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

Su Ran slowly raised her right hand.

The deputy captain of the special task force standing behind Su Ran stepped forward expressionlessly.

He pulled up a list from the tactical terminal on his wrist and pressed the projection button.

"Buzz!"

The holographic light screen was instantly projected into mid-air.

Those were bright red names and foreign identification numbers.

"Mohr".

The deputy captain coldly announced the name and read out the reason for the punishment.

"When the first line of defense was about to be breached by the mutated beasts, he maliciously used his superpower to attack his fellow foreign auxiliary soldiers, causing two of them to fall into the horde of zombies, thus buying time for his own retreat."

In the crowd, a tall, thin, white awakened individual shuddered violently.

His face turned deathly pale instantly, and he instinctively tried to shrink back into the crowd.

The vice-captain's gaze swept across the crowd like a searchlight as he continued reading.

Ryan.

"During the retreat of the first defensive line after engaging the enemy, he deliberately wounded a comrade in the thigh to slow down the pursuit of the zombie horde..."

"Richard..."

One by one, they read out the names, recounting the dirty deeds they thought they had done undetected in this chaotic meat grinder battlefield.

The Great Xia's battlefield monitoring system and tactical helmet recorders had already captured everything clearly.

These foreign auxiliaries are truly working incredibly hard.

However, among this group, there are also scum who are used to the law of the wasteland, who take advantage of the chaos, and even betray their teammates.

"The food in Great Xia is delicious. The crystal cores and equipment that Great Xia gave us are very useful."

Su Ran looked down at the group of people on the list who were beginning to tremble, his eyes revealing a murderous intent.

"But not just anyone can take over the reins of Great Xia. And if they do, would they dare to smash Great Xia's pot?"

"Find them all."

"Click click click!"

The Great Xia special forces members around them instantly cocked their guns, their azure crystal energy muzzles locking onto the figures in the crowd who were trying to escape.

A bloody purge is about to unfold in this camp.

The other foreign Awakened Ones who were actually fighting in front looked at each other in bewilderment, and then erupted in fury.

After the battle, their team of foreign awakened individuals on the front line lost more than twenty members. Who would have thought that some of them would be killed by their own people!

"Fuck you!

Austin was the first to erupt in anger and speak out.

"I was fighting tooth and nail on the front lines, my guts were practically ripped out by zombies, I almost died, and someone still stabbed me in the back!"

"Well done, Da Xia!"

A burly black man with a face covered in blood roared angrily.

"I knew Ryan was up to no good a long time ago. He ran faster than anyone else during the retreat; turns out he was using our brothers as bait!"

"What's the point of keeping this scum around? It's better to kill him!"

The angry shouts from the crowd were deafening.

On the life-or-death battlefield of fighting against foreign enemies, those who stab others in the back are always the most hated.

This purge by Da Xia did not provoke any resistance; on the contrary, it suited the wishes of these tough men perfectly.

The crowd automatically dispersed, leaving the five scumbags whose names were called isolated in the center.

"No! You can't do that! I killed at least several hundred zombies; I deserve credit!"

The tall, thin white man named Moore was completely panicked.

He yelled and suddenly unleashed a burst of supernatural wind power around his body, attempting to use the wind to leap out of the camp and escape.

"Stubborn and obstinate."

Su Ran didn't even lift her eyelids.

"Bang!"

A beam of azure crystal energy instantly pierced the air.

Moore, who had just leaped half a meter into the air, let out a piercing scream as his right leg below the knee was instantly vaporized by the high-energy rays.

He crashed to the ground like a rag doll, spitting out blood.

Two members of the Great Xia Special Task Force strode forward, grabbed him by the hair like a dead dog, and dragged him and the other four terrified traitors to the front of the battle.

"The rules of the Great Xia Dynasty are that those who betray their comrades will be killed without mercy."

Su Ran turned around, leaving everyone with a cold and ruthless back view.

"implement."

