I write obituaries for the gods

“No,” Lin Chen said, “definitely.”

Watching Li Zhanyi's figure disappear into the bathroom doorway, Lin Chen sat down on the sofa and let out a soft breath.

"Lin Chen, Lin Chen, you really need to calm down," he said softly. "When a girl invites you to a banquet, you have to work; when a girl invites you to play games, you have to work. You're being ruined by work..."

......

Chapter 94 Subspace Shield Tunneling Machine

Jiang Zhengge felt that he was probably ruined by his job.

These days, he has hardly had a good night's sleep, and has hardly gone home, spending most of his time at the Investigation Bureau.

Worst of all, after the Walduff Hotel incident, he started dreaming about Xilena again.

"Cough...cough cough..."

Waking up in the folding bed, Jiang Zhengge struggled to get up and coughed a few times.

A thermos was handed to him, and Jiang Zhengge looked up to find Hua Molan standing by the bed.

"You're a pervert," Jiang Zhengge said, taking the cup and unscrewing it. "You even peep at old men sleeping?"

"I've come to check on the progress of Operation Breaking the Nation," Hua Molan said calmly. "Director Jiang, you haven't been reporting to me much lately."

"Don't scold me, I'm not going to be the director," Jiang Zhengge said, taking a sip of hot water and screwing the lid on his cup. "It's too much trouble and I'll offend people."

"Have I offended you?" Hua Molan smiled faintly.

"It's alright. After all, I bypassed you to carry out the operation, and you didn't stop me. You even provided support afterwards."

Jiang Zhengge got up, went into the office's private washroom, and quickly washed up.

After he finished, he returned to Hua Molan and said:

"Just say what you need to say. Why are you asking me to check the progress?"

“We’ve received a letter from the Secret Party,” Hua Molan said softly. “They’ve expressed their support for your current direction.”

Upon hearing this news, Jiang Zhengge paused for a moment, then nodded:

"That's great, that saves you trouble."

“But I must remind you, once Operation Destroy the Country begins, we will have essentially broken ties with the Foundation,” Hua Molan warned softly. “Currently, the Foundation’s public opinion control strategy is that ‘Ideal Country’ is a distorted kingdom created by ‘Captain England’ and the ‘Mentis Cult’ that will devour reality, and that the demigod ‘Baiduozhi’ they sent is working to resolve this threat.”

“Bai Duozhi is probably sitting in the center of the Ideal Kingdom, waiting for public opinion to ferment before announcing that he has ‘successfully taken over the Ideal Kingdom’,” Jiang Zhengge shrugged. “We won’t let him have his way.”

“And if Baiduozhi fails, the Foundation will have no way out,” Hua Molan said. “So you must be prepared that this battle will not be easy.”

“Alright,” Jiang Zhengge stretched out his hand, “Give me the budget for the explosive segment.”

"It's already over, go ahead and spend it yourself." Hua Molan frowned.

"Hey~ Our bureau chief is really loyal."

"That newcomer will also participate in this operation, right?" Hua Molan changed the subject. "He has already killed two demigods."

“Yes, he’s a good lad,” Jiang Zhengge nodded. “I quite like him.”

“Don’t forget, back then you trusted tide Leina far more than he did,” Hua Molan stared into Jiang Zhengge’s eyes. “Take it easy. Although the Secret Party seems to favor him, we still need to be careful.”

“I know what I’m doing,” Jiang Zhengge said softly.

"Alright, I won't put any more pressure on you, otherwise you'll start saying behind my back that I'm a pressure monster," Hua Molan smiled faintly. "The Large Machinery Department informed me that the subspace tunnel boring machine is ready."

"Oh? Finally, some good news."

Jiang Zhengge took out his phone, sent a text message to Lin Chen, and then quickly walked out of the office.

"Come on, Hua Molan, come and participate, let me give you a sense of involvement."

......

"The section chief told us to go directly to the Large Equipment Section." Lin Chen received the text message as he entered the Investigation Bureau lobby.

"B5, let's go!" Li Zhanyi suddenly became excited. "It's been so long since I've ridden a subspace tunnel boring machine! It's been ages!"

Subspace tunnel boring machine... Section Chief Jiang seems to have mentioned it before.

