In China, it has been three days since the battle to defend the magical capital ended.
Residents have returned to the city one after another and restored normal life order. Outside the Great Steel Wall, there are still soldiers patrolling every day to clear out the remaining mutated creatures and Zerg.
The wounded were all treated, but unfortunately, the remains of those victims could not be found, because if they died in the mouth of the Zerg, there would be no bones left!
People woke up from the joy of victory and began to accept the tragedy of war.
In the Xuanwu Conference Hall, Xuanwu executives recalled the situation that day and were still frightened.
"In a battle to defend the magical city, we lost nearly ten thousand heroic men!" Cui Weimin said with emotion, "It's too tragic!"
"This is because we have the Great Steel Wall and electromagnetic guns." He Hongwei said, "When Sakura and Goryeo resisted the Zerg, the death toll exceeded 100,000. And after they let the Zerg enter the interior, people were killed every day. The entire society is in panic and chaos."
"The construction of the Great Steel Wall must be accelerated immediately until the country's coastline is protected!" Kong Qing said.
"Now our troubles have not diminished." Song Jinghong analyzed, "We extracted the Zerg biological materials obtained from the battlefield for analysis. These Zerg still have great evolutionary potential."
"We suspect that there are more advanced Zerg species in the insect nest."
"Yes." Qin Peng nodded, "This wave of Zerg attacking us comes from the Sakura Trench. The Zerg in the Mariana Trench have not made any move yet."
"We judge that this time it is just the Zerg testing our strength. At the same time, they are cultivating land troops. Soon, more Zerg will attack in full force! At that time, it will not be one or two locations or a few cities being attacked. , but the whole country, the whole world!”
"Based on the world's ocean area." He Xingzhou said, "It is conservatively estimated that there will be more than a hundred insect nests in the world!"
"One hundred!" Hearing this number, Lu Mei said in horror, "One insect nest can attack three locations in batches, one hundred insect nests... That can really destroy Blue Star!"
"Yes." He Xingzhou nodded, "So this is a race against time to see which one is faster, the development speed of our technology and weapons, or the evolution and reproduction speed of the Zerg!"
"So, I propose that we launch the second phase of the Xuanwu Project at the same time!"
The first phase of the Xuanwu Project is mainly about the national resource reserves, construction of shelters, wireless power transmission networks, magnetic roads, hyperloop, satellite networks and parts of the Great Steel Wall.
Now that most of them have been implemented, and the Great Steel Wall part can be progressed smoothly, the second phase must start in advance.
"Let's start discussing the second phase of Xuanwu Plan now!" Xuanwu executives started formal discussions.
"The most important thing!" Qin Peng said first, "We must consolidate the coastal defense line, including Yizhou!"
"Yes!" He Hongwei said, "This time the Zerg only attacked the Magic City, and we were able to defend it. We also have the Great Steel Wall to attack other places, but Yizhou is a key place, and we must not let the Zerg plunder!"
"If the Great Steel Wall Undersea Tunnel is to be built, we must have a sufficient fleet to protect it." He Xingzhou said, "In this battle, our fleet strength is far from enough to face the Zerg."
"So the development of ships, submersibles, and underwater weapons will be included in the second phase."
"We still need to expand our army. The defense along the entire Great Steel Wall requires a large number of soldiers!"
Xuanwu wrote down the contents of the meeting one by one, and when the suggestions made were approved by everyone, they would be included in the schedule.
Cui Weimin said: "Form a global defense organization. Although we are exchanging intelligence through the World United Organization, this is not enough. There must be a human civilization organization with stronger binding force and stronger execution power!"
"And we must take the lead!" he emphasized. "Other places are messing around, so we can't count on them."
Everyone nodded.
"We also need to build high-tech land and air legions to take precautions before they happen. Although we have temporarily blocked the invasion of marine Zerg, those mutated Zerg will sooner or later invade the sky and land through various means, and our other borders , we must also guard it!" Kong Qing said.
"Develop a new generation of fighter jets, and build armored corps and robot corps!" He Xingzhou said, "After this battle, there are many areas for improvement in mechanical exoskeletons. If we can overcome safe nuclear battery technology, we will have the opportunity to build more advanced Armor and robots!"
The durability of the mechanical exoskeleton is not strong. No matter how much the metal-air battery is said, it cannot maintain long-term operations, and the power cannot satisfy the use of electric energy weapons.
