Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 402 - 45: Yin Xiang’s Jinx

"Consumables? What consumables?" the military representative asked instinctively. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"A reagent essential for meme reverse engineering, with a daily consumption of around forty to fifty thousand tons," explained Song Yarong. "The storage and transportation conditions for this thing are extremely stringent... It can only be made and used on the spot, and the entire Celestial City, or rather, the whole of Shuzhou Territory, only Factory 105 has the capability to produce this reagent."

"In other words," Yang Qi continued, "if something happens to Factory 105, the entire meme reverse engineering... or even the entire ’Pesticide Plan,’ will come to a halt."

"Can’t other factories produce it?" The military representative was somewhat puzzled. "If it’s the raw material for the Reverse Meme Potion, shouldn’t every city-state have the capability to produce it? After all, the Reverse Meme Potion is..."

The military representative hadn’t finished speaking when Song Yarong interrupted him: "You’re right; Celestial City has a total of six production lines for this reagent, but five of them are in Factory 105... This is the border, not like Chunming City, where enterprises producing Reverse Meme Potions abound."

The enterprises Song Yarong was talking about are mostly concentrated in Chunming City and Shen City. Some have official backing, some are privately owned, and some are public-private partnerships, with fierce competition among them. Every year new technologies and products emerge... Apart from the researchers from the Dubhe Tower and various city institutes participating in the meme reverse engineering, quite a number of them come from these enterprises.

Chunming City and Shen City, as the first and second largest cities in the Xiazhou Federation, in fact, have less demand for the Reverse Meme Potion. The main purpose of these companies clustering in these cities is to attract more and better research talents.

While Celestial City, being a border city, is not small in scale, its appeal to talent cannot be compared with the former two. Except for the Celestial City Mysterious Creature Research Institute, there isn’t a single private enterprise in the field of mysterious creature research.

All Reverse Meme Potions needed by Celestial City are produced by ’Celestial Special Medicine Technology Co., Ltd.,’ which is controlled by the Celestial City Management Committee. The Factory 105 producing the reagents is a subsidiary factory of Celestial Special Medicine Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ’Tianfu Special Medicine’).

This meme reverse engineering is of significant importance, and Tianfu Special Medicine, with technology levels only considered second-rate, can only assist the bigwigs who rushed to Celestial City. Even if all of Tianfu Special Medicine’s technical staff disappeared overnight, it wouldn’t affect the progress of the meme reverse engineering.

But Factory 105 is different.

The production threshold for the reagent named "FL09" isn’t very high but not very low either... Compared to the already iterated Reverse Meme Potion, the formula for this reagent hasn’t changed in nearly twenty years.

Among all production lines related to the Reverse Meme Potion, the production line for this reagent can definitely be considered the lowest of the low.

Given the tight timeframe and that the output of Factory 105 completely meets the demands of this operation, reagent production lines from other city-states were not relocated to Celestial City... But no one expected something would go wrong with Factory 105.

Downstream industries might not seem conspicuous, but their level of importance is an indispensable link in the entire industrial chain... Now, gathering reagent production lines from elsewhere is completely out of time.

"Which unit is the closest to Factory 105?" Yang Qi asked rapidly.

"Let me check!" The military representative was quite sharp this time. "It’s the 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the 51st Division, stationed in the southern suburbs, less than twenty kilometers from Factory 105."

"Personnel? Equipment configuration? Experience in combat with mysterious creatures?" Yang Qi asked in rapid succession.

"They have four hundred people, all equipped with Power Exoskeletons, more than thirty tanks and armored vehicles, and sixteen military mechas... However, combat experience with mysterious creatures, zero." The military representative showed a pained expression. "The 51st Division is a newly formed army as of last year; despite their top-tier personnel quality and equipment standards, the only issue is the lack of combat experience."

"Well, here’s their chance for combat training." Yang Qi then turned to the director of the Field Operations Department. "Which is the nearest field team to Factory 105? What about Hunter?"

"It’s the 67th Field Team," replied the Field Operations Department director immediately. "Oh yes, Ling Xiao and Jiang Yu, whom Sun Hang specifically asked me to pay attention to, are also in this team."

"Besides them, which other Hunter is closest?" Yang Qi asked again. "I need sufficiently experienced, highly skilled Hunters!"

"The ’Red-haired Witch’ is closest; fifteen minutes ago, her patrol route just passed Niutou Temple, less than 8 kilometers from Factory 105!"

"Notify the ’Red-haired Witch’ to immediately abandon her patrol mission and head to Factory 105!" Yang Qi ordered. "Let the 67th Field Team and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the 51st Division converge and then rush full speed to Factory 105... Also, are there any messages from the drones?"

The moment Factory 105 lost contact, the command center had already dispatched multiple reconnaissance and communication drones to the site of the incident. These were standard procedures and didn’t require separate commands from Yang Qi.

"The drones checked the communication network of Factory 105... Communication hasn’t been cut off; it’s just that no one has responded to our calls," an agent handed Yang Qi a tablet. "These are photos of the factory taken by two other drones from the air."