Although he said he was going to talk to the commander-in-chief, Ye Xiao went to find Lu Jianping first and told him in detail about his plan and the impact that sending out the energy cannon technology would have on them. After all, the two of them were in a cooperative relationship now.
Lu Jianping was also under pressure from his superiors to get relevant information about the energy cannon from Ye Xiao. Of course, he would not be dissatisfied with Ye Xiao's decision. Although Ye Xiao had to talk directly with Commander Fan and hand the technology directly to the other party, which deprived Lu Jianping of an opportunity to make meritorious service to his superiors, he also understood it. Moreover, after the technology was handed over, he could still secretly send a copy to his superiors.
He was even more disappointed with Ye Xiao's decision: "Are you really determined to retire?"
Ye Xiao said calmly, "Yes, but even if we retire, we will not change our original intentions. We will never do anything that is detrimental to the people, nor will we become what some people worry about. Chief Lu, rest assured. Our previous agreement will still stand."
Lu Jianping was silent. He had also heard about Ye Xiao's life experience. The details were revealed to him by his superior not long ago, who asked him to be careful and beware of Ye Xiao, a potentially dangerous person who had a bad background and might not be famous enough.
Thinking about what his superiors had told him, he shook his head in his heart. The superiors' prejudice against Ye Xiao was too great. When the A017 mission was launched, the conflict between the two sides was completely irreconcilable.
Lu Jianping said: "It may not be easy for you to have a direct conversation with the commander-in-chief. Do you want me to set you up with someone?"
Ye Xiao readily agreed.
Then, through Lu Jianping's internal channels, Ye Xiao contacted Commander Fan, whom he had rarely met or dealt with, but had fought against through Han Ying.
At this time, Commander Fan was holding a meeting. To be more precise, it was a small meeting with only a few participants. The content of the meeting was how to deal with the matter of Ye Xiao's private withholding of important military supplies and equipment.
This matter was caused by Min Yande. Although everyone knew that he could not suppress Ye Xiao and wanted to drag more people into the water and attack Ye Xiao from a higher level, but who can blame the bigwigs in the capital who are still dissatisfied with Ye Xiao's actions? Today he dared to snatch Min Yande's magic machine for himself, who knows what he will do tomorrow
I have absolutely no respect for the big guys.
It is also a very bad example. If all their subordinates follow his example, take public funds and start their own business, recruit soldiers and horses, wouldn't everything be in chaos
So they took time out of their busy schedule and condescended to hold a small meeting specifically for this person.
Just when Min Yande was talking about asking the commander-in-chief to step forward and make an example of Ye Xiao and his gang and punish them severely to serve as a warning to others, the commander-in-chief's subordinates said that Ye Xiao requested to talk to him.
Everyone had different expressions.
The commander stood up and left the table without changing his expression. He answered the phone from his subordinate, and then heard a calm and steady male voice say to him, "Commander Fan."
Commander Fan's muscles tensed and he narrowed his eyes: "Colonel Ye."
Not long ago, Commander Fan issued an order to take Ye Xiao's life. He thought that Ye Xiao would talk about this matter anyway, and asked him why he did that, and even threatened him verbally.
But none of that happened. Ye Xiao's voice was very calm, so calm as if mission A017 did not exist at all. Han Ying did not die in his hands because of this mission, and he did not feel the slightest bit of dissatisfaction because of it.
He just came straight to the point and said bluntly that he was willing to give him the energy cannon technology as long as Commander Fan agreed to let the seven of them officially retire.
Commander Fan was surprised, but Ye Xiao then said that it was okay if he didn't agree, and he would give the technology to his enemy.
Commander Fan fell silent.
It was not easy for Commander Fan to become the commander-in-chief. He spent a lot of effort and won the position through competition from all sides. He has many opponents, and there are a few who are the most threatening.
Commander Fan did not take a so-called energy cannon seriously, but if his opponent's machine could be equipped with this energy cannon but his own could not, it would be a huge blow to his authority.
Commander Fan knew what to choose, so he agreed to Ye Xiao's request without hesitation, even agreeing to the other party's request to be promoted to a higher level and awarded a medal before retiring.
After hanging up the phone, he immediately asked his subordinates to do the job, the sooner the better.
He looked out the window and sighed, and couldn't help but think of Han Ying. This was a good thing. Instead of making a fight to the point of death, it would be better to let him get out and treat him as an ordinary psychic in the future.
He returned to the meeting room and announced: "There is no need to mention this matter anymore. Ye Xiao just applied for retirement, and I have approved it."
Min Yande shouted: "Retire? He is my soldier, and I haven't agreed yet?"
Commander Fan's square face became even more square, and he said coldly: "He is not your soldier. In fact, their entire squad only obeys direct orders from the headquarters, and they only recognize the official seal of the headquarters."
Min Yande choked and his face turned cold: "Anyway, I don't agree. At least they should be expelled and used as negative examples in the army. What's the point of just letting them retire? Also, what about the energy cannon technology and the magic machine?"
