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Chapter 49 Large-Scale Sunshine Planting Plan

Chapter 49

The station was almost completely destroyed. The small group of internal guards who had rebelled had been wiped out, and the infected rebels were being executed one by one. The Rainbow Squad also saw the infected guys, who continued to attack anyone who was not on their side even after their controllers died. In the end, they could only kill them all without leaving a single one alive.

The bodies were placed in the square outside the station, doused with fuel, and burned to ashes. The chemical defense troops that entered the battlefield afterward disinfected them one by one with high temperatures.

"One member of the Yeti squad is dead and one is seriously injured, while Frostflower was slightly wounded." Blitzkrieg compiled the casualty report. It wasn't too serious. To be honest, against an enemy three times their size, this level of casualties was already ideal. However, considering the difference in combat equipment between the two sides, it could be said that they barely managed to break even.

"How did he die?" Alexander ripped the dog tag off the body and said, "Killed by a sniper, the goggles were pierced." Power armor isn't without its weaknesses; the visor and goggles can be pierced by high-powered weapons. And coincidentally, the other side had a sniper rifle made with full-power etched ammunition.

"The one who was seriously injured was knocked down by the so-called demon. His arm was severely fractured, and his power armor armplate was also damaged. More seriously, he was infected. The medic treated him, but whether he can survive depends on whether he can make it through the night." The seriously injured soldier on Ash's side was the one who was ambushed by the demon while checking his condition.

Where is Shuanghua?

"His calf was grazed by a shell and he's been taken to the hospital for treatment." Thanks to the protection of the power armor, otherwise, it wouldn't have been just an injury classified as minor; his entire leg would have been gone, even if it was just a graze.

"And what about them?" Blitzkrieg refers to the members of the Ussat Special Service, who, as friendly forces supporting the attack, did not play a significant role in the attack, even though they were being beaten down in the parking lot. However, they still took up a large portion of the regular troops.

"Three dead, two seriously wounded, and about ten lightly wounded." For a mission Sergei had ever carried out, this was a relatively ideal result; attacking a heavily fortified station with such a small number of casualties was the only outcome.

The troops that followed set up a cordon some distance from the station and established a temporary field hospital to treat the wounded and to conduct disinfection and quarantine procedures on all survivors.

"Doctor, can my leg be saved?" Shuanghua asked jokingly, looking at the doctor, Xuyu, who was treating her wound. Based on her experience, she believed that her injury should be classified as a serious injury or even a disability.

"Don't worry, here, this is just a minor injury." Whisper manipulated hundreds of thin silver threads to remove metal fragments from the calf, which was almost a mass of rotten flesh, and cut off the completely necrotic nerve and muscle tissue.

"Hiss!" The pneumatic syringe injected a tube of nanotherapy agent into Shuanghua's thigh, and then placed her leg into a strange machine.

"You'd better get some sleep. Also, for the next two weeks, try not to put any weight on this leg. You'll have a follow-up check-up and dressing change in two weeks, and then you can start running and jumping again." Dr. Xuyu packed up her tools. Compared to the unfortunate guy who was directly stabbed by the demonic tentacles and still had to be treated in a high-pressure water chamber, Shuanghua's purely external injury was considered a minor one.

"This is truly advanced..." Shuanghua looked at the semi-cylindrical equipment platform, where countless silver threads were rebuilding her leg muscles and nerve tissue, and exclaimed sincerely, "This is simply a blessing for soldiers!"

The biological limb reconstruction device, manufactured by combining the wet components of the Whispering Script with Lao Xia's superb biotechnology, is effective for almost all external injuries, but not for internal injuries. Due to the limited reconstruction efficiency, it is difficult to complete functional clonal reconstruction of internal injuries before the patient dies from organ failure.

As for poisoning, demonic possession, infection by sea creatures, or a series of diseases and special injuries such as Oripathy, they are not of much use. This is why whether the severely injured Yeti can survive depends on whether it is tough enough to get through the night.

Perhaps due to the anesthetic taking effect, Shuanghua quickly fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up again, she was already lying in the hospital of the polar behemoth. Lifting the blanket, she saw large, obvious patches of marks on her calves that resembled vitiligo. These were biomimetic structures created by cell reconstruction technology, which would gradually return to normal as the body healed and metabolized itself.

"Oh, you're awake." Yelena sat down beside her, holding a notebook in her hand and having some kind of snack in her mouth.

"What about the one who was seriously injured?"

“He was lucky, he pulled through and has been transferred to a large hospital in the rear for further treatment. Now you know how powerful the demons are, right?” Yelena patted Shuanghua’s leg. “So, you’re lucky too. Actually, I was already prepared to report to Lao Xia that one of his fellow villagers had died in close combat with a demon.”

