Chapter 197: Deployment

"Alright then, I'll go tell the Guard to raise your tent a bit higher; otherwise, Yingzhou might not be comfortable staying in your tent."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade his Regiment Commander, Li Fan had no choice but to shrug and speak helplessly.

"What? We have to do this too?" Seeing this, Jia Zhenliang had to take his feet off the desk and ask Li Fan.

"Yes, when I saw him last time, I felt he might be a bit cramped in the tent, so raising the tent is necessary."

Li Fan nodded, recalling Yingzhou's height, and confirmed.

"Then hurry up! Lao Li, you should have told me earlier! Go call the Guard to bring people over!"

"It's not too late now; the transport truck won't arrive that early."

Seeing Jia Zhenliang start to get busy, Li Fan walked out of the tent and called the Guard to start raising the tent.

Soon, the sound of an engine came from outside the camp. Jia Zhenliang went outside and saw a strong man about 2.7 meters tall getting off the back of the truck.

The expression on Jia Zhenliang's face stiffened slightly, but he quickly recovered.

"Hahaha, that must be Yingzhou, right? Just as Li Fan said, truly impressive."

Yingzhou looked at the rather ordinary-looking strong man before him, smiled, and extended his right hand, "It was indeed a pity we didn't meet last time. I was still quite surprised that you could trust me later on and appoint me as a temporary Commander."

Watching the two exchanging pleasantries, Li Fan coughed lightly and said, "Let's skip the polite talk; let's go back into the tent."

Only then did Jia Zhenliang notice the surrounding soldiers peeking over here whenever they had a chance.

"What are you looking at! If you have nothing to do, just say so!"

Jia Zhenliang roared twice at those soldiers, then invited Yingzhou into the tent.

Yingzhou also felt a sense of goodwill toward this boisterous Regiment Commander. Upon entering the tent, he noticed he didn't have to lower his head to enter; it seemed he had inquired about his height.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Jia Zhenliang said to Yingzhou, his face full of interest.

"Yingzhou, I heard news from the 10th Position earlier saying your Back Spirit can summon thousands of soldiers. Don't you feel your Spiritual Power draining very quickly?"

Yingzhou smiled politely and said, "I'm not very clear on that either, because Back Spirits of the random summoning type are truly rare in the database, and there is limited reference material. So, within a short period, I don't feel a rapid drain of Spiritual Power, but if it lasts a long time, I will feel exhausted."

"Hiss..."

Watching Yingzhou calmly state these breathtaking words, Jia Zhenliang muttered to himself: Do you even hear what you're saying? Summoning thousands of people with no problem in the short term—that's already very strong!

"By the way, I saw before that your Back Spirit is still E-Grade. Do you have no plans to raise its level? With your current record, raising it to A-Grade or even S Ji would be no problem."

Hearing Jia Zhenliang's words, Yingzhou asked back, "Regiment Commander Jia, what use do you think there is in raising my Back Spirit's level?"

"At the very least, you could be a Regiment Commander in the Military District in the future, and you only need to submit an application now."

Seeing that Jia Zhenliang didn't understand his meaning, Yingzhou continued.

"I have no concept of levels. E-Grade or S Ji, it's enough as long as I can slaughter the Alien Race on the battlefield. My goal has never been to become a Regiment Commander or anything like that, but to drive the Alien Race out, make them feel fear at the mere mention of the Human name! To let Humans survive in this racial war, and even strike back onto their lands!"

After hearing this from Yingzhou, Jia Zhenliang suddenly had an illusion that this man before him didn't seem to care about fame and fortune; he was fighting with hatred for the Alien Race.

"Captain Yingzhou, I didn't expect the height of your thinking to be something I couldn't even reach. We also hope to see the world you speak of, but the current situation really makes us unable to see any hope of that happening."

Jia Zhenliang's tone became serious, and he said solemnly to Yingzhou.

"Hope is created by Humans themselves, not by waiting for it to appear. We cannot give up just because there is no hope. If Humans were like that, Human Civilization would have long since vanished in the long river of history."

Yingzhou's words left Jia Zhenliang speechless. Just as the atmosphere became a bit awkward, Jia Zhenliang's Guard walked into the tent.

Jia Zhenliang immediately asked the Guard, "What happened? Is there an emergency?"

"Uh, report to the Regiment Commander, the Military District sent a communication to have the 78th Legion detach a unit to support the Sixty-Sixth Corps, led by Yingzhou. After the battle ends, the unit will return to the original Legion."

Upon hearing this news, Jia Zhenliang immediately asked, "What happened to the Sixty-Sixth Corps?"

"The battle situation is not very optimistic. It's just that the number of Zerg is increasing, and the Blue Slime over there requires aerial strikes to limit its attacks."

Hearing the Guard say this, Jia Zhenliang realized the problem facing the Sixty-Sixth Corps and said to Yingzhou.

"Captain Yingzhou, I will have the unit ready by tomorrow, and I will hand them over to you then."

Yingzhou also heard the severity of the battlefield over there, so he nodded and said.

"Hmm, can you tell me more about what's happening with the Sixty-Sixth Corps?"

After Jia Zhenliang handed the explanation work to Li Fan, he left the tent in a hurry with his Guard.

"Actually, it's not complicated. Humanoid Zerg have also appeared at the Sixty-Sixth Corps, and three positions have been captured by the Zerg."

Listening to Li Fan, Yingzhou couldn't help but nod. He had indeed seen the strength of those Humanoid Zerg; they were indeed very strong. Plus, the Zerg were attacking positions that had always been easy to defend, so he believed the supplies there must not be sufficient.

"Originally, only one position was lost, which was an opportunity bought by that Commander burning up everything he had. Afterward, the Deputy Regiment Commander of the Sixty-Sixth Corps led a combat squad and a unit to prepare to re-garrison that position. As a result, just as they arrived, the Zerg attack had already reached them, and the numbers were massive. Although the two nearby positions also sent support, they still couldn't hold off the Zerg attack. According to soldiers who survived from the other two positions, this time the Zerg deployed nearly ten Humanoid Zerg, and they devoured quite a lot of the soldiers' flesh and blood."

Li Fan paused here, and after composing his tone, continued.

"The Deputy Regiment Commander of the Sixty-Sixth Corps was killed by other Humanoid Zerg after killing one. Even so, he severely wounded one Humanoid Zerg. The combat squad leader Xu Fenqiu and his team members were also killed by the Alien Race, leaving no remains. And the unit they brought also suffered heavy losses, nearly wiped out."