Chapter 425 - 215: Invitation to Head North, Cleaning the Battlefield, Resolution (3)

Chapter 425: Chapter 215: Invitation to Head North, Cleaning the Battlefield, Resolution (3)

The remaining thousand-plus Black Spine Zerg corpses, along with a hundred or so Tiger Spine Zerg bodies, were left for Ling Yi to collect and recycle.

The final twenty thousand living zergs were packed and loaded onto the trucks driven by the Support Soldiers, as well as into the Dreadnought Battleship.

The convoy, laden with spoils, was moving at full capacity, so its departure speed was slow—only half of what it was on the way in.

By the time everyone returned triumphantly, it was already after five in the evening.

Amidst the cheers of the soldiers at Jin City Base, the fleet arrived at the plaza outside the train station. A large number of people were then gathered to begin unloading the cargo.

The Black Spine Living Zergs were placed in the plaza, stacked like cargo until they formed a massive, dark-brown mountain.

From a distance, it was a spectacular sight, much like the corpse of the Zerg Race Mother Empress.

But unlike the shock and awe they felt when gazing upon the Zerg Race Mother Empress, as people looked at the mountain of Black Spine Living Zergs, their eyes were filled more with greed and desire.

After all, just a small portion of these things could allow someone to become a Tier One Late Stage Perfection Awakener, second only to a Tier Two Little Superhero.

Taking the entire haul could create an army of more than twenty thousand Awakeners!

An army capable of crushing any top-tier faction in the rear.

Other than the Federal Capital, which was completely surrounded by the Zerg Race, no other place could gather so many Tier One Awakeners.

Its value, like that of Tier Two Zerg Eggs, was immeasurable.

Therefore, before the Black Spine Living Zergs were even fully unloaded, the delegates who had tagged along to observe returned to their respective factions. Those representatives who had been feigning composure, hoping to delay and haggle for a lower price, could no longer maintain their calm...

They all rushed to Han Yuxin, seeking to make a purchase.

After all, the three thousand Black Spine Living Zergs and fifty Tier Two Zerg Eggs released previously, once divided up, weren’t enough to change the overall situation in the rear.

But these twenty thousand Black Spine Living Zergs could truly shatter the balance of power between the factions!

If any single faction took too large a share, it would be enough to threaten the survival of other nearby powers.

In contrast to the bustling commotion at the base’s administrative building, a meeting that could change the future of the world was being held on a street next to the Dreadnought Battleship...

...inside a roadside café.

Lin Feng sat at the head of the table, listening to the suggestions and opinions of Li Ran, Chen Yanyan, and the various Battle Group Leaders.

The topic was whether to head north to reinforce and save the Federal Capital.

The traditionalist military faction, led by Li Ran, naturally supported General Chen’s invitation.

As former low-level commanders in the Federation Army, they had a strong sense of national honor and genuinely saw it as their duty to save the Federation and the world.

Lin Feng supported this sentiment. These people formed the organizational backbone of the Salvation Army. Hundreds of these grassroots commanders had helped Lin Feng rapidly build up his fighting force in the early days, ensuring that orders were implemented and executed.

Besides, the founding principle of the Salvation Army was to save this apocalyptic world teetering on the brink of collapse.

However, in the eyes of several Battle Group Leaders, leaving Jin City Base to travel a thousand kilometers north was not safe.

Especially since they had no established foothold there, they would be completely dependent on the Federation’s high command for logistical support.

And they did not trust those people, who had abandoned them once before.

Lin Feng deeply sympathized with this point. After all, the Federation’s high command was not a monolithic entity.

Internal factional struggles had already spread down to the departments responsible for implementation.

If they were stabbed in the back at a critical moment...

...it would be more sickening than swallowing a fly.

This was a valid concern. Besides, unlike the previous diversionary mission, the task this time was to break through and rescue.

This meant the team heading north would have to face more than one Zerg Race Mother Empress again...

And this time, they would be without the support and cover of the Warrior Brigade and the Super Fleet, causing the danger and difficulty to skyrocket.

Chen Yanyan had initially wanted to command the fleet to head straight north. After all, the Dreadnought Battleship had a range of two thousand kilometers and could easily barge its way into the Capital.

But this proposal was shot down at the very start of the meeting. Jin City Base could not be left vulnerable. Secondly, sending the entire fleet over with such great fanfare...

...would be tantamount to announcing to every Mother Empress on the planet that they were going to the Federal Capital to hunt more High-tier Mother Empresses.

Such a brazen display...

The tree that stands out from the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

Lin Feng wasn’t so arrogant or naive as to think he had become invincible just by reaching Tier Three.

The more powerful one became, the more one realized their own insignificance.

Right now, he could barely manage to kill a Tier Three Early Stage entity of the same tier. With the help of Ling Yi, who had also advanced to Tier Three, he could withstand the attacks of a Tier Three Mid-stage Mother Empress.

But that was the extent of it.

Before all three pieces of his equipment were upgraded to Golden Quality, he was far from capable of taking on three opponents at once.

Therefore, whether for the security of Jin City Base or for his own safety through discretion, the Super Fleet had to stay behind and guard the main base for Lin Feng.

And without the fleet to tie down the Swarm, the heavy task of breaking through the Zerg Race’s encirclement would undoubtedly become even more perilous.

As both sides held firm to their opinions, two factions began to emerge: the conservative supporters, led by Li Ran, and the radical opposition, composed of rising stars like Shen Jie.

As for Liu Yi and the others from the Guard Battle Group, they remained firmly loyal to Lin Feng and did not state an opinion.

An hour later, Li Ran temporarily excused himself to negotiate again with the Federation Military representatives...

And then, things took a turn.

Upon his return, Li Ran looked at everyone present and relayed the new terms offered by the Federation’s high command:

"General Chen will be in charge of logistics. He can guarantee our support team’s supplies."

"Second, the Northwest Federation’s high command has promised..."

"We will be authorized to call in nuclear bomb support."

"Also, the military will cooperate with us by providing gene samples from all their subordinate Awakeners to the Jin City Biological Research Institute as part of the payment for our assistance."

"And regarding the Legion Commander’s mother, Professor He Yiwen, the related research data she left behind will also be made available for your review."

At this, Lin Feng’s eyes narrowed.

Clearly, the high command was hitting all the right notes, making him an offer he couldn’t refuse.

But Li Ran wasn’t finished. He turned to Shen Jie, the leader of the opposition, and continued:

"In the North, soil erosion is severe, and the ground is hard. It’s not like the South, where it’s easy to excavate Underground Hives. Because of this, most of the Zerg Race Mother Empresses there will climb to the surface during a battle, using flying zergs as cover..."

"And that... is a perfect opportunity to kill them!"

After he spoke, the latter’s expression froze, and his pupils contracted sharply.