Chapter Thirty Preparation, Situation
In the research institute in the mountainous area on the outskirts of Miaocheng City, Mu Chenxing and his party had been here for almost a month. With the help of Lao Xia's powerful magnetic force, all the research equipment installation plans that originally required many people and machines to complete were easily installed in just a few days under their efforts of only five people.
After Athena and Alice's control and debugging, all research equipment is now working normally. The new laboratory and workspace of Old Xia and Old Zhou have increased significantly, and the brand-new large-scale experimental equipment that was previously restricted by the small venue area can now be installed.
The most obvious one is the laboratory where Old Zhou conducts his biological experiment operations. In the past, when he was in the villa, that place was not only narrow, but also very simple in terms of equipment, and basically could only do some very small experiments, such as minor surgeries. Some precision large-scale equipment like industrial X-ray machines, high-pressure oxygen chambers, linear accelerators, etc. simply cannot be installed.
Since moving to the research institute, Muxin Xing took the opportunity to return to Lushan City, which was still clearing up the ruins. Taking advantage of the excellent timing when some streets were still under military blockade after the last battle in Lushan City, he quietly entered a large comprehensive hospital not far from the site of the meteorite accident.
This hospital in Lushan City is quite famous, with all sorts of large-scale medical equipment being very complete, just right to meet Old Zhou's requirements. Mochou Xing, wearing an electronic camouflage suit, entered the hospital and saw that due to the military blockade, no one had returned yet. He immediately took advantage of the situation and cleared out various expensive medical equipment from there. He didn't care if he recognized it or not, as long as it looked advanced, he put it into his wristband.
He brought all those things back in one go, and Old Zhou personally checked them out to find that Mu Chenxing had indeed brought back a lot of good stuff. The Gamma Knife stereotactic radiotherapy system, the proton therapy system, the medical linear accelerator treatment system, and other large-scale medical equipment worth over 5 million yuan were all laid out before him.
As for Lao Xia's various equipment modification workshops, they have been transformed beyond recognition. The precision machining and maintenance equipment that used to be scattered around the place were installed in no time, and the modern tools inside are not only complete but also equipped with a full set of computer-aided systems.
Now Lao Xia can quickly repair and manufacture some special props with Alice's help in this well-equipped renovated garage, and then accelerate the armor to break again. He also has confidence that he will be able to repair it within a short period of time.
The safety concerns of the research institute that Muyun Xing was worried about at first have been preliminarily resolved under the joint efforts of Lao Xia and Alice, Athena. The storage wristband contains a large amount of materials obtained during the last robbery of the air force base, including many weapons, such as the weapon components of those automatic machine robots, six-barreled miniguns.
Lao Xia and the others transformed these machine guns into an automatic defense system, fully controlled by Alice. Mushen Xing, who had experienced the power of these machine guns, was very clear that the terrifying firepower net formed by thousands of bullets per minute was absolutely not easy to deal with. Once hit by this terrible thing, it would be a bee's nest outcome.
Seeing the institute's defenses transformed like this, Muxu Xing was no longer worried about security issues here. Those monsters that relied only on their physical bodies, in his view, would absolutely suffer a miserable fate of death without a whole corpse if they dared to run here and cause trouble.
I don't know if it's the ravens of Muxu Star that are too clever or what! Those escaped mutants and monsters, since they moved here from Muxu Star, have indeed encountered them twice during this period. However, both encounters brought them considerable gains.
It was the day after Mo Dust Star helped Old Zhou bring back the operating room equipment. Early in the morning, while he was doing his morning exercises outside, he unexpectedly met a first-class mutant wearing sunglasses. The fashionably weird mutant might have been starving to the point of dizziness, and when it saw Mo Dust Star, it immediately raised the watermelon knife in its hand and rushed over, shouting loudly, as if ready to chop him up for breakfast.
Mudu Xing saw this fearless lunatic and didn't even bother to take action, he directly used Medusa's Eye to petrify his opponent, after all, he still had to go eat breakfast later, if it got too bloody it would be extremely nauseating.
But a stunning situation occurred. The mutated man holding the watermelon knife and wearing sunglasses didn't show any signs of petrification and continued to charge towards Mudan Star.
