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

Chapter 385 Deadline

From Yu Qian, Chen Jian obtained the latest intelligence about Wanzhou City.

The corrupt Mechanicus, the bishops who broke away from the management of the Mechanicus, and the "Defenders" who brazenly attacked the Imperial Guard.
Of course, there are also their distorted beliefs.

They worship machines, but they are no longer satisfied with simply "operating machines".

They are trying to integrate into the machine, or even trying
Turn into a machine.

Chen Jian cut off the intelligence details on the smart eyepiece.

To be honest, the photos and videos that Yu Qian took made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

This "discomfort" is completely different from seeing severed limbs on the battlefield.

It is also a high-intensity battlefield; the higher the intensity of the conflict, the clearer the boundary between life and death becomes.

Between life and death, there is only a thin wall. If you cross it, you cross it; if you don't, you survive.

Death itself becomes a conceptual existence, and it does not evoke any emotional impact at all.

but.
In those videos, the boundary between life and death is blurred.

Chen Jian didn't know whether those people were alive or already dead when they were nailed to the decaying exoskeletons.

But this is not important.

Because their flesh and blood are themselves a kind of sacrifice.

Neither death nor life brings about any change.

Letting out a heavy breath, Chen Jian spoke to He Shuo beside him:

"The collapse of the Mechanicus was faster than we anticipated—that's not entirely accurate."

"To be precise, our understanding of the Cult of the Machine God is shallower than we thought."

"Now I can understand why Zhang Tao implemented such a radical reform strategy."

"He has most likely already seen some clues."

"However, he cannot reveal these clues to us."

"In his view, we are no different from flies."

"If we were to discover a wound that's already rotting, tsk."

At this point, Chen Jian shook his head.

His expression was obscured by the helmet.

But He Shuo immediately understood what he meant.

"If we had discovered the decline and collapse of the Mechanicus in advance, I feel that our primary objective would not have been the mountain city, but the Mechanicus."

"Right?"

"wrong."

Chen Jian walked out of the temporary combat command room and sat down next to a makeshift bunker made of concrete blocks.

"To be precise, our target is not the Mechanicus."

"Instead, they are cities controlled by the Cult of Machines."

"Our biggest concern is that the influence of the Mechanism cult is too profound and its control over thought is too strong."

"But in retrospect, such concerns were overly conservative."

"As soon as God loses His divine power, His divine authority will naturally collapse."

"And now, the last clay sculpture symbolizing divine authority has been smashed."

"It's time for us to start reaping the rewards."

He Shuo straightened up.

He instinctively clenched his fist.

After a slight pause, he asked:
“Where do I begin?”

"Jinling."

Chen Jian replied:
"It can only be Nanjing."

"The more the central nervous system is damaged, the more easily the nerves will die."

"In addition, the route through Guangzhou and Shenzhen is not far away."

"Before this, they had already explored a relatively mature route."

"Now, this route is ready to be used."

Meanwhile, inside Wanzhou City.

Yu Qian stared quietly at the information on the PDA in front of him, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

In fact, he had long anticipated that he would receive such an order one day.

But he really didn't expect the order to come so quickly.

It was so fast that he couldn't even react.

It happened so fast that he didn't even know what attitude he should take.

After turning off the PDA screen, Yu Qian walked out of the temporary command post set up outside the Church of the Mechanicus.

At this moment, the sky over the wasteland was completely dark.

Wanzhou City, ravaged by artillery fire, was utterly silent. Only the occasional groans from the nearby wounded soldiers' camp sounded to Yu Qian like the low growls of ghosts.

Many people have already died on this day.

And perhaps many more people will continue to die.

I was powerless to stop it.

Because the power to make decisions is not in one's own hands.
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It should even be said that they are not even in our own hands.

Those who truly determine the course of events are those who are unaware of what situation they will face.

Yu Qian silently watched the flickering shadows under the lights in the wounded soldiers' camp—for a long time, he didn't understand why the regimental commanders always made the wounded soldiers' camp the brightest place in the entire camp.

He still vaguely retained a bit of the calculating mentality he had when he was just an "ordinary person".

He always felt that, anyway, the wounded soldiers' camp was full of people who were about to die or were about to die.

If that's the case, why waste precious electricity on them?

That's not worth it at all.

But now, he has a vague sense of understanding.

Those lights were never meant for the dead.

It's for living people to see.

If a soldier who is still capable of fighting sees a lifeless, despairing camp of wounded soldiers, then the morale of that unit has basically reached its limit.

Therefore, the wounded soldiers' camp must be illuminated.

And it is precisely because it is bright enough that its target is obvious enough.

The next task
It will also proceed more smoothly.

Yu Qian summoned his adjutant, who had been following him all the way from the volunteer company, whispered a few words of advice, and then stepped into the wounded soldiers' camp.

Under the bright, even somewhat blinding light, Guo Xu held a dagger in his hand, struggling to cut the burrs on the lining of his armor.

When he looked up and saw Yu Qian, a smile appeared on his face.

"Still not asleep?"

"I'm fine here. I heard from your doctor that I need to continue to be observed."

"What if the wound doesn't develop an acute infection in the second half of the night? Is that what they say?"

"If I don't have any symptoms of acute infection, I can go back."

"So, what did your commander say?"

Have you informed them about the situation in Wanzhou City?

"Notified."

Yu Qian nodded.

He sat down next to Guo Xu.

Then, looking Guo Xu in the eye, he asked a question directly.