Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 235 Everything is ready
When the team members saw Su Xun arrive with Zou Ping and the others with a normal expression, they knew that Zou Ping had passed this test. They breathed a sigh of relief for Zou Ping, but they also became nervous. These people had seen Su Xun before, but only from afar in occasions like the Grand Competition, and more often they had seen his photos on television and in newspapers.

How could you not be nervous if someone like that appeared in front of you?

The silver being dragged away by Su Xun attracted everyone's attention. They had never seen the other party's combat power up close, and they were full of curiosity about this moving sculpture. After all, it was something they had never seen before, and its existence was much more magical than those mutated beasts.

Upon learning that Su Xun wanted to know about the mutated fish, the others quickly spoke up.

"It ran away when you finished!" They led Su to find the tracks left by the mutated fish in the snow.

"They went in that direction!"

The battle between the five tiers was over, and it would be quite dangerous for it to stay in the same place, so of course it had to run. If this place wasn't Su Xun, but some kind of mutated beast in the wild, then Zou Ping and his group would be doomed by now, and its goal would be achieved.

Su Xun glanced in the direction they were pointing, nodded, and showed no intention of following them. He quickly recalled the map and knew there was a river in that direction.

A fourth-order mutated fish that has come ashore is something that only a small team like Zou Ping's can handle. Whether it encounters a regular army, a proper legion of fourth-order superhumans, or even other terrestrial mutated beasts and mutated plants of the same order, it is destined to become a grilled fish.

However, if they were in the water, even if Su Xun chased after them, it would be difficult to catch them.

However, now that ordinary people in various regions have moved to major safe zones and base cities, the scorched earth policy has been basically completed. The army has set up defensive positions at various key nodes, which is enough to ensure the safety of large settlements. A fourth-tier fish cannot pose any threat.

Their long-standing defensive strategy has been designed to achieve this effect.

Su Xun promised Zou Ping and the others that he would arrange for someone to keep an eye on the matter, and then told them to leave as soon as possible.

Zou Ping didn't want to linger here any longer. They had encountered mutated beasts before, and some of their companions had been scattered. Now they had to regroup, count the casualties, and there were still many things to deal with afterward.

So after Su Xun spoke, although it was hard to believe that things had ended just like that, they still turned around and walked back. Watching their departing figures, Su Xun shook his head behind them.

In his previous life, the superhumans weren't exactly united, and he had been hit by cannonballs when fighting against humans. In this life, Su Xun thought that such a thing wouldn't happen again, but he didn't expect to experience it in the end.

He didn't really take it to heart; he just found it interesting.

Looking back at the silver still standing beside him, Su Xun realized that there was nothing else in the surrounding area that could be considered a threat. He took out the peach pit from his pocket and examined it carefully once again. The obstacles to its growth had been basically cleared. Now it was time to see what kind of surprise this thing would bring to him and the army.

Time passed quickly, and several surrounding base cities dispatched fourth- or even fifth-tier superhumans to the vicinity to set up defenses, striving to ensure that nothing unexpected would happen in the upcoming events. They needed to guard against mutated beasts coming to the mine and causing interference. Of course, the possibility of this was extremely slim, since Su Xun was personally guarding the area, and when the peach pit truly began to grow, ordinary mutated beasts probably wouldn't be able to cause any impact.

These people's main task is to guard against the peach tree that is about to sprout; there will be no problem with it itself.

Once they discover that something is wrong with it, the many extraordinary individuals gathered here, led by Su Xun, will eliminate it at all costs. Although this is something no one wants to see, and the probability of such a thing happening is not high according to the predictions, they still have to prepare for it in advance.

During this time, the battle in the Daizong area finally came to a successful conclusion as planned. The alien species near the entrance had been completely wiped out, and Xiao Zhenru was transferred here from the battlefield. Jiang Yi also arrived with her to report on the recent work.

"Have the mining equipment gone in yet? Have they encountered any problems?"

This was Su Xun's biggest concern. The mineral deposits deep within the Daizong Secret Realm could be said to be things that could change the fate of the legion. If it weren't for the many uncertainties surrounding this peach pit, he might have personally gone to the secret realm at this time.

"They've already gone in, and everything is going smoothly," Jiang Yi replied. "Commander Qin personally organized an engineering corps to accompany them, and Minister Yin also went along."

Su Xun nodded slightly. With Qin Chang leading the team, he had nothing to worry about. As one of the few beings in his previous life who could reach a fairly high level without any special abilities, Qin Chang kept a low profile in the legion, but in reality, his personal strength and command and coordination abilities were very solid.

As for Minister Yin, whom the other party mentioned, that is, Yin Danyi, it was arranged in advance that he be asked to go along.

This was his first time mining crystals in a secret realm, and he couldn't afford to make any mistakes. He was quite happy about the business trip, but after only a few days in his post, this fifth-tier transcendent was already feeling overwhelmed.

After all, when superhumans work overtime, they can skip the most basic things like eating and sleeping. Without food, they don't need to go to the toilet, and they don't even have a chance to slack off. Now, sending them to the secret realm is practically like giving them a vacation.

Xiao Zhenru, on the other hand, was very curious about the silver sculpture that had been following Su Xun. Not only had Zou Ping never seen such a thing before, but even a high-ranking member of the legion like Xiao Zhenru, who had reached the fifth rank, had never seen it before. Its rarity was no less than when people first came into contact with mutated beasts.

It was clear that Jiang Yi was also very interested in this, but she wasn't as open as Xiao Zhenru; she just held the documents and glanced over.

"Is this the life form from that mineral vein? It doesn't seem very intelligent."

Xiao Zhenru circled around the silver, occasionally poking it, but the silver didn't react at all, standing like a real sculpture. If Xiao Zhenru hadn't seen it follow Su Xun over earlier, she might have really thought it was just a statue made of silver.

"It really is made of silver! How amazing! With such a hard body, it can actually walk!"

Seeing that Xiao Zhenru was about to strip Yinzi of his clothes to study his body structure, Su Xun couldn't help but cough.

"Alright, alright, show some respect. From now on, he's your colleague."

Seeing that this person had nothing to do, Su Xun sent her to search the surrounding area for any mutated beasts that might have escaped. Su Xun did not break his promise to Zou Ping and the others. He specifically instructed Xiao Zhenru that if she encountered any fourth-tier mutated fish, she should try her best to take care of them.

At the same time, he also wrote a brief document about the recent abnormal situation of the sea monsters, which Su Xun handed to Jiang Yi, asking her to convey it to the relevant departments through the military corps.

At this moment, facing the sea monsters has become the main direction of the legion's external operations, involving a large number of units. The coastline they face is so long that mobilizing the entire legion's strength is no easy task, and this is Jiang Yi's job.

As everyone busied themselves with their tasks, preparations were gradually completed, and soon everything was ready for the moment to activate the peach pit in their hands.

(End of this chapter)