Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 144 Our Mission

"Commander, our tank destroyers have been a great success!"

Liu Zhen, the chief of staff of the Jianghuai Corps, took the battle report to Su Xun: "The intelligence coming back from the front is excellent. No matter how dangerous the situation is, as long as this equipment is deployed, the situation can be turned around immediately!"

“Great.” Su Xun was also quite excited about this: “In the future, we can allocate the production capacity of conventional armored vehicles to this. Once these tank destroyers become the main force on the battlefield, many of our problems can be solved.”

Liu Zhen hesitated slightly: "The tank destroyers use psionic crystals as ammunition, which is quite expensive. Can we supply them? There are many regions that simply do not have enough crystal reserves."

This concern is not without reason. After all, the Lingnan Corps still needs the support of Taimeng, which is thousands of miles away, for the materials needed to build a large broadcasting station. In fact, not only Lingnan, but also the large amount of spiritual energy crystals they obtained in Haiqu are now being transported to many other places.

In response to his concerns, Su Xun replied, "It's alright. As the environment changes in the future, spiritual energy crystals will gradually increase and may even become a major resource."

After all, besides obtaining it from the bodies of alien species and zombies, it is also a kind of mineral that can be naturally generated, and with the progress of the spiritual energy revival, the growth of this resource is inevitable.

"As for regions where spiritual energy crystals are currently scarce, we should let them apply these resources to more important areas first. This does not prevent us from manufacturing them ahead of time."

"By leveraging the region's resource advantages, we can first build a sufficiently strong armed force, and then provide support to other regions in the future—this is precisely the mission we should proactively undertake."

"Okay, I'll go and coordinate with Commander Qin Chang."

Liu Zhen nodded. After all, he belonged to the Jianghuai Corps, while the Taimeng Corps had made great sacrifices and efforts to solve the problem of the Haiqu Secret Realm.

In fact, after the large-scale war in Haizhou, the two army groups have strengthened their cooperation in all aspects, and it is no exaggeration to say that they have become one.

But when it comes to such crucial resources, let alone the two army corps, even the entire Jianghuai region would fight over them.

Speaking of this issue, Su Xun added with concern, "Have the research institute strengthen its research and development capabilities for individual weapons. If all else fails, we can make do with what we have. Even if the number of firings is limited, short-term use is acceptable, as long as it doesn't cause a barrel explosion and injure the soldiers."

"it is good."

As Su Xun flipped through the battle report, he felt a surge of emotion. This series of weapons and equipment was another application of spiritual energy technology after the spiritual energy broadcast. Its origin could be traced back to some phenomena that Su Xun observed near the epicenter of the Haiqu nuclear explosion.

There were many buildings there that appeared to have been cut flat by a knife. According to Su Xun's observation, the reason was that the extremely high-energy spiritual power was propelled by the energy of the nuclear explosion and collided with those materials at a very high speed.

Based on this phenomenon, Su Xun, drawing on some experience from his previous life, designed a weapon capable of unleashing this attack. Activating it does not require nuclear-level energy; instead, it uses lasers to propel and release the energy contained within the spiritual crystal.

Su Xun called the streams of light released into the outside world "spiritual energy jets." In essence, they were a mass of pure spiritual energy moving at high speed and rushing in one direction. They could quickly disintegrate matter at a very basic level.

Does that sound familiar? Yes, that's the principle behind strong winds.

Therefore, it wouldn't be wrong to call the so-called jet lens a gale generator.

The miniaturization process of this device, like that of psionic communication equipment, has encountered many problems. Currently, the only notable achievement is the few prototypes that have been equipped to Xiao Zhenru.

The task is arduous and the road ahead is long, but the path is there, and as long as we keep walking, we will eventually make it through.

Su Xun put the matter aside, looked up at the battlefield situation map, and pondered deeply.

"Report, a call from the command post in Baita Town!" The communications officer compiled the frontline report into a document and handed it over here. Liu Zhen took it, glanced at it, let out a soft "hmm," and then handed it to Su Xun.

"Three men drove a tank out of Haizhou from the front line; that's the message they reported."

"Oh?" Su Xun took a closer look and discovered that only one of the three was a first-level superhuman, while the other two were just ordinary people. He was even more surprised by this. It was truly a miracle that these three people could get through the zombie horde.

"These three people deserve credit." Upon seeing the message, Su Xun's heart stirred again, and he looked up at the map.

"Is someone in the danger zone trying to rescue the survivors from the lost shelters?"

His gaze swept across the map, eventually settling on the danger zone marked in red.

If these people are correct, the survivors on the edge of the occupied zone are being evacuated.

"They're from a mutual aid society? They really are..."

This organization, which used to flock to dangerous places in its past life, is now beginning to show that same trait. This behavior is tantamount to pulling teeth from the mouth of a zombie king; a slight misstep could lead to certain death.

However, even though he knew about the organization from his previous life, Su Xun did not completely trust it. He sighed softly and frowned, saying, "It's a pity that the information cannot be verified. I don't know if it's true."

Regarding Su Xun's concerns, Liu Zhen was somewhat puzzled: "Isn't Comrade Xiao Zhenru at the bridgehead over there? She confirmed that those three soldiers were not parasites."

"Is it not now, and it wasn't in the past either?"

"Just because they aren't, does that mean everyone they come into contact with isn't either?"

Su Xun shook his head: "When facing this opponent, you must be highly vigilant in this regard, otherwise you will fall into their trap."

This is the most troublesome aspect of the zombie king in Haizhou. Under its influence, all intelligence is tainted with a chain of suspicion, and even the most trusted people are no longer 100% reliable.

"Unfortunately, I can't go in and see for myself."

If Su Xun, who is already close to the fifth level, were to personally venture into the zombie horde, it would be inevitable that he would be detected by the zombie king, or rather, by the entire zombie horde. At that time, it is likely that millions of zombies in the entire Haizhou would be mobilized to besiege him.

Su Xun pondered for a moment, then turned around and said, "This is a matter of great importance, so we should confirm it ourselves. In this case, some new Tier 3 ability users have appeared on the front lines. We should select a group of high-level superhumans to form a commando team, equip them with communication devices, and have all units cooperate to send them in."

"Although the target is in a dangerous area, as long as we are careful enough and the number of people is relatively small, there shouldn't be too much of a problem. Tell them to be careful."

"Remind the soldiers not to make contact with the other side rashly, and not to rule out the possibility that the other side is the enemy."

"By simply placing the communication equipment in front of them and letting them speak directly to me, I can assess their specific condition!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)