novelBattlefield Repor
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A game is just a game after all. When one side can't last any longer, the fun to continue is no longer there. After Natasha finally got tired and seeked for mercy, Jiang Chen teased her a few times before he finally gained the upper hand in the game. After a high-pitched moan, he fell asleep with the weary and satisfied "blonde kitten."
The next morning, when the first morning ray scattered in, Jiang Chen opened his eyes.
He lazily turned on the bed and saw Natasha was already getting dressed. He then said mockingly, "I can't believe you got out of bed earlier than me. I knew I shouldn't have trusted your expression."
"You also know that I was a special agent, " Natasha curved her charming lips and swayed her hair, she then combed them to the back of her head and said joyously, "You're just not as good as you think you are if you still fall for the same trick."
"Don't even, I just let you have it. Or shall we try it once more tonight?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow.
"Today, you belong to Xia Shiyu, " Her golden ponytail swayed as she left Jiang Chen, and left Jiang Chen with only the image of her back. Suddenly, she said, with a smirk, "You can express all your dissatisfaction with me on her."
Natasha pleasingly walked to the door. Just as she opened the door, her knee suddenly gave out as she almost fell down.
Sure enough, she made up her resilient appearance.
When she looked back, she saw the grin in his eyes. She left him with a dirty look before she closed the door and walked away.
Jiang Chen silently gave her his blessing to not fall again. Then he got dressed before he left the bedroom.
...
The Biotechnology Summit was still ongoing. The scientist who protested for three days to no avail already dispersed. They disappointedly left on planes and returned home.
Devil Acid extracted from the Devil Worm had already seen industry applications based on research from by the Chemical Research Institute of Future Heavy Industries. Two large chemical plants were built in New Malaysia Special District. The acid would be used in Future Biology's pharmaceutical plants, Future Heavy Industries' factories and the shipyards in the synchronous orbit to replace the trifluoromethanesulfonic acid required in some parts of the original production process.
The small change would yield an increase of 1-5% in efficiency for Future Heavy Industries in the next year.
While the number appeared to be trivial, Future Heavy Industries' total industrial output was equivalent to the output of a developing country.
Not only Devil Acid, but also some of the organic materials extracted from Devil Worm's shell were applied to the military to optimize the composite material on the kinetic skeleton. The optimized kinetic skeleton's weight would be reduced by 1-3% while its material strength would increase by 5%.
The few percentages of improvements should not be underestimated. Originally, the M-Series assault rifles had a difficult time penetrating the kinetic skeleton armor at mid-range without special bullets. Now with the additional 5% armor buff, the assault rifles would be even less effective.
As for the weight reduction.
No one would ever complain about the equipment being too light, especially the infantry fighting among bullets.
This technological advancement resulted from biological research previously obtained from Death Claws.
Jiang Chen vaguely remembered that Jiang Lin mentioned this to him a long time ago. Some of the materials on the early K1 kinetic skeleton were extracted from the shell on the head of Death Claws. And the Mother of Death Claw that he killed directly resulted in a 5% increase in defense for the new K1 kinetic skeleton.
He did not think too much of the changes. Since at that time, his force in either world could be considered powerful.
With Celestial Trade's current scale, the minor changes could exponentially increase the overall combat effectiveness of his forces...
The research on the Devil Worm continued.
Researchers from all over the world practically lived inside the lab. Like the treasure hunters in the labyrinth, they were searching for more amazing treasures on the specimens...
At the same time, a battle report and a list of supplies floated from Mars tens of millions of kilometers away and into Jiang Chen's hands.
...
In the past week, TS Expedition killed a total of five hundred Devil Worms, but only managed to recover 21 specimens. Most of the Devil Worms died in the flames of the incendiary bombs.
"Two hundred rounds of earth-boring incendiary missiles, ten tons of small-caliber shells, fifty tons of vehicle-mounted shells, and even more weapon batteries... we're burning money too fast right?" It was the impression Jiang Chen received after reading through the list of supplies.
"The consumption is indeed too high." Kelvin nodded in agreement.
"I want to know now how much incendiary bombs we need to return our Mars colony back to normal." When Jiang Chen pointed to the list, he immediately identified the key of the problem.
Without knowing the number of enemies left, regardless how many bugs Celestial Trade killed, it would serve no purpose.
Kelvin also captured this point.
However, he did not have a good explanation for it.
"Devil Worm's activity range is five kilometers below the surface. This range is beyond the range of our life detection devices. We can only use seismic waves to analyze formation porosity, then determine the possible formation they are in, and then blindly send a shell in that direction."Kelvin let out a sigh, "I also know that this is very inefficient, but it seems to be the most efficient way."
This shouldn't even be considered a method?
Jiang Chen shook his head.
He watched the memory of the Gaia civilization, and Devil Worms 3. 7 billion years ago could drill 50 kilometers deep and move on the mantle.
The lower it went, the more likely for the oxygen-forming fungus to exist. The more number of hollow layers, and the more space for Devil Worms to live and reproduce. Earth-boring missiles would not be able to cover a five-kilometer depth, let alone expanding the number to 50 kilometers. The amount of missiles needed would be astronomical.
Suddenly, Jiang Chen remembered the scene that he had seen in the memory of Harmony Civilization.
The Brahma that arrived at Gliese 581g alone established a colony in the new world. Eventually, due to the expansion of the colony and the expansion of living space, they angered the arthropods living underground. In the hundreds of years of war, they first took the upper hand, but in the end they were forced to retreat back to the orbit.
History always repeated itself...
The only difference was that the TS Expedition is backed by Celestial Trade.
"I'm worried about one thing, " Jiang Chen said as he was deep in thought.
"What?" Kelvin looked to him.
"If our behavior becomes part of natural selection to some extent, then it has contributed to their evolution..." Jiang Chen frowned slightly, he crossed his arm and thought, "Could it be that by the end, even the incendiary bombs will not be able to eliminate them."
Devil Worms survived through the time line of 3. 7 billion years. Time annihilated countless civilizations, razied mountains to the ground, turned forests into deserts, evaporated the oceans... but the uncivilized worms remained resilient.
They were like cockroaches.
Even more difficult to deal with than cockroaches.
From a survival perspective, arthropods seemed to be more advantageous than mammals.
"That can't be right..." Looking at Jiang Chen's serious expression, the previously determined Kelvin also became uncertain.
In his cognition, no carbon-based organism could withstand the heat of the flame.
It's true, but not exactly accurate.
Is it really not possible?
I certainly hope so.
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