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

Chapter 194 Controlling the beast tide?

"So according to what they said, a large number of monsters appeared in Jurong Town, and some people also saw traces of warriors wearing heavy armor?"

Standing opposite Ji Xing, Chen Jian frowned and asked:
"What do you mean? I can understand monsters, but could the heavily armored warriors be soldiers from the Mechanicus's Guard Brigade?"

"They were fighting monsters, and the battle affected Jurong Town, leading to its destruction?"

“Maybe it’s not that simple.”

Ji Xing frowned, and after thinking carefully for a moment, he said:

“They mentioned several details.”

"Those heavily armored warriors appeared behind the monsters and did not seem to be fighting directly with them."

"The monster first entered Jurong Town, causing heavy casualties before leaving on its own."

"Then, the heavily armored warriors appeared on the periphery, but they only briefly checked the situation in Jurong before leaving, and they followed the direction of the monsters."

"Compared to 'combat', the actions of those heavily armored warriors are more like 'hunting' in a certain sense."

"They seem to want to drive the monster to a specific location, but their purpose is unclear."

"clear."

Chen Jian nodded thoughtfully, and then continued to ask:

"Have you ever seen such a method of warfare before? Driving away and then hunting?"

".To be honest, this tactic is not uncommon."

Ji Xing subconsciously touched the 191 rifle hanging on his chest, and then replied:
"But whether it's the Holy Blood or the Mechanicus, they will do a good job of reconnaissance before doing this and try to avoid civilians as much as possible."

"If a large number of civilian casualties are caused, we will also be held responsible."

"It's not like this has never happened before, but it's pretty rare and it's really hard to guess what they're doing."

"really."

Chen Jian let out a long breath, then said:
"No matter what, let's settle the refugees first."

"We are already short of people, so it's a good thing that someone comes to us for refuge."

"But don't let them enter the core area of 011. Provide them with one meal a day and let them use the trees cut down by Fuxi to build shelters on the outer open space."

"Later, they will need to solve their own survival problems or earn compensation through labor."

"We only provide them with the most basic security protection, just like the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Holy Blood Basilica do."

"clear."

Ji Xing immediately nodded and accepted the order, and then conveyed Chen Jian's order to the refugees who were still waiting there.

The 11 people knelt down in tears of gratitude. This time, it was Ji Xing who said, "Stand up, don't kneel."

Soon, the refugee group ate the simple food cooked by Fuxi.

When the steaming hot porridge with dried meat was placed in front of them, the refugees' hands were shaking as they took the bowls.

"Eat."

Ji Xing said in a slightly cold tone:
"You can stay, but we won't feed you."

"If you want to survive and eat, you have to work."

"Work! We can work!"

The leading man didn't bother to cool down the scalding hot porridge. He swallowed it in a few mouthfuls and took a few deep breaths before continuing:
"We have five women and two children, and we can give them all to the adults!"

"All women can give birth and still work!"

"We just want to stay here. If we are not welcome here, we can leave after we have rested well."

“There’s no better place to be.”

Ji Xing laughed sarcastically:
"You don't still want to go to Jinling City to join the Mechanicus, do you?"

"Don't dream, they won't feed you."

These words startled the leading man. Only then did he finally recover from his shock and began to carefully observe everything around him.

He couldn't understand what he saw, nor did he know what it meant.

He couldn't even feel the "good" of these things.

He just subconsciously felt that this might be what a real "big power" should look like.

But now, this woman who moved with astonishing speed and was obviously a Holy Blood actually told her not to think about joining the Mechanicus?
Then you are not the Mechanicus?

"grown ups."

The man spoke with some hesitation, then asked:
“Is this the Basilica of the Holy Blood?”

"No, this is the Chinese Army."

Ji Xing answered simply, then turned and left without further explanation.

The man drank the last of the meat porridge in two gulps, then glared at the women in the team with fierce eyes and snatched the remaining half bowl of porridge from them.

The already weak woman seemed to have gotten used to it and did not resist.

