Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

Shen Qiyin's "lion-like mouth" directly made the gray wolf fall into silence.

Even though it is the doomsday era and most conventional weapons have already flowed into the hands of civilians, it is still too fantastical to demand a national strategic weapon such as a miniature nuclear reactor right away.

What's more, because we are living in the end times, the state departments will have stricter control over nuclear reactors and it is impossible for such things to fall into the hands of ordinary people.

However, this doesn't mean that it's impossible to get...

You must know that the Kuroshio Tide has ravaged most of the country's borders. At present, the country's military power can only protect the Gyeonggi region surrounding the capital area and the eastern coast. Areas beyond this range are all "abandoned" occupied areas.

Among these fallen areas, there are naturally a considerable number of nuclear power plants, nuclear industrial zones, and even uranium mines.

The problem is that turning uranium resources into nuclear fuel, building a nuclear reactor, and turning the fuel into a generator is not as easy as it sounds. Ordinary people cannot get centrifuges, fluidized bed reactors, fluorination furnaces and other equipment.

Shen Qiyin knew nothing about nuclear engineering, so what she wanted was a miniature nuclear reactor that could be used directly.

The technology for this kind of miniature nuclear reactor has long been mastered and is even used by private enterprises, so there is no need to worry that this thing does not exist in the technology tree of this world.

In addition, she has the ability to upgrade her notebook. As long as she can get a nuclear reactor, she can use the notebook to upgrade it into a higher-level nuclear reactor device.

After that, the Titan can be upgraded further.

Gray Wolf thought for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly: "Sorry, I can't get this thing."

"That's it..."

Shen Qiyin curled her lips and murmured in her heart: I was just bragging that I could handle anything, but I can't even make a miniature nuclear reactor, huh.

Yes, I proposed this condition half-jokingly. If the other party can get it, there is no problem in cooperating with the other party as long as my own safety is guaranteed; if not, I won’t lose anything.

Since there is no way out from the Gray Wolf, we have to think of other ways.

"Don't despair yet." At this moment, the gray wolf's voice was heard again, "Although I can't get such good things, I know where to get them."

"You know this too?"

Xiaoxiang asked this question without Shen Qinyin's permission.

Obviously, even she, a tactical humanoid girl, was a little surprised that the other party knew such information.

"Like I said, I have a wide network of contacts and can get any information, except for those idiotic entities and black tide creatures that suddenly appeared."

"Are you going to tell me this information?"

"Forgot our terms? Cooperate with me and we'll discuss the deal later."

"I won't work like a slave for you. Even if we collaborate, I have to consider whether it's within my capabilities and whether it will touch my bottom line."

"No problem, you can refuse. As a token of sincerity, I can tell you the whereabouts of the miniature nuclear reactor first. If you are willing to cooperate later, I will give you a private communication channel."

"There's no such thing as a free lunch. I can imagine your job must be tiring, but whatever."

"Okay, leave Jingzhou City and head west. About 2400 kilometers away, there is a desert area called Tatalia.

Our country has a nuclear test base there, but because it is covered by the Kuroshio Current, the site has been abandoned, and many important equipment has not been taken away."

The radio made a popping noise, and after a brief period of chaos, it regained stability.

"I'll send you the exact coordinates in code. Go look there. You might find an abandoned miniature nuclear reactor."

"It's in the desert, so far from the Gyeonggi-do region..."

Shen Qiyin tapped the table lightly with her fingers and murmured softly.

"If you want to go, make a decision as soon as possible. The Black Tide clone and the original body are both close to the west of the capital and have no time to care about other places."

There was the sound of a chair being moved from Gray Wolf's side, and the radio was humming like a subtle electromagnetic interference, causing his voice to be somewhat intermittent:

"It's okay if you think I'm lying to you. The decision is yours anyway..."

"..."

"I've said everything I need to say. Once you bring the things back successfully, we can talk about cooperation."

Shen Qinyin stroked her cheeks. Gray Wolf had no need to deceive her. Even if the other party wanted to set a trap for them, he could not find the corresponding motive.

What's more, since he knows that his side is not easy to mess with, taking great risks to deal with an "ally" who is worth cooperating with is really shooting himself in the foot.

Shen Qiyin couldn't say that she trusted Huilang, but through the time they had spent together and judging from his words and actions, she felt that Huilang was a smart man and would not do anything that would harm others and benefit himself.

He now has enough desire stones, and the [Fool] has also awakened the precursor to the advanced Arcana form, the [Trickster] form, and his combat power is quite good.

Even if the Black Tide clone came, she was confident that she could knock two of his teeth out.

According to Titan's current speed, half a month would be enough for a round trip.

In that case, it wouldn't be a big deal to take a trip for the sake of the future Doomsday Mecha plan.

"Well, since you're willing to give me such important information, I'll trust you this time. Don't lie to me, I hold a grudge."

