Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 342 Laser Arrays

New world.

The word, which was somewhat unfamiliar to him, echoed in Lin Yu's mind.

He walked outside, the sunlight shining on him, his skin feeling slightly warm.

This was something he had never experienced before.

In the distant village, wisps of smoke rise from the chimneys of beautifully constructed houses.

Lin Yu took a careful sniff; the faint aroma of firewood wafted through the air.

The voice in the void had vanished—it disappeared the instant he stepped out of the room.

Along with that room that seemed to have never existed in the first place.

Lin Yu did not continue forward, but turned around and lunged behind him.

He had heard the legends about Jinling New City, and his first thought was that the room was hidden underground.

But in reality, there were no cracks on the ground.

Even if he pulls out the grass and the neatly growing shrubs, all he can see under the ground is damp soil.

And earthworms and beetles wriggling in the soil.

This is one.
An ordinary world, yet one he had never seen before.

I am clearly in the underground of the mountain city, but why is such a world hidden here?
The sky here is high and far, and the sun hangs high in the sky.

Lin Yu stared intently at the sun, his eyes watering from the blinding sunlight, but the sun remained unchanged.

Perhaps I should go and take a look at that village?
Where there is smoke from cooking fires, there must be people.

They might find out exactly where this place is.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yu stepped forward.

As he got closer to the village, he felt more and more that this world was completely different from any world he knew.

The sound of frogs croaking came from the riverbank at the village entrance, but the croaking was clearly too soft.

In the real world, every frog is as big as a dog.

But here, the frogs are pitifully small.
That's not all.

The village seemed a little too peaceful.

There were no walls, no towers, no reinforced and sealed windows, and no strange statues meant to scare away monsters.
It was as if there were no monsters at all.
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Yup!

If I'm underground in this mountain city, how could there possibly be monsters here?

Lin Yu blinked in realization, and as he moved forward again, a voice suddenly sounded beside him.

Are you new here?

Lin Yu paused, turned around abruptly, and saw a woman carrying a bucket walking from the riverbank.

In his eyes, she was an extremely beautiful woman.

She has fair skin and long, flowing hair.

She wasn't exactly thin, but she was exceptionally slender.

"I'm talking to you."

The woman spoke again, looking puzzled:
Can't you hear me?

"I can hear it."

Lin Yu realized what was happening and asked in return:

"where is this place?"

"Here? This is Fish Mouth Village."

The woman pointed to the road sign at the village entrance. Lin Yu looked in the direction she was pointing and saw three arrows on the sign.

"Mountain City".

Shuangping Town.

"Nanping Town".

mountain city.

Lin Yu frowned slightly.

"Aren't we in the mountain city?"

"Yup!"

The woman nodded matter-of-factly, and then said:

"It's more than 30 kilometers away from the mountain city. If you want to get there, you have to drive yourself."

"It's very difficult to hail a ride here; even ride-hailing services may not accept your order."

"But it's alright, you didn't need to go to the mountain city so soon anyway."

"Stay here for now."

"Your room should be ready by now."

"how do you know?"

Lin Yu asked sharply.

The woman didn't recognize him, but she knew his room was ready.
"There's only one spot available for a new recruit right now, and that's you."

"You don't think just anyone can come to this place, do you?"

".I have no idea."

Lin Yu answered, somewhat bewildered.

The woman waved her hand dismissively and continued:
"Come with me."

"Let's settle down in the village first."

"Your room is this way!"

"it is good."

Lin Yu didn't know what he was supposed to do, so he could only follow behind the woman and walk towards the village.

There were quite a few people in this small village, and everyone was looking at Lin Yu with curious eyes, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, he soon arrived at the door of his own "room".

It's more like a small courtyard than a room.

The woman put down the bucket of water she was carrying, pointed to the door, and said:

"Let's go over and have your iris checked."

"Just stand at the door, looking at the glowing camera."

"It'll be fine soon."

"By the way, your face is the key to your room."

"From now on, I'll just need to use facial recognition to go home."