Seeing this scene, Xie Liu was about to step forward to stop it, but Chen Jian and Ji Xing stopped her at the same time.

"Don't."

Chen Jian said in a low voice:
"They are not one of us yet, they need to follow their own rules."

"We can't pretend to be the Lord of Heaven all the time. That will only add to our burden."

“But it’s not fair for them to do that.”

Xie Liu asked with some doubt:

"Aren't we always talking about fairness?"

“Fairness is fought for, not granted from above.”

Chen Jian explained:
“Yellowstone City can get fairness from us because they have been screened and proven themselves in battle.”

"You, the Holy Blood, can get fairness because you made the right choice at the very beginning."

"What about them? What did they do?"

"If you want fairness, do you have to count on our 'grace'?"

"Understood"

Xie Liu let out a long sigh, then said:
"I'm just worried that their rules like this will have a bad impact on us."

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

Chen Jian smiled mysteriously, and then said:

"The reason why men among the refugees now have privileges is that they have a strong need for security, and men with strong physical strength are the best people to protect them."

“But now, the safety needs have been met.”

"They have a lot of work to do in the coming days."

“Whoever works more and does a better job will get more food.”

“This is the greatest fairness.”

"Rest assured, the privileged rule of these 'ruling classes' over this small group of refugees will soon collapse and turn into a fairer 'competitive rule'."

"Three days at most."

"We'll see."

"understand!"

Xie Liu replied solemnly, suppressing the urge to "uphold justice".

When she looked at the group of refugees again, she keenly discovered that a woman quietly took out the dried meat from the bowl and hid it in her arms.

When the men weren't noticing, she stuffed the jerky into the child's mouth again.

A smile appeared on Xie Liu's lips.

She knew that the leader's judgment had begun to come true.
After resettling the refugees, Chen Jian did not waste too much time. He simply organized everyone to have dinner, arranged evening activities and rest plans, and then immediately summoned core members to the combat command room to begin discussing the clues about Jurong Town brought by this group of refugees.

A Tianqiong-S patrol reconnaissance drone took off half an hour ago and is now hovering over Jurong Town.

Through the images transmitted back by the drone, Chen Jian and others clearly saw the situation in Jurong Town.

There was blood and corpses everywhere.

A large number of makeshift houses were destroyed, and a small number of buildings showed signs of fire.

However, no signs of large-scale explosions or automatic weapons fire were found in the entire town.

It was obvious that the information provided by the refugee team was true, and this was indeed the work of a monster. Judging from the extent of the damage, it was even possible that this was a level 4 monster.

Why would it actively attack human settlements?

Is it really because of the Mechanicus’ “hunting and driving away”?
Or maybe the Mechanicus was just chasing, and the tragedy in Jurong Town was just an accident?

Chen Jian frowned and asked:
"Fuxi, can you find any traces of the Mechanicus Guard Brigade or monsters?"

"It has been less than 48 hours since the attack on Jurong Town. They should not have gone far."

"Sorry, no relevant traces were found."

Fuxi's voice sounded in the combat command room:

"The other party may have used rivers or water vehicles to maneuver. The speed and direction are unknown. The search area is too large and there are no results for the time being."

"If necessary, I will use the Skydome drone to continue searching with Jurong Town as the center. It is estimated that it will take about 20 hours to complete the screening of the entire area."

".Forget it, it's a waste of flight time."

Chen Jian shook his head and put down the laser pen in his hand.

Then, he spoke:
"This is very unusual, and I hope everyone will take it seriously."

As soon as the words fell, everyone's expressions immediately became serious.

"First, the crisis in Jinling City has just been resolved. According to Zhang Tao, combined with the drone reconnaissance, it can be determined that before this, all nearby Holy Temple Guard Brigades were mobilized to Jinling City."

"Even if they give up entering Jinling, they should quickly attack other towns with weak defenses instead of staying and fighting on the periphery."