"So, it's another test?"

"Guess?" Yelena smiled. It was true that it was a test, but it wasn't exactly a test either. At least she hadn't arranged this, but it did serve as a test and a warning. Now, these four wouldn't always show such a sense of alienation and indifference towards the demons.

Perhaps in their eyes, such fierce firepower, as long as they don't encounter a regular army using firearms, but just a group of monsters, can advance triumphantly by paying a certain price. In reality, however, it is not like that at all.

"We've entered a war zone, haven't we?"

"Yes, actually, we've been in the war zone since you came back." The ship was shaking, and even through the thick armor and hull, the sounds of explosions and collapsing structures could be heard outside.

On the flight deck, which is low in the middle and high on both sides, War Knight MK2 aircraft are pulled out from the sloping hangars on the sides and launched into the sky at a rate of one per minute. Under the sky, dense bombs fall on the dark cemetery area, which is the "safe zone" that has been explored before.

In the demonic territory, the Great Yan taught everyone a profound lesson with the lives of thousands: the so-called safe zone does not mean the absence of demons, but rather a zone where all valuable ruins have been explored and excavated, and there are no other dangerous areas that could be detonated.

Areas that can be cleared with bombs and heavy firepower are called safe zones, while other areas that cannot be dealt with by bombs, or where using bombs would have more serious consequences, are called danger zones.

"Whoosh!" The machine guns roared and rained down orange-yellow bullets. The tall demonic crystal on the ground exploded with a bang. The entire upper body of the ferocious demon was torn apart by the shells, leaving only a steaming skeleton. Before it could repair itself, the second round of dive attack began again.

"The demons are about to begin their anti-air defense." A portion of the demonic aggregates began to transform, followed by a flash of lightning that almost grazed the fuselage of the returning War Knight MK2.

"Partial electronic system failure, EMP, electromagnetic pulse attack, redundancy backup activated." The aviator took a deep breath and calmly dodged the second attack beam; the opponent's charging signs were too obvious.

However, its bulky, tower-like body, covered by a thick layer of high-strength metal-ceramic armor, made it too dangerous for airborne weapons to approach and attack.

"Target calibration for No. 1 ship gun..." "Thump!" The trajectory of the Originium railgun flashed by, and the demon tower collapsed with a bang. However, the collapsed tower turned into countless small demon aggregates that grew the same power generation organs and long-range attack organs.

"Full firepower!" Last time, the Great Yan diverted some attention, and the demons weren't alarmed on a large scale. This time, the bombing to clear the way caused the demons to be alarmed on a large scale. In addition, after the last operation, these areas where the demons were weak have now become gathering areas.

If the Arctic Behemoths still had the same reconnaissance-oriented setup as last time, they would probably have already failed by now. Last time, there were three of those tower-like monsters appearing all at once.

One was destroyed by alternating concentrated fire from the main guns, another was paralyzed by air force bombing, and the remaining one switched to fortress mode, but none of them have been taken down yet.

"Rat-a-tat-tat!" Alexander had no time to demonstrate his superior firepower suppression skills, because there was no need for it at all. Like a black torrent, the demons surged out from the crystal forest.

Most of them were blown away by naval guns halfway there, and a small number were strafed by close-in weapon systems nearby. However, some trickles of water still climbed up the hard-to-penetrate anti-demon alloy shell towards the deck, trying to take over the flight deck and hangar area where fighter jets and drones were being launched.

The 10mm torches transformed into scorching flaming whips, repeatedly lashing the demonic offspring that were climbing up the sides and the spreading "land" slime. Demonic offspring were constantly being torn apart, ignited, and shattered from the inside out by the torches that were driven into their slime-like bodies. However, this was only a temporary halt.

"Ah!" On the firing platform below Alexander, the firepower operator who was firing wildly was captured by the slimy, viscous mud. He only had time to let out a scream before the slimy, corrosive substance pulled him off the ship and into the black ocean of slimy mud below.

"Boom!" A large number of Sacred Fire Bombs launched from the side torpedo launch ports once again forced back some of the demonic slime and demonic aggregates. For demons that have formed a cluster, tearing, cutting, or even igniting them is not very effective.

For a single demon, taking away its tissue can greatly weaken it and then destroy it. However, for a cluster of demons, the taken tissue will quickly pile up together, forming this black slime, which will extend into new demons and demon limbs.

