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

Chapter 72 Is it trustworthy?
After returning to Huangshi City, Chen Jian still couldn't calm down for a long time.

He was one step closer to the truth about the destruction of human civilization, but one step further away from the truth about the catastrophe.

Judging from the tombstones here alone, human civilization should have experienced a period of rapid recovery of several decades after the catastrophe.

Although the technological level has not been restored to the level before the catastrophe, relying on various disaster preparedness materials and the population that has not been completely wiped out, the technological level has been raised to a threshold that is sufficient to support human society to re-enter a virtuous cycle.

But unfortunately, the secondary disasters caused by the catastrophe once again destroyed everything.

This may explain why, 330 years later, the development of human civilization has embarked on such a slightly "deformed" path.

The reason is simple: the destruction of knowledge.

The education system that was built with great difficulty was destroyed, and the "knowledge inheritors" who had accumulated knowledge over two generations also died in the disaster.

However, because the population was small and productivity was limited, humans were unable to display a high level of organization before the secondary disaster occurred, and what they could pass on to their descendants also experienced a cliff-like decline.

The shocking gap from quantum mechanics to "clay making" undoubtedly shows the suffering experienced by mankind.

Until now, the aftermath of the suffering has not completely dissipated.

Looking at the residents who were busy cleaning up the houses that had been destroyed by artillery shells and rescuing food and daily necessities from them, Chen Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

Forget it.

Those who come can still be caught up.

Just as Huang Yu said, the residents who had left Yellowstone City had already been deeply infiltrated by the Mechanicus, while those who remained still believed in their ancestors.

Although the change of ideas is not that fast, their cultural commonalities are very helpful in building a brand new Yellowstone City!
Thinking of this, Chen Jian decisively calmed down, gathered the seven members of his team again, plus a yellow croaker who had been tested, and began to discuss the next plan.

".We have three main things to do now."

"First, we need a group of people to continue to move weapons, ammunition and equipment into Fortification 7025."

"Lei Jie is still in charge of this matter. Li Shi's injury recovery is going well, so he will assist from the side."

"As for the rest of the staff, you can choose from the remaining residents."

"During the process, Lei Jie, you can give them some simple guidance so that they can understand the history of the Cataclysm and their ancestors."

"You know what I mean?"

"I see. On-the-ground education is more useful than any other education."

Lei Jie answered immediately, Chen Jian nodded and continued:
“The second thing is that we need to resume production and restore order in Yellowstone City as quickly as possible to ensure adequate food supply and achieve self-sustainability.”

"Leave this matter to Huang Yu - you are very familiar with Yellowstone City, and the specific arrangements will be decided by you."

"clear."

Huang Yu nodded quickly and then said:
"There is no problem in this regard. We are self-sufficient."

"If we hadn't been feeding those scum of the Mechanicus, we wouldn't have run out of food."

Hearing this, Chen Jian couldn't help but frowned:
"The fishery resources here are very rich. Even if they account for the majority, how come they don't even have enough food to eat?"

"Most of the fish we caught were transported to the Huangzhou Ruins to feed the monsters. If they want to control the monsters, they need to appease them with food."

"When food is insufficient, they even resort to using human corpses."

Huang Shi paused, and finally added:

"Sometimes, living people are used."

"I can guess."

Chen Jian did not pursue this topic, but turned to the third plan.

"The third thing is about the security of the external environment."

"We already know that Mongolia is related to the Mechanicus and was trained as a weapon. Now, the most powerful weapon in their hands has been destroyed. It is foreseeable that they will retaliate against us."

"And this kind of revenge may not only come from Hanshui City." "All the surrounding Mechanicus forces may attack us. Apart from Hanshui City, where is the largest settlement of Mechanicus forces nearby?"

Huang Yu looked confused, and Zeng Yi replied:

"The nearest one is Xishui City, which is almost completely controlled by the Mechanicus, but the population is small, only a few hundred people."

"Farther away is Xianning City, which has a population of about 3000. The number of combatants of the Mechanicus should be around 400, which is considered a very strong force. Even in Hanshui City, there are only about 800 combatants available."

"800, 400, plus there are probably hundreds of people in Xishui City, so in total we may have to face a siege of 1300 people."

Chen Jian frowned, and after a moment's silence, he said:

"We can't let these people get close to Yellowstone City. Once we are surrounded, our situation will become very difficult."

"Even if they don't attack and just besiege us, it will be enough to wear us out."

After the words fell, Xie Liu, who was standing beside him, suddenly said:
"Don't forget the refugees who escaped from Yellowstone City. They may be coerced by the Mechanicus and attack us in turn."

"can you?"

Chen Jian looked at Huang Yu, who had a heavy expression on his face, but still nodded slowly and replied:
"Probably."

"That would be even more troublesome."

Chen Jian scratched his head subconsciously, and then said:
"We have to get the people out."

"We need to establish a circular cordon at least 10 kilometers around Huangshi City."

"We don't need too many people. Their role is just to give early warning as soon as they discover the enemy, and then guide and assist in the attack to defeat the enemy one by one."

"But in this case, the weapons in their hands must be upgraded a little bit."

"It's too much of a waste to go on a reconnaissance with a fire poker - distribute the weapons seized from the Skitarii to the city defense team, and pick out the best weapons from other collected weapons, and give priority to distributing them to the outer reconnaissance personnel."

“I’m afraid this won’t work.”

Zeng Yi shook his head and asked tentatively:

"Do you really think these residents are trustworthy? If they are not restrained, they may turn around and attack us with the weapons they took from us."

"The reason why the Mechanicus is comfortable allowing civilians to possess weapons is because they already control them through faith."

"What do we have? We have just conquered this city, and the residents here have limited trust in us."

"Trust is a precious thing in this world."

"The reason why Xie Liu, Li Shi and I chose you is because we have seen and experienced something."

"But they didn't."

"Think about it again. If it doesn't work, we are fast and can monitor most areas without much problem."

"Need not."

Chen Jian said decisively:

"Just let them go."

"But before we let them go, we have to let them know what they are fighting for."

"Huangyu, take inventory of all the resources in Huangshi City in the shortest possible time."

"Then, distribute it to everyone."

"Tell them that if they stand on our side, the resources will be theirs."

"If you side with the Mechanicus, the things will belong to the Mechanicus!"

　There is one more chapter, I will post it later
　　
　
(End of this chapter)