The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse
Chapter 696

Chapter 696: Chapter 564, I'm afraid Auntie will cut them down Chapter 696: Chapter 564, I'm afraid Auntie will cut them down Island Lord's Mansion.

Wu Heng looked at the panel displaying his fame, his brows slightly raised.

The speed of the increase in fame this time was much faster than before, even doubling.

Has the story caught fire?

But it had just been serialized for the second issue, totaling less than 6,000 words.

How could it catch fire at this time?

Despite his doubt, the increase in fame was indeed real.

It seemed that Glenda's decision to change the story's protagonist to herself was correct.

As long as it helped with the fame, changing the protagonist's name was not a big deal.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xiao flew back from outside.

Floating in mid-air, she said, “Uncle, the newspapers sold really well today. I went to the harbor, and they were all sold out.”

“The sales are that good?”

On second thought.

The harbor was a place with a lot of people coming and going.

People arriving on the island would find it novel and normal to buy a paper to read, while those leaving the island would have more time on the ship and could pass the time with a newspaper.

“Now, they all have money?”

“Some bought it alone, and others pooled money to buy it,” answered Xiao Xiao.

Pooling money to buy one newspaper and take turns reading it was also a cost-saving method.

“That's also a solution, as long as everyone likes our newspapers. It's alright if several people pool money to buy it,” said Wu Heng.

The main thing was the improvement in fame, and it seemed to be effective.

Even if he wasn't making money, as long as the fame continued to grow, he would keep serializing the newspaper.

Xiao Xiao flew to the other side, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, “I also heard someone cursing Aunt Glenda, calling her mean-spirited and wanting to find out who wrote it, to break her legs, without realizing that she doesn't have legs now.”

“Why's that?” asked Wu Heng.

“They said the ending was awful, and the place where the story ended made them uncomfortable.”

Wu Heng understood–it was the problem of cliffhangers.

He had read Glenda's rewritten novel, and although the story was the original one, the ending had been given a cliffhanger.

It must have been something Glenda learned from modern literature.

“Don't tell your aunt; it'll just upset her.”

Xiao Xiao nodded, “Yeah, I'm afraid she'll take her sword and go chop them up.”

Lighthouse Street Tavern.

“Damn it! It ends at the crucial moment again, I really want to punch the writer.”

“This ghostwriter is up to no good, the newspaper took our money, and yet they purposefully leave it at that.”

“Absolutely detestable.”

“He truly deserves to die! If I find out who cut off the story, I'll burn her with fire,” a redhead short person slammed the table and cursed loudly.

Smack! Smack!

No sooner had the words left his mouth.

The crisp sound of a slap echoed through the tavern.

The man who had stood up to curse surprisingly looked at his hand and then felt his stinging cheek.

“Why did you hit yourself?”

“I… I don't know.”

The redhead short person stood still, his face burning from hitting himself, and his eyes of anger cleared up somewhat.

Upon reflecting carefully, he cautiously sat back down.

He muttered a low apology to those around him.

He then went silent, keeping his head down and drank.

Island Lord's Mansion.

Glenda also flew back.

She said, “The sale of newspapers this time was good; along the way, everybody was reading them. I think we could appropriately increase the print run. People are coming to the island every day, and they can all buy them. It could also cultivate the habit of reading newspapers among the islanders.”

Wu Heng estimated in his mind.

Before the next issue came out, the second issue would continue to sell.

Indeed, printing some more could be done.

“You're right. Let's go and print some more,” he said.

Leading two ghosts downstairs, they headed to the printing press workshop.

He tasked the skeleton workers to continue printing more copies of the second issue's newspapers.

“When do you plan to release the next issue?” Glenda asked again.

“We need to space it out a bit, let's say in 7 days. If the timing is too tight, the city hall won't be able to collect intelligence, and our newspaper can't just update the story.”

“Yeah, that makes sense!” agreed Glenda, then said, “Issuing a separate one that only updates the story, I feel that would be even more popular.”

“Then it would be a novel”

After giving instructions,

He walked out of the printing room, and Robey ran over to call him for dinner.

He followed the maids to the dining hall.

After lunch, he returned to his study and then proceeded to the Zombie World.

Stepping out of the boundary door, he was back in his usual dormitory.

Wu Heng glanced out of the window, picked up the walkie-talkie charging on the side cabinet, and called Qi Hancai.

Soon, Qi Hancai's voice came through, “Yahong has arrived, we're in the meeting room now!”

