After the Changxin Mining Company operated at full capacity, it could produce up to 320 tons of steel in a day.
320 tons sounds like a lot.
But the density of iron is relatively high; a cubic meter of iron weighs about 7.85 tons. Therefore, one ton of iron only occupies 0.128 cubic meters.
So even if the Changxin Mining Company operates at full capacity for a day, Xu Zhengyang only needs to make one trip to use his Dimensional Space Pocket to bring all the produced steel back to the shelter!
"Okay!"
Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction.
Then he took five T-800 combat robots that he had personally designed and just rolled off the production line to protect his mining area.
Suddenly!
A series of red subtitles flashed before Xu Zhengyang's eyes! [Emergency Sudden Mission: Zombie Tide]
[Due to your killing of a large number of Blood Plague Zombies while sheltering survivors, the location of your shelter has been marked by the Blood Plague! To eliminate potential threats, a Zombie Tide of Blood Plague monsters has formed around White City and is moving towards your shelter!]
[Mission Objective: Ensure the shelter is not destroyed by Blood Plague monsters]
[Mission Reward: Knowledge Card · Lightweight Structure]
Seeing the sudden appearance of the red system subtitles, Xu Zhengyang's heart tightened.
He immediately asked Da Bai, "Da Bai, switch to satellite view and check if there's a Zombie Tide around the shelter!"
"I haven't found any Zombies."
Da Bai replied, projecting the satellite view onto Xu Zhengyang's smart glasses.
In the satellite view, there were indeed no Zombies around Xu Zhengyang's shelter; instead, there was a dense blood-colored mist! After seeing this, Xu Zhengyang frowned and said, "So the Blood Plague monsters are starting to use tactics now?"
This is not a good sign! It means that the Blood Plague monsters are not just mindless creatures driven by fleshly desires.
They...
Are intelligent!
Thinking of this, Xu Zhengyang did not dare to be careless and hurried back to his shelter! He did not know whether the blood-colored mist contained only a group of ordinary Zombies or if there were some Blood Plague monsters he had never seen before lurking within!
But since the system issued an emergency sudden mission, it indicated that this blood-colored mist was definitely not simple! Through the satellite view, Xu Zhengyang saw with his own eyes that the blood-colored mist was spreading from the northeast direction of the shelter.
When the nearest part was only five or six kilometers away from the shelter, Xu Zhengyang immediately gave Da Bai the order, "Get the mortars out and set them up!
First, bombard that blood-colored mist!"
"Understood, Master."
Da Bai responded, immediately maneuvering the general assembly in the shelter to go to the armory, bringing mortars and ammunition boxes to the outskirts of the shelter.
For Da Bai, calculating the parabolic trajectory and landing point of the mortars based on various environmental factors was as easy as eating and drinking.
As a result, after the "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…" of the cannon fire ended, the blood-colored mist that had spread the farthest was significantly dispersed by the scorching heat!
Taking advantage of this moment, Xu Zhengyang finally saw what kind of monster was hidden within the blood-colored mist!
It was a blood-colored giant python, its length unclear but with a diameter of six meters! Although some of the mortar shells fired by Da Bai hit the Blood Plague giant python, even a 120mm mortar shell could not penetrate the scales on the Blood Plague giant python's body!
"Hiss—"
Although the mortar shells did not injure the Blood Plague giant python, they did inflict pain, successfully angering it!
The Blood Plague giant python then angrily turned its gaze towards Xu Zhengyang's shelter and lunged forward like an arrow!
At that moment, as the Blood Plague giant python burst out of the mist, Xu Zhengyang finally saw its full form through the satellite view! It was a colossal creature at least over a hundred meters long!
The Blood Plague giant python was incredibly fast!
In the blink of an eye, it had charged nearly a hundred meters forward! At this speed, it wouldn't take long for the Blood Plague giant python to reach the outskirts of the shelter!
Seeing this, even Xu Zhengyang couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, muttering, "No wonder this is an emergency sudden mission…"
Upon seeing such a monster, Xu Zhengyang felt a bit regretful.
If he had known he would encounter such a creature, he should have visited major military bases during the apocalypse to collect some nuclear weapons for self-defense!
But there are no pills for regret in this world.
So Xu Zhengyang immediately told Da Bai, "Activate the light prism tower at full power and try to stop it!"
After saying that, to ensure his shelter remained intact and to successfully complete this mission, Xu Zhengyang rushed to the ground and took out his Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha from the Dimensional Space Pocket, sitting in the cockpit! "Biu!"
"Biu!"
"Biu!"
...
At that moment, the light prism tower, under Da Bai's control, emitted energy beams with a diameter of thirty centimeters, striking the Blood Plague giant python!
Although the energy beams were strong enough to inflict penetrating damage on the Blood Plague giant python, due to its massive size, this level of damage only served to further anger it without causing any substantial harm!
"Hiss—"
As the Blood Plague giant python approached the vicinity of the shelter, it opened its massive mouth and lunged at the light prism tower in the center of the shelter, trying to crush it in frustration!
However!
With a "crack," the Blood Plague giant python's teeth were lodged in a blue and white egg-shaped shield!
This was the first time Xu Zhengyang utilized the Electromagnetic Shield from the Shelter Plugin in an actual battle! Although the Blood Plague giant python had some intelligence, its limited brain capacity could not comprehend something like the Electromagnetic Shield, which was beyond its understanding.
As the Blood Plague giant python opened its mouth, pondering how to crush the annoying shield before it, suddenly!
Xu Zhengyang deactivated the Electromagnetic Shield, and at the moment the Blood Plague giant python fell, he manipulated the Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha to generate two ten-meter-long energy blades, crossing them and stabbing towards the Blood Plague giant python's head!
"Swish—"
The energy blades of the Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha pierced through the Blood Plague giant python's head like a hot knife through butter, shredding it into four pieces!
However, the life form of the Blood Plague giant python had already changed after being infected by the Blood Plague Virus!
Its head was no longer its weak point! Now, even though the Blood Plague giant python had lost its head and could not directly see Xu Zhengyang, it used its body to wrap around the Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha!
It aimed to crush Xu Zhengyang's Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha into scrap metal! Hearing the "creaking" sounds from the Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha, Xu Zhengyang activated the Electromagnetic Shield of the shelter again! With a "zzzz," the half of the Blood Plague giant python's body still outside the shelter was directly sliced in half by the reactivated Electromagnetic Shield!
(End of this chapter)