Chapter 323: Believe in nuclear bombs or believe in miracles?

Fu Qinghai did not pay full attention to the battle between the Mecha Hunter and the monster, but learned about the outcome from the news media afterwards.

The third-level monster "Ghost Car" died.

The "Eureka Raider" was seriously injured.

The monster "Ghost Car"'s dying blow severely damaged the head cockpit of the Mecha Hunter, and the pilots Herk Hansen and Chuck Hansen, father and son, were killed on the spot.

"Eureka Raider", this legendary mecha that has killed eleven monsters alone and holds the record for the highest consecutive kills among mecha hunters. It is currently the only fifth-generation mecha and also the most advanced mecha hunter at this stage... It has temporarily announced its withdrawal from the battle.

Because PPDC no longer has enough drivers.

Pilots need to work in pairs of three to maintain synaesthesia and synch in order to pilot the Mech Hunter. However, the pilots currently in service at PPDC were either killed or injured in the previous terrorist attacks by monster believers, and there is not enough space to form even a pair.

The nuclear attack wormhole plan has completely failed.

Laust's plan finally succeeded.

Not to mention nuclear attack on wormholes, now even who will guard the long coastline is a big problem. Even though the anti-monster wall has been continuously upgraded and modified, it has still become a joke in the multiple monster attacks. Global panic is spreading.

In the United Nations conference, representatives of various countries quarreled and blamed each other, but could not come up with an effective solution. The last usable Broken Dome of PPDC, the Xiangjiang Base, had been declared scrapped, and restarting the "Jaeger Project" would not be achieved overnight. With no other options, the "tactical nuclear bomb" was once again put on the plan.

However, are the monsters of today still the same as those that could be destroyed by a few tactical nuclear bombs?

How much equivalent is needed, how many nuclear bombs are needed, in what environment, and what part of the body is hit?

You know, the first monster "Invader" consumed three tactical nuclear bombs - because the first two tactical nuclear bombs did not hit the vital parts of the monster.

Perhaps we should remove the word "tactical" before the nuclear bomb.

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An abandoned mansion in the Bay Area, USA.

Overgrown lawns, collapsed Roman columns, dried-up fountains and ponds, and a classical mansion.

Before buying the Anchorage Broken Dome Base, this was one of Xiao Fei's secret hiding places.

After reading the news, Fu Qinghai commented:

"The 'Eureka Raider' was obviously rushed into battle. Normally, a level 5 mecha against a level 3 monster should be a crushing victory. Although the pilots, the father and son Hansen, had some gaps and it was difficult for them to achieve perfect synchronization, they had the advantage of rich combat experience. Before the level 6 mecha 'Saber Athena' appeared, the 'Eureka Raider' was the fastest mecha hunter."

In the nuclear attack wormhole plan, the "Eureka Raider" was originally responsible for the main attack, because it is the only fifth-generation mecha. The protagonist of the movie, "Danger Wanderer", is actually just a support, because it is a third-generation mecha without the halo of the protagonist. In theory, its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the scrapped fourth-generation mecha "Storm Red".

Xiao Fei did not comment on Fu Qinghai's news comments. He was only concerned with giving instructions to his mechanical servants.

The "instructions" here meant that Xiao Fei turned around and looked at his mechanical servant, and then the mechanical servant took the order and left.

Fu Qinghai had no idea what they were talking about.

Fu Qinghai had seen how Master Quinto commanded the Skitarii and armed Servitors - in the form of a data network. In the feudal world of Malzan, when Master Quinto handed over the command of the Mechanicus forces to Fu Qinghai, he also felt the Mechanicus' special way of communication.

There are few means of interaction as pure as the data exchange within a machine - the oilers believe that mortal interaction is an inefficient combination of vocal and body language, with much of the inherent meaning dependent on previous experience, non-verbal reflexes, and situational markers. The dialogue adopted by the Adeptus Mechanicus does not have such ambiguity.

Fu Qinghai agrees with this. Machine language and data exchange are indeed more accurate and less likely to cause ambiguity.

Chinese is a language that can express meanings clearly, so Chinese people don't feel it deeply. Let's take a negative example: Korean. Korean is a language that cannot accurately express meanings without exaggerated tones and expressions, which perfectly fits the contempt and stereotype of the Mechanicus for mortal language.

