"You mean, we have to watch those monsters grow and occupy the ocean?" the commander scolded.
"Of course not." The staff quickly said, "Although we cannot directly destroy the insect nests below 10,000 meters deep in the sea, we can inflict a large number of blows on them, such as using fleet bombings to kill a large number of mutant creatures!"'
"You can also capture samples for research. They can survive 10,000 meters deep in the sea. We will definitely get many new discoveries from them!"
"I support it, we must send a fleet there!" A general said immediately, "The ocean is our territory, how can it be occupied by a group of mutant creatures? Kill as many as there are of them!"
"Even if there are 10,000 blue whales, our cannons can knock them into a stopper!"
A scientist said: "No matter what, we have to get the samples of the deep-sea plants and the so-called Zerg! Only in this way can we prepare for the future!"
"He Xingzhou and his team must have obtained the sample! We can't fall behind!"
"Yeah, the whole world is watching us now and we need to prove ourselves!"
The commander was thinking, "In this case, obtaining samples is necessary. And to obtain samples, a fleet must be sent to cooperate."
The general immediately said: "We have the most powerful aircraft carrier fleet! We have the most advanced underwater submarines and underwater weapons! As long as we are dispatched, we are guaranteed to complete the mission!"
"We will destroy them all before they surface!"
The commander nodded and said: "Okay, let's detect the Mariana Trench! In addition, for coastal defense measures, an emergency office team will be established immediately to prepare!"
"yes!"
They immediately began to prepare. Instead of rushing directly to the Mariana Trench, these people convened a group of experts and sent a scientific research vessel to detect it first.
At the same time, they announced: "We will explore the Mariana Trench and learn the truth about mutant creatures!"
All over the world are paying attention to their actions. Everyone wants to know whether humans can compete with mutant creatures in the ocean!
Upon hearing the news, Xuanwu Executive Officer also issued a reminder on a public platform, "The Zerg under the Mariana Trench have quite strong combat effectiveness. Please do not be blindly confident when conducting detection!"
After the reminder is sent, whether they listen or not is another matter.
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Chaos still cannot be avoided in the world.
First, the prices of strategic materials such as food, oil, metal ores, and medicines began to soar, and supply exceeded demand. Where there is money, they purchase in large quantities, while where there is no money, they can only scrape together and save as much as possible.
They all know that if the Zerg are really as terrible as He Xingzhou predicted, no matter how much money they spend, they will never be able to buy these things!
At the same time, as long as there are areas close to the ocean, they have announced that they will investigate the marine environment.
Sakura Island in particular announced that it would spend hundreds of billions of dollars to explore all the surrounding sea areas, including the Sakura Trench adjacent to the Mariana Trench!
Various environmental organizations have begun to speak out frequently, calling for environmental protection and the like.
Various experts also began to appear, analyzing various mutant creatures and making various judgments about the Zerg.
Dr. Baker, who disappeared for more than half a year, reappeared.
During this period, he led the team to study the previous quantum computing error correction solution, but made no progress at all and wasted a lot of money.
Because Rodney, the head of the World Ocean Research Organization, was fired, he became the new spokesperson and became active as the poster child of the "Beacon Project".
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Chinese people no longer have the energy to pay attention to various phenomena outside.
It has been half a month since the Xuanwu Plan was announced, and action has already been taken everywhere in China.
All coastal cities have entered a state of alert. Troops are constantly stationed, and engineering teams come from all over the country to build the Great Steel Wall.
And all ports are under martial law. All entry and exit from the port must be strictly inspected and sailing under the escort of warships.
Sentinel Tower Scientific Research Institute, the "fruits" previously captured from the Mariana Trench were secretly transported here.
After hearing the news, Song Jinghong rushed over with his research team.
In a transparent biological culture tank, an immature Zerg was soaked in green nutrient solution, and everyone observed through the glass.
Its appearance seems to be humanoid, somewhat similar to a mammal embryo. At this time, the prototype of its limbs has differentiated. These limbs are claws, not human hands and feet.
The head is triangular in shape with a small short horn on it, and the trunk is strong.