Only the parts that are completely burned are the parts that are completely destroyed. The Arctic Beast and Abaddon's carrier-based aircraft are firing at full speed, proving once again that the Great Flame People's hedgehog tactics are indeed effective.

After the last fighter jet ejected, the hangar and runway were sealed off, and Alexander and his men received orders to evacuate. They left the demonic slime and monsters to take over the deck like waves crashing against the bow.

The fully enclosed hull was almost impossible for the enemy to breach, and the fully enclosed turrets never stopped firing; in fact, the almost red-hot barrels taught those demons who tried to infiltrate the turrets a profound lesson.

Next, Alexander and the others only need to guard the outer corridors and outer cabins. If a few demons break through the cabin doors, they should set up layers of defenses to drive them back completely.

The polar behemoth seemed to be trudging through a pitch-black swamp, pulling out countless black, slimy threads behind it. Each thread was a cluster of tentacles with countless suckers. However, no matter what, a demon is just a biological cell, and it is not wise to compare its strength with that of a machine.

The ship slowly but steadily broke free. Without the help of this sea of ​​soft mud, the demons on the deck were gradually cleared away one by one by the armed personnel of the security department. As for the demonic soft mud that was deforming behind them, it was subjected to a larger-scale bombardment of holy fire and a big thing that Old Xia had painfully modified.

"Impact stance!" A brilliant sun rose above the ground, and the tens of millions of degrees of heat instantly obliterated the demons in the blast center. The shockwave, carrying the shattered crystals, spread in all directions, and even colossal creatures like the polar behemoths began to spin and slide across the ground.

"Nuclear bombing... We can brag about it for a whole year when we get back." Blitz gripped the railing tightly, the ship rocking and swaying violently like a small sampan in a storm.

The multi-layered metal armor and ultra-hard alloy ceramics effectively resisted the shock wave and hot wind at the edge of the nuclear explosion, while the ionizing radiation did not cause serious damage to the Abbotton and the Arctic Beast, which had already tucked all electronic and vulnerable equipment into protective compartments.

"The demons in the safe zone have been cleared. We have one and a half days to reach the designated location, after which we will begin exploration and recovery operations." The ship's broadcast resumed after half an hour of silence. By then, the mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion was almost dissipating, and almost all the demons gathered in the area had been vaporized, leaving only a large, glassy crater on the ground.

Meanwhile, looking at the photos of the post-strike impact assessment sent back after communications were restored at the front, Levy sincerely said, "I have to admit that only nuclear weapons can deal with an enemy like this."

"So, when will you finish adjusting the equipment?"

"Next week at the earliest, but are you sure you want to produce this outdated stuff?"

"Otherwise what? I do have lithium deuteride, but how do I ignite it?" We can't make laser igniters, and nuclear igniters just happen to require fission bombs.

Multi-stage centrifugal separation of nuclear fuel is not a big problem, but what about enrichment? Although it is not technically difficult, the production capacity will be very pitiful compared to the investment.

Furthermore, a complete set of nuclear industry production manuals is required. You can't expect a group of illiterate and untrained personnel to handle this, because that could really lead to serious problems. This is why the centrifuge equipment designed by Lao Xia has a whole bunch of fancy gadgets.

He wished he could produce nuclear bombs with a single click; otherwise, he would have to establish a proper training program, issue safety manuals to all workers, and pray that these guys, who had never seen a nuclear bomb or a nuclear reactor explode, wouldn't be careless.

It's important to understand that Japan, a country that was hit by a double nuclear attack, had the audacity to cut its 20-meter protective wall down to 15 meters, only to have it wiped out by a 16-meter tsunami. So, what kind of tricks the clever guys below can pull off is something Old Xia really wouldn't dare to try.

In particular, his overly advanced medical technology gave the brilliant minds the confidence to pull off all sorts of tricks. But the problem is, not all tricks are sustainable.

"We can directly copy the nuclear bomb configuration, and we can also directly copy the nuclear bomb igniter. For conventional detonation explosives, we can use your metallic hydrogen. Due to the relationship between volume and reaction rate, we can further enhance the explosion lensing effect. I've modified the centrifuge for you into a multi-stage centrifuge that doesn't require so many fancy features."

Levy frantically edited and revised Xia's nuclear plan, making the latter tremble with fear. Could this approach really work?

"Believe me, it won't be more troublesome than producing sausages." Levy believed that as long as the problems of uranium ore, centrifuges, and electricity were solved, making nuclear bombs would be a piece of cake.

"But you can't expect all sausage workers to have your qualifications," Old Xia thought for a moment and reminded him. If all the workers under his command were as smart as Levy, then building nuclear bombs would indeed be something anyone could do.