The technical priests that Fu Qinghai had come into contact with, including Master Quinto, Master Buck, Master Vanak... and Xiao Fei, all retained the vocal cords, whose only function was to communicate with "mortals" like Fu Qinghai.

It's really touching when you think about it.

Then Xiao Fei turned to Fu Qinghai and said:

"I have notified all the human players I can contact to gather at the Anchorage base to discuss how to deal with the monster threat and the hostile camp."

"OK."

Fu Qinghai nodded.

From one perspective: there is strength in numbers.

From another perspective: when major events in the plot line are won, all players in the same camp will be rewarded. Why should I be the only one working and putting in the effort while you guys just sit back and reap the benefits?

While waiting for the players to gather, Fu Qinghai first received two video call requests.

Fu Qinghai sat down in a random room in the abandoned mansion, took out a laptop from a white suitcase, and started a video call. On the left and right sides of the screen were Panticost and Shao Liwen, representing PPDC and Shaw Industries.

"Ahem, long story short."

Fu Qinghai coughed lightly and said,

"We all know the current situation very well. How many combat-capable mecha hunters does PPDC still have? How long will it take to restart the 'Jaeger Project' to produce new mecha hunters? You two, face the reality. Let's put the nuclear attack wormhole plan aside for now. We need to consider the monster threat in front of us."

Pantecost looked a little listless. He had just recovered from the radiation damage, but was hit in the chest by a dart. Several of his beloved generals who had always followed him were either seriously injured or dead. He suffered a double blow both mentally and physically. He had lost all his energy and asked in a muffled voice,

"What do you want to do, Mr. Alien?"

Shao Liwen didn't say anything, but looked at Fu Qinghai with curiosity in her big eyes. She was just one of the PPDC contractors now, and didn't have the power that she would have in the future era of unmanned mechas. She didn't even know what the "nuclear attack wormhole plan" Fu Qinghai mentioned was. She just wanted to see what insights Fu Qinghai would come up with.

"First of all, Marshal, I would like to remind you that although I have some superpowers and do not belong to this universe, I am definitely not an alien. In fact, in my hometown, being called an 'alien' is a great insult."

The Empire advocates the doctrine of "human supremacy", so calling someone "aliens" is equivalent to an insult.

You can say that I am a "biological weapon" or a "killing tool", but you cannot say that I am an "alien".

"Secondly, I have a more mature idea about the current situation."

Fu Qinghai looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice:

"I want to build a mecha hunter."

Panticost and Shao Liwen were both stunned when they heard this.

Finally, it was the Marshal who spoke first:

"So you think... a mecha hunter can solve all the problems we are facing now?"

Panticost looked somewhat puzzled.

"Yes."

Fu Qinghai said very affirmatively.

"Doctor, I think you may have a lack of understanding of how large the Pacific Rim is."

Shao Liwen shook her head and said.

I think you may have a lack of understanding of the power of the Mechanicus' weapons.

Fu Qinghai thought.

After all, they had worked together for a while. Panticost knew Fu Qinghai better than Shao Liwen and knew that he was not the kind of person who spoke without thinking. The marshal knocked on the table and reminded him:

"Dr. Fu Shan, you and Dr. Hermann Gottlieb submitted the two research reports, 'Potential Trend of Monster Size Growth' and 'Model of Increased Monster Appearance Frequency', to me. You should know more about the prediction of monster size and number than I do."

From the time the first monster descended on Earth, the second one came five months later, and the third one arrived three months later. Then it slowly became one monster a month, and even gradually evolved into two monsters a month, and three monsters... Studying the mathematical laws and predicting the number of monsters in the future is Dr. Herman's "Monster Appearance Frequency Increase Model."

The two men meant the same thing in their words:

a mecha is just a drop in the bucket and is not enough to solve the current problems.

Fu Qinghai said:

"That's right. It is precisely because I have a full understanding of the number and size of monsters that I can come to this conclusion."

Fu Qinghai lobbied from a different angle:

"You two, let's first make one thing clear. There's no need to question my stance on fighting monsters, right? There shouldn't be any trust issues between us, right?"

