Steel torrents pioneering a different world.

Chapter 369 The Price of Taking Too Much at Once! We Need the Weapon of Truth! (Bonus Chapter)

Meetings are always boring.

The pioneering team confirmed that the invaders from the other world were large-scale biological weapons, and the discussion lasted for a long time.

The impact of this conclusion far exceeds that of previous enemy situation analyses, and it has completely overturned the previous understanding of the alien races by the human pioneering teams, forcing all tactical deployments to be re-examined.

The science department requested more resources and launched deeper research in an effort to find more weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the genetic chains of those highly modified biological weapons.

While claiming to be actively seeking weaknesses is merely a search for countermeasures within the complexities of genetic engineering, hoping to find the key to victory at the genetic level.

Unfortunately, based on current technological discoveries, the races in this chaotic Western fantasy world possess powerful genetic creation abilities.

These genetic engineering efforts are somewhat excessive for an industrial Cthulhu that has not yet fully unraveled its own mysteries!

It's important to understand that humans can't even achieve targeted organ cloning yet, let alone targeted gene editing, biological modification, and other technologies that are beyond their current understanding!

This is destined to be a high-pressure and extremely difficult scientific research task.

But the research team couldn't shirk responsibility, nor could they hide behind the scenes and act like subordinates; they had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on with it.

If the path of scientific research is fraught with difficulties and the future is bleak, then adjustments in the military sphere also require redeployment.

The human defenses were riddled with holes due to the enemy's guerrilla tactics in the forest areas, which were too loose.

However, humanity has now accelerated the contraction of its strategic defenses and mobilized a professional army to build a more comprehensive and flexible offensive and defensive system.

The pioneering team also plans to massively expand its rapid special response force, using elite troops combined with modern technology for long-range support to strike the enemy more efficiently.

This tactical shift means that the elite tri-race coalition of special forces, elves, and dwarves will be given a challenging mission.

They need to go deep into those harsh and dangerous areas to carry out their missions.

They will be the spearheads, the blades, and small, elite units will maneuver in complex terrain to find opportunities to engage the enemy.

The main force's mission has also been more clearly defined. The main force of the reclamation team will hold the important areas that have been opened up, protect key facilities and transportation supply lines, minimize its own losses, and form a stronger combat force, mainly to disrupt the flexible gathering and military operations of invaders by means of driving them away and alerting them.

The main task of the pioneering team has shifted from the important task of clearing out the scattered invaders and dangerous creatures at the intersection of the sky to reducing unnecessary casualties, controlling more robots as cannon fodder, and cooperating with rockets and rapid support forces to provide support, defend the base, and prevent the soldiers' lives from being consumed too much, leading to a complete collapse.

This strategy is very conservative, has many drawbacks, and is completely unable to bring out the combat effectiveness of the main force!

But this is also a compromise made out of necessity.

The reclamation team has occupied too much land in the past year, but the population is too small.

Before fully understanding the enemy, it is necessary to conduct reconnaissance and probing, and to use elite squads for special operations!

This tactic is essentially a contraction of the defensive line, using elite soldiers and cutting-edge detection equipment to accurately detect unusual enemies and implement flexible defense.

It sacrifices some initiative but gains lower losses and effective avoidance of unknown risks. When the enemy's invasion point is uncertain and the number of invaders is unclear, this is undoubtedly the safest option.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed.

After leaving the meeting room, Deng Dakang suddenly complained to Wang Hu beside him, "This time we've really tasted the bitter fruit of expanding our territory too much!"

Wang Hu grinned, revealing a smile: "Professor Deng, we soldiers are not afraid! Just like the scientific research you participate in, we soldiers have lofty aspirations!"

"Ambition, huh?" Deng Dakang pulled out a pack of cigarettes and handed one over.

The swirling smoke blurred his features.

"Yes, everyone has aspirations! Lofty aspirations for the motherland and for the people! But these aspirations need a solid foundation. I don't know how many soldiers' blood and flesh were sacrificed this time. I don't know how many more will be sacrificed in the future—"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hu fell silent.

