"Hmm, one condition has been met, allowing them to attack the base!" Shen Heng replied, his eyes slightly darkening.
"What... what are the conditions?" everyone asked.
"Why do you think the Calamity Beast didn't attack the base before?" Shen Heng countered.
"Because you're afraid we'll flip the table?" Li Boyuan replied.
As he spoke, he frowned slightly, his eyes thoughtful as he continued his analysis.
"After all, if pushed to the brink, we might detonate a super-powerful nuclear bomb."
"At that time, the Erosion Zone might collapse due to the fragility of the space."
"Since the Calamity Beast couldn't determine whether the collapsed Erosion Zone would descend upon Blue Star or dissipate, they adopted the original, safer, but slower approach!"
He paused, then looked up at Shen Heng.
"So, you mean the Calamity Beast has met this condition and believes that detonating a nuclear bomb now no longer threatens the space within the Erosion Zone? No, that's not right..."
Li Boyuan lowered his gaze again and began to mutter to himself.
"Even Seventh Tier Calamity Beast would find it difficult to completely withstand a high-yield nuclear bomb, and the current spatial strength of the Erosion Zone is insufficient to support the existence of Seventh Tier Calamity Beast."
"In a fair comparison, the Calamity Beast probably can't yet determine whether we have the capability to destroy the Erosion Zone!"
"In that case..."
As if he had thought of something, Li Boyuan raised his eyes and said in a deep voice with a hint of disbelief:
"Does the Calamity Beast have a way to prevent our nuclear bombs from exploding, or to disable them after they explode?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the meeting room erupted in noise.
"No, this... how is this possible?"
"If they had that ability, shouldn't the Calamity Beast have used it already? Why did they wait until now?"
"Can a nuclear explosion be stopped? This thing isn't..."
One sentence after another was spoken.
At that moment, no one cared about the surrounding environment anymore.
After all, although there are now quite a few high-level martial artists, their ultimate trump card is still the nuclear bomb, which embodies the crystallization of human wisdom.
It was also because of the nuclear weapons that they were able to deal with the threat from the Calamity Beast time and time again!
But now, can we tell them that the nuclear missiles might be ineffective and can't be used against the Calamity Beast?
At the end of the long table.
Zhao Yuan, Chen Zhuo, and Xiao Yu exchanged glances, all equally shocked.
They really didn't expect that a single meeting and a few pieces of information could reveal so much!
"Knock knock knock!"
A heavy knocking sound suddenly rang out in the conference room.
One by one, the figures noticed the sound and fell silent.
Zhou Zhenguo raised his slightly aching hand, coldly swept his gaze over the crowd below, and coldly shouted:
"Alright, if you have any questions, ask one by one. What's with all the noise? Do you think this is a vegetable market?"
There was no response; everyone remained silent.
"Alright, does anyone have any questions?" Zhou Zhenguo asked as everyone quieted down.
Xu Ruiyu, who was sitting at the end, raised his hand.
"You say!"
" Captain Shen, do you mean that the Calamity Beast suddenly gained something or the ability to disable nuclear weapons?" Xu Ruiyu asked.
Shen Heng glanced at Xu Ruiyu and said:
"It's possible they existed before, or they might have seen our nuclear weapons before they started researching them."
"If it existed before but we've never seen it used, it means this thing isn't universally applicable. That is, there might only be one or a few instances of it, and using it might come at a cost. This led the Calamity Beast to decide against using it after weighing the options."
"But in any case, if it existed before, the quantity must be very small, or the cost must have been very high."
"If the research was conducted after witnessing the destructive power of a nuclear explosion, then this substance could be very rare, or it could be extremely abundant."
"Whether it's a large or small number can be determined later based on the situation in other Erosion Zone."
"But in short, this is a situation that is very likely to happen to us right now!"
"But isn't the probability of suddenly developing something or a capability that could disable our nuclear weapons very low?" Xu Ruiyu asked.
Upon hearing this, many people nodded slightly, expressing similar confusion about the issue.
Shen Heng looked at everyone and said, "No, the probability isn't actually as low as you think!"
"Hmm? Why?"
