Early the next morning,
Shen Jin was woken by a phone call from Liu Jin.
"Boss, the person in charge of the Gourd City Government wants to see you."
"Huh? You haven't sent them away yet? Didn't I tell you yesterday to send them to Zhang Qiang in S City?"
"Uh, boss, yesterday you told all of us to get moving and build a six-meter-high, single-layer city wall first, and put everything else off until afterward. The guys finished the basic wall overnight, and we were just about to send them to S City."
"Oh, right, I think that's what happened."
To play it safe, Shen Jin had first told the Superhumans under him and the construction team to build the wall, enclosing part of the territory to keep zombies from the surrounding mountains from sneaking in.
Although they claimed to have cleared all the zombies out of Gourd City, they had not actually cleared the mountain areas completely. They had only cleared places that counted as parts of the city, such as the urban area and suburbs. Vast stretches of mountains northwest of Gourd City extended from Ancestor Mountain in Q City, with complex, varied terrain and severely obstructed visibility.
There was no need to insist on clearing zombies from the mountains. It was too inefficient.
"What do these people want to see me for? More endless whining... No, I'm not seeing them. Just send some people to take them away."
Liu Jin said awkwardly, "Boss, they're occupying Gourd City's granary and refusing to leave. They've got a group of Superhumans here too. If we force them out, there'll be a fight. What do you think...?"
"These people! They're fucking useless at fighting zombies, and now that we've finished the job, they're holding us back and arguing. What a