487 A Pleasant Surprise (1/2)

Chapter 487: A Pleasant Surprise

Translator: _Min_Editor: Caron_

320 rockets ascended and pierced the dome. They blanketed the New Age Square along the bank of the Huangpu River.

The rockets penetrated the concrete without any explosion. Blue sparks jumped outside the missiles and loud static buzzed in the area. The machine guns present became fried as the 320 EMP rockets eliminated any unprotected electronics.

A helicopter hovered above the New Age Square and confirmed the area was secure. The three corps began to pass over the bridge and the force totaling 5000 people were pushed to the square without any resistance.

In an EMP attack of such intensity and density, even if a chip was built with EMP resistance, it still couldn't be protected from being fried.

Without any fighting required, the NAC soldiers captured the area easily. But what made Cheng Weiguo puzzled was why they didn't face any resistance or people; it made him feel like his fist hadn't landed anywhere.

After discussing with Zhao Gang and Wang Zhaowu, Cheng Weiguo ordered the corps to station themselves in the square and he sent out reconnaissance units to scout the area.

Near New Age Square, the First Corps reconnaissance units discovered a data tower installed on the surface as well as an automated factory. When they found the place, Cheng Weiguo immediately sent out soldiers to occupy the area and obtained two production lines to the Reptile drone and Python drone.

Compared to the multi-functional ”Hummingbird” drone, the Python was a complete war machine. The hovering fixed machine guns along with its elongated design allowed the unit to be agile while carrying six times the amount of ammo capacity compared to the Hummingbird. It possessed an independent attack module which allowed it to operate in offline mode while still detecting friendly units and analyzing the terrain to complete the mission.

The Reptile drone was just like the Python - it was an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that could still operate in offline mode. It could assist the infantry during battle to act as a mobile supply box and an even more powerful mobile fire platform. The name ”Battle Assistant” didn't come out of nowhere.

It was a pleasant surprise to be able to find so many goodies at Lin Chaoen's base.

Soon after, the Third Corps found the entrance to the fallout shelter in the metro station near the square. They cleared out the zombies inside the area and secured the location.

But a new problem appeared.

They took the elevator underground and secluded themselves there entirely.

Cheng Weiguo immediately made orders to take apart the elevator platform and sent a knight in power armor. The power armor was tied to a graphene rapport and if anything odd happened, they would immediately drag him up.

Once he reached the bottom, the knight encountered a situation similar to Fallout Shelter 027.

The fallout shelter's door was tightly shut. The thick door didn't look like it could be opened with force. The gear-shaped door was engraved with ”Lin Fallout Shelter.” Just from the name, the fallout shelter was probably private and not a numbered fallout shelter constructed by the PAC.

The people inside probably used data towers on the surface to exchange information.

Facing this circumstance, Cheng Weiguo had to contact Jiang Chen for directions.

”Although we can't open the door, we can place explosives underneath. We only need an equivalent of 100 tons of explosives to make the 3000-meter tunnel collapse and bury them underground.”

”If we're only burying them, it's still a hazard.” Jiang Chen shook his head. ”And I'm also curious what's behind the door.”

”But in theory, the door to the fallout shelter can't be opened from the outside with force.” Cheng Weiguo had a wry smile.

It was indeed a difficult problem and Jiang Chen couldn't think of any solutions. It was a turtle shell even a nuke couldn't crack; he didn't have any better solutions.

”How about this? Standby there and I'll make a trip down.”

”Okay.” Cheng Weiguo nodded.

Communication ended. Jiang Chen closed his eyes and began to think, leaning on his chair.

But after some deliberation, he still hadn't come up with a solution.

Just then came some knocks on the door.

”Come in.”

The door opened and Sun Jiao, without a kinetic skeleton, came in.

”Lin Lin already recovered, but she's still really weak. Tingting in her body used too much energy by using the Klein particle ray. What's going on at the frontlines?”

Sun Jiao wearily grabbed a chair and sat in front of Jiang Chen's desk.