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Conversely, it requires highly skilled engineers, technicians, and sorcerers, rather than heavy weapons and powerful equipment, because there are too many flammable, explosive, and fragile devices inside.

"Finally, there's the underground section. I need a highly elite combat team to break in and deal with the considerable number of demons down there."

"Why?" Old Xia frowned. "Why are there so many evil spirits underground?" The radar has detected a large number of crystalline structures and moving objects underground, so it's obvious what they are.

"It's very simple. The dispatch station is the first stop for evacuation vehicles. When the disaster struck, most people who couldn't get to the shelters in time hid down there, and those without tickets also crowded down there, hoping to board the ark." The doctor calmly recounted the horrific history. "So, once you're down there, don't be too surprised to see mountains of bones or bones turned into demons, because you'll see more of these things later, even more terrifying ones."

"There are only these three areas in total?" Kal'tsit asked, frowning as she held the report. "The areas are very large, and our investigation will be very slow, yet you say it needs to be fast."

"Yes, the key is the interior and the lower level. The power source in the lower level and the protective equipment inside. By opening these two, we can create a safe island," the doctor said. "This is the original anti-phase wave emitter, and it's even more powerful, enough to cause demons to have a severe repulsive reaction and avoid this area."

"So, how did the people down there get infected?"

"No fuel can last that long, so the teams going down will need to carry fuel supplies and even generators. However, we don't need to take refuge for decades; a few months over a summer will suffice."

"What if your plan goes wrong?" For example, the generator is completely damaged, the mobile generator is not powerful enough, there is a gap in the anti-phase wave defense barrier, or even the entire system is broken, etc.

“Then let’s confirm as soon as possible that this plan has failed, and decisively withdraw from this area before a new batch of demons gathers and tears us all apart.” The doctor pointed to the next area on the map, “Go directly through the dangerous cemetery area and enter the aerospace engine factory on the edge of the central veil area. This factory is very sturdy and has a closed dock that can berth polar behemoths. It can be used as a holding point until reinforcements come to rescue us or we can carry out a carpet bombing.”

"What a brutal plan."

"Once we entered the polar region, we didn't have any detailed plans; we could only take it one step at a time." Although the doctor remembered some of the facilities from back then, his memory was severely damaged, and he could only recall them after seeing the target object.

Not only that, Kal'tsit's situation wasn't much better, and that's part of the reason for her riddle. She also had to wait until things happened and she saw them before she could remember the whole story. Until then, she would just gloss over the situation.

Moreover, time treats everything equally; the changes in terrain, structure, and facilities are enormous, and the doctor's memory is not so reliable, so there is no detailed plan at all.

"A demolition mission? Not a bomb disposal mission?"

"To be precise, it's a building demolition," Razer assigned the mission to the Rainbow Team. "Originally, it shouldn't have been just you guys going, but because those crystals have some kind of interference and killing effect that is ineffective against us—you can think of it as a kind of strong radiation that is ineffective against you—it can only be done by you alone."

“Okay,” Ash said nothing, because for her, it had almost become a part of her life, and the demolition missions were relatively simple, especially since the enemy didn’t have guns and there was no need to consider collateral damage to civilians when the demolition was carried out.

"So, you mean blast a blank isolation zone out of this crystal forest? Artillery can handle that." Alexander looked at the mission briefing and thought that using artillery was the most suitable approach.

"Actually, you also need to recover the items inside these facilities, or at least mark them. We really don't expect you to do this with small bombs. Your main task is to mark the valuable recyclable materials and then safely destroy the crystals with directional blasting."

"As for the other areas, you just need to mark them, and the ship's guns will take care of clearing out these crystals in the end." Of course, no one expected the four members of Rainbow Squad to carry C4 and blast out a firebreak. In fact, they didn't need to traverse all the areas. They only needed to target a few key nests. For the rest, where there were no usable buildings or facilities, they could just clear them out with the ship's guns.

