Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 162 095 Fortification
At the same time, outside the Jinling ruins.

The north wind that Chen Jian had been waiting for finally arrived. In just a few hours, the temperature suddenly dropped by 5 degrees.

It was the coldest time of the year, and by midnight the temperature near Jinling dropped to minus 3 degrees Celsius.

Moreover, according to the current trend, the temperature may drop further.

Standing in the biting cold wind, Shen Yue exhaled white air and said:
"It just so happens that, as far as I can remember, it seems like Jinling hasn't had such cold weather for a long time."

"Perhaps in a few days, the first snow will fall in Jinling?"

"Honestly, have you ever seen snow?"

"I mean, the kind of heavy snow, the kind in Northeast China?"

".I haven't seen it."

Lei Jie shook his head and said:
"But I don't want to see it either. Just thinking about it makes me feel very cold. People in the south really can't stand it."

"After this mission is completed, if possible, we should retreat back to Yellowstone City."

"At least the latitude there is lower, so the temperature can be higher."

“It’s not up to us to decide.”

Chen Jian sighed, then said:
"If there really is a giant fortification still in operation in the Jinling ruins, then we can only use it as a base to build a base."

"It is too difficult to relocate equipment and facilities. We have neither the ability nor the need to take such a big risk."

"However, by that time, the defense of the stronghold will also be a big problem."

"The terrain of Jinling Ruins is not as advantageous as that of Huangshi City. If we want to withstand the pressure from the Mechanicus and the Holy Blood Temple in Jinling City, we may have to take down this city directly."

"Hit it down?"

Ji Xing was stunned and said:
"Just relying on those few dozen of you?"

".I just said that, I don't intend to fight for real."

Chen Jian waved his hand and skipped over this topic which was filled with too much uncertainty.

Then, he spoke:
“Focus on the present.”

"Let's discuss this reconnaissance plan first."

"it is good."

"no problem."

As soon as the words fell, everyone gathered around immediately.

Chen Jian opened his PDA and called up the offline map. He then marked the map and said:
"Our reconnaissance goal this time is to try to reach the core area of the Jinling ruins, which is near the Army Engineering University that I marked."

"This is the location of the coordinates we found before, 41 kilometers away from our current location."

"We will head north along the G4211 Expressway, then turn east at the G2503 Expressway intersection, and continue along the G2503 until we reach the vicinity of the target area."

"We will then continue north along G104, also known as Shuanglong Boulevard, to our final destination."

"This route can avoid going deep into the heart of the Jinling Ruins to the greatest extent possible, while also expanding our reconnaissance range as much as possible."

"As we move along this route, the drone's reconnaissance range can basically cover the entire Jinling ruins."

"Although it is possible that we still cannot find the location of the monster due to various reasons, in theory, a monster of that size should have left many traces."

"Even if we can just locate its active area, it will be of great help to us."

"Everyone should be alert while on the move."

"Again, if you find a bulge, destroy it immediately. If you find a fungus man, eliminate him immediately."

"We need to block the spread of pheromones as much as possible to avoid early exposure."

"Finally, everyone, please wear gas masks. These things made in Tongling City may look shabby, but they are definitely effective."

"clear."

"clear."

After Chen Jian finished his briefing, everyone nodded in confirmation.

He then zoomed in on the offline map and began briefing others on the route details.

Ji Xing listened carefully at the side, but the more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong.

Chen Jian was still explaining the specific conditions of each evacuation point and turning point, but her brows were already frowning.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally couldn't help but ask:
“So, why on earth should we set this so-called Army Engineering University as the final target point?”

"Is there anything special there? I mean, if it's just for reconnaissance, shouldn't we explore as far as possible along the perimeter?"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Jian was stunned.

He could understand what Ji Xing meant, but he didn't understand why the other party asked this question.

So he asked doubtfully:
"Isn't it normal to use the final target point as the direction of the reconnaissance operation? We are going there in the first place, so we must move as close to it as possible!"

"and many more."

