"Big Sis Ya, I was a little excited just now, so I might have exaggerated things a little too much."
Meng Chao thought of this and continued, "But based on my observations, there are indeed a lot of people who haven't changed their views. In fact, even the elite investigators from the abnormal beast research department only treat abnormal beasts as smarter monsters."
"Isn't it?" Lu Siya asked.
"Probably not."
"Abnormal beasts aren't smarter monsters. They're intelligent lifeforms that are completely different from us but have the same level of intelligence. In fact, they might even have higher levels of intelligence and a strange way of thinking.
"When we face abnormal beasts, we can't look at them with the same old standards we used to look at them. We should think of abnormal beasts as true strategists, leaders, and commanders who have gone through hundreds of battles.
"As a qualified commander, he wouldn't throw his army into a cruel but meaningless street fight easily. If he did that, he must have a deeper purpose!"
Lu Siya stared at Meng Chao for a long time.
"How strange," she said.
"Why do I feel like you're an idiot sometimes, but sometimes …"
She wanted to say something, but she stopped.
Meng Chao waited for a long time, but she still did not finish her sentence. He could not help but ask, "But what?"
"Nothing."
Lu Siya changed the topic. "Then, what do you think the abnormal beasts' goal is?"
"I don't know. Map? Is there a map of the entire city?"
There was a map of Dragon City on the tablet, but the screen was too small, so it was not enough for Meng Chao to get any inspiration.
There was no map in the lab either. In the end, he ran outside and asked the Red Dragon Army soldiers who had fought alongside him just now to borrow a map that was more than two meters long and wide.
The soldiers had used the military map for a long time, and the edges were already white. There were also dense annotations on it, including the latest situation of the zombie and monster invasion.
Meng Chao's gaze only lingered on the southern part of the city for a moment before he looked at the other parts of the city.
"Goal? Just what is the enemy's goal?"
At that moment, the commander of the Red Dragon Army squad came forward to thank him with a bandage on his arm.
He thanked Meng Chao for killing the Ultimate Sandworm and saving all the soldiers in the squad.
At the same time, he also provided him with the latest battle report.
The current situation was that the superhumans and the Red Dragon Army had basically taken control of the important facilities in the south of the city and the rather densely populated residential areas. They had also killed the larger monsters that could be easily discovered.
But there were still snakes, insects, rats, and ants surging out from the depths of the ground.
As the humans gradually increased their military strength, these damned vermin also changed their tactics.
They no longer gathered into a seemingly terrifying insect swarm that could be easily destroyed by incendiary bombs.
As soon as they got out of the ground, they scattered and fled in all directions, burrowing into all kinds of dark and damp corners.
If it suddenly jumped out again, even if it didn't bite, it would still be like a toad jumping on the back of one's foot — it would be very scary.
Hundreds of thousands, even millions of snakes, insects, rats, and ants fled in all directions in the southern part of the city.
This was much more difficult to deal with than any Apocalyptic Beast.
If it was an Apocalyptic Beast, then it would be easy. If three to five Deity Realm superhumans worked together, and they were not afraid of death or losses, they would definitely be able to kill their opponents.
However, even if the Deity Realm experts had three heads and six arms, it would still be impossible for them to capture millions of pests in just one or two hours.
Unfortunately, these things carried the new zombie virus on them.
In the absence of vaccines, serums, and uncertainty of how many transmission methods there were, it was difficult for ordinary people to participate in the battle to exterminate pests. Otherwise, new zombies would be created at any moment.
The superhumans and the Red Dragon Army could only do their best to evacuate the citizens and run around the streets to get rid of the rising viruses and insect hordes.
This sort of pestering attacks was not enough to shake Dragon City's foundation.
But a large number of superhumans and the Red Dragon Army were stuck to the south of the city.
At the very least, during this long night, aside from fighting against the insects, zombies, and viruses, they could forget about going anywhere else.
Meng Chao quietly listened to the squad commander's report of the situation.
Then, he lowered his head to study the map.
After a moment, he suddenly asked Lu Siya a seemingly unrelated question.
"Big Sis Ya, do you know if anything abnormal has happened in Blue Home over the past two days?"
Lu Siya was a little stunned. "There shouldn't be anything abnormal. If there was, the captain would have told us a long time ago. Why are you asking this?"
"Group 9 is the Lin Chuan and Gao Ye Special Task Force. Since Lin Chuan and the White Spirit died under Raging Waves, half of the clues are gone. There are only two clues left. One of them is Blue Home, and the other is Gao Ye, who is still alive," Meng Chao explained.
"Originally, Group 9 followed up on both clues at the same time. I joined quite a lot of Blue Home's activities, and I have a pretty good relationship with the Home Party.
"But half a month ago, the Ultimate Sandworm that we suspected to be Gao Ye appeared again, so we focused our time, energy, and resources on it. It caused so much damage that there's nothing we can do about it.
