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

"No comment."

The four words were transmitted through the communication channel.

There was a two-second silence among them.

"That's exactly how it should be done!"

Ye Xiao burst out laughing and shouted "Bravo!"

"These scholars in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have finally stood up for themselves!"

However, his swearing skills were still lacking; he wasn't direct enough.

If I were the foreign minister, I'd definitely tell these old Russians, "Who do you think you are, telling Great Xia how to do things!"

Su Ran smiled too.

The tough stance of the highest decision-making level of the Great Xia Dynasty will always be his strongest backing.

There was no internal strife, no compromise, only the purest iron-fisted approach in the face of the apocalypse.

"Old Li, verbal retorts may feel good, but they don't solve the real problem."

Su Ran looked at Li Guodong in the holographic projection.

"This underground government is like a rat hiding in a gutter. Although it dares not show its face, it still holds the cards left over from the old era."

What exactly does the central government intend to do with them? Are they just going to let them watch the show from underground?

Since the goal is to incorporate and control the resources of wasteland awakened individuals worldwide.

These remnants of the old era hidden in the shadows are like nails that cannot be avoided.

Li Guodong's smile faded, and his tone became serious.

"Originally, the central government wanted to call on them to return to the ground, integrate global resources, and fight against the apocalypse together."

"That is a common survival crisis facing all of humanity. They have soldiers and weapons. If they work together, the global defense line can be stabilized considerably."

Li Guodong's tone conveyed a sense of disappointment and frustration.

"We even sent your report, 'The Next Decade: The Evolution of Alien Species,' to underground bunkers of major countries via plaintext."

Su Ran raised an eyebrow. "And the result?"

"They're all faking their deaths."

Li Guodong, unusually, swore, his face turning ashen.

"The radio waves were sent out, but they disappeared without a trace, without even a punctuation mark in response."

"They still have the nerve to protest? Ye is right, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should just give them a piece of its mind."

"The lousy things they did before the catastrophe, locking civilians outside to die while they took their elite troops and hid in air-raid shelters."

Su Ran's words hit the nail on the head, her tone sarcastic.

"Which of the surviving Awakened in the wasteland wouldn't want to devour their flesh raw?"

"That's only one aspect."

Li Guodong snorted coldly, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

"These politicians are very dirty-minded. They want to sit back and watch the tigers fight."

"They are waiting. Waiting for the Great Xia, this Eastern dragon, to fight the mutated tide to the death."

He tapped the table with his finger.

"After the Great Xia had exhausted the monsters' fighting force, and even the Great Xia itself had been crippled."

They'll emerge unscathed, comfortably reap the rewards, and rebuild their global hegemony!

"Those bastards! I could hear their scheme all the way from Siberia!"

Ye Xiao was furious upon hearing this.

"They want to use the Great Xia as a tool while they hide behind and reap the rewards. Do they even deserve it?"

Su Ran was not angry; she simply tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest.

It is very much in line with the style of the Anssa people and old Europe.

Although the old order has collapsed, the arrogance and selfishness of those people have long been ingrained in their bones.

"So, what is the central government's stance?" Su Ran asked.

Li Guodong let out a cold laugh in the holographic projection.

"Don't hold back, just go for it!"

Li Guodong's eyes were sharp.

"Since they don't even have the courage to show their faces and don't want to take responsibility for fighting the apocalypse, then we, the Great Xia, will not give them any face."

He placed his hands on the table and issued the final command from the central command, word by word.

"From today onwards, all those underground bunkers they hid will be taken over by Great Xia."

In a game of life and death where humanity is at stake, those who don't bet have no right to own chips!

"Xiao Su, you only have one task."

"Take back every last bit of those resources that originally belonged to them but now belong to all of humanity!"

The will of the nation is his strongest backing.

"clear."

Su Ran nodded, a fervent glint in her eyes.

Hang up the communication.

The White Bear Kingdom was never a wealthy country to begin with. Several super-large nodes had already been emptied by him, leaving only scattered resource nodes.

"Let's move the large nodes first, and then slowly clear out the smaller nodes one by one," Su Ran said.

His finger moved across the virtual sandbox, directly across the Ural Mountains, and pointed to an area densely covered with bright red dots.

"Brother Su, where's our next stop?"

Ye Xiao was eager to try, his hand already on the hilt of the knife.

"Those bastards from the White Bear Kingdom who are protesting are underground in Mo City. Shall we go there first?"

They simply ripped open the door to their underground base.

"Uncovering the problem will take a lot of time and effort, and then the issue of dealing with the millions of people underground will be another troublesome matter."

The group returned to their fighter jet, and Su Ran reset the navigation route for the Xuan Nu fighter jet.

"While they're protesting enthusiastically right now, let's just step over them."

"Go to Europe."

The engine roared.

The Xuan Nu fighter jet transformed into a streak of light, tearing through the frozen clouds of Siberia and hurtling straight into the heart of Europe at a speed of Mach 10.

An hour later.

The fighter jet hovered over the main peak of the Alps.

The once scenic forest below is now covered with thick, dark red vines.

The wind and snow carried a strong, fishy stench.

"Found it, the sixth outer anchor point of the 'European Fortress' jointly built by the Gallic and Hans nations."

Su Ran checked the coordinate information.

"According to intelligence, the largest high-precision industrial machine tool storage facility and rare metal storage facility in Europe are located below."

Before the catastrophe, they had packed all their most prized possessions into this place.

Ye Xiao twisted his neck, and his bones cracked.

"How do I open the door? Should I go in?"

"Um."

Su Ran nodded. "We need to act quickly. Within three days, we need to empty all the major nodes around the world."

The hatch opened.

Ye Xiao piloted the Cheng Ying tactical mech in mid-air, plummeting directly from the sky, causing the earth to tremble.

The high-frequency oscillating cutting sword suddenly sprang out.

One strike!

The two-meter-thick blast-proof camouflage layer, hidden several meters underground, was violently torn apart, revealing the dark and deep underground passage below.

A red alert was activated inside the passageway.

"Warning! Unauthorized intrusion! Automatic defense system activated!"

Accompanied by a piercing electronic sound, dozens of hidden heavy multi-barreled machine guns simultaneously locked onto the Cheng Ying mech, spitting out tongues of fire several meters long.

"With this slap on the wrist, do you think you can stop the Great Xia's mechs?"

Inside the cockpit, Ye Xiao let out a sinister laugh.

The mech swung its heavy sword, unleashing a violent burst of energy, and swept it across the battlefield!

A piercing metallic scraping sound rang out, and the outer machine gun positions were instantly cut in two, with flames shooting into the sky from the explosion.

at the same time.

Hundreds of kilometers away from here, 500 meters underground, lies the headquarters of the "European Union Fortress".

Several European politicians in sharp suits stared in disbelief at the large surveillance screen on the wall.

"My God... what kind of monster is this? The Great Xia Dynasty has actually created this level of individual mech?!"

"Are they insane?! How dare they openly loot our strategic reserves! Those are the property of all of Europe!"

"Robbers! This is blatant robbery!"

A high-ranking Hans Christian official, enraged, smashed the control panel and roared in impotent fury.

"Connect me to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Great Xia! I want to protest!"

"Tell them that they should never think about cooperating with us unless they return our things."