"What do we do with him?" Kate curiously asked.

Xiaoyun thought for a second, then gave a cold answer back.

"I don''t want to see him again..."

Kate nodded as she picked back up her gun and aimed it directly at Old Tian.

"N-No! Please! Sir! I swear I''ll never do it again——"

The voice disappeared as a gunshot went off inside the meeting room.

But Xiaoyun didn''t turn around to check as he headed out of the room, with Kate quickly following behind.

---

When Xiaoyun and Kate left the building, Han Bang noticed the two looked a little unhappy, so he quickly headed upstairs to check.

But as he walked up the stairs, all the majors were already heading down, with faces that were almost as if they had seen their worst nightmare.

"What''s up with you guys'' faces? Did something go wrong?" Han Bang asked in confusion.

"Lin Tian... He''s dead." One of the older majors in the front replied.

Han Bang stood still for a second, with his brain taking a second to process the information.

"Dead? What the hell happened? I need all of you to explain to me."

"It''s a long story. We can explain when we get downstairs..."

---

"I''m so tired..." Xiaoyun murmured as he stretched his elbow out into the air, walking towards the other skyscraper as Kate followed behind.

"Are we going to stay here for the night?" Kate curiously asked.

"Yeah. I mean, where else are we going to go? Driving all the way back home just to come back here tomorrow?"

Kate hesitated for a second as she wanted to say yes, but seeing Xiaoyun''s tone, she shook her head.

"Anyway, we''re going to stay here until at least the end of the week... This is going to be the next part of my plan."

"What plan?"

"I plan to have this outpost become the biggest city in the entire country. Luoping is simply too geographically isolated if we want to expand our influence." Xiaoyun explained as the two headed inside the civilian skyscraper.

"Wait, we are permanently moving to Guangzhou as the capital then?" Kate asked as she realized what Xiaoyun was trying to imply.

"Nope... Although everything is going to be at here. The real capital will always remain in Luoping since it''s much easier to defend."

Despite Xiaoyun''s reasoning, Kate could sense he had a different excuse that he didn''t want to mention.

"Anyway, let''s go rent a room."

As the two headed towards the lobby area, they noticed thousands of people lining up to go upstairs, and the fire exit was full as well.

"Damn, everyone is going back to their home already," Kate murmured as they walked past the crowd and arrived at the waiting area.

"Thanks... I was just about to get food if it wasn''t for you already bringing it."

As Xiaoyun began to enjoy the food, Kate opened hers and started eating as well. But the two ate in silence, as they had nothing to say to each other.

After the dinner was finished, the two headed back to their room and quickly took a shower before going to bed.

---

The next day...

After the two finished breakfast, they headed back to the military building to meet up with Han Bang.

"Commander Xiaoyun, they had returned the exact amount of money, and I confirmed it with the warehouse."

"Good... Here''s the discharge letter for those four. And the position changed for the other three."

Han Bang quickly accepted the paper and put it away back in his jacket.

"Now. Han Bang, I''m going to leave this outpost fully under your control... Can I trust you?"

"Of course, sir. I swear I''ll die before moving an inch back from the outpost."

Seeing Han Bang swearing on his life, Xiaoyun decides to trust his word.

"There''s no need for that. There''s always the need for tactical retreat... Anyway, I want to make sure to confirm something with you..."

"What is it, commander?"

"If I move five thousand people here a week, can you handle it?"

"Five thousand? Um... I need to check with the civilian department. But they had told me a few times that they wanted more people here to make the outpost more fully functional...

But it really is the food supply that is restricting. At least that''s what the head administrator said when I met with him."

Hearing Han Bang''s concern, Xiaoyun quickly reassured him.

"Don''t worry about food. It''ll be sent here along with the people... And one last thing before I leave."

Xiaoyun looked over to Kate, who instantly understood the eye signally as she pulled a document out of her bag.

"This is the upcoming war plan. Your troops won''t need to do much besides securing the supply lines and holding the outpost.

But if reinforcement is needed, you need to assist them in clearing Foshan. But you''re just mostly on the defense duty."

As Han Bang read the cover of the paper, he noticed a bolded text right in the middle called Operation Northward.

"Commander Xiaoyun, why not just have us be a part of the army to clear Foshan together? We are just right next door——"

"Because it''s next door, I need you to pay extra attention. When we start clearing Foshan, it''s going to cause a massive amount of zombie migration.

There will be many of them heading your way... But I trust you can set up the best defense here."

As soon as Xiaoyun finished explaining, he patted him on the shoulder just as Han Bang was about to argue back.

"I''ll be back in Luoping in five days. If you need me, you can leave a note by the civilian building on floor 11th...

Oh, and I almost forgot the most important thing. Here''s a letter for you... Inside will contain your promotion letter to become a Colonel."