Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 184 - 66 Heading Straight to Jinling_2

Chapter 184: Chapter 66 Heading Straight to Jinling_2

"Then you simply cannot defeat that monster."

Ji Xing said firmly:

"In fact, you cannot even escape from that monster’s clutches."

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

Chen Jian turned to Xie Liu, who hesitated for a moment before answering:

"I don’t think it’s that exaggerated."

"The second-level monster in Jinling City has indeed existed for a long time and has been a major concern for the Mechanical God Sect over the long term."

"However, based on the current intelligence records about that monster, its strength hasn’t reached an unmanageable level for us..."

"Not reached?"

Ji Xing looked at Xie Liu in surprise, then asked:

"Where does your confidence come from? Do you really understand that monster?"

"... Perhaps not as well as you do, but I know quite a bit."

Xie Liu met the gaze firmly, then continued:

"Once we also thought the level 3 monster in Han Shui City was difficult to defeat, but it didn’t even last two minutes under the commander."

"Isn’t that enough to prove the point?"

"... I’ve said it, level 3 monsters and level 2 monsters are different things."

"I know you have experience in hunting level 3 monsters; even in Yellow Stone City, you took down a monster whose strength was close to level 2."

"But without a doubt, these monsters all have obvious specialization, evident weaknesses, and your abilities just happen to cover those weaknesses."

Ji Xing sighed deeply, softened his tone, and said:

"Trust me, I’m not trying to shake your confidence at a time like this, and I’m certainly not preventing you from entering the Jinling Ruins."

"To put it another way, I’m still counting on you to find that key to unlock the Mountain City’s treasure."

"Do you think I would urge you to retreat at a time like this?"

"If it weren’t for everyone considering it, sending you in to die would be the best choice; perhaps your sacrifice would bring me an opportunity."

"But we are collaborators, not traders, and I can’t watch you go to your death in vain..."

"I understand."

Chen Jian raised his hand to interrupt Ji Xing and then explained:

"We never said we would blindly dive into the ruins or engage that monster without any preparation."

"We are here to gather intelligence—just that our intelligence is different from what you know."

"Relying on the records of the Mechanical God Sect and the Holy Blood Temple is utterly meaningless; we must conduct close reconnaissance."

"Why is it meaningless?"

Ji Xing questioned again:

"Their intelligence might be vague, but at least it’s a reference."

"Wrong, their intelligence can’t serve as any reference at all."

Speaking as he went, Chen Jian opened the PDA.

Ji Xing looked at the screen and only then realized that Chen Jian and his team had somehow already gathered a lot of information about that monster and compiled it all in their own way.

Ji Xing was stunned for a moment and instinctively asked:

"When did you do this?"

"It doesn’t matter; it was a simple task anyway."

Chen Jian pointed to the first piece of intelligence in the record and then said:

"The first piece, which is confirmed by the Holy Blood Temple, Mechanical God Sect, and various wasteland forces."

"The monster is covered in heavy armor that even the huge cannons of the Mechanical God Sect Guard Brigade can’t pierce."

"Do you find this piece of intelligence useful?"

"How could it not be?"

Ji Xing said in amazement:

"This is already a consensus; the monster in Jinling City has an astonishingly high defense; neither firearms nor artillery can penetrate it, which is the experience summarized from multiple battles..."

"But that’s impossible."

Chen Jian shook his head and said:

"You said it could withstand a smoothbore gun, fine, but the Guard Brigade’s huge cannon?"

"There’s nothing in this world that can withstand a direct hit from the 152mm caliber howitzer in the hands of the Holy Temple Guard Brigade; this thing can pierce more than 100mm of armor from a distance of 2000 meters, what monster can withstand such a shot?"

"Godzilla or Pacific Rim?"

"In our world, there are no such foreign species; at least for now, all monsters still follow the objective biological laws that have been present on Earth."

"The reason it can’t be penetrated is either because they’re using the wrong shells or there’s another reason."

"Without figuring out the specific reason, relying solely on this piece of information would severely mislead our subsequent operational actions."

"Therefore, we must go and see for ourselves."

Chen Jian’s words left Ji Xing puzzled, but after careful thought, she felt that perhaps Chen Jian was right.

The information recorded by the Mechanical God Sect inherently contained many flaws, and this squad before her, their operational method couldn’t tolerate any flaws.

They achieved perfection in every detail, and their ’invincibility’ was based on such qualities.

So perhaps, they really should go and see?

Ji Xing’s gaze shifted several times, finally compromising:

"Then go and take a look."

"However, I still advise you to remain cautious."

"At least, use your ’drone’ to take a look first..."

"Don’t worry."

Chen Jian nodded, saying no more.

But in reality, he wasn’t very confident in the battle that might follow...

...

A few hours later, the four-member team left Tongling City.

After meeting up with the second team outside the city, the eight of them set out again, heading straight for Jinling.

At this time, they were still 160 kilometers from the Jinling Ruins, and at their normal speed, they would arrive in about 8 hours.

But Chen Jian deliberately slowed the team’s pace, the purpose being to ensure all the team members got adequate rest.

Along the way, Chen Jian checked his equipment and remotely controlled the construction work in Yellow Stone City, hundreds of kilometers away.

From Huang Yu, he learned that Huadu’s attacks on Yellow Stone City seemed to have stopped.

After suffering a major setback at the Anqing Ruins, they only organized a "probing" attack and then decisively abandoned further retaliation.

It was a very smart decision, and Chen Jian couldn’t help but wonder if the city’s management might not be as brainless as the outside world believed.

But what exactly was the opponent trying to do?

Getting the answer to this question wasn’t easy.

Of course, compared to this issue, Chen Jian was more concerned about the current situation of Yellow Stone City.

He wanted to know whether any new progress had been made in Yellow Stone City during their absence.

And Huang Yu’s answer didn’t disappoint him.

"... We’ve established trade routes with Wuxue Town and Caohe Town; we just completed our first trade yesterday, exchanging surplus equipment captured during Huadu’s attack for a large quantity of plastic."

"Next, we’ll try to sell this batch of plastic to Han Shui City, exchanging it for new necessary supplies."

"According to the commander’s instructions, we plan to mainly trade weapons and ammunition, while food will be sourced as much as possible from Wuxue Town’s market."

"The goods there are basically uncontrollable and have a relatively low risk of being poisoned."

"In this way, the food problem in Yellow Stone City can be basically solved."

"The gold you brought could be used to exchange for more useful items."

"Very good."

Chen Jian nodded in satisfaction, and moments later, Huang Yu continued on the other end:

"Additionally, we’ve been trying to study the cannon we captured from Huadu’s mercenaries over the last few days."

"We found that it’s not fired using gunpowder at all."

"But we haven’t figured out exactly how to use it yet..."

"Not fired using gunpowder??"

Chen Jian was dumbfounded.

"How do you know it’s not fired using gunpowder?"

"The cannon’s ammunition is some sort of... battery? It seems to be disposable."

"We tried attaching the battery, but there was no reaction..."

As the words fell, Chen Jian subconsciously turned to look at Lei Jie.

The two faced each other in silence; after a few seconds, Lei Jie spoke up:

"It can’t be... an electromagnetic cannon, right?"