"So, in other words, enter the nest, search for any valuable items, mark the recyclables, then blow up the nest, open up a transport route, and then leave the rest to the ship's guns, right?" Blitzkrieg summarized the mission.

"That's it. Based on your experience, this shouldn't be too difficult, right?" "Indeed, we do this kind of thing every few days, except that the nest is indeed a nest." Blitzkrieg shrugged. Rainbow Squad was practically an expert at this kind of thing, except for the final demolition and ship gun cleanup.

The recyclables can be evidence, drug dealers, hostages, VIPs, and the nests can be of all kinds, including those of terrorists, drug dealers, and even rebel warlords. As for the final demolition part, we can only say that we did not do much. If the cannon clearing is replaced by the Tomahawk, then Ash has a few experiences with it.

In short, it was all familiar work. The four-person team, who were initially a little nervous because of the sudden assignment, relaxed a lot, especially since the enemy didn't have guns.

"Therefore, I have been authorized to open all the armories to you. You may bring any equipment and items you deem necessary. However, please note that the demonic corruption may be of little use to you, as you are essentially immune. But the demons' direct attacks can penetrate power armor, and they don't only rely on physical attacks." They may also spray poison, inject toxins using tentacles and spikes, or spray strong acids, among other methods. So, being careless is not a good thing.

"Understood." Ash's expression turned serious. This meant they needed to be prepared and more vigilant during combat. "That's all for your task. Any further questions?"

"That's all." Indeed, this much intelligence is sufficient. Even if Ash wanted more detailed information, they probably couldn't provide it. In fact, when the reliability of the intelligence is uncertain, more intelligence can actually increase the difficulty of the mission, and sometimes it can even become an obstacle and a negative effect.

Meanwhile, the breakthrough between the equipment had begun. "3...!" W pressed the detonation button, and the directional bomb blasted the thick iron door inward, revealing the passageway area behind and the automated loading, maintenance, and repair workshop.

The thick layer of dust on the ground indicated that nothing, whether human or demon, had entered this place for a long time.

"Safe!" W gestured. As a vehicle dispatch station, there is a lot of heavy equipment here, such as loading cranes, road management systems, automated docking and positioning facilities, etc. Many of these can be used, or usable parts can be disassembled.

"Work begins!" The sounds of cutting machines and drills echoed throughout the building, while on the other side, in the underground garage area, Frostnova led her team carefully through it.

The above-ground garage should more accurately be called a shipyard, as it has five large berths capable of holding five Arctic Behemoth-class landships, with the Arctic Behemoths docked in one of the berths. Surrounding the garage are dozens of large elevators that would allow large vehicles to access the underground garage area; however, all the elevators are currently jammed, so Frostnova's team needs to traverse a maintenance tunnel to enter the underground area.

"Pat-pat-pat~" The sound of some kind of creature's footsteps rang out overhead. The white rabbit raised its hand, signaling everyone to stop moving forward. Then, it reached out and touched the pipe that was making the strange noise. White frost spread along the heat-conducting metal into the distance. The frozen demonic limbs burst out of the pipe with a bang, and were completely frozen before they could fully unfold and launch a counterattack.

"Bang!" The muzzle flash of the hand cannon flickered in the dark passage, and the ambush-type demon split was reduced to fragments. "Use freezing weapons and holy fire bullets as much as possible," Frostnova put away the hand cannon and signaled the team to continue.

The exit of the maintenance passage is on the top floor of the underground parking garage, which has four floors and a lifting structure equipped with elevators. There is also a large lifting rotating platform in the center.

Looking down from the fence, countless demonic crystals pierced the ground, resembling an underground forest. Among the crystals, one could see remnants of steel and tents of various sizes that had completely decayed.

"A refugee camp." The U-shaped corridor on the top floor was relatively clean, with no survivors or vehicles. It seemed that all the vehicles had left, leaving only some low-value spare parts, but Froststar had still sprayed fluorescent markings on these parts.

Once the cleanup is complete, professional recycling personnel will come to collect, disinfect, sort, and repair the waste. "Our target has to go through the entire area, it's unbelievable."

