Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 124 - 35: Departure, to Jinling!

Chapter 124: Chapter 35: Departure, to Jinling!

In fact, Chen Jian never planned to let Bai Xu live from the beginning.

This wasn’t because of any "conflict of interest," nor out of self-preservation, but rather a quite "simple" sense of justice.

Anyway, the education he received from childhood was like this: those who touch drugs won’t end well, let alone those who use drugs to control civilians.

The people of Huadu have taken this step, so it’s not unjust how they die.

As for the retaliation they might launch...

To be honest, Chen Jian didn’t care at all.

What a joke, I damn well nuked the Mechanical God Sect, would I care about a small Huadu?

If you push it, I’ll throw one at you too, and you’ll behave.

So, in the midst of Bai Xu’s astonished, fearful, and bewildered gaze, Chen Jian ordered his merciful execution.

And after thoroughly inspecting his belongings, Chen Jian unexpectedly found a surprise.

There was a kilogram of gold used as currency, and he also carried a model-unknown silenced pistol with more than twenty special subsonic rounds, which, although lacking in firepower, was definitely suitable for all kinds of infiltration operations, somewhat compensating for the team’s shortage of silenced weapons.

Besides that, his wooden box contained a 125w shortwave radio, although old, most functions were operational, with a conservative communication range of about 800 kilometers, fully covering the distance from Yellow Stone to Jinling.

Chen Jian had been thinking about how the team would have to get a radio at home when leaving Yellow Stone to address the need for long-distance communications in the later stages.

Now it’s fine, no need to spend extra money to find one, as it was delivered to my door.

Sometimes, when luck comes, you just can’t stop it...

Thus, the preparations for the journey to Jinling were almost complete. After resting and training in Yellow Stone City for two days, waiting for the promised goods from the Ring Chamber of Commerce, and once again confirming that the city tasks were allocated and running smoothly, Chen Jian counted the personnel and prepared to set off for Jinling.

And through two days of communication and adjustment, the hostility between the team and Ji Xing also decreased significantly.

She saw with her own eyes the respect the residents of Yellow Stone City had for Chen Jian and his team, and also witnessed the efforts they made to keep this small town going.

The people here...

Their lives are truly changing.

Although she couldn’t entirely understand what these people were doing, she could definitely feel that what they were doing was meaningful.

Following behind Chen Jian, Ji Xing hesitantly got into the already packed cat car.

Just like the first time Xie Liu and others saw the cat car, she was surprised by the power of this small vehicle, but more than this "equipment," she was surprised by something else.

"Are you leaving just like that?"

Ji Xing asked:

"Are you really assured to leave these civilians in Yellow Stone City?"

"You’ve left so much equipment, so much technology.... When you come back, will they really still obey your command?"

Sitting next to her, Chen Jian shook his head and replied:

"This is also part of the test."

"If when we come back, we find that Yellow Stone City has undergone changes beyond our expectations... this would mean that our previously implemented loose policies here were wrong."

"When the time comes, we’ll naturally make adjustments to those policies."

"However... frankly speaking, do you Holy Blood really have so little faith in ordinary people?"

"I have faith!"

Li Shi, sitting in new armor in the back row, hurriedly interjected, and Chen Jian laughed and said:

"When I say Holy Blood, I don’t mean you guys, you’re now part of the Huaxia Army, that’s your new identity."

"Understood..."

Li Shi nodded thoughtfully, while Ji Xing replied:

"It’s not that we don’t have faith in ordinary people, but rather that we don’t have faith in human nature on this wasteland."

"Everyone here only does two things."

"When they can’t survive, they find ways to survive."

"When they can survive, they find ways to make others not survive."

"This is the competition for survival--the competition among humans, which is almost indistinguishable from the competition with monsters."

"Resources are limited, if I own them, others can’t."

"Given this situation, why should we trust ordinary people?"

After saying that, Chen Jian sighed helplessly.

Then, he spoke solemnly:

"The reason you have this judgment is because your premise is wrong."

"Resources have always been infinite, it’s just that people here don’t know how to use them, or don’t have the ability to use them."

"Just like yesterday when you asked me why people in Yellow Stone City still chop wood and collect firewood every day when there’s already enough."

"Do you remember how I answered?"

"...You said those woods were for generating electricity. But I don’t understand, is electricity that important?"

Ji Xing said confusedly:

"At least to me, other than for lighting, powering communication devices, or a few rare electric vehicles, electricity seems to only be useful for that much?"

"So that’s the difference."

Chen Jian spread his hands and said:

"The people here haven’t even utilized one percent of electricity, they only learned fragmented techniques from pre-catastrophe knowledge."

"They can’t comprehend the tremendous boost electricity industry gives to productivity—though, I can’t blame them for that."

"After all, the technology in this world hasn’t developed to the level of the electrical machinery age yet."

"But for us, it’s different."

"As long as we have enough electricity and the right equipment, we can virtually make anything, possess anything."

"Of course, this is a relatively distant vision, but if we don’t even make plans, how could we ever reach the other side?"

"....I don’t understand, but I somewhat get what you mean."

Ji Xing sighed and said:

"In any case, you’re a group of strange people."

"Perhaps we can never become true allies, but at least, now our objectives are the same."

"You were originally heading to Jinling, right?"

"Yes."

Chen Jian nodded and replied:

"This trip was originally part of the plan, you just happened to give us another reason."

"Honestly, that was quite a coincidence."

"Actually, it’s not a coincidence."

Ji Xing pondered for a moment, then said:

"I don’t know how much you understand about this world, because from our conversations it feels like you... aren’t familiar here."

"But what I want to tell you is, Jinling is definitely not an ordinary city."

"After the great cataclysm, for it to become the largest city in the entire Southern Region, there must be reasons."

"Even, according to the records of the Holy Blood Temple, two hundred years ago, Jinling was a ’legendary city’ akin to Mountain City."

"But humans eventually conquered that land, and naturally built a vast settlement there."

"So if you find that what you’re looking for is all concentrated in Jinling... honestly, it’s no surprise."

"Because, it should indeed be there."

"Understood."

Chen Jian nodded in realization, then asked:

"Is Jinling very different from Han Shui? From the information I’ve gathered, there doesn’t seem to be much difference, right?"

"On the surface, of course, there’s not much difference."

Ji Xing responded:

"But the secrets hidden within Jinling City and the Jinling Ruins are incomparable to Han Shui City."

"It’s normal that your companions don’t know, they’re not even Blood Source, they don’t have access to those secrets."

"In any case, when you arrive in Jinling, all your questions will be answered."

"Whatever you’re looking for, I wish you success."

"After all, it benefits me too."

"Thank you."

Chen Jian said in a lighthearted tone:

"However, we won’t head straight to Jinling."

"We have a lot to do on the way."

"Like what?"

Ji Xing followed up with a question.

"For example, we must first go to the Anqing Ruins."

"There’s a sizable Blood Skull group active there. According to the Ring Chamber of Commerce, they’re well-armed, numerous, and often carry gear no one understands to raid Anqing City."

"We need to go there and eliminate that Blood Skull group."

"Then, we need to uncover their lair and see what’s there!"