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Chapter Fifteen: The foreman let out a howl!

Chapter 15

While Lao Xia and the Doctor were dismantling the relics and equipment at the launch site, the Polar Behemoth was also slowly moving. According to the route given by the Doctor, it needed to move several dozen kilometers north to enter the area near the vehicle dispatching area, use its shipborne weapons and a large number of combat personnel to occupy that area so that the Doctor and the others could safely reach it and rendezvous.

The movement of such a massive vehicle across the ice plains naturally attracted a large number of demons to attack it. Black "water droplets" seeped from under the tombstones, gathering little by little and turning into trickles that flowed towards the slowly moving ship.

"Attack! Bring all the tanks onto the deck!" Elevators lifted one armored vehicle after another onto the deck. These vehicles were used to prevent the demons from boarding and to supplement firepower. This was an operation that only land-based ships could perform.

With four hoes deployed, the engineers quickly secured the Titan vehicle to the protruding platform on the deck. Then, the Originium railgun opened fire, and streaks of fiery meteors fell into the dark stream, creating more splashes that dispersed the gathered demons.

However, the actual killing effect was not ideal. Each shot could blast the demons to pieces, but their remains were rapidly regenerating and recombining. At best, it only reduced the large demons to a bunch of small demons.

In order to catch up with the ships that were beginning to accelerate, the demons were also constantly changing their forms. Although most of them were under the anti-reading barrier, the subtle fragments of knowledge still caused the demons to change their forms in the direction most suitable for long-distance attacks.

The black, amorphous creature quickly took on a concrete form. The smaller demonic fragments transformed into hound-like shapes, running rapidly across the ground and using their long, protruding tongues to pierce the outer components of the behemoth and pull themselves up.

Their powerful hind limbs allow them to jump very high, while their forepaws, covered in bio-alloy, can create footholds on the metal shell and climb up the hull.

The slightly larger demonic aggregates, by learning and reading the knowledge and ideas of the engineers, transformed their form into that of biological war chariots. Their flesh and limbs were not well-suited to becoming wheels, but they had no problem becoming multi-legged war chariots.

The head generated a large amount of grayish-white high-strength polymer shell, and the muscles on the back twitched a few times. One after another, demonic cannonballs landed on the deck and around the behemoth.

These unleashed demons remained amorphous, sprouting numerous tentacles and structures in an attempt to find the entrance to the behemoth. "Flameblaster!" A heavily armored operator, clad in a heavy combat suit, slowly walked to the edge of the deck and unleashed a torrent of flames at the climbing tentacles.

Flames can destroy the limbs of demons and inhibit their regeneration, but they cannot finish the job. Ultimately, it is necessary to tear apart their core and destroy every piece of demon as much as possible.

"Water-cooled cannons ready!" A ball of supercooled water blasted onto the demon, and white frost spread. Soon, the thing turned into a giant block of ice. Firefighters swung axes to smash it and kicked it overboard.

"Rat-a-tat-tat!" The metal castle transformed into an angry volcano, with various colored tracer bullets and explosions illuminating half the sky. "Demon shells" trailing black smoke could be seen falling continuously, and groups of demon fragments were smashed and fell to the ground.

"Boom!" The heavy cannon at the stern of the ship finally fired, and a burst of flame shattered the aggregate that was constantly firing demonic spores, but more demons were still gathering.

"Oh no!" Kross fired wildly at the demons below the island from his firing position. The spent casings of the TAR-B-1 rounds flowed from the barrel like a waterfall, almost completely covering the insteps of his feet.

"Bang! Cheer up, I'm having a much tougher time than you!" The tyrant slammed his hammer into a demonic split that had just fallen and was growing a large number of tentacles, limbs and eyeballs, splattering juices everywhere. He then tore out the crystal core inside with his bare hands and smashed it to pieces with another hammer blow.

"Speaking of which, where's Miyu?"

"Didn't see it!" The tyranny tore open a fire grenade and threw it into the remains of the demonic split. Soon the flames engulfed the remains, and the high temperature completely destroyed its biological tissue before it could reassemble.

"What exactly is a demon?"

“Plants!” Popka was in the firefighting team; her job was to saw off the limbs and structures of the demons that were trying to entangle the warship, and then smash and kick away the ice blocks that had frozen into chunks.

"Bang!" A miniature demonic split body fell to the ground, blasted into a gray-black liquid by the Tara explosive bomb. The tiny crystal core inside rolled on the ground and was crushed by someone's foot.

"Don't worry about her, she's probably sniping from some corner." The polar behemoth was firing at full power, flames and thick smoke billowing from its hull, mostly caused by its own people. Under such powerful and concentrated attacks, the demons' pursuit became powerless.

