Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!-Chapter 252 - 104: Manipulating the Beast Tide?_2

"Understood...."

Xie Liu let out a long sigh and then said:

"I’m just worried that their kind of rules... might have a negative impact on us."

"Don’t worry, it won’t."

Chen Jian gave a mysterious smile and then said:

"The reason why men among the refugees currently have privileges is because they have a strong need for security, and the able-bodied men are the ones who can best protect them."

"But now, the need for security has been satisfied."

"In the days to come, they will have a lot of work to do."

"Whoever does more, whoever does better, will get to eat more food."

"That is the greatest fairness."

"Rest assured, the privileged rule of these ’ruling classes’ over this refugee squad will soon collapse and turn into a more equitable ’competition rule.’"

"No more than three days."

"Just wait and see."

"Understood!"

Xie Liu replied solemnly, suppressing the urge to "administer justice."

When she looked at that refugee squad again, she keenly noticed a woman quietly fishing out the dried meat from her bowl and hiding it in her bosom.

When the men weren’t paying attention, she stuffed the dried meat into a child’s mouth.

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Xie Liu’s mouth.

She knew that the commander’s judgment had already begun to prove true...

.....

After settling the refugees, Chen Jian did not delay much. He briefly organized dinner for everyone, arranged the evening’s activities and rest schedules, and then immediately gathered the core members into the operations command room to discuss the clues brought by the refugees regarding Jurong Town.

Half an hour ago, a Tianqiong-S reconnaissance drone had taken off and was currently circling over Jurong Town.

Through the images transmitted back by the drone, Chen Jian and others clearly saw the situation in Jurong Town.

Blood everywhere, corpses strewn all over.

Many makeshift houses were destroyed, and a few buildings showed signs of burning.

However, no evidence of large-scale explosions or automatic weapon fire was found throughout the town.

Clearly, the information provided by the refugee squad was true; this was indeed the work of monsters.

Judging from the extent of the destruction, it might even be a Level 4 Monster.

Why would it actively attack a human settlement?

Is it truly because of the Mechanical God Sect’s "encirclement and driving away"?

Or is it that the Mechanical God Sect was merely chasing it, and the tragedy in Jurong Town was just an accident?

Chen Jian frowned and then asked:

"Fu Xi, can you find traces of the Mechanical God Sect Guard Brigade or the monster?"

"It’s been no more than 48 hours since Jurong Town was attacked; they shouldn’t have gone far."

"Sorry, no relevant traces found."

Fu Xi’s voice echoed in the operations command room:

"The other party may have used rivers and watercraft for mobility, unknown speed, unknown direction, and the search range is too large. No results yet."

"If necessary, I will continue to use the Tianqiong drone to search with Jurong Town as the center, which is expected to take about 20 hours to complete the screening of the entire area."

"....Forget it, it’s too time-consuming."

Chen Jian shook his head and put down the laser pointer in his hand.

Then he said:

"This matter is very abnormal, and I hope everyone will take it seriously."

As his voice fell, everyone’s expressions immediately became solemn.

"First, the crisis in Jinling City has just been resolved. According to Zhang Tao’s statement and combined with the drone reconnaissance situation, it can be determined that all nearby Holy Temple Guard Brigades were initially mobilized towards Jinling City."

"Even if they gave up entering Jinling, they should have quickly mobilized to other sparsely defended towns instead of lingering and fighting on the outskirts."

"Second, according to the refugees’ description, the combat method of this Guard Brigade is clear, and their goal is obvious. Based on existing clues, the only possibilities are tracking and encirclement hunting."

"In other words, this is a planned and premeditated military operation."

"And evidently, this military operation was executed by the Guard Brigade originally planned to enter Jinling City."

"This is very suspicious."

"What kind of military operation is so important that it can make the Guard Brigade give up protecting Jinling and make the so-called ’Saint’ change his attitude and abandon the pressure plan?"

"I think the events in Jurong Town are just a very superficial ’accident.’"

