The Military Inquiries of Both Sides

In a small alley in Gasoline Town, a manhole cover was slowly lifted, and two women's heads peeked out.

Fortunately, the oasis residents were very prepared for danger in such a harsh environment as the radiation zone. They built up a sewer system, a subway system, and even some air-raid shelters that were built during the civilized era.

In the event of an unavoidable danger, the residents of Gas Town can be evacuated underground.

Vice versa.

"Sister Du, this is bad, there are a lot of radioactive beasts outside."

Knowing she had almost caused a major disaster, Huang Yuanli dared not use her telepathy again, but in the current chaos, they dared not run around recklessly.

Du Zhaodi pondered for a moment and said, "I remember he has a hidden base, right? Let's go there."

The young woman was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "No, Sister Du, the perverted consultant said that there is too much metal scrap at the recycling station. Once the war starts, it will be quickly occupied by mechanical beasts and used as their lair."

"But have you ever considered where those mechanical beasts came from if these artificial soldiers can be airdropped in? The frontline defenses are much tighter than here. With this small force, they couldn't possibly open a gap and let the radioactive beasts in."

"You mean—"

A glint of wisdom flashed in Du Zhaodi's eyes. "They must have used what was nearby to drive away the radioactive beasts, so the most dangerous place became the safest place."

"I'm not sure, but we can take a gamble!"

After the two women reached a consensus, they immediately began their escape, deliberately choosing intricate paths and avoiding metal buildings.

Mechanical bio-beasts don't eat people. While radioactive beasts are carnivorous, they actually prefer meat containing various forms of energy.

In this respect, they are much more "vegetarian" than normal wild animals.

"I'm so glad you're all alright," Huang Wen said, visibly relieved as the headset reconnected. "I'll give you the coordinates now; our people are there."

"You peeping tom, you're so wise after the event! We almost lost our lives!" Huang Yuanli complained.

Huang Wen paused, seemingly thinking about how to answer, but then another Huang Wen's voice suddenly rang out, rising eight octaves.

"Don't believe her! She's an electronic knight of the Knights of the Galaxy, and she's hacking into my hardware!"

"Impersonating me?" The first "yellow text" quickly calmed down. "Sure enough, I knew it wouldn't be that simple."

"Get out of Gasoline Town quickly. There are no sensory signals outside. Once you're outside, you'll be safe," the second "Huang Wen" shouted.

"Go to the place I just mentioned; Professor Han and Aunt Xiang are both there."

"Throw away your headphones immediately! If you wear them, it can locate you. My drone has been hacked, and it's hunting you down!"

"Don't trust her. Without the earpiece, I can't help you avoid the enemy. That's her goal!"

Huang Yuanli looked at Du Zhaodi helplessly.

"Whom should we believe?"

Du Zhaodi gritted her teeth, grabbed the earphones, and threw them into the sewer.

"Let's not believe either of us; let's only believe in ourselves."

At this moment, in a large computer room

Professor Han and Aunt Xiang watched the drone's surveillance footage with serious expressions.

The scene shows hundreds of artificial soldiers, in squads of ten, frantically searching for the two women.

"So, have you found them?" Professor Han asked.

"We just found them, but they left behind the tracking device."

"Why?" Aunt Xiang asked in surprise.

"Hehe, because they don't believe you stinky men can protect them."

A seductive voice rang out.

"Electronic Knight Selena, it's you again."

"Hehe, little brother, you're quite clever this time. You distributed the brain processor among six large processors, deliberately delaying my intrusion."

"Yes, I have reviewed your methods and found that your hacking capabilities are still inferior to those of a real Cyber Hacker. You cannot directly control the human system to detonate the prosthetic body, but instead cause hardware overload by contaminating the program with a virus."

"You shouldn't be called the Electronic Knight, you should be called the Virus Knight."

"Hehehe, little brother, so what if you know that? You still can't protect your people."

"Software is a paradise for viruses, but the desert is a world of hardware."

"What's the meaning?"

"You hacked into me by following the data stream, so naturally I can also use my own methods to capture your true form. It's fair, isn't it?"

The red light on the screen turned green again.

"She's gone, or rather, she's conducting a system self-check to ensure that the virus transmission route hasn't been traced. Director Du and her team are safe for the time being."

Aunt Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, but Huang Wen's voice rang out immediately afterward.

"But once she's sure she's not being counter-tracked, she'll become completely unrestrained."

"Are Lao Qian and his team confident they can find the real body?"

Aunt Xiang said uncertainly, "They do have some folk methods to deal with electronic biological viruses in the urban area, but whether they are effective on living people is hard to say—"

Professor Han pondered for a moment and said, "Send out the hidden troops."

"I object," Huang Wen's electronic voice said almost without pause, "In the boss's plan, the hidden forces are the last resort, and they cannot be used unless absolutely necessary."

"You should understand what it means if the hidden forces are exposed. We will go from being allies of the security forces to being objects of fear."

