Doomsday police, please show your god/demon ID card.

After obtaining the information...

Several people walked out of the detention room.

In the corridor, Su Yan let out a soft breath, her brows furrowed with weariness and感慨: "I never imagined that the situation in the provincial capital would be so complicated... Three major forces are entrenched, and the power structure is far more complex than we imagined."

"It's not just chaos," Tang Long interjected, his voice low, "it's blatant survival of the fittest! Genetic agents, superpower awakening, warlordism... ordinary people in that environment are probably not even as good as livestock."

He initially thought Su Yan was the most special one, but it turns out she's both a gene enhancer and a superhuman...

With the addition of the three major forces, all sorts of people are mixed together!

He couldn't even imagine what life would be like for ordinary survivors inside.

"Still too weak!" Tang Long lowered his head and sighed softly.

Now, let alone the provincial capital, just the Queen alone is enough to give him a headache.

Just then.

A series of slightly hurried footsteps came from the other end of the corridor.

"Team Leader Tang." Chen Ming jogged over.

"You weren't in your experiment, what are you doing here?" Tang Long asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Team Leader Tang, we've cracked the radio they brought." Chen Ming handed over a tablet: "Just now, they sent an encrypted interrogation from the provincial capital."

Tang Long took the tablet, which displayed a line of translated text.

[Action Team, report back. Why have we been out of contact for over 72 hours?]

Tang Long glanced at it, frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then returned the tablet to Chen Ming.

"Reply to them."

"They said the grain depot was attacked by a large-scale zombie horde, its fortifications were partially damaged, and its communication equipment was destroyed. It is currently under repair."

"We have suffered casualties, but we have initially repelled the zombie horde and are holding our ground while awaiting reinforcements! No signs of other human armed forces have been detected."

Chen Ming was taken aback: "Will this... work? There seem to be quite a few loopholes."

"Whether they believe it or not is not important," Tang Long said calmly. "What's important is buying time. We need to focus our efforts on dealing with the Queen now; we don't have time to get entangled with the provincial capital."

"Understood." Chen Ming nodded immediately and turned to leave.

the other side.

The provincial capital, a thousand miles away.

Inside a pure white conference room at the Life Star Company headquarters, the air was so quiet it felt almost oppressive.

The room had no superfluous decorations, only a circular conference table and a huge dynamic map projected on the wall.

Several men and women dressed in sharp suits or lab coats were silently looking at the map, where the area representing "Seventh Outpost" had turned into a gray cross.

"A horde of zombies?" A middle-aged man with a refined air and wearing gold-rimmed glasses spoke first, breaking the silence.

He tapped his fingertips lightly on the table, making a rhythmic, soft sound.

"According to the encrypted information sent back by Lei Lie's action team 72 hours ago, they have not found any signs of a large-scale zombie horde activity."

Another woman in a white lab coat pushed up her glasses.

"The report states that the grain depot building was completely destroyed and all communication equipment was damaged. They suffered heavy losses and are resting on site, requesting further instructions."

"An outpost, equipped with fortifications and genetically enhanced individuals, was destroyed by a sudden horde of zombies?" The man with the gold-rimmed glasses spoke with a hint of amusement.

"This doesn't sound like the style of a zombie; it sounds more like some kind of... cover-up."

The people present fell into a brief moment of thought.

Nobody's a fool; this report has too many flaws.

But Lei Lie's team had been out of contact for more than three days, and this was the last message they received.

After a long while, the figure sitting in the main seat, who had been resting with his eyes closed, finally spoke.

It was a man whose face was obscured, and his voice, processed to sound somewhat mechanical and cold.

"Regardless of the truth, the location of Outpost No. 7 is very important; it is a node for the company to radiate its influence outward."

"That place must be rebuilt."

He paused for a moment, then gave the order.

"Pass down the order to allocate resources and rebuild the Seventh Outpost on its original site. Also, raise the threat level of the Order Zone in the East District to Level B."

"Send an observation team over there; I need to know exactly what's going on there."

"yes!"

......

The next day, early morning.

The central square of the East City Order Zone base.

More than 3,000 survivors spontaneously gathered here, completely surrounding the makeshift platform.

On the high platform, Lei Lie and his thirty-five team members stood in a row.

Their black combat uniforms had been replaced with gray prison uniforms.

Each person had a metal ring that shimmered with a faint red light fastened on their wrist and ankle.

"Stand up straight, all of you!" Wang Hu paced back and forth on the platform, carrying a police baton.

He walked up to a team member and tapped the metal ring on the man's foot with his baton, making a crisp sound.

"See this thing? It's the latest electronic ankle bracelet with high-precision positioning."

"If you dare to run around or try to damage it, the positioning signal on it will become invalid..."

Wang Hu grinned, revealing a set of white teeth; his smile looked particularly sinister.

"Do you know what it means for art to explode?" He waved his hands to the sides, mimicking a shower of petals. "Then...you'll all be missing your legs. The same goes for your hands. Want to try?"

The team member's face turned pale, and his body involuntarily trembled.

......

It was exactly 9:00 AM.

Tang Long, dressed in a crisp black training uniform, walked onto the platform accompanied by Zhao Fan and Liu Qiang.

The moment he appeared, the previously noisy square fell silent.

All eyes were on him.

Tang Long walked to the front of the stage, picked up the microphone, and glanced at the crowd below, as well as at Lei Lie and the others on the stage.

"Today, we are holding the first public trial in the Dongcheng District."

"They are the ones being judged," Tang Long said, pointing to Lei Lie and his group.

"Special Operations Team, Life Star Company, Provincial Capital"

He did not pronounce the verdict immediately, but instead called Zhao Fan forward.

Zhao Fan opened a document and began to read it aloud.

"Upon investigation, it was found that the defendant Lei Lie and his gang broke into my Dongcheng District three days ago at armed force."

"His crimes are as follows: First, illegally possessing and transporting heavy weapons, posing a potential threat to our region."

"Second, they ignored our warnings, intimidated our law enforcement personnel with force, and attempted to forcibly demand our strategic materials."

"Third, during the arrest, they violently resisted the law and launched a fatal attack on Captain Tang Long, the highest commander in our district, which constitutes assaulting a police officer and attempted intentional injury."

With each item Zhao Fan read aloud, the murmurs from the crowd below grew louder.

Especially when they heard that the other party dared to attack Tang Long, many survivors, including the police officers, showed a hint of anger on their faces.

"No way! Are they crazy? How dare they?"

"Captain Tang, we finally managed to establish a safe zone, what right do these people have to cause trouble?"

"Send them all to hell!!!"

"Yes! Kill them, cut off their heads."

"......"

Tang Long raised his hand, signaling for silence.

He took the microphone and looked directly at Lei Lie.

"Lei Lie, do you plead guilty to the above charges or not?"

Lei Lie raised his head, a mocking smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

"The victor is king, the loser is villain; there's nothing more to say. Kill me or torture me, it's all up to you."

"Kill you?" Tang Long shook his head: "That would be too easy on you."

"Our East City Order District has just experienced a major battle and is in dire need of rebuilding. We need manpower everywhere. Wouldn't it be a waste to just kill you all like this?"