"What they are really doing might be far more than what we can see."

As his voice fell, everyone in the meeting room furrowed their brows.

After a moment of silence, Ji Xing suddenly asked:

"Could it be possible that what they’re doing is related to the so-called beast tide?"

"Beast tide?"

Chen Jian was taken aback, then said:

"Logically speaking... it shouldn’t be related."

"According to Wang Lizhi’s statement, the beast tide is a group behavior formed by spontaneous communication between monsters."

"The Mechanical God Sect might be able to predict that the beast tide is coming, but they are unlikely to deliberately trigger it, right?"

"Their technology tree is geared towards machinery. Can they communicate with monsters?"

"What’s this, some kind of wasteland spirit beast sect?"

"Not necessarily."

Lei Jie let out a long sigh, then said:

"The monster at the Huangzhou Ruins already explains a lot."

"The Mechanical God Sect has indeed tried to tame monsters. Since they dare to do it, I suspect they must have some means of communicating with monsters."

"Otherwise, if relying solely on the most primitive methods, the efficiency of taming would be too low."

"In this regard, we need to pay attention."

"At the very least, we must be prepared."

"Makes sense."

After these words, everyone’s expressions in the operations command room became even more serious.

Triggering a beast tide deliberately?

The target of such an action doesn’t even need to be said, does it?

No wonder Jin Cheng’s attitude changed so quickly, no wonder he agreed almost "without hesitation" to the resource demands from the Huaxia Army.

No wonder he specifically suggested changing the delivery time to "monthly."

This pattern, Chen Jian was all too familiar with.

Have a few rounds of tribute for peace, and when the time is ripe, launch a surprise attack??

What is this, a Civilization VI veteran player?!

Dare to play us like this?

Aren’t they afraid of their intentions being exposed, inviting early retaliation from the Huaxia Army?

No.

Even now, we don’t have enough evidence to prove they’re trying to trigger a beast tide.

They can explain this action as an accident.

And indeed, it might truly be an accident.

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The only thing Chen Jian trusts implicitly is his own intuition.

"Where there’s abnormality, there’s a reason," and in such intense struggles, it’s not excessive to speculate maliciously about one’s enemies.

With this in mind, he said:

"The insiders we have in Jinling City need to act."

"Synchronize information to He Shuo and Zeng Yi, and notify them to try and uncover the intentions of the Mechanical God Sect."

"If they’re indeed guiding the beast tide to try and attack us..."

"Then, no matter when the beast tide comes."

"We must first take out this so-called Pope!"

"Understood!"

....

A few minutes later, within Jinling City.

After reviewing the intelligence from Fort 011, He Shuo turned to Zeng Yi and asked:

"So, what do you think?"

"Do you think the Mechanical God Sect has the ability to actively guide a beast tide?"

"Hard to say."

Zeng Yi shook his head and replied:

"The information they previously provided us about the Mechanical God Sect was largely edited and beautified, with limited real information and no core secrets at all."

"But for such a deeply rooted organization, I don’t believe for a second that they don’t have something up their sleeve."

"I think the commander is right to consider this thoroughly."

"Regardless of whether they do or don’t, we must treat it cautiously."

"Let’s find a way to probe them first."

"Or else... maybe we should try contacting that brigade commander?"

"Zhang Tao or Jin Zhong?"

He Shuo asked.

"Jin Zhong!"

Zeng Yi responded decisively:

"Zhang Tao is a speculator; he’s not likely to share intelligence with us at this time, as the Mechanical God Sect has only just started moving."

"Even if he wants to trade with us, he’d definitely wait until the situation is beyond salvage before agreeing."

"But Jin Zhong... he owes us two lives."

"Without betraying the Mechanical God Sect, I think he might provide useful information."

"Agreed."

He Shuo stood up and then said:

"Contact Jin Zhong and have him come to us."

"Tell him we have important matters that we need to discuss with him!"

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