You need to go down to the bottom floor through a four-story U-shaped corridor, and then cross almost half of the garage floor to reach the small maintenance door on the side, which leads to the power room on the next floor.

In particular, they were also carrying a mobile generator and fuel tanks that were not light in weight and not very durable even after being reinforced.

"Keep quiet and proceed with caution." There were no enemies in the lower corridor, but some dark shadows could be seen moving in the two corridors below, clearly traces of demons.

The lower two floors have been converted into a refugee camp. You can vaguely see parking spaces that have been converted into shops or some kind of functional rooms, as well as haphazardly built, dilapidated shacks, tents, dirty sleeping bags, and all sorts of garbage.

Unfortunately, this place is now a paradise for monsters, and thousands of years have caused almost everything to decay and be completely destroyed, leaving it with no value for use or recycling.

"Don't disturb any more demons, move carefully." This place is not suitable for small-team battles, and there are traps set by time everywhere, such as rotten floors, railings that are so rusted they will break at the slightest touch, and garbage on the ground that no one knows what it is. You have to be extra careful when you step on it.

"Buzz!" Froststar drew her dagger and hand cannon, preparing to sneak over, but soon, the demon crouching outside the ruins of a refugee shop suddenly raised its round head, which then opened like flower petals, revealing spiraling fangs and terrifying inner teeth. Several snake-like tentacles waved in the air, seemingly trying to catch some scent.

Thanks to the excellent odor sealing and anti-phase interference equipment, the demon let out a confused chuckle, closed its head again, shook it from side to side, and left with heavy steps.

"Phew~" Froststar exhaled. "Search the surroundings, mark the area, and move on." The priority now is to turn on the power and activate the anti-phase interference field. This way, the demons in the area will be suppressed, and the combat troops that have to stay on the ship can also come down on a large scale to carry out cleanup operations.

Compared to the quiet movement here, the Ashes' movement was much more exciting, "Boom!"

"Safe!" "Safe!" Blitzkrieg and Alexander pointed their weapons into the corner of the room. There were no enemies, only a rotten desk and a long-destroyed computer terminal.

"As expected of an office area, there's not much to care about." The paper documents are long gone, and the electronic data has vanished completely. Only these electronic wastes might have some recycling value, since the rare elements and components like gold inside aren't so easily corroded or decayed.

"Bang!" They kicked down any door they encountered, and when they came across a lock, they had Shuanghua bring over the "master key." They loaded the electromagnetic gun with a special single-pronged door-breaking bullet, kept it at a large angle to the lock, and with a bang, the door opened.

For particularly sturdy electronic locks, fire a couple more shots at the hinges on the door. For sliding doors, use Blitzkrieg bombs and Alexander's crowbar. Only when all else fails should you use Ash's wall-breaking grenade to demolish the wall.

"This is probably the control room, right?" Shuanghua took out a spray paint can and shook it up and down, spraying fluorescent markings onto these markers. If they were accidentally buried under the rubble during the explosion, it would be much easier to dig them out.

On the other side, Flash kicked open the ornate wooden door of the office. The wood was already completely rotten, and the kick almost shattered it into pieces on the floor.

"Roar!" A demon hiding inside lunged out, only to be blasted back by a blast of bullets from Flash Strike. Then, Flash Strike stomped on the creature, and before it could pierce the power armor's iron boots, Flash Strike unleashed all six Sacred Fire Shotgun shells from its wheel, turning it into a burning, charred mess.

Even so, the rotten flesh kept trying to regenerate. Flash pulled out a thermite grenade and stuffed it directly into the wound, pulled the pin, and then watched as the thing was completely burned into a pile of charcoal before he began searching the rather ornate office.

“I feel like we’re scavenging in a wasteland.” Blitz picked up the holographic photo frame from the table and stuffed it into his backpack. Don’t underestimate this little gadget. According to previous intelligence, it has considerable recycling value because it uses a graphene chip.