The most special thing is its heart. Through its unfinished skin and scales, everyone can clearly see that its heart is beating loudly, like a ball of fire.
"The energy level of its heart is very high, comparable to the energy level of the power unit of one of our armored vehicles!" Liu Tianhu, who is in charge of transportation, said, "Our experts judge that if this thing explodes, it will be no less than launching a missile!"
"How can the cells of the body withstand such a high energy of the heart? How does the heart organ conduct this energy to the whole body?" Song Jinghong looked questioning, "In our previous research on mutant organisms, we have never found this Such a thing!"
"It was born at the bottom of the deep-sea insect tree. It should belong to a relatively advanced insect race." He Xingzhou said. They called the deep-sea plant in the Mariana Trench the deep-sea insect tree.
"It's incredible!" Kong Qing exclaimed, "It's still in the embryonic stage. If it continues to grow like this, I'm afraid it will become a giant beast in the future!"
"Yes, it requires twenty times the life-cultivating substances of other similar mutants!" Ye Yun said. "This is definitely a high-level Zerg!"
"Its heart structure, body structure, and various organs are all very precious research materials for us!" He Xingzhou said to Xue Yang and others: "Academician Liu, Professor Ye, you are indispensable for this mission!"
"We also follow the command." The two said.
Song Jinghong said: "This experimental subject should become a key research target. Our team must study it together!"
"Yes." He Xingzhou naturally agreed, and he said: "Professor Ye, it is your achievement, you can give it a name."
"We sacrificed two Jiaolong submersibles to catch it. It has horns, so it's called the Jiaolong."
"Then call it the horned dragon!" He Xingzhou saw the jade vat and said, "I have a hunch that the body structure of this horned dragon is very important!"
"It may include the Zerg's bioenergy utilization and biotechnology!"
The study of Qiu Long has become another key project of the Xuanwu Project.
At this time, He Xingzhou didn't have time to study these. His focus was on military technology.
When he discovered the insect nest in the Mariana Trench, He Xingzhou concluded that there was definitely more than one insect nest in the ocean!
The mutated creatures here all migrated, so aren't there more places where they come from?
Just like the iceberg theory, the iceberg we can see is only a small part, and the larger part is hidden deep down!
And if the abilities of these Zerg races evolve for a while, they will be irresistible to humanity's current level of technology!
So he has to continue and accelerate the upgrading of technology, especially weapons and equipment!
He Xingzhou summoned the quantum optical brain and opened the military technology branch of the technology tree. There are so many branches here.
Firearms, artillery, missiles, armored vehicles, ships, anti-aircraft weapons, fighter jets...
Any technology line can be upgraded.
"I have to think clearly, what is needed most now?" He Xingzhou analyzed that it is a bit unrealistic to directly manufacture ships and other technologies. The current need should be to protect coastal cities.
"Then let's start with the foundation of armored machinery technology - mechanical exoskeleton and robotic arm technology!" He Xingzhou selected the target.
The reason for choosing this is because both robotic arm technology and mechanical exoskeletons can be used to speed up project construction.
Engineering equipment equipped with flexible robotic arms can speed up construction efficiency. If coupled with AI intelligence, it will directly become an unmanned machine and work by itself!
Nowadays, a large number of soldiers are helping with engineering construction. Mechanical exoskeletons can not only help them with construction, but also allow them to carry higher loads and have more firepower.
Furthermore, with the current level of industrial manufacturing, these two are the easiest to mass-produce.
Even if He Xingzhou comes up with an aircraft carrier design drawing now, he won't be able to build it in a short time!
"Spend 200,000 energy points to unlock intermediate ergonomic technology."
"Spend three hundred thousand energy points to unlock the manufacturing technology of small robotic arms, light robotic arms, and heavy robotic arms."
"Spend three hundred thousand energy points to unlock mechanical exoskeleton technology."
He Xingzhou unlocked these technologies, understood and digested them, and immediately started designing.
He started with three types of robotic arms.
"In terms of energy, there are industrial-grade metal-air batteries, so it's not a problem."
