Black Winter

The battlefield is not a game of chess. In fact, while the senior engineer was making his move, the Crimson Queen was also making her move.

Lanterns appeared in the sky above an electronics city, and under their illumination, the city's 'simulated environment' quickly collapsed.

The Crimson Queen slowly stepped inside and appeared before a 'gun-wielding beast,' an electric deer with a collar around its neck.

The crimson queen's A-level aura suppressed it, making it dare not move an inch. Then, she gently reached out and broke off the collar.

The 'Central Nerve Direct Control Ring' was split in two, making a 'buzzing' sound, and a red nerve bundle wrapped around the 'collar'. She quickly figured out its abilities.

Without the collar, the electric reindeer became visibly agitated, its two machine guns suddenly raised and began firing wildly at the nearby Crimson Queen.

However, all the bullets fired disappeared.

The Scarlet Queen devours bullets far faster than it attacks.

The empress waved her hand dismissively, and the next moment, a terrifying carpet of flesh engulfed them.

After figuring out how the "collar" worked, she was quite dismissive of it.

The collar is applicable to radiation-emitting beasts with a radiation value of less than 10,000, which is Class C or below.

The Cable Tribe possesses unique animal taming skills, which can raise the level of animal taming by one level to C-level, but that's all.

She floated to the front of the motion-sensory device again, grabbed it from a distance, and the outer sheet metal began to tear, revealing the electronic components inside.

Slightly to her surprise, a thin membrane covered the surface of the electronic component. The membrane absorbed the radiation and converted it into electrical energy, acting like a special filter.

The Crimson Queen frowned slightly, extended her hand, and transformed it into a cloud of blood mist that enveloped it.

She sensed the power of the Fission Duke... and her own power, from this membrane.

This greatly angered the Scarlet Queen.

The next moment, lanterns rose one after another from the scavenger city, each lantern drifting towards an electronics city.

Under the glow of the lanterns, the "illusion" created by the electronics market quickly dissipated.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Huang Wen's voice rang out from the electronic screen.

"Operation Number One has entered its incubation period, and Operation Number Two is underway."

The next moment, all the electronics stores began to shut down one by one.

At the same time, twenty security forces aircraft began to enter their flight paths. As the noses of the aircraft rose and the landing gears retracted, they quickly appeared in the high sky.

This time, however, the aircraft did not engage in combat with the flying beasts. Instead, it opened its cabin and quickly airdropped countless drones, which flew off in multiple directions like a flock of migrating birds.

Meanwhile, the "Special Effects Generator" and "Monster Lure" attached to the drone system began to activate.

In an instant, countless illusions appeared. Although they were not as realistic as the "Electronic City," the feeling that made the monsters restless was real.

The Crimson Queen's face darkened; the 'lantern' couldn't keep up with the drone's speed.

More importantly, even if you destroy one, there are countless other drones of the same kind that are not afraid of your attacks. If you waste your time here, you will be playing right into their hands.

Moreover, the Scarlet Queen sensed the same aura on those drones.

There's a mole in the family!

If the Scarlet Queen could speak, she would surely utter this sentence with great sorrow.

How did you, a perfectly normal radioactive beast, end up siding with humans?

What made her even more uneasy was that, in just a few hours, the number of fallen Class B radioactive beasts had approached double digits.

Is this what they want?

The Crimson Queen rose into the air, her mouth agape, countless blood vessels stretching out as her mouth opened wide.

Amidst the beast tide, all the Class B radiant beasts raised their heads.

The next moment, the behemoths began to converge on the car city, clearly intending to gather high-level combat power in one place and take down the enemy's key stronghold first.

Above, the senior engineer calmly watched this scene, remained silent for a moment, and then said:

"Arrange the evacuation of personnel."

"We have guests coming, and there will likely be more than one group."

Class B behemoths are no less intelligent than humans; they deliberately placed the thick-skinned, vomiting behemoths and tree-root monsters at the front.

Surprisingly, the surrounding bunkers showed no signs of attack.

As expected, a series of explosions rang out as they advanced.

The enemy has buried a large number of booby traps underground.

When fighting against beast hordes, booby traps are far more effective than flying weapons, since flying weapons are likely to lose contact while in flight.

A booby trap will inevitably explode if it bears enough weight.

These booby traps might not kill the tough-skinned Class B radioactive beasts, but they should be able to delay their advance.

Amidst the continuous explosions, the B-class radiation beasts received no order to retreat. Under the pressure of the beast tide's will, they could only keep advancing, and several of them quickly lost more than half their health.

The Scarlet Queen was not sending them to their deaths; in fact, she was coordinating with another special military operation.

Zhao Xie stealthily walked to a hidden passage, turned on the battlefield communicator, and marked a newly opened biological factory.

He marked a total of eight bio-factories, all of which were newly built.

"Well done, Manager Zhao," came Geville's praise from the other end of the communicator.

