Scorched Earth Plan
It wasn't until the next day that a shocking message reached the rear.
General Tiger Demon Mountain, the top fighter in the security force, is dead.
When Dong Li heard the news, his mind went blank.
In fact, he had just seen the Mountain yesterday, and he should have been the last security officer to meet him.
When the traitor Geville fled, a bunch of people were implicated, and the headquarters was in a state of panic.
Therefore, Mo Shan rushed over from the front line without stopping, and kindly reassured a group of officials. He was the last one to meet with them.
The conversation was in progress when a phone call came in. The Mountain's expression immediately turned sour, and he cursed under his breath, calling them "ungrateful natives" and "pigs." He then immediately arranged for a private jet to pick them up.
The conversation ended abruptly.
Who could have imagined that just one day later, they would receive news of the other person's death?
When he learned that the person who killed Demon Mountain was actually Senior Engineer, he was stunned once again.
This time, the stunned silence lasted even longer than the last time.
He had met the senior engineer before.
He had a vivid memory of this young man.
As the legion's representative, he was responsible for awarding medals to two young men in recognition of their significant contributions to resisting the beast tide.
He also took the opportunity to discuss a business deal.
Biological warriors are indeed powerful weapons on the battlefield and deserve a war badge.
This is nothing.
What he valued more were the two sets of new equipment that were purchased in large quantities. With these equipment, the efficiency of ordinary soldiers in killing monsters increased by a full three times!
Because of the equipment, at least one-fifth of the yellow zones turned green again.
Of course, without a doubt, this is his achievement.
Therefore, he had a very good impression of the inventor of the equipment, the mechanical hunter named Gao Gong.
He even planned to take him to his oasis for training after the war, since the security force also needed to absorb fresh blood.
However, he never expected that Gao Gong would defeat and even kill Mo Shan, the top fighter in the security force.
Those were super-modified cyborgs that were poached from the mother city at great expense!
His combat prowess was also recognized by the highest-ranking officer of the security force, the lieutenant general, who even praised him.
He alone is worth a thousand-strong army.
However, he was killed by the lowest of mechanical hunters.
How absurd!
There was a knock on the door, and the adjutant's voice rang out.
"Chief of Staff, it's time for questioning."
Dong Li got up and walked to the room outside a meeting room, where he saw another Oasis Chief of Staff preparing to leave.
When the other person saw Dong Li, the corners of their mouth twitched, as if they were trying to force a smile.
Ultimately, it wasn't achieved.
He let out a long sigh.
"How is this battle going?"
Not only Dong Li, but even the investigator sent by the major general twitched his lips.
There's nothing we can do about the current situation; it's truly incomprehensible.
The most difficult and challenging front line has just achieved a remarkable result.
The seemingly safest rear area was taken down by a terrorist organization, and one of the top military commanders turned out to be an inside agent of the terrorists.
The main force of the security force has retained most of its strength, and even several elite units have not yet been deployed.
The other supreme military commander, the most powerful of them all, was defeated.
Absurd.
Utterly absurd!
Does that mean the higher the official rank, the faster they die?
Putting himself in Xiao Tongshao's shoes, Dong Li didn't know how to handle the person in charge of the Central Desert.
They parachuted in a new leader to continue the fight against the beast tide.
Or perhaps they should mobilize troops to avenge the Demon Mountain.
Or they could take advantage of the retreat of the beast tide to launch a counterattack on Scavenger City.
Seemingly contradictory actions can have a profound impact on war.
After he sat down, the investigator began, "Chief of Staff, tell us what you think of this rebel."
"I met him once, no, twice. The first time was in the command post, and he made a deep impression on me then—"
"Was it the time you killed the logistics supervisor, Gao?" the messenger interrupted.
"That's right, my initial thought was that this young man was somewhat arrogant..."
As Dong Li spoke, he let his thoughts wander.
In fact, with the war having progressed to this point, unless Major General Xiao Tong personally takes command, no one can replace the highly decorated Demon Mountain.
But he didn't come.
Is he scared?
That young mechanical hunter possesses combat power surpassing that of the Demon Mountain. If he gets carried away and launches another decapitation strike, taking down another major general, then their Central Desert will truly become infamous.
For some reason, Dong Li found the thought somewhat amusing.
This is probably what dark humor is all about.
So who exactly will be parachuting in?
Information gathered from various channels began to be compiled and reported to the higher-ups of the security force.
Gradually, a character emerged.
Powerful, proud, and with strong likes and dislikes.
Inheriting the human modification technology of the older generation of hunters, they can always come up with all sorts of new equipment, suggesting that they have a dedicated equipment development department.
He has many powerful subordinates, and also a formidable mechanical beast army.
Like advanced radiation beasts, they possess the special ability to control radiation fields and even beast tides.
And the speed that is most difficult to understand.
This person rose to prominence so quickly that it only took three months from start to finish.
Three months ago, the other party was just an ordinary mechanical hunter.
If I had to name a special talent, it would probably be that one part is exceptionally long.
Otherwise, how could she be kept by someone?
A node on the dark web.
On a superyacht in the sulfuric acid river.
