Chapter 487
320 rockets ascended and pierced the dome. They blanketed the New Age Square along the bank of the Huangpu River.
The rockets penetrated the concrete without any explosion. Blue sparks jumped outside the missiles and loud static buzzed in the area. The machine guns present became fried as the 320 EMP rockets eliminated any unprotected electronics.
A helicopter hovered above the New Age Square and confirmed the area was secure. The three corps began to pass over the bridge and the force totaling 5000 people were pushed to the square without any resistance.
In an EMP attack of such intensity and density, even if a chip was built with EMP resistance, it still couldn’t be protected from being fried.
Without any fighting required, the NAC soldiers captured the area easily. But what made Cheng Weiguo puzzled was why they didn’t face any resistance or people; it made him feel like his fist hadn’t landed anywhere.
After discussing with Zhao Gang and Wang Zhaowu, Cheng Weiguo ordered the corps to station themselves in the square and he sent out reconnaissance units to scout the area.
Near New Age Square, the First Corps reconnaissance units discovered a data tower installed on the surface as well as an automated factory. When they found the place, Cheng Weiguo immediately sent out soldiers to occupy the area and obtained two production lines to the Reptile drone and Python drone.
Compared to the multi-functional “Hummingbird” drone, the Python was a complete war machine. The hovering fixed machine guns along with its elongated design allowed the unit to be agile while carrying six times the amount of ammo capacity compared to the Hummingbird. It possessed an independent attack module which allowed it to operate in offline mode while still detecting friendly units and analyzing the terrain to complete the mission.
The Reptile drone was just like the Python – it was an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that could still operate in offline mode. It could assist the infantry during battle to act as a mobile supply box and an even more powerful mobile fire platform. The name “Battle Assistant” didn’t come out of nowhere.
It was a pleasant surprise to be able to find so many goodies at Lin Chaoen’s base.
Soon after, the Third Corps found the entrance to the fallout shelter in the metro station near the square. They cleared out the zombies inside the area and secured the location.
But a new problem appeared.
They took the elevator underground and secluded themselves there entirely.
Cheng Weiguo immediately made orders to take apart the elevator platform and sent a knight in power armor. The power armor was tied to a graphene rapport and if anything odd happened, they would immediately drag him up.
Once he reached the bottom, the knight encountered a situation similar to Fallout Shelter 027.
The fallout shelter’s door was tightly shut. The thick door didn’t look like it could be opened with force. The gear-shaped door was engraved with “Lin Fallout Shelter.” Just from the name, the fallout shelter was probably private and not a numbered fallout shelter constructed by the PAC.
The people inside probably used data towers on the surface to exchange information.
Facing this circumstance, Cheng Weiguo had to contact Jiang Chen for directions.
“Although we can’t open the door, we can place explosives underneath. We only need an equivalent of 100 tons of explosives to make the 3000-meter tunnel collapse and bury them underground.”
“If we’re only burying them, it’s still a hazard.” Jiang Chen shook his head. “And I’m also curious what’s behind the door.”
“But in theory, the door to the fallout shelter can’t be opened from the outside with force.” Cheng Weiguo had a wry smile.
It was indeed a difficult problem and Jiang Chen couldn’t think of any solutions. It was a turtle shell even a nuke couldn’t crack; he didn’t have any better solutions.
“How about this? Standby there and I’ll make a trip down.”
“Okay.” Cheng Weiguo nodded.
Communication ended. Jiang Chen closed his eyes and began to think, leaning on his chair.
But after some deliberation, he still hadn’t come up with a solution.
Just then came some knocks on the door.
“Come in.”
The door opened and Sun Jiao, without a kinetic skeleton, came in.
“Lin Lin already recovered, but she’s still really weak. Tingting in her body used too much energy by using the Klein particle ray. What’s going on at the frontlines?”
Sun Jiao wearily grabbed a chair and sat in front of Jiang Chen’s desk.
“Lin Chaoen’s base is cleared out and we obtained two production lines. The only problem is, their people hid in the fallout shelter… if they have people.”
“Bury them with nukes,” Sun Jiao said menacingly.
Whenever she thought about the bullet holes in the walls and the base in shambles, she felt angry. After living there for so long, this place was her home. It would be hard to ease her hatred unless she wiped out those despicable people.
“That’s a must, but burying them is too easy of an ending for them.” Jiang Chen smiled at Sun Jiao gritting her teeth.
“Then what do we do? They won’t come out of their turtle shells.” Sun Jiao put her hand on the table and pouted her mouth.
Jiang Chen paused for a moment and said, “I’ll make a trip down there.”
“A trip down there?” Sun Jiao looked cautiously at Jiang Chen. “Are you going to do something dangerous?”
“How’s that possible?” Jiang Chen rolled his eyes. “I’m going to see if I can throw the door into the storage dimension.”
Sun Jiao looked at Jiang Chen with skepticism while laying on her arm.
“That should be hard. I remember your storage dimension can’t cut out items connected to something. In the case of a door, it’s attached to the wall.”
Sun Jiao conducted an experiment with Jiang Chen that tested to see it was possible to throw other people’s guns in their hands into the storage dimension. The answer was no because creatures with life energy above a certain level couldn’t enter the storage dimension, and the guns held by people by default were viewed as one. But magnets connected with steel could be transported.
Jiang Chen guessed they might have to forcibly move atoms on the surface. He didn’t explain why the items on the floor weren’t viewed as being relative to the earth.
Even now, there were still many secrets he didn’t understand from the storage dimension.
“How would you do it without testing?” Jiang Chen sighed.
Although he knew it was a lost cause, it was worth trying. That place contained the top technology of the Supreme. Two production lines would be extremely helpful and who knew what else was inside?
He came to the hanger and the two helicopters returned to the base on standby.
He changed into a new set of T-3 power armor. Just as Jiang Chen was about to board, Lin Lin ran over with small steps.
He stopped in front of the helicopter as he turned around in shock.
“Lin Lin? Why are you here?”
“I…” She bent over with her hands on her knees to regain her breath. She looked to the side, slightly embarrassed. “I heard from sister Sun Jiao that you’re going there and I’m worried, so I followed along.”
“Take care of yourself first.” Jiang Chen looked speechlessly at her and turned around to board.
“Wait, don’t leave! I-I can help! If your opponents are machines, I can use my Klein particle ray to wipe them out.” Lin Lin raised her chest with pride with a proud curvature formed on her face. “I just saved you a few hours ago. You’ll be safer with me.”
[It’s what Tingting wanted.]
Lin Lin added that in her mind.
“With your current condition, could you still use that ability?” Jiang Chen asked with skepticism.
“Of course, yes! I’m mostly recovered, so please bring me along!” Lin Lin nodded with certainty.
Jiang Chen sighed and had to nod.
“Okay, you have to promise you won’t cause trouble.”
“Don’t worry! I’m very obedient!” Lin Lin giggled and said cheerfully.
With how energized she looked, Jiang Chen also felt less worried.
It was indeed an excellent choice to bring Lin Lin along. The Klein particle ray was the nemesis of robots no matter how strong the robots were. And Lin Lin already knew the secret to his storage dimension. Bringing her along meant there were safety concerns and he didn’t need to worry about his secret being leaked.
Just like this, Lin Lin boarded the helicopter with Jiang Chen.
With the guide’s instructions, the helicopter slowly lifted off and transported the duo to the city center.