“It’s not just a vague impression. Be confident, we are indeed in a wasteland.” Shuanghua pulled a circuit board out of the server and then inserted a small transmitter.

"Ashes, are you done yet?"

"Bombers are being installed." Ashes are scattered throughout the building, where bombs are being installed to blow up rooms deemed worthless along with crystal pillars, creating a relatively safe working area. Of course, areas that are too decayed and fragile also need to be demolished by explosives.

[PS]

Polar relics:

Holographic Photo Frame: Hope +2. This empty photo frame, which has long lost its function, may have once recorded a beautiful memory.

Chapter Fifty-One: Infiltrating the Nest (Part 1)

Chapter 51

"Prepare for demolition!" The group decisively took cover. With a series of explosions, the overgrown crystal forest collapsed, revealing the location of the lair that led deeper into the office area. "Clear the perimeter, prepare to rappel into the lair."

"The perimeter handling team has entered the site. Do you need supplies?" After the crystal blasting demolished part of the area, the fully armed handling team was able to approach the cleared front half of the office area, which is the reception hall and the ordinary clerical office area.

“We need more than half of our ammunition, and we still have large bombs.” Blitzkrieg secured the high-strength carbon nanotube rope to a fixed pillar on the roof of the office building, standing on the edge and looking towards the nest behind it.

The crystals were intertwined, and although part of them had been destroyed, they remained very dense in the distance. In the dormitory building behind the office building, countless crystals pierced the building to pieces; that was the nest.

The team's current task is to retrieve useful items from the dormitory building and then blow up the entire nest to cause it to collapse. This is a relatively simple task, as there are very few useful items in the dormitory building; they are mostly personal belongings that are easy to carry.

Moreover, it is the smallest of the surrounding nests. Destroying this area can reduce the number of demons and lower the load on the anti-phase wave emitter. Then, the subsequent cleanup team can enter, process the wreckage, and open up a larger area with enough safe time to inspect and repair the ancient people's large anti-phase wave emitter.

The purification team was equipped with high-power jammers, just like normal people entering a nuclear contaminated area. Each person worked for only 15 to 20 minutes before retreating to a temporary base outside the office area to rest and be replaced.

Because the Rainbow Team marked the routes and fluorescent markers for the recycled items, it greatly saved the limited manpower of the processing team, allowing them to go directly to the target location and recycle the supplies.

Meanwhile, the purification team's processing equipment was also installed in the office building area, which will later serve as a relatively solid external base, establishing defense and observation points, and even, after reinforcement, be used as a temporary supply point and relay station for the next entry.

The broken demonic crystals were packed into alloy boxes and sent into temporary processing furnaces. Multiple furnaces operated simultaneously, producing a continuous stream of white crystals. These white crystals were then used to manufacture enhancers and were disposed of in Lao Xia's organic waste recycling area as consumables. The necessary raw materials were extracted from the soil and other waste by utilizing the assembly characteristics of demonic cells.

Simply put, Lao Xia used this thing as a low-end version of a biodegradation tank. The recycled waste that lacked technical regeneration value would be thrown into this conversion furnace and turned into a clump of white, unidentified crystals.

This compound is thrown into an ion furnace or organic conversion furnace for smelting, completely destroying the demon cells while extracting organic matter, rare metals, and other materials, as well as a large amount of Originium fuel ingots.

After all, the cell nucleus of the demon was a piece of Originium that had been artificially edited. Now, after being smelted at high temperatures, it has been restored to its original form. A large pile of dark gold Originium sand, after being solidified by Originium extract, becomes the common Originium ingot.

This method was developed by the Great Flame People and seems wasteful of white crystals. However, on the Demonic Ice Plains, there are plenty of such crystal materials, so this problem does not exist. The source stones and various rare metal elements produced are enough to pay for the expedition team.

Even countries like Great Yan, which are relatively lacking in Originium fuel resources, are preparing to build a regular crystal refining industrial chain. Kazdel, on the other hand, mainly recycles organic matter and has little demand for metal minerals. In addition, it further processes white crystals into real red demon cores for industrial production.

