#147 - Chapter 147 Negotiating with Zong Zhengyue
"It seems the Southeast Military Region must be having a hard time right now! It looks like it's time to contact Zongzhen Yue," Dongfang Chen mused.
"Xiao Lin, use a virtual number to call Zongzhen Yue's phone," Dongfang Chen said.
"Okay, Commander. Calling now..."
"Who is this?" The call connected, and a weary voice came from the other end.
"Commander Zong, nice to meet you!" Dongfang Chen said.
"Who are you?" Zongzhen Yue's tone immediately turned cold.
"I am the mysterious person who has repeatedly provided you with information," Dongfang Chen said.
"What? It's you!" Zongzhen Yue was shocked.
"That's right, it's me. The reason I'm calling Commander Zong today is to reveal some information to you," Dongfang Chen said unhurriedly.
"Why would you reveal information to me?" Zongzhen Yue directly expressed his suspicion.
There is no free lunch in the world, nor are there good people for no reason.
"It's just mutual benefit," Dongfang Chen said ambiguously.
"What do you want to say?" Zongzhen Yue understood and continued to ask.
"I believe the autonomy of the settlements is related to the Suiyang Settlement," Dongfang Chen said.
"Suiyang Settlement? What's your basis?" Zongzhen Yue was not very familiar with this Suiyang Settlement.
"It's just a guess," Dongfang Chen said.
"A guess? I'm afraid that reason won't hold water, will it?" Zongzhen Yue doubted.
"Haha. Whether it's a guess or not doesn't matter. I have a way to verify this guess," Dongfang Chen laughed.
"What way?" Zongzhen Yue's eyes lit up. He was almost worried to death and needed help.
"You can do this..." Dongfang Chen explained his method.
After listening, Zongzhen Yue remained silent for a long time.
Dongfang Chen was not in a hurry and sat in the office, waiting for him to digest the information.
"In that case, the headquarters might be attacked," Zongzhen Yue said after thinking for a while.
"Don't worry, you don't think the ultrasonic transmitters installed before were just for show, do you?" Dongfang Chen hinted.
"Can ultrasonic transmitters also resist human zombies?" Zongzhen Yue asked.
"Of course," Dongfang Chen said.
"What if it's not the Suiyang Settlement?" Zongzhen Yue continued to ask.
"What harm is there in trying?" Dongfang Chen said.
"Okay, I understand! Thank you!" Zongzhen Yue rarely said thank you.
After hanging up the phone, Zongzhen Yue recorded the caller ID and sent a messenger to the information department to investigate. Then, he began to make deployments.
"Messenger, contact the Suiyang Settlement in Mozhou City and tell them that the headquarters will be dispatching the directly subordinate special forces regiment to the settlement tonight for garrison duty. Ask them to make arrangements in advance and cooperate."
"Yes!"
Mozhou City, Suiyang Settlement.
"Holy Envoy, the Southeast Military Region headquarters just called and said they will be sending troops over for garrison duty tonight, asking us to cooperate. What should we do next?" the man asked.
"Ask the other settlements if they have received such a notice," the Holy Envoy instructed.
"We have already asked some settlements, and none of them have received such a message," the man replied.
The Holy Envoy frowned and began to think.
"Holy Envoy, have they discovered something?" the man asked.
"Impossible, it might just be a coincidence," the Holy Envoy denied.
"But isn't this too much of a coincidence?" the man was a little uncertain. If the military randomly selected a settlement, why would they happen to choose their settlement?
"Isn't that a good thing then? Leak the news to the other settlements, let everyone know," the Holy Envoy said.
"But what if this is their test, wouldn't we be giving ourselves away?" the man hesitated.
"What if it's a test? Since we've already announced autonomy, do you still expect to go back to the way things were before?" the Holy Envoy retorted.
"That's not it, I'm just worried they'll think we're the ones manipulating everything behind the scenes," the man explained.
"Without solid evidence, would they dare to take action? If they really do, then I'll have to thank them. Wouldn't that be a great benefit if everyone in the settlement is on edge from now on?" the Holy Envoy said.
"Alright!" the man could only agree.
...
So, not long after the news was released, many settlements called.
A large portion of them were settlements that had not announced autonomy.
They were all questioning the headquarters, asking why the settlements that had announced autonomy had troops sent to garrison them, while the settlements that had not announced autonomy did not receive support?
"Hmph! It seems this Suiyang Settlement has a big problem!"
Zongzhen Yue slammed the table in anger after hearing the report.
"It's simply blatant and extremely arrogant!"
After receiving the notice, the Suiyang Settlement turned around and spread the news. It was clear that they were unscrupulous and determined to go against the authorities.
Zongzhen Yue had to admire this mysterious person. He didn't know how he guessed it.
"Messenger, go, call the Suiyang Settlement! Question them why they leaked the news!" Zongzhen Yue continued to follow the plan.
"Yes!"
Five minutes later...
"Report, Commander, the person in charge of the Suiyang Settlement said that they thought all the settlements had received the notice and did not intentionally leak it," the messenger reported.