".good."

Lin Yu stepped forward, the lights flashing in front of him.

A moment later, the gate to the courtyard opened.

He recognized it as some kind of mechanical device, but he had never seen such a quiet and efficient machine before.

After entering the courtyard, he seemed to finally feel a little safe.

The layout here gave him a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

But when I try to recall it carefully, I can't remember anything at all.

Pushing open the door to the living room, a soft blanket was spread out on the brand-new sofa.

He instinctively reached out and lifted the blanket, thinking there might be something hidden there.

But in reality, there was nothing there.

And this room was just an ordinary little house.

Perhaps I really have arrived in a "new world".

Lin Yu sat down on the sofa, where a plate of fresh fruit of an unknown variety sat on the coffee table.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yu grabbed an orange-yellow fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.

The sour taste hit him, and he frowned slightly, realizing that the fruit needed to be peeled.

This time, he tasted the sweetness.

In his short life, such a taste was a rare experience.

He savored it slowly, but the fruit in his hand was quickly swallowed.

Then came the second, and the third.

Every fruit tastes different; some are very sweet, while others are sour.

The only similarity is that they were all delicious.

A satisfied smile appeared on Lin Yu's face.

He suddenly realized that perhaps he really didn't need to pursue any answers.

If you have already entered a new world, then what does the old world have to do with you?

Life here is good.

Even judging solely from what he has already seen, if he chooses to stay, what awaits him will inevitably be something he could never obtain from that wasteland.
happy.

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, he seemed to have made a decision.

He clutched the empty plate tightly in his hand.

The next second. "Smack!"

Debris flew everywhere.

Before the fragments in the air could fall, the sharp piece of pottery in his hand had already severed the artery in his neck.

Blood spurted out.

Consciousness also became blurred within a few seconds.

Just as he was about to fall into darkness, he heard that voice from the void ring out once more.

"Why??"

Lin Yu didn't answer.

But he knew that the owner of that voice must have already read his inner thoughts.

"Pain is the meaning of our existence."

mountain city.

The second round of airdrops had begun, and Chen Jian continued to organize the protection of the airdrop and landing runway according to the pre-arranged plan. However, this time, their battle with the mountain city people only took place in a very small area.

Seemingly having realized they could no longer eliminate the "viruses" within the mountain town with limited casualties, the people of the mountain town opted for a more "conservative" treatment.

They no longer launched direct attacks or tried to achieve victory in a single battle. Instead, they continuously harassed the Chinese army, hoping to wear down its strength with their unmanned equipment and ample manpower, and eventually divide and eliminate them one by one.

But clearly, this tactic did not achieve the desired effect.

Through skillful command of his men, Chen Jian easily halted the attack launched by the mountain city people on the ground.

Two transport planes landed one after the other, and the one piloted by Jiang Yu carried the miniature nuclear reactor that Chen Jian had been looking forward to for a long time.

He eagerly led his team to meet them, but before he could get close, a figure jumped out of the cabin.

It was Lei Jie.

"You're here too?? I thought you weren't coming!"

"Weren't you supposed to be the one flying the plane? Why did it change to Jiang Yu instead?"

Chen Jian stepped forward, and Lei Jie waved his hand and said:

"I have to come; this thing isn't so easy to handle."

"Jiang Yu will fly this plane back later. It's the most useful long-range delivery equipment we can deploy at this stage. We can't let it sit here collecting dust."

"Come on, get some people to move the reactor!"

"clear."

Chen Jian waved decisively, and several team members behind him immediately came forward.

"Approximately how much does it weigh?"

"Very light!"

Lei Jie took a light breath and then said:

"Weighing less than 1 ton in total, its level of integration is astonishing!"

"Did you see that? This cylinder is the reactor. Inside, there is a set of 48 micro control rods, and the thorium-based fuel is at the bottom of the reactor."

"This is a completely closed system, and the coolant used is liquid molten salt."