In particular, the large-scale launch of leaf-cold bombs, in the polar climate, became a barrier that made it difficult for the demons to pursue them. They were frozen into a ball. Compared with incendiary bombs, which can be resisted by regeneration and bodily fluids, freezing bombs were more effective against the demons.

The system froze the aggregates, then shattered them with passive energy projectiles, breaking the ever-growing aggregates back into smaller fragments. But that was all it could do; the firepower and combat capabilities of a single land-based ship were simply insufficient to deal with so many demons.

After several hours of pursuit and close combat, the polar behemoth was almost completely surrounded by demons around the dispatch center. Dense swarms of demons surrounded it from all sides, and the ammunition in the warehouse was dwindling at a visible rate.

All the tanks and weapons in the garage were released, forming a sturdy fire net to block wave after wave of attacks from the demons. The mountain-like tracks were covered with gray-black demon residue, which would need to be acid-washed and incinerated for disinfection later.

"Thank goodness I came along, otherwise we really would have crashed." Nian stood outside the bridge, snapped her folding fan shut and tucked it into her chest cleavage, then clasped her hands together. "Awaken, Earth!"

The ground rumbled, and the moonlight overhead seemed to grow brighter. From a distance, a dim white light shone down from the sky, enveloping the polar behemoth.

"Remote industrial core load 100%, source field coherence rate stable, particle channel stable, environment stable, industrial core program installation in progress... Completed, Pioneer authorized, use permitted!"

"These professional gain antenna towers are so much better!" Behind the ship, a crack appeared at the top of the island, and a heavy piece of equipment slowly rose, bathed in the faint glow of the white moonlight like a tower. "What kind of garbage is that Heavenly Mystery Tower of the Great Yan Dynasty? Even a dog wouldn't use it!"

The signal is poor, the range is small, the construction speed of the fortress is slow, the particle channel is surprisingly small, and the output power is low. In the end, most of the work still has to be done by manpower and with the help of sorcerers.

It's like the difference between having a large group of skilled technicians tinkering parts and having an automated intelligent production line mass-producing parts. The former may be more precise and impressive, but for the producer, the latter is more efficient!

"Auxiliary intelligent array OK, bio-assisted circuit interface stable!"

"You may begin, Master Nian!"

"Alright, rise!" The Originium structure roared up from the ground. This was the Arctic, and beneath the ground lay Originium materials and casting nodes that had been laid out for the purpose of exploration.

Square buildings slowly rose up. These were not devices, but simply defensive barriers created using the forging power of the year, made of pure Originium blocks.

At the same time, the drone hangar was opened, projecting node pillars and prefabricated materials—defensive walls, lighting, batteries, generators, and unidentified square-shaped structures—into the surrounding area.

"Deploy the data collection system!" The ring-shaped drone flew out in all directions, cutting and breaking down the Originium pillars that rose up each year to be used as raw materials for her powers.

"Deploy the logistics system!"

"Defense system deployed!"

"Need any help?" The Stranger stood below Nian, raised his staff, and forcefully thrust it into the connection slot. "That would be perfect!" Nian was in charge of forging the prefabricated parts, while the Stranger was in charge of assembling them. The earth was churning and surging, and rings of city walls appeared on the ground. At the same speed, a large number of core spare parts in the warehouse were transformed into defensive weapons on the city walls.

With the Arctic Beast as its core and various control towers as nodes, a not-so-large but sturdy fortress appeared on the polar region at an astonishing speed. It used the unique properties of Originium particles to simulate the properties of various materials. Compared to Old Xia's nano-assembly, it was faster and more convenient, as long as there were environmental Originium particles available.

The downside is that the latter's creation is permanent, while the creation of the Year can only be used as an emergency measure. When the energy of the Originium particles is exhausted, their binding degree will drop rapidly. To put it bluntly, the aging speed of the entire fortress is astonishing. However, as long as there is no large-scale demonic invasion, it can last for one or two years, and there is basically no problem in sending people back for a vacation.

Faced with a real tower defense game, one Originium defense tower after another, the demons shattered like waves crashing against rocks, just as they had been in the Great Yan North for hundreds of years, needlessly reduced to dust and then burned to ashes.

"Deploy the anti-phase contamination wave!" The operators, whose minds were on the verge of collapse, finally breathed a sigh of relief. This anti-phase wave could counteract the demon's mental contamination ability and block their reading ability. The hundred-eyed and hundred-handed monsters finally stopped evolving rapidly and became somewhat hesitant. However, they were also completely enraged by these anti-phase wave towers and charged over in an even more ferocious manner.

The crimson area on Nian's arm spread to his shoulder in the blink of an eye. With just a snap of his fingers, the demon at the forefront burst into flames from within, transforming into a raging inferno that spread wildly in all directions.

