Chapter 961
Nuclear Earth
"Currently, the garrison strength of Base 3 to Base 9 is less than 100,000 soldiers on average. These soldiers are only equipped with simple firearms, heavy weapons are scarce, and in terms of armored weapons, they have nothing except old-fashioned infantry fighting tanks."
"They started another war, with no air support, no missiles, no satellite imagery intelligence, almost nothing."
"Bases 2 and 3 carry seeds and hopes, so a large number of weapons and equipment, as well as organized air force units, have been retained for the time being."
"But these forces are still insufficient, or simply incapable of fighting against the powerful Decepticons."
"And then there are the new generation of robots that have a numerical advantage; as far as I know, the number of these new generation robots is increasing rapidly."
"We only have 900,000 soldiers in total, while the Decepticons have hundreds of millions or even a billion machine soldiers."
"To fight a rock with an egg is to flatter ourselves."
Is there any hope?
"No, there is no hope!"
"In the face of this alien invasion disaster, humanity will inevitably be destroyed."
"Therefore, gentlemen, I propose that all nations be mobilized to use nuclear weapons simultaneously!"
"Saturate coverage attack on all areas occupied by the Zealots."
"Only in this way can humanity regain its freedom..."
This defense minister doesn't look very old; in fact, he could be considered one of the younger ones here.
However, the members of the Zhongzhou team were not surprised.
Because these are not the words that a middle-aged or elderly leader would say.
It's obvious that the very first Minister of Defense must have died in the turmoil.
The person standing on the podium is more like an officer or a soldier than a leader.
Moreover, he is a true warrior who has returned from the battlefield against the Decepticons.
Therefore, what he said was very straightforward and direct.
When this person frankly stated that they are still alive not because they are powerful, but because the other party disdains them.
None of the Americans present looked pleased.
But when it came to the suggestion of using nuclear weapons, they all began to hesitate.
They understand the consequences of nuclear weapons, especially global nuclear launches, better than anyone else.
This led to a heated discussion among the officers and politicians in the conference room after the speech.
What's interesting is that in the end, the number of people in favor and those against was evenly split, and the stalemate continued.
Upon seeing this, the Minister of Defense, who had made this suggestion before, let out a cold snort without any attempt to hide his disdain.
Looking at his colleagues who lacked the courage to take a desperate gamble, he felt only anger.
At this moment, the president stood up again.
"Silence! Silence! Everyone!"
"We already discussed the dangers of using nuclear weapons at the last meeting."
"We have discussed with governments of various countries and exchanged views and difficulties."
"All major powers in the world agree that nuclear weapons should not be used at this stage."
Once we, the United States, set this precedent, then all countries with nuclear weapons will begin bombing cities occupied by robots.
When nuclear bombs are flying everywhere in the world, the countdown to the true extinction of humanity is not far off.
"It's not just humans; once a nuclear explosion begins, the entire ecosystem of Earth will be destroyed!"
"...cough...cough!"
As he spoke, the old man became so excited that he started coughing.
The Minister of National Defense on the podium also lowered his head with a respectful expression, looking as if he had been persuaded.
But at that moment, Zhan Lan was stunned.
Because she noticed that the defense minister, who had lowered his head, was wearing an extremely mocking expression.
Of course, no one saw this expression.
Besides Zhan Lan, who possesses a spiritual perspective.
It is obvious that even a regime today does not have only one voice or one faction.
After coughing for a while, the president took a sip of water and finally felt better, then continued speaking.
"In short, I think we should listen to the opinions of the future soldiers first. I believe that since they have come here, they must have brought solutions to the problem."
"Otherwise, we wouldn't have made this choice in the future."
Upon hearing the president's words, everyone present finally realized what was happening.
All eyes turned back to the Zhongzhou team.
Just as Zheng Zha was about to get up.
Chu Xuan stood up abruptly and walked past the man to the podium.
The president nodded in agreement upon seeing this before sitting down.
Chu Xuan's emotionless gaze swept across the entire room, as if he could see right through everyone.