Ji Xing waved his hands in confusion, then asked:
"What do you mean you were going there anyway? Isn't your goal the treasure of the Jinling Ruins?"

"Yeah - wait a minute."

Chen Jian suddenly came to his senses.

He suddenly realized that since Ji Xing joined his team, he seemed to have never asked her where the core of the so-called Jinling ruins she mentioned was!
I had a set of coordinates in my hand, so I naturally thought that was what everyone was looking for.

But is this really the case? ?
Really not necessarily!
He looked at Ji Xing in astonishment, and then asked:

"You mean, the place you were originally planning to go to is not the same place as where we are going to end up?"

"No."

Ji Xing shook her head, and before Chen Jian could breathe a sigh of relief, she continued:

"It's not that the place I'm going to is not in the same location as the place you're going to. It's that according to the consensus of all the intelligence, the core of the Jinling ruins is not in the same location as the place you're going to!"

"The location of the Jinling ruins that we recognize is here."

As he spoke, Ji Xing slid the PDA screen like Chen Jian, centering the screen on a green area covered with vegetation.

Chen Jian and others looked at the screen, and then froze in place in unison.

"What the hell?"

Lei Jie said in disbelief:

“Isn’t this Zhongshan?”

"The center of the Jinling ruins is Zhongshan? What's there?"

".There is the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, there is the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum - and there is the Purple Mountain Observatory."

He Shuo answered slowly, and then said:

"I feel this result is more reasonable. If there is really something special in the Jinling Ruins, it should not be listed on the same coordinate system as 7025, because they are not of the same level anyway."

"It is very likely that we were misled from the beginning."

"The coordinates of the Army Engineering University have nothing to do with what we are looking for, such as the Fuxi Project, the fusion reactor, or the key to the mountain city."

"It is just an ordinary disaster recovery facility, a disaster recovery facility managed and prepared by other departments and other systems."

“And Zhongshan is the real core area of the Fuxi project.”

".Reasonable."

Chen Jian let out a long sigh, then said:
"But now the question arises again - how do you know that this area is the core area?"

As he spoke, Chen Jian looked at Ji Xing. The latter answered without hesitation:
"Information from several explorations of the Mechanicus and the Holy Blood Temple."

"They were Level 2 monsters that were discovered there, and that's where the battle took place."

"I don't have the authority to access more information related to this monster, but this basic information should not be wrong."

"understood."

Chen Jian nodded again with a slight smile on his face.

"Then we are really lucky."

"The Zhongshan area is 15 kilometers away from the Army Engineering University where we are going, which is almost half the distance of the danger zone."

"It's possible that we can open the fortifications there without even having to meet the monsters."

"If there is equipment we need in it, this level 2 monster will just be a bargaining chip for Seoul."

"Let's go, set off now!"

"I can not wait any more!"

After finally clarifying this seemingly unimportant but actually decisive information, Chen Jian's team of eight instantly became more motivated.

Taking advantage of the biting cold wind, several people drove the cat car all the way along G4211 towards the destination more than 40 kilometers away.

Less than half an hour later, they had driven 10 kilometers and arrived at the location where the fungus mat was first discovered.

And just as Shen Yue predicted, the vitality of these fungal mats has been greatly reduced due to the ravages of the cold wind and low temperature.

Those originally plump and swollen bodies showed signs of shrinking and drying up. Although they did not wither and rot immediately, it was obvious at a glance that they no longer had the keen perception they had in the relatively high temperature during the day.

However, to be on the safe side, Chen Jian ordered Zeng Yi and others to destroy the enlarged body immediately after discovering it.

After all, fungal plants do not have real intelligence. These things are like switches. Once they are destroyed, the fungal mat and other symbiotic tissues in the entire area will gradually lose their activity.

This is also to create favorable conditions for their subsequent possible evacuation.

The sound of gunfire continued along with the low roar of the cat car's engine. After entering the fungal ground, the team's movement speed slowed down slightly.

But even so, three hours after departure, the team successfully arrived at the second key turning point, reaching the intersection of G2503 and G104 highways.

