Apocalypse: Transmigrated General's Daughter Uses Space to Survive-Chapter 131: Leaving the Military

"At the time of the rescue mission, Major Ye had already retired from the military and become a successful businessman. However, he still went on a mission to rescue the scientist. This shows that even though he had left the military, he had not stopped serving the people.

As long as his country needed him, he would do whatever he could to help. That was a very eye-catching mission, which is why it’s known by many people, but in the last two years after his retirement, he had gone on several missions, off the books.

Now, taking that as an example, are you still worried that you won’t get to help regular citizens once you leave the military?

As long as it’s a mission that doesn’t involve fighting for power, we can help.

In fact, we can take on such missions without the need for others giving us orders that we cannot disobey.

If we were not in the military, most of our brothers wouldn’t have died just to complete the mission.

We could have made a tactical retreat to find another way to protect the people in the institute. However, because our orders say that we must clear the zombies here, we had to do it even at the cost of our lives.

Is it worth it?" Qi Long gave a long lecture and hoped that his men understood their current situation.

The few young soldiers started to think seriously about their Captain’s words. Especially when their dead brothers were mentioned. In fact, they had been talking about other things and distracting themselves so as not to think about how their brothers had been torn apart by zombies and their flesh eaten right in front of them.

It was the most heartbreaking thing they had ever witnessed in their lives. They could still hear the screams as their flesh was torn apart and bones broken while they were still alive.

It almost looked like the zombies were taunting them. Some of their brothers had turned into zombies after getting bitten or scratched and they had to put a bullet in their brains to stop them from doing something they would not have wanted to do.

That memory, and the fact that the higher-ups didn’t even bother sending reinforcements or even their condolences after they had reported the events that had occured here sent a chill through their hearts.

Yes, what were they fighting for at this moment? Was it to protect the country or its citizens? Or was it for power-hungry people who were using them as tools to amass more power and resources?

Resources that would never be used on fellow soldiers or ordinary citizens.

It’s not that they didn’t know that the government was using their resources to bribe superpower users and recruit them to work for them or bribing others in power to offer their support.

The level of corruption was astonishing. They had turned a blind eye before and dug their heads in the sand like ostriches. As if these atrocious things would not surface in their minds if they turned a blind eye.

"We’ve turned a blind eye on these things for so long. Is it helping or making things worse and affecting the innocent citizens even more?" Qi Long asked them a question that even he felt ashamed to answer.

He was the captain and allowed his men to be exploited leading to the death of so many brothers. He wished he could have done something.

"Captain, what are your plans?" One soldier asked after thinking for some time.

He realized that even if not for themselves, they owed it to their fallen brothers to fight for a better future. Even if it’s in the midst of chaos.

Qi Long looked at the four brothers in front of him and instead of answering the question, he asked one of his own.

"What have you decided?"

"Captain, I will follow your lead." The young soldier replied.

He was only twenty and had joined the military just two years ago. Even though he had witnessed a lot of death, he didn’t feel comfortable watching his brothers die for the wrong cause.

Hence, he decided to do what his captain says. If the captain says to leave the army, he would follow him wherever he went.

The others also looked at Qi Long and together said, "We will follow your lead."

Seeing that all of them had made a decision, he was overjoyed.

"Okay, I will handle everything else. But first, let’s go back to the barracks and turn in our resignation request.

Even if things are chaotic, we still have to follow procedures and leave the military formally.

Since all the zombies here have been cleared, we don’t need to stay here as it doesn’t count as failing the mission.

Prepare to move out." Qi Long gave an order.

"Yes captain." The soldiers stood up and saluted in unison.

They started collecting their belongings and prepared to leave.

Qi Long followed suit and started to collect his belongings as well.

He could go back to the barracks to submit his discharge request and at the same time he could find out about Ye Xuan’s whereabouts.

Ye Xuan on the other hand had already arrived inside the research institute and parked his car outside the building Song Ting was staying at.

Because of the soldiers who had cleared up zombies in this area, there were no zombies inside the walls of the institute.

However, because of the rain that was still going on, no one could be seen outside.

He took his phone and called the scientist to ask for his house number. After getting it, he walked into the building and headed straight for the elevator.

Unlike within the city where some places have begun to flood, the buildings here we’re still safe and dry.

The elevator stopped on the seventh floor and as soon as he walked out, Song Ting opened the door at the end of the hallway and enthusiastically invited him in.

Ye Xuan stood outside the door and first put his waterproof backpack down before taking off his waterproof raincoat.

Song Ting was almost jumping in joy as he grabbed the raincoat and helped Ye Xuan hang it on the coat hanger beside the door.

He invited him inside, "Come on in. I thought you were joking with me yesterday when you said you would come today." Song Ting said as he turned around and walked into his house.