#208 - Chapter 208 Everyone Must Contribute

How can we defend without weapons? Are we supposed to engage in hand-to-hand combat with ants? That's just throwing ourselves into the tiger's mouth!

The only weapons he can mass-produce are rocks and wooden sticks, which are ridiculous for dealing with ants.

"Weapons?" Mayor Xu's eyes lit up at this thought.

He doesn't have weapons, but someone else does!

That is the Huatong Chamber of Commerce.

So he quickly took out his phone and called Gu Qingyi, Niu Xingwang's secretary.

When they attended the Huatong Chamber of Commerce celebration and signed the cooperation agreement, the phone numbers provided could only reach the secretary.

Gu Qingyi is only responsible for recording and relaying information, and does not make any decisions.

Soon, the news reached Niu Xingwang.

Niu Xingwang had just finished talking to Dongfang Chen on the phone. Dongfang Chen's idea was that this matter must put pressure on the military, especially the Southwest Military Region and the Southeast Military Region. Because the Yangtze River line is now completely within the sphere of influence of these two military regions. The reason is simple: everyone must contribute. If the Yangtze River line is occupied by these mutated insects, then everyone north of the river will become food for the insects.

After all, fighting mutated insects is a war of attrition, and there are no crystal cores to be earned. Dongfang Chen wouldn't be foolish enough to take on the responsibility like he did with the zombie rat incident last time.

After receiving Dongfang Chen's instructions, Niu Xingwang contacted Yan Zhengping immediately.

"Boss Niu, is there anything I can help you with?" Yan Zhengping asked.

"Commander Yan, the Baisha Resettlement in Jingmen City just called our Chamber of Commerce, preparing to rent a batch of weapons and equipment. I'm calling you to inquire about whether something happened in Hanzhong?" Niu Xingwang said.

He couldn't directly order Yan Zhengping to do anything, because he didn't have the authority. All he could do was indirectly reveal the danger of the ants breaking through the Yangtze River line, so that Yan Zhengping would take it seriously.

"Oh, you can decide on this matter yourselves. This is an internal matter of the resettlement, and we will not interfere. As for the Hanzhong area, something did happen. The Changjing Resettlement in Jingmen City encountered giant ants. I guess they want to rent equipment to eliminate these ants," Yan Zhengping replied.

"What? Giant ants?" Niu Xingwang said, feigning surprise.

Yan Zhengping was stunned. Why was he reacting so strongly?

"What do you mean by that?" Yan Zhengping asked.

"A big deal! Commander Yan, are you interested in cooperating?" Niu Xingwang asked excitedly.

"What big deal?" Yan Zhengping asked.

"Think about it, if the giant ants successfully break through the Yangtze River, they will inevitably drive straight in. With just the little resources of the resettlement, how can they possibly be a match for those ants? At that time, they will definitely have to purchase or rent a large number of weapons and equipment. Isn't that a big deal? As the saying goes, 'When the guns fire, gold flows,' isn't that what it means?" Niu Xingwang described the future scene with feigned excitement.

The key point in his words was that the giant ants would drive straight in after breaking through the Yangtze River. Although the words were spoken in reverse, the effect would definitely be positive.

What kind of person is Yan Zhengping? A member of the council and commander of the military region, he couldn't possibly lack this kind of overall perspective.

Sure enough, when Niu Xingwang mentioned the words "drive straight in," Yan Zhengping's heart skipped a beat.

"This is bad!" Yan Zhengping widened his eyes and realized.

"Commander Yan, what do you think? Do you want to cooperate?" Niu Xingwang asked again.

Yan Zhengping didn't say anything, but Niu Xingwang knew that the purpose of his words had been achieved.

"Alright, I have something to do, I won't chat with you anymore. We can talk about cooperation later!" Yan Zhengping said and quickly hung up the phone.

He was directly awakened by Niu Xingwang's sentence about driving straight in. This was no longer just a matter for one resettlement; it could be related to the life and death of the entire Hua Nation.

Missing the golden opportunity to prevent the mutated insects from crossing the river would be too late for regret.

He put on his coat and went straight to the airport.

He needed to see the Speaker; this matter had to be discussed in person.

On the way, Yan Zhengping contacted Mayor Xu of Jingmen City again, telling him that they were discussing the matter internally and asking him to act according to circumstances and stay in touch. He also told him that he had already sent a team over and asked him to cooperate.

Then, he ordered the special forces regiment directly under the command to set off immediately for the Baisha Resettlement. They must build defensive fortifications on the north bank of the Changjing Bridge as soon as possible.

Mayor Xu's mind was buzzing after receiving Yan Zhengping's call. What was going on? Wasn't he told to solve it himself? Why were troops being sent suddenly?

Could it be related to the Huatong Chamber of Commerce?

That shouldn't be the case, right? Does the Huatong Chamber of Commerce have that much power?

He had just been thinking about the Huatong Chamber of Commerce when the phone rang.

The person calling back was still Gu Qingyi. She told Mayor Xu that the Huatong Chamber of Commerce could consider renting a batch of equipment to them, but the rental fee would be deducted from their member account.

Since the Baisha Resettlement had already reached a cooperation agreement with the Huatong Chamber of Commerce to build a branch, and had already obtained a land transfer fee by transferring a portion of the land, this fund had been agreed upon in the previous contract to be deposited into the member account of the resettlement headquarters in the form of member points. So they had a lot of points in their member account.