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

After Australia was wiped off the strategic map, the world was quiet for two days.

In the past two days, many of the old forces that were previously making sarcastic remarks in underground channels have collectively shut up.

Some people originally wanted to make an issue of "Daxia destroying the ecology" and "Daxia abusing nuclear weapons".

As a result, halfway through writing the manuscript, he discovered his server nodes, food sources, and medicine distribution channels...

They are all within the global relief system controlled by Great Xia.

scold?

What are you going to use to criticize?

Wasteland is not a forum.

The keyboard won't produce bullets.

Kunlun Base, Supreme Strategic Conference Room.

The holographic sand table covered the entire long table. Blue dots represented human strongholds, red spots represented zombie hordes and mutated beast hordes, and gold lines represented the advance route of the Great Xia Expeditionary Force.

When Su Ran entered the conference room, it was already full of people.

The leader sat in the main seat.

Li Guodong stood beside the sand table, holding a newly compiled report in his hand.

Zhao Tiejun, Commander Chen, representatives from the General Staff of the Expeditionary Force, the Logistics Department, and the Awakener Headquarters were all present.

Nobody mentioned celebrating.

The demise of Australia does not mean the end of the world.

That was simply removing a bomb that was about to explode from the chessboard.

"Let's begin."

The leader spoke.

Li Guodong nodded and raised his hand to switch to the large screen.

"Following Australia's bottom-line action, the reactions of the remaining forces around the world were largely in line with expectations."

On the screen, a world map lit up with dense blue dots.

"As of 8:00 a.m. today, the number of overseas ordinary survivors who have completed real-name registration is 31.27 million."

"Of these, 7.06 million are already in combat service."

"There are 12,431 registered foreign awakened individuals worldwide."

"All will be incorporated into the unified numbering system of the Great Xia Dynasty."

Several generals in the conference room looked up.

This number is larger than they estimated.

Li Guodong continued, "Personnel, crystal cores, weapons, medicines, food, and energy sites have all been connected to the Peach Blossom Spring Global Data Platform."

He clicked on another picture.

Logistics lines extend from Kunlun, Northeast, Southern Xinjiang, and the Southeast coast to all parts of the world.

"Now, any foreign auxiliary force can report back to the main platform in a timely manner how much ammunition it consumes, how many crystal cores it acquires, how many people it loses, and how many awakened individuals it promotes."

An old general stared at the screen for a few seconds and couldn't help but speak.

"This tastes right. The battle has finally returned to the way we know it."

He raised his hand and tapped the sand table, but there was no hint of a smile in his eyes.

"In war, what we fear is not the strength of the enemy, but the darkness of the map, the deafness of the ears, and the uncertainty of where our fists will land."

"The global wasteland has finally been brought to the information platform again."

Commander Chen said in a deep voice, "However, this time the battlefield is no longer a few war zones, nor is it just sea, land, air, space, and cyberspace; it is the entire globe."

A few low laughs echoed in the conference room.

The atmosphere eased for a moment.

Li Guodong didn't stop.

On the screen, a blue advance line lit up in the direction of England.

He clicked on the European theater.

"Following the great victory in Paris, the Western Expeditionary Force continued its advance."

"After the British Commonwealth received our first batch of crystal energy rapid-fire cannons and second-order crystal core exoskeletons as military aid."

After completing their domestic cleanup, they have also crossed the strait to cooperate with the Great Xia Expeditionary Force and foreign auxiliary troops in clearing Europe from west to east.

Screen switching.

On the map of Europe, two arrows, one pointing west and one pointing east, are converging towards the center.

"The Great Xia Expeditionary Force, the British Allied Forces Reorganized Army, and the Foreign Auxiliary Forces formed a three-pronged encirclement."

"It is expected that the main areas of Europe can be basically recovered within three days."

Zhao Tiejun's voice came from the video channel.

He still looked tired, and his voice was rough.

"Morale is fine in Europe. After the Battle of Paris, the foreign auxiliary troops were all in uniform."

As long as logistics remain uninterrupted, three days is just an ideal timeframe. If things go smoothly, two and a half days isn't out of the question.

A few low laughs came from the conference room.

Someone jokingly scolded, "Old Zhao, stop thinking about taking credit. The soldiers need to catch their breath too."

Zhao Tiejun grinned.

"Breathless? You can breathe after you've liberated Europe."

Soon, Li Guodong switched to the next set of battle reports.

On the screen, red alerts popped up one after another, and everyone's smiles vanished instantly.

"Now for the bad news."

The meeting room fell silent.

Li Guodong clicked on the first battlefield video.

The color on the big screen changed.

Multiple war zones simultaneously displayed red warning boxes.

"In the past 48 hours, twelve theater commands around the world have simultaneously reported advanced Tier 3 mutants. Their abilities are complex."

Defense, corrosion, sound waves, fire, regeneration, flight, and mental interference have all been documented with confirmed cases.

He pulled up the video.

The first scene is from the ruins of Berlin.

A bloated, giant corpse lay in the middle of the street, its abdomen spewing out large amounts of yellowish-green pus.

Frontline troops used howitzers to bombard three rounds.

When the smoke cleared, the thing was still crawling.

It dragged its half-blasted body, the hole in its abdomen suddenly opening.

puff!

Large amounts of yellowish-green pus sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun.

An armored vehicle was hit head-on.

White smoke instantly billowed from the outer armor.

A dozen seconds later, the thick steel plate was corroded and a hole the size of a bowl was formed.

The second paragraph is from Lyon.

A pale-faced monster with its chest cavity split open like flower petals, revealing countless vibrating membranes inside.

The drone camera shook violently, and nearby soldiers knelt down in droves, bleeding from their ears and noses.

The third paragraph.

The edge of the South American rainforest.

A mutated beast covered in black keratin emerged from the sea of ​​trees.

It resembled a lizard magnified more than ten times, with a row of bony spikes on its back and spitting out dark red flames from its mouth.

Even a first-tier crystal core rifle could only leave a shallow crater.

An old-fashioned anti-tank missile hit the front.

It retreated more than ten meters, got up, and continued to rush.

Finally, it took three consecutive shots from a second-tier crystal cannon to pierce its skull.

The video ends.

No one laughed in the meeting room.

An army general's expression changed, and he spoke with slight hesitation.

"This is... a third-tier mutated creature?"

"That's right."

Li Guodong nodded.

"Multiple theater commands are reporting similar targets. The capabilities are different, but the commonalities are very clear."

First, their defensive capabilities have increased. Second, their anomalous abilities are beginning to stabilize. Third, their adaptation speed to conventional firepower is accelerating.

He paused, then continued.

"The lethality of regular howitzers has been greatly reduced. Heavy artillery can suppress hordes of zombies, but against high-level Tier 3 targets, it can only slow them down and cannot reliably kill them."

"The main weapons that can deal with them on the front lines right now are the second-tier crystal cannons, crystal sniper missiles, awakened squads, and precision air strikes."

"The problem is that the number of third-order mutated creatures is increasing."

"We can't equip every battalion with a crystal energy cannon."

In the conference room, the faces of several generals darkened.

"Twelve million expeditionary troops spread across the globe, making a big show of it."

But if every battle zone is bogged down by Tier 3 monsters, we'll be slowly bleed out.

Another general frowned and spoke in a low voice.

"If such targets appear in large numbers, the twelve million-strong expeditionary force will be bogged down in a quagmire."