Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 210 Difficulties
Inside the forward command post, prefabricated houses have been erected, and many command vehicles and armored vehicles have gathered nearby, with a lower level of alert than usual.

After all, it would be difficult for a mutant to infiltrate this place and cause damage, and given the current battlefield situation, the command post, where superhumans are gathered, is the strongest place in the army.

"This is the weapon I use."

Su Xun showed it to everyone. The thing in his hand looked like a clump of crystals that had grown and fused together. It was completely black and clearly contained powerful spiritual energy.

"Is this the spatial crystal you mentioned, Commander-in-Chief?"

The group of extraordinary individuals couldn't contain their curiosity, but they were too afraid to approach and make contact. The three-headed rat's death was too gruesome, and its corpse was still on the battlefield, proclaiming to the world the power of the small crystal in Su Xun's hand.

"It wasn't like this at the beginning."

Su Xun took out another black crystal, which was somewhat similar to an ordinary spiritual energy crystal. It had a very regular appearance, but was smaller in size.

"We need to weaponize it before we can unleash the powerful force it contains. Normally, this crystal is actually quite stable."

"Hey, could that be used to make storage devices? Like those legendary spatial rings?"

"There's also a teleportation array!"

The extraordinary individuals shared their thoughts, expressing considerable anticipation for the future of this technological path.

Su Xun smiled and shook his head: "Those all have technical barriers to entry; they're not so easy to manufacture."

"Even my so-called weaponization is just a very rudimentary and simple application. To make it more stable and more powerful, we still need to put in a lot of effort."

"As long as there is hope!" The people present were not disappointed, especially Qin Chang, who exclaimed, "You have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. The future is bright. As long as you know you can do it, that's already good. The only thing to fear is having no direction."

"If these technologies can be developed in the future, we can take a big step forward in material transportation, logistics supply, and troop deployment."

Cheng Rui is even more optimistic: "More than that! If it can be popularized, the entire face of society can be changed!"

“Popularization will be even more difficult.” Su Xun shook his head: “In the short term, the cost of these things is still quite staggering.”

These spatial crystals exist almost exclusively deep within the mineral deposits of secret realms, and mining them requires considerable cost.

Su Xun relied on the spiritual energy environment of the secret realm to enhance his own abilities, forcibly using his supernatural power to split mountains and break rocks, and only obtained a small amount. His purpose was to use it as a trump card to deal with the difficult enemies that appeared on the front line. For this reason, he did not even collect much of the surface spiritual energy crystals.

Furthermore, its modification can only be completed by those at the sixth rank.

Before their overall strength reaches a certain level, and before they can persuade a considerable number of sixth-tier superhumans to leave their original positions and engage in this type of production, large-scale popularization is nothing but empty talk.

However, as Qin Chang said, the future is bright. The conditions they have in this life are already quite good, and achieving this goal is no longer a fantasy.

"Let's put it in the plan. Once the alien species here are basically eliminated, we'll start mining the minerals here."

The Revival Coin is directly linked to Spirit Crystals, a resource with immense practical value that can be rapidly consumed. This resource differs significantly from gold in the old days. How to maintain currency stability and prevent major fluctuations under these circumstances is a matter that the future banking system needs to carefully study and consider.

But no matter what, when the bucket of the mining excavator breaks through the land of the secret realm, a new round of major development for the Corps is a foregone conclusion.

"No problem. The machinery industry in Pengcheng is well preserved, and the transportation lines there were reopened after the Battle of Haizhou. I'll contact someone now to let them prepare as soon as possible."

Qin Chang was very efficient and immediately made arrangements. However, he added, "All of this is based on the premise that we must defeat this group of aliens. Given the current situation, we may have to pay a considerable price."

"What's wrong? Are you having difficulties?" "No major difficulties, but countless minor ones." Cheng Rui, who was on the front line, summarized it this way: "At present, the encirclement has been completed and the front line is stable, but there are some problems at the grassroots level that cannot be ignored."

"Tell me about it." Su Xun turned his head. Cheng Rui was very familiar with the battlefield situation. The memory of a superhuman was also beyond the reach of ordinary people. He didn't even need to look at the documents and immediately reported to Su Xun.

"First of all, the weather is too cold. Many ordinary soldiers have already suffered from frostbite, and even some low-level superhumans are in the same situation. And this is not even the coldest time yet; the weather will only get worse day by day."

When faced with the actual problems to be solved, they didn't say anything about how minor difficulties could be overcome.

Being able to endure hardship is a fine quality of soldiers, but it is not a reason for them to suffer without effort. Soldiers should only demonstrate their spirit when faced with problems that cannot be solved, while problems that can be solved should be solved as soon as possible.

Su Xun nodded slightly, deep in thought, while Cheng Rui's report continued.

"Also, it's about the weather."

"The meteorological environment has changed considerably. We are no longer able to establish a meteorological department to predict future weather. Extreme weather changes will have a huge impact on frontline combat and logistical support."

“This…” Su Xun turned to Tao Yue: “Give this to her. Let’s solve our current problems first, make a forecast of the weather changes in the surrounding battlefields, and then find a solution for a wider and more widespread weather forecast in the future.”

"Okay!" Tao Yue agreed, and Cheng Rui's expression relaxed slightly.

"Any more?"

Cheng Rui nodded: "The most urgent thing to find a solution to is the corpses of those alien species on the battlefield."

"A single Tier 6 mutant can be over a kilometer in size, while Tier 5 and Tier 4 mutants have a numerical advantage. Their corpses themselves are excellent cover and can significantly obstruct the field of fire."

“These alien species keep breaking out of the secret realm, naturally creating a kind of earthwork-like propulsion effect. Our battlefield is large enough that we haven’t encountered any problems yet, but I think this trend is quite dangerous.”

Su Xun nodded. This was something he had never encountered in this life or the previous one. In his previous life, when humans ventured into secret realms, they did not use this method at all. And in places like the Haiqu Secret Realm, there were not so many alien species that could enter the real world.

Destroying all these corpses with weapons similar to spatial crystals or spiritual energy jets would be a viable option, but the cost of doing so would be too high.

Not to mention that the range of the jet weapons is quite short, and the spatial crystals are even scarcer, the direct loss of the spiritual energy crystals that should be produced in the alien's body is also one of the reasons.

For humans, their corpses are also a resource. These creatures can be considered moving mines, and we should try to preserve these resources as much as possible unless absolutely necessary.

"I'll discuss this issue with the people at the research institute again. If we can't get a result, the front line will organize superhumans to advance with projectile weapons and eliminate them. We can't let a small matter cause a big loss."

"understand!"

"Any other questions?"

"That's all, those are the most important things," Cheng Rui said. "We can handle the minor issues ourselves at the forward command post and the general staff."

Su Xun nodded, and the topic was temporarily put to rest.

"We'll overcome the difficulties one by one. This is a tough battle, but there's nothing to be afraid of." Su Xun looked around at everyone and finally said, "Now we have a firm foothold, control the pace of the battlefield, and have gained a huge advantage. The next step is to hold on and maintain this advantage."

"I will stay here until the battle is over. If there are any problems, come find me immediately."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Su Xun then dismissed the group for the time being, but kept Yin Danyi behind.

(End of this chapter)