Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 194 - 72 Construction Work 095_2

Chapter 194: Chapter 72 Construction Work 095_2

"The location of the Jinling Ruins we all recognize is here."

As he spoke, Ji Xing slid the PDA screen like Chen Jian, pausing on a green area covered with vegetation.

Chen Jian and the others looked at the screen, then froze with a uniform reaction.

"Damn it...."

Lei Jie said incredulously:

"Isn’t that Zhongshan?"

"The center of the Jinling Ruins is Zhongshan? What’s there?"

"...There is the Ming Xiaoling, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum---and the Zijin Mountain Observatory."

He Shuo answered leisurely and then continued:

"I feel this result makes more sense.... If there’s really something special inside the Jinling Ruins, then it shouldn’t be on the same coordinate marker as 7025, because they aren’t the same level of things."

"It’s very possible we were misled from the start."

"The coordinates of the Army Engineering University have nothing to do with what we’re pursuing, like the Fu Xi project, the fusion pile, or the key to unlock the Mountain City."

"It’s just an ordinary disaster preparedness facility, a disaster preparedness facility prepared under the jurisdiction of other departments and systems."

"And Zhongshan is the true core area of the Fu Xi Project..."

"...Reasonable."

Chen Jian exhaled deeply and then said:

"But now another problem arises—how do you know this area is the core area?"

As he spoke, Chen Jian looked at Ji Xing.

The latter answered without hesitation:

"From the intelligence gathered from the Mechanical God Sect and a few explorations of the Holy Blood Temple."

"That’s where they discovered the second-level monster, and where battles took place."

"I don’t have the authority to access more information related to this monster, but the basic information shouldn’t be wrong..."

"Understood."

Chen Jian nodded again, a slight smile appearing on his face.

"Then we’re really hitting the jackpot."

"The Zhongshan area is a full 15 kilometers away from the Army Engineering University we are heading to, almost half a hazardous zone distance."

"We might not even need to meet the monster, and we could activate the facility there."

"If there’s equipment in there that we urgently need.... that second-level monster is just a hindrance."

"Let’s go, set off now!"

"I can’t wait anymore!"

.....

After finally clarifying this seemingly unimportant but actually decisive piece of information, Chen Jian’s 8-member team instantly had their spirits lifted.

Seizing the cold and biting wind, they sped along the Cat Cart towards their target more than 40 kilometers away, along G4211.

In less than half an hour, they had already traveled 10 kilometers, reaching the location where the fungus carpet was first discovered.

As Shen Yue predicted, these fungus carpets, under the ravages of cold wind and low temperatures, have greatly reduced vitality.

The formerly plump bulges vaguely showed signs of withering and shrinking. Though not to the point of wilting and decaying immediately, it’s clear they’ve lost the keen sensitivity they had in the relatively warmer daytime temperatures.

Still, for safety’s sake, Chen Jian ordered Zeng Yi and the others to destroy any bulges they discovered immediately.

After all, fungi aren’t truly intelligent. These things are like switches. Once destroyed, the entire area’s fungus carpet and other symbiotic organisms would gradually lose activity.

This also laid the groundwork for favorable conditions for their potential retreat later.

The gunshots, accompanied by the low roar of the Cat Cart’s engine, echoed continuously, slightly reducing the squad’s speed as they entered the fungus carpet ground.

Yet, even so, after three hours of traveling, the squad successfully reached the second key pivot point, reaching the junction of G2503 and G104 highways.

They encountered several fungus men attacks, but due to the prior preparation, and being free from the interference of toxic gas, they handled it with ease.

Detect, fire, kill, and swiftly retreat.

The tracking speed of the fungus men couldn’t keep up with their transfer speed. Aside from providing a few face-to-face scares, they didn’t cause any substantial damage to the squad.

Chen Jian was a bit worried that such aggressive actions might attract that second-level monster, but in fact, from start to finish, it didn’t reveal a single trace.

Drones continuously patrolled and reconnoitered above, and in the images they took, the most "abnormal" things were the fungus forests mixed in with the normal deciduous forest, and those gigantic mushroom caps.

For a moment, Chen Jian even doubted whether the so-called second-level monster even existed.

But, when the drones detected the dense lights on the East Bank of the Yangtze River, he immediately dismissed this somewhat lighthearted thought.

"About 40 kilometers away, there are large numbers of active light sources."

"Not the lights of Jinling City, should be a large marching force."

"The distance is too far... should we use the dual-drone signal relay plan to let the drones fly over and take a look?"

He Shuo asked while staring at the drone’s images, and Chen Jian shook his head and said:

"No need."

"It’s obvious those are troops of the Mechanical God Sect."

"They’re making their way from Jinling City to the Jinling Ruins, presumably a big move."

"The light scale..... conservatively estimated to be more than two thousand people, right?"

"Are they also going into the ruins? Why the sudden rush?"

"Probably because of Huadu."

Ji Xing chimed in and answered:

"Huadu didn’t come to Jinling with the intention of Jinling City. They also want something in the ruins."

"The Mechanical God Sect won’t clash head-on with them, it’s not worthwhile."

"Rather than wasting their power on Huadu, it’s better to hurry into the ruins and take out that monster."

"We can see that this is when that monster is the most vulnerable; they obviously have related information."

"For them, this is indeed the best opportunity..."

"Makes sense, but is nonsensical at the same time."

Chen Jian frowned and said:

"When they fought us, they went all-out, but with Huadu, they don’t dare to hit hard?"

"Not that they don’t dare, it’s just not worth it."

Ji Xing pouted and said:

"I kind of know what happened at Yellow Stone City— I can vouch for it. If they had known at the start that opposing you would cost them so much, they wouldn’t have made a move."

"It’s a survival strategy that most on this land have to follow..."

"Understood."

Chen Jian nodded and then said:

"Then we need to pick up the pace."

"Since they dare to come, they must be confident."

"This second-level monster has become the target of a hunting competition, whoever takes it down first will have the initiative."

"We can’t let the Mechanical God Sect get ahead of us."

"The surrounding environment is stable, stay vigilant, proceed at full speed!"

"Understood!"

Upon Chen Jian’s order, everyone immediately entered a state of heightened alertness.

Shen Yue and Lei Jie both put on night vision goggles, switched off the headlights, and pushed the speed of the Cat Cart to the limit.

Proceeding along G104, in just half an hour, the squad had covered the final 11 kilometers.

When the two Cat Carts stopped in front of a gigantic mushroom-cap fungus forest, and when Chen Jian saw that familiar, yet-to-collapse gate underneath the dense caps, he realized they found the right place.

"This is it."

Chen Jian took a deep breath and then gave the order:

"Everyone spread out, establish a perimeter."

"Lower the drone’s altitude, hover above the coordinate point."

"The fungus forest here is much lusher than the periphery, probably due to the organic matter deposits underground."

"We must hurry and find the underground facility location, otherwise, if we stay too long, the gas..."

"No need for that."

Before Chen Jian finished speaking, Lei Jie interrupted suddenly.

He pointed to the massive granite under the star and shield relief in the distance and said:

"They marked the direction."

Chen Jian shone his tactical flashlight in the direction Lei pointed.

And on that granite slab, crudely engraved, was a line of words.

"Fort 095, this way."

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