Chapter 212 Canteen
Chapter 212 Canteen
January 99, 11 years into the Cataclysm.
In the afternoon, the fortress sky was still covered with dark clouds.
Jiang He finished his daily practice and the progress of the ninth meridian had reached one twentieth.
For a normal warrior, it often takes more than ten years or even decades to advance from middle-grade to upper-grade. By plundering external vitality on a large scale, he forcibly shortened this process at the cost of consuming a large amount of resources.
After stopping the exercise and exhaling, Jiang He slowly stood up and immediately felt refreshed. Moderate exercise is beneficial to physical and mental health, and can replace sleep to nourish oneself.
"Ready to go."
At the desk not far away, Zhuang Ya threw her books and left her seat impatiently. Sugon Intelligence had hacked into the classroom surveillance network of the elementary school of the Fortress Military Academy. As the number one institution of learning in the Fortress, the surveillance footage was all from real lectures by famous teachers. Although the progress was fast, the quality was guaranteed.
Jiang He took Zhuang Ya and drove out.
The college area is full of green paths, but it looks a little eerie in the dim sky. The snack street directly opposite the military academy has hundreds of stores, including couples hotels, competitive Internet cafes, and amusement parks. With the college as the center, it has significantly driven the economic development of the surrounding areas.
Jiang He drove, holding the steering wheel, and passed by the central Queens area from the side. The Capitol Building has stood for nearly a hundred years. Due to insufficient construction technology at the time, its height remained at 17 stories, which led to the various high-rise buildings that followed to only have a maximum height of 16 stories.
Continuing forward, after passing three large areas, the jeep arrived at the science and technology area. The two people in the car looked around and saw a noticeable increase in the sense of modernity. The cube-like gymnasium, the spiral-like science and technology museum, and the Tong's Industrial Building in the center were completely different from the wasteland outside the wall.
Zhuang Ya pressed her little face against the car window, curiously looking at the various visually impactful buildings. As a snake demon, she used to think that the prosperous city was the limit of her imagination. After becoming an animal companion and returning to the present world, she has always stayed in Yuwang City and has no time to go outside.
“The world is amazing.”
Jiang He was speechless, and drove his car in the traffic around Tong's Industry. The title "Gun Town Dragon City" was opened, and the three-dimensional model of the building was immediately displayed in front of him. Except for the chief engineer in charge of the construction, at this moment, no one knew this building better than him.
The building is sixteen stories high, and the military assembly line is built underground like an ant nest. The raw materials for the production of military mechas - wild beasts are not difficult to find. The residual activity of these extraordinary creatures after death is enough to continue to emit temperature for a certain period of time. The Eye of Truth, combined with the Snake Eyes and three-dimensional perspective, can easily capture the orange-red traces.
Jiang He parked the car in front of a science and technology exhibition hall.
The two men got out of the car and walked into the exhibition hall. During the morning news, the number of citizens coming to visit had dropped significantly. The Cult of All Living Things and the Cult of the Fallen were both terrorist organizations that killed people without blinking an eye.
The former opposes the Fortress Alliance's high concentration of resources and believes that all the parliamentary families must be eliminated, while the latter believes that all people should sleep in the dark land. This is the era of dark creatures and humans should give up their status and follow the trend of history.
The two of them came to the toilet cubicle, and Zhuang Ya blinked when she saw this.
"Orochi, I don't need to go to the bathroom."
"I don't need it either, but the Wild Beast Warehouse is just thirty meters below."
Jiang He took out the Changhen Dragon Spear, gently pressed the tip of the spear against the ground, clasped the tail of the spear with his palm, and then added light and dark spiral power. The spear body immediately began to rotate, and the weight of three hundred kilograms could destroy stones in an instant.
But there was also a howling strong wind, and Jiang He was forced to slow down the excavation. The soil gradually accumulated, and he sent it all into the portable temple, which was more than enough space for half of Rock Town.
As time passed, the two continued to descend.
An hour later, the ceiling of the underground freezer broke.
The residual heat of the dead beasts produced bursts of white mist. Jiang He used thorns to block the holes to prevent the mist from flowing up the passage to the toilet and attracting unnecessary attention. They seemed to have come to a frozen meat warehouse the size of two football fields, with dead beasts hanging on hooks, and dripping blood flowing into countless thin pipes.
Jiang He avoided surveillance, connected the nano data cable to the charging port, and Sugon Intelligence went online.
"Reporting, given the limited processing hardware, please minimize outdoor activities. The local monitoring system has been brought under control. It is expected that at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, the Tong production team will enter the warehouse to deliver materials. Please pay attention to the meal time."
"understood."
Jiang He waved at Zhuang Ya.
"Let's eat. We can each eat our own food."
"hey-hey."
A sixty-meter-long giant white snake appeared and swallowed a wild rhinoceros that was half the size of a house in one gulp. Its golden vertical pupils were full of satisfaction and joy for the food.
Jiang He was strolling around casually and saw a mid-level wild beast, the Iron-clad Turtle. He simply opened its shell and devoured its flesh and blood like biting a watermelon. However, after Zhuang Ya revealed her true form, his eating speed was obviously no match for the little fellow.
"Master, this is the raw material of Tong's company's flagship product, the warrior-type mecha. This beast is the eight-armed bear, a superior wild beast. This wild beast is known as a natural warrior and has extremely strong self-control..."
"That means there are ten bear paws."
"……Yes."
Jiang He took out the Lengya dagger to cut the bear's paw, and then stuffed it into the portable sanctuary. This kind of top-quality food must of course be cooked carefully, and his top priority now is to eat it raw.
In just five minutes, a three-meter-tall eight-armed bear was eaten up. Jiang He didn't even chew. The power of gluttony had sufficient digestive ability, and his peak bronze physique made his esophagus very tough. Even if the bones damaged his digestive system, it could heal itself effectively. He had turned into a highly efficient eating machine.
Three eight-armed bears were killed, and Jiang He stuffed the remaining dozens of them into the portable temple. There were many kinds of wild beasts here, and the eight-armed bears were the main raw material for the products. He was not going to stick to the same food.
"Master, according to the data model, you can actually take all 13650 wild beasts here. The Rock Temple is large enough to hold them. However, according to the public documents of the Executive Office, the raw materials in the warehouse here are related to the Tong family's 98-year plan. The Ninth Army is the Tong family's largest supplier and purchaser. There is a % chance that they will be severely investigated afterwards."
“What’s happening with the other 2%?”
"The fortress is destroyed, humanity is extinct, the world is withering, the Tong family is wiped out..."
"That means it will definitely be investigated, right?"
"It can be understood this way."
The accumulated heritage of a top senator's family is quite considerable. The military mechas equipped by the Ninth Army mainly come from the Tong family. In order to increase production, most of the raw materials from the army's hunting trips are sent here. Of course, there is not a single blood crystal from the wild beasts. They are all consumed by the army itself or sold in exchange for funds and military supplies.
Jiang He dragged the snake's tail, while Zhuang Ya was still eating frantically.
"Stop eating, help me gather all the wild beasts."
(End of this chapter)