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“First and foremost, we need to make it clear that the Alien Creatures are so powerful that ordinary people can’t resist them with their bare strength. Even if a soldier reaches the pinnacle of human physical ability, they still can’t defeat an Alien Creature with their bare hands.”
Xu Feng sat across from Zhushi Jiu, his resolute face tinged with sorrow.
What was he sorrowful about? Was it the desperation of humanity’s future or the weakness of humanity itself?
Zhushi Jiu understood that, in Xu Feng’s eyes, humanity’s fate had already reached a critical juncture. He finally understood everything: this man was trying to resist the Alien Creatures by fighting against the World Enemy, because he clearly knew that humanity was currently in the calm before the storm.
The reason the world still seemed peaceful was because the Black Troop was protecting the world, and the Black Troop represented the strongest armed force in the country. But if the Black Troop failed, the Alien Creatures would sweep across all human cities like a tidal wave, and 7 billion humans would become their prey.
Although Zhushi Jiu knew all this, he would rather not know at all.
This fact was too shocking, too desperate.
Since the Black Troop had made such a decision, it meant they had almost reached their limits.
“You now know the basic information about the Alien Creatures. Do you know how much effort we, the Black Troop, have to put in to fight against them?” Xu Feng’s voice had a terrifying calmness.
Zhushi Jiu didn’t respond.
“You definitely don’t know. You didn’t even know the Alien Creatures existed before, so you don’t know how weak we are against them. Due to the Alien Creatures’ speed exceeding human visual limitations, each of our Black Troop members needs to inject medication and maintain a high level of combat readiness to barely reach the limits of human physical ability. And even then, we can’t clearly see the Alien Creatures’ movements.”
“I can tell you, the α-series gas is what we’ve developed to counter the Alien Creatures.”
“Besides α-7, we have α-1 to α-6, which are products we’ve refined from the toxic gas released by the Alien Creatures. The strongest one is α-1, which not only retains the toxic gas’s effects but also has a changed molecular structure, making it have a different toxic principle that can counteract the Alien Creatures themselves, even making the Alien Creatures unable to defend against it.”
When Zhushi Jiu heard this, his expression finally improved slightly, but it was still gloomy.
Because he sensed that Xu Feng’s tone was heavy, without any positivity.
Indeed, Xu Feng’s words took a sharp turn: “However, we can’t easily use this gas.”
Zhushi Jiu immediately asked, “Why?”
“Because α-1 is a deadly poison to humans, to all living beings on Earth. To be straightforward, if 1L of this gas leaks into the food chain, humans will face extinction if we don’t intervene. It’s a poison that will spread like a plague, eventually wiping out most living beings on Earth.”
“Considering the severity of the consequences, we generally don’t use α-1 to α-3.”
Zhushi Jiu’s eyes widened in horror.
Xu Feng asked him, “But do you know the clinical effects of α-1 on the Alien Creatures?”
He, of course, didn’t know, and was waiting for Xu Feng to reveal more appalling information.
Xu Feng answered, “It won’t harm the Alien Creatures’ lives; it will only put them to sleep.”
“1mL of α-1 gas can make the Alien Creatures sleep for about a month. This is both good and bad news. Because during this month, humans can either kill the Alien Creatures or use them for research, and the Alien Creatures won’t be able to wake up from their sleep. This means they can temporarily become the best research material for humans, and we can extract the toxic sacs from their bodies to further develop the α-series gas…”
“What about the fact that the Alien Creatures’ shells are harder than the strongest alloy humans can create?”
Xu Feng frowned: “This isn’t the point… Fine, I’ll tell you. We use laser knives. High-powered lasers can break through the Alien Creatures’ defenses and hurt them.”
When Zhushi Jiu heard this, he suddenly looked up at Xu Feng.
He remembered that the Black Troop had laser weapons that could release white light, ignoring distance, and instantly striking their targets.
“Why don’t you use laser weapons against the Alien Creatures? Why go to such great lengths?”
