This base commander, formerly a colonel, was originally just a military scion climbing the ranks step by step in the standard orderly fashion.
What was terrifying was that before the apocalypse, his father, General Yun, had brushed aside all objections on the grounds that the other military generals were elderly, frail, and senile, managing to install him in the Huazhong Base—a vital sanctuary for human survivors.
Even more terrifying was that after taking over the Huazhong Base, stripped of his family's direct protection, he had managed with iron-fisted methods to swiftly bring the five buildings of the base's nuclear energy research institute under his control. He had deployed his own trusted personnel to secure all nearby utility and livelihood supply stations, thereby ensuring the normal internal operation of the base.
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