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

Chapter 46 Lack of Intelligence
20 hours later, eight people and four cows left Hanshui City and headed towards the "ruins", which was the old Hanshui city area.

Chen Jian's communication with Xu Lie's team was smooth, but what made him dissatisfied was that although Hanshui City had been fighting the monster intermittently since its establishment, the intelligence they had at hand was really pitifully little.

All they knew was that it was a monster about 15 meters tall and covered in heavy leather armor, and that the monster moved very quickly and had a variety of attack methods.

But if they were asked to describe the monster's specific ability to withstand attacks and its specific attack methods, they couldn't say it.

As for the rest, he knew nothing about anything.

Is there infrared vision? I don't know.

Do you have a keen sense of smell? I don’t know.

Do you have special hearing organs? I don't know.

Is there a weakness? I haven't found one.

Under such circumstances, the decisions Chen Jian could make in advance were quite limited.

He could only order his team members to be more vigilant in subsequent operations, enter the urban area in the most low-key manner, avoid active searches as much as possible, and use fixed-point drone reconnaissance as the main means to try to lock onto the monster's whereabouts.

As for the subsequent reconnaissance activities, we can only adapt to the circumstances.
We headed north along the Wushen Expressway, turned west onto S102 after reaching Qingling Lake, and after a three-hour trek, we successfully reached the edge of the city.

The team stopped to rest. While the others were resting, organizing and hiding their equipment, Chen Jian walked up to Xu Lie and said while drinking the clean water he brought with him:
"I still want to confirm once more. Are you sure that the monster in the Hanshui City area - the Hanshui Ruins - is really just a level three monster?"

"You know so little about it. Is it possible that it has already evolved without your knowledge and become something stronger?"

"impossible."

Xu Lie shook his head firmly, and then replied:
"There are many monsters in this world, but all monsters can only grow, not evolve."

"Their upper limits of strength are determined from the moment they are born."

"A level one monster is a level one monster from the moment it is born, and a level four monster is a level four monster until it dies."

"Of course, if you're talking about the evolution of combat skills, then that's possible."

"But that can only happen near small settlements. Only monsters that have been in long-term conflict with humans but cannot do anything to each other can become stronger and stronger."

"Obviously, this is not the case with the monster in Hanshui City."

"It has always been entrenched near Hanshui City and has thwarted many hunting activities of the Mechanicus, but the frequency of its battles is not actually too high."

"So, I don't think it will be stronger than it was three years ago - otherwise Hanshui City would not have been able to live in peace with it and would have killed it at all costs."

Chen Jian nodded thoughtfully and asked:
"So Hanshui City is actually capable of destroying it?"

"there must be."

Xu Lie answered without hesitation:

"Not to mention the collaboration between the Holy Blood and the Mechanicus, even the Mechanicus itself has many experiences of successfully hunting down level 3 monsters."

"The general consensus now is that the upper limit of human monster hunting is level 2, and level 1 is the level that is completely unmanageable."

"As for why we didn't do anything, it's actually a question of cost."

"Not all ruins are valuable, especially the Hanshui ruins. After several peripheral reconnaissances, we believe that its value is not higher than other ruins, so we did not invest too many resources."

Having said this, Xu Lie paused, and before Chen Jian could speak, he continued to explain:

"I know why you're asking me this question - you're worried that I'm hiding information."

"But there's really no reason why we have so little information about this monster. In fact, I've already told you the reason before." "In four words, total annihilation."

"All hunting operations initiated by the Mechanicus ended with no one left alive."

"During the reconnaissance operations organized by the Holy Blood Temple, scouts are often hunted down and killed before they have a chance to pass on information."

"In general, the piece of information we are most certain of is that this monster's territorial awareness is stronger than we imagined."

"Not only does it not allow life that threatens it to enter, but even after entering, it does not allow it to leave."

"So think about it, how many people are willing to do something with such high risk and low return?"

"I'm afraid that only you, the chosen ones, don't even know why you insist on killing it."

"I didn't say we had to get rid of it."

Chen Jian denied Xu Lie's statement, and then said:
"I hope you're not hiding anything from me. Moving forward, our lives are bound together."

“Of course, this is also an adventure for us.”

Xu Lie answered without hesitation, and Chen Jian did not detect any signs of lying in his expression.

This is a good thing. At least it shows that when it comes to matters of life and death, these Holy Blood people will not do too many tricks.

At this time, the team members had already hidden all the equipment that had no ammunition and could not be used temporarily. Lei Jie came over to report to Chen Jian, who nodded and said:

“Wear an exoskeleton.”

"clear."

At the command, everyone started moving.

The repaired exoskeleton was removed from the cow's back, and then the cows were divided into groups of two to help each other put on the exoskeleton.

The Holy Bloods looked at the scene in amazement. At first, they thought that what Chen Jian was wearing was just some special armor rack.

However, when the three weapon racks behind Chen Jian, loaded with PBP201 mortars, individual rocket launchers, and QN-202 sleeve arrow individual micro missiles, unfolded with the humming sound of motors, all the Holy Blood people including Xu Lie were stunned.

What the fuck is this?
The eight-armed Nezha in the legends told by the old people?
There was already a hint of fear in Xu Lie's eyes.

If before, when he looked at the equipment of these God's Chosen Ones, he only thought that it was "advanced, but understandable", then now, he was really a little overwhelmed.

Isn’t this Chosen One named Chen Jian in front of him exactly what the Mechanicus imagine themselves to be like?

The funny thing is that the things they threw away as garbage showed their unparalleled power in front of the Chosen One.
Xu Lie subconsciously took a step back, while Li Shi took a step forward uncontrollably.

He looked at Chen Jian in front of him with obsession, wanting to say something but unable to open his mouth.

Chen Jian ignored the emotions of the Holy Bloods. He looked up at the towering buildings in the Hanshui City area in the distance and gave an order:

"He Shuo, Lei Jie, release the drones and organize reconnaissance."

"Shen Yue, calibrate the INS, set the starting point, and plan the route."

"Li Shi, move that lead box."

"Others should keep a distance of 20 meters and follow."

"It's getting dark soon. Let's find it before daybreak!"

(End of this chapter)