The reason why there was no battery life problem in this battle was entirely because they were near the Great Steel Wall and had wireless power network coverage everywhere, allowing them to charge at any time.
If it were in other places, there would be no such convenience, so a more advanced nuclear battery would be necessary.
"In terms of biological research, continue to advance." Song Jinghong said, there is no doubt about this.
"In terms of logistical support," Lu Mei said, "I propose that the country enter a state of comprehensive preparation, and civilian factories immediately transform their production lines to produce military equipment, ships, aircraft, mechanical exoskeletons, robots, etc."
"I agree, our consumption in this battle is not small."
Everyone discussed for several days and finally determined several major tasks for the second phase.
"First, continue to promote Zerg genetic research and improve the "Zerg Biological Dictionary."
"Second, large-scale conscription, and the entire Great Steel Wall will be completed within two years."
"Third, build a high-tech corps, including a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier fleet, a new generation of air corps, a ground armored corps and a robot corps."
"Fourth, build an undersea tunnel from Rongcheng to Yizhou and bring the waters near Yizhou under management."
"Fifth, form a joint defense organization for all mankind and collect information about Zerg around the world."
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These are five major categories, and there are other subcategories, totaling thousands of items.
They still divided their work, Qin Peng said: "Comrade He Xingzhou, in this battle to defend the magic city, your technology and ideas saved us from the invasion of the Zerg."
"So we have submitted an application to the higher authorities for you to become the official Xuanwu Executive Officer. The approval should come out soon."
He Xingzhou did not refuse. At this juncture, being pretentious would only be a waste of time.
He said: "Thank you everyone, I hope we can continue to implement the Xuanwu Project smoothly!"
"You have this ability!" Everyone now attaches great importance to He Xingzhou's opinion. They deeply know that without He Xingzhou, the Zerg may have plundered inland by this time!
"One more thing." Cui Weimin said, "In five days, we will hold a memorial ceremony for the heroes. If there is no emergency, everyone should attend."
"Okay!" Everyone agreed that even if they were short on time, they would still take time to mourn the heroes who died in the battle to defend the magical city.
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He Xingzhou had too many things to do. After the war, he first had a phone call with his family and then communicated with various departments.
A lot of Zerg biological materials were obtained in this war, and some high-level Zerg were captured alive, such as the red beetles, green beetles, and black beetles. They all captured living samples and sent them to the research institute for research.
He Xingzhou's personal scientific and technological research list has a lot of stuff lying around, and he can't even place it in a row.
"The next step is to study nuclear energy technology." He Xingzhou calculated that whether it is nuclear battery armor, robots, or nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers, breakthroughs in nuclear technology are needed.
He opened the technology tree of the quantum optical brain and found the corresponding technology.
"Basic nuclear fission energy technology requires 1 million units of energy to unlock."
"Nuclear radiation isolation layer technology requires 500,000 units of energy to unlock."
"Nuclear power storage technology requires 1 million units of energy to unlock."
"Nuclear battery technology requires 800,000 units of energy to unlock."
"Nuclear fission power thruster technology requires 3 million units of energy to unlock."
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The unit energy required by nuclear technology is much higher than before, and currently only nuclear fission technology can be unlocked. Controlled nuclear fusion requires at least tens of millions of energy to unlock, because there are too many technologies involved, and it is not yet possible. Create it directly.
He Xingzhou first introduced existing nuclear fission knowledge and technology, saving more than one million units of energy.
Then unlock the nuclear radiation isolation layer, nuclear power storage and nuclear battery technology. He plans to create a nuclear battery first.
Nuclear batteries can be used on a large scale in construction machinery and military equipment, which can greatly increase the speed of engineering construction and armament intensity in the short term.
He Xingzhou contacted Yang Bai and asked him to start recruiting people to form a nuclear battery research team.
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Sento Tower Research Institute, Underground Biochemical Research Institute.
A new piece of news troubled the research team.
"After the successful defense of the Magic City, many soldiers and logistics personnel became insane." Wu Rui reported the situation on the stage.
"The specific manifestations include auditory hallucinations and hallucinations. Some people may even feel that they are Zerg!"
"Severe cases can even go crazy. There have been more than a hundred cases in the past few days, and there is even a trend of spreading. It has seriously affected the stability of society and the health of soldiers. Medical experts believe that this may be a kind of post-war trauma. Stress syndrome.”
