Chapter 247: Chapter 40: Nirvana Project_1
Star moved at a high speed. With its Level 4 strength, it could travel almost as fast as an airplane. Unfortunately, it needed to consider the passengers on its back—especially Xiao Xue. At this point, Xiao Xue was incessantly vomiting on Star’s back. Each time this happened, Wen Yu would considerately fetch some water and paper towels, motioning for Xiao Xue to clean up the vomit from Star’s back!
Star landed a few times during the journey, either to hunt for food or to scare off some mutant beasts that had flown up to challenge it. Of course, given Star’s current strength, these ’little ones,’ who couldn’t even perceive its true strength, were merely coming to add themselves to the menu! Without any other goals, Wen Yu and his companions headed straight for the Yanjing Assembly Site. Traveling in this stop-and-go manner, less than a day passed before they caught sight of the Yanjing Assembly Site in the distance!
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"The Yanjing Assembly Site is 30 kilometers ahead. Let’s stop here for a while. I’ll arrange for the military to pick us up."
Upon hearing Xiao Xue’s words, Wen Yu nodded. Never mind anything else, just considering Star’s size and level, its approach to the Yanjing Assembly Site would likely cause a disturbance.
Xiao Xue took out a silvery, brick-like old-fashioned communication device from her space ring and directly dialed the military’s internal line. After a brief communication, Xiao Xue reported their location, and Wen Yu patted Star’s back. Star circled twice in the sky, then found an open space and descended directly.
As they set foot on the ground again, Xiao Xue finally breathed a sigh of relief. Flying at high altitudes without any safety measures was indeed thrilling!
Wen Yu ignored Xiao Xue, who was continuously rinsing her mouth with water beside him. His gaze stayed fixed on the steel city in the distance. While they were still in the air, Wen Yu had already observed a bit of the Yanjing Assembly Site. Now, standing 30 kilometers away from it, he could still vaguely see the large, enigmatic steel pillars within the Assembly Site.
"Impressive, isn’t it? In less than two months, they’ve built an Assembly Site of this scale," Xiao Xue said, walking over to Wen Yu with a hint of pride in her tone. It had to be said that with various abilities and the professionists’ unimaginable physical strength, even the speed of construction had accelerated considerably!
Wen Yu nodded. There was no denying it. Just one look from a distance, and he could already feel the grandeur and awe of the steel city!
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"Our country is strong, really strong! Especially in terms of military might!" Xiao Xue declared. "The international environment before the apocalypse was not favorable for our country. Under such pressure, our high-ranking officials had drawn up many plans to cope with any potential disasters or wars."
Watching Xiao Xue’s proud demeanor, Wen Yu shrugged. "Did they plan for a situation like this?"
"If you’re referring to the invasion by the Demon Realm, then no." Hearing Wen Yu’s question, Xiao Xue pouted and mumbled softly, Who would have guessed that something like the Demon Realm exists? You’d think there was a real Prophet or something in the world for that. "However, there were indeed plans to cope with the zombie crisis at the beginning of the apocalypse!"
"They planned for that?" Wen Yu was somewhat surprised by this.
Xiao Xue rolled her eyes at Wen Yu. "Why wouldn’t there be? There are so many movies about zombies destroying the world. The military couldn’t guarantee that some country or organization wouldn’t develop something like that!"
Wen Yu raised an eyebrow, finally understanding. Given the current technological strength, if someone wanted to develop something like a zombie virus, they might very well succeed.
Xiao Xue continued, "In fact, at the beginning of the apocalypse, when the zombie crisis broke out, the military had prepared at least three countermeasures! Though they didn’t quite understand the sudden appearance of the Exchange Stone Pillar and the Profession System, it didn’t stop the military from having the ability to wipe out these living dead."
Seeing Wen Yu’s somewhat skeptical expression, Xiao Xue stated indifferently, "Actually, regarding something like a zombie crisis, the country had devised numerous plans based on the proportion of people turning into zombies in the first wave. According to our estimations, if it were something slow-moving with high contagion like in the movies, as long as less than eighty percent of humans mutated in the first wave of disaster, it wouldn’t be considered an apocalypse, just a disaster.
"You have to understand, that kind of thing really couldn’t destroy humanity.
"When the apocalypse first started, according to statistics, fewer than twenty percent of humans were infected by Demonic Qi and turned into zombies in the first wave. Even including the infection rate from zombies on the first day, fewer than fifty percent of humans mutated.
"The percentage within the army was even lower. A large number of soldiers were cleared out as soon as they mutated into zombies, so the scale of infection caused wasn’t high! The army’s losses were negligible!
"In front of an army with full combat power, these zombies wouldn’t last long.
"Let’s not even talk about things like planes and tanks. Just considering the firearms and ammunition our country currently possesses, assuming it takes one hundred bullets to eliminate one zombie, we could kill over 10 billion zombies.
"Not to mention the missiles stored in the strategic reserves.
"Those things could completely sweep across Cathay three times over, guaranteed to leave no blind spots!
"So, I really wonder what those zombie movies and novels were thinking..."
Listening to Xiao Xue, Wen Yu fell silent for a long moment before finally asking, "Are there that many weapons?"
Xiao Xue nodded. "Just our country alone, the existing weapons could wipe out all life on Earth dozens of times over! It’s like that saying from before the apocalypse: the only thing that can destroy Humanity is Humanity itself!
"Of course, mutual destruction is only a last resort. At worst, we still need to ensure the continuation of our species!
"So, the military’s contingency plans for disasters played an incredibly significant role."
"It’s that..." Xiao Xue trailed off, pointing to the Yanjing Assembly Site in the distance before continuing her explanation. "Let’s not even talk about the strategic reserve warehouses scattered everywhere. Just consider the post-war reconstruction material reserve that the country established to handle rebuilding after a nuclear war; you wouldn’t believe the amount of various supplies inside.
"I took just one look inside. Just one. The things in there weren’t just weapons, food, drinking water, seeds, and the like; there were also all sorts of technological equipment and various data related to science, technology, and culture.
"With this warehouse, as long as ten men and ten women could enter it, it would ensure our heritage wouldn’t be cut off!
"The Yanjing Assembly Site you see now was built using the things from that warehouse.
"Before the apocalypse, this plan was called the Nirvana Plan."
Xiao Xue fell silent after finishing her explanation.
Wen Yu nodded. "Is it really okay to tell me this?"
"Why wouldn’t it be okay? The entire Nirvana Plan has failed now! In this apocalypse, unless the country relocates the Nirvana Plan’s site to another dimension, it’s impossible to evade various Perception Abilities. What’s the use of telling you? What difference does it make? If you’d like, I could even take you to see it."
Wen Yu shook his head. "Better not."