Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 273 - 117 Genius Idea

Chapter 273: Chapter 117 Genius Idea

Chen Jian didn’t completely annihilate them.

After all, if one were to truly talk about deep sins, it could only be attributed to the high-ranking officials in Huadu.

The other civilians, although they also had issues, at least had some element of "forced" passivity due to oppression.

Chen Jian didn’t care about their survival or death, he felt no moral burden.

But to directly slaughter them all, he couldn’t harden his heart to do so.

Committing murder without reason would one day lead to his own downfall.

He’s no god of wrath!

So, Chen Jian merely "expelled" them.

But to his surprise, these female demons from Huadu refused to leave.

They seemed convinced that Chen Jian and his people wouldn’t take their lives, or perhaps they truly had nowhere else to go.

Even in the face of icy gun barrels, they just retreated to the back of the woods, timidly poking their heads out once the guns were moved away.

Ji Xing, who was in charge of driving them away, looked helplessly at this scene and turned to ask Chen Jian:

"Captain, what should we do?"

"What else can we do? Pack them up and send them to Jinling City."

"These people absolutely can’t stay, they are a huge destabilizing factor."

"We have at most a hundred people here, we can’t possibly absorb so many prostitutes."

"Jinling City is different — perhaps they might even need them."

"...That’s true."

Ji Xing’s eyes flickered for a moment, and he finally nodded.

"What’s wrong, you sympathize with them?"

"...A little. The sins of Huadu ultimately fall on them."

"Sorry, Captain, I..."

"No need to apologize."

Chen Jian waved his hand and said:

"A gentleman cannot bear to see their living suffer or hear their cries while eating their flesh."

"It’s right to have sympathy, but in this world, our rationality must override our emotions."

"They have three paths: stay in Base 011 and eventually cause chaos and be executed as criminals; be driven out of Base 011 and die at the hands of monsters in the wilderness; or go to Jinling, at least they have a chance to survive."

"That’s the rational choice, understand?"

"Understood!"

Ji Xing answered seriously, and Xie Liu beside him also nodded thoughtfully.

Using rationality to control emotions rather than erasing emotions?

This is completely different from what the Holy Blood Temple taught them, but which is superior... is indeed obvious.

"Alright, we should get ready to set off as well."

"The journey is long, better hurry."

"So, what vehicle will you take?"

"I want to ride in the tank!"

Li Shi immediately chimed in, and Chen Jian replied helplessly:

"The 30A’s space is designed for three people, if you go in alone you’ll occupy all the space, there’s no room for you."

"You can either ride in the Humvee or the truck, choose one."

"...Then I’ll take the Humvee."

Li Shi replied with slight disappointment, and Lei Jie, who was checking the tank equipment, jumped in and said:

"You might not get to ride, but this round trip will probably require at least two maintenance stops, so you’ll have the chance to work on it."

"Only need to maintain it twice?"

Chen Jian asked in surprise:

"I thought we’d need to fix it continuously along the way."

"Not that bad... this thing was designed with distributed warfare in mind, each system has relatively high redundancy, unlike those fragile tanks we used before."

"Its operational radius without logistics support should reach about 350 kilometers, we now have one logistics truck, so it shouldn’t be a big issue."

"Got it."

Chen Jian nodded, waved his hand and said:

"Then let’s get in the vehicles."

"Fu Xi, are the other vehicles ready?"

"All set."

Fu Xi’s voice sounded in their ears.

"Considering the mission complexity and the inaccessibility of supplies, I have expanded the number of supply trucks from 4 to 7."

"The unmanned combat equipment, supplies, spare parts, ammunition, repair equipment, and mini base station equipment are all packed and loaded, weapon systems have been inspected."

"We can depart now, sir."

"Got it."

Chen Jian boarded the Humvee, taking the co-driver’s seat, while Xie Liu naturally sat in the driver’s seat. With a press of the accelerator, the Humvee shot forward.

The trucks, the cat vehicles, and finally the tank followed in succession.

This mighty convoy drove out of Base 011 with an unstoppable momentum, while behind them, the Huaxia Army, and their "military families" stood in formation, watching them leave.

Dust billowed and then gradually dispersed.

In the distance, the refugees watched the group, which was unbelievably huge to them, leave. It seemed they realized something big was going to happen, yet they dared not approach to ask.

Only when the convoy completely disappeared did Shen Yue come to them.

"From today on, I will take over Comrade Ji Xing’s work. From now on, all your chips distribution and exchange affairs will be handled by me, you can contact me directly."

"The more you work, the more you earn."

"If you feel unwell, speak up on time. As long as you have enough chips, you can rest."

"Thank you, sir!"

The refugees quickly bowed to thank Shen Yue. They had been trained by Ji Xing not to kneel, which pleased Shen Yue greatly.

He nodded slightly and was about to leave when someone in the group suddenly called out:

"Sir!"

Shen Yue turned back to see a woman looking at him with a slightly bitter expression, and she spoke:

"Lord Ji Xing mentioned before that she would give us new chips in exchange for porridge without meat..."