Chapter 125: Weakening

“Fierce Beasts? No, they are nothing to worry about, because of the existence of the Electromagnetic Cannon.”

On the TV, Fang Kongwen stood beside an Electromagnetic Tank, patting the tank’s armor with high spirits, and then constantly explaining some questions raised by the people present.

After this interview ended, the image on the TV changed, showing the 3D form of a Boneback Beast, attached with data about the Boneback Beast, from height and length, to skin thickness, and defense strength, and so on. After introducing the strength of the Boneback Beast, the image turned again, showing the suburbs of Beiyang City, where a Boneback Beast was charging out from the mist, crashing straight through. Everywhere it passed, buildings were knocked down, ruthlessly crushing a path.

Then, naturally, it was the scene of the Electromagnetic Cannon showing its power, killing this mountain-like Boneback Beast.

In Zhou Liming’s view, these were very ordinary scenes, but what it triggered in the entire human society was like a tsunami. The danger involved, and the power of the Electromagnetic Cannon, made the people watching the TV exclaim in surprise. But this was not the most important thing; what mattered was that the Electromagnetic Cannon demonstrated its powerful might to the world, enough to replace the status of traditional artillery.

“Super Warriors? In front of the Electromagnetic Cannon, I don’t think there is a need for their existence. Yes, as long as the Electromagnetic Cannon is equipped by the troops, even ordinary soldiers will easily kill Fierce Beasts and become heroes in our minds. Now the military has officially approved the mass production plan. It is expected that Electromagnetic Technology will be applied to tanks and fighter jets, even…”

The TV went “snap” and turned off. The last image was Fang Kongwen spitting saliva as he spoke; it was no exaggeration to say that his limelight even overshadowed Zhou Liming.

Lian Ruixue stared coldly at the TV. Everyone in the cafeteria buried their heads in their meals; they could feel their captain’s anger.

Since the weapon experiment ended, the five tanks had all left Xiang A City with the Transport Aircraft, which could be said to be a beautiful experiment. The process was a bit thrilling, but all dangers were averted, which also indirectly proved the huge achievement of the Electromagnetic Cannon against Fierce Beasts, and it was the first time possessing a weapon against Fierce Beasts.

Then…

It seemed that the atmosphere at the top began to change. The Super Warrior news that was playing before was gradually changed to the Electromagnetic Cannon. Even a week later, no news about Super Warriors could be seen on TV anymore; there were only various Electromagnetic Weapons entering the public’s view.

Yes, excellent lethality, and more importantly, it was more trustworthy than Super Warriors.

In people’s hearts, Super Warriors were somewhat virtualized after all. They were high above, possessing the ability to evolve into Human-shaped Fierce Beasts, which was also the reason why some people could not accept Super Warriors. For them, Superman was certainly good, but it would never bring the same intuitive impact as weapons, and only weapons could make them feel more at ease.

The change in the atmosphere at the top was mainly due to the 15% success rate of Super Warriors. The death of 100,000 soldiers was the price paid for the existence of more than 10,000 Super Warriors today. This price was too great. Even if there were 10 million new recruits, once the manufacturing process of Super Warriors was known to the public, wouldn’t the entire rear fall into chaos?

But Electromagnetic Weapons were different; they were physical objects, more believable than Super Warriors. Although the manufacturing of Electromagnetic Weapons was very tedious, and the conversion of energy blocks was not easy. But wanting to prevent Fierce Beasts, relying solely on Super Warriors was simply not realistic. Only weapons, equipping a large number of Electromagnetic Weapons and distributing them to every ordinary soldier, would it be possible to recover the fallen cities and reclaim human civilization.

In other words, this was a confrontation between biology and machinery.

Clearly, the combined power of the Lian Family and the Yu Family was being suppressed. From the increasing neglect of Super Warriors, it could be seen that mechanical technology now occupied the advantage.

Regarding this, Zhou Liming was actually happy to see it happen. He wished they would just disband the X Squadron, so that he could be free. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to contribute to the country, but there was no way to contribute. Presumably, Ren Zhigang wouldn’t make things difficult for him, right? By then, he would go to Qing Province to pick up the Dean and the others, settle them down, and live a carefree life.

As for Fierce Beasts, wasn’t there Electromagnetic Technology? They could completely drive the Fierce Beasts back into the sea, so what was there to worry about?

With the gold he obtained, he could be a billionaire or something. When the country stabilized, he could travel around, find a suitable city to live in, buy a villa, buy a few cars, and live the life of a rich man. Of course, if he kept ten or eight beautiful women, it would be even more perfect.

Retrieving the messy thoughts from his mind, Zhou Liming almost laughed out loud. Keeping ten or eight women, he really thought of that.