Deng Dakang didn't want to say anything more!

Scientific research requires sacrifice, and so does pioneering.

Everyone is fighting for the motherland and for more living space.

A few sighs are enough; they don't have much time for sentimentality!

Deng Dakang exhaled a puff of smoke, the smoke rings slowly dissipating. He gently patted Wang Hu's shoulder, "Let's go, our scientific research battlefield is still waiting."

After getting into the car, Wang Hu suddenly asked, "Professor Deng, when will we be able to get that dwarf warrior potion?"

At this point, a hint of relief appeared on Deng Dakang's face: "It'll be soon, very soon."

Upon hearing Professor Deng's words, Wang Hu's depressed mood immediately eased, like a ray of sunshine in the gloom, which invigorated him.

"That's good! Hehe!"

Despite the increasingly complex situation in this other world, the human camp is not entirely without progress.

Deng Dakang was infected by Wang Hu's laughter and also started to laugh.

Their work on deciphering the ancient texts and totems they obtained from the former royal family of the Fire Dragon Dynasty has recently made significant breakthroughs.

The wisdom of those obscure and difficult-to-understand otherworldly dynasties is gradually being unveiled.

Besides this, the Dwarven technology has also made significant progress after being digested and absorbed, especially in forging and energy utilization.

To decipher and apply this knowledge, humanity has adopted multiple preventative measures and rigorous scientific research review mechanisms.

However, no problems have been found so far!

Although some scientists believe that these review mechanisms are too harsh and severely restrict their scientific thinking, they have applied for an appropriate reduction in the review process.

However, the scientist who made these remarks at the meeting was taken away by the Ministry of Internal Affairs the following day and subjected to various investigations.

Then, no one dared to violate the outrageous review mechanisms anymore, and instead conducted scientific research cooperation within the framework drawn by the pioneering team!

In the modern world, Zhu He is in Li Weiguo's office.

Li Weiguo looked at the data in the report from the recently concluded meeting, a look of worry on his face.

"This discovery by scientists is somewhat... terrifying!!!"

His concern was not the fear of the enemy's strength, but the sense of powerlessness in the face of unknown laws.

Damn spacetime rift!

Why can't a stable spacetime rift be found at the celestial intersection point in the second phase?

Unable to find the enemy's base and unable to lock them down, guerrilla warfare, though pioneering teams are the ancestors, still has the lives of soldiers to consider.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the pioneering team's territory was too large, they ate too much and were too full, and there were too few people available for pioneering!

The total population of the pioneering team currently deployed in the other world has just exceeded 13.

And so many people are scattered across a radius of thousands of kilometers.

For example, in the area north of the Time Gate, in the far north oil field, there are only about 5,000 people including engineers and guards.

There are more in the southern forest belt, and the main combat and logistical personnel number less than 30,000.

The Time Gate Base has the largest number of people, but the largest number of them are non-combat researchers. There are more than 40,000 researchers, but less than 10,000 are protecting them in the vicinity.

The remaining soldiers were either concentrated in protecting key mines, glacier bases, and fishing grounds, or they were responsible for protecting transportation lines.

The largest population is in the dwarf region, more than 650 kilometers away, where there are more than 10,000 people.

This number of people is like a drop in the ocean when spread across a land area of ​​over 800 kilometers from north to south and over 400 kilometers from east to west!

Take, for example, a hotspot desert area that is enclosed by walls.

In that area, which is about 40 kilometers long from north to south and 6 to 8 kilometers wide from east to west, covering an area of ​​365 square kilometers, some desert devils had to deploy hundreds of thousands of low-quality troops to complete the blockade and combat.

The geographical environment of this other world is dozens of times larger than that of the other world, which shows how difficult it is to block those elusive dark races.

Fortunately, many parts of the alien world occupied by humans are desolate ice plains, while the enemies are concentrated in the southern forest belt.