"To be honest, it's not exactly advanced technology—back in our day, they'd been working on test reactors for over a decade."

"The main strength of this reactor lies in its high degree of integration; it was manufactured entirely according to a turnkey model."

"What we are delivering now is the reactor core. The following components will be the coolant tank, heat exchanger, turbine, and generator."

"It takes a total of three shipments to get all the modules ready for power generation, but once all the equipment arrives, it's not difficult to assemble."

"You just said it wasn't simple."

Chen Jian said with a slightly teasing tone.

"When I said it wasn't simple, that was from your perspective."

Lei Jie waved to the other team members to come forward and lift the core, while giving instructions:

"Be careful, pay attention to the up and down signs!"

"I've already labeled them for you!"

"Be careful! If this thing explodes, it's no different from a nuclear bomb!"

After he said that, the people carrying the core were momentarily stunned.

But then, Lei Jie laughed and said:

"Just kidding, this thing won't explode at all."

Chen Jian rolled his eyes speechlessly, about to say something, but Lei Jie didn't give him the chance.

"Where's that laser cannon? Where is it?"

"Up there, on the temporary position."

"Let's go and take a look first."

Without hesitation, Lei Jie headed towards the position, clicking his tongue in amazement as he went:

"This city has really gone mad. I don't understand what this means at all."

"It's not very intuitive from the picture alone, but now let's look at it."

"It's basically an above-ground tomb."

"What do you mean? The real people of Shancheng are all dead, and now it's their descendants who are putting on this show of treating death as life?"

"The devil knows."

Chen Jian shook his head and replied:
"We haven't really entered the mountain city yet."

"The real mountain city is not on the ground, but underground."

"We can't break in with our strength at all—last time we just looked at the entrance and almost got wiped out."

"That exaggerated?"

Lei Jie asked in surprise:

What's their setup?

"There are Holy Blood Warriors with high protection, and they have a large number of laser and sonic weapons."

“In open areas we can still put up a fight with them, but if we really go underground and fight in alleyways, we’re sure to die.”

"I see."

Lei Jie slowly exhaled.

"No wonder the situation is so deadlocked. We can't do anything to them, and they can't do anything to us either, right?"

"wrong."

Chen Jian looked at Lei Jie and said seriously:
"Theoretically speaking, they are capable of doing something to us."

"There are 5 level 1 monsters on the edge of the mountain city that we can summon. If they really do something reckless and summon the monsters over here, we will most likely be wiped out in one wave."

"But the good news is that they can't bring themselves to do it."

"There are too many underground facilities in the mountain city. Once a level one monster enters the city, it will bring a devastating blow to itself as well."

"So, we're stuck in this stalemate."

"I don't know whether to call it good luck or bad luck."

"It was obviously good luck."

Lei Jie waved his hand and didn't say anything more.

At this moment, the two had arrived at the temporary command post on the rooftop platform, and on the open ground next to it, a laser emitter that had been disassembled into parts lay quietly.

The moment Lei Jie saw the transmitter, his eyes lit up.

"Fiber laser, judging by its size, its power must be at least 200kW or more."

"Wow, this thing is amazing! What is it used for?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Chen Jian shrugged and replied:

"Low-speed carbon-based targets".

"That's utter nonsense."

Lei Jie shook his head with amusement, but then said thoughtfully:

"However, it's not just empty talk."

"If it really has a power of 200kw or more, this one device can burn a person to ashes in less than a second."

"This thing is effective even when facing large monsters."

"Just like you said, large, slow-moving targets are just targets in front of this launcher."

"The only problem is that the capacitor module of this thing is not big enough."

"The continuous output time is very short; I expect it to be no more than 10 seconds at most."

"Is 10 seconds enough to burn through the defenses of a level 1 monster?"

"I don't know, but it's highly unlikely."

Chen Jian pointed behind Lei Jie and then said:

"So we made two preparations."

“There’s more than one launcher in this mountain city.”

"As long as there is enough energy."

"We can definitely construct a laser array!"

(End of this chapter)