With anticipation, Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi took the elevator together to B5.

Led by a mechanic specializing in heavy machinery, the two walked through a long corridor and arrived at a spacious harbor.

If Lin Chen hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that there was such a large space underground in the Investigation Bureau.

What came into view was a huge port, filled with all sorts of advanced aircraft, tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles whose models he couldn't name. Various heavy machines were in operation, moving platforms loaded with war machines around.

"Is this the Investigation Bureau...?" Lin Chen murmured. "If you didn't know better, you'd think it was the military."

"Because these weapons are usually in the hands of the Armed Forces Department."

Li Zhanyi, with her hands behind her back, walked with Lin Chen through the sky dock with a smile.

"You should know that the ruins of the subspace are not just small urban scenes. Some ruins may be battlefields, and the prototypes of the anomalous entities there are everything that humans have used in war, even atomic bombs may exist."

“That sounds really dangerous,” Lin Chen murmured.

"Why do you think we're called investigators?" Li Zhanyi winked at Lin Chen. "If we really encounter high-risk ruins, we're only responsible for the initial investigation. The armed forces section has to handle the rest."

"Five years ago, the equipment of the Armed Forces Department was not this good. After all, back then, the truly high-risk ruins would be dealt with by contacting the Foundation and having a demigod handle them."

"As you saw later, the interpretation of Operation Ruins was monopolized by the demigods. In order to get out of our passive position, the Armed Forces Department has been receiving funding for several years in a row, which is why it has become like this."

The two walked a long way on the dock, and Lin Chen saw many soldiers wearing exoskeletons along the way, who seemed to be rapidly assembling.

Soon, the two arrived at their destination:

"We're here! This is it!"

Following the direction Li Zhanyi pointed, Lin Chen saw the "tunnel boring machine" suspended above the platform.

To be precise, it looks more like a submarine, with a streamlined black body and white circles painted on it, resembling an orca.

At the bow of the submarine, a huge square drilling rig is slowly rotating under the maintenance of robotic arms.

“This thing has the ability to clear a path in the subspace, and can quickly escape the ruins even if it encounters danger,” Li Zhanyi explained. “It’s just that it’s very shaky when you sit on it. I was so dizzy the first time I sat on it that I almost threw up.”

"This is too sci-fi," Lin Chen scratched his head, "Is our Investigation Bureau really that powerful?"

"It's nothing really. Taking this into the subspace is just like taking the subway to work." Li Zhanyi smiled happily when she saw Lin Chen's surprised expression.

Just then, the swaying hem of a trench coat appeared at the edge of the field of vision: Jiang Zhengge was walking briskly towards them.

"Young people, how was your holiday?" Jiang Zhengge patted Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi on the shoulder.

"I can't wait to start work," Lin Chen chuckled. "I came here as soon as I dropped the girls off at school this morning."

"Really? That's perfect, we can get ready to leave now."

Jiang Zhengge waved his hand, and Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi followed him through the long connecting passage and boarded the subspace tunnel boring machine.

The tunnel boring machine had a large interior, and it took the three of them at least five minutes to navigate around inside before they finally reached the bridge.

“Her name is ‘Orca’,” Jiang Zhengge said, arms outstretched in front of the giant screen on the bridge. “She can handle almost any support-related task, including our subspace tactical command center, aircraft carriers, and gunships. You will love her.”

Lin Chen turned his head and saw Professor Jürgen walking towards him with a smile. He quickly went up to him:

"Good morning, Professor Jürgen. Litty has arrived at the school."

“I know, I know,” Jürgen nodded repeatedly. “She messaged me, saying she had a lot of fun last night…”

"If all goes well, I'll pick them up from school after I resolve the 'ideal state' issue," Lin Chen chuckled.

“Great, very enthusiastic,” Jiang Zhengge smiled. “Well then, before we begin…”

"Let me elaborate on the plan."

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Chapter 95 Plan

In front of the giant screen, a holographic projection floats up, displaying various parameters of the "ideal state".

"Deep Dive Division 1 completed its preliminary investigation of the Ideal Country yesterday, established several outposts on the ground, and roughly determined the nature of the ruins."

After Jiang Zhengge finished speaking, he looked to the side.