"Sister Nian, take it easy on me!" The technicians in the tactical command center looked at the load curve on the screen, which was soaring at almost a right angle, and felt their blood pressure rising at the same rate.

The industrial modules or techniques used in these years are designed to be powered by the Ark Fusion Array. Powering them with ship-mounted tower furnaces is already a huge challenge, and she excitedly amplifies the power of these techniques everywhere.

As a result, even the wet component's spell circuit load is now surging to the brink of failure, the cooling provided by the leaf cooling system is insufficient, and the crimson water tank is almost boiling.

"Just once, just once." Since the demons also use Originium particles as their core, Nian, who has the power to forge and recycle, can completely eliminate them. To put it bluntly, she can't repair these artificial intelligences, but she can destroy them.

However, to break through the opponent's information defenses and forcibly ignite their cores, creating a chain reaction where all the Originium particles within the entire demon's body are converted into an open, energy-releasing state, burning away every single cell at tens of thousands of degrees Celsius requires energy and bio-pulse wave intensity that cannot be provided under normal circumstances.

Back then, the Great Yan Dynasty distributed the burden through millions of people, while the Doctor used Old Xia's wet component system to carry it. However, she seemed to have never experienced the feeling of going all out, so... "Boom!" An explosion occurred behind the island superstructure.

"Huh!?" That feeling of omnipotence, of being able to shape the earth at will with a thought, receded like the tide, leaving only the abilities that her body could possess.

"The main unit has exploded, and we're activating the backup equipment. Don't get too excited; our output isn't infinite either." However, thanks to Nian's actions, the demons' offensive has basically come to an end.

Demons are not devoid of instincts like Hai Si, seeking advantage and avoiding harm. After realizing that they could not succeed at all, they changed their methods. One demon after another piled up together, and they were merging into an even larger monster.

The polar behemoth tried to bombard the tower-like structure with its giant cannon, but it only created a small breach that healed in less than a minute.

The grayish-black thing spread and climbed, stretching towards the sky like a giant tree, or like a spiral tower. Finally, the top of the tower blossomed, with five petals unfolding, revealing layers of rose-like structures. Each fleshy leaf was covered with countless eyes of all sizes, all staring at Nian and the Giant Beast.

"Antiphase interference at full capacity! Everyone close your eyes and inject sedatives!" The chaotic and meaningless whispers, accompanied by needle-like pain, appeared directly in the minds of every operator. This was the result under the protection of full-capacity antiphase interference. Under normal circumstances, even Wendigo would have to suffer heavy casualties to withstand it.

"The real demon has appeared." The previous demons were less demons and more components of demons, but this thing is the real demon—the uncontrolled ecosystem reshaping core tower "Gluttony"!

The demonic crystal crumbled beneath the monster's feet, and countless enormous mouths in its root system swallowed the creations of the year, the demonic crystal, the Originium crystal, along with rocks and soil, like an insatiable gluttonous monster.

"Oh my god! Big sister, help!" The situation was beyond Nian's and her resources' limit. If she hadn't already blown up the console, a sudden blast of the year-end furnace would have put it to rest. But now that the console was destroyed and she wasn't even in Da Yan, Nian was completely stunned.

The "Give Me Authority" command vanished from the outpost like a phantom, reappearing atop the Demon Tower as the Ark repositioned, a sharp sword seemingly appearing out of nowhere in its hand.

"Transfer of authority!"

"Get ready to go back and repair the ship!" The next second, explosions began all over the Behemoth. The Originium wiring exploded starting from the junction box, the tower furnace was instantly overloaded, and high-temperature supersaturated steam gushed out from various pressure relief ports. The wet component matrix withered, and the entire ship almost completely lost power.

"Whoosh!" Lightswords descended from the sky, piercing the demon's flesh and blood. Brilliant lightswords continued to fall, like a dazzling rainstorm. Flesh and blood disintegrated, limbs broke apart, and the demon gradually disintegrated, revealing its core white sphere. "Boom!" The largest lightsword fell, blasting the core into fragments. Then, more lightswords, carrying high temperatures, completely destroyed the demon's remains.

On the orbital side of the Ark facing Terra, a thin path appeared among the fragments of Originium. Dozens of small passages that had opened up on the front slowly closed. However, judging from the small explosions and scattered debris around it, the lifespan of this system was probably not long.

"Are these weapons of our ancestors?"

"Yes, it's an Originium Particle Cannon. It utilizes the source field interference effect to fire high-energy Originium particles and interfere with particles in the target area, creating a larger particle stream attack." The doctor explained the basic principle of this thing.

"It's like lighting a detonator with a match. The load on the transmitter is relatively low, which is also a way to use the pioneering system. Since it can form a body and structure on Terra, then a simpler and more direct energy release structure is also fine."

"Then why do we need our energy?"