“The effect is there, but not significant,” Xu Feng replied. “We need humans to operate the weapons. To let the Black Troop hit the Alien Creatures, we need to let them see the Alien Creatures’ movement tracks, but as mentioned before, the Alien Creatures’ speed exceeds human visual limitations.”
Zhushi Jiu thought back to when he had predicted and dodged the Black Troop’s shots in previous loops.
Indeed, even he could dodge the shots with ease, and the Alien Creatures, with their bullet-speed movement, would find it even easier to avoid.
But he also thought of a countermeasure: “But what if we use automatic aiming devices? Do humans have developed devices with automatic aiming functionality to help us?”
Xu Feng was surprised again, not because Zhushi Jiu had come up with an “ingenious plan,” but because he saw Zhushi Jiu’s serious thinking.
Zhushi Jiu’s reaction was initially as expected, despairing, but he recovered too quickly.
Was this the attitude of someone who had fallen into despair? Or was it because Zhushi Jiu was a precognitive, so his mentality seemed better? If he really had precognition of an unstoppable future, why didn’t he show any anxiety?
Only a few people could quickly recover from such despair and think of countermeasures; such people were truly exceptional talents.
Xu Feng’s doubts resurfaced, but he only thought about it briefly.
To him, Zhushi Jiu’s appearance was just a small decoration in his plan, and even if Zhushi Jiu really had precognition, Xu Feng wouldn’t easily change his plan.
“Your tolerance is higher than I thought.”
This awkward praise could only come from this man.
Zhushi Jiu let out a bitter laugh.
If he couldn’t rewind, he might have already given up, unable to think calmly about the problem. The repeated process of dying had also let him get used to the stimulation of despair, which was why he could quickly think of countermeasures.
Xu Feng answered Zhushi Jiu’s question: “We do have automatic aiming devices, but they’re too heavy for the Black Troop to carry, and they can’t accurately target the Alien Creatures with bullet-speed movement. The effect is somewhat better than humans directly fighting the Alien Creatures, but the improvement isn’t significant… And…”
“And what?”
Zhushi Jiu felt an ominous premonition.
Xu Feng let out a deep sigh.
“…and the Alien Creatures are intelligent.”
Zhushi Jiu’s eyes widened in shock, doubting his ears.
“Say that again?”
Xu Feng repeated, “The Alien Creatures are intelligent.”
“…”
“According to our tests, the Alien Creatures’ intelligence is comparable to that of a 7- or 8-year-old human child. They can fight, they can run, they can hide when they sense threats to their lives, and they can even form tactical teams to counterattack humans.”
“We’ve also tried using those heavy automatic aiming devices to ambush the Alien Creatures, but the effect is only slightly better at first, and then it becomes ineffective.”
“When those devices appear in front of the Alien Creatures, they become the first targets, no matter how we change the devices’ appearances. Most of the time, it’s useless, and the Alien Creatures don’t even put the laser guns in their sights, which the Black Troop occasionally uses to hit the Alien Creatures.”
Zhushi Jiu took a deep breath, remaining silent for a while.
Then, he suddenly asked, “What if someone can efficiently hit and kill the Alien Creatures?”
“There’s no such person.”
“What if there is?”
“Then they will be the hero who saves humanity. If they can kill a large number of Alien Creatures with each action, the three Alien Creatures released by the World Enemy every day won’t become a crisis for humanity… Although we can’t completely solve the Alien Creature crisis, at least humans will have more time to prepare.”
When Zhushi Jiu heard this, his logic chain was complete.
The apocalypse was approaching because humanity’s defenses were about to break, so the Black Troop decided to launch a desperate attack against the World Enemy, trying to make them stop releasing Alien Creatures to Earth. The result might trigger the World Enemy’s defense mechanism, which led to the strange energy explosion.
So, to prevent the energy explosion, they needed to stop the Alien Creature crisis.
How could they stop the Alien Creature crisis?
The answer Xu Feng gave was: if there really existed a strong warrior who could efficiently kill Alien Creatures, humans would gain more time, and the radical Black Troop would also delay their action.
The world wouldn’t end on November 7th at 10 am.
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