Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!-Chapter 269 - 114: The Underground Great Wall_2

This put him in a great mood as he waited in the office.

Seeing that it was already past 12 o’clock, he followed his usual routine, walked out of the fortress gate, greeted a few new soldiers being punished with standing, and headed straight to the stove to serve himself a bowl of steaming meat porridge.

"Every day it’s this stuff... Fu Xi, can we have something different tomorrow?"

"Received, Commander. How about switching chicken porridge to pork porridge?"

Does that make a difference?

Chen Jian sighed helplessly:

"...Can your robots make dough? Even some steamed buns would be fine."

"In theory, yes, but it does not align with your efficiency priority setting."

Fu Xi’s voice seemed to carry a hint of schadenfreude and teasing:

"Have you forgotten? The guideline you set for me is to execute with optimal efficiency, and cooking the food into meat porridge is part of ensuring efficiency."

"Of course, to avoid long-term consumption of liquid food damaging the human digestive system, I will make some changes as well."

"Will it turn into rice?"

"No, I’ll just make it thicker."

"...Let’s change the topic."

Chen Jian reluctantly swallowed the bowl of meat porridge in his mouth, and as he raised his gaze, he was surprised to see that there were lights on near the tents built by the refugees in the distance.

"What are they doing?"

"They’re making bricks, with Comrade Ji Xing among them."

Ji Xing?

Curious, Chen Jian walked towards the tents, and after crossing a low slope, he immediately saw the refugees making bricks using not-so-bright lamps.

"Working so late?"

Chen Jian suddenly spoke, and Ji Xing, who was supervising, turned around and nodded:

"Yes, we need to make the most of the time."

"Fu Xi has already had the robots help manufacture most of the molds, but those robots have other tasks and can’t come over to make bricks directly."

"So, we have to push ourselves and build the brick kilns first."

"It’s almost done now, Fu Xi has checked it, and there are no major issues."

"After drying in the shade, we’ll fire them up, and these two kilns will be able to produce fire-resistant bricks."

"The day after tomorrow, I aim to have it operational by then."

"No need to rush so much."

Chen Jian glanced at the time and then said:

"It’s 12 o’clock, squeezing them too much isn’t necessary, let them eat and then rest."

"Understood, we were almost finished anyway."

Ji Xing sighed deeply, turning to give orders to the refugees still working, and only then did everyone reluctantly put down their bricks and shyly circled around Chen Jian and Ji Xing, heading towards the stove supplying meat porridge in the distance.

Watching their backs, Chen Jian suddenly asked:

"Did you understand the allocation system? I heard Fu Xi taught you already?"

"Yes, I’ve been taught, and a batch of work allocation tokens has been processed, enough for now."

Ji Xing replied:

"Today, I distributed 24 tokens, corresponding to 24 person-days of food allocation. So far, it seems effective, as these refugees are working hard."

"However, credit still hasn’t been established, as I retrieved 20 tokens today — all exchanged for food."

Ji Xing’s expression showed some dissatisfaction, while Chen Jian casually said:

"That’s normal. Only after they get used to exchanging tokens for food will they gradually trust the purchasing power of tokens."

"When you worked as a guard, you traveled north and south with the caravan, you’re relatively more familiar with these matters. When there’s time, you should help establish the pricing system."

"The clearer the pricing system, the higher the creditability of the tokens."

"When the token-based allocation system can develop into a currency system, our management will be much easier."

"Understood."

Ji Xing nodded again but then said:

"However, I plan to put these matters aside for a while."

"Although the problems in Jinling City have been resolved, our future difficulties are still significant."

"The main thing to do now is to build the ’coking furnace’ you mentioned, and I’ll help where I can."

"Why are you so anxious?"

Chen Jian asked curiously:

"I mean, you seem much more anxious than the others."

"Why not rush? Building that ’coking furnace’ is to make weapons and resist the beast tide, right?"

"....You could say that."

Chen Jian casually replied and then asked:

"Is the beast tide very terrifying? Do you understand the beast tide?"

"...If I understood, I wouldn’t have troubled you all to collect information."

Ji Xing sighed and answered:

"I don’t understand the beast tide, but I have really seen a Level 1 Monster."

"By the way, I was going to update the information about the Level 1 Monster onto the... computer, but I still don’t know how to operate it."

"Precisely now, I can tell you everything I know."

"Then let’s sit and talk."

Chen Jian sat down on the dirt slope, and Ji Xing hesitated for a moment before sitting next to him, slightly lower down.

After silently recalling for a moment and organizing his thoughts, Ji Xing spoke:

"As I told you before, a Level 1 Monster is something... completely different from all other monsters."

"Sometimes, when I recall, it doesn’t even feel like a ’monster’ anymore, but rather a ’concept.’"

"Concept? Can you give an example?"

"Like the monster in the Jinling Ruins."

Ji Xing answered:

"Leader, don’t you think that this monster already possesses some characteristics of a concept?"

"For instance, its body is not actually the most threatening part, rather, the environment it affects and the series of small monsters coexisting around it are the most dangerous stuff."

"That’s what a Level 1 Monster is like... I find it hard to describe what the monster I saw on the outskirts of the Mountain City looks like or what abilities it has."

"Because I didn’t really see it clearly."

"But after seeing the Level 2 Monster in Jinling City, I’m very sure it’s the same kind of thing, only it’s more powerful."

"It seems to control an entire... ’domain’."

"And everyone entering that domain... will turn to ashes in an instant."

"Turn to ashes? Is it a metaphor, or...?"

"It’s a depiction, in the literal sense of turning to ashes."

Ji Xing replied emphatically.

"That’s a bit counterintuitive... It’s hard to believe that something like that could appear on Earth."

"I also find it hard to believe... I have no idea how that monster accomplished that."

Ji Xing sighed and then said:

"That’s why my fear of the beast tide... far exceeds yours."

"If a Level 1 Monster really appears during a beast tide, how should we fight it?"

"I know we’re strong."

"But in front of such a monster... relying on current weapons, it might indeed be very difficult, very hard to win."

"It’s alright."

Chen Jian reassured:

"We have stronger weapons."

"You mean... the Sun? Nuclear weapons."

"Yes."

Chen Jian nodded slowly and then said:

"You’re one of us now, so there’s no need to hide it from you."

"Our key weapon against the beast tide is not the weapons we currently have."

"Same-level confrontation has never been our goal."

"If the beast tide is strong, then we’ll use weapons stronger than them."

"Only in this way can we ensure our safety."

As his words fell, the tension in Ji Xing’s expression instantly eased.

She gave a slightly awkward smile and then said:

"I thought you no longer had that kind of weapon..."

"We indeed don’t have them now."

Chen Jian laughed heartily and answered:

"But I know where to find them."

"After we solve the problems in Jinling City, we’ll take some time to head to your hometown — which is the Imperial City where the Holy Blood Temple is located."

"There, we will find what we’re looking for."

"What is it?"

Ji Xing curiously pursued the question, to which Chen Jian replied:

"Facility 001."

"And the entrance to the underground Nuclear Great Wall!"

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