Chapter 928: Subtle Changes in Blizzard City
Zhang Yi's journey this time had kept him drifting at sea for nearly five months.
During this period, he had experienced too many things and had brushed shoulders with death's danger.
If his luck had been slightly worse and he encountered Cadillus, he might have long been buried at sea!
Even a leader like Zhu Zheng couldn't make more demands of Zhang Yi.
He simply felt Zhang Yi was a good comrade.
Zhang Yi shook his head.
"I'm too exhausted. Right now, I just want to be with my family."
Zhu Zheng nodded: "That's understandable. What you need most now is your family's warmth. Very well, rest here for a day first, and tomorrow I'll have someone send you back."
"Additionally, for this mission, I can give you 2 billion points! You can freely exchange them for items."Zhang Yi raised his eyelids: "Including Compound 3?"
After using that drug that could suppress superhumans once, he had set his sights on it.
That thing was too powerful.
If applied properly, it could play an extremely significant role.
Of course, trying to inject this drug into enemies during combat wasn't very realistic.
But there would always be opportunities to use it, wouldn't there?
Zhu Zheng smiled slightly, "That's a restricted drug. In principle, even team captain level personnel cannot obtain it unless for special operations."
He raised one finger: "But this time, I can make an exception for you! You can exchange for up to three doses of Compound 3."
Zhang Yi nodded.
The two arrived at Zhu Zheng's office, where Zhang Yi informed Zhu Zheng of the Divine Source's location.
By now, the East Sea Region had already begun sending people to Star Island.
After listening, Zhu Zheng fell into deep thought.
"Star Island... that place isn't very ideal! Currently, it's within the Colombian Navy's control range."
Zhang Yi shrugged: "Which sea area isn't?"
Except for Huaxu Kingdom's territorial waters, the ocean regions were basically controlled by the Colombian Navy.
Because the Ocean Fleet was blockading around Huaxu Kingdom's maritime territory.
To break through this chain, they would have to confront the Ocean Fleet head-on.
Zhu Zheng nodded: "This might not necessarily be a bad thing. At the very least... the East Sea Region won't have such an easy time obtaining it."
He planned to have a good talk with Li Guangxiao later.
The two chatted a bit more about what happened at sea.
Zhang Yi truthfully told Zhu Zheng everything.
One particular matter made Zhu Zheng extremely happy.
That through successive battles and absorbing the essence of both the Fin Dragon and Nirot, Zhang Yi's superhuman ability index had significantly increased again.
According to Zhang Yi's estimate, it should be around [9800] points.
"Excellent, excellent, this is truly wonderful news! Hahaha, our Jiangnan Region will soon have our own Epsilon!"
Zhu Zheng laughed heartily.
He walked over, patted Zhang Yi's shoulder, and looked at him with paternal warmth.
"Zhang Yi, you are the Jiangnan Region's key cultivation target! I will devote all resources to help you level up as quickly as possible!"
Zhang Yi shook his head: "Currently, it seems only superhumans or creatures at team captain level or above, or that so-called Divine Source can help me. Other things... are unlikely to have much effect."
Zhu Zheng pondered for a moment, slightly frowning: "This is indeed a problem. But rest assured, whenever a suitable opportunity arises, you will be the prime candidate!"
Zhang Yi nodded without overthinking it.
When leaders make grand promises, you just accept them politely but don't take them too seriously.
Then he brought up Zhu Yunque's matter.
"Ms. Zhu performed quite well at sea, consistently cooperating with my work throughout."
"It's just that she worked too hard and accidentally got captured by villains, then suffered some abuse."
Zhang Yi looked at Zhu Zheng: "I'm somewhat concerned about her physical condition."
Zhu Zheng frowned; he still valued this niece of his greatly.
Zhang Yi knew how to phrase things diplomatically, giving him plenty of face to facilitate Zhu Yunque's resume enhancement.
However, Zhu Yunque's capture did worry him somewhat.
But this matter couldn't possibly be blamed on Zhang Yi.
Under those conditions, probably no one in the entire Jiangnan Region except Zhang Yi could have emerged unscathed.
At the very least, Zhu Yunque was still alive and hadn't lost any limbs.
"You've done your best. It's good that she's still alive."
Zhang Yi nodded, thinking to himself: Now that I've ensured her safe return, you can't find fault with me.
After exchanging a few more casual words, Zhang Yi stood up to take his leave.
He knew Zhu Zheng still had many matters to attend to.
For example, he still needed to communicate with the East Sea Region.
Since his work report was complete, he wouldn't take up more of Zhu Zheng's time.
As Zhang Yi left Zhu Zheng's office, everyone he encountered along the way treated him with extreme respect.
Zhang Yi smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.
But gradually, he noticed a somewhat strange phenomenon.
In the new Operations Command Center building, the number of superhumans seemed to have increased significantly.
There had been quite a few superhumans before, but now there were at least twice as many!
He raised an eyebrow and muttered to himself: "Maybe Old Zhu got scared by the assassination attempts and strengthened security."
Going downstairs, he saw Tu Yunlie walking down the corridor.
Zhang Yi greeted him, "Minister Tu, long time no see!"
Tu Yunlie immediately frowned.
"Chaos, during work hours please use codenames. Call me Zhurong!"
Zhang Yi rubbed his nose, "Minister Zhu, long time no see."
Tu Yunlie found it awkward but didn't correct him.
"I heard you were injected with Compound 3. You'd better be careful during this period and not leave your residence casually."
Zhang Yi smiled and nodded: "Thank you for your concern."
He looked around but didn't see Linghu Feixue, so he couldn't help asking: "Where's Moon Palace?"
Tu Yunlie said gruffly: "She failed her mission and was captured. According to military management regulations, she needs to be confined for a week!"
Zhang Yi's heart sank slightly.
"Being captured by the East Sea Region counts as capture?"
Tu Yunlie said: "Fortunately she was captured by the East Sea Region. If she had fallen into the Colombians' hands, it wouldn't be just a week of confinement!"
"Our attitude toward captives has always been this strict."
Zhang Yi lowered his eyelids and said quietly: "By that reasoning, I count as one too."
"No, you're different. You brought back important intelligence, and besides..."
Tu Yunlie stared at Zhang Yi: "You're Commander Zhu's lifesaver."
These words seemed to explain many things.
A playful smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Yi's mouth, but he didn't probe further.
He waved goodbye to Tu Yunlie and left the Operations Command Center, planning to find Baili Changqing to learn about any changes that might have occurred in the Jiangnan Region during his five-month absence.
At the same time, he sent a message to Liang Yue, asking her to come to Blizzard City to pick him up.
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