"Second, according to the refugees' description, the combat method of this Guards Brigade is clear, and the goal is clear. Based on the existing clues, there are only two possibilities: tracking and hunting."

"In other words, this was a planned and premeditated combat operation."

"And it is obvious that this combat operation was carried out by the Guards Brigade that was originally planned to enter Jinling City."

“That’s very suspicious.”

"What kind of combat operation is so important that it can make the Imperial Guard Brigade give up defending Nanjing, and make the so-called 'saint' change his attitude and give up the pressure plan?"

"I think what happened in Jurong was just a superficial 'accident'."

“What they are really doing may be far more than what we see.”

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the conference room frowned.

After a moment of silence, Ji Xing suddenly asked:
"Is it possible that what they are doing is related to the so-called beast tide?"

"Tide of beasts?"

Chen Jian was stunned for a moment, then said:

"Logically speaking, there should be no connection."

"According to Wang Lizi, the beast tide is a collective behavior formed after the monsters spontaneously communicate with each other."

"The Mechanicus may be able to predict the coming of the beast tide, but it is unlikely that they will actively trigger the beast tide, right?"

"Their technology tree is heading towards machinery. Can they still communicate with monsters?"

"What is this, the Wasteland Spiritual Beast Sect?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Lei Jie let out a long sigh, then said:
"The monster in the Huangzhou ruins can already explain a lot of problems."

"The Mechanicus did try to tame monsters. Since they dared to do so, I suspect that they must have some means of communicating with monsters."

"Otherwise, if we only rely on the most primitive methods, the efficiency of taming will be too low."

“We need to pay attention to this aspect.”

"At least, we have to take precautions."

"Makes sense."

After these words were spoken, the expressions of everyone in the combat command room became more solemn.

Actively trigger a beast tide?

Who are they targeting? Need I say more?

No wonder Jincheng's attitude changed so quickly, and no wonder he agreed to the Chinese Army's resource needs almost "without hesitation".

No wonder he specifically proposed to change the delivery time to "monthly".

Chen Jian was really too familiar with this routine.

Offer tribute for a few rounds and then when the time is right, launch a surprise attack? ?

What old Civilization VI player?!

How dare you play tricks on us like this?
Aren’t they afraid that their intentions will be exposed and lead to premature retaliation from the Chinese army?

wrong.

Even now, we do not have enough evidence to prove that they are trying to cause a beast tide.

They could explain the action as an accident.

It might even be an accident.

Because it's all just speculation.

The only thing that Chen Jian believed in was his intuition.

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. In such a fierce struggle, no matter how bad the method is, it is not excessive.

Thinking of this, he said:
"The nails left in Jinling City are about to come into play."

"Send a message to He Shuo and Zeng Yi, and inform them to find a way to find out the intentions of the Mechanicus."

"If they are indeed leading the beast tide to attack us"

"Then it doesn't matter when the beast tide comes."

"We have to get rid of this so-called Pope first!"

"understand!"

A few minutes later, in Jinling City.

After checking the information sent from the 011 fortification, He Shuo turned to Zeng Yi and asked:

"Well, what do you think?"

"Do you think the Mechanicus has the ability to actively guide the beast tide?"

"Hard to say."

Zeng Yi shook his head and replied:
"The various information they previously provided us about the Mechanicus was basically tampered with and beautified. The real information is limited, and there are no core secrets at all."

"But for such a deep-rooted organization, I don't believe you that they don't have any hidden tricks."

"I think the leader's consideration is correct."

"Whether it exists or not, we must treat it with caution."

"Let's try to find out the bottom of this first."

"How about we try to contact that brigade commander?"

"Zhang Tao or Jin Zhong?"

He Shuo asked.

"Jin Zhong!"

Zeng Yi said decisively:

"Zhang Tao is a speculator. He may not share the information with us at this time, because the Mechanicus has just started to take action."

"Even if he wants to trade with us, he will definitely wait until the situation is out of control before agreeing."

"On the contrary, Jin Zhong owes us two lives."