Nanlong City, the large meeting room of the city government.
It was originally a meeting of the Standing Committee, but it turned into an enlarged meeting. The mayor, Guo Longchang, is in his fifties, a little bald, half-haired, slightly hunchbacked, and has a strong nasal voice when he speaks.
"...Comrades, everyone can speak freely and express their opinions. This meeting was very democratic and the atmosphere was very good. In this chaotic period of the world, everyone can still maintain such political consciousness. No chaos, no anxiety, I am very pleased. Regarding Lai The lack of police force mentioned by the deputy mayor needs to recruit mercenaries from the society to make up for it, everyone express their opinions."
"The society is unstable every day, and people's hearts are unstable. I admit that mercenaries must have many problems, but at an extraordinary time, extraordinary measures must be taken. We cannot deny that the combat effectiveness of mercenaries far exceeds that of civilians. I agree with Deputy Mayor Lai's proposal." Proposal." Deputy Mayor Xiao, who is in charge of urban construction, was the first to raise his hand.
"There are difficulties from above. We are temporarily unable to support us. We can only rely on ourselves. The small situation must obey the overall situation. I agree with Deputy Mayor Lai's proposal. As long as those mercenaries who have committed too many crimes are eliminated, I believe the citizens will understand. .”
"Being an official will benefit one party, but the safety of people's lives and properties cannot be guaranteed. How can we talk about the legal system? I agree with Deputy Mayor Lai's proposal."
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Among the ten deputy mayors, except for Deputy Mayor Ma who was eaten by zombies, Deputy Mayor Lai was the proposer, and the other eight deputy mayors agreed to recruit mercenaries to supplement their strength.
Guo Longchang was very calm on the surface, but there was a glimmer of gloom in his eyes. Nanlong City was close to Governor Ma. After the outbreak of zombies, everything changed. First, Deputy Mayor Ma was bitten to death by zombies.
Deputy Mayor Ma is such a person who is afraid of death, and there are more than a dozen guards in and out. Even if Guo Longchang died, Deputy Mayor Ma would not be able to die, but Deputy Mayor Ma died. The Public Security Bureau investigated for three days. No abnormality was detected, Deputy Mayor Ma was very unlucky, a ghoul just appeared near his mansion, when the police arrived after receiving the alarm call, Deputy Mayor Ma's mansion was already dilapidated, and Ma The deputy mayor also turned into a pile of minced meat. The guards and bodyguards died and fled. There was no one alive at the scene.
He reported the matter to Ma Xuewang, but Ma Xuewang didn't say anything, just said "I see" and hung up the phone. The four ordinary words, without any meaning, made him feel chilled for a long time. He didn't come to Nanlong City to be a big leader, but to be a nanny, to escort Deputy Mayor Ma, and now that the person he wanted to protect died, he didn't know what kind of ending he would face, but he could Certainly, it will not end well.
There are monsters rampant outside, and zombie riots inside. Two-thirds of the police force and one-third of the army are suppressing the zombies in the city. Now the zombies are compressed into two towns, but because they missed the last time to kill the zombies in the early stage In the best times, the zombies evolved rapidly, and now it seems impossible to eliminate the zombies. The zombies were originally compressed in one town, but now there are two towns, and it is estimated that it will soon become three towns.
Deputy Mayor Lai's idea of recruiting troops was mentioned to him not long after the zombie incident, and he suppressed it. After that, he mentioned it several times, but he pushed it over. Although Deputy Mayor Lai's reason was high-sounding, but he It's clear what his ambitions are. Privately recruiting troops is a taboo for those in power at any time. Those in power can do this kind of thing, but the people under them must not touch it. Deputy Mayor Lai will not be ignorant of this, and he still asks for recruitment. His ambition is obvious. expose.
However, Nanlong City, which has lost Deputy Mayor Ma, can't control the situation alone, otherwise, there will be no enlarged meeting this time. It is said that it is a meeting, but it is actually forcing the palace.
Deputy Mayor Lai is very young, 32 years old. At this age, even at the county level, he still has to say that he is young and promising, and this person is indeed promising, whether it is policies or resources. In Nanlong City, Deputy Mayor Lai The mayor can't be compared with the deputy mayor Ma, let alone the network, there is no comparison at all. Deputy Mayor Lai started as a town clerk, step by step, with a clear context and a straightforward relationship. He is such a person, but he always overwhelms Deputy Mayor Ma. In Nanlong City, if Guo Longchang retires, It is definitely Deputy Mayor Lai who has the highest voice, not Deputy Mayor Ma appointed by the above.
Guo Longchang squinted his eyes at each of the deputy mayors, and finally stayed on Deputy Mayor Lai for a few seconds. Wearing a blue suit and a white shirt, he looked clean and tidy, his hair was combed meticulously, and his face was calm. I still remember that when the deputy mayor was just promoted, Deputy Mayor Lai's face was pale, but now he is completely wheat-colored. After taking office, he traveled all over the towns and took root in the countryside. Putting on a show is not something ordinary people can do. Guo Longchang knows that Deputy Mayor Lai is definitely not doing a show. He is really doing things down-to-earth. Compared with him, Deputy Mayor Ma is completely academic, with too much showmanship.
