Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 170 - 61: Trade-in your old for new

Chapter 170: Chapter 61: Trade-in your old for new

When Wang Lizhi uttered the word "Fu Xi," Chen Jian almost immediately confirmed the authenticity of this information.

Because the naming style really carried a hint of the romanticism he was familiar with.

"Fu Xi."

Isn’t this naming style in the same vein as Chang’e, Jade Rabbit, Kunpeng, Jiao Dragon, Tianwen, Beidou, Mozi, and the like?

The only problem is, this name is "too grand."

So grand that it’s almost impossible for an ordinary project to qualify to use it.

Chen Jian couldn’t imagine anything that could be named this way, nor did he know what kind of technology or project it represented.

After repeatedly questioning Wang Lizhi, even threatening to terminate cooperation or immediately start a war, he finally confirmed that the information the other party held was really not much more than his own.

The people of the Ring Chamber of Commerce only knew that the Fu Xi project was a major undertaking, potentially related to "restarting the ring."

But they neither had the qualifications nor the ability to open the sealed archives and completely uncover the mystery.

So, they could only use the extremely limited clues in their hands to try and obtain more information.

And the Air Force Tenth Division Base in Anqing was one of the most likely places to get clues.

Unfortunately, there was nothing there anymore.

Chen Jian described the situation in the archives to him, explaining how he came across this code name.

After asking Chen Jian many detailed questions, Wang Lizhi eventually believed Chen Jian’s account.

Perhaps he hadn’t held too much hope in the first place, or perhaps he believed that since both sides had been so open, Chen Jian had no reason to conceal much.

In any case, both sides eventually reached an agreement, and Wang Lizhi also promised that, in the upcoming actions, he would no longer use "information concealment" to manipulate Chen Jian’s team.

That was indeed good news.

Chen Jian had initially planned to cut ties with them completely, but now, with the change in circumstances, continued collaboration had instead become a more rational choice.

The fragile relationship between the two sides once again stabilized, and after extorting a significant amount from Wang Lizhi, Chen Jian cut off the call.

Afterward, he watched, through the drone’s perspective, the Ring Chamber of Commerce team that was retreating, and let out a long sigh of relief.

"The situation is relatively clear now."

"The other side is pursuing clues related to the Fu Xi project, which is related to restarting the ring, and that also means it’s related to the truth in Mountain City."

"Unfortunately, the Ring Trading Company’s understanding of this project is not much more than ours."

"What they have are just locations... and most of these locations are currently forbidden zones for human activity."

"No wonder they’ve developed into such a strange form of organization... they seem more like professional archaeological teams than we do."

Upon hearing his words, Shen Yue teased slightly:

"Calling it archaeology is quite the compliment, at most they’re just tomb raiders."

"They squander potential treasures by leaving only directly useful technological outcomes from the ’graves’ they open."

"If the ancestors knew what they’ve done, they might just crawl out of their graves to give them a slap..."

"Well, it’s at least better than the Mechanical God Sect and the Holy Blood Temple."

Chen Jian waved his hand and said:

"Either way, we’ve gotten one step closer to the truth."

"The deceptive contracts have been canceled, the information is synchronized, and in the upcoming tasks, we can dive straight in."

"According to Wang Lizhi, the nearest location of the clues they hold is the Lu State Ruins."

"And Lu Zhou is the location of Institute 096."

"If I recall correctly, Institute 096 is the Intelligent Institute, right? So this Fu Xi project is related to intelligentization?"

"No."

Lei Jie corrected him:

"The Intelligent Institute is in the Imperial City, while Lu Zhou is home to the Intelligent Machinery Institute."

"The Intelligent Institute primarily focuses on machine learning and machine vision, while the Intelligent Machinery Institute mainly deals with modern agriculture."

"Institute 096 is strong in biomimetic sensing and micro-nanotechnology, but overall technological strength... I can’t say."

"In any case, I don’t know how this institute could lead such an obviously important project."

"But it’s also possible that, at some point in the future, they achieved a technological breakthrough."

"After all, over 20 years, anything could happen..."

"Indeed."

Chen Jian sighed lightly and continued:

"But this makes our investigation direction even more vague."

"I don’t even know if it’s necessary to continue investigating this thing."

"After all, our main destination is still Jinling."

"Detouring to Lu Zhou would not only be far; if an accident occurs, we might also find it difficult to retreat intact."

"How about skipping Jinling for now?"

"Don’t head to Jinling first; let’s go to Tongling."

He Shuo raised his hand and said:

"In Anqing City, the Mechanical God Sect is preparing for war, and a large amount of weapons, equipment, and ammunition originally intended for trade have been prohibited from sale; we can’t buy anything."

"But currently, our supplies are in a state of severe shortage, making it hard to handle large-scale battles."

"We need to go to Tongling first to replenish, heal up, then consider how to arrange our next actions."

"Whether to go to Jinling, Lu Zhou, or head straight to Quan City and give Huadu a big punch so they submit, we have to sort out our equipment first before making any decisions."