When dawn arrived the next day, positive energy once again dominated the ruins of Hamunaptra. The earthy yellow Hamunaptra was rejuvenated. After a night of chaos, the people who had returned to the human world were now wearing black headscarves and black robes. Together with their Arabic accents and religious backgrounds, they looked like extremist warriors of the Truth.
This kind of clothing that was in line with the Egyptian culture was not rejected by the Egyptians. Instead, it was quite popular.
These were the newly infected Blood Clan. Even the weakest of them could easily defeat O 'Connell, who had been trained for a long time. However, Chen Ang was not satisfied with them. After the Embrace, these black-clothed Blood Clan members naturally joined the Eye of Horus to fight for Egypt's independence and rise. However, their work efficiency was much higher at night than during the day. Every day, these black-clothed Blood Clan members would become a little listless, which greatly affected Chen Ang's research efficiency.
After Hamunaptra used the power of the curse that had been accumulated here for three thousand years to expand the team under his command, the core power in the hands of the Nine States Team had expanded tenfold. The number of Blood Clan members who could stand on their own had increased by a hundred times, and the Knights, who used to be the core backbone, were now being cultivated as the backbone of the team.
These Blood Clan members were not old antiques who relied on claws and half-baked magic to fight. They were all modern elite Blood Clan members who had been carefully cultivated by Chen Ang. They were knowledgeable, cultured, knowledgeable about science, firearms, accurate marksmanship, and proficient in teamwork and small team tactics. They were modern elites with superb military skills.
The advantage of Reincarnators over ordinary gunpowder weapons often lay in the people holding them.
Most of the core Reincarnators who had reached eight stars and above, except for those who had modified their bodies to the extreme, were not immune to the attacks of modern firearms. The reason most attacks were ineffective was actually because these Reincarnators' basic reaction speed and eyesight were several times better than ordinary people's after they left their newbie stage.
They might not be able to dodge gunpowder, but they could dodge the muzzle when an ordinary person pulled the trigger.
Upon reaching Four Star Level, most of the non-technological Reincarnators would more or less develop an ability similar to a sixth sense. They would be more sensitive to malice and the muzzle of a gun. In the Immortal and Martial Arts Faction, this was called Sudden Inspiration, Path of Sincerity. In the Magic Faction, this was called Spiritual Warning, Psionic Sensing, Prophecy. In the Supernatural Faction, this was called Sixth Sense, Telepathy.
In the God Dimension, this method was almost commonplace, and it directly caused the threat of firearms to plummet. As long as one wasn't stupid enough to be surrounded in a room and shot at with 20 guns, there was basically no need to be afraid of facing firearms in an open space.
Of course, if it was a real battlefield, such as the World War II storyline world, or even a storyline world where a large-scale war took place, Reincarnators below Seven Stars would basically be sending themselves to death in a head-on battle. Survival depended entirely on luck. Thus, the modern battlefield storyline world was also known as the graveyard of low-level Reincarnators. It was practically the nightmare of Reincarnators who took the special operations route.
And these Blood Breed combat teams modified by Chen Ang had reflexes that were not inferior to most of the low-level Reincarnators. These black-clothed men were also equipped with modern firearms that had been modified and greatly increased in lethality, making them extremely difficult to deal with.
After Hong Fan familiarized himself with his modified body, the members and prospective members of the Nine States team gathered in the altar room that was used to resurrect Ansuna in Imhotep's original storyline. The altar room that was originally filled with dirty water and skeletons had long been cleaned up by Chen Ang's subordinates, the Blood Breeds, and the mummies. Those skeletons were pieced together and used to awaken the mummies yesterday.
The newcomers of Team Nine States were very concerned about the results of this modification. After Hong Fan briefly talked about his experience, he couldn't help but ask Chen Ang, "After Imoden escaped from our control, the God Dimension should soon send other Reincarnators to our side. But now, we have two home fields. On one hand, Cairo is our base camp. We invested a lot in the early stage and almost controlled the whole of Cairo. It's really not good to let Reincarnators come in and mess things up. Moreover, Cairo is related to our plan to control Egypt's independence in the future, so we can't let anything go wrong."
"But Hamunata is something that we have worked hard to control. There are a lot of secrets buried in it, and it's related to a lot of side quests and expected profits. It's not good for us to give it up."
"Right now, our main strength can only be concentrated in one place to control the entire situation. Once we split up, we'll give the enemy a chance to break us down one by one." Hong Fan hit the nail on the head and asked Chen Ang, "Doctor, how are you going to solve this disadvantageous situation?"
