In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

"Bang!"

Inside the No. 1 strategic room, the heavy alloy door slammed shut.

Outside the gate, one could even faintly hear the grumbling and complaining of Steward Qian as he walked away and settled accounts.

Li Guodong raised his hand with a hint of helplessness and pinched the bridge of his nose.

The routine meeting on the construction of the core security zone ended prematurely due to a stalemate between the Supply Agency and the Engineering Academy, when the report from the front lines in his hand had only been half-read.

"Old Qian's temper was really forced out by the dilapidated state of Da Xia."

He has to be extremely frugal, even with every penny. It must be tough for him.

Li Guodong coughed lightly, put down the battle report, and turned to look at his side.

"Xiao Su, the garrison troops in all low-value areas have basically been withdrawn."

This time, I really need to trouble you to make the trip in person.

They took as much of the steel, cement, and artillery foundations as they could from the area.

This is also to reduce the pressure on Lao Qian.

Su Ran leaned back in her chair and nodded readily.

"That's exactly what I'm planning. Having ready-made fortress components is much easier than recasting them from scratch."

Upon hearing this, Chen Daqiang, who was sitting opposite him, coughed awkwardly.

"Advisor Su, I admit that I didn't think this through earlier."

He stood up, placed his hands on the table, and spoke in a pragmatic tone.

"Director Qian is right. We should save as much as we can."

However, the basic conditions of the safe zones in different war zones are vastly different. If all of them were brought back at once and pieced together, it would cause huge chaos.

"What do you mean?" Su Ran looked at him.

"I'll first send the UAV surveying team from the Chinese Academy of Engineering to conduct on-site surveys."

Chen Daqiang speaks very quickly.

"Scan all the physical models of the abandoned outposts. Then I'll get a team to finish the assembly plan and interface modification drawings!"

He stared directly at Su Ran, his eyes filled with fervor.

"Once I've determined which modules can be seamlessly integrated, I'll send you a precise list of coordinates. You can then use that list to locate and implement the modules. This is not only the most efficient but also the most reliable method."

"Can."

Su Ran stood up and straightened her black tactical trench coat.

"However, those unauthorized safety zones are now absolutely firepower vacuums."

Once the regular troops of Da Xia withdraw, the roaming mutated beasts in the surrounding area will use that place as a new breeding ground at any time.

When your engineers return to the site for surveying, they will inevitably be accompanied by elite guards.

I will have the Awakened Headquarters send several elite squads to accompany them throughout the entire process to ensure their safety.

"good!"

Chen Daqiang immediately agreed.

"With you awakened ones leading the charge, my men will definitely fight without hesitation!"

"Then let's wait for Dean Chen to confirm the final plan."

Su Ran nodded slightly, her tone full of confidence.

"I'll go and contain them as soon as the list is issued."

Li Guodong also stood up, a smile playing on his lips.

"Okay, it's settled then."

The group left and began their preparations.

The Academy of Engineering and the Awakeners Headquarters took action simultaneously that afternoon.

Hundreds of high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and transport planes full of engineers and awakened individuals roared into the sky, heading straight for abandoned defense lines around the world.

The next morning, as the sun rose.

Su Ran's tactical terminal promptly emitted a notification tone.

Chen Daqiang stayed up all night and sent over a long list of items to be recycled.

Su Ran casually flipped through the densely packed list, and after confirming that everything was correct, she turned around and headed straight for the top-floor helipad of the Kunlun base.

Step into the cockpit, the hatch closes.

Two hours later, on the edge of the North African desert.

Su Ran pushed open the hatch, braved the strong wind, and jumped down, landing steadily in an abandoned safe zone.

"boom!"

Su Ran straightened up and looked around.

This is a standard medium-sized defensive outpost.

The towering alloy concrete walls extend in all directions, completely enclosing an area of ​​several kilometers in radius.

Inside the walled compound, heavy armored vehicle garages, underground ammunition depots, and rows of barracks are arranged in a neat and orderly fashion.

The special cement walls, each ten meters high, remain standing, and the eight heavy fixed cannons embedded in the walls have not been removed. The cannons are hanging low, ready to be reloaded and used again.

"The skeleton is all there. With a little modification to the interfaces, it's enough to house a full-strength mechanized battalion of a thousand or so people."

Su Ran nodded in satisfaction and strode to the open space in the center of the camp.

He took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

The spiritual power deep within my mind, like a giant, high-dimensional net, swept down with a deafening roar.

An invisible wave swept across the barracks, locking down the underground fortress, and spread along the thick alloy walls, completely enveloping the entire stronghold.

[Target locked: Cluster of abandoned outposts in the safe zone]

Completeness: 100%

[Containment Begins]

"receive."

Su Ran parted her thin lips slightly.

The earth trembled the moment the words were spoken!

The massive building complex, spanning several kilometers in radius, along with its deep-buried steel foundation and alloy walls several meters thick, was forcibly stripped away by an irresistible force of law at the same time and vanished into thin air!

All that remains is a huge man-made pit, tens of meters deep.

Su Ran stood at the edge of the pit, her consciousness sinking into infinite space.

In that still void, the complete stronghold floated silently.

"One solved! Old Qian will probably wake up laughing in his dreams tonight when he sees this procurement efficiency."

Su Ran smiled and joked, then looked up at the sky.

"Next goal."

The fighter jet pulled up again and sped toward its next target.

For the next six hours, Su Ran strictly followed the coordinates provided by Chen Daqiang, transforming into the most ruthless wasteland scavenger on Earth, aiming to leave nothing behind.

Thirty-one abandoned security zones, forty-seven sections of special city walls, each 100 meters long, and even seventeen abandoned crystal core radar base stations buried deep underground.

He uprooted them all and stuffed them into infinite space.

Just as he was piloting his fighter jet, hovering over a ruin on the edge of the road.

The black tactical communicator on his wrist suddenly vibrated!

This is the highest-level emergency encrypted channel of the Awakeners headquarters!

Su Ran's eyes sharpened, and she instantly pressed the answer button.

"Advisor Su! Something's happened!"

Zhou Rui's urgent voice came through the channel.

"Something's happened on the African front! Frontline troops have been attacked by an unknown high-level mutated beast!"

Preliminary assessment suggests that the monster's energy level is at least near-fourth rank, and may even be at least fourth rank!

Upon hearing this, Su Ran's pupils contracted sharply, and her heart skipped a beat.

How come it's almost fourth rank again? It might even be fourth rank!

Are mutated beasts about to cause chaos? How come quasi-fourth-tier beasts are already appearing so widely?

"Don't panic, report the details!"

Su Ran shouted loudly, forcibly calming the other person down.

On the other end of the communicator, Zhou Rui was breathing heavily and speaking very quickly.

"The mechanized clearing forces at the front pushed all the way to the core urban cluster of what was formerly South Africa."

Our detectors have discovered a mutated dragon-like beast there, over twenty meters long, with a deep purple life energy signature!

"It was sleeping in the city ruins at the time, its vital signs were extremely restrained, but its strength had reached the critical point of the peak of the third rank!"

Considering the monsters were dormant and not moving, the frontline command decided to avoid sending Awakened Ones into melee combat and instead rely on heavy firepower for physical elimination to prevent potential casualties!

"They directly deployed a strategic-level heavy thermobaric weapon!"

The explosive yield is extremely high; the temperature and pressure at the explosion's epicenter are close to that of a miniature tactical nuclear bomb!

"and then?"

Su Ran pressed on with an icy tone, while Zhou Rui's voice rose even higher.

"A direct hit, but it's still alive! It's still alive!"