12 hours later.

"Turbine assembly complete!"

"Generator assembly complete!"

"Equipment self-check."

"Equipment self-check complete."

"Ready to connect to the grid."

"The grid has been isolated."

"Grid connection complete."

"Check critical pathways."

"Testing external energy storage modules....."

.....

A series of inspections were quickly completed, and when Lei Jie finally looked at Chen Jian, nodding to give him the "all set" signal, Chen Jian took a deep breath.

"Power on!"

In an instant, current flowed through the grid, and a buzzing sound arose.

Immediately, the lights suddenly came on.

The night sky of Mountain City was once again illuminated, but of course, only a very small area.

"Operating normally!"

Lei Jie gave Chen Jian a thumbs up, and Chen Jian let out a long breath, looking at the operating micro reactor, unable to help but say:

"The old thing still works wonders...."

"I used to always hear America had these home nuclear power stations, now this thing should be up to the standards of a home nuclear power station, right?"

"More than that."

Lei Jie shrugged and answered:

"This thing's power output is almost comparable to a small hydroelectric plant at a village or town level, with an insanely high thermal efficiency."

"No wonder Hidden Water Cave Nuclear Power Station uses this array-type micro reactor for power generation."

"High efficiency, easy maintenance, low risk factor."

"In a way, this thing is more practical than a fusion reactor."

"Indeed."

Chen Jian moved slightly away from the open space where the reactor was set up, and the turbine noise reduced significantly.

"Now the last issue is these two laser emitters."

"We need to test its effective killing range to decide on its usage strategy."

"If the effective range is too short..."

"We might need to take some risks and push it close enough."

"At that time, we may need a more detailed defensive strategy ---- and personnel may need further increase."

"But the problem is, it's hard for us to spare enough manpower now."

"Indeed."

Lei Jie nodded thoughtfully.

"The expeditionary force over there varies in quality, it's impossible to bring them over."

"The assault company is in Tongling, and the penetration company is almost in Shen City."

"The volunteer company needs to take on base defense tasks, pulling too many away is not good for base security..."

"No matter what, let's give it a try first."

"Are we ready?"

"Anytime."

Chen Jian nodded, and Lei Jie immediately stood up and then gave the command over the radio.

"Everyone spread out!"

"Keep away from Laser Cannon No. 1!"

"We are about to conduct long-range destructive testing!"

"Stay clear of the laser beam path! Prepare for impact!"

"Understood!"

"Roger!"

....

A series of responses came through the radio, and Chen Jian asked in astonishment:

"Prepare for impact? What do you mean, are you going to fire at the command post?"

"No way."

Lei Jie shook his head with a laugh, then said:

"It's because I don't know if this thing will explode."

"Our repair process was actually quite rough, it will surely run, but if something goes wrong... nobody can guarantee that."

"Got it."

"Target, the exterior wall of the building 4 kilometers away."

"Ready!"

"Ready!"

Chen Jian made a ready gesture.

Next second.

"Fire!"

Lei Jie pressed the remote detonation button.

A huge electric current sound arose, and the electrical energy stored in the high-capacity capacitor instantaneously surged into the laser generator, then emitted with the lens effect.

---- But, almost all of this was invisible.

Under the night sky, only the air illuminated by the light could be seen slightly warped.

For a moment, Chen Jian even thought the repair had failed, and nothing happened.

But in the next second, the outer wall of a building, 4 kilometers away, suddenly burst into a crimson glow!

"Hit!"

Lei Jie shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Exposure time 3.4 seconds!"

"Outer wall penetrated!"

Reinforced concrete melted at an amazing speed under the laser's irradiation, the fragile wall cracked open almost in an "explosive" manner.

And under the impact of airflow, the liquefied material like magma flew into the air, falling like one meteor after another.

The entire wall was already destroyed, and after the "laser cannon" stopped irradiation, the melted gravel even solidified into crystal-like obsidian.

"Holy crap..."

Chen Jian gasped.

The power of this thing... had really exceeded his expectations!

Just 3.4 seconds of exposure was enough to completely melt a reinforced concrete wall??

What if the exposure time was increased to 10 seconds?

What carbon-based creature could withstand such high temperatures?

Its penetration power is probably much more than that of a piercing shell.

The only issue is to control the direction of exposure with relatively high precision.

"4 kilometers is not a problem at all..."

Lei Jie's face was also full of shock.

"This thing is way stronger than the LW-60 back in our time..."

"The LW-60 only had 60 kilowatts of power."

Chen Jian glanced at the slowly cooling emitter and remarked:

"This thing's actual power should reach 300 kilowatts by now, right?"

"No idea, but judging from the energy consumption, it might be possible."

Lei Jie said with a frown:

"The two big capacitors can only sustain it for 4 seconds."

"This setup still needs further optimization."

"But..... for now, never mind."

"Increase the distance."

"See how far this thing can effectively damage!"

"No problem!"

...

Several hours later.

The tests on the laser cannon were finally all completed.

And Chen Jian, in his hand, now had the final data for this weapon.

Within a 3-kilometer range, penetrated concrete thickness up to 40cm in 2 seconds.

Within a 6-kilometer range, penetrated in 6 seconds.

Beyond 6 kilometers, due to factors like air interference, power drops sharply.

Although it can still cause ablation damage, it's no longer effectively destructive.

"Seems like the situation is very clear now."

Chen Jian touched the outer shell of the laser cannon, which was critically hot, and then said:

"6 kilometers, just at the edge of that monster's attack limit."

"We got just a bit more range, just a tiny bit."

"But even that small difference, is already enough."

"We can start drafting a battle plan."

"The only issue is, how to lure that monster's 'body' out from underground."

"Any ideas?"

Lei Jie shook his head.

"No."

"But we don't need to die fighting one monster."

"If we truly have no reliable means to eliminate the monster Ji Xing saw before..."

"Then why don't we start with other monsters?"

"After all, what's in front of us, are all targets..."

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