A group of dangerous individuals were hiding among them, some playing cards, some smoking, some exercising, and some playing virtual machines—in short, a scene of utter chaos and howling.
Many waiters hesitated to speak, but after seeing the group's thick arms and various modified weapons, they dared not utter a word.
The yacht's previous owner was a tycoon surnamed Wang from the desert. To thank a bigwig in the assassination world for giving his son a free day trip, the tycoon voluntarily transferred the superyacht to him.
The current owner of this superyacht is a wealthy woman known as "Rose Brand".
On the surface, this superyacht is designed for the wealthy to throw wild parties. It is extremely luxuriously decorated, has six decks, four helipads, 30 cabins, including a virtual reality club, a spa, and an indoor swimming pool that doubles as a dance floor.
But secretly, the yacht was actually used for smuggling.
Special items that cannot be transported across the river via the conveyor belt, or luxury goods that cannot be obtained in the desert, or even people, such as wanted criminals by the Mechanical City, ace assassins, or even important figures in the rebel army, can be sent as long as enough is given.
The night before they were to start their operation, the senior engineer sent the people from the Cable Tribe out through the dark web.
The rest was easy. The tamed mechanical beasts were simply "grazed" in any place, and twenty or thirty front-line mechanical hunters, traveling light and hiding during the day and going out at night, easily joined up with the main force.
The first and second floors of the yacht were occupied by mechanical hunters, while the third and fourth floors were the residences of the Cable Tribe members.
The fifth floor is where the core members are located.
On the sixth floor, there was only one senior engineer.
Right now, he's having a virtual video call with Sister Rose.
Rose appears to be at a lavish dinner party, wearing a backless black dress and holding a cocktail.
As for Littlefinger, dressed in a presentable suit, he seemed to have finally escaped from the battlefield, and was exceptionally energetic.
At this moment, his virtual projection was circling around the senior engineer, making clicking sounds.
"I can't believe it, I really can't believe it, you actually killed Demon Mountain."
"That's unscientific, absolutely unscientific! How did you manage that?"
Black Rose remained calm, seemingly unconcerned about the commotion caused by the senior engineer, twirling the bright red liquor in her hand.
"What are your thoughts now? With your current strength and influence, you would be highly valued if you joined any faction other than the security forces."
Where do you want to go?
The senior engineer lay lazily in the swimming pool and chuckled, "Let's go, why should we go?"
Littlefinger looked puzzled.
"You think you can stay? Don't be ridiculous. What oasis would accept you now? You personally killed the security force's ace!"
Littlefinger's expression changed. "You kid, you're not thinking of joining the Knights, are you? That's a place that eats people alive."
The senior engineer waved with a smile, and a bottle of beer was brought over by the android maid.
"How could that be? I'm a law-abiding citizen," he said, taking a swig of wine. "I'm waiting for amnesty."
"You still want to cooperate with the security forces?" Black Rose raised her thin, long eyebrows like a drawn sword.
"Why not?" The senior engineer shrugged.
What are puppet troops like the security corps best at? Of course, they are betraying loyal and good people.
The Demon Mountain is that loyal and virtuous man.
He knew that after the start of the Hydra Campaign, of the six major generals in the security regiments, three defected before the battle, one fled, one disappeared without a trace, and only one died on the battlefield.
What wouldn't this spineless coward do?
Black Rose was silent for a moment, then said, "Do you know about the 'Scorched Earth Project'?"
The senior engineer took a swig of beer and waited to hear what happened next.
"To prevent the oasis from being breached, the security force has been preparing a 'final action plan.' The plan is to drop a nuclear missile from the Sky City's launch silo when the beast tide becomes unstoppable, with the target being Scavenger City."
The senior engineer was stunned for a moment. "Directly destroy the ecosystem of the metropolitan area? Nuclear bombs can't kill irradiated beasts; they might even make them evolve faster."
"That's not entirely accurate," Littlefinger said, seemingly aware of the plan as well. "If the nuclear bomb's yield is large enough, and the energy produced by the nuclear reaction exceeds the absorption rate of those beasts, it can eliminate those monsters."
"Moreover, the main force of this beast tide is the radiated beasts. As long as one of the A-level commanders is killed, the resulting chain reaction will be enough to destroy this beast tide."
He picked his nose with his little finger. "As for whether the high concentration of radiation after the nuclear explosion will create even more terrifying monsters, who cares? We can't even protect our butts anymore, what's the point of having any shame?"
"Besides, bombing the metropolitan area is just Plan B of the 'Scorched Earth Plan.' Everyone knows that the metropolitan area is a super-large nuclear battery. Dropping nuclear bombs there would be twice the result with half the effort."
"What is Option A?" the senior engineer asked.
"Force those two Class A radiated beasts to fight them outside the metropolitan area. At the crucial moment of their battle, biu~~"
The little finger made a parabolic motion.
"They don't even spare their own people. That's typical of the security forces," the senior engineer sighed.
Black Rose took a sip of her drink. "According to my information, this plan has always been controversial at the top. Even if it really comes to that point, it may not get a majority vote."
"However, this only applies to their own people. If it were you, if you were on the front lines fighting the beast horde, then it's certain that this nuclear bomb would fall on your head!"