Feng Jun stood on a high slope, from where he could clearly see the intense smoke and fire in Huaicheng District, as well as the occasional explosions.
After surveying the area with binoculars, Feng Jun realized that the battle was basically coming to an end.
It seemed the Zhu Hong Business Association and the Blackwater Merchant Guild had been defeated; only the flags of the Blood Bell Gang, Red Hand Mercenary Group, and Hongwen Gang remained on the city wall.
The large flag of the Zhu Hong Business Association, which used to hang in the middle, had been torn down and thrown from the city wall.
"Boss, are we late?" Song Zhan's white egret type ii formation, along with soldier robots, is heading this way and will arrive in twenty minutes," Song Zhan said, standing beside Feng Jun.
Behind the two of them were approximately nine thousand soldiers and armored units from Longmen Town.
After confirming the start of the civil war in Huaicheng District, Feng Jun immediately ordered Song Peng and Song Zhan to assemble the army and move towards the vicinity of Huaicheng District.
Because Longmen Town was the closest, Feng Jun only brought over nine thousand human soldiers to arrive first, while Song Zhan was en route, riding in the white egret type ii aircraft formation.
This battle would not only determine the future ownership of Huaicheng District but also the future direction of the areas surrounding Shangqing City.
Therefore, Feng Jun even brought out the two Titan Power Armors, but their Titan-level Power Armor height was too conspicuous, so Feng Jun had them wait in reserve not far behind.
Originally, Feng Jun wanted to personally pilot one of the Titan Power Armors, but considering that Huaicheng District was equipped with several large-caliber plasma cannons and electromagnetic cannons, although the Titan Power Armor was equipped with a new type of plasma shield, it could not withstand continuous firing from several large-caliber energy weapons.
So Feng Jun connected Ling Jiu's quantum communication chip to the control console of the Titan Power Armor, allowing Ling Jiu to control these two Power Armors through the Quantum Network.
Combined with the reconnaissance network formed by the UAV swarm, having Ling Jiu control these two Titan Power Armors was much better than human pilots.
At this time, the fighting in Huaicheng District had basically stopped, with only Zhu Wenyao still leading resistance in the underground base.
The surface battle had essentially concluded.
Huaicheng District had long been home to some Bounty Hunters and ordinary scavenger groups, and these people were inevitably affected by the war.
Now that the fighting had eased slightly, these people were fleeing the city with their families and luggage.
The Blood Bell Gang and the Red Hand Mercenary Group were currently busy plundering the spoils of war from the Zhu Hong Business Association and the Blackwater Merchant Guild, leaving them no time to deal with these ordinary people.
For a time, a large stream of people poured out of Huaicheng District, scattering in all directions.
"After all this, Huaicheng District is half ruined.
I just don't know how many factories and resources will be left in the underground missile silos," Song Zhan said with some regret, looking at the boxes.
"Isn't this our good opportunity?
Notify Han Chong, who is staying behind in Longmen Town, to prepare to receive the people who come to seek refuge, and to screen them carefully.
All people must have their firearms confiscated and undergo inspection.
If anyone disobeys the arrangements, they should be thrown out," Feng Jun said indifferently, continuing to look around with his binoculars.
Besides Huaicheng District, the only other large gathering place around Shangqing City was Longmen Town; otherwise, these survivors would have to travel hundreds of kilometers further to the vicinity of Wei City.
Therefore, most of these fleeing survivors could only go to Longmen Town to avoid the turmoil.
However, most of these survivors would return to Huaicheng District once it stabilized.
Although Huaicheng District did not have large quantities of food like Longmen Town, its safety was unmatched by Longmen Town.
After all, the underground bunkers here could perfectly evade the invasion of the Zombie Tide, because, ultimately, all gathering places in the wasteland were created to resist the Zombie Tide.
Things were exactly as Feng Jun had expected; most of the people who came out of Huaicheng District made a turn outside the city and gathered into streams, heading towards Longmen Town.
Feng Jun was not in a hurry to act.
He still didn't know the exact situation inside the city, so he planned to send a few people in to scout amidst the chaos.
Suddenly, Feng Jun spotted an acquaintance, Jiang Xueling, in the crowd.
Although she had cut her hair short, put on makeup, and was carrying a large bag on her back, Feng Jun recognized her just by her figure.
She was currently mingling with the crowd, heading towards Longmen Town.
Seeing that Jiang Xueling was still alive and well, Feng Jun was naturally very happy.
After all, this woman had shared an 'office activity' with him once, and now Feng Jun also needed to know the situation inside Huaicheng District.
So Feng Jun immediately ordered Song Peng to take a group of soldiers to intercept that group of displaced people and bring Jiang Xueling before Feng Jun.
When she was stopped by several soldiers in Power Armor, Jiang Xueling almost thought she had been discovered by the enemy, but after seeing that the leader was Song Peng, Jiang Xueling breathed a sigh of relief and immediately followed Song Peng to Feng Jun's side.
Feng Jun looked Jiang Xueling up and down.
She had completely lost her former aloof goddess appearance.
However, what puzzled Feng Jun was that her limbs had returned to the appearance of ordinary human flesh and blood limbs; her original metal prosthetics were gone, and even the mechanical electronic eye added last time had reverted to a normal eye.
"Are you escaping in disguise?
Why did you fail so quickly? I was planning to support you," Feng Jun said, feigning regret.
Jiang Xueling pursed her lips and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but it's too late now.
The Hongwen Gang betrayed us, and you won't gain anything by coming now.
Zhu Wenyao is still holding out inside, but the battle will probably end very soon."
Feng Jun understood that Jiang Xueling was blaming him.
If he had expressed his support for them from the beginning, things might have been different today.
However, Feng Jun didn't mind her blame.
Instead, he stepped forward, took Jiang Xueling's hand, and asked with concern, "What happened to your hand?
Are you injured now?"
Jiang Xueling was much happier to see Feng Jun still caring about her and said, "It's nothing serious.
When the guards couldn't hold out, I persuaded the president to escape together.
As for this arm, it's just a temporary layer of flesh and blood membrane attached to it, just for escaping the city."
Jiang Xueling then told Feng Jun about her experiences and everything she saw on her way out.
Her arms and legs were only temporarily coated with a layer of flesh and blood membrane because the Blackwater Merchant Guild sometimes carried out assassination missions, and metal limbs were too conspicuous, so a temporary flesh and blood membrane needed to be plated on the outside of the prosthetics.
Jiang Xueling even demonstrated it to Feng Jun, grabbing her left pinky with her right hand and tearing it forcefully, peeling off the skin and flesh around the pinky to reveal the metal finger underneath.
The modified electronic eye was the same; it was removed and replaced with a temporary biological eyeball.