Faced with the doubts and dissatisfaction of the two elders, Zhuang Yan looked utterly miserable. He had discovered that staying at Shangjing Base had been a completely wrong decision. He might as well have gone elsewhere to make a name for himself. The title of general alone would have guaranteed him a life of comfort, not to mention making him the head of a base. Why did he have to stay here and be lectured by everyone without being able to argue back?
Shangjing Base had too few combat troops, and their overall strength was weak. Zhuang Yan had always believed this was a ripple effect caused by Chu Han's rise. Before that, Zhuang Yan had always commanded the combat forces, and his achievements fighting zombies in the early Apocalypse Era had been widely praised. His reputation had also been resounding throughout the base.
But all of that began changing after the Battle of the Dead City. Chu Han's appearance and his increasingly prominent reputation had severely threatened Zhuang Yan's standing in everyone's eyes. It was not only the onlookers who began to waver; even those who had originally served under Zhuang Yan started to reconsider their loyalties.
Especially after the Wolf Fang Regiment won two major battles, a huge number of New Humans from Shangjing Base left for Wolf Fang. Many had even belonged to Zhuang Yan's combat forces, yet they were willing to be blacklisted by Shangjing Base just to leave and join Wolf Fang.
Then a series of further upheavals occurred. Although Shangjing Base's population kept growing, it also became increasingly chaotic. Zombies continuously arriving from surrounding cities and towns caused constant harassment. In order to maintain security, the number of troops they could deploy for this All-Out War was pitifully small.
With so few troops, they