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

(Complete!)

"The solution to this problem is actually quite simple."

Su Ran's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded exceptionally clear amidst the howling wind.

"Make them disappear completely."

"disappear?"

Zhang Guo suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot, and pointed to the still-wriggling white fungal carpet in the distance.

"Advisor Su, we've tried napalm and high-explosive bombs, but these things are completely impervious to fire and bombs! Unless we completely bulldoze this area for several kilometers, otherwise..."

"I just want the fungal carpet to disappear."

Su Ran interrupted his roar directly, "On a physical level, everything has disappeared."

Zhang Guomeng stood there, stunned, his mind blank.

"Su Ran, you mean to..."

Bai Lu reacted the fastest, her beautiful brows furrowing instantly. "You don't mean to think of taking this entire fungal carpet... into your space, do you?"

"space?"

Zhang Guomeng was struck dumb, then his eyes lit up with wild joy.

Yup!

Consultant Su has unlimited potential!

He was the man who single-handedly emptied half of the Great Xia's supplies!

"Will this work? Doesn't your space repel living beings?"

Bai Lu immediately raised a question, her tone urgent, "Although these mycelia are plants, they have mutated and developed a predatory instinct, making them no different from living creatures."

"Old Wei tested it for me before, and my space doesn't have the conditions to contain living organisms with complex nervous systems. But plants and microorganisms are an exception."

Looking at the death network ahead, which resembled a white swamp, Su Ran said, "I already confirmed it when I used my mental power to probe the core. My space doesn't reject it."

Or to put it another way, to my space, this thing is no different from a pile of wood.

Su Ran actually had another consideration in mind.

If this fungal mat, which possesses rudimentary predatory intelligence, could be completely recovered and handed over to the Academy of Sciences for research, it might yield some remarkable results.

Although this symbiote is dangerous, if properly controlled, it can be deployed around the outer perimeter of the base's defenses...

That would be a perfect "biological moat" that doesn't require the consumption of ammunition.

Perhaps, the game "Plants vs. Zombies" could really be replicated in reality.

Even at the worst

This high-strength mycelial fiber is also an excellent new type of biomaterial.

After all, Bai Lu's mental power, which could bend steel plates, couldn't break the mycelium.

"It's a pity that in my previous life, the Great Xia Dynasty never produced an awakened being who could communicate with 'mutated plants'."

Su Ran muttered to herself, "If they had any ideas, they could actually give me some inspiration, allowing me to maximize the use of this symbiote, just like planning the Mother Nest and building a 'Warcraft Legion'."

"I don't know if this is a hidden talent that my rebirth has awakened. Or perhaps, even though the mutated plants have mutated, they are still within the category of plants."

There was no answer, but he had made up his mind.

We'll find more mutated plants to test later.

Trial and error is always the best way to find answers when there are none.

"As long as you don't give up, there will always be more solutions than problems."

Su Ran quickly composed herself.

We can deal with the future later; the most urgent task right now is to snatch people from the clutches of death.

"My only problem now is 'mental strength'."

Su Ran muttered to herself.

Having captured two second-tier mutated beasts alive in succession, coupled with the frequent spatial folding, his sea of ​​consciousness was already experiencing a needle-like stinging pain.

This is a sign of depletion.

To accommodate such a large target all at once, it must be in full working order.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Ran reached out and grabbed at the void.

"Clatter".

The black suitcase landed on the ground, and the latches popped open.

Inside, thirty-five mental crystal cores were neatly arranged, each one crystal clear and emitting an alluring pale blue glow.

These are the remaining crystal cores when Bai Lu broke through to the second tier.

"Su Ran, what are you going to do with this?" Bai Lu asked, puzzled.

"This fungal carpet covers a very wide area, and I need to replenish my mental energy."

Looking at the crystal cores, Su Ran murmured, "I really feel a little reluctant to part with them."

Mental-type crystal cores are different from others; they are already scarce, and these are all carefully selected premium products.

Time waits for no one, and the soldiers trapped inside the tank couldn't hold out until he naturally regained his mental strength.

In order to cover this behemoth spanning several square kilometers, he had to keep his mental energy at full capacity.

If one's mental strength fails and the containment process is interrupted, it would be tantamount to prematurely sentencing the soldiers inside the tank to death.

Su Ran is, after all, a third-tier awakener, and a single first-tier crystal core has limited effect.

The most practical way is to increase the quantity of spiritual energy to quickly replenish one's own spiritual power.

He extended his right hand and placed it lightly on top of the suitcase.

hum!

A terrifying suction force erupted from his palm.

Under the horrified gaze of the white deer, those crystal cores trembled violently at the same time.

The azure energy, like dozens of swimming dragons, frantically burrowed into Su Ran's pores.

"this……"

The white deer muttered to itself, its mind blank.