With such a small number of people spread across such a vast area, even with a large amount of high-tech equipment, it would be impossible to guarantee reconnaissance work across all terrains without the help of high-altitude reconnaissance satellites.

Omissions are normal.

This is also the bittersweet joy they experienced from clearing too much land and consuming too much food!

Such a large place, even with all kinds of equipment running continuously.

As long as humanity cannot master a complete means of detecting spacetime rifts, invaders will appear as if they were out of thin air.

Their high degree of stealth and random attack characteristics rendered the original early warning mechanism ineffective.

"Xiao Wang, come take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Kaixuan, who had been shuttling between two worlds recently, immediately stood up, quickly stepped forward, and took the documents handed to him by Li Weiguo.

He flipped through the dense data and analysis reports, his brows gradually furrowing.

After reviewing the meeting minutes several times, Wang Kaixuan finally spoke: "President Li, these enemies are troublesome in some ways, but also simple in others. The key is that their appearance is too random. We can't pinpoint their spacetime rifts, and we can't precisely target and eliminate them."

The enemy was not strong; they were no match for well-organized units.

But it's like playing whack-a-mole; you don't know which hole the mole will come out from, or when it will come out.

Moreover, ground squirrels will relentlessly cause injury or death to people.

This is the most troublesome thing. Li Weiguo rubbed his temples and sighed wearily: "Yes, you young people say that the monster spawn points are too random, which is also the biggest problem causing our war consumption and casualties to remain high."

He pointed to the casualty figures on the document; behind those cold numbers were countless vibrant lives and shattered families.

This passive and defensive situation left the person in charge feeling exhausted.

"In less than a month, so many casualties have occurred, and hundreds of families have been torn apart!"

He sighed again.

Seeing that Li Weiguo was in a bad mood, Wang Kaixuan comforted him in a deep voice: "President Li, all we can do now is trust the scientists and hope that they can make a stronger spacetime rift detector as soon as possible, find the other party after solving the electromagnetic interference, and completely solve the problem."

Li Weiguo nodded emphatically: "Yes, I'll handle this. I'll fully support the research. By the way, have the dwarves and elves encountered many invaders lately?"

He changed the subject, focusing his attention on his allies in the other world.

"Not a small number, but out of respect for our friends, we haven't deployed many intelligence gathering points within their territory. The current enemy is mainly concentrated in the border region where our three races meet. Perhaps the forest network surveillance on the elves has been quite useful, allowing them to deal with us easily! Or perhaps they've been concealing their strength. They possess combat power far exceeding ours!"

Wang Kaixuan reported the facts truthfully, without embellishment, simply stating the facts.

The three tribes cooperated with each other, but also remained wary of one another.

Unfortunately, trust between races in other worlds is always built on interests and threats.

If it weren't for the appearance of Gazul, the dwarf ancestor, everyone would probably still be at zero points against each other!

"It's normal to keep something under wraps. As long as we're sure the other side hasn't fallen into evil and is fighting the invaders alongside us," Li Weiguo said, a complex smile crossing his face.

In this diverse and complex world, the definition of evil is far more ambiguous than in modern society.

Doing our job well and ensuring the safety of our people is what we should be doing.

Sometimes, appropriate barbarity can even be seen as a sign of bravery and being someone not to be trifled with.

"Go ahead and get busy."

"Yes!" Wang Kaixuan answered crisply and turned to leave the office.

Once Wang Kaixuan's figure disappeared through the doorway, Li Weiguo lit another cigarette.

Amidst the swirling smoke, he took a deep breath, letting the nicotine numb his tense nerves.

"You're drinking less tea!!!"

Although the exploration of the other world has recently entered the second phase as planned, those damned invaders from other worlds are trying to destroy all their achievements.

This is unacceptable!!!

"We'll find those damn guys eventually! Once we find their spacetime rift, we can turn the tables!" Li Weiguo muttered to himself, his voice carrying a chilling killing intent.