"First of all, I want to state a fact: with the strength of eleven of us, it is absolutely impossible for us to fight against the current Decepticon robot army!"
"Of course, I'm referring to the main battlefield. We don't have the capability to accomplish that yet."
"Therefore, our combat method is surprise attack."
"We need to know the exact location of the spark right now."
We are confident that we can destroy the source of the spark, completely destroy it.
As long as there is no continuous emergence of robots, I think with the current strength of humanity worldwide, whether it's a war of attrition or the use of nuclear weapons, we can overcome any challenge.
The final result will be victory.
Chu Xuan paused for a moment, and after watching everyone present absorb what he had just said, he continued.
"Therefore, our primary goal is to determine the location of the source of the spark."
This is a task that we cannot complete in a short period of time.
Therefore, we need your help and that of other countries.
"That's the first point. The second point is that we need someone who understands the Spark Cube."
We need to know the exact abilities, effects, functions, and other basic information of the Spark Cube.
Only in this way can we ensure that nothing goes wrong.
"Furthermore, in addition to the fact that we have evolved our own special abilities."
This time, they also carried some futuristic weapons, but the reason they haven't taken them out yet is because of concerns about the effects of radiation from the AllSpark.
"So in order to prevent this from happening, we need to know if you have any methods to protect these high-tech devices?"
"If so, the next task might be easier."
"After all, we don't have much time left!"
After Chu Xuan finished speaking, his gaze fell on the president who had just sat down.
Actually, it wasn't just Chu Xuan.
Most people in the room were looking at him.
President Roosevelt sized up Chu Xuan, and then sized up everyone on the Zhongzhou team.
After hesitating for a moment, he sighed, stood up, and said:
"The meeting is adjourned."
“Come with me, I think this is humanity’s last hope…”
"This is currently the only way to protect large machinery from the radiation of the Spark Source Cube..."
After this person led the Zhongzhou team out of the meeting room.
A heated discussion broke out again in the room.
The Zhongzhou team followed behind the president, heading downhill.
Just like in Zhan Lan's mental scan, this building also has a vast underground space.
You could say this is a Transformers version of an underground Hive.
But thinking about it, it makes sense.
Even a single company in Resident Evil can create underground fortresses like the Hive.
Not to mention the US government, the ruling power in Transformers.
The other entourage disappeared, and only they followed into the underground passage. At that moment, Zheng Zha suddenly realized something.
He couldn't help but ask himself.
"Wait a minute, isn't this a bit illogical?"
"Chu Xuan, didn't Zhan Lan arrange for us to be people from the future? Now we don't know anything about it, and we're even questioning her."
Is this really reasonable?
"The time travelers in Terminator know everything."
"Do we need the US military's help to find the AllSpark Cube? And do we need their methods to protect high-tech equipment?"
"So is this identity really okay?"
“Especially when Roosevelt looked us over at the last moment, I could feel his suspicion.”
"After all, we have no idea what method he was talking about."
"Aren't there just too many vulnerabilities in this system?"
Zheng Zha's opening remarks served as a prelude.
Actually, it's not just Zheng Zha.
Chen Zilong, Saito Hajime, Cheng Xiao, and the others standing nearby were all puzzled, but they couldn't show it.
After all, the eleven of them had just been stared at by a room full of people.
It would be terrible if they showed any unusual expression on their faces.
It can be said to be extremely demanding on acting skills.
The group of people then expressed the same opinion.
The more they talked, the more they realized something.
That is, their identities don't seem so reasonable or absolute!
Because if it were truly possible to travel through time and go back to the past.
Leaving aside the paradoxes involved.
The simplest explanation is that future human governments will definitely try every means to ensure that people who travel back in time gain the recognition of past human governments.
A sentence, an object, or even some strange password—anything goes.
However, they have no proof whatsoever, despite their claims that they come from the future.
We might even need to ask them about their past.
Zhan Lan explained in the spiritual world:
"It seems like none of you have seen the information exchanged with other teams during the last horror movie, have you?"
Li Xiao:
“I glanced at it, so I haven’t said anything.”
