"If you can promise me that after we join Dawn, the experiment will not be interrupted, and you are even willing to invest more people, money and material resources..."
Before Yuan Shaohua finished speaking, Zhang Fan agreed.
"I promise you!"
"Not only will we support you based on the original experiment! We will also dispatch more talents! Materials! Support you!"
After saying that, Zhang Fan looked at the lonely and desolate figure locked in the glass room.
Zhang Fan is certainly not a saint.
He didn't cherish Yuan Shaohua's talents enough to go out of his way to save his children.
However, the situation of Yuan Shaohua's son is indeed different.
If one day, Zhang Fan really needs to leave Long'an, he will inevitably encounter various powerful mutant beasts.
And the kind of monsters that can infect people may also be included among them!
If Yuan Shaohua can really find some way to restrain this monster virus.
That would be an extra layer of protection for the escape route!
After Yuan Shaohua received Zhang Fan's affirmative answer, a stone fell from his heart.
"Lord Barbarian King, with your words..." Yuan Shaohua couldn't help but choke as he spoke.
Hu Xingguo sighed and patted Yuan Shaohua on the shoulder.
"Professor Yuan, there is no need to say more. My promise to you is only based on the premise that you can surrender to me."
Yuan Shaohua nodded.
"To be honest, Captain Hu and I have been able to convince at least half of the people... Then there is the other half who are indeed following Ji Jun's words..."
Zhang Fan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"Don't worry, we can wait until we see you, Vice Captain Ji, in person to talk."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone came to report.
"Report to Captain! Vice Captain Ji is back!"
Zhang Fan raised the corners of his lips.
"I really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here."
Then he looked at Hu Xingguo and Yuan Shaohua with a smile.
"Let's go, take me to meet your young and promising vice-captain!"
Hu Xingguo nodded, then thought about it again, and finally spoke tentatively.
"Lord Man King, Ji Junwei is a child with a good nature, but after all, he has become famous at a young age, so he is inevitably a little arrogant."
Zhang Fan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Why, Captain Hu is afraid that I will attack Vice Captain Ji?"
Hu Xingguo smiled and shook his head.
"I know Lord Barbarian King will not deliberately create difficulties, but without your permission, Ji Junwei actually does not know your identity... I am worried that Ji Junwei will be rude to you for a moment!"
Zhang Fan laughed.
"Then just tell him the truth."
"But……"
Hu Xingguo was about to say something more when Zhang Fan raised his hand to stop Hu Xingguo.
"Captain Hu, there is something I need you to do..."
In the Arknights team's camp, everyone was walking towards a lawn.
"Hey, do you know why the captain summoned us all for a meeting?"
A few dusty people were walking together. Zhang San, the garbage hauler, opened his mouth first and asked the people around him.
They are all ordinary survivors, with neither superpowers nor intelligence, and what they do in the camp are the most ordinary and unskilled things.
"I don't know. In the past, when meetings were held, it was always the superpowers who held meetings of the superpowers, and we held our own meeting. This time it is strange."
Li Si was tall and strong, and he was quite strong among ordinary survivors. He was often responsible for carrying some things. When he heard Zhang San's question, he couldn't help but make guesses.
"Do you think it's possible that our Ark will have a different captain tomorrow?"
Wang Mazi was short and thin, and as his name suggests, he had pockmarks all over his face. After hearing what Li Si said, he was so angry that he couldn't help but jump up and hit Li Si on the shoulder.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Captain Hu is such a real person! How can we change the captain!"
Li Si touched his shoulder and curled his lips.
"I didn't say Captain Hu was bad, I was just guessing..."
Zhang San then sighed.
"I heard that Vice Captain Ji is going to have a meeting when he comes back. Don't tell me, it might be possible!"
"Hmph!" Wang Mazi snorted coldly, "Vice Captain Ji is so young that he doesn't take care of the entire team when he leads the team to fight monsters! I don't think he is qualified to be the captain!"
"That's possible!"
A yellow-haired superhuman heard the conversation of several people and said with a smile.
"Huang Mao, do you have any internal news?"
Zhang San and Huang Mao had known each other before. When Huang Mao said this, he quickly put his arms around Huang Mao's neck and asked.
"What, did you guys have a meeting and said something?" Wang Mazi was a little anxious when he heard Huang Mao say this.
Huang Mao gently pushed Zhang San away.
