Chapter 46: Chapter 45: Research Directions for Phase 2
Just as Cao Yi and the others arrived at Chixian City.
Lin Li was inside the temporary command post in the city, attentively listening to the report from the new assistant sent by the main base, Shi Zehong.
Shi Zehong is thirty-five years old and was previously the head of the procurement management office at the Ministry of Finance’s audit and management center.
Due to the nature of his work, he has participated in critical logistical exchanges multiple times.
He has extremely rich experience in this area.
Considering the importance of the logistics exchange with Chixian City this time.
After extensive discussions, the main base decided to dispatch Shi Zehong to the Damo Realm to oversee related logistics affairs.
His position is temporarily set as the deputy director of the local temporary command post in Chixian City.
The position of director of the temporary post is concurrently held by Lin Li, with the title remaining unchanged as Captain — during Lin Li’s previous debriefing in Modu, the core leadership had raised his rank by a whole level.
The command post is located in a courtyard in the west of Chixian City, not large and primarily for office functions.
In addition to Lin Li and Shi Zehong,
there are eight officers from the human resources and economic departments.
A special operations guard platoon — comprising thirty-six approved elite personnel all from the third term of East War.
In addition, there is a temporary resident lawyer from the legal department named Zhang Wei.
Simultaneously.
According to the agreement previously signed by the Bunnies and Chixian City, the Bunnies will soon arrange for a composite battalion to be stationed outside the city.
At this moment, Shi Zehong was reporting to Lin Li about the progress of the agreement handover:
"Captain Lin.
The butler of the Wei Mansion, Wei Lianzhang, just sent a message that the location for the troops’ station outside the city has been set.
The location provided by the Wei Mansion is two kilometers east of the city, an open flatland backed by woodlands.
According to the topography map we have.
The geographical conditions in that area are excellent.
With woodlands sheltering the rear, the terrain is otherwise flat and open, and there is a small river nearby, with a main road a hundred meters away.
In special circumstances, our artillery can even directly support inside the city."
Lin Li glanced at the topography map:
"What do Captain Yan and Colonel Lin say about this?"
Shi Zehong replied:
"They both agreed."
Lin Li nodded, though he wasn’t very familiar with setting troop stations, since both Yan Shaohua and Lin Ziming agreed, this area should be fine:
"Then let’s proceed with the Wei Mansion’s plan, I’ll bother you to notify the engineers and logistics."
"No problem."
Shi Zehong immediately promised, then adjusted his glasses and said:
"Captain Lin, besides the issue of troop stations, there have been short-term results in recruiting workers.
According to the statistics from the Wei Mansion.
As of this morning, the number of recruited refugees and civilians just barely exceeds two hundred."
Lin Li frowned:
"Only this much? What’s the reason?"
Shi Zehong showed a bitter smile:
"Most of the refugees are still taking a wait-and-see attitude.
After all, our appearance was rather sudden, and our military uniforms and firearms are different from the usual attire in the Damo Realm, most crucially, there’s the language barrier.
Even with the Wei Mansion backing us, many refugees are still hesitant.
However, there’s good news: the number of applicants has been linearly increasing in recent days, and our troops’ reputation among the people is continuously improving.
After all, we’re distributing real food, and the medics saved many people during the siege.
In two or three more days, it should be no problem for the number of refugee applicants to break through seven hundred."
As Shi Zehong said, most of the refugees in Chixian City are in a watchful state.
The Bunnies undoubtedly saved the lives of everyone in the city, and such an action would definitely earn points back home.
Seven or eighty years ago, a bunch of young men would definitely swear to follow to death.
But this is the Damo Realm.
In this world.
It’s only natural for the upper class to protect their subordinate civilians; even in the cities that oppress civilians the most, they fulfill this duty.
You might die from hunger or cold, but you’ll never be killed by a beast before me.
This is a very, very distorted societal structure.
More frighteningly, the civilians in the Damo Realm have long been used to it.
There’s no way around it; in the end, it’s due to the low level of enlightenment and different ideological concepts of the people.
So currently, the civilian class in Chixian City is at a very delicate point regarding their perception of the Bunnies — I know you saved us, but that’s your duty (the Bunnies outwardly declare it’s on behalf of the Wei Family), and gratitude occupies only a small portion of the sentiment.
They might even suspect the Bunnies’ ulterior motives.
Can you blame these civilians?
Clearly not.
Just like a person who has long been in darkness, the first reaction upon seeing light is often not excitement.
Rather, they’d first cover their eyes.
It’s an unavoidable process.
After all, the civilians of Chixian City don’t yet know what kind of team they’ve encountered this time.
But when that person gradually adapts to the environmental changes and slowly removes his hand.
He will know what is called light.....
The Bunnies are well-practiced in spreading this light to the world!
Returning focus to the command post.
After reporting on the recruitment matters, Shi Zehong flipped to the next page of the memo:
"Captain Lin, there is one more thing.
With the recent arrival of the personnel and materials from Wu Fan, the main base has also transmitted the second phase of scientific research task instructions.
The core focus of the second phase for our camp is one thing:
Spiritual Energy!
The main base has set one short term and one long term goal.
The short-term goal is:
Our laboratory must quickly analyze the nature of Spiritual Energy and determine its researchable direction in scientific research.
The long-term goal is quite straightforward.
It’s to decode the essence of Spiritual Energy and attempt to see if it can be mass-produced manually."
Lin Li pondered for a moment:
"Our botany group has already started experiments related to Spiritual Energy, when the new advanced sterile laboratory is completed, our progress should quicken.
Xiaoshi, besides spiritual energy, are there any other arrangements from the main base?"
Shi Zehong turned another page and continued:
"Besides core tasks, the main base has other comprehensive requirements:
Firstly is the cultivation aspect.
The cultivation issue is of utmost importance, so our language compilation progress needs to be accelerated, warriors identified with Spiritual Roots need to start engaging in cultivation as soon as possible.
If the Spirit Awakening Pill is insufficient, we can entrust the Wei Family to acquire more through commercial channels, the more the better.
There’s no rush with the mines; we can’t risk progress, at worst, we trade more materials for Spirit Awakening Pills.
Secondly is the Array.
Among those who arrived in the Damo Realm, there are several seasoned military industrial physics experts.
They plan to start learning from the basics of Array translated by Wei Niandong to explore if it can be applied to weapons to enhance our firepower ceiling.
According to someone from the top echelon’s remark.
Aim for individual weapons to threaten the upper Nascent Soul level, then we can rest easier by a third.
Next is the medical aspect, which is also a focus project of this phase of tasks.
Damo Realm’s medical field is extremely distorted.
It’s either ordinary cheap herbs or various Spirit Plant pills worth gold.
Therefore, the main base requires us to analyze the characteristics of Spirit Plants while decoding the composition of spiritual soil.
Attempt to see if spiritual soil can be used to grow regular crops in addition to cultivating Spirit Plants.
Farming is a natural instinct for us Huaxia people.
Finally, it’s Wu Fan’s arrangement. Before coming, he already signed a volunteer agreement, fully complying with arrangements.
According to the main base’s arrangement.
We will temporarily observe Wu Fan in the pioneering group and, if conditions permit, allow him to enlist."