Chapter 138: Am I Too Weak?
Li Wangchuan walked forward on his own, and the directors around him reluctantly made way under pressure.
They also had no reason to stop Li Wangchuan from going to the battlefield.
Just as he said, it was not yet time to draw a final conclusion.
Who knew if he had any backup plans?
Watching the backs of Li Wangchuan and his nephew, Director Zhang and the many directors he represented had uncertain complexions.
Especially Director Zhang, others were only worried about the failure of the New City Plan.
But he was worried about much more.
Worried about both failure and success.
The best scenario would be for the New City Plan to barely succeed, but due to excessive losses, Li Wangchuan would be stripped of execution rights by the Board of Directors—this was the ideal situation for him.
“We should go directly to Director Wang…”
Someone in the crowd suddenly said this, and Director Zhang’s eyes lit up instantly.
The reason the Steel Council had become Li Wangchuan’s one-man show was because he had gained Director Wang’s support; if they could persuade Director Wang, they could check him as well.
Realizing this, Director Zhang hurriedly ran out.
A crowd of directors behind him followed one after another.
Only two people remained in the room.
One was Li Father, and the other was a director leaning toward the Li Family, dressed in a crisp suit, but his whitening temples clearly showed he was not from the same era as Li Wangchuan.
The old man said faintly with a sigh, “Wangchuan was too reckless this time.”
Li Father smiled awkwardly. Although he did not fully agree with Li Wangchuan inwardly, when the other made a decision, it represented the entire Li Family—no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could not oppose it.
“After all, the results are not out yet…”
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, even if that basket is sturdy and looks good.”
The old man said pointedly.
Leaving Li Father standing there alone in thought.
……
On the helicopter, without those directors, Li Tao asked somewhat worriedly, “Uncle, aren’t you afraid they will go to Director Wang?”
Li Wangchuan sat steadily in the middle, looking at the scenery outside the helicopter, legs crossed, and said calmly, “This is the era of heroes, the era of carrying personal will to the end. Don’t mind the thoughts of those mediocre people. In another three to five years, just watch—he will be nothing but a handful of dust.”
His words were bold and made Li Tao’s heart surge.
If anyone else said such things, Li Tao would think they were crazy, but this was his uncle whom he had admired since childhood.
That was the truth!
Calming his mind, Li Tao felt his brain clear up a lot. “By the way, He Jie betrayed us. Should we bring his family over?”
“Have someone surveil them. No time to wait for them. Let’s depart.”
“Okay, depart.”
Li Tao said to the helicopter driver.
The helicopter took off, and on the ground, armed security personnel quickly boarded vehicles, following the helicopter toward New City.
On the other side, a group of directors arrived at Director Wang’s office but found it empty.
The entire office only had two assistant secretaries handling matters.
Director Zhang asked unwillingly, “Do you know where Director Wang went?”
The assistant secretary smiled and replied, “Director Wang’s entire itinerary is confidential, but Director Wang left a message.”
“What is it?”
The anxious crowd hurriedly asked.
“Rather than sitting in the office, it’s better to see with your own eyes what changes have happened in the world.”
Everyone was stunned.
At that moment, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the top floor.
Director Zhang quickly went to the window and saw Director Wang’s exclusive helicopter already taking off, flying outward.
“That direction… it seems to be New City!”
Ten minutes later, convoys of directors’ vehicles departed from headquarters one after another, heading straight for New City.
……
The Board of Directors’ movements represented the entire Steel Council’s attitude.
When these dozen people headed to New City, the accompanying Evolver bodyguards and armed forces were also gathering toward New City.
The entire force entered a full war state, with all production activities centered around the theme of “war victory.” At this moment, the Steel Council was like a pot of boiling water, with various professionals performing their duties, and war supplies continuously sent to the front line.
The scheduling ability of a major force was demonstrated to the fullest.
And Lin Jin, in “New City,” was among the first batch to be mobilized.
For some reason, early this morning the intensity suddenly increased. The company gathered a large number of cannon fodder soldiers to cooperate with elite soldiers in fiercely attacking several key points, not stingy with ammunition consumption.
After fighting half a day, his ears were somewhat numb from the shock.
The cannon fodder soldiers with him died batch after batch. If he hadn’t luckily become an Evolver that day, he would now be cannon fodder pushed to the front line.
Now he had become a formal company employee, forming a squad with other regular army soldiers.
These soldiers had also arrived one after another today, replacing the original cannon fodder soldiers’ roles, but their professional quality and firearm equipment were far superior to cannon fodder soldiers.
Moreover, their temperament made Lin Jin feel very familiar, just like the regular army before the apocalypse.
Because there wasn’t much heavy firepower, their main task was to cooperate with elite Evolver soldiers in providing fire suppression on the zombie horde.
Then at noon, a new order came suddenly, telling them to withdraw from the combat zone and reorganize the defense line, even handing back areas that had been taken at great cost.
Lin Jin couldn’t figure out what the company’s upper echelons were doing.
He heard the new captain say that some big shot was coming.
Lin Jin didn’t understand why a big shot would come to the front line, but it had nothing to do with him.
Even after withdrawing, those zombies wouldn’t disappear; they still howled and attacked the defense line, emerging from all directions to deliver fatal strikes to the exhausted soldiers.
Lin Jin and their task was to bypass several unconquered key areas and hunt high-tier zombies.
He guessed they also served to attract the zombies’ attention.
The rain was getting heavier, and Lin Jin tightened his new raincoat.
This was the welfare for becoming a formal employee.
When receiving the raincoat, he discovered the company’s temporary warehouse had many raincoats, at least thousands, just piled up intact in the warehouse.
No wonder it was so hard for them cannon fodder soldiers to find a single raincoat in the vast county town.
While lost in random thoughts, Lin Jin controlled flames to dry the moisture inside the raincoat.
At first, he would scorch his clothes, but after using it a few times, he could control these flames freely.
He could even make them burn “invisibly and colorless.”
lv1 “Flame Control”, lv1 “High-Temperature Barrier”, lv1 “Kindling”.
He had a total of three skills. He didn’t know if this was normal and didn’t dare tell the captain, afraid his abilities were too weak and he’d be kicked out of the team.
But he felt these skills were quite useful.
They had helped him avoid many crises and survive until now in this chaotic battle in the county town.
“Come over!”
The captain walking ahead found a place to shelter from the rain, observed around for a moment, and said in a low voice.
The four people, including Lin Jin, immediately gathered forward.