Really young! Among a group of bad old men with an average age of 49, the arrival of Deputy Mayor Lai lowered the average age by one or two years. After all, this world is the business of young people. After figuring this out, Guo Longchang felt relieved, and suddenly thought, why should he stand in the way of others? In this troubled world, even Ma Xuewang can’t control Nanlong City, but he can manage it himself Well, thinking of this, without hesitation, he knocked on the table.
"Being an official will benefit one party. It's a good point. In this extraordinary period, we can't be restricted by rules and regulations. Regarding Deputy Mayor Lai's proposal to recruit troops, it has been officially approved. I hope that Deputy Mayor Lai can control the overall situation as quickly as possible. Eliminate zombies and restore a stable and peaceful social environment for the general public... "
Most people have not noticed that Guo Longchang said "recruiting mercenaries" into "recruiting soldiers". The difference in one word has completely different meanings. Mercenaries are only limited to mercenaries, which limits the scope of recruitment. Otherwise, anyone can do it. A gleam flashed in Deputy Mayor Lai's eyes, and he put his heart into his stomach. He knew that the biggest obstacle in front of him was no longer an obstacle.
Deputy Mayor Lai's name is Lai Qicheng. As soon as the meeting ended, he took his secretary, driver and a few cronies to Fushang Township. Fushang Township is heavily guarded, and many workers are working on construction. A protective circle surrounded by a row of steel Great Wall , to separate Fushang Town from other places, the zombies were attracted to Fushang Town by tons of blood, but due to insufficient troops, they were not eliminated in time, leading to a catastrophe now.
Now it is very difficult to eliminate the zombies. Lai Qicheng adopts the method of eliminating them while isolating them. To isolate is to cast a city wall with steel, and to eliminate is to send soldiers to eliminate zombies one by one. This strategy is not very clever, but when there is a lack of heavy weapons, it is the only way.
The casting of the city wall has been done a long time ago, and the recruitment has actually begun. Now through the municipal committee meeting, the recruitment has only become official. If he was a stickler, he couldn't have gone from a town clerk to the current deputy mayor in just ten years, holding great power. However, as soon as he arrived at the temporary command post, his face sank because he found that there were many people missing.
"Director Zhang transferred him away, saying he was arresting a wanted criminal." The deputy director explained in a low voice.
"What kind of wanted criminal? Jiangyang bandit or interstellar pirate?" Lai Qicheng glanced at him lightly, and his face had returned to calm.
"None." The deputy director shook his head, "I heard that a young man named Liu Weian killed the son of Vice Governor Ma."
"Nonsense!" The greenness on Lai Qicheng's face flashed away. It was a waste to use dozens of precious police forces for a person who would not cause harm to society. He picked up his phone and slowly put it away when he was about to dial go down. Director Zhang and Deputy Mayor Ma are in the same line, and it's normal to rely on Deputy Governor Ma. At this time, we can't fall out with him. Nanlong City is still a small city, and it cannot do without the support from above. He said to the deputy director: "You will be fully responsible for recruiting troops in the future. I hope to bring back a team of 3,000 people within three days. Is there any problem?"
"Guaranteed to complete the task." The deputy director straightened his body and said loudly, because he was so excited that he almost bit his tongue. Military power and military power, having soldiers means power, and Lai Qicheng gave him the recruitment of soldiers, so it is conceivable that he values him.
The Public Security Bureau has one director and four deputy directors, and the deputy director is just a good name. In fact, the power is not as great as imagined, but with one word from Lai Qicheng, he can directly reach the sky.
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The big river meanders. This river, which could not have appeared in the city, has just appeared. In addition to economic factors, there are also political factors that caused the emergence of this river. Needless to say about the economy, most people are short-sighted and ignore environmental protection for the sake of economic development. This bad habit will not change for many years. The political factor is due to factional struggles. The upper reaches of the river is Nanquan City. Several factions are fighting each other. Several proposals to control pollution have failed because someone hindered them. Over time, no one cares about this matter.
Biological waste, excrement, and industrial sewage poured into this river. Mars lacks water, and most of the rivers are dry. It has to be said that this river can remain wet all year round. It has to be said that it is a miracle.
Standing fifty meters away, you can smell the stench, feces, dead rats, rotting unknown animals, colorful industrial sewage, plastic bags, and more unknown things that have been dyed black. Things, maggots crawling around, flies flying all over the sky, mosquitoes are bigger than fingers, from time to time I saw a mouse rushing out, and it didn't take long to get into the turbid water again, and the plastic bag was tumbling. For the rats here, even the extremely hungry slaves would not dare to eat them.
Fat Hu and Yang Tiecheng stood on the bank of the river for less than thirty seconds before they couldn't take it anymore and left quickly with ugly faces. The other mercenaries were not reconciled, and fired at the river, but found nothing, so they had to leave the river bank, but did not leave, and continued to search at a distance of about 100 meters.
They believed that Liu Wei'an was nearby.