The team members present all showed expressions of fervent excitement. After all, killing a High-tier Mother Empress meant that their faction now had the power to survive in this post-apocalyptic world.

They were even several times stronger than any other human resistance force on Blue Star at this moment.

And after the final battle, the tedious and grueling Battle of Wu City would finally come to an end.

Everyone, who had been on edge for over a month, could finally get some long-awaited rest.

No organization or group could continue fighting under the high pressure of intense combat for too long.

Unless, like the Zerg Race, they first castrated their self-awareness, turning people into machines.

But humans were different. Everyone thought independently and had their own desires.

The higher-ups needed to convert the fruits of victory into power, and the soldiers on the front lines had their own corresponding needs.

The premise of promising a great reward is that the reward actually exists. Merely delivering on the promise of increased power wasn’t enough; that growth in power must also be met with a corresponding status.

Only in this way could a sustainable cycle of positive incentives be created.

This was why Lin Feng was willing to spend food resources to support the more than one hundred thousand survivors in Jin City.

Their existence provided logistical support for the more than five thousand combat troops, forming the final link at the base of the faction. Meanwhile, the incentives of power and status would ensure the Warrior system received a constant supply of new recruits.

It formed a healthy, self-sustaining loop.

Before the apocalypse, Lin Feng had been unable to tolerate the empty promises of his supervisors and bosses, and had resolutely burned his bridges with them.

Now that he had worked his way into a similar position, he naturally wouldn’t make the same mistake.

Especially in these chaotic times, winning the people’s hearts was the key to achieving great things.

After announcing the strategic mission for the final battle, Lin Feng dismissed the Commanders from the Warrior ranks. He then turned to the remaining one hundred fifty-eight Tier Two Awakeners.

Among them, the eight Tier Two Late-stage Perfect Awakened, represented by Shen Jie and Liu Yi, were each currently serving as the Commander of a team.

However, the mere position and title of team leader clearly didn’t match their strength and status.

To unleash the Legion’s greater combat potential, it was necessary to restructure it and grant them higher status.

Looking at the more than one hundred fifty Tier Two Awakeners present, Lin Feng thought for a moment before speaking:

"This Legion, composed of Tier Two Awakeners, will be the core and soul of our army. Other factions treat their Tier Two Awakeners like honored guests, putting them on a pedestal and keeping them from front-line combat..."

"But here, things are different."

"Because you are the backbone of the fight against the Zerg Race, the crucial force for resisting the Tier Two Zerg Race. Naturally, you must be even more valiant and battle-hardened, and you need to be tempered by the fires of war!"

"Only then will humanity have any real hope of defeating the Zerg Race!"

"That is why I am forming the Tier Two Corps—to dismantle the threat of the Mother Empress’s Tier Two Zerg Race."

"And since you are all so important, you will naturally receive corresponding rewards."

"Today, as the commander of the Thirteenth Division, I personally appoint you leaders to the position of Battle Group Leader within the Tier Two Corps."

"The combat squads you lead have nearly twenty Tier Two Awakeners each. Your strength exceeds that of a reinforced regiment, so the title of Battle Group Leader is well-deserved!"

"As for the naming of the Battle Groups, you can discuss it amongst yourselves and decide."

"Other specific military rank assignments will be decided by Lieutenant Colonel Li Ran, who is in charge of logistics and personnel, in discussion with the Battle Group Leaders."

"Dismissed!"

With that, Lin Feng walked off the stage amidst a roar of cheers and followed Li Ran and a few others into the auditorium.

Li Ran had also successfully become a Tier Two Awakener with the help of Tier Two Zerg Eggs. However, because he was the liaison between Lin Feng’s group and the fifteen thousand members of the Thirteenth Division, he had been appointed to oversee logistics and personnel and would no longer participate in front-line combat.

When both Lin Feng and Chen Yanyan were away, he would also act as the camp’s temporary supreme commander, responsible for responding to any unexpected enemy attacks.

In the auditorium’s conference room, after a brief discussion...

The final decision was to grant Shen Jie and Liu Yi the highest rank of Colonel, with the other six becoming Lieutenant Colonels. The remaining newly promoted members would be Captains.

Once they had actually completed a mission to kill members of the Tier Two Zerg Race, they would be formally promoted to Major.

This way, the arrangement was far more reasonable.

Otherwise, if they gained their status simply by becoming Tier Two Awakeners through Tier Two Zerg Eggs, it would be difficult to win the respect of the others.

In the final battle a few days from now, once Lin Feng killed the Mother Empress, he would smoothly advance to Tier Three...

Not only would his own power increase dramatically, but his bound equipment would also undergo a Tier Jumping Upgrade. Killing another Zerg Race Mother Empress would naturally be much easier.

And under his leadership, the various Battle Groups would also be able to grow to their full potential.

They would advance from the Tier Two Early Stage to the Middle and Late Stages!

At that point, the great final battle Lin Feng had envisioned might even happen ahead of schedule!

No matter how many High-tier Mother Empresses or Tier Three King Spine Zergs appeared, they could easily defeat them, even counter-attacking to wipe them out and establish a true safe zone in this post-apocalyptic world.

It would be humanity’s final city of hope.

With such thoughts in mind, a confident Lin Feng returned to the Battleship, ready to welcome its rebirth.

And in the dead of night...

A woman in a white dress slowly approached the faculty dormitory building.

The building was comprised of single apartments, much better than the student dorms the regular Warriors lived in, so they were naturally assigned to the members of the Tier Two Corps.

And Shen Jie and Zhang Liying lived here.

But soon, a figure left the apartment building and walked toward a Tank parked nearby.