Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!-Chapter 276 - 118: Weirdo_2

"However, we don’t have much ammunition left."

"Including the stock in the truck, we have a total of 61 rounds left."

"If you’re really planning to attack Huadu, this amount of ammo is quite risky."

"Try to conserve it on the road tomorrow; using 11 rounds in one day is a bit indulgent."

"Isn’t that what modern warfare is like... It’s fine."

Chen Jian waved his hand and said:

"According to Fu Xi, 001 is also a large fortification with configurations similar to 011, but larger in scale."

"By my logic, I would likely put at least one tank in there too."

"But no one knows the condition of 001."

Lei Jie spread his hands and said:

"Although Fu Xi confirmed that the 001 fortification is undamaged, it’s obvious that integrated communications have been disrupted."

"Who knows if it’s as intact as 011 inside, or if it’s semi-destroyed like 006 in Quan City?"

"Even if it’s semi-destroyed, it’s fine, but what if it’s completely destroyed?"

"...If we’re really that unlucky, we’ll just take the nuclear key and head back."

Chen Jian spread his hands and said:

"Besides, the most valuable thing about 001 is not the equipment inside, but rather the records after the cataclysm."

"According to the records found at 7025, the deterioration in the north was noticeably slower than in the south."

"Given that, I believe the organization at that time must have had ways to physically preserve more information."

"If we find it, maybe we’ll uncover the secret of the cataclysm."

"I’m afraid it’s not that easy..."

Lei Jie couldn’t help but sigh, and just then, lights appeared in the distance—Xie Liu and Ji Xing had returned.

"How’s the situation?"

Chen Jian asked.

"There’s a problem, but it’s not significant."

Ji Xing replied:

"We met the leader of the Church Protection Army stationed here, who is a bishop."

"Alongside him, a Supervisor from the Holy Blood Temple also manages Zhuolu City."

"Both of them have received notifications from the Mechanical Holy Temple and the Holy Blood Temple, and they are aware of our intentions."

"They welcome us into the city, but I can’t shake the feeling... there’s something off about that Supervisor."

"Off? How so?"

Chen Jian frowned and asked:

"Is it in his behavior or his attitude?"

"Neither—no, what I mean by ’off’ is unrelated to us; it’s just that, as a Holy Blood, he seems a bit off."

"Xie Liu, can you feel it?"

"Yes."

Xie Liu nodded immediately, pondered for a moment, and said:

"He’s not... logically off."

"I feel he’s not like a Holy Blood at all."

"Captain, you should have some sense that most Holy Bloods lack personality."

"We undergo quite special, quite... brutal training from a young age, and individual traits are suppressed for a long time."

"Only when we start moving outside, performing missions, pursuing bounties, does the human part slowly return."

"But the marks are hard to erase—actually, it wasn’t until I joined the Huaxia Army that I felt a bit human."

"Ji Xing is probably better than I am since she works as a guard and interacts with more people, so her personality recovered better."

"But she is still an exception..."

"As for that Supervisor in Zhuozhou City, his personality traits are a bit too pronounced."

"Personality traits too pronounced?"

Chen Jian blinked in surprise.

"In what way? What kind of personality?"

"Lively, enthusiastic, even somewhat flamboyantly comical... "

"Crazy."

Ji Xing interjected:

"It feels like a kind of manic insanity."

"He’s a Supervisor; Supervisors are core managers just below the Holy Father."

"How can a Holy Blood develop such a personality?"

"They spend more time in the Holy Blood Temple than anyone else; even if assigned to other towns as a city leader, it’s impossible to develop such a personality so quickly..."

"Understood."

Chen Jian nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, then asked:

"Have you seen a similar Holy Blood before?"

"Never."

Ji Xing immediately shook her head and said firmly:

"And I’m certain that the Holy Blood Temple could never nurture such a person."

"His change must have occurred after arriving in Zhuolu City; something here must have affected him."

"This might be a potential risk; we can enter the city, but we must be vigilant."

"Understood."

Chen Jian pondered briefly, then said:

"Enter the city."

"This is a risk, but also a clue."

"On this wasteland, anything unusual could be a clue."

Saying this, he paused and then ordered:

"Everyone prepare to enter the city!"

With the order, everyone moved swiftly.

The campfire was extinguished, equipment and personnel reloaded onto vehicles, and within a few minutes, they had arrived in front of Zhuolu City.

After disembarking, Chen Jian saw the Church Protection Army waiting outside the city gates, and at a glance, without needing further introduction, Chen Jian immediately recognized the "unusual Holy Blood" Ji Xing had mentioned.

There was no mistaking it; his features were overly distinctive.

He wore the dark red ceremonial blood garment common among the Holy Bloods Chen Jian had seen before, but it was embroidered with complex, ostentatious, even somewhat eerie patterns.

Chen Jian didn’t understand what those patterns represented; perhaps they were meaningless?

He stepped forward, and before he could speak, the Holy Blood’s slightly deranged laughter rang out from across.

"Hahahahahahaha!"

"Honored members of the Huaxia Army!"

"You finally arrived; I’ve been waiting for you for too long!"

"I heard you took down a Saint of the Mechanical God Sect? Tsk tsk, that’s unbelievable."

"Oh? Bishop, why so unhappy? Is that expression for me?"

"No, no, I didn’t mean to disrespect the Saint, but as we all know, the previous Saint was unjust, right?"

"Smack my mouth! I shouldn’t say such things."

"Come, come."

"Honored members of the Huaxia Army, I’ve prepared a small banquet for you."

"You should rest well; after a long journey, you need to relax with some alcohol to relieve yourselves..."

As he spoke, the Supervisor walked directly toward Chen Jian and his group.

The soldiers immediately raised their rifles, the sound of bullets being chambered was continuous, forcing the Supervisor to halt abruptly.

He almost stumbled from a misstep.

Then he laughed self-deprecatingly and said:

"Damn my old cold legs..."

"You’re overreacting, folks."

"I’m just being enthusiastic; I have no intention of opposing you."

"Everyone knows those who oppose you end up dead, right?"

"By the way, I’ve prepared a Jinling City specialty for you. Do you know what it is?"

"Iron Skewered Meat!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Chen Jian watched his performance coldly, never dropping his guard.

The more exaggerated his antics, the more suspicious Chen Jian became that something was amiss.

Lei Jie felt the same way.

He stepped closer to Chen Jian and asked:

"Is this guy... high?"

"Or does he have some mental illness?"

"He really does seem high."

Chen Jian replied in a low voice, then signaled for Ji Xing and Xie Liu to move forward and stand between him and the Supervisor.

"Oh? Holy Bloods?"

"Betrayed Holy Bloods... clever Holy Bloods!"

The Supervisor clapped his hands, then sidestepped and bowed to make a ’please’ gesture.

"Well then, please enter the city."

"Trust me, we mean no harm. Bishop, you wouldn’t have any ill intentions either, right?"

Upon hearing this, the bishop of the Mechanical God Sect, who had remained silent, finally nodded.

Then he spoke:

"I obey the Saint’s orders."

"No matter who the Saint is?"

Chen Jian asked sharply.

"A Saint is a Saint."

This enigmatic answer ultimately earned Chen Jian’s trust.

He nodded slightly, then said:

"Let’s go, enter the city."

"But you... especially you, don’t come close!"

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