Technological advancement begins with devouring.

On a highway outside the base city, a team leaves the forward base and embarks on a journey into the wilderness.

Three heavy trucks, shaped like the Chinese character "品", sped along the highway.

Each truck carried four tall, humanoid metal giants, forming a standard twelve-person "Boxer" mech squad.

These three trucks are heavy transport vehicles provided by the military. They are excellent in terms of defense, load-bearing capacity, and ability to move through complex terrain, and can fully meet the needs of 'logistics vehicles'.

In fact, these transport vehicles were the ones that provided logistical support when the military sent troops to sweep through the wilderness.

After simple modifications, it requires no driver and can be remotely controlled by Jarvis, just like the mech squad on the vehicle.

In the Jiangnan Base City, a large screen in a conference room is playing footage of this mech squad entering the wilderness from different angles.

The first-person perspective from the cameras on the mech, the footage taken by satellites in space, and even the 'third-person live stream' mounted on a truck.

From multiple angles, the performance of this mech squad in actual combat can be clearly demonstrated.

Despite being several hours' drive from the target area, many high-ranking military officials and experts had already gathered in the conference room, eager to see the mech team's 'performance'.

"This time, the target is City 003, which is the Magic City before the Great Nirvana. It is one of the most dangerous areas in Asia, with a large number of Lord-level and Beast General-level monsters.

Li Dawei explained the information Jiang Chen had sent to Jia Yi and the others: "The transport vehicle carries sufficient energy, bullets, and even spare parts, theoretically enough to support this mecha squad in a week of high-intensity combat. The objective of this operation is to hunt down at least ten Lord-level monsters and no fewer than two hundred Beast General-level monsters."

"We've seen how the [Boxer] performed in actual combat after being equipped by the troops; its combat power is indeed impressive. The only drawback is that it causes significant damage to monster corpses, greatly reducing their value," a monster expert remarked. "The same Lord-level monster, after being hunted by a mech, has many key materials and organs destroyed, and can only be sold for a few billion. But if it's hunted by a War God Warrior, with care to preserve its maximum value, it's not difficult to sell for tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions."

“But how many War God-level warriors are there? Hunting Lord-level monsters is also quite risky; even one death or injury would be a huge loss. The [Boxer], on the other hand, can be manufactured with money. Even if it's less expensive, one mech can hunt down two low-level Lords and break even, making a profit afterward. Most importantly, hunting monsters and reclaiming living space cannot be measured by money alone,” an officer countered.

"I was just saying," the expert explained helplessly. "I also agree that eliminating monsters and reclaiming our living space is of great significance to humanity. I just feel a little sorry that the corpses of high-level monsters have high research value. For example, the gene serum and SS-level protective suits were all technological achievements obtained by studying monster corpses."

"Academician Zhao, let's focus on the combat performance of these mechs first. According to Councilor Jiang Chen, this mech squad is equipped with different weapons, and its combat mode is completely different from ours. Let's take a closer look and see how much it can improve our performance." Li Dawei promptly interrupted the argument between the two, drawing everyone's attention back to the big screen.

Although the journey was somewhat boring, everyone tried their best to concentrate on watching the mechs perform.

Although we were on a journey, it wasn't entirely smooth sailing.

Occasionally, herds of beasts will roam the highway, blocking the way, requiring the mech squad to be dispatched to eliminate them.

Although most of them are low-level beasts, any battle that breaks out presents a good opportunity for observation.

However, most of the beast hordes failed to provoke the entire mech squad to deploy, and some didn't even get out of their vehicles. Only a few 'riflemen' stood up and fired a burst of bullets, scattering the beast hordes.

Monsters below the Lord level have absolutely no chance of struggling against the powerful destructive force of the [Ripper] rifle.

The convoy was moving a little faster than expected, and after more than eight hours, it entered the area of ​​city number 003.

Upon arriving here, the density of high-level monsters began to increase. A large number of Beast General-level monsters lurked in the abandoned buildings, launching sneak attacks from time to time in an attempt to strike the mech team, but all of them were easily thwarted.

However, the continuous battles and complex terrain still hindered the mech squad's progress.

After entering the city, all twelve mechs disembarked and, in combat formation, protected the transport vehicle as it advanced deeper into the city.

"These mechs are remotely controlled? Their reaction speed is incredibly fast, much faster than our soldiers," an officer remarked, noticing the mechs' performance in battle.

“It should all be controlled by Councilor Jiang Chen personally,” Li Dawei explained.

However, this was also the excuse Jiang Chen gave them.

Jarvis's existence is not suitable for the outside world to know, at least not now.

"Multitasking and controlling twelve mechs, it seems that Councilor Jiang Chen is quite capable himself!" a mentalist officer exclaimed.

On Earth today, besides rank, the most important factor in measuring the strength of a psychic is their ability to multitask.

The stronger one's ability to multitask, the more psychic weapons one can control, and the greater one's advantage in combat.

Another person reminded them, "Don't forget, there are still three transport trucks! Councilor Jiang Chen's strength is probably greater than we imagined."

The excuse Jiang Chen fabricated to conceal Jarvis's existence clearly caused these high-ranking military officials to misunderstand something.

However, someone quickly exclaimed, drawing everyone's attention back to the mecha team: "Look, isn't that 'West Station' up ahead? I remember that was the territory of a Lord-level monster!"

Immediately, a staff member retrieved the data and announced loudly, "According to our intelligence, there is a high-level lord-level Komodo dragon in the 'West Station' of City 003! This intelligence was updated no more than half a month ago, so that Komodo dragon should still be here!"

Lord-level monster!

And he's a high-ranking lord!

This keyword immediately piqued everyone's interest.

Previously, the strongest target the [Boxer] mech squad had ever hunted was a mid-level lord; they had no record of hunting a high-level lord.

Everyone wanted to see if this 'multi-unit mech squad', which Jiang Chen had strongly recommended, could successfully hunt down this high-level lord-level 'Komodo Tyrannosaurus Rex', and how it would perform in actual combat.