After a long while, he adjusted his mindset and approved the request raised by Su Mingjin and others during the meeting to increase the quantity of advanced equipment.

He then contacted Zhong Mengyao again.

Li Weiguo was hoping to get some information from Lin Li about the enemy or the future.

A few minutes later, he hung up the phone, a look of confusion on his face.

"There are no script hints about the other world? Don't they have a good solution?"

He pondered Zhong Mengyao's reply repeatedly, feeling as if a huge rock was pressing on his heart.

"Or is all of this a new test for us?"

After this thought popped into his head, his brows furrowed even more deeply.

If even those beings who have had more contact with other worlds cannot provide effective strategies, then what humanity faces may be more complex and profound than imagined.

Li Weiguo's thoughts were in complete disarray, and he ultimately had no choice but to pick up the meeting minutes again and review them once more!

Li Weiguo was tormented by a new problem after he saw some research institutions asking for more rare elements again!

"These are turbulent times! It seems we should reduce our output from other worlds!"

The second phase of the celestial conjunction, which was thought to be many years earlier than expected, is far too dangerous.

The Industrial Cthulhu is a large and powerful nation, but without secrecy and the ability to mobilize on a large scale, it cannot sustain a protracted, high-intensity war.

The other world at this stage is not a treasure trove where you can take whatever you want. It's more like a labyrinth full of traps and sweet fillings.

Every step of the planning and direction must be taken with utmost care.

The various rare earth elements and materials originally intended to be supplied to the rear also need to be rescheduled and adjusted.

It's not about stopping production, but about controlling the pace so that the modern world doesn't become overly dependent on resources from another world.

Otherwise, once all the teams in the modern world have adapted to the elements of the other world, if production were to stop due to a series of uncontrollable reasons in the future, the entire industrial system of modern society, and even the development of people's livelihoods, would fall into unprecedented trouble.

Think about the miserable life of your neighbor who's being choked!

The other party has formed a path dependency on certain elements.

Given the current restrictions, it's estimated that things will go terribly bad within a few months!

While Li Weiguo was having a terrible headache, a bright blue light shone from the spacetime portal base in the other world.

Then, a three-meter-tall human wearing dark green power armor appeared at the pioneer team's base!

Upon seeing the newcomer, a soldier immediately went to report, while the others invited the person to sit in a warm place.

"No need, I'll be leaving soon!"

In less than a minute, Su Mingjin and Brigade Commander Man rushed over.

"Friends, I know the difficulties you are facing. I came here this time not only to tell you about the large spacetime that you are guarding..."

The crack is about to form, and we need your help —”

Su Mingjin and Brigade Commander Man looked at each other.

"Friend, could you tell me more about it?"

Twenty minutes later, in the modern world.

While Li Weiguo was processing documents, Wang Kaixuan rushed over.

Why do you look so rushed?

"Mr. Li, we just received intelligence that the mysterious person has appeared in another world!"

"The mysterious man? That mysterious Space Marine?"

"Yes, he said that the large spacetime rift in the Southern Forest will stabilize soon."

"What?" Li Weiguo immediately stood up. "What did that mysterious person say?"

"He said he would help us deal with some dark creatures, but he would need some of our help."

"What kind of help?"

"Mass production of individual weapons of truth!"

Li Weiguo: "————"

"Mr. Li, should we agree?"

"Do we still have a choice?"

After everything was arranged, Li Weiguo reviewed the news about Lin Li once again.

"Are you still busy?"

"Why do they need so much weaponry from us? Such a powerful organization, yet they lack weapon support?"

Why?

Li Weiguo was unaware of Lin Li's disguise.

From Zhong Mengyao's perspective, she only saw Lin Li handling company affairs in the modern world.

Or perhaps he's mingling with girls, discussing various mysteries of life and society. Or maybe he's engaged in a series of activities, appearing busy with socializing and entertaining, lingering among women.

In reality, Lin Li is busy with something important right now!