The sour taste hit him, causing him to frown slightly, realizing that the thing needed to be peeled.

This time, he tasted the sweetness.

In his short life, such a flavor was a rare experience.

He savored it slowly, but the fruit in his hand was still quickly swallowed into his stomach.

Next, there was a second one, and a third.

Each fruit had a different taste, some very sweet, some slightly sour.

The only similarity was that each one was delicious.

Lin Yu showed a satisfied smile on his face.

He suddenly realized that perhaps he really didn't need to pursue any answers.

If he had entered a new world, what did the old world have to do with him?

The life here... was good.

Even just speculating from what he had already seen, if he chose to stay, what awaited him would undoubtedly be something that could never be obtained on that wasteland...

Happiness.

Lin Yu exhaled a long breath.

At this moment, he seemed to have made a decision.

He held tightly onto the now empty plate.

The next second.

"Clang!"

Fragments flew in all directions.

Before the shards in the air had fallen, the sharp piece in his hand had already cut through the artery in his neck.

Blood gushed out.

His consciousness blurred within seconds.

Just as he was about to fall into darkness, he heard that voice from the void speak again.

"Why??"

Lin Yu didn't answer.

But he knew the owner of the voice must have already read his thoughts.

"Pain... is our... meaning of existence..."

....

Mountain City.

The second round of airdrops had begun, and Chen Jian organized protection for the airdrop and its landing runway according to the planned schedule, but this time, their battle with the Mountain City People only happened within a very small range.

It seemed they had confirmed that it was impossible to clear these "viruses" inside Mountain City with limited casualties, so the Mountain City People opted for a more "conservative" approach.

They no longer attacked outright, no longer attempted to achieve results with one battle, but instead, continuously harassed the Huaxia Army, trying to wear them down by using their advantage of unmanned equipment and abundant manpower, and eliminate them one by one.

But obviously, such tactics did not achieve the expected results.

By dispatching the personnel on hand, Chen Jian easily blocked the Mountain City People's attack from the ground.

Two transport aircraft landed one after another, and in the one piloted by Jiang Yu was the micro nuclear reactor that Chen Jian had been eagerly awaiting.

He impatiently led a team to greet it, but before he could approach, a figure jumped out of the cabin.

It was Lei Jie.

"You came too?? I thought you weren't coming!"

"Weren't you originally going to fly the plane? How come it's Jiang Yu instead?"

Walking up, Chen Jian greeted Lei Jie, who waved his hand and said:

"I had to come, this thing isn't so easy to handle."

"Jiang Yu is going to fly this plane back later; this is the most useful long-range delivery equipment we can dispatch at this stage, can't just let it sit here and gather dust."

"Come on, get people to lift the reactor!"

"Understood."

Chen Jian decisively beckoned, and several team members immediately responded and came over.

"How heavy is it approximately?"

"Very light!"

Lei Jie took a light breath, then continued:

"The total weight is less than 1 ton, with an incredibly high level of integration!"

"Did you see? This cylinder is the reactor, with a set of 48 mini control rods, the thorium-based fuel is at the bottom of the reactor."

"It's a fully closed system, using liquid molten salt as coolant."

"To be honest, it's not particularly advanced technology — the experimental reactors of this kind were developed for decades in our time."

"This reactor's strength lies in its high degree of integration. It's entirely manufactured in a turnkey format."

"What we transported now is the core part, there is still more to come like the coolant salt tanks, heat exchangers, turbines, and generators."

"It'll take a total of three transports to assemble all the modules for power generation, but once all the equipment is here, assembling is not difficult."

"You just said it wasn't easy."

Chen Jian teased slightly.

"... I said it wasn't easy for you guys."

Lei Jie motioned for the other team members to lift the reactor core while commanding:

"Be careful, watch for the up and down marks!"

"I marked them all for you!"

"Pay attention! If this blows up, it's no different from a nuke!"

As soon as he said this, the ones carrying the reactor core were momentarily startled.

But then Lei Jie laughed heartily and said:

"Just kidding, this thing won't explode at all..."

Chen Jian rolled his eyes silently, planning to say something, but Lei Jie didn't give him the chance.

"Where's that laser cannon? Where is it?"

"Above, at the temporary position."

"Let's go, let's take a look first."

Lei Jie headed towards the position without hesitation, marveling as he walked:

"This city really is crazy... I can't understand what it means at all."

"It's not obvious from the map, but now it looks like..."

"It's literally an above-ground tomb."

"What does it mean, the real Mountain City people are dead, now their descendants are practicing living like they're dead?"

"Who knows."

Chen Jian shook his head, replying:

"We haven't actually entered Mountain City yet."

"The real Mountain City isn't above ground, but below."

"We can't break in with just our strength — last time we just took a look at the entrance and nearly got wiped out."

"That exaggerated?"

Lei Jie asked in surprise:

"What kind of setup does the other side have?"

"They have Holy Blood with high protection, wielding a large number of laser and sonic weapons."

"In open areas, we can still fight them a bit, but if we fight in the underground, it's a certain death."

"I see."

Lei Jie exhaled slowly.

"No wonder the situation is deadlocked like this... We can't do anything to them, and they can't do anything to us, right?"

"Wrong."

Chen Jian looked at Lei Jie and seriously replied:

"Theoretically, they can indeed do something to us."

"There are 5 Grade One beasts on the outskirts of Mountain City that they can dispatch. If they really go all out and bring in the beasts, we're likely to be wiped out in one go."

"But the good news is, they can't bring themselves to do it."

"There are too many facilities underground in Mountain City, if a Grade One beast enters, it will also bring catastrophic damage to them."

"So, we're at this stalemate."

"I don't know if we should consider ourselves lucky or unlucky."

"Obviously, it's luck."

Lei Jie waved his hand and didn't continue the conversation.

By this time, the two had reached the temporary command post on the rooftop platform, and just off to the side on an open space, lay a laser emitter disassembled into parts.

Seeing the emitter, Lei Jie's eyes lit up immediately.

"A fiber laser, judging by its size, probably with a power of at least 200kw."

"Impressive... what is this thing used to shoot at?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Chen Jian shrugged, answering:

"Slow-moving carbon-based targets."

"...what a waste."

Lei Jie shook his head with amusement, but then thoughtfully added:

"But still, it's not a waste."

"If it really has over 200kw of power, this device can turn a person into ashes in less than a second."

"Even against large creatures, it's quite effective."

"As you said, large slow-moving targets are sitting ducks for this emitter."

"The only problem is... its capacitor module isn't big enough."

"The continuous output time is very short, I estimate it doesn't last more than 10 seconds."

"Do you think 10 seconds is enough to burn through the defense of a Grade One beast?"

"I don't know, probably not."

Chen Jian raised his hand and pointed behind Lei Jie, then continued:

"So we have prepared a two-pronged approach."

"Mountain City houses more than just this emitter."

"As long as there's enough energy...."

"We can completely set up a laser array!"

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