Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 180 - 64 The Phoenix_2

Chapter 180: Chapter 64 The Phoenix_2

This time lag is Chen Jian’s insurance.

Seeing his confident expression, Ji Xing said nothing more.

She just kept a close eye on the actions of the few people ahead, already planning in her mind that if the other party made any abnormal moves, she would immediately rush forward to eliminate the highest threat first.

Luckily, everything went smoothly with the team’s progress.

Tang Dao meticulously guided the direction all the way, exclaiming constantly:

"This should be the most successful exploration since the forbidden zone’s existence."

"I mean, although people have entered the forbidden zone for exploration before, they’ve never formed a clear map."

"We only know not to approach the Glowing Lake or enter the Black Forest, yet it’s this encircling mountain that’s actually the most dangerous place."

"Tsk tsk... Boss, look at your instruments, when approaching the encircling mountain, the numbers jump directly from 100 to 300."

"No wonder so many people die here; the curse here is terrifyingly strong..."

"That’s the power of knowledge."

Chen Jian replied perfunctorily and then turned to Lei Jie, saying:

"We are very close to the crash site; this should be the concentrated settlement point of the nuclear fuel dispersed after the explosion."

"Undoubtedly, the so-called Melter is the reactor."

"But the question is, why use a transport aircraft to carry a reactor?"

Upon hearing his words, Lei Jie shook his head and said:

"You’re asking me, but I don’t know either."

"But after excluding all impossibilities, only one possibility remains."

"What crashed is a nuclear-powered aircraft."

"... Does something like this really exist?"

Chen Jian asked doubtfully.

"Why not? The Tu-119 was a nuclear-powered bomber, and they used the ancient VVR-C reactor in it."

"In our era, thorium-based molten salt reactors were already quite advanced with breakthroughs in miniaturization technology, so it was foreseeable to manufacture nuclear aircraft."

"Otherwise, if it wasn’t a nuclear aircraft, what else could it be?"

"Could it be a fusion reactor? But fusion reactors aren’t radioactive."

"Indeed."

Chen Jian sighed and then said:

"That also means that whatever the aircraft was carrying has nothing to do with the so-called Melter."

"It’s even possible that this thing was damaged or completely disappeared in the crash."

"We might be making a trip for nothing... not worth it."

"Worth it or not, we still have to check it out. The Fu Xi project is obviously very important. Although it’s not clear whether it has a direct connection with the catastrophe, from current clues, it’s related to Jinling and Mountain City."

"This is a lifeline we must grasp, no matter what."

"I understand."

Chen Jian said no more, and the group continued advancing with Tang Dao leading the way.

Guided by the map, they moved swiftly, and in less than two hours, they had entered the core area where the Geiger counter values exceeded 200.

"Keep going forward, and we’ll be entering the true center of the forbidden zone."

"Currently, we are 1 kilometer away from the Melter Fall Land."

Tang Dao stopped and pointed ahead, saying:

"Our people have tested it; there’s only one safe route leading to the core area where the numbers can remain around 200."

"But once we enter a 500-meter radius of the core area, the curse’s intensity will start to become... even."

"Evenly holding at around 400."

"We can’t stay in there too long; it will cost us our lives."

"Understood."

Chen Jian, unchanging in expression and with a smile, said:

"Then let’s get in and out quickly. Once we find the item, we swiftly return!"

"Okay."

Tang Dao nodded without hesitation but then added:

"However, I suggest leaving at least one of your two guards behind."

"Similarly, I will also leave at least three team members behind."

"Who knows what we might encounter there, and if there’s a need to retreat, they’ll be our best cover, right?"

A very reasonable proposal.

However, the moment Tang Dao finished speaking, Chen Jian had already made a decision.

Clearly, he had seen the difference between himself, Ji Xing, and Xie Liu.

He already knew he wasn’t a Holy Blood.

This was no big deal.

But Tang Dao shouldn’t have voiced it, nor should he try to weaken his power in this manner.

Didn’t he realize that such a proposal was almost a blatant threat?

Perhaps he knew, but he didn’t care.

Chen Jian looked at Ji Xing, as if seeking her opinion.

