"I-I did get the memo... But I can''t read." Ni Ping replied nervously.

"You didn''t ask people near you? None of them know how to read?" Xiaoyun looked in disbelief at Ni Ping.

"Um... none of my friends or unit know how to read... All of us are construction workers from the countryside. We dropped out right before we got to high school." Ni Ping awkwardly scratched his head.

"Whatever... Just ask next time if you don''t know what''s happened."

Ni Ping bowed down in gratitude as Xiaoyun dropped the charges against him.

As the two walked to the other side of the building, an idea suddenly appeared in his head.

"Wuli, how many of the soldiers are illiterate?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"I think around half of my units are illiterate."

"Really?" Xiaoyun asked to make sure he heard it right.

"Yeah, really. Most of them were just construction workers or factory workers in the past." Wuli explained.

"Hm... Maybe I should ask Yuqi to open a night school... They need to be able to read military orders, at the very least."

"That doesn''t sound like a bad idea... But I doubt many will actually join." Wuli commented.

"Why not?" Xiaoyun asked.

"If they wanted to learn, they would have done it long before the apocalypse. You need to give them some incentive to learn."

"Hm... I''ll think about it," Xiaoyun replied as he put it on the backburner.

Back in the office building.

The building was finally having a moment of peace as all the zombies had been shot, with almost an entire mountain built up at the entrance full of bodies.

"2nd and 3rd company, you may take a break. 1st and 4th, move these to the side and make sure they are all dead."

As Han Bang directed the soldiers, Li Chen came downstairs.

"How''s the ammo situation looking like?" Li Chen asked.

"Still plenty of ammo in the back, but those guns can''t be used for a while." Han Bang pointed at the MG-42 mounted on the back.

"I see..."

As Lli Chen turned around to go back upstairs, he turned back again.

"Oh, I almost forgot. What do you think we should do with the zombie bodies?" Li Chen asked curiously.

"Try to burn them... I just hope these zombies don''t have too much moisture in them."

"Okay. I''ll go do that right now."

With Li Chen gone, Han Bang went back to directing the soldiers.

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"What''s that large smoke in the distance?" Tianci asked curiously.

"They are probably burning up all the bodies," Xiaoyun replied.

As the four stood outside, Xiaoyun''s walkie-talkie suddenly received a transmission.

"Han Bang, are you ready to deal with the zombies again?" One of the Majors on luring duty asked.

"Give us an hour." Han Bang replied.

As the two walked toward the command center, Yezi asked another question.

"By the way, is that one hundred thousand zombies claim really true? You guys actually counted it?"

"Nope, but who''s going to prove it wrong? Besides, I''m pretty sure they have at least burned that much bullet." Xiaoyun commented as he opened the door.

All eight Majors were already inside as the two got to their seats.

"Ahem, good job everyone. I hope everyone is satisfied with the result today and with the plan...

You might be wondering why I''m asking you all to stay behind. Well, I want to bring up a few things."

Xiaoyun pulled out a marker as he drew several outlines.

"Does anyone have any feedback on what we should change? Is there anything that was off or can be improved upon?" Xiaoyun asked.

Han Bang immediately raised his hand.

"We need more MG-42 and more ammo stockpile inside the building we use. We almost ran out of ammo near the end."

"Okay, I''ll make that a priority."

Xiaoyun wrote it on the whiteboard and then looked back for more suggestions.

Lingang raised his hand next.

"Can we be assigned to be in the building next?" Lingang requested.

"No, your unit isn''t fit for this. You know your units are meant for more open terrain fights." Xiaoyun dismissed Lingang''s request.

"Any other request or concern?"

Li Chen raised his hand next.

"I think my unit and Han Bang''s unit need a day break. All of the soldiers are too tired to fight again."

Lingang''s hope reignited again until Xiaoyun put it right back down again.

"Granted. I''ll assign another unit to replace you two. Make sure to get as good of a break as you can."

Xiaoyun wrote down the 11th regiment and 12th regiments to replace the 4th and 5th regiments as a lure, as the 4th and 5th would be on duty to defend the office building next.

"Anything else?"

A major sitting in the corner raised his hand.

"Driving in the city is too dangerous. I feel like we need a better route to drag the zombies away from the building."

"You''re the one that got too many zombies, right?" Xiaoyun asked as he recognized the voice.

"Y-Yes." The major replied nervously.

"As much as I want to change it, it''s the best route possible. All the other roads are either deadends or blocked off by traffic." Xiaoyun explained.

Han Bang suddenly raised his hand again.

"I want to report that there are much fewer mutants we have encountered."

"Really?" Xiaoyun looked surprised.

"Yes. We were only able to find five mutants in the corpses. Besides the one tank that we had to fight, the other four were jockeys that were killed before they could get close."

"I see... That''s good to hear. But we must not have our guard down still... It might just be that the mutants are further inside the city."

Seeing no one else raising their hands, Xiaoyun wrapped up the meeting and sent everyone back home.