"We can't draw such a simple conclusion." Pan Yan gasped in the audience, "It must be related to the Zerg. There must be other reasons. Maybe the brain is stimulated by some kind of biological waves."
"We have also tested this aspect, but we know too little about the human brain and nerves and have not found any useful clues."
Humanity's understanding of the brain and nervous system is actually very shallow. Mental trauma is different from physical trauma, and it is difficult to detect or locate specific diseases and treatments.
They discussed it for a while, but it was still difficult to come to a close conclusion.
Pan Yan took a few breaths of oxygen and then said: "No matter what, we must find out the cause. If the Zerg have this method of affecting the human brain, we will be hit hard in the next war!"
"Let's go study each other. Let's break up the meeting."
Everyone dispersed and Pan Yan waved to Jiang Chan.
This was the first time she said this to Jiang Chan since she transferred her to the bioelectric wave research team last time.
"Teacher!" Jiang Chan walked over quickly.
Pan Yan was lying in a wheelchair, exhausted and said: "Take me to see Experimental Subject No. 9."
"Yes." Jiang Chan pushed her towards the area where Experimental Subject No. 9 was located.
Subject No. 9 was kept alone in a breeding room and slept most of the time.
Pan Yan held the oxygen mask, took a few more breaths of oxygen, and whispered: "I'll go in alone, and you wait outside."
"Yes." Jiang Chan waited quietly outside.
Pan Yan's wheelchair is a specially designed intelligent device that can be driven unmanned.
After she entered the research area, Jiang Chan waited patiently. These days, she has been studying the biological brainwave information that Pan Yan marked for her, and has achieved some results.
But until now, she hasn't had a chance to test her idea.
"Is it related to brain waves when hallucinations occur after the war?" Jiang Chan leaned on the railing, dragging his chin with one hand, thinking silently.
Minutes later, she was awakened by an alarm.
"Warning, Academician Pan Yan has fallen into a coma, please rescue him immediately." The person who called the alarm was the institute's intelligent system, Sentinel.
"Teacher!" Pan Yan quickly entered the research area and saw Pan Yan unconscious in a wheelchair.
Opposite her, a white dolphin was looking at her innocently.
"I'll see you later!" Jiang Chan whispered.
By this time, everyone had arrived.
"How is the teacher?"
"Hurry up and get first aid!" They sent Pan Yan to first aid.
Just as He Xingzhou was about to return to the Sentinel Tower Research Institute, he learned about Pan Yan's coma.
When he came to the ward of the institute, Pan Yan was resting. She was described as haggard, completely skinny and bones, and her eyes were sunken, like candles that were about to burn out.
He Xingzhou exited the ward and saw Jiang Chan standing outside with red eyes. He asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with Academician Pan?"
Jiang Chan choked with sobs and said, "Teacher, she is dying. The doctor said she might not last more than an hour."
"What!" He Xingzhou was shocked and asked, "How could this happen?"
"I...I have a little guess." Jiang Chan whispered. She was about to say it when the nurse informed: "Academician Pan is awake."
"We'll talk later." He Xingzhou patted her shoulder and consoled her.
He entered the ward. Although Pan Yan was awake at this time, she still had no energy. Even opening her eyes seemed to require all her strength.
"Mom!" Pan Yan's son Lu Fang has arrived. Pan Yan glanced at him with a trace of nostalgia in her eyes.
"Help...help me up." She whispered.
The nurse quickly helped her up carefully, and she gasped: "I don't have much time."
Everyone listened quietly, and no one dared to disturb the rhythm of her speaking.
"Sentinel, pass my information to Jiang Chan." Pan Yan called, and the holographic screen lit up in front of her.
The sentry's voice reminded: "Permission has been obtained and information transmission has been completed."
After hearing this, Pan Yan showed a hint of relief.
Her son still wanted to say a few words to her, but Pan Yan looked at Jiang Chan and said, "Leave it to you."
"I know! Teacher!" Jiang Chan couldn't help but burst into tears.
She looked at He Xingzhou again and said with a smile: "Xuanwu...the plan must...continue."
"I'm...satisfied. You're right. My heart is...good. Even though...even though I died nine times...I still have...no regrets."
When she uttered the last word, her whole figure seemed to have lost all strength, her eyes were slack, her eyes were blurred, and her body had completely lost all strength.
On the electrocardiogram monitor next to her, her electrocardiogram turned into a straight line without twists and turns!
