Changing the Mission

"Find a new location?"

After hearing Zhao Tianlei, Lei Zhen and the others could not help looking troubled, as though they had some difficulty speaking about the matter.

Although it was only a subtle change in his facial expression, Zhao Tianlei still noticed it. He immediately nodded at Lei Zhen and asked, "From the look on Officer Lei's face, it seems you have something difficult to say. If that's the case, you might as well say it directly."

Lei Zhen hesitated briefly before saying, "It's like this, Captain Zhao. There are some things we couldn't conveniently say outright before. But after getting to know you a little, I now understand what kind of person you are. I think it shouldn't be a problem to tell you the truth about certain matters."

"What exactly is it, Officer Lei?"

Lei Zhen explained, "After something happened to the base, the zombies and mutated creatures caused such devastating damage that the entire base was almost paralyzed. Fortunately, everyone had undergone various kinds of training during our regular drills, so we had some ability to respond to sudden incidents like this."

"But the base is divided into several zones, which were originally connected to one another. Now, however, those connections have been severed. Zone 1 appears to have suffered the most damage, but because it normally had to manage such a large number of people, everyone carried their own firearms and ammunition."

"As for the zones farther back, their firearms were centrally managed. After the incident at the base, the ammunition depot was occupied by mutated creatures and the zombie horde. We barely managed to restore the power lines and contact Zone 1 in the rear. The commander ordered me to immediately gather personnel and begin the rescue operation. While rescuing the survivors in Zone