In the next few days, there were no changes. The X Squadron still executed the same plan as before, covering the entire city with patrols.

But this calm was soon broken, because at the X Squadron’s station, ten Electromagnetic Tanks rumbled in, accompanied by several maintenance vehicles and fuel tankers. They formed a complete combat unit and parked it in the business school on the edge of Huanghua Town.

In the evening, Lian Ruixue walked into the cafeteria with a cold face, followed by someone who was considered an old acquaintance.

Zhou Liming remembered that this person should be Zha Zheming, who came to deliver the mission at the Training Base in Yu A City last time. It was just that he used to have the rank of Colonel, but now there was a general star on his shoulder, and he had joined the ranks of generals. Zhou Liming had no comment on this promotion speed; who told him to have a good father? Becoming a general at such a young age was not considered fast.

The name Zhao Haishan was rarely unheard of, because like Lian Chengshu, he was also in a high position of power, and in some aspects, even more powerful than Lian Chengshu. How could his son be bad? More importantly, Zhao Haishan was much younger than Lian Chengshu and was a leader of the hawk faction.

With such a father, becoming a Major General in his twenties was not a difficult thing as long as it was handled properly.

What Zhou Liming couldn’t figure out was, what was Zha Zheming doing here? Could it be another mission? Associating this with the convoy that entered Huanghua Town in the afternoon, it should have been brought by Zha Zheming. Just ten Electromagnetic Tanks was a big move, definitely the first batch of tanks to come off the production line, assigned under his command.

Not only was Zhou Liming confused, but others were also puzzled. Yang Ran asked in a low voice: “Is there any news?”

Zhou Liming shook his head. Zha Zheming’s arrival was very sudden; who knew what he was here for?

Facing the “buzzing” discussion from the people gathered in the cafeteria, Zha Zheming just frowned, but said nothing, still maintaining a smiling expression. On him, the temperament of a soldier was not very obvious; he was a very amiable person, not very old, but already very skilled in dealing with people.

Lian Ruixue clapped her hands and said coldly: “Now pause the meal for a moment to announce something. The Special Forces Command has specially sent General Zhao to serve as the deputy captain of our X Squadron to improve our combat effectiveness. At the same time, the tank unit under General Zhao has also joined. The Command hopes that we can cooperate sincerely, bring out the strengths of Super Warriors, and balance the advantages of mechanical power to jointly guard the safety of Xiang A City.”

This news undoubtedly surprised everyone; it came too suddenly.

“What kind of trick is the higher-up playing? Didn’t they say the roster was fixed?”

“Who knows? Isn’t the roster just whatever they say?”

Only a few people did not speak, because these were people who understood; the higher-ups finally started to weaken the influence of Super Warriors. The first target was naturally the first squadron among Super Warriors, the X Squadron. Although the addition of the tank unit seemed to increase the combat effectiveness of Super Warriors, everyone knew that this was a disguised way of weakening the role of Super Warriors.

Zha Zheming gave a military salute to the people below and said indifferently: “I am very happy to work with everyone. I have been looking forward to the X Squadron for a long time. Please rest assured, although there is the addition of the tank unit, it will only make our X Squadron stronger.”

“According to the mission given above, our main task is to implement the cooperation between machinery and biology, to see if we can make the two compatible to improve combat effectiveness. So, I will give you three days to prepare. By then, Super Warriors will be assigned to every Electromagnetic Tank to form a stronger attack method.”

“In the future, this form will be further promoted, not only on tanks, but other platforms will also be equipped with Electromagnetic Weapons.”

Zha Zheming did not realize at all that he had taken over Lian Ruixue’s right to speak. In fact, he did it somewhat on purpose. He just glanced at the people below, not needing anything from them, and continued: “Let me reveal to you that under the sharing of global technology, our country has made breakthroughs in many fields, such as the most anticipated robot technology. Its development prospects are even broader than Electromagnetic Technology. If it is equipped with Electromagnetic Weapons, it will also have super strong attack power.”

Speaking of this, Zha Zheming just paused and said: “The concept of Mecha proposed by Dr. Tian will no longer be a non-existent thing under existing robot technology. With the sharing of global technology and the gathering of a large number of scientists tackling key problems, I believe that in the near future, we will see it on the battlefield.”

Things like this were all in a confidential state, research topics that only a few people knew about, and ordinary people had no way of knowing them.

Zha Zheming said this now mainly to use this news to give the Super Warriors a show of strength, to let them know that in the future, mechanical technology would be the main theme, and Super Warriors would gradually disappear in the river of history. As long as they were deterred, it would be very beneficial for his future management and control of this X Squadron.

Lian Ruixue? As long as his father’s side exerted influence again, she would sooner or later leave the X Squadron and be transferred to other troops.