They encountered several attacks from the fungus people, but because they were prepared in advance and were free from the interference of poison gas, they handled it with ease.

Find, fire, kill, and evacuate quickly.

The speed at which the fungus people tracked them could not keep up with their speed of transfer, and apart from a few face-to-face scares, they did not cause any substantial damage to the team.

Chen Jian was originally worried that overly radical actions might attract the second-level monster, but in fact, from beginning to end, it did not reveal any trace.

The drone was constantly patrolling the air for reconnaissance, but the most "abnormal" things it captured were the fungal forests and the huge umbrella caps interspersed in the normal deciduous forests.

For a moment, Chen Jian even doubted whether the so-called level 2 monster existed.

However, when the drone detected dense bright lights on the east bank of the Yangtze River, he immediately dismissed this somewhat frivolous idea.

"A large number of active light sources at a distance of about 40 kilometers."

"It's not the lights of Jinling City, it should be a large-scale marching team."

“The distance is too far. Should we use a dual-machine signal relay solution and have a drone fly over to take a look?”

He Shuo, who was staring at the drone screen, asked, while Chen Jian shook his head and said:

"no need."

"Obviously, those are the Mechanicus' troops."

"They are heading from Jinling City to the Jinling Ruins. I think they are going to make some big move."

"With this lighting scale, I conservatively estimate that there are more than 2,000 people, right?"

"They want to enter the ruins too? Why are they so anxious all of a sudden?"

"Probably because of the Flower City."

Ji Xing interrupted and replied:

"Huadu certainly didn't come to Jinling for Jinling City. They also want the things in the ruins."

"The Adeptus Mechanicus will not confront them head-on. It's not worth it."

"Instead of wasting our energy on Huadu, we should rush into the ruins and kill that monster."

"We can see that this is the monster's most vulnerable time, and they certainly have relevant intelligence."

“This is truly the best opportunity for them.”

“It makes sense, but it doesn’t make sense.”

Chen Jian frowned and said:
"When they attacked us, they killed us all, but now they don't dare to fight head-on in Huadu?"

"It's not that I don't dare, it's just that it's not cost-effective."

Ji Xing pursed his lips and said:
"I have a rough idea of what happened in Yellowstone—I can guarantee that if they knew it would cost them so much to go against you, they wouldn't have done it in the first place."

“It’s a survival strategy that the vast majority of people in this land have to follow.”

"understood."

Chen Jian nodded and said:
"Then we have to speed up."

"Since they dare to come, they must be confident."

"This level 2 monster has become the target of the hunting competition. Whoever kills it first will have the initiative."

"We cannot let the Adeptus Mechanicus get ahead of us."

"The surroundings are stable, stay alert, and move forward at full speed!"

"understand!"

At Chen Jian's command, everyone immediately entered a state of high tension.

Shen Yue and Lei Jie put on night vision goggles, turned off the car lights, and increased the speed of the cat car to the limit.

Moving forward along G104, the team completed the last 11 kilometers in just half an hour.

When the two cat cars stopped in front of a huge umbrella-shaped fungus forest and when Chen Jian saw the familiar gate that had not yet collapsed from under the dense umbrella canopy, he realized that he had found the right place.

"right here."

Chen Jian took a deep breath and then gave the order:

"Everyone disperse and remain on guard."

"The drone lowered its altitude and hovered over the coordinate point."

"The fungal forests here are much more dense than those outside, probably because of the organic matter deposited underground."

"We have to find the underground fortifications as soon as possible, otherwise, if we stay too long, the poison gas will..."

"Do not bother."

Before Chen Jian could finish his words, Lei Jie suddenly interrupted him.

Then, he pointed to the giant granite under the star and shield relief not far away and said:
“They carved out the directions.”

Chen Jian turned on his tactical flashlight and looked in the direction he pointed.

And on that piece of granite, a line of words was deeply engraved with a rough technique.

"Go to Fortification 095 from here."

(End of this chapter)