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Five crisp gunshots rang out, and five bodies fell into pools of blood.

The camp fell silent again, but this time, the foreign auxiliaries looked at the Great Xia soldiers with not only awe but also a deep sense of belonging.

Follow the Great Xia, and you'll have meat to eat; dare to break the rules, and you'll face certain death.

This is the only truth in the wasteland!

After the bloody purge on the Paris front came to an end, Su Ran did not linger.

People like Long Yiwan still need to be disciplined by the foreign auxiliary military to be gradually tempered. The rules have been established, the seeds have been sown, and the rest is left to time to ferment.

Su Ran turned and walked towards the Xuan Nu fighter jet with steady steps.

"Return to Kunlun."

He stepped through the hatch and gave instructions.

……

A few hours later.

Daxia, the underground helipad of the Kunlun base.

The hatch opened, and cold air rushed in.

"I'll go to the Awakened Headquarters first."

Mo Yun jumped out of the fighter jet, straightened his collar, his eyes were bloodshot, but he seemed to be in good spirits.

"Old Ye is good at sending people to the battlefield, but he might not be reliable for managing things."

Su Ran nodded and smiled: "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Mo Yun waved his hand and strode towards the underground passage.

"I've gone to see Professor Zhang Qian."

Bai Lu, carrying her pack, turned her head to look at Su Ran.

"The mind control frequency testing isn't over yet. I'll go see if there's anything I can help with."

"Take care and get some rest. Don't burn yourself out," Su Ran advised.

Bai Lu didn't reply; her figure had already blended into the shadows of the passage, leaving only the afterimage of a wave of her hand.

……

Academy of Sciences.

Su Ran pushed open the radiation-proof door of the No. 01 Crystal Energy Research Institute.

Wei Jianguo, wearing a white lab coat, was scratching his head while looking at the complex energy model on the holographic projection in front of him.

He plucked his already sparse hair, making it even shinier.

"Old Wei, use your hair sparingly. Daxia is counting on your brain."

Su Ran walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

"Advisor Su, what brings you here? Don't just stand there and talk like you know everything."

Wei Jianguo turned around and glared at him irritably. "Spit it out if you have something to say, or just shut up. I'm busy!"

Su Ran didn't respond and simply threw the tactical backpack onto the metal experimental table.

"Sizzle!"

The zipper was unzipped, and a dozen crystal cores of different colors, emitting high-frequency energy fluctuations, rolled out.

Wei Jianguo's complaints came to an abrupt end.

He pushed up his reading glasses, his whole body almost touching the table.

"What... what is this?"

"Third-order crystal nucleus".

Su Ran pointed to one of them, "We kept four for ourselves, and the rest are here."

Wei Jianguo gasped, his voice filled with astonishment. "Now... now there are already Tier 3 mutated creatures?!"

"Hmm! Fortunately, at this stage it's only appearing sporadically!"

Su Ran nodded in agreement, "The pressure on the front lines will only increase. Our equipment also needs a generational upgrade!"

After hearing this, Wei Jianguo completely ignored Su Ran, grabbed his goggles and put them on, then picked up a dark red crystal core and placed it under the testing instrument.

A piercing alarm sounded briefly, and the energy threshold on the screen immediately exceeded the red line.

"The purity is six times that of the second-order... no, eight times!"

The old man's eyes lit up, and he was completely energized, exclaiming, "This is amazing! An absolutely incredible find!"

"If we can crack its fusion array, the destructive power of Great Xia's individual weapons will increase at least fivefold!"

"Then these are yours." Su Ran stood up.

Wei Jianguo showed no intention of seeing his guest off. He grabbed the pile of third-order crystal cores and rushed into the laboratory.

Su Ran smiled and shook her head, then closed the heavy metal door behind her.

……

Taking the elevator back to the upper floor, Su Ran passed through two heavily guarded isolation doors and headed towards the central command hall.

Su Ran looked at her clenched fist and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Some things have finally come to an end!"