"Because of it, our attention on Blue Home has decreased. Even I haven't contacted Zhao Feixuan, Wu Haibo, and the other core members of Blue Home for more than a week. I don't know what they're doing.
"I suspect that this is the goal behind the abnormal beasts releasing the Ultimate Sandworm beforehand.
"Big Sis Ya, ask Captain Ye. He must have more information."
This request was not too much.
Lu Siya thought about it. Then, she used the tactical tablet used by the abnormal beast research department to send a communication request to Ye Xiaoxing.
The internet in Dragon City used optical cables and wireless transmissions.
But wireless transmissions were very easily affected by the spirit energy in the Other World.
And the underground optical cables were also easily bitten off or corroded by rats and other monsters.
This was especially so after the monsters' intelligence increased by leaps and bounds. Usually, when they attacked Dragon City, the first thing they did was to destroy human networks and communications.
Hence, Meng Chao and Lu Siya waited for a long time before a blurry and shaky picture appeared on the screen.
The continuously shaky picture was probably recorded in real time by Ye Xiaoxing's shoulder-mounted camera.
In the picture, more than ten manhole covers flew into the air at the same time on the street across from them. Then, the street cracked, and a huge black beetle crawled out from underground. It spewed burning sticky liquid everywhere, and it flowed freely between the buildings and streets like magma.
The elites from Group 9 had been chasing after the Ultimate Sandworm for ten days and ten nights without resting. Their stamina and minds were drained to the max, but they still pounced on it regardless of the cost. Their spirit energy magnetic fields created dazzling and fatal killing moves that tore the Ultimate Sandworm to shreds.
"Meng Chao, are you awake?"
Ye Xiaoxing asked. "You did well in the underwater tunnel just now! I'm going to ask the department for a reward for you! But now isn't the time to talk about this. If you and Siya have recovered and replenished enough spirit energy, hurry over and help us. Right now, the southern part of the city is in chaos. Many of the citizens haven't hidden in the fortresses and shelters, and there are still people who are infected by the new zombie virus. We're severely lacking in manpower! "
"Got it. If it's possible, we want to hurry over as soon as possible."
Meng Chao braced himself and said, "But Captain Ye, can I first ask if Blue Home has received any abnormal or rather strange information over the past half a month?"
"Strange information?"
Ye Xiaoxing said. "No. Recently, Blue Home has been growing in scale, and the members they're taking in are of a higher level. Many of the politicians support the Home Party's stand and work together to expand their influence in the Survival Committee. But they're using legal methods. The Colonization Party's ideals might be the mainstream, but it's not some absolute truth that can't be questioned or overthrown.
"If handing out eggs to the neighbors on the streets isn't considered abnormal, then there's nothing abnormal about it."
"Is it?"
Meng Chao was disappointed and puzzled.
"Yes."
Ye Xiaoxing sent a thunderous sword qi at Black Beetle. He paused for a moment before he suddenly remembered something. "By the way, Blue Home seems to have formed a team of specialists from Project 101 and organized a transmigration technology conference. The date … is today."
"What?!"
Meng Chao's pupils shrank swiftly, and he asked anxiously, "Transmigration technology conference? How high is the level of the conference? Who are the participants? Are all the members of the controllable transmigration technology project team going to attend? "
"More or less. My information is that the person in charge of Project 101 is the best transmigration technology expert in Dragon City. He's Professor Lu Tianxing, and he's personally hosting the transmigration technology conference," Ye Xiaoxing said.
"By the way, Lu Tianxing is one of the twelve committee members of Blue Home. He's also the soul of the Home Party, and he played a huge role in shaping the ideals of the Home Party."
"What the heck?!"
Meng Chao shouted. "He's such an important person! Why isn't he staying in the Supernatural Tower to research transmigration technology? Why did he run out and organize a conference?!"
"What are you saying?"
Ye Xiaoxing said, "There are very few ascetic monks like Gao Ye who lock themselves up in the laboratory for more than ten years. No matter how obsessed the experts and scholars are with technology, they have to come out and exchange their skills with their peers, right?
"Besides, you know that the Colonization Party has always been the mainstream in the Survival Committee. Most of the politicians aren't willing to give too much money to Project 101. Part of the research funds for the transmigration project has to be provided by businesses and all sorts of foundations.
"Transmigration experts aren't the only ones attending the conference today. Their investors, rich and powerful entrepreneurs, and the politicians from the Home Party will also be attending. The goal of the conference is to discuss technology, but more importantly, it's to ask for money.
"Right now, Project 101 seems to have entered its most critical stage. The funds we burn every day are astronomical, and the investments we need next won't be small. If the person in charge of the project, Professor Lu Tianxing, doesn't come personally, how are we supposed to ask for money?"
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