Apocalypse: The Supporting Actress Made a Comeback
Chapter 342 - 196 The Holy Mother is sick, she must be cured! (Third update)

Chapter 342: 196 The Holy Mother is sick, she must be cured! (Third update)

The following matters became much simpler, for the difficult parts had already been resolved. The three generals didn’t speak, simply allowing a soldier beside them to announce the charges of these people, as well as their punishments.

Since the Safe Zone was short on manpower, even though their actions were egregious, the higher-ups had no intention of executing them. Instead, they were given long-term labor reform, and all of their possessions were confiscated, including materials, Crystal Cores, housing, and the credit points on their ID Cards. Even their Contribution Value had turned negative.

The tasks for the Ordinary People among them were to build Defense structures outside the Safe Zone or to clean up the battlefield, piling up the corpses of zombies and burning them cleanly with fire. It could be said that this was the most exhausting and difficult work, although not the most dangerous.

The tasks for the superpower users were different. After the Defense constructions were completed, they would be incorporated into combat teams, going out each day to hunt zombies. The Crystal Cores they obtained on their own could be kept, but beyond that, the military would only provide them with the basic food and water needed to sustain life. They wouldn’t receive any credit points or material rewards, only Contribution Value. Only when their Contribution Value accumulated to a positive number would their labor reform be deemed complete.

Based on the difficulty and danger level of the tasks, the Contribution Value awarded and the basic food allocated varied. In essence, to live better and restore one’s freedom sooner, one needed to hunt zombies, and the more killed, the higher the rewards.

Such punishment was clearly severe. However, after listening, no one felt sympathy for these criminals, simply feeling secretly relieved that they hadn’t acted impulsively and made foolish mistakes.

Lin Feiyin watched the criminals hanging their heads in silence, their complexions ashen after hearing their punishments, and her sense of compassion surged anew.

She felt no sympathy for those who attacked the military, but the punishment was too harsh for those who had only committed theft! She thought she must do something!

At that moment, General Li said, "Regarding these punishments, are you willing to accept them?"

The criminals were all ordered to squat on the ground, their hands tied behind their backs. Squatting on the ground, some having been punished the night before, their bodies were bruised and battered. Combined with a lack of sleep, their spirits were naturally very pitiable.

After the punishment was read, the criminals’ heads lowered even further. To say they had no thoughts about it was absolutely impossible, but these people were not foolish; they were very clear that opposing the military would only result in their own disadvantage!

At least now they didn’t have to die. If they were ungrateful and angered the military, who could drive them out of the Safe Zone without weapons or supplies, they would indeed be left with only the path to death!

At least, due to the lack of manpower, the military wouldn’t deliberately send them to their deaths.

Of course, they wouldn’t willingly accept such punishment, but it was merely a temporary measure. As for the future, they would take it step by step; an opportunity would always come!

So, after General Li asked, they were prepared to shake their heads, indicating they had no objections!

But at that moment, they heard a woman say, "They won’t accept this harsh punishment! Nor should they!"

Upon hearing that voice, the criminals felt as if their inner Divine Beasts began to sprint wildly. Where did this damned woman come from, spouting such nonsense? They accepted! They accepted it very much!

All the criminals unanimously lifted their heads and saw Lin Feiyin standing up. Because everyone else was sitting down, her solitary standing figure was very conspicuous.

The surrounding crowd silently looked towards her, no one expecting her to throw another spanner in the works.

The expressions of the three generals also darkened slightly, as they had already held a grievance against Lin Feiyin for defying military orders! Most of the people who fought against the zombies last night were their elite soldiers! Because Lin Feiyin had not attended, these people nearly died from the virus infection, fortunately, Fang Yuxin had the mutant plant juice that could purify the Zombie Virus, and they were saved.

They had not yet dealt with this woman, yet here she was, keen to jump out and make her presence felt!

As the saying goes, even a clay figurine has a three-point temper; the three generals had held high positions for many years, and certainly weren’t bodhisattvas! They simply did not want to stoop to argue with a woman like Lin Feiyin, but that did not mean they were magnanimous enough to forgive her repeated offenses!