Commander Fan ignored his shouting and said directly: "The formalities are already being processed. That's it. He will send the relevant technology of the energy cannon directly to me. After our headquarters studies it, we will share it with everyone."
When the others heard this, they no longer cared about Ye Xiao. They all focused on the energy cannon and no one paid any attention to Min Yande anymore.
On the other hand, within just a few hours, Ye Xiao received a formal electronic document with a seal and signature, and Jiang Xiaotian also said that their files in the archives had been modified accordingly, everything was perfect, there was no flaw in their personal resumes, and even their retirement was highly recognized. And the news of their retirement after promotion was also publicly displayed on the military's internal network.
Commander Fan seemed to want to do good things and was very generous. In the file, Ye Xiao was promoted directly from Colonel Ye to Major General, and the others were also promoted two levels based on their respective positions.
Mei Bosheng muttered, "Now he's being generous." The so-called commander-in-chief was nothing more than a profit-oriented person who could change his tone immediately after a little intimidation and inducement, not to mention that his compromise was just a matter of talking and signing a document.
It's a pity that we can't get the written documents. Medals and the like are just replaced by text. The physical objects don't exist. As for the household registration, at our request, the household registration of the seven people were moved out of the army and sent back to their hometowns.
Although this step seems to have no meaning at all in this era.
Ye Xiao looked at the electronic certificate, looked at the bright red official seal on it, let out a long breath, everything was over.
His ambitions, his life goals, all the determination and struggles he had, were all over.
He said to Jiang Xiaotian: "Send the relevant information about the energy cannon."
Jiang Xiaotian: "Okay, right away."
Bai Cheng reminded: "Min Yande will not give up."
Ye Xiao said: "I know." He wanted to rest, but he was not willing to do so yet.
From the moment he put his hand on Lin Tantan, he had no intention of letting her go.
Now that official business is done, the next thing to deal with is personal grudges.
He stood up and said, "I'm going to go out for a while."
…
After feeding all his little cuties and giving them a bath, Lin Tantan took them for a walk.
She really hadn't taken care of them these days, so she came here to make up for it.
After being closed for six days, the Ning City base finally opened its doors today. The first to come out were teams collecting crystal cores. These people were ordinary people who were hired. Of course, they did not pick up the crystal cores for themselves, but to hand them over to the people who hired them.
After these small teams came out some private teams, who organized themselves in groups of three or four to go out in search of food. After six days in a row, many people had run out of food. Even though it was still dangerous outside and they didn't know where the zombies were hiding or when they would jump out, they still risked their lives to come out.
In addition, the damaged city walls needed people to repair, and the various garbage left inside the city walls due to the busy fighting needed people to clean up. The base inside and outside became quietly busy.
At the same time, the people in the Zhengyang Brigade were all lazy. More than 10,000 of them had been working non-stop for so many days and were exhausted. Except for some people who were still at their jobs to maintain the operation of the brigade, the others stayed in their own nests to rest. They also hired some people to do the work outside such as picking up crystal cores and dealing with corpses.
Lin Tantan was strolling in the compound with this bunch of treasures and saw a lot of idle people. Everyone was quite relaxed, chatting, basking in the sun and sleeping in. When they saw Lin Tantan and the long group behind her, they all greeted her with a smile and even took out snacks for the mutant animals.
Some people also asked Lin about when to restart the sleep aid program. After trying to sleep with her assistance, everyone felt that the quality of their sleep was too low.
Lin Tan smiled and said, "Today is a day off. I need to rest as well. I'll start again tomorrow. But I won't be able to fall asleep after the battle. Come to the clinic in the evening. That's when I'll start seeing patients."
After getting her approval, everyone was very happy to inform each other.
Lin Tantan walked around the compound, and the mutant animal and plant legions found it boring and wanted to go out and play.
It was still a mess outside the compound, and Lin Tantan didn't want to take them out, so he took them to the new area. After having some fun in the fields, he climbed up the city wall and let them see the messy battlefield after the tide of zombies receded.
Looking down, there were corpses everywhere and the smell of decay kept coming up. Small teams were busy among the piles of corpses. They wore gloves and long boots to prevent accidental scratches on their legs and feet that might cause infection. Some were digging crystal cores out of the heads of the corpses, while others were carrying and burning the corpses.
Just like what Lin talked about before about what he did in the city.
Lin Tantan asked the people who were still standing guard on the city wall, guarding against the zombies returning: "Are these the people we hired?"
"Yes." The man said, a little embarrassed, "Brothers are too tired, and we have to deal with these corpses, so we apply to hire someone..."
Lin Tan Tan waved her hands: "This is great. Everyone should have a good rest. By the way, it also creates job opportunities for these people." She looked for a while and found that someone was arguing in the distance. She looked over and asked: "What are they arguing about?"
Before the man next to him could say anything, a young man's voice with laughter came: "They are arguing about the ownership of the crystal core."
Lin Tan Tan turned his head and saw a guy who looked a bit sloppy and underage. He had a black anklet on his right ankle with a red dot flashing regularly. Lin Tan Tan realized that this was a captured mercenary.
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