“Power systems, structural systems, and engineering operating systems require design.”
"Let Xuanwu help the AI system. It has absorbed a lot of mechanical knowledge."
He Xingzhou used quantum computers to start high-speed design.
…
A few days later, He Xingzhou had completed the design of the small and light robotic arm. He was communicating with Academician Lu Jianye to discuss manufacturing matters.
At this moment, his emergency communicator rang.
Lu Jianye said: "You go ahead and work on it. We will solve the manufacturing problems as soon as possible!"
"Okay!" He Xingzhou didn't show any pretense, hung up the call, then connected the emergency contact and put on VR glasses.
Many times, people are still accustomed to using VR glasses instead of holographic projection.
Because the holographic projection information is not secretive enough, it will be seen by onlookers. VR glasses can only be seen from your own perspective, providing greater privacy.
"What happened? Need an emergency call?" He Xingzhou asked. At this time, other Xuanwu executives also joined the call.
"It's the ocean monitoring side!" Liu Tianhu said, "Satellite monitoring shows that White Eagle's exploration fleet is about to arrive at the Mariana Trench!"
"So fast? Won't they investigate for a while?" Qin Peng said. They have always known that all countries are investigating the Mariana Trench, but only a few countries have the ability to detect the deep sea.
Others who do not have enough scientific and technological strength will not be able to manufacture deep-sea submersibles! What's more, it is even more difficult to face attacks from mutated creatures.
"They must have made some discoveries!" Kong Qing said, "White Eagle's deep-sea detection technology has always been the best in the world before our technological breakthrough!"
"Turn the Skynet satellite image to see the situation!" After Qin Peng finished speaking, their perspective switched to the Skynet satellite image.
Through the satellite's perspective, they can see that in the Pacific Ocean, the White Eagle exploration fleet is heading towards the Mariana Trench.
This fleet includes seventeen ships! Cruisers, frigates, supply ships, and a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!
In addition, there are twenty quantitative research vessels responsible for fishing and detection.
"The lineup is very strong!" Cui Weimin said with emotion, "It seems that they have made up their mind and will gain something this time!"
"According to route analysis, the coordinates they are moving forward are consistent with the coordinates we detected last time." Intelligent System Xuanwu said.
"Sure enough, they found the location!" Song Jinghong said, "But with our last detection, it shouldn't be so easy for the Zerg to figure it out this time!"
"Maybe they will suffer a big loss!"
He Hongwei said: "We have already warned that it is very dangerous here."
"We also need to be on guard, lest they make the Zerg angry and something unexpected happens!"
"Keep watching, the whole world should be paying attention to their detection operation now!"
In fact, although Baiying's deep-sea exploration activities were not broadcast live, they were not covered up at all.
Wherever satellite technology or detection technology is developed, you can see something.
Unlike other places, they can only see some low-angle shots through satellites.
And He Xingzhou and others can see very clearly because of Skynet's space mapping function! Under the sea level, there is also their ocean monitor, and the scene under the ocean can also be seen clearly!
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"Have all the detectors been put down?" On the ship, Baker asked his subordinates. Today's scientific expedition team members are all led by him.
"They have all been put down, and 100,000 small deep-sea probes have been launched. Our thirty deep-sea submersibles are also ready!"
The deep submersible they prepared was ten times more than what He Xingzhou had prepared before.
"General Harvey, our side is ready and can start!" Baker said to the fleet command.
"Okay, the ship will help you carry out your mission!" Harvey shouted, "You can dive down, and we will blow up as many mutant creatures as there are!"
"Today, more than a dozen ships came to the Pacific to fry fish!"
Not only him, but everyone else on the ship also had itchy hands. These days, there are rumors that the Zerg are powerful and the ocean is occupied by monsters, which makes them, the fleet members, very embarrassed.
After waiting for a long time, I finally waited until today to face the so-called Zerg!
"There must be a lot of people watching now!" Baker was also secretly happy. With such a strong lineup, are you afraid that there will be no harvest?
It's best to catch a few big monsters and bring them up, then you can become world-famous!
"All bathyscaphes, launch!" he shouted.
