The whole room was silent, so Xiaoyun decided to speak up again.

"I''ll introduce our town situation for now."

Xiaoyun aimed the projector at the wall behind him and turned it on.

With a bright light, the wall displayed a map of the town.

"We are currently here, slightly southeast of the city proper Guangzhou and right between the two cities of Foshan and Dongguan." Xiaoyun pointed at the map with a ruler.

"We had set up an ally state in Qingyuan further up north, and most factions near our base have either absorbed into our town or left the city completely."

With that out of the way, Xiaoyun turned his attention to Renqin.

"Renqin, you want to go next?"

Renqin thought for a second and accepted the offer.

As Xiaoyun sat in his seat, Renqin showed a more zoomed-out map that showed the entire country.

"The info I had gathered from outside traders is that the Northeastern part of the country had been completely reunified. They had restarted their attempt to capture Beijing again.

The city has been historically significant geographically and symbolically, so it makes sense for them to try to capture it to proclaim legitimacy over the entire country."

Everyone at the table nodded in agreement.

"Of course, that''s unimportant to us since we are nowhere near them. Our real threat is the military at the Southern Theater becoming our enemy."

The atmosphere started to get tense as soon as Renqin mentioned the military.

"Fortunately, the military should still be friendly towards us, and several of my agents have reported that the soldiers that had returned to the outposts are much smaller in numbers and less equipped than usual...

This could mean the military runs out of equipment to fight the zombies or something else is out there that is making them unable to use everything.

But this gives us critical info that the other theaters are either busy helping in the North or tied up in their problems since the Southern theater appeared not to have received any help.

Although the military appears weak, it has air superiority and advanced equipment over the entire region. I believe our current policy of avoiding conflict with the army at all costs is still a good idea... Perhaps we should even send a diplomat to talk to them."

Both Yuqi and Shuli nodded in agreement with the idea.

"Now, lastly, outside factions.

Besides the White Lotus that Mr.Xiaoyun had wiped from the map, there are still hundreds of minor factions throughout Guangdong provinces and several large factions that are almost rival to our sizes.

However, none are beyond their provinces due to logistics, so they are irrelevant to us for now... Which leaves us with only one enemy. The zombies.

I believe we should turn all our focus on dealing with the zombies. If we were able to capture it, we will become one of the strongest factions in the entire region——"

Suddenly, Yezi interrupted Renqin from finishing.

"Easier said than done. Everyone who had fought here knows how hard it is to recapture the cities. It''s not some marching, you know."

"Anna? I thought the three Russians were on it." Xiaoyun interrupted Yezi.

"They couldn''t do any chemistry, and they were too stubborn to ask for help, so I went over to Anna and asked her to find a way to shoot it," Yezi answered.

"I see..." Xiaoyun noted something in his notebook.

"Anyway, next, we have vehicles. We currently have three buses for civilian use, with twenty buses on standby to transport civilians and soldiers if needed. We have five semi-trucks and can always get more at the dockyard, so transporting goods is no problem.

Finally, we currently have fifty reinforced cars for military vehicles, with fifteen APCs usable and five IFVs. Unfortunately, one of the type 05 had broken down, so we only have one working one inside the armory.

Oh, right, I almost forgot. For ammos, we have enough to fire nonstop for a week. I was about to ask for armory expansion earlier." Yezi sat back down.

"I''ll write that down," Xiaoyun reassured him.

The following few presentations weren''t too important as they talked about the overall health of the town regarding its agriculture, health, crime, and education, which are mostly fine.

Finally, it was Yueyue''s turn.

"Um, hello, everyone." Yueyue nervously got up from her seat and waved.

"I''m the head of the Department of Internal Security——"

"Mr.Mayor, shouldn''t she be responsible for what happened at the trading zone? Are you going to shield her from having to deal with any responsibility?" The head of health suddenly interrupted Yueyue from continuing any further.

"She only had gotten the post for a few weeks. It was outside of her responsibility at the time." Xiaoyun dismissed the complaint.

"But she has caused——"

"Health director, I recommend you think before you say anything." Lingang suddenly stood up and moved his hand down as if he was about to pull his gun out.

The health director immediately froze and shut her mouth

"Lingang! Sit back down." Xiaoyun said coldly.

"Yes, sir." Lingang immediately sat back down and acted as if nothing had happened.

"Next time you do that, it''s going to be court-martial," Xiaoyun warned.

"Thank you, sir."

"Yueyue, you may continue." Xiaoyun turned back around with a warm face.

"Um, where was I... right, I''m the head of the Department of Internal Affairs. I''m also a former militia member and a former police sergeant.

So far, my department has found fifteen people with confirmed corruption cases and arrested them accordingly, with ten more people still under investigation for possible corruption or bribery."

Yueyue suddenly looked toward the head of the health department.

"And you, Ms.Zhangmei, I didn''t want to mention this right here, but April, you received a donation from an anonymous source.

A few days later, a factory that was closed for health reasons was reopened with the health inspector''s permission despite workers'' complaints about the same health conditions still being violated.

So, would you mind explaining how you got the money?" Yueyue stared back at the health director with determination in her eyes.