Stein Tech Research Department (2)

"Researching Station?" the addition of this new option somewhat puzzled Zhang Qin Feng.

But that did not prevent him from trying out its functionality.

A table with few designing tools, such as measurement, electronics, sketching panel, and a few other options, sits on the corner inside his garage.

Activating it gave Zhang Qin Feng access into a simple printer database, with ordering functionality to test the design. Of course, they can only be printed out through Olympus Peak, after prior approval from Zhang Qin Feng's Mother-Key.

Through his shallow knowledge in creation, Zhang Qin Feng tried to turn a childish thought of his into reality.

Heat-seeking scope failed.

Explosive Ammunition failed.

Unmanned Turret Drone failed.

"Ah! I give up!" Zhang Qin Feng stopped playing with the tech research station. Without little basic on weaponry, physic, and warfare, it is nearly impossible for him to comes out with something new.

Otherwise, why would Stein hold itself from delivering him a Weapon of Mass Destruction?

From his imagination, adding a Rocket Launcher's Ammunition with a high caliber railgun may result in an explosive result. But in reality, a design like this may end up in two consequences.

The payload is failed to be delivered, or the malfunction causes a chain effect. Not being blasted into pieces is perhaps counted as an excellent result.

But it did not demotivate Zhang Qin Feng from making around 20 Research Stations. By calling Dan Mi and Guo Fu over to his General Store, Zhang Qin Feng explained to both of them through the meticulous details.

As for the office, it will be assigned to the standalone building beside the Canteen that was recently built.

10 people from each union, the workers and residents, will be assigned to the 20 available stations here. After some further discussion, Zhang Qin Feng agreed to their suggestion to add another 10 tables for the Military Union led by Dan Bao.

This means the research department is officially established, with 10 brains working on Military Research, 10 on Cultural, and 10 on Technical.

Dan Mi asked Zhang Qin Feng to come up with a proper name for this research department.

"Stein Tech Research Department," Zhang Qin Feng announced the name to those present in this building.

"Everyone!" Dan Bao raised his voice for attention before he starts clapping his hand, facing Zhang Qin Feng. It did not take too long before everyone followed while looking at Zhang Qin Feng.

"Thank you," Zhang Qin Feng shakes their hand.

"No... Thank you..." they returned the gesture to Zhang Qin Feng, who's here to bring them hope.

On this moment onwards, lights can be seen through the building days and night, without a hint of them stopping for rest. And very soon, the 30 people inside this department rather eat Protein Bar instead, while working.

"I don't have time to go to the toilet break! Don't bring me fish or meat. Just bring me a protein bar is enough!" they said.

But on Friday morning, trouble comes knocking at the door.

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Earlier, about six hours before Zhang Qin Feng's usual time coming out from the General Store.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" multiple explosives is fired towards their defensive wall.

"What happened?" Guo Jing asked. On his way to the command center, fire breaks out on the supplies placed near the walls, turning into a pile of waste.

More explosives being fired at their walls. But luckily, the part they're concentrating their attack is reinforced by the [Tantalite Block] created by a survivor.

In this defensive battle, it shows the officers how dependable is the Tantalite Block used as an additional layer of defense.

"Yu Yang Kai here! We are in a gunfight against a platoon from the Panlong Team!" the 4th platoon lieutenant reported.

"This is Wu Manya. We're currently exchanging fire with Jiaolong Team too. Only 1 Rhinos is still working." 1st Platoon got attacked as well.

Inside the Azure Wind Base, two platoons are awaiting for their order.

The 5th Platoon already deployed around the perimeters, trying to control their opponents from keep firing their Swarmer Unit. Under Yu Yuan's command, they're laying down suppression attacks to stops the enemies from getting in their position.

"Captain, we're awaiting order!" Yu Yuan reported.

"Sir!" Han Niu and Niu Ke stand before Dan Bao and Guo Jing.

"I want the 2nd and 3rd platoons to support Wu Manya and Yu Yang Kai. You're approved to depart with the basic package, along with 10 Swarmer Units. I want you to carry the Viper if you're confident in using them." Dan Bao ordered.

It was carried out immediately. A hundred soldiers departed through two side entrance on the southwest and northeast and headed straight to the 1st and 4th platoons.

"Sir, reinforcement is here..." a scout reported their activity to the Warrant Officers from Panlong and Jiaolong Team.

"They're too green to fight against us," one of the warrant officers chuckled.

"Start firing the grenades. Create more debris for them to exercise before they reach our first engagement line!" The Panlong Team officer ordered.

"Yes, Sir!" the platoon leaders acknowledge his superior's command and immediately deployed the Swarmer Unit.

"Aargh!" a cry came from the unit before the grenade is successfully fired at the designated targets. Worst of all, one of the soldiers was shot as he pulled the trigger, causing all four projectiles to goes off nearby their own teammates.

"Back off! BOOM!" a platoon leader managed to escape from getting blown into pieces, but the group of soldiers behind him had it worst.

Three of the ten Swarmer Unit soldiers were injured in that explosion, with two of them dead from their opponent's long-range attack.

"Bang!" but before the platoon leader managed to assemble a new team for the Swarmer Unit, one more soldier falls to their enemy's sniper.

"They got Viper in their hand?" the platoon leader checked his surrounding for his own Viper Rifle. Based on his own expertise using this armament, it takes the sniper 5 seconds to complete the process of ejecting, loading and aiming.

"You! Raise that empty Swarmer Unit. Get our enemy to fire his shot!" the platoon leader ordered. His men immediately obeyed his command and raised the armament slowly on both hands.

"Bang!" the Swarmer Unit shattered from that deadly accurate shot.

"It's my turn now!" the platoon leader came out from his hiding place, only to notice four out of five snipers waiting for his arrival.

"F**K!!!" four shots turned him into an incomplete beehive.

"Sir, the unit leader is dead! The unit leader is dead!" the ordinary soldiers came forward to report through the Platoon Leader's Luna II.

"We need backup! We need... BOOM!" a bang muffled all sounds from the reporting platoon.

"What happened? Somebody tell me!" for a warrant officer, a total of three Luna II devices is provided by the Xicheng Base. For two teams, that's a total of six Luna II device.

But right now, four of them can be said to be out of commissioned!

"Huh... You can give up shouting on the communication device." the warrant officer of Panlong Team tapped his friend's shoulder.

"That's four platoon leaders! Do you know what it's meant for us to lose four platoons and the command within three days?" the Jiaolong Team leader looked at his friend.

"We've hit a metal wall... A remarkably hard one on top of that." Panlong Team Leader said.

Let's retreat." he added.

"What? Retreat? We've lost four platoons, and about to break their walls. Why are we considering the retreating option out of all sudden?" Jiaolong Team Leader asked.

As a 2nd-Rank Warrant Officer, the Jiaolong Team are given five platoons of soldiers under his command, with six platoons more in Panlong Team Leader's hand.

But against a greenhorn gang with merely five urgently formed platoons, they actually wiped out four of his platoons?

How can that be?

"And what's wrong with that wall? How many chains of grenade should they launch to bring it down? It's a wall, not gate, for god's sake!"