"The situation around Cairo is complicated, and we need to respond to the changes in the situation in time. So, most of our strength will be gathered in Cairo, but we can't give up on Hamunata either. It's a base that we'll focus our development on in the future. After losing the two scriptures and Imoden, Hamunata will definitely be less attractive to Reincarnators. As long as we maintain enough strength, we can firmly control it," Chen Ang answered.
"In other words, most of us will go to Cairo and maintain a force that can control this place in Hamunata?" Zhang Ziqiang raised his doubts. "But the enemies we'll face in the future will be very strong. After we withdraw most of our strength, how are we going to protect Hamunata?"
"Your understanding of power is ambiguous, but in my opinion, there's no conflict. The power we control can be divided into derivative power and core power. Derivative power is the power that is transformed from research results. The Blood Race, the Men in Black, the mummy army, and so on are like products derived from core power. They have combat power, but as long as we have enough time, we can greatly expand such power."
"Core power is different. It's where our real power lies, including knowledge, resources, influence, and command center. In comparison, derivative power is equivalent to a country's army, and core power is the country's population and industrial capacity. As long as the core power is not lost, no matter how much derivative power is lost, as long as we have time, we can still replenish it."
"Now, the Eye of Horus, Hong Fan, the Blood Race's True Lord, me, the Doctor of Biology and Mysticism, and experimental assistants like Terence and Li Mingyi, are our 'industrial capacity and population'. They belong to the core power, while the Blood Race and the mummies here are just our military power."
"Cairo is the center of our core power, and Hamunata is just a central military base."
Chen Ang said casually, "Leave the mummy army and some of the Blood Race's combat troops here. Rely on Hamunata's defense system, build a military base, and maintain the occupation here. Most of the people will retreat to Cairo and join the main organization of Horus's Eye to form the core power to deal with the large number of Reincarnators that will come. "
Zhang Ziqiang and Hong Fan looked at each other. Neither of them had any intention of challenging Chen Ang's leadership. After seeing this person's cunning and cruel methods, they did not dare to have such thoughts. They just wanted to remind Chen Ang to pay attention to his priorities. Cairo was their home. Now that the goal had been achieved, they tacitly kept quiet. Only Zhao Yingqi still asked in a silly manner, "But the power in our hands shouldn't be enough to maintain two bases at the same time!"
"If the Hamunata branch base still isn't enough to protect itself, wouldn't we be giving those Reincarnators reward points for nothing?"
Chen Ang smiled and said, "It's also time to let you see the new results of our research and development after Hong Fan advanced to the True Lord Rank of the Blood Race, which greatly increased the infection ability of the Blood Race's bloodline, and the annihilation of the other Reincarnation team."
He stood up and motioned for the others to follow. The tunnel of Hamunata's tomb was no longer low and made of mud. A complete lighting system had been installed here, and the structure had been changed to a steel structure. It now looked like an underground base. Everyone followed the tunnel to the core of the Hamunata base. The security became tighter and tighter along the way. After passing through several checkpoints, they finally arrived at a spacious room.
This place had completely changed. The original stone style of ancient Egypt had disappeared without a trace. Now, the underground was made of terrazzo marble, and the interior was made of alloy steel. Chen Ang explained, "What bothers me the most in this world is that the material conditions for research are extremely crude. At the beginning of the twentieth century, even a computer is f * cking hand-cranked.
"There are no automated systems, no large computers, and even the electronic board has to be hit by a hammer. Even a stable power supply is rare. In my original world, I only needed to send orders to various equipment companies to prepare for genetic and biochemical experiments. Here, I have to climb the technological tree for fifty years to build the simplest scanning electron microscope.
"As a biological researcher, I can only learn mysticism and play with spell modification. I'm almost done with my old profession!"
Chen Ang sighed. "But after a period of hard work, there are finally conditions for me to do some basic experiments and research."
Hong Fan stared in shock at the 'simple', or rather, strangely styled laboratory, completely stunned by what he saw. Leaving aside the pile of oddly shaped things that occupied half of the laboratory, there was a semi-submersible pool deep underground and a glass-enclosed water tank, with countless tentacles floating in the middle of the pool.
The tentacle monster's different limbs swelled up, and the shadows floating in them were obviously the living bodies of the strange creatures he had seen in the laboratory. But what really shocked Hong Fan was that this giant octopus actually had the same vampire bloodline as him, and the source of the bloodline didn't even come from him.
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