"It's not that we need our energy, but that our energy is bound to be overloaded because we can't be too precise. It's like lighting a match in a flour mill. What explodes is not just the part you want to detonate, but the entire area with sufficiently dense dust. We can only try our best to direct the continuous explosion of these Originium particles."

The appearance is that of lightsabers. To be more precise, these lightsabers are just sword-shaped objects. In reality, they are just clusters of source particles that burst and release energy one after another. It's just that because of their high speed and the radiation of photons, they are elongated in the visual persistence and look like swords.

"How did you manage to lose when you had orbital weapons?"

"Because I didn't design the weapon," the doctor said, shrugging. "I don't have the authority to use it either. There's a reason why it's not being used. Many of the devices on the Ark are severely outdated. This system had a bunch of unresolved problems back then, and I estimate that every time she uses it, it's one less time she can use it."

"I can only use this trick once and for all. I can only use it two or three more times before it's completely over." Ling only activated a small portion of the transmitters. Judging from the dense warnings and red boxes on the neural link interface, all the transmitters in this section are destroyed. Next time, we must replace the transmitters in a different section.

The Ark only has four launch areas in total, and two of them are now destroyed. Optimistically, each of the remaining two can be used at least once, but pessimistically, those two will probably break after one use.

"I didn't expect to see a real demon!" Nian was also a bit of a headache. Normally, such a thing should only appear after passing through the veil area.

Ling looked around at the dilapidated temporary defense facilities. Because her particle weapon had used up a lot of energy from the surrounding Originium particles, the defense system that Nian had created was collapsing rapidly, gradually reverting to Originium crystals and soil.

"You did a good job this time, but don't do it again next time." You fucking set up such a huge defensive component and used your pioneer and forging privileges at such a high power level. It's no wonder that even the demons under your pioneer department would be in a state of high excitement!

From the perspective of these AI-powered idiots, it was just like the foreman yelling, so they naturally and decisively formed an ecological reshaping center according to the preset template.

Chapter Sixteen Profit Pathways

Chapter 16

Due to the severe damage to the Polar Behemoth, this polar exploration mission had to be terminated early. However, it was not without its gains. The drones and operator teams explored an area of ​​less than 200 square kilometers and recovered a number of valuable artifacts and data from the early inhabitants.

Most importantly, a relatively safe passage has been cleared. Although the demons will eventually wander back, because they will not deliberately destroy human creations, the strongholds, hidden storage rooms, and so on built along the way can be reused.

Furthermore, the growth rate of those demonic crystals is not fast. Especially after the Doctor collected all these crystals and turned them into white crystals, it meant that a crucial link in the demonic matter cycle was severed, making it not so easy for them to replenish their numbers. Most importantly, the Doctor obtained the remains of the Demon Tower.

Aside from the useless flesh and blood that can only be thrown into Lao Xia's recycling pool to be processed into amino acids and fatty acids, the remaining parts have many uses, including the bioceramics and alloys that demons use to support their structure. These are not alloys made from biological materials, but rather bioceramics made by living organisms through their own physicochemical and biochemical reactions—the most typical example being human tooth enamel.

In addition, there are steel-resistant materials wrapped around the demons' bodies, and remnants of ancient creations that they swallowed but could not process. These severely corroded parts require further sorting, repair, and processing to figure out exactly what they are.

The most crucial gain was obtaining the core crystal of the Demon Mother. This means that the Doctor can further understand the extent to which these artificial idiots have evolved and iterated on themselves. After all, the current Demon is no longer the same as the thing he supervised back then; the difference is comparable to the gap between an amoeba and a human.

Relying on its backup power, the polar behemoth took twice as long to return to the port of departure. In the eyes of the Doctor and Old Xia, this was an extremely unsuccessful expedition, but in the eyes of the other countries of Terra, it was an extremely successful polar expedition.

Even the media, which is extremely hostile to this space alliance, surprisingly did not criticize Kazdel, but instead enthusiastically praised his success. After all, there was no conflict of interest between the two sides in this matter—"Can't Colombia do what Kazdel did?"—This is what countries thought before they were beaten down by evil forces.

Faced with tangible benefits, all interest groups and organizations unanimously praised Kazdel, showering them with accolades such as pioneers of Terran humanity and initiators of polar scientific research. As for previous claims that their actions would trigger a demonic uprising and exert devastating pressure on the borders of Great Yan and Ursus…

That was what I said yesterday, what does it have to do with me today?

Even the gentry of the Great Yan Dynasty did not raise any objections. In a sense, this was the first time since the founding of the Great Yan Dynasty that the nobles, military leaders, gentry, bureaucrats, and the emperor had reached a consensus.

The emperor needed to strengthen the northern defenses, maintain his rule, and weaken the power of those northern generals who obeyed orders but not commands.