Everyone looked at Shen Heng with some confusion.
"Do you remember what happened a few months ago?" Shen Heng asked.
" Captain Shen, are you referring to the time when they captured the Daoist priest and his men, and forcibly seized a Sixth Tier Calamity Beast?" an officer asked in a deep voice.
"Hmm." Shen Heng nodded, looking at everyone with a serious expression. "Don't you all feel that the Calamity Beast's reaction was strange after that incident? It didn't resist at all, and even voluntarily contracted, like..."
"Like they're waiting for something!" Li Boyuan, sitting opposite, continued the conversation.
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent.
Now they completely understand why Captain Shen believed that the Calamity Beast suddenly had the ability to deal with a nuclear bomb, an event that was originally of low probability, now had a much higher probability of success.
Looking back now, the Calamity Beast's reaction at the time was indeed very strange.
There was no anger, no revenge; they just waited quietly...
Thinking of this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines, a chill stemming from that restraint.
Moreover, and more importantly, if this is really true, then...
Calamity Beast, base, attack...
The crowd's faces were grim, revealing the most unpleasant expressions they had shown since entering the Erosion Zone.
"What should we do now?" a general asked, raising the current issue.
"Now that we've realized the Calamity Beast are planning to attack the base, we should naturally go back to provide support!"
"But wouldn't that fall into the second trap Captain Shen just mentioned? That the Calamity Beast might be deceiving us, trying to lure us back?"
"Didn't we just analyze it? The probability that the Calamity Beast are really going to attack the base is the highest..."
The noise continued for quite a while.
Subsequently, they gradually came to agree on one voice.
Go and provide support!
Given how things have developed, it seems that the only thing we can do is go and offer our assistance!
only...
"No, we can't go to provide support!"
A sound suddenly rang out.
The crowd stopped in surprise, their gazes fixed on the elderly figure sitting at the head of the table, who had barely spoken since the meeting began.
He raised his hand and placed it on the table, his aged face appearing extremely sharp at that moment.
"Commander... why?"
One of the officers asked this almost instinctively.
"At the base, the Daoist is already in the Late Sixth Tier. Although I don't know him very well, based on the information I have so far, at this stage, simply piling up Calamity Beast won't be enough to kill him!" Zhou Zhenguo said sharply.
"In other words, to deal with the Daoist priest stationed there, we'll need at least a few more Sixth Tier Calamity Beast!"
"In this situation, there's no point in us going!"
"Going there would only be suicide!"
"Then... what should we do?" a general asked.
Beside him, Shen Heng looked at Elder Zhou with a slightly surprised yet knowing expression.
Even without cultivation, even as an ordinary person, Elder Zhou's keen insight in many matters still surpasses that of the vast majority of warriors.
Without an immediate response, Zhou Zhenguo turned to look at Shen Heng.
" Shen Heng, do you have a goal?"
After a moment's hesitation, Shen Heng looked at the map projected in mid-air.
Seemingly sensing his gaze, a new change appeared on the map: three points of light began to shimmer slightly.
There are two Eye of Earth Marrow, and one more that was explored during the initial survey of the entire Erosion Zone, but whose purpose remains unknown!
The corresponding data is displayed next to the light spot.
The Eye of Earth Marrow is extremely important to the Calamity Beast; the number of Calamity Beast is less than that of the single remaining point of light.
Shen Heng looked at the map and said:
"These three, I'll leave them for now..."
"Stop talking, let's go to that place we don't even know what it's for!"
Zhou Zhenguo raised his hand and abruptly interrupted.
"If it really is Sixth Tier Calamity Beast, then we won't have enough time to mobilize a large force. Shen Heng, you go directly there, investigate thoroughly, and once you confirm that there is indeed no Sixth Tier Calamity Beast, blow that place up!"
"Also, mobilize troops and rush to the nearest Anchor Point. Send scouts first to confirm there are no Sixth Tier Calamity Beast, then blow that place up!"
"Whether the Calamity Beast succeed or not, they have to bleed them!"
"Also, to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, immediately send someone to the base to relay the message back!"
"Execute all commands immediately!"