Finding that his必杀 ability had failed, Mu Chen Xing immediately took out a large-caliber handgun from his bracelet and directly blew the mutant's head off. Looking at the headless corpse in front of him, he no longer had the mood to eat or look for food.
What's most important for Mudan now is to find out why Medusa's petrification ability has lost its effect. This ability was his trump card, hidden away specifically to deal with troublesome opponents!
After telling Lao Zhou and others about the invalidation of Medusa's eye, after a study by Lao Xia and Lao Zhou, it was found that the petrifying light of Mushen Star can only take effect if the opponent sees it directly with their eyes. If the opponent wears sunglasses or has a helmet with similar effects, then his fatal killing technique, which is lethal to any flesh and blood, will be completely ineffective.
When Mo Dun Xing found out that it was such a ridiculous outcome, he was stunned for a moment. Who would have thought that Medusa's gaze, which was supposed to be the nemesis of all flesh and blood, had such a hilarious weakness? It's not like this is how you play with people! If Kraken had worn a pair of super-large sunglasses in the movie, Perseus would have been slapped into meat paste.
The second time he met a mutant was Old Zhou, the night before the defense system was fully installed. At that time, because his research for the day had been completed, he came to the outside of the institute alone to get some fresh air.
Unexpectedly, a monster in the surrounding bushes wanted to take advantage of him, seemingly taking Old Zhou as a delicious dinner.
However, any creature that enters Old Zhou's range of ability is unable to hide its figure from him, who possesses the strongest spiritual sense. As a result, this unlucky monster was easily controlled by Old Zhou, losing its ability to move.
To understand the formation of these monsters, Old Zhou directly used his powerful mental induction ability on the captive in front of him, forcibly extracting memories from the depths of the monster's mind. He immediately became clear about the reasons for the formation of these monsters and the mutated humans, as well as their evolutionary methods.
Originally, after those people or animals that were parasitized by the small insects obtained sufficient nutrients, they would go around the meteorite to ingest a small amount of radioactive substances. Then it promotes the variation and evolution of the parasite in the body, and their evolutionary process is also divided into several different directions. As for what they will evolve into after evolving, this time the primary stage monster does not know either.
After successfully obtaining the intelligence he wanted, the parasitic beast (hereinafter referred to as the parasitic beast) who was forcibly read by Old Zhou had a miserable ending, and died directly with seven holes in his brain and bleeding.
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After everything was settled, Old Zhou proactively asked Xia Linxiao if she wanted to undergo an ability transplant surgery, a method that could rapidly enhance her current abilities.
After all, in a few days, Muxin Xing will have to prepare for the crossing action again. This time, Lao Xia and others discussed it and decided that Xialinyue would go with Muxin Xing, so that they can take care of each other in the movie world.
But Lao Xia was worried that his beloved daughter's powers were insufficient, so he hastily asked Lao Zhou to transplant a powerful ability for Xia Lin Yue as soon as possible.
When she learned that she would be going on an adventure with Muxin Star to another world, Xia Linxiao was overjoyed and had chosen the ability she wanted. Lao Zhou personally performed the ability transplant surgery for her in the new operating room at the first time.
The ability of Storm Girl is the choice of Xia Linxiao, and it was used by her. Although it still can't reach the scene where the original character Storm Girl can trigger a tornado at will, but it can already control various changes in the weather within a very small range.
Just as Old Zhou was enhancing Xia Lin's combat power, Old Xia had also specially made a piece of equipment to enhance Mudan Xing's combat power for this interdimensional mission. A futuristic and sci-fi helmet appeared in front of him.
Mudustar held the very good-looking helmet, praising Old Xia without stopping: "This helmet is really great. How did you think of this extremely sci-fi design? And what special functions does it have?"
Lao Xia smiled triumphantly: "Your computer isn't just downloading some game original paintings, is it? I took a look at the StarCraft Ghost original painting and that's where this great idea came from. As for its functions, once you put on this helmet and pull down the face mask, it can prevent inhalation of toxic gases. The face mask also comes with night vision and aiming systems, all inspired by the Accelerated Armor helmet."
