In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

Kunlun Base, Central Command Hall.

"Report! Great victory at Qinling!"

The communications officer's voice trembled with excitement, "The first round of interception had a 70% kill rate! Basically, every three shells could take one down."

The entire command center erupted in cheers.

Prior to this, when facing those supersonic, metal-winged Tier 2 raptors, the air defense forces fired tens of thousands of shells, with very few results.

It's like using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito; you can only passively take the hits.

Now, the balance of power has shifted.

The blind man opened his eyes, still holding the sniper rifle in his hand.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Li Guodong shouted "Good!" three times in a row, slammed his hand hard on the table, and his eyes were even a little moist.

"That's so damn satisfying! Those brothers who died in frustration on the anti-aircraft positions can finally close their eyes in peace now."

The giant holographic screen flickered with light and shadow, projecting real-time images of the Qinling war zone onto everyone's eyes.

After the battle to defend the skies ended, several tracked bulldozers drove into the battlefield, their heavy buckets gathering the scattered limbs into piles.

Wearing heavy protective suits, the logistics soldiers skillfully rummaged through the minced meat with long-handled forks.

"Ding!"

One by one, the faintly glowing crystal nuclei were picked out and thrown into a lead explosion-proof box.

War is never a one-sided war of attrition.

These crystal cores, extracted from the brains of the mutated golden eagles, were collected, sealed, and loaded directly onto heavy armored transport vehicles.

Two hours later, they will appear in research institutes and arsenals.

Slaughter brings resources, resources drive technology, and technology, in turn, fuels slaughter.

A perfect, bloody, yet vibrant cycle of war has begun to turn completely.

This scene was playing out simultaneously in war zones across the country.

The front lines are reaping the spoils, while operations at full speed are underway in the rear.

"Immediately send the battle report to Commander Chen Changfeng."

Li Guodong took a deep breath to calm his agitated emotions and turned to give orders to his staff.

"Tell him that the radar network can begin to be deployed."

The staff officer accepted the order and left.

Li Guodong took out his cigarette case, pulled one out and put it in his mouth, then looked at Su Ran beside him.

"The Crystal Core Radar was a perfect success in actual combat. Old Chen will immediately convene a meeting to discuss the specific implementation of the 'Sky Shield Defense System'."

Xiao Su, get ready, you're coming with me.

"I won't go."

Su Ran picked up her teacup, took a sip, and spoke calmly.

Li Guodong was taken aback.

"This meeting concerns the nation's air defense lifeline; aren't you going to oversee it?"

"The most critical radar system problem has been solved."

Su Ran put down the cup and spoke calmly.

"The next meeting will discuss how to deploy radar base stations and how to achieve cross-coverage of air defense positions."

I'm not a military expert; if I went there, I'd just be listening to gibberish. It's a big no-no for an outsider to instruct an expert.

Su Ran was very clear about her own position.

He is a reborn individual, possessing an information gap, and can guide the general direction.

But he would never be so arrogant as to interfere with the micromanagement of a professional field.

Leave professional tasks to professionals.

Upon hearing this, Li Guodong nodded and did not offer any further advice.

At this age, to possess such great power and prestige, yet to maintain such clarity at all times, is truly remarkable.

"Okay, I'll talk to Lao Chen."

Li Guodong didn't mince words; his gaze shifted and landed on the slightly smaller electronic scoreboard on the wall.

"If you count the days, today is the second to last day."

Su Ran followed his gaze.

That was the leaderboard for the points competition between the Awakeners Headquarters and the Sharp Sword Special Forces.

Just a few hours ago, the numbers on the list underwent a dramatic change.

[Sharp Sword Special Forces: 865,300 points]

[Awakened Headquarters: 811,200 points]

The red numbers are extremely glaring.

They've overtaken them.

From being hundreds of thousands of points behind the Awakeners headquarters at the beginning, to keeping up closely, and now to overtaking them.

It took less than four days.

"These elite soldiers are truly fearless when they get angry."

Li Guodong finally lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and spoke with undisguised pride.

"A difference of hundreds of thousands of points has been wiped out like this."

"It's not that they're reckless, it's that the system completely overwhelms them."

Su Ran crossed her arms and stared at the data.

He was not surprised by the result.

"When ordinary people don steel and armies form a system, individual bravery is no longer an advantage in the face of the organized industrial torrent."

Li Guodong listened and agreed wholeheartedly.

"Xiao Su, put them on the fire and roast them, make them fall hard."

He frowned slightly and spoke with some concern.

"But these kids are all incredibly ambitious. Aren't you afraid of crushing their spirits and making them lose confidence?"

"Great Xia's resources are not meant to support waste."

Su Ran's eyes instantly turned sharp.

"If the country invests massive amounts of resources, it may end up only producing a bunch of fragile-hearted superhumans."

It would be better to invest these resources directly in weapons development; at least the missiles wouldn't throw a tantrum because of this.

"After the Awakened Headquarters loses, how do you plan to handle the situation?"

Li Guodong asked with great interest, "Are you really planning to cut their resource allocation?"

"Of course we have to cut it. Not only do we have to cut it, we have to cut it in a big way."

Su Ran spoke bluntly, leaving no room for negotiation.

"If you want to continue to enjoy the same preferential treatment in the future, you will have to earn it through military merits."

He paused, and his tone softened slightly.

"At this stage, there are no mutated creatures that can truly threaten top awakened individuals."

Neither Bai Lu, Ye Xiao, nor Chen Kewang had any sense of crisis.

I showed them the "Report on the Evolutionary Time of Alienated Organisms" with the intention of making them aware of its significance.

But subconsciously, they still felt that if the sky fell, the country would hold it up, and things would work themselves out.

Su Ran sighed silently, her tone helpless.

Many things are useless to say outright.

Those who haven't experienced it firsthand can hardly truly empathize.

"That's why I deliberately made special forces soldiers wearing crystal core weapons the 'hypothetical enemy' for them."

He stood up, walked to the scoreboard, and spoke in a deep, powerful voice.

"If you can't prove your irreplaceable value, you'll only be eliminated."

Li Guodong stubbed out his cigarette, looking at Su Ran's tall and straight back.

This young man is sometimes frighteningly calm, yet incredibly reassuring.

"Okay, then you've thought it through. Let's be the villains together."

Just then, Su Ran's personal communication terminal on his wrist vibrated.

He looked down.

Sender: Zhou Jian

Content: [Consultant Su, regarding the development of a biological defense system using "alienated bacterial carpets," the project team has achieved initial breakthrough results.]

Su Ran raised an eyebrow when she saw the communication.

Zhou Jian.

Academician Chen Changhe's most outstanding student.

"So fast?"

Su Ran was slightly surprised, and a glint of light flashed in her eyes.

"As expected of Academician Chen's outstanding student, he has achieved results so quickly."

It has been less than ten days since he handed over the alienated fungal carpet to the Academy of Sciences.

This efficiency is truly worthy of a national-level genius team.

He turned off the communicator and said to Li Guodong beside him,

"Old Li, a research project I put at the Academy of Sciences is making progress. I'll go over there."

"Okay, go ahead."

Li Guodong waved his hand, his gaze returning to the huge electronic sand table.