Chapter 53: New Mission
The next day.
Japan, Okinawa Islands, Ginowan City.
America's base in Japan is located right in the city center here.
After arriving, Xu Zhengyang first booked a hotel near the Futenma base, then he took the opportunity to wander around Japan, experiencing the local customs and culture.
Until three in the morning, when everyone was drowsy.
Xu Zhengyang then changed into his Combat Suit, activated the Optical Camouflage Function, and stealthily made his way towards the Futenma base...
*Although this military base has been located in Ginowan City for many years without any incidents, the internal security remains tight, with both visible and hidden guards everywhere! If it weren't for Xu Zhengyang wearing the QA-3 military Combat Suit, he would have been spotted and driven away by the sentries long before he got close to the base's walls.
When the sentries are on duty, their authority is absolute! Even the base commander must obediently report the password when facing a guard on duty.
If they fail to provide the password, it would be entirely reasonable for the sentry to shoot them on the spot, and the sentry would even be publicly commended!
Smith is a soldier with three years of service, and today it was his turn to be on night watch.
His post for the night was right under a military radar that had just been delivered and was not yet fully installed.
The radar's massive dish blocked the moonlight, creating a large shadow.
At night, Smith hid in this shadow, remaining still; even if someone stood right in front of him, they might not notice his position!
In the middle of the night, while Smith was on duty, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.
In less than a second! Smith instinctively disengaged the safety on his weapon, turned around, and prepared to question the password!
However, when Smith turned around, he found nothing behind him; not a person, not even a shadow.
"?"
Smith frowned, walked over to check, and after confirming that there was indeed no one there, he looked puzzled.
His instincts had been honed on the battlefield and had never been wrong.
Could it be this time...
He was just being too sensitive? That could be true.
The people of Japan are like a bunch of tail-wagging Shiba Inus, they simply don't have the guts.
Smith thought to himself.
Then he shrugged and smiled in relief, preparing to return to the shadow to continue his watch.
"Bang!"
Smith felt a heavy chop on his neck, and he immediately lost consciousness, collapsing...
...
The next day.
The rising sun shone on Smith's face, waking him from his stupor.
"..."
Smith struggled to open his eyes, looking bewildered.
At that moment, the soreness in the back of his neck jolted his memory, and he recalled what had happened just before he lost consciousness! Smith suddenly sat up, immediately pressed the intercom on his right shoulder, and shouted into it, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"
At that moment, Smith suddenly sensed that something was off, but he couldn't quite figure out what was wrong...
After a moment, Smith finally realized the issue, looking at the bare concrete platform in confusion, "Where's the base's radar? Where did such a large military radar go?!"
...
*The next day.
Soldiers from the Futenma base, in cooperation with Japanese officials, appeared at airports, docks, Shinkansen stations, and all major transportation routes in the Okinawa Islands.
They implemented the strictest security checks on everyone!
But Xu Zhengyang was just an ordinary tourist; his backpack couldn't fit a radar, nor did it contain any suspicious items.
So Xu Zhengyang faced no difficulties and smoothly boarded the return flight.
...
Back at the shelter, it was already past nine in the morning the next day.
As soon as he entered, Xu Zhengyang saw Da Bai (Big White) operating the Engineering Robot, pouring a concrete platform over three meters high in the center of the yard.
Everything was going perfectly!
Once this newly poured concrete platform completely solidified, Xu Zhengyang would be able to install the radar and maximize the performance of the four 7mm rail laser cannons!
"Not bad."
Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction.
Just as he was about to take a nap in the shelter, the Boss from the stadium delivered the equipment he had ordered.
Inspection, payment, transportation, installation...
After completing a set of processes he was all too familiar with, familiar system subtitles appeared before Xu Zhengyang: [Main Quest: Martial Arts Arena (Completed)]
[Reward: Building Effect · Tempered by Repeated Trials]
...
[Building Effect · Tempered by Repeated Trials]
[Effect: After training continuously for 30 days in the Martial Arts Arena (daily consumption of no less than 2500 calories), you will receive the skill reward [Melee Mastery]]
[Evaluation: In the apocalypse, there will always be times when you can't use a gun; you need to prepare for the future!]
"Oh?"
Seeing the rewards for completing the quest, Xu Zhengyang felt a surge of excitement! The system rewards with the skill "Mastery" were all powerful, none of them were weak! So Xu Zhengyang didn't want to waste any time and immediately rushed into the Martial Arts Arena to burn off his calories!…
An hour later.
Xu Zhengyang, panting and drenched in sweat, took a shower before returning to his bedroom, lying on a lounge chair on the artificial beach and opening his task list:
[Emergency Time-Limited Task: Coal Mine (In Progress)]
[There is a high-quality coal mine with a total reserve of 1.627 billion tons located 140 meters below your shelter; you need to construct a tunnel to mine these coal resources.]
[Task Objective: Build a tunnel leading to the coal mine]
[Task Time Limit: 29 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 56 seconds]
[Task Reward: GX-3 Heavy Engineering Robot]
Xu Zhengyang was taken aback when he saw the task objective, incredulously saying, "Is there a coal mine beneath my shelter?"
Xu Zhengyang felt a bit of a headache looking at this task.
With two Engineering Robots, digging a tunnel a couple of hundred meters deep wouldn't be a challenge for Xu Zhengyang.
The difficulty of this task lay in the fact that Xu Zhengyang had no idea about the specific coordinates of the coal mine.
He didn't know which direction to dig for the tunnel!
So Xu Zhengyang immediately sought help from Da Bai (Big White), saying, "Da Bai (Big White), is there any way to determine the exact location of the underground coal mine?"
"Please wait a moment, Master."
As soon as Da Bai (Big White) finished speaking, Xu Zhengyang's phone began to display a series of messages: various detection methods such as magnetic detection, resistivity detection, underground gas detection, radon detection...
While Xu Zhengyang was browsing through these detection methods, Da Bai (Big White) suddenly asked Xu Zhengyang, "Ma
ster, are you looking for an underground coal mine? [_?]"
"Yeah."
Xu Zhengyang nodded, "There's a coal mine beneath our shelter, and I need to get the exact coordinates of that coal mine."
(End of this chapter)