And inside the helmet is also that neural inhibitor you brought back from the X-Men world last time. We've cracked its function through data collected by Athena, and then reversed its effect, so now it can amplify brain wave intensity. As for the material of the helmet, we added the component of Magneto's helmet, so wearing it not only makes you immune to mental attacks but also amplifies your telepathic ability. How do you like it?
Mudan Xing heard that the helmet in his hand had such power, and he immediately put it on his head with a big smile, thanking him: "Of course I'm satisfied, thank you so much, Old Xia! This helmet is simply tailored for me! You're really a genius!"
Lao Xia listened to Mu Chen Xing's flattering words and said seriously, "You little brat just remember that when you're on a mission, you have to protect my daughter well. If anything happens to her, I'll be coming after you!"
Muxin Xing patted his chest and guaranteed: "Don't worry, I've got everything under control. I guarantee that Linxue won't get hurt!"
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In a secret base near the capital, the government is holding an extremely important meeting. The attendees are all high-ranking officials from the military or other special departments.
The host of this special meeting, the head of the Military Commission, stood on the podium in the conference hall, looking at the military and relevant department heads present, and said seriously: "Comrades, I believe everyone is very clear that a month ago, the meteor shower brought a series of disasters, and in the following month, those suddenly appearing alien creatures named 'parasitic beasts' by experts further exacerbated the loss situation in various disaster areas. This led to the unfortunate appearance of a large number of civilian casualties, including our country. However, it is also because of this sudden reason that a new pattern has emerged in the world today."
The military commission leader, pointing to the screen behind him, spoke in a calm and cold tone: "In this severe disaster, the previously highly developed European region suffered the most serious losses. After being hit by a large number of meteorites, it also became the area where the parasitic beasts were most rampant."
Europe, which once had a significant impact on the world in terms of military affairs, science and technology, and economy, can be said to have been severely damaged after this disaster. According to our latest reports, Western European countries, an important part of the Western world, suffered the heaviest losses this time, with casualties exceeding those of World War II. Moreover, due to the large amount of lethal radiation carried by these meteorites, the already densely populated Europe has seen a significant reduction in habitable areas!
If the Western world wants to return to its former strong level, it will be a very difficult thing. Even if you want to rebuild all the destroyed cities, it will take at least twenty years or so, and our country's powerful opponent can be said to have completely fallen.
At the same time, the situation in South Asia's India is also very dire, and their parasitic beasts are starting to show a trend of rampant disaster. According to reports, most of their troops stationed along our country's border have begun to transfer towards the disaster area, and their high-ranking officials have already started seeking help from Russia and the United States.
However, judging from the situation, it is unlikely that Russia and the United States will send troops to help India eradicate the parasitic beasts. After this disaster of parasitic beasts, India's national strength is expected to be severely weakened.
Also, the situation in Southeast Asia is something we need to pay close attention to. After all, several countries in Southeast Asia share a border with our southern provinces, so all troops in those provinces must be on high alert to prevent parasitic beasts from entering our territory and causing unnecessary casualties among our people. As soon as parasitic beasts are discovered, each unit will open fire and eliminate them at the national gate.
Comrades, now is the best time for our country to rapidly develop and expand its influence in recent decades. The neighboring countries that were unfriendly to our country have suffered greatly from this disaster.
However, everyone still can't be too careless. Our country's other two old opponents seem to have suffered little loss in this disaster as well. The specific situation will be explained by Director Liu of the Intelligence Department!
Among the crowd below, a very thin middle-aged man immediately stood up and walked towards the podium in front. After bowing to the audience, he began to speak in a very calm and gentle tone: "Regarding the situation of our country's other two main opponents in this disaster, I will now explain it to you all in detail."
First of all, our northern neighbor Russia, after facing the disaster of the parasitic beasts that appeared after the meteorite impact, once again received help from heaven. Due to the global climate change caused by the meteorite, Russia's famous harsh winter arrived ahead of schedule, and the current temperature has reached a rare low of minus 50 degrees Celsius. A large number of parasitic beasts located within Russia were frozen to death before they could cause large-scale destruction, so Russia's civil infrastructure was not damaged, and the military's combat effectiveness was intact. They even had the ability to send troops to Europe and Central Asia to help countries in those regions continue to encircle and annihilate the parasitic beasts.
