This ascent to Tianku, after all, is just an experimental mission, and the LCL and LSL solutions are disposable, with no way to replenish them for now.

So after recording Chen Xuantian's data, that Flying Star was driven away; it's unclear whether it returned to the factory for repair, or moved to the deep mountains for strategic maneuvering to avoid being completely wiped out.

Meanwhile, Cangtian Team 6 stayed stationed in the rocky mountain area for another week. Of course, they weren't just idling, eating and sleeping; besides daily drills and cultural lessons, they also learned how to operate drones.

Yes, drones, engineering drones, truckloads of ant-like drones were continuously transported into the mountains. Initially, Cangtian Team helped with assembly and debugging, but soon they were able to disassemble, act, and assemble parts on their own.

Then just like an insect swarm, they spread across the mountainous terrain. With visible speed, they transformed the construction site with only shacks, excavating, digging foundations, and pouring cement, directly hollowing out the mountain to build a secret base like an ant nest.

Xin Su told Chen Xuantian that these things are the civilian version of those underground iron spider drones from Cangtian's Fifth Team. Their organizational mode is also similar to an insect swarm. They are not individual intelligent robots, nor remotely controlled, but programmatically set. These individual multi-legged machines are just worker ants, with their Ant Queen-like brain hidden in another base.

Therefore, even if the base is destroyed, it doesn't matter. As long as the communication antenna is erected, the Ant Queen brain can remotely connect and control all nearby units.

And the task for infantry like Cangtian Team 6 is just to open the first container, assemble the mechanical parts, and activate the first worker ant. Soon they will construct the entire base, and then everything else can be handled by them.

So, what exactly is meant by "everything else"?

After a week, as Cangtian Team 6 prepared to withdraw and hand over defense to other units, Chen Xuantian asked this question.

But Xin Su also didn't know.

When your clearance isn't high enough, you can only glimpse a part of the plan, unable to see the full picture.

This time, Team 6 also suddenly encountered the situation of Cangtian Base being bombed. They were pulled temporarily to test the Flying Star; otherwise, they probably wouldn't have known about the existence of these drone swarms.

However, Chen Xuantian could roughly guess.

After all, at the end of the day, isn't playing chess just to win? Is it because it's fun that you join a game where human lives are pawns?

By probing with the Primordial Spirit, Chen Xuantian knew that this place wasn't purely barren wilderness. There was a hydroelectric station nearby, iron and coal underground, and the outer mountain was granite, which can effectively defend against air raids.

On the day they prepared to leave, what was transported into the mountains were no longer drones but various equipment production lines, likely to be converted into a productive military base.

Apart from fortification and air-raid shelter facilities, those drones also specifically drilled deep wells in the mountain stream, spaced hundreds of meters apart, looking like ant nests, but also possibly missile silos.

Such a base took just a week to take shape from nothing. It's estimated that in two or three months, it could start being operational. It's clear that losing one or two bases, or losing one or two antennas, recruiting or losing one or two experts, is not important.

For every amount of time, there is a base; for every base, there is an ant swarm.

Even if all bases were smashed, as long as one Flying Star still exists, it could link to the Ant Queen, activate the worker ants at any time, and rebuild the base, rebuild the swarm.

You can capture one piece from me, or encircle a "dragon," but my household produces pawns en masse, and can be poured over the chessboard; how do you intend to win?

But looking at this posture, it really seems to be preparing for a nuclear war...

Chen Xuantian certainly hopes not to see his hometown fall into such a situation, but sometimes the development of the situation doesn't just depend on what you want, but also on what others have done.

Returning to Cangtian Base, a week had passed since the rubble was cleared, yet many bodies still hadn't been excavated.

The original site selection for Cangtian Base was chosen to conceal the power surges required for quantum communication at night. Therefore, the research institute was not in the city center, but the surrounding area was still quite populated with many commercial streets and dining areas.

Who would have known that in such a bustling area, the opponents would directly employ a 'car bomb,' flattening the entire block and collapsing several buildings? They even took advantage of the situation to incite national discord under the guise of a terrorist retrospective.

Then there was nothing to say; civilians in nearby urban areas were evacuated, and a surface fortress was rebuilt directly above, even the communication antennas were erect boldly on the ruins, and a composite battalion was stationed.

No need to pretend, just play your cards openly for all to see.

Cangtian still exists, if you dare, come for it.

Alright, it seems the time left for Chen Xuantian indeed is limited, but right now, he's still too weak.

Don't even talk about saving the world, with skills this inadequate, not only couldn't he change anything in Taiji Heaven, but if he can't cultivate to withstand a nuclear bomb physically soon, he might truly never wake up after one more sleep.

Grow stronger, grow stronger, Tie Dan! Become stronger!!

In the midst of desperate calls, Tie Dan emerged from seclusion, rubbing his forehead.

Stop shouting, stop shouting, already stronger, already stronger...

Hmm, unlike Chen Xuantian over there being repeatedly interrogated, Tie Dan's progress here was both strong and stable.

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