When she broke through to the second tier, she absorbed fifteen crystal cores, which was still a gradual process.

But Su Ran, he's swallowing it whole!

Although Zhang Guomeng and the officers around him did not understand superpowers, they instinctively held their breath and dared not breathe loudly when they saw the almost materialized blue halo around Su Ran.

In just thirty seconds.

The light and mist dissipated.

Only a pile of grayish-white powder remained in the box, drifting away in the wind.

Su Ran let out a long sigh of relief, her originally pale face instantly regaining its rosy hue, and even a flash of azure light appeared in her eyes.

"That should be about right."

Su Ran turned her head to look at Jin Long, who was staring in disbelief. "Captain Jin."

"exist!"

Jinlong instinctively stood up straight, gripping the camera tightly in his hand.

"Point the camera at me."

Su Ran straightened her collar, turned around, and faced the terrifying fungal carpet alone.

Since the goal is to establish authority, since the goal is to create a god.

Let this scene become an eternal totem in everyone's heart.

He wanted to show the nation that in this desperate era, there really are people who can control everything.

Su Ran took a deep breath and closed her eyes slightly.

Mental energy, projected outwards!

Invisible ripples spread wildly forward in a fan shape, centered on him.

boom!

At this moment, the mental power of the peak third rank was poured out without reservation.

Along one corner of the fungal carpet, a giant net was formed, large enough to cover the entire earth!

One hundred meters.

500 meters.

Three kilometers!

Su Ran closed his eyes, his senses locking onto the entire symbiote.

"receive."

Su Ran stretched out her right hand, then suddenly clenched it.

There is no sound.

There were no lighting effects either.

In Jinlong's lens, under Zhang Guomeng's almost blank gaze.

The world before my eyes... is missing a piece.

"Boom!"

That swamp of fungal carpet, covering several kilometers, left the heavily armed brigade helpless.

It evaporated into thin air in 0.01 seconds!

The fresh, brown soil was exposed to the air, carrying the distinctive earthy smell.

Without the support of mycelium, dozens of Type 99A main battle tanks, each weighing over fifty tons, crashed heavily onto the soft soil like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

The world was plunged into a brief and eerie tinnitus.

Zhang Guomeng rubbed his ears and then his eyes.

"Gone, just like that, gone?"

That's a monster that even bombs can't penetrate!

Was it simply grabbed away by Consultant Su in mid-air?

"What are you still standing there for?"

Su Ran turned her head, frowned, and said coldly, "Have they been bored long enough?"

"Quick! Connect to the public channel!"

Zhang Guomeng snapped out of his daze and rushed to the communications station, yelling, "Get the brothers out here! Even if you have to crawl, get some fresh air!"

……

Bottom of the underground pit.

Inside tank No. 007, there was complete silence.

The sudden, violent drop had left driver Lao Li with a head injury and bleeding profusely.

"It's over, I'm completely hooked..."

The young loader collapsed to the ground, closing his eyes in despair. "This time we've really hit rock bottom. We're going to die. Even Advisor Su can't save us..."

Old Li didn't say anything, but tremblingly pulled out a flattened cigarette, hoping to take one last puff in his final moments.

Just then, the brigade commander's raspy roar suddenly came through the vehicle radio:

"This is Zhang Guomeng! Attention all crew members! All danger cleared! Everyone evacuate the cabin! Repeat! All danger cleared! Everyone evacuate the cabin!!!"

"Danger? The danger is over?"

Old Li was stunned, and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground.

The three people in the car looked at each other, all seeing disbelief in each other's eyes.

That horrifying corrosive sound outside... seems to have really stopped?

"Sizzle..."

With trembling hands, Old Li turned the mechanical winch on the hatch.

Click.

The hatch was pushed open.

A beam of dazzling, warm sunlight shone straight into the dark, foul-smelling cabin.

"Light is the sun!"

Old Li squinted, his face covered in blood, and crawled out of the hatch on all fours, taking a deep breath of the earthy air.

"It's gone! That damn mycelium is really gone!"

He saw the black figure standing at the edge of the pit, backlit.

The figure wasn't tall, but in Old Li's eyes at that moment, it was more majestic than any god or Buddha in the world.

"It's Consultant Su..."

His nose stung with tears, and he roared hoarsely, "We're saved! We're saved!"

Immediately afterwards, the hatches of one tank after another opened.

One by one, heads emerged from the darkness, survivors of the ordeal.

When they saw the empty surroundings and the young figure standing next to the command vehicle in the distance.

My emotions were completely out of control.

"We survived!!"

"Su Shen!! Su Shen is awesome!!"

"I survived!! I made it through!!"

"Waaaaah... Long live Great Xia!! Long live God Su!"

Countless tough men embraced each other and wept, crying like children.