As Liu Bureau Director's gesture, the screen began to appear some front-line reporters sent back various reports, which all showed Russian troops' military actions in other places.
And the crowd below couldn't help but sigh, saying that Old Maozi's luck was really too good, why every time they encountered a major crisis, a big snow would fall from the sky in advance to bring an early winter, solving most of their troubles.
It's like Napoleon, the very powerful French emperor back then, who led more than 500,000 well-equipped brothers to Moscow, the capital of Old Maozi. As a result, after a heavy snowfall, he had no choice but to lead his last 30,000 brothers, who were as miserable as beggars, to flee Russia in disarray.
In modern times, war maniac Little Xi, at that time also went crazy wanting to occupy the land of Old Maozi, he sent his own third empire's elite fighters who swept across Europe at that time, rushing towards Moscow. As a result, it was another big snow and severe winter, the imperial elite immediately lost countless lives, Little Xi lost his superpower empire established by himself, and also lost his own life.
Now even alien monsters want to engage in destructive activities at Lao Maozi, but they still have the same fate as previous invaders, and a severe cold snowfall solves all the problems.
"After the brief presentation, Director Liu continued in his gentle tone: 'Next is the situation with our greatest opponent, the United States. Although they didn't have the same weather assistance as Russia, they relied on their military's mechanized capabilities to eliminate most of the parasites that appeared on their soil within a short period. The remaining ones were eliminated by American civilians. Moreover, they dispatched several troops to Canada, Latin America, and devastated Europe in a short time to support the battles there. We have also obtained information about the latest US military weapons. Now, let's take a look.'"
As Director Liu's voice fell, a video of the US military fighting against the parasitic beasts began to play behind him. The parasitic beasts were clearly being forced back by the powerful firepower, and then some tall humanoid mechs appeared in the video, steadily advancing with various weapons, sweeping away all obstacles in their path.
A group of military leaders' faces suddenly turned solemn, the equipment that appeared on screen seemed to be the latest US military weapon again, and the gap between the troops and the other side's weapons was widened once more.
Director Liu continued to speak in a gentle tone after seeing the various expressions of the people present: "The image on the screen is the latest single-soldier power armor system developed by the US military. This is a new combat equipment that integrates firepower, defense, and mobility. According to reliable intelligence we have obtained, the US side successfully completed this new weapon only after obtaining a new power system technology in one of our cities. As for how the US side obtained this technology, I'd like to ask Director Chen from the National Security Bureau to explain it to everyone."
Director Chen immediately stood up from his position and said to all the colleagues looking at him: "Regarding the US side obtaining that technology, it was a big mistake on our National Security Bureau's part. However, as for the guy who secretly sold new technology to the US government, we have once again grasped the other party's whereabouts and are pursuing them with all our might. Our National Security Bureau will definitely find the other party as soon as possible and obtain all the technologies!"
The Chief of the Military Commission was very pleased with this news, and said: "Good, we must bring him out no matter what. The technology he has is extremely important to our country now. Whether our military can catch up with and surpass the US in terms of equipment performance in the future depends on you, National Security Bureau. Director Chen, don't disappoint us!"
Chen Mo immediately responded to the Chairman of the Military Commission in a firm and loud tone: "Yes, sir! I guarantee that the task will be completed!"
The Chief of the Military Commission nodded and gestured for Director Chen to sit down before speaking again: "Regarding the report on the new combat uniform developed by the research department, I believe everyone has already seen it. Its performance has been fully confirmed, and the Military Commission has decided to equip a small batch of troops with it. At the same time, we will continue to allocate some equipment to the National Security Bureau for use. The National Security Bureau will establish a new department specifically to deal with those escaped parasitic beasts that have scattered across the country, and must minimize civilian casualties as much as possible."
After several hours, the meeting finally came to an end. The attendees all began to rush back to their respective departments to prepare for the next task, while Chen, the director of the National Security Bureau who had been given a special task by the Military Commission Chairman, sat in his own dedicated vehicle with a solemn expression on his face. He knew that this task would be extremely arduous in the days to come.
