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

The five million-strong zombie horde battle in Paris was just an appetizer.

What truly made him feel anxious were the emerging third-tier mutated creatures.

Conventional firearms, which humanity is so proud of, are gradually losing their absolute dominance.

The time left for Great Xia was even more pressing than expected.

"Ding!"

The elevator doors opened, and a wave of heat, mixed with the sounds of keyboard typing and staff officers' hurried reports, hit us.

Inside the hall, several giant holographic screens were flashing dense streams of data from major war zones around the world.

Li Guodong stood in front of the highest control panel, his military shirt wrinkled from working non-stop.

Hearing familiar footsteps behind him, Li Guodong turned around.

"Xiao Su, you're back."

"Old Li, are you planning to make the command center your home?" Su Ran walked over and pulled up a chair to sit down.

Li Guodong turned his head, ignoring his teasing, and said earnestly,

"I've seen the frontline briefing from Paris; well done. Are you, Xiao Mo, and Bai Lu alright?"

"No, it's just that I've overexerted myself a bit. I'll recover after a couple of days of rest."

Su Ran glanced at the blue flags planted all over the European section of the sand table and nodded slightly.

"The advance on the western front is progressing smoothly."

"With the hard battles you've won, foreign auxiliaries are now fighting even harder than our own soldiers."

Li Guodong took a sip of strong tea, his tone revealing undisguised pride.

"At this rate of progress, the entire European region will be liberated in less than half a month."

Our Great Xia expeditionary force has now completely reclaimed a continent!

"That's definitely a good thing."

Su Ran tapped her fingers rhythmically on the table.

"But the situation in Europe is rather unique."

With the emergence of an underground government, coupled with the relentless military support from the Great Xia Dynasty, the crackdown on the mutated beasts was already unprecedented.

He abruptly changed the subject, his gaze gradually sharpening.

"It's a different story in other regions."

Li Guodong keenly sensed the underlying meaning in Su Ran's words.

"Have you discovered anything new?"

Su Ran did not answer immediately, but stood up and walked straight to the control panel of the holographic sand table.

After a series of actions, the screen displaying the European battle situation disappeared.

The scene shifts, the perspective rises, crossing the vast ocean, and finally settles on that isolated continent in the Southern Hemisphere.

Australia.

Dark red radiation clouds covered the sky above the map.

As Su Ran increased the resolution, the dense red dots on the screen began to flicker.

This is a real-time image transmitted by the Tianyan satellite.

"Old Li, I had close contact with a Tier 3 mutated beast during the battle in Paris."

Su Ran pointed to the writhing sea of ​​blood on the screen and spoke as if to herself.

"Their physical defenses have gradually exceeded the killing limits of conventional firepower."

Even a 155mm high-explosive shell, if it doesn't hit a vital organ directly, won't even be able to penetrate armor and cause serious injury.

Li Guodong's brows furrowed into a deep frown, and his hand unconsciously tightened around the thermos.

"I reported on the situation in Australia when I went to collect minerals last time. The ecosystem in Australia has completely collapsed."

Billions of mutated beasts devoured and evolved on that island, turning it into a veritable breeding ground for monsters.

Su Ran looked up and stared directly into Li Guodong's eyes.

"Sending expeditionary forces to land and mop up the enemy is simply unrealistic; it would only turn into a bottomless meat grinder."

Making a choice is simply a matter of sooner or later.

Li Guodong fell silent.

He was certainly aware of the current situation in Australia.

The video footage that Su Ran brought back from the Pilbara mining area to "collect ore" had already been repeatedly analyzed dozens of times by the staff at the Supreme Operations Conference.

Across the ocean, a amphibious landing operation against hundreds of millions of mutated beasts that had gone completely mad and evolved was practically like using the lives of the Great Xia soldiers to fill the sea.

"Therefore, the bottom-line plan that we set at that time has now reached the point of implementation."

Su Ran's calm tone caused the atmosphere in the entire hall to plummet.

Bottom-line plan.

This is the most extreme and ruthless backup plan in the "Global Alienation Elimination Strategy" that Su Ran submitted to the highest levels of the country after returning from Australia.

"Has it come to this...?"

Li Guodong looked somewhat gloomy.

As a veteran soldier of the older generation, he always held a firm belief in his heart.

The atomic bomb was the ultimate trump card to defend the dignity of Great Xia, a sword of Damocles.