The various organic substances separated from the conversion furnace are resynthesized into new organic compounds, including pharmaceuticals, nutrient solutions, synergists, and so on.

Another aspect is processing metal scrap into regular parts, fulfilling their original designed functions: maintenance and manufacturing. As for those that cannot be processed locally, they are stored and transported back. These processed white crystals have numerous industrial applications.

Waste with technological recycling value will be placed in special boxes, cleaned and disinfected, and then sent to the mothership's engineering department for trial repair and analysis to determine whether it can be used or whether there are any usable parts.

Basically, the recycling team did a thorough job, even taking out the server frame and lockers, throwing them into the recycling furnace to become smelted metal resources, which were used to make the necessary materials for building outposts and bunkers. Although they weren't specialized alloy armor, they were still much sturdier than outposts built with stones and planks.

The supply crates were delivered to Rainbow Squad's side immediately after the "supply deliveries" were announced. They were placed on the roof of the office building, where an observation post and defense station will be set up.

"Replenish ammunition and supplies, departing in one minute." Ash checked the status of his weapon and the amount of ammunition in his hand, took the empty magazine off the strap and threw it into the recycling bin next to the supply box, and then took out three full magazines from the ammunition box and placed them in a convenient position.

These empty magazines will be reloaded by someone in a while. Although they have loose ammunition in their backpacks, there is no need to waste time since they are resupplying at the outpost.

As for the spring problem caused by a fully loaded magazine, it's completely unimportant. Are you kidding me? This is some kind of backyard picnic. It would have been empty long before it caused any problems.

After replenishing ammunition, bombs, and tactical equipment, some newly manufactured enhancers were also brought along. Although the demonic interference waves cannot affect Earthlings, cell infection can still be effective. These safe enhancers can, to some extent, compensate for the Ash's physical weakness compared to the Terrans.

"Start the rappelling!" Alexander stepped on a fixed stake to test its sturdiness before fastening the zipline. The four of them descended from the back of the office building, landing on a ground covered with shards of metal.

The lower floors of the office building were completely sealed off by densely packed, fine crystal spikes. In order to block the impact of the falling meteorite, the people at the time also reinforced the outer doors and windows, making it almost completely sealed off.

This meant that to get through the office building, they either had to go around via the crystalline walls on either side or rappel down. The other teams were also dismantling the structures on either side. As the number of demonic crystals decreased, the teams had more time to operate. As for the more distant crystal forest, that was the job of the ship's cannons.

"Safe landing!" Ash unlocked the clasp, and the four of them approached the nearby lair entrance in a standard assault formation. The lair was surrounded by a crystal forest tens of meters high, with only a few entrances. The entrance was a cave-like structure made of demonic crystals, which looked extremely dangerous.

The previous battles had cleared out the demons in this area, and new demons probably hadn't yet emerged, so there were almost no problems passing through the entrance.

However, once inside the nest, in the dormitory area completely covered by crystals, it's a completely different story.

“This is truly a living hell.” With his head completely sealed off, Alexander turned on his tactical flashlight. The three dormitory buildings, pierced by giant crystal pillars, were covered with countless leaf-like grayish-white crystal fragments. Under the flashlight’s beam, the skeletons captured by the demons trembled as the flesh between the crystals writhed.

“It’s a little different from what I’ve seen before.” Ash shone his flashlight on the statue at the entrance of the nearest dormitory building. It was a human skeleton, like a mummy, with crystals covering its entire body, and its right arm outstretched as if in prayer.

The skeletons we saw before were mostly just bones and a few personal belongings; most of them had become part of the demon's flesh and blood, meaning they had been completely eaten. But here, there are complete corpses, which seems rather strange.

“These are the victims of the initial transformation phase of the demons. The demons weren't always like this; fear and chaos are what caused them to become what they are now,” the doctor, who maintained communication, explained. “Because demons don't attack each other, these corpses, solidified in the ‘digestive fluids’ by the early demons, won't be preyed upon by other demons.”