Upon hearing these two sentences, Zheng Zha and the others were even more bewildered, not knowing what kind of riddle these people were trying to solve.
Xiao Honglu: "Let me speak."
"Actually, even if you hadn't asked, I reckon Chu Xuan would have told you later anyway."
"The fourth horror movie the Arctic team experienced was the third installment of the Transformers series."
"Although they did not ultimately obtain the crucial AllSpark Cube, they did manage to complete a hidden mission within it."
That means they wiped out all the Decepticons on Earth, and the rest escaped.
So when they finally returned, although only four people remained, each of them received a B-rank side quest with 5000 reward points.
"Considering the current situation, if we eliminate all the Decepticons, we should be able to complete a hidden mission."
“This hidden mission is even of a higher level.”
"In the setting of the main god, the difficulty is directly proportional to the reward."
"If I'm not mistaken, this might be a hidden quest with an A-rank or even S-rank side story!"
Hear Xiao Honglu's final evaluation of the mission.
Zheng Zha and the others stared wide-eyed.
However, they reacted quickly.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"With so many Decepticons already, scattered all over the world, how could they possibly be wiped out?"
"Transformers 3 means they are still in the storyline, with only a dozen or so scattered members. The Decepticons are even the defeated side, and Megatron, the leader of the Decepticons, has been killed twice and is now a defective product."
"How could the numbers be so numerous back then?"
"Didn't you hear President Roosevelt mention just now that there's an army of billions of robots?"
Looking at the excited Zheng Zha and the others.
Xiao Honglu sighed:
"Yes, but it's not like there's no way out. Don't forget about nuclear weapons."
"If we want to achieve this goal, the Demon Refining Pot and the nuclear weapons on Li Xiao's body combined are indeed not enough, but what if we add the ones in this world?"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha paused in his tracks.
He suddenly realized what Chu Xuan wanted to do.
"Destroy the world?"
"Are you like that Defense Minister?"
"Chu Xuan, do you want to detonate all nuclear weapons and destroy the world?"
"To eliminate all Decepticons? At the cost of destroying the entire world?"
"Just for a side quest that might be rated A?"
Chu Xuan's voice finally rang out.
He simply asked a question in return.
"Is that not allowed?"
Zheng Zha remained silent.
Chen Zilong and the others looked at each other.
Yes, this world has nothing to do with them.
Even if this hidden mission is not completed, it will still reveal the locations of Megatron and the AllSpark.
There's no need to even look for it.
Incidentally, it can also greatly weaken the power of the Decepticons.
They'll be able to easily complete the main quest and then just pack up and leave.
It can be said to kill two birds with one stone, achieving two goals at once.
Moreover, the original difficulty level of twenty people was reduced to the lowest level by Chu Xuan, making it extremely easy.
The only cost is the loss of all humanity on this planet.
Nuclear weapons could wipe out humanity, but the number of survivors would certainly be very small.
If Megatron were to actually conquer the entire world, humanity might be reduced to only tens of millions or even millions.
After nuclear weapons were used to cleanse the earth, the human population would be significantly smaller compared to that.
In Chen Zilong's words, this is a deadly technique that injures the enemy a thousand while damaging oneself ten thousand.
"I disagree!"
During the spirit-sharing session, Zheng Zha's resolute voice rang out.
"Chu Xuan, I am not the saint you speak of. If someone tries to harm me, kill me, or poses a threat to you..."
"I will not hesitate."
"Even in the mummy world!"
There is a chance that all the humans in the city, or even the entire continent, could become clones of the brown-haired youth, whose power would pose a threat to the team.
I also agreed to use nuclear weapons to trigger an earthquake.
"But now it's like this, without any reason, just to gain personal benefits and complete the task issued by the main god!!!"
I'm sorry, I can't do that, I can't.
"I will not resent others for not helping me, nor will I manipulate their lives for my own benefit."
"Chu Xuan, I know you can find many loopholes and problems in what I just said, and then fully refute my point of view, but I want you to understand my attitude now." (End of this chapter)