Following his gaze, Lin Chen saw a man completely covered in mechanical armor, standing motionless with his arms crossed.

“Bruce, wake up,” Jiang Zhengge shouted, “The meeting is starting.”

However, the figure did not move and remained standing there.

So he was sleeping... Lin Chen looked at the motionless Bruce.

He thought Bruce was just posing and showing off.

"Bruce!"

Jiang Zhengge drew his sidearm and fired a shot at Bruce's head.

"Oh!"

"clang!"

"Ouch!"

The energy shield blocked the bullet, but it still made Bruce shudder.

"Are you crazy, Jiang Zhengge?!"

The helmet visor opened, revealing the angry, tough-looking face of a middle-aged man.

"I'm fucking dreaming about the best part!" Bruce glared at Jiang Zhengge. "Would it kill you to wait a minute?"

Is that the point...? Isn't the point that you got shot in the head?

Lin Chen suddenly felt that the Investigation Bureau was truly full of extraordinary people.

"I don't care what you dreamed about, come to the meeting," Jiang Zhengge waved his hand. "Hurry up, tough guy. You were so energetic yesterday, but you're sleeping like a log today. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"Is it normal to sleep standing up?" Lin Chen asked Li Zhanyi in a low voice.

“Deep divers are like this; they spend a lot of time in the deeper parts of the subspace and have a high need for sleep,” Li Zhanyi whispered in Lin Chen’s ear. “Many deep divers don’t die in the subspace, but get lost in their own dreams that have been corrupted by the subspace and become vegetative.”

"Luckily, I wasn't directly hired by the Deep Dive Division," Lin Chen nodded.

At this moment, Jiang Zhengge and Bruce's verbal sparring finally ended, and Jiang Zhengge's gaze fell on Lin Chen.

"Let me introduce you. This is Lin Chen, a new recruit in our Rapid Response Division," Jiang Zhengge introduced. "He's the one who killed Qingtian and Captain Yinglun."

“Hey, it’s you, kid,” Bruce walked up to Lin Chen and extended his hand. “You’re pretty awesome. A lot of young guys in the Armed Forces Department want to take you down.”

"Kill...me...?" Lin Chen shook hands with Bruce.

"Because you're so popular with the girls in the logistics and HR departments, they look like a bunch of idiots cosplaying special forces," Bruce laughed. "Just bear with it. Who asked you to play such a perverted game, starting the job with this level of merit."

"It's my fault too..." Lin Chen smiled helplessly and said:

"Commander Bruce, will we also be wearing full-body armor like yours later?"

“Hmm? No need, no need, besides you can’t wear it,” Bruce shook his head. “To be precise, this thing is called ‘Warspace Deep-Diving Armor.’ It was designed to allow humans to physically traverse the warp. If you’re using a deep-diving vehicle, you don’t need it.”

"But you're still wearing it, aren't you tired?" Lin Chen couldn't suppress his curiosity any longer.

"I've gotten used to wearing it. After all, it's really durable, just a bit bulky, but it's also very useful in a fight."

Bruce stretched his joints, a savage grin spreading across his face:

"Doesn't it look a lot like the fucking Astartes? I've contacted logistics several times to order custom chainsaw swords, and they insist they have no practical use in combat, damn it..."

"Alright, alright, you can just take a chainsaw in and chop it up," Jiang Zhengge grumbled. "Stop rambling and explain the situation."

“You’re ordering me around, you amateur,” Bruce said, waving his hand. “Quiet down, I’ll get to the point.”

Bruce walked over to the holographic panel and pressed a few buttons casually.

"Simply put, 'The Republic' is actually a classic group of subspace ruins, only pieced together."

Bruce turned around and introduced:

"Imagine the 'ideal state' as an archipelago, where each region is a separate ruin with its own rules and entities."

"I originally thought we could take them down one by one, inserting the anchors one by one, and eventually we would finish. But I found that the people who designed this ideal country must have died a lot. The anchors became ineffective after about half an hour. It must be some kind of effect caused by the spaces being connected together."

"Why not just use the Orca to airdrop a large number of stabilizing anchors at once?" Lucy asked.

"No, the weather is bad in the ruins, we won't be able to throw accurately."