Li Yahong had arrived with her people?

That was quick.

He pressed down on the walkie-talkie, “I'm on my way now.”

He grabbed the down jacket hanging on the coat rack, put it on, and left for the meeting room.

Inside the meeting room.

People were seated on both sides of the elongated conference table.

Qi Hancai sat on the left side of the conference table with her confidants, Gao Rong, and two other technicians.

On the right side sat Li Yahong and several others.

Upon seeing Wu Heng enter, everyone stood up to greet him.

Wu Heng took the lead seat while the others sat down as well.

Everyone reported on their situations.

Li Yahong asked, “Sister Qi said we need to arrange personnel for zombie clearance?”

Wu Heng nodded, scanning the room.

He stated directly, “Recently, survivor bases in various places have been sending us rescue requests. Although we're not a rescue team, we're doing well now and have the capacity, so we should help other survivors in different areas as much as possible.”

The people around the table nodded in understanding.

Wu Heng continued, “Therefore, I plan to form two pioneer teams that will move along the railway in both directions, entering cities along the route to clear zombies and rescue survivors.”

The attendees all frowned in unison.

Except for Qi Hancai, who was aware of the plan, none of the others knew about this.

Even Li Yahong was only told to select people from the base for zombie clearing, without knowing the specifics.

After all, the radio broadcast content was public, and it wasn't convenient to announce some things before decisions were made.

Now, hearing the detailed information, everyone was somewhat puzzled and worried.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yahong asked softly, “What would the base personnel in the team be responsible for?”

Wu Heng explained, “The main combat will be carried out by Skeletons. The selected individuals will follow the Skeletons and won't need to engage in direct combat. Their main tasks are to communicate with the rescued survivors, report progress and schedule, and arrange for supplies and other matters. In other words, aside from combat, you're responsible for everything else.”

Phew~!

The people on both sides sighed with relief.

As long as they didn't have to directly engage in combat, they could handle the rest, as they were already doing so.

“Qi Hancai and Li Yahong, each of you select a team captain to mainly take charge of this matter.”

Qi Hancai immediately responded, “From our side, Bai Qing will take charge of this.”

Bai Qing, who was seated nearby, stood up.

Not yet thirty years old, he was one of the old residents who followed Qi Hancai out of Dongan Village.

He was one of Qi Hancai's confidants.

“Island Master, I guarantee the mission will be accomplished.”

“Hmm, you're clear on the procedures; this matter shouldn't be difficult.”

“Yes!”

After a brief exchange of whispers among her group, Li Yahong turned around and said, “Our side will be led by Hong Dedong.”

A middle-aged man with a beard stood up, “King! I guarantee the mission will be accomplished.”

Hong Dedong was also one of the earlier members to join the base.

“Hmm, the two of you stay here for now. I'll arrange for the Skeletons later, so you can get familiar with them.”

“Yes!” the two men nodded.

With the Skeleton logistics team issue settled,

Wu Heng proceeded, “Qi Hancai, tomorrow we go to the former site of the provincial rescue team to take control of the railway. Arrange the convoy.”

“Alright,” Qi Hancai nodded and acknowledged the task.

After the meeting concluded, everyone headed out together.

Just as they stepped out of the corridor,

footsteps chasing after them resonated from behind.

Qiangzi ran up briskly, saying, “King, I have some new blueprints, take a look and see if they work!”

“You have blueprints again?”

Back at Xinfu City's base, Qiangzi's imagination had always been rich.

Designs like the Iron Wolf Rake, zombie-powered treadmills, and other inventions were quite numerous.

Some were useless, but some were actually quite good.

For instance, the solid iron bullet concept came from Qiangzi. Although it wasn't his invention, it was an idea that led him to gather information from outsiders at the Flame God Shelter.

They had been using it up until now, and it was still very effective.

“Let's take a look at it then. What's with the secrecy?” Wu Heng inquired.

“Sister Hong doesn't want me messing around,” he replied as he pulled out a small notebook from his pocket, flipping it open to reveal the drawings inside.

The first page featured several flying dragons, with Qiangzi explaining, “The first plan is to add machine guns to the Skeleton Flying Dragons. The interior of the ribcage is perfect for a bullet chamber, capable of storing a large number of bullets. There's also the addition of a flame-thrower system; fuel pipes running down the neck to the mouth, and the chest cavity as a fuel tank. The mouth should have flint to ignite the fuel gun when it opens, creating the effect of a flaming mouth that can incinerate zombies on a large scale.”

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