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

As November arrives, the weather begins to become extremely strange and unpredictable.

In the north of Daxia, heavy snow blocked the mountains, while in the south, continuous freezing rain enveloped the area.

In this extremely harsh apocalyptic environment, the situation in Jiangcheng was so tense that it was on the verge of collapse at any moment.

Inside the headquarters lobby of the Awakeners.

Mo Yun strode up to Su Ran and projected a latest briefing onto the main screen.

"Brother Su, there have been new changes at the Jinmao Tower in Jiangcheng."

Mo Yun frowned, his tone grave.

"The second-tier hellhounds that were originally attacking the outer defense line have begun to return in batches."

They surrounded the building, tearing at each other and piling up, using their own bodies and flesh to build a 'wall of flesh and blood'!

This is a posture of contraction and defense, guarding against any possible intruders.

"It is gathering strength, preparing for the final step of breaking free from its cocoon."

Su Ran stared at the sand table, her eyes gradually turning cold.

"Not only that, Su Ge, take another look at the thermal imaging sent back by the Academy of Sciences!"

The Academy of Sciences discovered that the biological structures inside the mother nest are rapidly taking shape.

Mo Yun rapidly tapped his fingers on the control panel, and a series of continuously captured thermal imaging images immediately appeared on the large screen.

As Mo Yun played the video, the images evolved like an animation:

The first picture shows a huge, irregularly shaped ball of flesh radiating high temperature.

In the second image, the shadows of thick bones begin to appear inside the fleshy mass;

In the last image transmitted back, everyone could clearly see the dark red, high-temperature outline.

Deep within that enormous fleshy mass, a long, slender, canine-like beast with bony spurs along its back was curled up!

"The temperature on the surface of the mother nest has increased by 2 degrees in the past twelve hours."

Its pulse rate is also decreasing, and the energy ripples released with each beat are becoming stronger.

Su Ran stared at the screen, remaining silent for a long time.

After planning for so long, we're just waiting for the harvest.

However, problems arose in actual operation.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall reached its most oppressive point.

The red dedicated line in the center of the console lit up, and Li Guodong applied to join the communication channel.

"Xiao Su, the higher-ups are paying close attention to the current situation in Jiangcheng. I've also seen the latest intelligence."

Li Guodong paused for a second, then slowly and deliberately revealed the military's last trump card.

"The strategic command has deployed three high-yield thermobaric missiles, all of which are currently on the missile launchers and ready to be fired at any time."

"Old Li..." Su Ran frowned suddenly.

"Let me finish, Xiao Su."

Li Guodong interrupted Su Ran, his tone revealing an undeniable resolve.

"If the mind control experiment of Bai Lu fails, Da Xia will never allow this mother nest to survive past the moment of the fourth stage of transformation."

Once a highly intelligent, fourth-tier commander-type mutant is born, the Jiangcheng garrison will be utterly unable to withstand the onslaught of three thousand organized beast hordes.

"For the sake of the overall situation, we must nip this danger in the bud!"

Even if it means razing the entire city center to the ground!

"……I see."

Su Ran took a deep breath, her voice low.

The call ended, and the hall fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone understood that Zhang Qian and Bai Lu's "captive breeding plan" had reached a crossroads of life and death.

Before the white deer completes its advancement in the mother nest, it must implant the mental control imprint into its core consciousness.

If it fails, this time bomb will detonate in the center of Jiangcheng City.

The intelligent mutants conceived by the fourth-order mother will possess the ability to control mutant organisms.

It naturally possesses a fatal attraction and dominion over scattered alien creatures.

By then, the defensive lines erected by the garrison will be no match for the organized and systematic attacks of the beast tide.

The Great Xia Dynasty had no choice but to completely erase the Jiangcheng region.

Su Ran braced her hands on the control panel, staring intently at the magical beast about to awaken in the thermal imaging.

Erasure?

This is the situation Su Ran least wanted to accept.

If a living Warcraft Factory, capable of continuously producing units, could be completely controlled by humans, its strategic value would far exceed that of a fully armed elite armored division!

Su Ran didn't want to lose this opportunity.

(Still a bit short of word count, I'll finish it tomorrow, I'm too tired to write today!)