"You need to hurry. According to my information, they are already arranging for people to be transferred."

"Don't worry, this time the team is led by eight knights, and they will destroy everything."

Destroying everything wasn't enough. When news of the "radiation annihilation agent" came from an inside source within the Mechanical Committee, not only was the Grand Knight Banner shocked, but the Round Table Conference was also convened in special order because of it.

An insecticide that can deal with low-level radiation beasts can naturally be effective against high-level radiation beasts.

If it can deal with land-based species, it can certainly deal with marine species as well.

Based on this calculation, the attack could not only disrupt the upcoming "Hydra Campaign," but could even severely impact future holy wars.

The Grand Knight gave him a death order: in addition to destroying all the raw materials of this "poison," he must also obtain its formula.

Soon, Zhao Xie heard intense gunfire as one artificial soldier after another charged in through the significantly reinforced passage, disregarding casualties.

A tall mechanical monster soon appeared. It was nearly three meters tall and was not only half-human and half-machine, but also half-human and half-horse. Its four electronic eyes emitted red light at the same time, staring at the direction where he was hiding.

"Come out."

"Honorable Centaur Knight Haili, I—"

"Enough with the nonsense, lead the way," Haili said coldly, raising his mechanical chin arrogantly.

"Yes."

With his head under someone else's roof, Zhao Xie sighed inwardly and began to lead the way.

"Why are there no living people?" Hai Li suddenly asked.

"Because according to the new security guidelines, in the event of an attack like the last one, personnel must be evacuated immediately."

"Foolish kindness," Haili scoffed.

Zhao Xie cautiously said, "I've memorized their retreat route, what do you think?"

"Inflated ruthlessness," the centaur knight glanced at him as he took the information from the other party, "It seems you're well-suited to survive in the Knights Order."

Zhao Xie forced a smile, but inwardly cursed, "What kind of lunatics are these?"

Soon, after passing through a series of mechanical doors, they arrived at the storage location of the 'Radiation Annihilation Agent'.

Test tubes are stored in a sterile room, and inside the tubes is a jet-black liquid.

Hai Li gave a slight signal, and soon an artificial soldier pried open the door of the sterile room and took out a reagent.

On the other side, a group of researchers were evacuating in an orderly manner, given ample time due to the increased defensive capabilities.

Some even suggested taking some of the materials with them as backup.

Professor Han sternly rejected this.

Halfway there, the colonist Salina, who had been scouting ahead, quickly returned, carrying a large bag of gas masks and protective suits.

Professor Han silently took the set and put it on.

"Professor, what is this?" a member of the Biological Mutation Society asked in astonishment.

"Gas mask."

"Uh, I know these are gas masks, but why do we have to wear them?"

"If you want to die, you don't have to wear it."

The others looked at Salina, the female colonist, who patiently explained, "Every safe house in the oasis has a sealing mechanism to prevent radiation beasts with special abilities from finding the door."

"Once sealed off, air will not circulate, and we can survive using oxygen breathing devices for up to three days."

"Usually, after three days, the wild animals outside will leave, and we will be able to leave safely."

"But why do we have to wear gas masks?" another person asked blankly. "Why don't we just wear oxygen masks?"

Now it was Salina's turn to be puzzled.

"Haven't you been developing that dangerous nerve gas 'Black Winter' all along?"

"Aren't you afraid if that thing explodes?"

"Nerve gas!? Haven't we been researching that radiation annihilation all along—"

Seeing the lab leaders quickly donning their protective suits, the remaining researchers' expressions changed, and without a word, they rushed towards the remaining protective suits.

Good heavens! We thought you big shots were just taking us to heaven, but it turns out you're taking us to the Western Paradise!

As the centaur knight pulled the stopper from the reagent tube, a cloud of poisonous gas rushed out. The next moment, the air seemed to be sucked away instantly, replaced by all sorts of illusions. The largest illusion was that the whole world began to melt.

"No, no—"

"Help! Help!"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die."

The artificial soldiers, whose emotions had been emasculated, seemed to be beginning to recall the feelings they had when they were human.

One glass tube began to melt, and the remaining glass tubes also melted rapidly.

In addition to this one bio-factory, seven other bio-factories also experienced cascading effects.

Level 5 Creature Blueprint: Black Winter

In the blueprint system, level five represents the upper limit of a level one civilization, or a planetary civilization.

Once released, this level of biological weaponry would be comparable to a historical natural disaster.

Zhao Xie seemed to have entered a "fairyland," where he gained power, wealth, and the respect and worship of everyone.

He stood above ten thousand people.

Du Zhaodi stood not far away, smiling as she watched him.

Then he stretched out his palm, which was an arm that had rotted into flesh and bone.

Zhao Xie looked down in astonishment and found that his entire body was rotting.

Frost slowly condensed from the rotting flesh.