Some people even knelt on top of the armored vehicle and kowtowed frantically in Su Ran's direction.

Jinlong's hands, which were holding the camera, were trembling violently.

As a top soldier, what kind of situation hasn't he seen in his life?

But this time he was truly convinced.

The camera zoomed in slightly, freezing the image on Su Ran's cold, handsome profile.

Su Ran was not at ease at this moment.

Even with dozens of crystal cores replenishing the body after forcibly containing the living fungal carpet covering several kilometers, one still feels a sense of emptiness in their mental world.

"Phew... The last time I went this far was when I was taking down that 'Luan Bird' ship..."

Su Ran suppressed the metallic taste in her throat, turned her head, and glanced at the middle-aged man who had collapsed to the ground.

"General Zhang."

His voice wasn't loud, but to Zhang Guomeng it sounded like thunder.

This hawkish general, who used to always hold his head high and believed that "truth lies within the range of artillery fire," now had none of his former sharpness and arrogance.

He straightened his disheveled uniform, wiped the tears and dirt from his face, stood at attention with his legs together.

Snapped!

A military salute of the highest standard.

"Advisor Su!"

Zhang Guomeng's voice was hoarse, filled with unprecedented respect and remorse. "Zhang Guomeng, commander of the 3rd Heavy Armored Brigade, thank you for saving my life! The failure of this operation is entirely my fault!"

My life is now yours! After this war, I will personally go to the military court…”

"Your life belongs to the country."

Su Ran stared intently at him, her gaze sharp. "General Zhang, I will write the truth in the battle report. You will be punished, but I will ensure you remain in your post."

Zhang Guo suddenly looked up, his face full of astonishment.

"Because the current army still needs you to lead troops into battle. As long as you don't make any stupid mistakes, you will still be a sharp blade."

"I'll leave you with one last piece of advice."

Su Ran strode towards the huge black transport plane not far away.

"In this new world, kill the saints first, then the brutes. Remember this lesson."

Zhang Guomeng was shaken to his core, as if something had shattered and then been forged anew.

He roared at Su Ran's retreating figure, "Zhang Guomeng, commander of the 3rd Heavy Armored Brigade, remember Advisor Su's teachings to the last detail!!"

……

Ten minutes later.

At an altitude of 10,000 meters, the airflow is turbulent.

A faint smell of engine oil filled the cabin.

Su Ran leaned back in her seat, her face pale and sickly.

He casually unscrewed a bottle of highly concentrated glucose, tilted his head back, and gulped it down.

Right now, his head feels like it's stuffed with ten thousand screaming groundhogs, throbbing with pain.

"Give."

A slender, fair hand was extended in front of her, with two pieces of high-purity chocolate wrapped in gold paper lying in its palm.

Su Ran opened her eyes and looked down at the hand.

Bai Lu was standing by the aisle, not sitting down, and her eyes showed undisguised worry.

Thanks.

Su Ran took the chocolate, tore open the packaging, and threw it directly into her mouth.

The bitterness and sweetness melted on the tip of my tongue, slightly relieving the dizziness in my brain.

"How much longer until we reach the last coordinate?"

"Twenty minutes."

Bai Lu glanced at the tactical terminal on her wrist, then looked up, her beautiful deer-like eyes sparkling with eagerness. "Advisor Su, take a break."

Su Ran paused, raising an eyebrow at her.

"This last one, I'll take it."

Bai Lu patted her chest, looking smug, "Whether it's capturing or killing, I can handle it all by myself."

Just as Su Ran was about to speak, Bai Lu interrupted him, her tone becoming harsh.

"I'm already at Tier 2, okay? I haven't even had a real battle yet. I can't just watch you show off in front of everyone every time. Besides..."

She paused, her gaze sweeping over Su Ran's pale face, and her voice softened, "If you push yourself any further in your current condition, you might suddenly die on the job."

Su Ran was stunned for a moment.

Looking at the girl in front of him who had grown up without him even realizing it, a warm feeling welled up in his heart.

"OK."

He didn't mince words, leaning back in his chair and closing his eyes to rest. "Since Her Majesty the Empress wishes to take matters into her own hands, I'll gladly keep to myself. However, I have only one request."

"What?"

"Don't kill it, keep it alive."

"rest assured."

Bai Lu gave an OK sign and turned to look at Jin Long, who was sitting upright to the side.

"Captain Kim."

Jinlong trembled, and reflexively stood up, clutching the camera. "Here!"

"I'll need your help again later."

Bai Lu pointed to the camera in his hand and solemnly instructed, "Remember to keep the camera steady. That breakthrough shot I made at the test range last time was awful."

This time, we absolutely have to make it look like... well, like a blockbuster movie, you know?

Jinlong's lips twitched twice, and finally he managed to utter a single word.

"Understand……"