Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 93 - 6 Setting out for Huangzhou

Chapter 93: Chapter 6 Setting out for Huangzhou

Early the next morning, as the day just began to break, the residents of Yellow Stone City had already organized themselves spontaneously and started working according to the division of labor they had long been accustomed to.

It must be said, in this post-apocalyptic wasteland world, the people who could form settlements and survive within them still possessed a considerable degree of initiative.

No explicit orders were needed; they would figure out how to find food, collect fuel, and prepare materials for the winter all by themselves.

All Chen Jian needed to do was to recollect the excess ammunition and over-spec weapons that had already been distributed, and place them under centralized management at the place that was originally called a church, now called the villagers’ activity center.

He initially thought collecting the ammunition and weapons would be quite difficult, but the whole process went very smoothly.

This was not only because the villagers already had enough weapons to defend themselves, but more importantly, they knew that these things were meant for everyone’s use.

Temporarily retrieving them was just to ensure they could be available again when needed the most.

Seeing that the order of Yellow Stone City had basically been restored, Chen Jian also began to implement his next plan.

Before the delegation of the "coalition" arrives, he planned to lead a team to the Huangzhou Ruins to find the lair of the monster named "Mongolia," and then see if he could discover new clues from what was left inside the monster.

After gathering all the equipment, Xie Liu and Li Shi stayed behind to guard Yellow Stone City, while he took Shen Yue and others, driving two cat cars along the S412 highway, heading all the way towards Huangzhou City.

His plan was to get on G106 near Bridge Port, then cross the Ehuang Changjiang Bridge over to Huangzhou City, and then head straight to the monster’s lair, as marked by Huang Yu.

But upon reaching the location, he discovered that the critical bridge on the route had already collapsed.

"What’s going on? Just a few days ago the drone’s reconnaissance images clearly showed this bridge was intact."

Chen Jian raised his binoculars to look at the collapsed bridge not far away, and then asked:

"Lei Jie, when you returned to Han Shui yesterday, did you pass through here? Was the bridge intact at that time?"

Lei Jie shook his head and replied:

"We took G70 and didn’t pay attention to this area."

"But honestly, a bridge collapse isn’t exactly surprising, right? This thing’s been around for hundreds of years; falling apart is pretty normal."

"Any time a collapse happens is normal, but encountering it isn’t normal."

Chen Jian slightly frowned and turned to ask Zeng Yi:

"Is it possible a monster passed through and trod the bridge down?"

"Possibly, but there’s no evidence."

Zeng Yi put down the old binoculars in his hand and answered:

"If a monster had trodden it down, it should have fallen into the water, right? Friction is unavoidable."

"But captain, look, the broken parts of the bridge deck show no bloodstains, nor are there any shell remains or scales commonly left by monsters."

"This bridge really seems like it just naturally collapsed... but honestly, it’s too coincidental."

"In all my life, I have seen quite a few collapsed bridges, but I’ve only ever seen one that was okay a few days ago but then collapsed a few days later, and that was in the north."

"I think this is at least somewhat suspicious, best to stay vigilant."

"Understood."

Zeng Yi’s judgment was basically consistent with Chen Jian’s own thoughts, so he decisively ordered:

"Stay vigilant, bypass this area, and continue upstream to cross the river from Chibi Sandbar."

"Lei Jie, get the cat car’s propeller ready."

"We’ll enter the water at Bafang Bay and land on the shore at Chibi Bridge Village."

"Understood."

The group immediately changed direction and continued north along the highway by the river, where the vegetation hadn’t completely covered it.

Lei Jie installed the propeller, and the two cat cars entered the water together, moving eastward along the wide river.

"...This vehicle really won’t sink?"

Wiping the water droplets splashed on his face, Zeng Yi hesitantly asked.

"It basically won’t sink."

Shen Yue replied matter-of-factly:

"Even if it does, we have air canisters. Don’t you have one?"

"...."

Zeng Yi had no reply, while Lei Jie amusingly reassured:

"Relax, it’s just the three of us; we haven’t even reached the vehicle’s design load limit yet, even with Li Shi added on, it would still float."

"Enjoy the scenery of Chibi well... I never had a chance to see it before; never thought the first time I’d come here would be under these circumstances..."

"Chibi?"

Zeng Yi looked puzzled, and Lei Jie wanted to recite a poem for him but couldn’t recall the first line after pondering for a long time, so he just recited two lines, "Broken halberds sink into the sand, iron not yet gone," and "Xiao Qiao just married," which left Zeng Yi even more confused.

Fortunately, in terms of technical aspects, Lei Jie was quite authoritative.

After spending more than half an hour, the two cat cars successfully crossed the nearly two-kilometer river expanse and landed safely on the shore at Chibi Bridge Village.

No additional instructions were needed; the four of them spread out on the spot.

The drone took off, Shen Yue and He Shuo moved forward for reconnaissance, while Chen Jian and Lei Jie set up support weapons, ready to respond to any emergencies.

Once the surrounding area was confirmed to be secure, the team regrouped.

At this moment, Zeng Yi’s face inadvertently showed a somewhat unusual expression.

Although he had seen scenes of Chen Jian and others in combat many times, and even fought alongside them himself many times.

Yet each time he saw their seamless cooperation and skilled execution of various tactics, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration.

He actually wanted to ask, to what extent must he reach to be qualified to learn the knowledge and skills they’ve mastered.

But he also felt that such a request, or even such a question, was already somewhat presumptuous.

So he had no choice but to keep silent, following behind them and moving forward.

But unexpectedly, even without him asking, Chen Jian spoke up instead.

"Zeng Yi, don’t you feel like you’re a bit out of sync with our cooperation now?"

Zeng Yi was stunned for a moment and instinctively nodded, saying:

"Yes... but I haven’t learned these things... If needed, I can cooperate with you in other ways."

"Other ways aren’t necessarily right."

Chen Jian shook his head, then said:

"After we go back this time, have He Shuo give you a tactics lesson."

"Learning to shoot is just the first step, learning how to use a gun is just the beginning of getting started."

"As members of the Holy Blood, perhaps your physical capabilities are indeed strong, but you’ve also seen that, in situations with four-man coordination and sufficient firepower, we fear no frontal assaults."

"Therefore, you need to improve your abilities as soon as possible."

"Only by learning to coordinate, will you not have wasted your innate physical strength."

"Understood!"

Zeng Yi nodded excitedly, unusually stuttering as he said:

"In fact... in fact, I wanted to ask this question for a long time, but I thought it wouldn’t be appropriate..."

----Actually it really wouldn’t be appropriate, right?

He was originally an outsider, having joined this organization for less than a month.

They were willing to share equipment, willing to teach him how to use it, and even gave him the opportunity to train, which was already enormous trust.

To know, during his training at the Holy Blood Temple, he was never given such treatment.

There, only the strong qualified for resources, only the strong qualified to learn skills.

Weaklings should first consider how to survive purely on instinct...

Zeng Yi looked at Chen Jian, who in return was somewhat baffled.

"What do you mean by inappropriate?"

Zeng Yi didn’t know how to answer, and Chen Jian directly waved it off, continuing to say:

"There’s nothing inappropriate or not."

"We’re all on the same team; since you want to learn, then we’ll teach you..."