"This hidden force should have officially revealed itself after we established the oasis and set up the hunter base."

"I'm not acting on emotion," Professor Han said calmly. "Manager Huang, you should also understand the value of a mechanical engineering committee member. She is an indispensable member of our future plans."

If we consider the Iron Sand Desert as a country, then the Machinery Commission would be equivalent to the Senate, and the Machinery Committee members would be equivalent to the senators.

Although this identity is mostly just a puppet manipulated by various forces.

However, it would be absolutely impossible without this 'puppet' as eyeliner.

New technology proposals from giant corporations, infrastructure projects in the Oasis, product bidding by military contractors, and immigration plans for the Machine City.

The simplest example is that after the beast tide, when the senior engineer was developing the new oasis, without a committee member to protect his rights and negotiate and balance interests with the leaders of enterprises, factories, and the machinery city, he would have been ripped off.

The reason Du Zhaodi was able to become a councilor was not only because she herself came from a factory background, had a clean record, and held a high rank, thus representing the interests of the equipment research institute where she worked, but also because the two brigadier generals played a significant role in her appointment.

The highest commander of the security forces is only a lieutenant general, a major general is already a high-ranking official in charge of a region, and a brigadier general is only a step away from a major general. They are all standard power players. It is also a big reason why they managed to gather enough votes from their respective "factions".

There was no other way; behind the Central Desert lay the 'Factory,' and behind the 'Factory' lay the Mechanical City. If one of the oases in the Central Desert were to be breached, it would be a matter of life and death.

Compared to losing one's head, having one's flesh cut off is bearable in an instant.

This is a special case of a highly qualified mid-level elite who was pushed to the forefront at a crucial juncture, and it does not represent the general situation.

Capturing Du Zhaodi and turning her into an informant for the Knights is the second most important objective after destroying the "Biofactory".

After all, not everyone would risk their life to see an old flame.

Especially when most of the senior management in factories are AI.

All I can say is that although his character continues to decline, the senior engineer still has enough charm as a young, handsome man.

Huang Wen eventually agreed.

"Currently, we can only deploy a portion of the mechanical beast force; there are too few operators."

"I'm working on procuring the modification drugs as quickly as possible," Professor Han sighed. "If we could obtain the Knights' technology for modifying soldiers, things would be much easier."

Aunt Xiang was one of the few people who knew the truth. The senior engineer only sold the "special effects machine" and the "monster-luring artifact". He also frequently sent people to other war zones under the guise of providing free training. His purpose was not so benevolent.

What's most abundant during the beast tide? Naturally, it's all kinds of mechanical beasts.

The mechanical beast forces that the senior engineers have hidden in various places are definitely not a small number.

However, Aunt Xiang is not Professor Han or Huang Wen after all; her way of thinking is not so "purely rational".

She gritted her teeth. "I'm going to call and yell at those old idiots. After all these years of being useless, have their skills really gone to waste? They weren't this slow when tracking B-grade beasts back in the day."

In one of the Knights' hidden bases

The Iron Knight Flag is being questioned by the Round Table Revenge Conference.

On the tall electronic round table, a dozen tall, indistinct figures were staring coldly at him.

"Qi, without applying for permission, you mobilized the Beast God General, who was just successfully tested! Do you know how rare an artificial planet monster is? This is our greatest asset in fighting against the mechanical octopus of the Mother City!"

"If the news gets out, can you afford the consequences?"

"Or are you prioritizing your own task over the bigger picture?"

Strictly speaking, the Grand Knight still belongs to the Knight class, but his strength has exceeded the upper limit of Knight (level 30).

Above the knights are the standard-bearers.

Throughout the entire planet, there are no more than twenty standard-bearers, each of whom is in charge of a revenge mission in a certain "planetary region".

To truly become the standard-bearer, one must complete the "subversive mission" in the Iron Sand Desert.

According to normal historical records, he clearly succeeded.

"The beast tide cannot fail," the Iron Knight said expressionlessly. "Only when the situation becomes completely out of control will the Cloud Nobles be forced to cooperate with us, and only then will our infiltration of the factory succeed."

"But you dispatched the Beast God General, only to save two useless beasts!" a flag bearer roared, his entire mechanical body surging with terrifying energy fluctuations, like a vast ocean, and its background seemed to be on some asteroid outside the planet.

"They are not two useless beasts, but an ancient species of radiation beast and an energy species of radiation beast. With them, we can control the sky beast tide. The newly born A-level radiation beasts do not have the ability to fly, which is their only weakness."

"You need to go to 'Data Heights' and explain to the Knight Commander yourself. I can't guarantee that your personality template won't be modified."

An elderly standard-bearer spoke.

"I will persuade the Knight Commander," the Iron Knight said confidently.

Meanwhile, the Mountain was also being questioned by military officials, but the ones questioning him were high-ranking members of the Security Forces.