Tang Dao stood languidly aside, without any defenses.

And then, in the next second.

Ji Xing suddenly erupted.

The suppression of the Blood Source over the ordinary Holy Blood was revealed at this moment. To Chen Jian and Lei Jie, she might have been just a moment faster than Tang Dao, but to Tang Dao, this moment was life and death.

The long blade swept across, and the head flew.

Immediately, Chen Jian and Lei Jie pulled the trigger.

The lightning-fast Holy Blood hesitated for a moment at Ji Xing’s move, but only for an instant. They quickly recovered and charged aggressively towards Chen Jian’s group.

The distance between the two sides was less than 20 meters, leaving Chen Jian less than a second to react.

---- But bullet reaction time does not take a second.

Waist-high shooting, a sweeping motion.

The Type 201 rifles unleashed a uniquely powerful firepower, with bullet rains pouring down, completely sealing the positions of several Holy Blood with the white-haired bullets from the two guns.

A Holy Blood leaping mid-air was shot down, and next, Ji Xing swiftly turned back to face another Holy Blood attacking from behind.

Meanwhile, Xie Liu also positioned himself on the side of Chen Jian and Lei Jie.

Enemies coming from all sides couldn’t be stopped, but surely enemies charging head-on could be stopped?

There was only one remaining "opponent-less" Holy Blood in Tang Dao’s team who, after a brief hesitation, chose to distance himself to find cover and open fire.

"Bang!"

The gap in reaction speed was an insurmountable chasm for Chen Jian and Lei Jie; no matter how much of an advantage they had, they couldn’t possibly stop a Holy Blood who remained accurately aimed and fired while maneuvering quickly.

But the protective capability of the GJB‌‌V-class bulletproof vest was also a chasm the 7.62mm caliber bullets from that Holy Blood’s outdated rifle couldn’t overcome.

Chen Jian moved almost not at all; he simply quickly raised his gun after a round of suppressive fire, controlling the muzzle jump with standard TOB Magpul style handling, intercepting the constantly changing position of the Holy Blood with Lei Jie.

The rain-like bullets were directed towards the opponent’s cover, and the continuous firepower from the two light machine guns left the opponent dumbstruck.

He watched as his bullet hit Chen Jian squarely in the chest, but Chen Jian merely swayed lightly and immediately stabilized himself.

Meanwhile, bullets from him had already blocked all avenues of escape.

At this distance, the gun was both accurate and fast.

In less than twenty seconds, Chen Jian and Lei Jie emptied a magazine.

In front of them, no targets were left standing.

And behind them, Ji Xing had completed her own hunt and then turned to help Xie Liu eliminate the last opponent.

The forest fell silent, with only the smoke remaining.

Chen Jian loaded a new magazine, aiming at the two people frantically fleeing to the side but eventually lowered the barrel.

"Not going to finish them off?"

"Just workers, forget it."

"We wouldn’t stay long anyway, not worried about them reporting."

"Doing too many acts of eliminating threats completely might corrupt ourselves."

Chen Jian could tell those two were merely cannon fodder in Tang Dao’s team.

From start to finish, they hadn’t fired a single shot, but instead, desperately tried to escape.

Possibly, they were brought by Tang Dao just to tread on mines at the last minute.

Since that’s the case, letting them go wasn’t considered soft-hearted.

Ji Xing nodded noncommittally, hesitated for a moment, then suddenly drew her pistol from her waist.

Then she leaped out suddenly.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two gunshots resounded through the woods, and after returning, Ji Xing said:

"They saw your combat process, potentially exposing your identity."

"So I damaged their tongues."

"... You could’ve used your blade instead."

Chen Jian shrugged helplessly and said:

"We couldn’t catch up, but could you not catch up?"

"... Fair point."

Ji Xing nodded, then asked:

"Now what?"

"Keep moving forward."

Chen Jian pointed forward.

And there, the silhouette of a massive aircraft was already vaguely visible.

Chen Jian could ascertain that it was definitely not any aircraft he knew.

And looking at the aircraft’s blurred shape, two words emerged in Chen Jian’s mind.

Luanniao.