"You have to understand that what seems like something that anyone can do with their hands might be a huge problem for the locals, especially for the industrial system, due to certain reasons. For example, the energy absorption reaction of Originium particles means that we need an ultra-pure processing site when manufacturing them, so it's not necessarily something that anyone can do with their hands."

"Wait a minute, the energy absorption reaction of Originium? Tell me properly." Levi hadn't thought of this either. After all, on Earth, Originium was just a very accidental discovery, a tiny bit accidentally produced by the Soviet Union during an experiment in Chernobyl.

Therefore, Levi subconsciously did not consider the impact of this, only considering the physical fragments and particles of Originium, and did not think about the radiation of Originium particles at all.

"Well, to put it simply, don't assume that just because nothing can exist stably under nuclear fusion reactions, we don't need to worry about Originium particles. The largest hydrogen bomb above us is about to explode because of this." Old Xia pointed to the sky, and the two of them fell silent.

"If the United Mining University next to our college thought that making a nuclear bomb with a yield of 1 to 2 megatons or a gravity mining bomb would be something anyone could do, then the Naval Power Engineering College across the street would probably think that a nuclear reactor is as simple and easy to understand as your gas stove. They might even start some weird thing like a nuclear race in the dormitories. But if our people were to do these things, the entire space facility complex would probably be destroyed in less than a week."

Old Xia used a very absurd analogy, but although it was just an analogy, Levi felt as if such a thing was something that someone could actually do.

"Therefore, we should take this into account when designing and arranging our plans."

“Hmm, that was my oversight. So, when are you going to arrange some assistance for me? It’s not a myth for two people to lead the Manhattan Project, but if there are only two of us, then unless one of us is named Jehovah,” Levy retorted.

As leaders with ample experience and advanced knowledge, having two is already quite a lot. After all, the biggest secret of nuclear weapons—that they can be built—has already been cracked. But you can't really complete an entire nuclear program with just two people, can you?

At the very least, a nuclear program would be quite feasible if it required at least three digits of engineers, at least two digits of professors, at least four digits of skilled workers, a sufficient budget and time, complete equipment, and at least two master's or even doctoral level assistants for each professor, plus two outstanding field leaders.

Ah, this time there really isn't any left.

I need to go to the hospital. I have a cough, phlegm, and pharyngitis, but I tested negative for COVID-19—it's probably just a common cold aftereffect. Plus, I've developed neurodermatitis at the site of a previous mosquito bite.

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Chapter Fifty: The Scavenger's Operation

Chapter 50

At the designated exploration point, the dust-covered polar behemoth slowly came to a stop. This was the vehicle dispatch station of the early inhabitants. The demonic crystals almost completely covered the area, but the dispatch station itself remained intact.

The land-based ship slowly entered the control station along the concrete slope. The control station was a large, recessed area. After the polar behemoth entered, the deck was basically level with the surrounding facilities, allowing for maintenance, berthing, and resupply operations.

"Here's the structural diagram of the dispatch station. We need to split into three teams to clear it separately, and we need to be quick." The doctor took out a hand-drawn map and placed it in the conference room.

"First, let's talk about the surrounding facilities. The area around the dispatch station consists of staff dormitories and office areas, which are the above-ground buildings. As you can see, this area has been completely covered by demonic crystals and has become a den of demons."

What's inside?

"The original employees' personal belongings and some goods that needed to be loaded from this station were not many, because it is not a freight loading station after all."

"so?"

“We need to entrust this task to the Rainbow Team. They are unaffected by the demons, and our anti-phase wave jammers cannot protect the operators in such a dense crystal nest,” the Doctor said. “They need to blow up the main demon structure and create a reasonable firebreak. Otherwise, in this terrain, if we are attacked by a cluster of demons, the safety provided by the ship’s height will be completely lost.”

"Then, mechanical equipment is used to recover the demonic crystals and transform them into white crystals. In a sense, this can even be considered a white crystal vein."

"What about dangers?" Security Supervisor Razer asked. "Are there any dangers we should be aware of?"

"Yes, the crystal nests are not lacking in demons and fusion beings; they must be prepared for battle at any time."

"Can't it be destroyed by air strikes?"

"Unfortunately, no, because this is the excavation area." The doctor shrugged. An air raid would destroy the fragile platform structure. These facilities haven't been maintained for thousands of years; who knows how long they can last.

"Then there are the buildings on both sides, which is the pier section. This part used to be automated facilities, so it should be relatively safe. A small team escorting engineers and technicians in should be enough." This is an automated loading and maintenance facility, so even if there are demons or other enemies, their numbers won't be too many.