Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 89 Pioneer Corps
"Assistant Jiang, the intelligence from the front has come down. No more signs of survivors have been found today. The few people rescued last night may be the last batch."

Jiang Yi took the report from the person in charge of the search and rescue operation and glanced at it intently.

The command center has a multitude of tasks every day, and not everything has to be handed over to Su Xun for his personal review. Many things are handled by each level on their own, and what is finally handed over to Su Xun is just a summary of a lot of information.

This brochure was compiled by Jiang Yi.

She flipped through the report and copied down a few numbers.

If the data is current, then Haiqu suffered 30% casualties in just the three shelters that were caught up in the secret realm. Fortunately, the injuries were sustained within the secret realm, so there is still hope for recovery.

As for the survivors in the city, it is impossible to count them. If we calculate based on the highest survival rate and only take an approximate number, it would be about half.

This half represents the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people, and Jiang Yi felt that the piece of paper in her hand was exceptionally heavy.

With a sigh, she put the report aside and asked, "Has the data been synchronized to the Haiqu Safe Zone?"

"It has already been synchronized."

"Let's transfer the survivors to the safe zone according to the previous plan. What's the situation with the last group that came out?"

Jiang Yi was serious and focused in front of Su Xun, and even more so when doing these tasks, but the team members were already used to her style.

"After leaving the secret realm, they fell into a coma. Only one child was still conscious. However, their vital signs were relatively stable. Some of them had injuries, but the injuries were not too serious."

Jiang Yi nodded and said, "We can arrange for someone to take better care of that child. It's impossible for him not to be affected after staying in the secret realm for so long. We can send him to school as soon as possible so he can be exposed to more knowledge earlier."

This is a question that Su Xun had specifically mentioned. Among the three shelters that were caught up in the secret realm this time, there are quite a few children, and a set of procedures has already been established for handling them.

The fact that the child's reaction is smaller does not mean that he is less affected. It only means that his cognition is still in the developmental stage and he has not been subjected to a stronger impact. However, the mysterious environment will have a more profound impact on him, and this impact can only be gradually worn away through the development of cognition.

Fortunately, the time these people spent in the secret realm was not too long, so recovery was not too difficult.

After the handover was completed and the person in charge left the office, Jiang Yi organized the reports on her own.

When she found Su Xun, Su Xun was in a meeting and sat down in the corner of the conference room.

Those attending the meeting included Zhai Chao, the head of the shelter who came from Xinfu, Dong Jie, a team leader from Haiqu Shelter, and representatives who came with the teams of superhumans from various regions. It was a rare meeting.

"The division-level corps structure in Haiqu has been initially established. We can provide you with relevant work details for your reference, but don't be impatient. The progress here has its own development opportunities. Each region should decide on the reconstruction process according to its own actual situation."

Before the Great Cataclysm, the regimental and divisional system was changed to a battalion and brigade system, also to adapt to the needs of modern warfare.

The plan to reorganize the troops according to the unique battlefield requirements of the apocalypse was prepared before the cataclysm, but at the beginning of the apocalypse, most troops were scattered in various places, and regrouping these people was a very difficult task in itself.

With the establishment of the Haiqu Safety Zone, the time was ripe to establish a military system in the area.

This system, modeled after the organizational structures of civilized times, is named the Pioneer Corps. Its main task is to expand living space in the safe zone and provide security for survivors. In the pre-apocalyptic plan, thirteen corps will be established in thirteen blocks across the country, with each hub base serving as the corps' headquarters. Their work covers all aspects of the safe zone, including external search and rescue, crisis response, production and construction, militia training, medical education, resource distribution, and even potential future commercial operations.

Once this system is fully established, it can be said that every survivor in the safe zone will automatically become a member of the legion.

Seeing that everyone at the meeting understood the situation, Su Xun brought up another matter: "I have already heard Commander Dong introduce the situation of this secret realm crisis. Although similar dangers have not yet spread to various regions, each region and shelter can make contingency plans for this."

Many people stopped taking notes in their notebooks, and someone asked, "If our region also experiences an abnormal expansion of the secret realm, do we necessarily have to use nuclear weapons to solve it?"

"The base's equipment department has already begun using spiritual energy crystals to develop new weapons. Some of the technologies are relatively mature and simple, and it won't take long to convert them into physical forms."

"The use of strategic weapons is only a last resort due to time constraints. Soon, these weapons will be distributed to various regions... Comrade Chen, you come from Licheng. How is the Licheng Steel Plant?"

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, the situation in Licheng is very good. Judging by the time, production should have resumed by now."

Su Xun nodded. The situation of Licheng Steel Plant was similar to that of Xinfu Chemical Plant. Both were industrial bases reserved in advance, and on a larger scale. In addition to production tasks, they could also undertake some related scientific research and experimental work. A large part of the technological achievements produced by Taimeng Research Zone needed to be realized there.

Zheng Yuan and the others have been in Licheng for several days now. Chen Cheng took the dog squad leader to search for possible groups of mutated beasts, but there has been no news yet.

Zheng Yuan sent back a lot of news. They had basically curbed the tendency for a quick victory in the area, which was partly due to the actual performance of the Haiqu zombie horde.

Thinking of this, Su Xun said to everyone, "Haiqu's situation is not an isolated case. As time goes by, the zombie problem in various places will usher in a new round of outbreaks."

"Afterwards, you should organize yourselves to go into the Haiqu safe zone to learn about their experience in fighting zombies, and also carefully understand the damage that this zombie horde has caused to Haiqu. We cannot underestimate the enemy."

The Haiqu zombie horde was triggered ahead of schedule, catching local shelters off guard, but it also set a good example for other regions.

Although the preparations for the apocalypse were generally well done and the public voluntarily isolated themselves, many unexpected events still occurred.

The rate of advancement for zombies differs greatly from that of humans. Now, a considerable amount of time has passed since the Great Cataclysm, and based on this timeline, the mutated zombies have gradually begun to advance in rank. The zombie lords have also begun to gradually demonstrate their control capabilities, and under their influence, more zombies will be freed from isolation.

"This will be a widespread crisis. You will have a hard time waiting for reinforcements like Haiqu did. But in reality, all regions and units have been building defenses. You have much more time."

"I don't need to say much more about the specifics, but there is one point I need to make clear to you."

"Comrades, we are now in the end times. Everyone is experiencing great suffering. This is true for us and for the people at the grassroots level."

"At this stage, we urgently need a victory, a victory that can build confidence and bring hope to everyone."

"Moreover, as you have already seen, once we get through this crisis, the follow-up work will be much easier. Larger safe zones can be established in every city, and the population in the urban areas can be basically completely concentrated."

"Therefore, our goal is to completely crush and annihilate this group of zombies, and to wipe out these so-called mutated zombies and lords in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)