that money?"

Xiaoyun murmured as his mind was still occupied with how to raise the funds for the tanks.

After walking back out onto the street, he quickly noticed it was almost lunchtime, as a loud bell rang across the town.

"Oh snap, I need to meet with Yueyue... But where did she tell me to meet her?"

The new question made Xiaoyun wander on the street for a few minutes, until he arrived at the administrative building.

Watching people coming out of the building and heading across the street, his mind immediately got an idea.