"No, I'm just guessing! Besides, I'm just a third-level superpower user. If there's anything going on above, I won't tell us at all!"
Zhang San looked around and lowered his voice.
"Then you know what the internal opinions of you superpowers are, right? I've heard that there are different opinions among you!"
Huang Mao smacked his lips.
"How can I say this? Although Captain Hu has no special powers, we still have to protect him every time he goes out. But as the captain of the entire camp, that is indeed very good."
Zhang San and others nodded repeatedly.
"Captain Hu has the temperament of a leader!" Wang Mazi emphasized. "Look at the choices the captain makes and the strategies he formulates every time. Every time, it doesn't make our camp move in a better direction!"
Huang Mao smiled and patted Wang Mazi on the shoulder.
"Mazi, no one said that the captain is not the captain, so don't get excited!"
Wang Mazi danced with joy.
"Anyway! No matter what! I must only recognize the captain!"
More people around heard it and nodded in agreement.
Huang Mao smacked his lips.
"Hey, brothers, no matter how good Captain Hu is, he really can't resist his own inability!"
"I have heard some remarks that Vice Captain Ji should be the representative of Arknights, and Captain Hu should be the strategist behind the scenes!"
"Military advisor?" Wang Mazi's eyes widened when he heard this.
"What military advisor! The military advisor is Professor Yuan!"
A man wearing glasses heard the people in front of him talking about Professor Yuan, and he crowded forward very excitedly.
"Professor Yuan? What's wrong with Professor Yuan? Do you think Professor Yuan should be the captain?"
Several people looked back with puzzled expressions. After seeing the glasses, they turned around and continued chatting.
It turns out that Zhang San, the man with glasses, knows several people. He is a staff member in the experimental building. He can be regarded as an admirer of Yuan Shaohua!
Seeing that several people were ignoring him, Yan Jing was a little anxious and pulled Zhang San's arm.
"What? Don't you think so? Think about it carefully!"
"Captain Hu has a long-term vision and is extremely wise. But he has no special abilities!"
"As for Deputy Ji, his abilities have improved, but he is still young, can't hold his breath and can't handle things, and he doesn't feel like a commander-in-chief!"
"Hey, but our Professor Yuan is different! Not only does he have a smart mind! He has the foresight of a superior! At the same time, he also has good abilities! Is he the most suitable person to be the captain?"
Several people sneered.
"Glasses! Are you stupid? Professor Yuan is so focused on experiments! How can you not control the camp!"
Even Li Si knows this truth!
Glasses thought for a moment, said nothing, and walked forward in a dull tone.
Several people behind him burst out laughing!
After a while, a huge crowd gathered on the empty lawn.
On the stone steps in front of the lawn, the top brass of the team were standing.
When Hu Xingguo saw that almost everyone had arrived, he waved to Ji Junwei, who had just come back and was still looking confused.
"Captain." Ji Junwei came to Hu Xingguo with a slightly unhappy look on his face.
"Xiao Ji, we are almost here now, but the defense of the camp cannot be relaxed yet! You can pick some people and ask them to guard all parts of the camp!"
Ji Junwei did not agree immediately, but asked.
"Captain, can you tell me what's so important about holding such a big meeting?"
Hu Xingguo smiled and nodded.
"Yes, there is indeed something important!"
Ji Junwei then asked.
"Then could you please tell me what the specific matter is?"
The mystery of Hu Xingguo’s smile.
"You'll know what happened after a while!"
After laughing, he ordered again.
"Now, go ahead and send people to guard the camp!"
Ji Junwei frowned slightly, but still agreed, and then took his people everywhere.
During this interval, Zhang Fan issued orders to Xiao Lingwei, Black Lotus King and Huo Xiaoyu.
"Xiao Lingwei, lead your people to lurk in the highlands!"
"King Black Lotus, take your people to hide in secret!"
"Huo Xiaoyu, bring your people to meet me directly!"
After receiving the replies from the three people, Zhang Fan looked at Hu Xingguo and Yuan Shaohua from a distance.
After noticing Zhang Fan's gaze, the two nodded towards Zhang Fan, indicating that everything was ready!
Not long after, Ji Junwei had made arrangements and returned to the stage.
Zhang Fan nodded from afar. Hu Xingguo raised his hand.
"Everyone!"
Hu Xingguo's voice was loud and powerful, and with just one sound, the people who were still noisy fell silent.
