Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 244 - 99: Chip Equipment_2

Chapter 244: Chapter 99: Chip Equipment_2

"...It really isn’t."

Chen Jian sighed and then said:

"It’s not that we can’t take down the Pope and replace him, it’s that we can’t do it at this point in time."

"The Mechanical God Sect is not the Holy Blood Temple, it is a religious organization."

"And the internal cohesion and unity of a religious organization are unpredictable."

"You can’t see one potential rebel and assume that the entire organization is full of rebels—moreover, we still don’t know whether Zhang Tao is just pretending."

"We are unprepared and our grassroots support is equally weak."

"If we take down the Pope now, what we’ll be left with is an extremely chaotic Jinling City."

"And this city, to a large extent, will detract from our energy and affect our cold start plan."

"So, relatively speaking, the most advantageous choice is to let Jinling City and the Mechanical God Sect maintain the status quo for now."

"Then, plan to make a move once we truly have the capability to ’receive this city’."

"And right now, the time is not ripe."

"Understood..."

Ji Xing nodded in sudden realization and then said thoughtfully:

"As it stands now, those brainwashed followers they’ve developed have instead become their strongest wall..."

"Who would argue with that?"

Chen Jian slowly sighed and then asked:

"What about the others? If we all agree, then let’s prepare to withdraw."

"However, we can’t give up on Jinling."

"We need someone to establish a party cell here—establish a liaison station to ensure our presence."

"Who will do this?"

"I’ll do it."

He Shuo raised his hand and then said:

"Me, Zeng Yi, and allocate some protective equipment to us, the safety issue isn’t too large."

"Okay, I’ll leave it to you."

Chen Jian nodded and said promptly:

"Fu Xi, calculate the minimum safety equipment needed, then allocate with a 20% increase."

"Understood, distribution and marking completed. Comrades He Shuo and Zeng Yi, I wish you smooth operations."

As Fu Xi’s voice fell, everyone exchanged glances with complex expressions.

This would be the first truly dispersed operation for this squad.

At the same time, this would be the first spark branching out from this flame.

The path to setting the prairie ablaze might begin at this moment.

Chen Jian exhaled deeply and then said:

"No other objections."

"It is now 11 o’clock. Tomorrow morning at 6 o’clock, we will leave Jinling City on time and return to Facility 011."

"Agreed?"

"Agreed!"

.....

At 6 o’clock the next morning, according to the original plan, Chen Jian led the main forces to begin their withdrawal from Jinling City.

When the high-level officials of the city saw this "large" team leave Jinling City, they all heaved a sigh of relief.

They knew that this meant the peace agreement had taken effect, and their lives were temporarily secured.

Conversely, the grassroots citizens couldn’t help but feel some regret.

Perhaps they thought that the so-called "Supreme Saint Eight One" was here to protect them and would always do so.

But now, they were leaving?

No one knew what the situation was.

The only comfort was that not all of the battle machines operated by the Mechanical Soul had left.

Their silhouettes could still be seen in the streets, though in much fewer numbers.

Perhaps Supreme Saint Eight One had more important things to do?

After completing those more important tasks, they would return.

When they would return and in what manner was something that lingered in the minds of the common people. At this point, they hadn’t realized how dangerous their seemingly normal expectations were for the Mechanical God Sect.

As they watched Chen Jian’s team leave, a loud and overwhelming farewell sounded.

Sitting in the cat-cart, Chen Jian turned around for a glance, wanting to say something but ultimately closing his mouth.

Shen Yue, who noticed his expression, playfully asked:

"Not planning to leave any words behind? Like, ’When we return, we will bring you liberation’?"

"Let it be. Do these people know what liberation even means?"

Chen Jian shook his head and said:

"No need to force things. Let it happen naturally."

"Great deeds aren’t spoken; they’re achieved."

"When our forces enter Jinling City again, it’ll really be when the Mechanical God Sect is about to collapse."

"However, this matter is still a bit distant—let’s not talk about it for now. Has the list promised by the Mechanical God Sect arrived?"

"It has."

Lei Jie, beside him, replied:

"This time, it’s truly a great harvest. It’s almost like we can get whatever we want."

"Food, fuel, metal materials, even rare metals."

"Items that the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce can’t get, the Mechanical God Sect can."

"Moreover, from the samples they provided, they really do have quite a few."

"It seems like the Mechanical God Sect’s foundation is still there. At least the high echelons of the Mechanical God Sect can definitely comprehend more profound knowledge and technology."

"It’s just that they haven’t passed down this knowledge and technology."

"That’s evident."

Chen Jian nodded and said:

"They can use and maintain internal combustion engines, which is enough to indicate something."

"I believe their technological reserve should be at the stage of the Second Industrial Revolution."

"In other words, this organization’s potential has yet to be fully displayed before us—it’s no wonder they can maintain such a large organization in this world and persist for so long..."

"Indeed."

Lei Jie concurred, saying:

"Let us not underestimate the heroes of the world—though they may not be heroes, don’t underestimate them."

"By this logic, the Ring Chamber of Commerce is no simple entity either."

"I think those people might be a bunch of...madmen who don’t know how to make artillery shells but know how to make nuclear bombs."

"By the way, what are the things they’ve delivered? What did they find in the Lu State Ruins?"

"Didn’t you see it?"

Chen Jian asked incredulously:

"It’s just behind, go take a look yourself."

"I’ve already seen it today. I can only say, no wonder those from the Ring Chamber of Commerce couldn’t understand what it was."

"If it wasn’t for Fu Xi, I wouldn’t understand it either."

"Is it that advanced?"

Lei Jie curiously jumped off the cat-cart and climbed onto the electric truck following the convoy.

Then, he opened the cargo hold lid and lifted the cover of the standardized transport container.

When the contents inside were revealed to him, he exclaimed aloud.

"Holy crap, what the heck is this?!"

"A lithography machine?!"

"Is this a lithography machine? No, it doesn’t seem like a lithography machine..."

"But this looks like a chip template... what’s going on?"

Lei Jie mumbled incoherently, contradicting himself, instinctively wanting to reach out and touch the equipment inside but ultimately retracting his hand.

He was afraid of damaging what’s inside.

Because he knew this thing was incredibly valuable to them right now.

If this truly was a lithography machine, then along with other relatively simpler equipment, creating chips by hand on the wasteland would be possible.

And thus, the goal of intelligent industry could take a significant step forward!

Lei Jie took a deep breath and asked again:

"Fu Xi, can you see the equipment in front of me? Do you know what this is?"

"Of course."

Fu Xi’s voice came through the earphones.

"Professor Lei, as you can see, this is indeed equipment used for chip manufacturing."

"However, it is quite contradictory and still has great room for improvement."

"But for our plans, such equipment is already sufficient..."

"Just tell me the result directly!"

Lei Jie impatiently interrupted Fu Xi, who immediately stopped the unnecessary introduction and gave a concise response:

"To be exact, these are two pieces of equipment."

"Two pieces of equipment for manufacturing chips."

"One is a growth-type chip manufacturing machine based on vapor-phase deposition."

"The other is a more traditional imprint chip manufacturing machine."