Stein Tech Research Department (1)

"Our boss is too paranoid." a soldier guarding the defensive line towards 15th Zone said.

"Just stay focused. If you want to complain, do it after your shift ends." another soldier nudges him using the tip of his gun.

"Focus on your duty, soldier!" their commanding officer shouted from behind. Even though his opinion is similar to what the other soldier thinks, it was not his position to give any advice.

Perhaps, that's the difference between the Frontline, Supplies, and Command Center. Unless they're personally in charge of the department themselves, it will be impossible for them to understands what others are thinking.

Very soon, another platoon of soldiers came over for the shift change. They're about the same as the current platoon, about 100 soldiers. Following them over is the supplies unit, with cases of protein bars, ammunition, and camping tools.

Two platoons are working on the shift changing report, which made their security get lax for a short few minutes.

"Hey! What's that?" one of the soldiers notice something coming at them.

"Aargh!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

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Two hours ago.

After Zhang Qin Feng's absurd request, the 5 platoons started to prepare for this operation.

A total of 25 Rhinos are deployed at a specific location, with the line of fire aiming at their opponent's defensive line. As long as Guo Jing or Dan Bao ordered, this defensive line with around 50 soldiers will be bombarded with over 100 steel rods.

"Platoon 1 ready," the leader of this Rhinos Unit reported.

"Platoon 2 ready,"

"Platoon 3,"

"4,"

"5,"

"Hold your position," Guo Jing ordered. Dan Bao was standing by his side, showing him the instruction by hand signal.

"Let's wait for a while more," Dan Bao said.

It is even puzzling to Zhang Qin Feng, about why Dan Bao and Guo Jing is holding themselves back from the bombardment.

In fact, 25 Rhinos are overkill, if their main intention is only to obtain the three usable technologies from their opponent. But right now, Dan Bao and Guo Jing's hesitation made everyone feeling restless.

"Why are we not firing yet?" Zhang Qin Feng wanted to give the order to take action, but since he passed the right to govern the soldiers to Dan Bao and Guo Jing, he should cease from doing so.

Soon, a report came in from Yu Yang Kai.

"They're having a change of personnel right now," the report is like fire lit on the fuse and started to burn towards the gunpowder.

"All units!" Dan Bao's hand slashes down from his eye level. And that sign made Guo Jing's temperament changed upside down.

The order to fire came.

"Fire!!!"

Twenty-five steel rods made its way towards the enemy's outpost.

Against the magnetized steel rod that was discharged with a vast force, nothing is worthy as an obstacle. Soldiers, munition, concrete, and barricade walls shattered or mutilated.

The alert outpost lost over half a platoon from the first barrage.

"Enemy attack! Find out where it comes from!" the commanding officer taking over this outpost ordered. But before anyone remained calm, the second barrage came at them once more.

It killed another half of the platoon on their more concentrated barrage towards the most protected camp inside the outpost. This time, both commanding officers lost their lives to a nameless steel rod.

"Escape! Run for your life!" without their commanding officer, they're no longer any reason for them to continue fighting.

They spread out. Without a leader keeping them together as one, the remaining 50 something soldiers, escaped faster than when they came here.

"Platoon 1 reports. The remaining enemies are scattering." Wu Manya reported.

"Pursue and execute on the spot." Guo Jing's following order is decisive.

"Are we not going to capture them? Our previous two barrages almost killed an entire platoon, that's quite some losses in manpower." Zhang Qin Feng asked Dan Bao privately.

"I wished we can capture them too, but in this fight, delaying them from bringing back news to the two 2nd-Rank Warrant Officers are the most critical choice we have." Dan Bao replied to Zhang Qin Feng's question.

The reason behind this was simple.

This victory actually proves nothing for Azure Wind Base. Although the sneak attack is a success, they're yet to face the full extent of the Warrant Officer's ability.

One needs to understand the differences between Zhang Qin Feng's army and the warrant officer's soldiers.

Although in the term of equipment, the Azure Wind Base is at a level surpassed them, their experience in warfare is literally zero. Furthermore, Xicheng Base is not established just for a week or two, but about ten years.

Being capable of promotion from a team captain to a 2nd-Rank Warrant Officer shows their abilities in warfare, especially in this apocalypse.

But Dan Bao and Guo Jing's decision in carrying out this swift tactic shows their potential. Although they're still far from directing five platoons by themselves, two brains functioning together is better than one.

The Rhinos barrage continued twice before the range is too far to make a difference. But at least, they managed to eliminate all enemy soldiers heading back to the Hq's direction.

As for the few remaining soldiers running deeper towards 15th Zone, it won't be long before Zhang Qin Feng's 5 platoons captured all of them alive.

Through the scrap mover, the group brought back around a hundred pieces of munition and equipment, with about 3 quarters of them are broken or malfunctioned.

But to Zhang Qin Feng, as long they're all recyclable, their condition does not matter.

The Olympus Peak quickly digested them after multiple fabrication and calculation. Perhaps their design is not as complicated as the others, because the option to process them came out in less than 10 minutes.

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[6.1] Neptune's Model Leidenfrost Curtain (Optimal Condition)

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[7.1] Ghostling HQ Swarmer Unit (Grenade Model)

[7.2] Ghostling HQ "Viper" Tactical Assault Rifle (with hunter's sight)

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The three of them are indeed unique equipment that's in high demand. Especially the Leidenfrost Curtain shield, with the capability to generate a "repulsive force." This gave the vapor curtain the strength to reflects lighter projectiles, such as bullets.

Although the Leidenfrost Curtain equipment that can be manufactured by Olympus Peak is more than capable of protection, the lifespan of this is limited to two mags of bullets at most.

Additionally, it is advised to not test this "curtain" against higher velocity projectile, such as the railgun's steel rod. If the Viper is used instead, perhaps 10 bullets are enough to cause it to overheat.

As for the "Swarmer Unit," this piece of equipment is primarily used for crowd control. During the pre-apocalyptic period, this equipment comes with multiple functionalities, such as non-threatening shells and war shells.

Grenades, scattershot, net, tracker, or incendiary are all part of its available equipment.

The "Viper" is also one of the products of pre-apocalyptic weapon manufacturer, Ghostling HQ. In the peak period before the apocalypse, this weapon is even issued to spec ops soldiers for immediate deployment.

Unfortunately, a weapon like this Viper is counted as a relic from Pre-Apocalypse. The power displayed by this weapon is significantly lower than the post-apocalyptic weapon like Leishen's Rifle.

If the user were to encounter a Devourer or a Titan, their option is to run after throwing this armament.

But as Zhang Qin Feng is getting ready to skip this weapon, an additional note pops up from the current page.

[Post-Apocalypse modification is currently applied to this Blueprint]

[A Researching Station is now available to be made]

[Additional Manpower can be allocated to the station to assemble a new database!]