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

"Okay, I'll get it sorted out right away."

The senior expert took out a satellite terminal from his briefcase and began entering data.

Inside the workshop, soldiers were cleaning up the mutated beast corpses, carefully removing the high-level crystal cores and placing them into specially made lead boxes.

Half an hour later.

The veteran expert stood in front of the central control panel deep inside the factory, tapping on the heavy steel casing.

"Consultant Su, could you come and take a look?"

He turned his head, a hint of doubt in his expression.

Su Ran approached upon hearing the sound.

The old expert parted the tangled cables under the control panel and pointed to a black cable about the thickness of a wrist.

"The entire factory's power grid was paralyzed long ago."

After the explosion, the backup generators here also ran out of fuel.

The old expert took off his gloves and touched the black cable insulation.

"But this main line is still warm."

The gaunt expert stepped forward, took out a military-grade voltage tester, and touched the outside of the insulation layer.

The indicator light glowed with a faint red light.

"A microcurrent is passing through."

The gaunt expert looked up at Su Ran.

"This line connects to the factory's underground level. There's an independent power source operating down there."

He pulled up a diagram of the factory layout on his tablet and frowned.

"In the architectural drawings that Europa published before the cataclysm, Soma Military City did not have an underground level at all."

Su Ran's gaze followed the black cable downwards.

It finally stopped on a thick steel floor at the intersection of several heavy machine tools.

He stepped forward, his military boots echoing dully as they stomped on the steel plate.

The solid explosion-proof plate is over 30 centimeters thick, with the seams welded shut and the surface given an aged camouflage finish.

"Good technique, this has been specially disguised with physical means."

Su Ran spoke up, "Everyone, step back."

The major immediately gave a hand signal, and all the guards quickly retreated ten meters, aiming their guns at the steel plate.

Su Ran placed the explosion-proof steel plate on her palm.

"receive."

The steel plate, weighing several tons, vanished instantly, disappearing into infinite space.

Below is an alloy staircase leading into the depths.

On both sides of the stairs, dim red emergency lights were lit.

Without hesitation, Su Ran strode down the steps, followed closely by the major and several elite soldiers.

When they reached the top of the stairs and saw the scene before them, not only the experts who had followed them down, but even Su Ran's eyes flashed with an extremely strong sense of surprise and joy.

This is a sealed, temperature-controlled storage room, about half the size of a football field!

Under the dim red light, what came into view were neatly stacked military green sealed waterproof and shockproof boxes, piled up like a small mountain.

The air was filled with the unique scent of premium gun lubricant.

"Quick! Open it and see!"

The expert, who was extremely thin, was so excited that his voice was trembling.

Several soldiers immediately stepped forward and used crowbars to violently pry open a three-meter-long heavy sealed box.

"Clang!"

Lift the lid, tear off the thick moisture-proof foil inside, and a layer of precision mechanical parts, gleaming with a cold metallic luster, lies quietly in the shock-absorbing foam.

"This...this is..."

The old expert rushed to the box, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"Oh God!"

This is the powertrain and fire control core of the 'Storm' main battle tank, which was under top-secret development by the Europa Alliance before the cataclysm, and even the Great Xia military hadn't obtained complete data on it!

The old expert was so excited that he gestured wildly and turned to look at Su Ran.

"Advisor Su!"

This is not a blueprint! This is not an experiment!

This is a perfectly manufactured core component that has completely passed the testing phase!

Judging by the size, there must be at least a hundred sets hidden here!

Each set represents the pinnacle of human land warfare mechanical engineering in the old era!

"This came just in time!"

The expert on being skinny also had shining eyes and excitedly added,

"Advisor Su, as long as these treasures are sent back to Daxia and handed over to our Academy of Engineering!"

In less than a month, we will be able to achieve perfect reverse engineering!

Combined with the fact that Great Xia now possesses the world's unparalleled crystalline core energy...

"In less than three months!"

The Great Xia can create a completely new concept of heavy mech formation!

"Directly upgrade the existing armored brigades through iterative processes!"

Listening to the experts' enthusiastic reports, Su Ran looked at the warehouse full of treasures from the previous dynasty, and the smile on his lips gradually widened.

What does the Great Xia Dynasty lack most in its fight against the apocalypse?

It's about heritage! It's about time!

Developing a top-tier heavy armor core would require the combined efforts of countless experts over several years.

It is thanks to the outer layer of protection that these precious mechanical parts have been preserved intact.

"It seems that these politicians from the former government did at least do something humane before they went bankrupt."

Su Ran was in a great mood. With a wave of his hand, invisible spiritual power instantly enveloped the entire underground storage room.

"Since they won't have a chance to use them, then all these treasures belong to Great Xia!"

"Take them all with you!"

hum!

Its mental energy swept over them.

Hundreds of military-green sealed boxes containing the powertrain and fire control core of the "Storm" main battle tank disappeared on the spot.

They were all incorporated into infinite space.

The old expert was still holding the flaw detector, looking at the empty basement.

The gaunt expert closed his notebook and pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

The major gave a tactical hand signal.

Several Xia soldiers, guns at the ready, spread out to check the surrounding corners to see if there were any other hidden doors.

Su Ran turned around and walked towards the alloy staircase leading to the exit.

Su Ran exhaled a breath of white air.

The politicians from the former European government have now been resettled in designated safe zones in Great Britain.

Before the catastrophe, this group controlled the resources of the entire continent.

After the catastrophe, they survived the first wave of zombies thanks to underground nuclear protection facilities.

After the Great Xia Expeditionary Force established its defensive line, it forced them out from underground.

This group of people doesn't even have their own army now.

But in name, they are still official representatives.

This is entirely based on Da Xia's consideration of the ecological niche of the wasteland.

Someone has to occupy the ecological niche in the wasteland.

Great Xia needs a nominal local strongman to appease its millions of foreign civilians.

If the official government were to completely collapse, the various mercenary groups and awakened organizations beneath it would quickly fill the power vacuum.

North America is a perfect example; Luke's "Beacon of Freedom" has nominally taken over the legitimate government status of North America.

In Europe, there are quite a few wasteland factions that want to swallow up the former government.

Therefore, the Great Xia military headquarters only gave a cold, indifferent reply at the highest meeting.

"Great Xia does not accept the collapse of the European government."

With just this one sentence, the guns of the Wasteland Awakened forces were forcibly silenced.

The heavy combined arms brigade of Daxia is stationed outside the safe zone. Anyone who dares to touch the former government is going to war with the regular army of Daxia.

The previous government was given a breather.

In return, they handed over the coordinates of hundreds of strategic material depots, relinquished control of the military, and transferred outdated nuclear weapons.

Da Xia accepted everything without question.

Su Ran walked up the alloy steps, her mind churning with thoughts.

Initially, everyone thought that the Great Xia had thoroughly exposed and exploited these former European governments.

However, it seems that some things have been overlooked.

"Two experts, before the disaster, the Great Xia Engineering Institute must have had quite a few technical exchanges with Europa, right?"

Su Ran's voice wasn't loud. She turned to the two experts beside her and asked,

Before the catastrophe, what were the key investment areas that the Europa Union publicly promoted?

Whether it's in mass production or still on paper, even a semi-finished product counts!