Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 274 - 117: The Genius’s Idea_2

Chapter 274: Chapter 117: The Genius’s Idea_2

"Now that Ji Xing-sama is gone, will there still be chips..."

Shen Yue was taken aback, unable to fathom why Ji Xing would do this.

Not yet grasping the ration system, and already wanting to establish a monetary system?

But when he saw the frail child in the woman’s arms, he instantly understood Ji Xing’s promise.

The porridge with meat is nutritious.

Yet it’s tough for a woman to feed herself and her child through labor alone.

So, he began to respond:

"No new chips are needed."

"Register with me; you and your child count as one person. I’ll provide you with second-grade food."

"This is better... much better..."

The woman nodded repeatedly, while the observing male refugees remained indifferent.

Shen Yue smiled slightly, saying nothing more.

But at this moment, the child in the woman’s arms suddenly asked:

"Sir... will they come back?"

"Of course they will."

Shen Yue answered without hesitation:

"They will bring new things."

"So I hope you all work hard as well."

"Let them see new things when they return."

The child nodded vigorously and answered loudly:

"Yes, sir!"

....

The convoy moved northward, with Chen Jian closely observing the latest map provided by Fu Xi. After marking the location, he said:

"Our first stop is Zhuolu City, our first camp point for today."

"It’s 240 kilometers away, connected by several highways."

"The surrounding road network is dense, offering many alternative routes, so our progress shouldn’t be too slow."

"It’s currently 10 a.m. If all goes well, we should arrive in Zhuolu by 6 p.m."

"I’ve already sent word to He Shuo, asking him to have Zhang Tao arrange a place for us to stay."

"However, Zhuolu City was recently looted by Huadu, so the situation might not be optimistic."

"We need to be prepared. If the city is unstable, we’ll stay outside to rest."

"Deploy drones for lookout. If you spot potential danger, eliminate it directly if possible."

"Understood."

"Received."

Lei Jie, Xie Liu, and others responded one by one, while Huang Meng, the squad leader of the Huaxia Army, took a few seconds to adapt to the exoskeleton assigned to him, then replied enthusiastically:

"Received, Captain!"

Chen Jian glanced back with amusement and said:

"You’re sitting right behind me, no need to shout so loudly."

Huang Meng smiled awkwardly and said again:

"Reporting, Captain, I was a bit excited..."

"I never expected my first long trip... would be the Northern Expedition!"

"Then you really hit the jackpot."

Chen Jian said with amusement:

"Stay vigilant, don’t get too carried away."

"If there’s any battle, don’t rush ahead. Listen to my orders, understand?"

"Understood, Captain! Obey orders without fail!"

"Good, very spirited!"

Chen Jian nodded with satisfaction, and just then, Fu Xi’s voice suddenly came through the headset.

"Approaching an unmanned danger zone. According to intelligence, no large human settlements detected within 60 kilometers ahead, possible monster activity observed, please stay alert."

"Understood."

Every expression turned serious, while Huang Meng immediately looked down at the PDA screen, trying to find any danger signals from the monsters.

But clearly, what Fu Xi couldn’t do, he couldn’t either.

Having found nothing, he lifted his head again, and by then, the convoy had officially entered the unmanned zone.

Xie Liu, who was driving, slightly slowed the vehicle and said:

"Captain, the map provided by Fu Xi shows that the road conditions ahead aren’t too good. We’ll need to go slower to maintain convoy order."

"No problem, estimated time to pass?"

"Estimated 3 hours to get through."

"Understood."

Chen Jian’s eyeballs moved slightly, and the integrated observation system in his helmet quickly activated the telescope mode, allowing him to look out the window. What he saw was a dense forest with many small animals’ heat signals, but no large monsters.

"Are there any legends about monsters in this area?"

"There are."

Over the radio, Ji Xing interjected:

"A monster known as Kui Niu resides in this area, probably Level 3."

"It’s very active, but its range of activity is relatively small, rarely leaving its territory."

"Traders occasionally pass through this area quickly, and there haven’t been any problems for a long time."

"We should be safe to go straight through."

"No."

Chen Jian instinctively shook his head and said:

"We won’t go straight through."

"Fu Xi, locate it!"

"Understood, expanding drone search area."

After those words, Ji Xing asked in astonishment:

"Why hunt proactively? Besides expending ammunition, what benefits could this have for us?"

"There are benefits."

Chen Jian gripped the remote weapon station’s control stick and said:

"Although we don’t yet fully understand the cause of the beast waves, it’s very likely related to the so-called ’monster vacuum zone’."

"The more concentrated the vacuum zones, the more unified the migration direction."

"The more unified the migration direction, the more likely a beast wave is to form."

"Thus, we need to break this pattern and expand the vacuum zone’s range."

"On the other hand... dealing with one monster is simpler than fighting a thousand."

"If we can pick them off individually, the pressure during a beast wave will be reduced..."

"Genius."

Beside him, Lei Jie praised and said:

"Why didn’t the former Mechanical God Sect think of this brilliant method?"

".... That might be because they didn’t have tanks."

Through the headset came Ji Xing’s wistful voice, and just then, an alert from Fu Xi suddenly came in.

"A large monster detected 34 kilometers northwest, image transmitted, please check."

"Got it."

Chen Jian immediately projected the drone image onto his smart visor, and as the image unfolded, he saw the form of the gigantic monster.

----It wasn’t in the form of the legendary "Kui Niu" from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

But it certainly seemed like some kind of "beast."

Its large four legs were armored like a rhino, and a thick layer of keratin covered the surface.

Two bull-like horns, short and thick, seemed worn smooth from repeatedly crashing into mountains.

Its height was at least 15 meters, with a length reaching an astonishing thirty meters.

Standing there, it seemed akin to a small hill.

Even more remarkable was its incredible speed.

Logically, the larger the size, the more pressure on muscles and bones.

For any carbon-based life, there’s always a limit to the density and strength of both.

With a body this big, it shouldn’t be able to move fast.

Yet, it charged through the forest, seemingly unencumbered by its massive size.

"It looks much like the bull frog we encountered at Han Shui."

Chen Jian spoke calmly and then said:

"Lei Jie, move the 30A within 3 kilometers, take the high ground, and use the main cannon to kill it directly!"

"Understood!"

Lei Jie replied immediately, and then a series of complex yet straightforward battle actions began to unfold.

The convoy accelerated, the drone locked on the Kui Niu’s position, and the fire control system automatically calculated the trajectory.

Soon after, the auto-loader completed the loading of a tungsten core armor-piercing shell, and the breech was locked, ready to fire.

"Loading complete!"

"Arrived at the predetermined combat position!"

"Roger, direct fire! Pierce it!"

"Understood!"

Upon command, a thunderous explosion followed.

"Boom!"

The fin-stabilized discarding sabot penetrator shot out, traveling towards the monster at a muzzle velocity exceeding 2200 meters per second.

Its movement was swift.

But no matter how quick, it couldn’t possibly be faster than this shell!

"Bang!"

The shell hit the target squarely.

Soon, a blood hole nearly two meters in diameter appeared on Kui Niu’s massive body.

"Fire the second shot!"

"Boom!"

The second shell followed closely.

And with that, the monster could no longer stand.

After firing the shell, Huang Meng, who was watching the monster’s movements via drone, was stunned on the spot.

It was his first time witnessing a tank in combat.

He realized for the first time that on the wasteland, there truly were weapons capable of "overwhelming superiority" against monsters...