If Zofia had not stepped forward at the critical moment, Panticost would have died at the hands of Naden. Similarly, if Jiang Yixia had not provided close protection for a long time, Shao Liwen would have been killed by countless reincarnationists.

Fu Qinghai was the person they all recommended.

This is a kind of trust guarantee.

The two had nothing to say about this and could only nod in acknowledgment.

"So, what exactly are your plans?"

Pentecost asked.

"I hope that PPDC can transport a scrapped mecha hunter that is not too damaged to the Anchorage Shattered Dome Base. The higher the level of the mecha, the better. I don't expect a fourth or fifth generation mecha, but it's not too much to ask for a third generation mecha."

Fu Qinghai clearly stated his requirements.

Just like not every Forge World has its own Titan Legion, in the Pacific Rim universe, the Mech Hunter is also a super weapon that requires the entire country's efforts to create. Fu Qinghai can't wait to build a brand new Mech Hunter, so upgrading an old Mech Hunter is the best option.

Upon hearing this, Panticost nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Fu Qinghai then turned to look at Shao Liwen and said:

"Later, I will hand over the design drawings of two weapons to Shaw Industries, one laser weapon, one live ammunition weapon, and a brand new operating system and power core."

Fu Qinghai directly stated:

"The power of both weapons far exceeds the current level of Shaw Industries, and the same is true for the power core."

The implication is: exchange technology for production.

Shaw Industries really made a lot of money.

However, Shao Liwen looked unconvinced and thought to herself, I want to see how your two weapons and power cores are better than Shaw Industries' technology.

Fu Qinghai did not mention the operating system.

Because he would not hand over the key mecha control program to Shaw Industries for production and manufacturing, the "lesson learned" from the unmanned mecha that got out of control and rebelled was still vivid in their minds.

In "Pacific Rim 2: Uprising", Shaw Industries uses all automated production lines. Dr. Newton, who was controlled by the Pioneers, tampered with the drone control program, and Shao Liwen, as the chairman, was completely unaware of it.

This "operating system" is just a shell responsible for computing and processing; the real control core is Qingming.

"I have only these two requests, Marshal, Mr. Shao, what do you think?"

Fu Qinghai looked at the two of them and asked.

Pantecost said calmly,

"I only have one question. After your mecha hunter is transformed, how will you deal with the pilot?"

PPDC now only has a bunch of ungraduated students and a group of young boys. Even Panticost himself may have to go back into battle. There are no extra mature drivers to provide to Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai still said the same thing:

"Don't worry, Marshal. I have a plan."

Fu Qinghai felt that in this critical moment, something inspiring was needed, so he said solemnly:

"You two, the monster threat is imminent, and humans have no way out. Think about those ignorant people in power, think about their belittlement and distrust of mecha hunters, we need an ironclad case and facts to prove ourselves!"

Fu Qinghai stared into Panticoste's eyes, and said word by word with a firm and sincere tone:

"Marshal, you have personally experienced and commanded every action against the monsters. I want to ask you, do you prefer to believe in nuclear bombs or miracles?"

Believe in nuclear bombs or believe in miracles?

Marshal Pantecost was silent.

Finally, he raised his head and said slowly,

"Sorry, after careful consideration, I will not provide you with any scrapped mecha hunters, Dr. Fu Shan."

Fu Qinghai was stunned.

I think I've come to this point...

Marshal Pantecost paused and said:

"There is an unfinished level 6 mecha in the Australian factory, a proof-of-concept mecha. I'm handing it over to you."

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Completed a video call with two key plot characters.

Fu Qinghai closed his laptop, exhaled lightly, and just as he stood up and walked out of the room, Xiao Fei came towards him with obvious dissatisfaction and anger on his face.

"What's wrong?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

"All the reincarnations in the human camp have rejected my invitation to gather together."

Xiao Fei said angrily.

"What's the meaning?"

Fu Qinghai had just finished lobbying two key characters in the plot, and his mind was still not in sync.

"They think the human camp has already lost!"

Xiao Fei said:

"You just need to find a place to hide until the big events of the plot are over. There's no need to give me face anymore."

"ha."

Fu Qinghai smiled indifferently.

"Then let them see it."

"Let's see who will be the ultimate winner."

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