Apocalypse Meltdown

Chapter 262: Failure And Shutting Up

In half an hour, Cheng Xianguo had explained the battle's course accurately, including specifying each step and the correspondent time interval. The crowd was speechless, especially Zhuang Hong who had put that method in practice when they heard about Chu Han's mastery over the attacks' timing. Everyone knew how to detonate an explosion, but the hardest part was to choose the correct timing, which could deal the heaviest damage on the zombies.

However, in Cheng Xiaoguo's unprofessional presentation, every time he gave the numbers of casualties, everyone was astonished. They were drenched in cold sweat when they saw that after the last blast on the module only 3,000 black pieces were left. They had nothing to say as they couldn't find any logic errors. They all knew the lithium batteries' advantages in a battle such as that and their good results. But they could never have imagined that the crazy tactic's creator was Chu Han. They were not resisting against the zombies passively. Instead, they were digging the zombies' graves and waiting for them to die.

The real question was how did Chu Han predict the zombie tide's appearance?

They had killed 15,000 before even fighting against the zombies and with no casualty from the human's side at that!

They had only depended on lithium batteries and gasoline. Chu Han's guiding and mastery over the art of war had left the crowd astounded.

"What about the remaining zombies?" Zhuang Hong, the most shocked of them all, was eager to know the answer. As he kept listening to the explanation, he no longer doubted the truth of the matter.

"The last step. After the gasoline's explosion, about 3,000 zombies entered the maze," Cheng Xianguo said. At that point, he could not help but admire Chu Han. "The 3,000 zombies were still a considerable threat to us. You should all pay attention to the maze."

"What's the maze's role?" Many people paid attention to it after Cheng Xianguo's reminder.

"How many people died?" Zhuang Hong was still focusing on the wrong point.

"Zombies can neither think nor see, so they rely on their sense of smell. One by one they started approaching these places." Cheng Xianguo glanced at Zhuang Hong, and he smirked. "As you can imagine, the swarm of zombies was obstructed since there was not much room to move in the mazes. Only one or two zombies could get inside the areas on the module. Ten people were just enough to kill a zombie or two. The next one or two zombies would appear only after decapitating the last zombie, so we had some room to breathe."

"Naturally, we couldn't fight against 3,000 zombies with only 700 people, but it was easy to kill two zombies with 10 people. What about killing 30 to 40 pairs of zombies with ten-man-teams at every checkpoint? It was like a walk in the park. Despair is a good motivation. I could have never thought what Boss Chu Han's true purpose was in creating the maze!" A hint of admiration flashed though Cheng Xianguo's eyes when he finished explaining.

"So, how many people died?" Zhuang Hong did not care whether the zombies were killed or not. He found it impossible that there were no casualties in the humans' side.

"Didn't I just tell you?" Cheng Xianguo smiled coldly. "How could there be any casualties when 10 people kill one or two zombies each time? Are you kidding me?"

Zhuang Hong had an ugly expression on his face, and his body couldn't stop trembling.

The surrounding people were surprised. At first, none of them could believe that there were no casualties. However, the moment Cheng Xianguo finished with his presentation, they found it highly possible.

Even if the reason behind a command was unknown, every commander could at least achieve 80% of the strategy. As for the remaining 20%, it was an unknown factor as it had to do with the right timing. Nobody knew how Chu Han could predict the zombie tide's appearance and when to detonate the lithium batteries. 

That was the most accurate grasp and prediction of the battle. Tong City's battle was under Chu Han's complete control. Everything related to the battle was like a well-oiled machine that caused multiple chain reactions without any margin of error.

"Seven hundred people, none of them were killed or wounded," Commander Mu said quietly with a cold tone. "Who can accomplish that?"

Silence prevailed in the room.

"General Zhuang, you should get off your high horse. The world is full of talented people." Luo Ming's character was similar to Luo Xiaoxiao. Then he smiled and said, "Before this, you indeed had the capital to be proud as you held the best record in the base. You killed 10,000 zombies with a brigade of 8,000 people, and with only 2,000 casualties. Indeed, what a great record." 

Luo Ming's tone carried a hint of appreciation, but they all knew that he was clearly mocking the other party. Compared to Chu Han's accomplishment, Zhuang Hong's achievement was nothing to be proud about.

"Don't forget that the 700 people who killed 18,000 zombies had not undergone any training. They were ordinary survivors." Cheng Xianguo added insult to injury. "General Zhuang Hong, let me ask you something. Can you do it?"

Zhuang Hong's facial expression got uglier, and the others around him kept stealing glances at his face. There was no need to compare the two of them. It was obvious that there was a vast gap between Chu Han and Zhuang Hong's abilities. 

"I can't do it," Zhuang Hong squeezed those words out of his mouth with great difficulty. "I will shut up."

Listening to those words, the crowd remembered Cheng Xianguo's arrogant words from earlier, 'If you can't do it, then shut up.'

It was inconceivable. In less than an hour Cheng Xianguo had made Zhuang Hong, a reputable general, admit that he was incapable and to shut up. He was worse than Chu Han.

"You should keep searching for Chu Han," Luo Ming said slowly. "But what you said is also reasonable. We can expend all of the base's manpower to find him. The fight against the zombies is fierce. We shouldn't use our best troops to find him, and we should also withdraw half of the personnel searching for him."

No one raised any objections. Soon, the conference came to an end, and the crowd left. In the conference, only Commander Mu, Luo Ming, and Cheng Xianguo remained.

"Well done." Commander Mu patted Cheng Xianguo's shoulder.

Luo Ming revealed a smile, yet not a smile as it could make one feel a chill passing down their spine. "These people are getting more and more arrogant."

A cold glint flashed through Commander Mu's eyes. "We've lost of our supporters in an alarming rate. We have nobody available, except for the undeveloped Fang."

"Can't you control half of Fang?" Luo Ming glared at him. "Isn't Bai Yun'er there yet?"

"Agh" Commander Mu sighed helplessly, "Nobody can find her."