The moment a nation decides to use nuclear weapons to clean up the land, it means that conventional means of humankind have been exhausted.

Seeing his expression, Su Ran directly asked in return:

"Old Li, what's there to hesitate about? Are you going to show mercy to those cannibalistic beasts?"

Only the low hum of the exhaust fans remained in the lobby.

Li Guodong pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket.

He took out two cigarettes, handed one to Su Ran, and put one in his mouth himself.

"Click."

The flickering flame of the lighter illuminated their faces, which were now glowing uncertainly.

"I didn't suddenly become soft-hearted, nor did I have any pity for those monsters."

Li Guodong took a deep drag of his cigarette, sighed, and explained, "I just feel it's too fast."

Sensing the strange look Su Ran was giving him, he continued speaking.

"All things considered, it has only been a little over two months since the outbreak of the cataclysm."

But humanity has been forced to use nuclear weapons, and is now compelled to drag the planet's ecosystem down with it...

That's incredibly fast.

Su Ran instantly understood Li Guodong's sigh.

Li Guodong and high-ranking military officials believed they had given this global catastrophe the highest level of attention and assessment.

However, when the theoretical calculations on paper truly became reality, and when the shadow of nuclear explosion was about to loom over the earth...

Even seasoned veterans can feel a sense of being caught off guard by the fall of a civilization.

"Let's just think of it as Tian Ji's horse racing strategy."

We're using decades of accumulated industrial relics to prematurely eliminate future mutant creatures with immense potential.

Su Ran flicked off her cigarette ash and said, half-jokingly,

"I thought you were wary of the destructive power of nuclear weapons."

"Nuclear weapons aren't some dirty thing; they'll be used sooner or later."

We've even used weapons like poison gas, so what else is there to hold back?

Li Guodong glared at him irritably, then lowered his voice.

"Xiao Su, are you familiar with the Chinese Academy of Sciences' 'Kua Fu' project?"

"The 'Kuafu' Project?"

Su Ran quickly searched her mind, but still shook her head.

"I've been on the front lines lately and haven't been paying much attention. Is it some kind of new weapon development project?"

"That's right, it's an experimental team led by Academician Cao Jianghui."

Li Guodong spoke in a deep voice.

"It can be considered one of the first strategic-level scientific research projects to be formally established after the Great Cataclysm. Its main goal is to create 'crystalline nuclear weapons'."

Crystal core nuclear weapon?

Su Ran was momentarily stunned. The Great Xia was taking such big steps that it had already begun to modify nuclear weapons with crystal energy.

Nuclear weapons are arguably the most powerful weapons that humanity can currently control.

However, the nuclear radiation pollution it produces over hundreds of years after its detonation is also a major headache and a significant negative consequence.

Li Guodong exhaled a thick cloud of blue smoke, his gaze deep and thoughtful.

"With the development of advanced crystal nucleus kinetic energy, researchers at the Academy of Sciences put forward a crazy idea."

Could we transform our nuclear arsenal into a nuclear fusion-based nuclear fusion system?

Replace nuclear fission with nuclear nuclear fission, retaining only its purest and most terrifying destructive power while completely eliminating the radiation pollution it causes!

Su Ran's heart skipped a beat, and a look of shock flashed in her eyes.

Nuclear weapons without radiation pollution!

That is undoubtedly the most perfect ultimate weapon in the post-apocalyptic wasteland!

"So what's the result now? What stage has it reached?"

"Who can say for sure? It could be a year, or it could be ten years."

Li Guodong chuckled softly, a hint of helplessness and bitterness in his smile.

"What a pity. It seems that our crystal energy nuclear weapon technology can't keep up with the speed of evolution of the post-apocalyptic mutated creatures."

Upon hearing this, the light in Su Ran's eyes dimmed slightly.

Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst.

Li Guodong stared at the wriggling red dots on the sand table, the hesitation in his eyes gradually fading away.

"Don't think about it."

Li Guodong stubbed out his cigarette hard in the ashtray and spoke in a deep voice.

"So what if the surface is destroyed! At worst, we can just kill all these beasts and let our descendants rebuild it slowly hundreds of years from now!"

Now is absolutely not the time to be thinking about such nonsense as ecological and environmental protection!

Without any further words, Li Guodong grabbed the military cap from the table and put it on his head.

"Let's go see the commander."