After getting Long's ID card, Lin Chen went to Hua Capital's energy store.
He used the information he knew and the fact that he was in Huaxia to exchange for a thousand tonnes of energy.
Although a thousand tonnes sounded like a lot, the energy store had over 100 million tonnes of energy stored here, which accounted for one-third of Huaxia's current energy supply. It occupied an area about one-fifth of the size of Stick Country.
Apart from providing daily electricity, these energy sources were also responsible for the basic energy supply of the awakened cyber mecha warriors.
Therefore, there were mecha warriors taking turns to guard this place 24 hours a day. Not even a mosquito could fly in.
"Hello, Mr. Lin Chen. Please show your identification document!"
When the soldiers guarding the energy store saw Lin Chen coming, they stopped him with their huge bodies.
These two mecha warriors were both humanoid mechas. Their entire bodies were covered in a steel shell, and they held special laser weapons. They were mecha-transformed from military jeeps.
Its body was like a large excavator, so it easily stopped Lin Chen.
Although these two mecha warriors had watched the live broadcast in the morning and were also fans of Lin Chen's strength, he still had to be stopped if he did not have a pass. After all, this was a non-negotiable regulation.
"Alright."
Lin Chen nodded. He took out the ID card Long had given him from his pocket and raised it high above his head.
One of the mecha soldiers looked at it carefully and nodded at the other one beside him. Then, the two of them made way for him.
Immediately after, the huge steel door that was dozens of meters tall behind them slowly creaked open.
"Mr. Lin Chen, after you enter, there will be a special person to welcome you."
"Alright, thanks."
Lin Chen nodded and strode into the energy store.
The interior of the energy store was even more magnificent. The ceiling alone was about 50 meters tall. It was built with a mechanized turtle shell, and it was so sturdy that it could withstand the attack of a nuclear bomb.
Moreover, the first thing that came into view was a neat square area with energy cubes placed in each area. On the passageway between the areas, many forklifts could be seen carefully transporting energy.
There were also some car-men who were methodically transporting energy cores one after another.
These energy cores were dropped by the cyber beasts killed by the cyber people in the city over the past few days.
After the cyber people killed the mutated beasts, the energy cores obtained, through the exchange of materials, were transported here by the official energy core transportation vehicle.
After processing, they became the energy cubes stacked outside.
In the current situation, 2,000 tonnes of energy could be produced every day. It was simply worth it to exchange half of the daily harvest for Lin Chen, a pill of reassurance.
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As soon as Lin Chen entered, a man in his thirties in a white coat greeted him with a smile.
"Mr. Lin Chen, I've been waiting for you here for a long time."
"My name is Zhang Chen. I'm the store manager here. You can call me Old Zhang."
"The 1,000 tonnes of pure mechanical energy that Captain Long asked us to prepare has been separated. Please follow me."
"Alright, then Old Zhang, please lead the way."
Lin Chen did not stand on ceremony and followed Zhang Chen to one of the energy storage areas.
Each storage area has a capacity of 400 x 20.
Although the energy in the area looked exposed, in fact, there was a layer of hardened glass specially made by Huaxia outside. This kind of glass was made by crushing the mechanical bodies of those mutated beasts and making them according to Huaxia's secret formula.
Its hardness could not even be shaken by a machine gun's sweep.
In this way, even if there was a problem in an area or an energy explosion, it could be discovered and dealt with in time to avoid large-scale losses.
In addition to the protection of the glass, there were also two cyber mecha soldiers with at least B-grade strength guarding the entrance to each area.
It was even more unlikely that someone would steal energy.
When he arrived at the entrance, Zhang Chen performed a pupil verification. The glass valve that was about 15 meters tall and 20 meters wide slowly opened.
"Mr. Lin Chen, here is your 1,000 tonnes of energy. Our energy transport team will be here soon. Please wait here for a moment."
"We'll transport it to your aircraft carrier's location."
This was Long's special request.
Although Lin Chen was born and raised in Huaxia, he could not use this to make endless requests, especially in this apocalyptic situation.
In the apocalypse, only equivalent exchanges were the clearest.
"There's no need to wait. I've brought a transport mecha," Lin Chen said casually.
"Huh?"
"Is it outside the energy store? Why didn't I hear the guard mention it?"
Zhang Chen was a little puzzled.
Even if it were a heavy transport truck, these thousand tonnes of energy would require at least ten of such trucks.
Although Lin Chen's mecha could easily take them away, it was said that his mecha was different from that of ordinary people. It was currently docked in the eastern sea region. If that was the case, what would he use to take away the energy?
Could it be that he could make a mecha appear from out of thin air?
"Mr. Lin Chen, you…"
Before he could say "don't joke", Lin Chen's actions made his jaw drop.
He casually pressed a few buttons on the nano platform on his right arm.
Immediately after, a walrus mecha about the size of a car appeared out of thin air from the empty space in the area!
"Damn!?"
This was Zhang Chen's first reaction.
Damn, did it really appear out of thin air?
Before he could get over his surprise, there was another one, another two, another three!
All the way until the thirtieth one appeared…
"Crap!?"
This time, even the two mecha soldiers guarding could not help but let out a deep mechanical sound.
It was already ridiculous enough for one to appear out of thin air, but 30 at a time?
Moreover, they were all mecha beasts that were no less than C-grade! What was going on?
"Old Zhang, can I go in and get the energy now?"
Lin Chen called out to the stupefied Zhang Chen.
Only then did Zhang Chen react. He wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and nodded repeatedly. "Sure, sure. Please!"
After he finished speaking, he made way.
Under Lin Chen's orders, these walrus mechas entered one by one. Then, they carried the two energy sources and headed out.
The two pieces of energy were about above 30 tonnes, so 30 walrus mechas were just right to transport the energy.
After all the walrus mechas moved the 1,000 tonnes of energy away, Lin Chen bade farewell to Zhang Chen and left the energy store.
Their final destination was the eastern coast, where the Hegemony Zero was docked.
The purpose of the energy was to repair his Thunder Overlord and Apocalypse No. 1.
He had to be prepared before the mechanical beast tide arrived!
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At the same time, the meeting at World Cyber Alliance's headquarters at Hua Capital had just ended. They had jointly formulated a temporary plan to deal with the cyber beast tide.
There were three parts to this plan.
The first part was to divide Huaxia into three major regions namely, East, Central, and South Huaxia, gather the cyber people and install steel walls on the periphery of the regions to resist the mechanical beast tide.
The second part was to relocate all the people of the affiliated countries of Huaxia to the three major regions within two days and build an air defense shelter that could accommodate everyone. There would be enough food and clean water for them to survive for a month.
The third part was to destroy all the other nuclear-armed countries, other than Huaxia, to prevent the cyber beasts from attacking the nuclear weapons and causing irreversible damage to their territory.
This plan was known as the Human Tinder Plan.
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