Hu Xingguo slowly put down his hand, and a smile appeared on his cheeks.
Behind the scenes, Ji Junwei was whispering to the people around him.
"What's Old Man Hu doing today?" Ji Junwei asked.
"We don't know! We were just summoned too!"
One of the squad leaders shrugged.
Ji Junwei frowned. "What about the rest of you? You don't even know?"
Hu Xingguo was still speaking slowly in front of the stage about the great achievements of the Arknights team.
One team leader hesitated and spoke privately.
"Team Ji, I seem to have heard that...our team is going to change its captain..."
Ji Junwei's eyes widened.
"Change the captain?!! Change the captain to what? Why didn't I hear about it?"
The squad leader said again.
"I heard about it just now on the way here... As for who will be replaced... I don't know... but... I seem to hear people talking about Professor Yuan..."
"Old man Yuan?"
Ji Junwei frowned and couldn't help but look at Yuan Shaohua next to Hu Xingguo!
As if feeling Ji Junwei's gaze, Yuan Shaohua turned around and smiled at Ji Junwei.
In Ji Junwei's eyes, it seemed like he was provoking!
Ji Junwei couldn't help but clench his teeth!
"Okay! This old Hu! I feel like I can't be the captain anymore! He actually wants Lao Ji to be the captain! Who doesn't know that he and I are two people wearing the same pants! He can do the job of directing the right hand with his left hand!"
Ji Junwei was breathing heavily from the back, while Hu Xingguo was talking vigorously from the front!
"Everyone! Our Arknights team has gone through many disasters, big and small, to reach its current scale! And to achieve such achievements! It is naturally the credit of every one of you present!"
"Without our superpower exploration team, our lives would not be protected!"
“Without our support staff, our camp life wouldn’t be so comfortable!”
"And everyone in the Experimental Research Department not only creates additional sources of income for us, but even represents the future of us ordinary people!"
"And today, the reason why I gathered everyone together is not only to express my gratitude to you! But, there is another matter, and I want to ask for your opinions fairly!"
After Hu Xingguo said these words, the originally quiet crowd became noisy again.
Everyone is guessing what Hu Xingguo wants to say.
Hu Xingguo smiled and then raised his hand.
"Everyone, be quiet! Please listen to me!"
"First of all, I am honored to be your captain! Leading you to survive in this crazy world! I know very well! This is not my alone! I also know very well that today, our team already has better players.
Rising talent!”
As he spoke, Hu Xingguo turned to look at Ji Junwei, who was gradually stunned, and began to describe the difficulties in building the team in the beginning!
Ji Junwei listened to what Hu Xingguo said one after another, mentioning his own contribution to each one!
Ji Junwei felt a surge of heat in his heart, and even had a premonition... Hu Xingguo was not planning to let Yuan Shaohua be the captain as others said... instead... he seemed to keep mentioning his name...
"So! Today! Here! I! Hu Xingguo..."
Before Hu Xingguo finished speaking, Ji Junwei suddenly stood up!
"Captain! I don't agree with you resigning!"
Ji Jun spoke as soon as he spoke.
Everyone who had been incited by Hu Xingguo suddenly became excited!
Wang Mazi was the first to raise his hands!
"Captain Hu! The captain of Arknights can only be you!"
Then, there were more voices in the crowd!
"You are the greatest contributor to the team!"
"You are the only captain!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't have superpowers! We will protect you!"
In the darkness under the stage, Zhang Fan couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips...
On the stage, Hu Xingguo looked shocked, looking at Ji Junwei and everyone in the audience. For a moment, he burst into tears!
"Xiao Ji! Why are you..."
Hu Xingguo said in pain, "I originally wanted you to be the captain!"
Ji Jun smiled.
"Captain! I have guessed it a long time ago! However, you also know my character! Just be the deputy captain! Being the captain is really difficult for me!"
Hu Xingguo sighed and shook his head.
"Xiao Ji, Xiao Ji! You are still too stupid!"
Ji Jun raised the corners of his lips.
"Captain, don't worry too much. Just look at the reaction from the audience! As captain, you still have to sit down and sit down!"
Hu Xingguo took another look at the still excited crowd, and once again raised his hand to calm them down.
"Everyone... I, Mr. Hu, have no talent or virtue, but I can be recognized by everyone. I am really scared in my heart!"