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

Su Ran did not linger in the Ruhr industrial region.

After setting down the heavy track forging line, he didn't even listen to the cheers of the foreign workers before pulling up the control stick and flying towards the next target point.

Time is too tight.

The third stop was the Middle East desert industrial park.

What is urgently needed here is a high-precision crystal energy purification reactor.

The fighter jet hovered amidst the swirling yellow sand.

Su Ran didn't even leave the cabin; her mental energy directly covered the cleared area below.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Hundreds of reactors, each weighing tens of tons, fell from the sky and landed steadily in the yellow sand.

The garrison commander below saluted the fighter jet in mid-air, and Su Ran simply returned the salute before the jet climbed up again.

The fourth stop is the Mo City Industrial Zone in the Russian Bear Country.

The fifth stop was a new Latin American mineral vein smelter.

The sixth stop was the North African Fortress No. 3 Assembly Center.

In just one day!

From Soma Heavy Industries in Europe, to the Ruhr industrial region, and then to this North African arms factory.

The core equipment for resuming work in six overseas mega-industrial parks has been fully delivered.

Eight hours later, they returned to the Daxia Kunlun base.

Su Ran strode through the long underground passage, and the identity recognition gates slid open to both sides in sequence.

Today, only Li Guodong remained in the command center.

He was wearing a military shirt and was looking down at a thick document, making annotations.

The ashtray next to it was already overflowing with cigarette butts.

Hearing footsteps, Li Guodong looked up.

Upon recognizing Su as the newcomer, his tense shoulders visibly relaxed. He put down the red and blue pencils in his hand, took off his glasses, and vigorously rubbed his tired brow.

"You're back?"

Li Guodong stood up, picked up the thermos, poured two cups of water, and carried them over.

Su Ran didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly, taking the warm water that Li Guodong handed her.

"In one day, I visited six large industrial parks overseas."

He picked up the paper cup, took a sip, and moistened his parched throat.

"We've sent over all the missing supplies. The site's foundation is already in place, and the technicians have taken over."

He put down the paper cup and looked up at Li Guodong.

"Once all these factories are up and running, we can produce crystal energy weapons using local materials."

That will ease domestic production pressures considerably, and Director Qian won't have to be so anxious every day.

Li Guodong looked at the bloodshot in Su Ran's eyes and spoke with a touch of emotion.

"Thanks for your hard work."

He sat back down in his chair and gave a very fair assessment.

"This matter still needs to be handled by you."

If we relied on a conventional engineering company to deliver them, we would have to clear out high-level mutated beasts along the way, build temporary roads, and then transport them in batches with heavy loads...

Without a full-strength heavy armored combined arms regiment to escort them, it would take at least a month of work for these things to arrive!

"You alone are worth our entire logistics brigade."

"It's just a matter of each person doing their own job. I'm running errands in front, and you guys are coordinating things in the back. Nobody has it easy."

Su Ran replied casually, then his gaze swept across the empty head of the command platform.

The old man at the head of the table is still not here today.

"Old Li, why can't we see the commander again?"

Su Ran stared at the empty seat, her thoughts beginning to wander.

"Has he gone into seclusion again?"

In the first few months of the cataclysm, the leader practically lived and ate in this command center.

Listening to the battle damage reports from the front every day and staring at the defense line on the sand table, I could see the old man's straight back whenever I looked up.

However, recently, the frequency of the leader's public appearances has decreased significantly.

Even the highest-level military meetings are mostly delegated to the General Staff.

Li Guodong paused for a moment while holding the thermos, and did not immediately respond.

"It's strange."

Su Ran quickly reviewed the changes of the past few months in her mind and spoke frankly.

"After the leader went into seclusion twice, he has become increasingly less visible in public."

Li Guodong hesitated for a moment, then his fingers tightened slightly as he held the teacup.

"This time it's not a retreat."

He lowered his voice, which carried an unspeakable gravity, and continued,

"I guess the leader is probably preparing something, or rather, preparing to do something."

Su Ran raised her eyelids, instantly becoming interested.

"What is it?"

"have no idea."

Li Guodong answered decisively, leaning back in his chair and letting out a long sigh.

"It could be the domestic policy and strategy for the foreseeable future, or it could be the overall war plan for the next ten or even twenty years."

Li Guodong raised his hand and pointed to the mountain of battle reports piled up on the table.

"The fighting on the front lines has been going very smoothly during this period, with large areas of ruins being recaptured every day."

But the commander has been spending less and less time looking at these battle reports lately.

The information he requested included casualty rates among survivors in various regions, data on newborns, the production status of supplies at each base, and biological research findings regularly sent by the Academy of Sciences…

Li Guodong paused for a moment, looking intently at Su Ran.

"The leader has been staying at home and rarely going out recently."

To be honest, unless it's something extremely serious, even if I had the title of Director of the National Security Bureau, finding him wouldn't be that easy.

Su Ran fell silent.

His fingers stopped tapping, and he leaned back in his chair, processing the information in Li Guodong's words.

The leader was intentionally avoiding all eye contact.

That proves that if the plans were leaked, they could cause turmoil within the entire upper echelons.

"My prophetic advantage from back then has now been almost completely exhausted."

Su Ran was well aware of the gravity of the situation, and he muttered to himself,

"Perhaps the commander wants to transcend the current local war and continue to point out the future direction for Great Xia."

Just as Su Ran's thoughts were racing, Li Guodong suddenly leaned closer and spoke a few minutes faster than before.

"However, I know that recently the leader has visited the 'Ω-9' special laboratory several times."

"Ω-9" Special Project!

Upon hearing this name, Su Ran's pupils constricted sharply.

This crazy plan, spearheaded by Academician Chen Changhe, attempts to artificially create awakened individuals.

"Damn it, I haven't checked on the progress there for ages because I've been busy with the heavy industry resumption of production."

Su Ran cursed herself inwardly for forgetting such a crucial matter.

"I heard that they've made another breakthrough there."

Li Guodong looked at Su Ran and gestured with his eyes.

"If you have time, you can go and take a look."

Old Chen has made some remarkable progress, and this kind of thing needs your approval, as the first awakened one.