"Lying to you will do me no good. Instead, it will cause me to lose a reliable ally and gain a terrifying enemy."

Gray Wolf lit a cigarette with his lighter, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled: "That's it, I'll send you the location, and I'll contact you when you find it."

Shen Qinyin took her fingers off the radio knob and glanced at everyone in the conference room.

Xiaoxiang's electronic eyes flashed frequently, parsing the coded information sent by the gray wolf into specific coordinates.

"Over 2400 kilometers..." Lin Qiutang crossed her arms, her brows furrowed slightly. "The distance isn't a big problem, but going deep into the Kuroshio-contaminated area is quite risky."

“It’s a high risk, but worth a try.”

Shen Qiyin floated lightly, raised a red pen in the air, and drew a winding route on the map:

"My abilities are no longer enough to further strengthen Titan's power supply system. This thing is an electricity-swallowing beast. Every time it operates, I have to spend half of my mental energy to replenish it.

It's okay in peacetime, but once we encounter a large-scale attack by a tide of monsters, we need Titans to stop them. The power supply alone can drain me dry.

The sooner we solve the energy problem, the sooner we can move it to the next level.”

Kana leaned on the bench next to her, swinging her legs idly. "Idle chat won't solve practical problems. I'm a man of action. Once you've made a decision, get moving."

Since everyone had no objection, Shen Qiyin did not linger any longer and immediately started the Titan's engine.

It is night now, and there are still strange beasts lurking in the fog, but the Titan has anti-magic armor blessed by white flames, which can passively drive away the strange beasts and make them unwilling to approach.

Outside the observation window, the strange beast was wandering aimlessly, unaware of the steel giant that was so close.

In this way, Titan quickly left Zhongyang County and set foot on the national highway heading west.

Chapter 163 Nuclear test base, the new enemy of the strange beast!

Dusk, edge of the desert.

The strong wind blew sand and hit the Titan's armor, making a fine clattering sound.

Shen Qinyin narrowed her eyes and observed the blurry outline of the building in the distance through the holographic screen in the Titan's cockpit.

It seemed to be a small town in the desert. The buildings inside were quite typical of desert areas. The thick walls were made of bricks or rammed earth, and the windows were small and dense, almost integrated with the walls.

The frames of some windows were blurred by dust and sand, and some were even completely filled with sand, leaving only deep shadows.

Some large buildings in the town are particularly eye-catching. Their outlines are still solid, but they reveal a sense of vicissitudes. They may have been markets, schools, or temples in the past.

Clear traces of carvings or inscriptions can still be seen on the walls of these buildings. Although most of them have been worn away by wind and sand, unique exotic patterns can still be discerned from the remaining lines.

The entire town seems to have been carefully planned, with traces of streets vaguely visible, but now it has been buried by sand and dust. The outlines of many buildings are looming in the wind and sand, like the remains of some giant beast, with only a broken skeleton left, carrying an indescribable dangerous beauty.

Shen Qiyin stared at the vague outline of the abandoned building in the distance and whispered to Xiaoxiang beside her: "Is this the coordinate given by Gray Wolf?"

"Judging from the coordinates, the deviation is no more than 500 meters." Xiaoxiang's pupils flickered slightly. "However, my built-in Geiger counter did not detect any nuclear radiation signals."

"This is a residential area. Even if there are nuclear facilities, they would not be built in these places."

Shen Qiyin stroked her chin and carefully examined the abandoned buildings. After a moment's thought, she added, "However, it's possible that the town was just a cover-up. It looked like a residential area, but it was actually a deserted city from the beginning."

"Let's keep going before it gets dark. The sooner we find the place, the sooner we can feel at ease."

Lin Qiutang, who was standing by, put his hand on Shen Qiyin's shoulder, a look of uneasiness on his face: "Three days... We have been on this journey since we entered the desert, and we haven't encountered any water along the way.

Titan's water tank is still half full, which is enough for drinking for a while, but the black soil in the incubator consumes a lot of water every day. If there's not enough water, those little creatures will rebel."

"Well, let's speed up our operations. This time we encountered a sandstorm, which wasted a lot of time. However, we didn't encounter any monster attacks along the way..."

"I find this a bit strange, too," Tang Miao said with a puzzled look on his face. "We haven't encountered any strange beasts since entering the desert. Could it be that strange beasts also avoid such desolate and uninhabited desert areas?"

"I don't know. If there are no humans in the area, then there won't be any monsters. Then, theoretically, all abandoned cities should be free of monsters..."

While discussing, everyone continued to move deeper into the town.

Night fell quietly at this moment, and as the last ray of dusk light was swallowed by the desert, the entire abandoned town fell into complete darkness.

The surrounding buildings looked even more eerie in the night, and the narrow windows seemed like countless pairs of empty eyes, staring coldly at the uninvited guests.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Shen Qinyin stopped moving forward.

Titan stands on the main road of the town like a huge hill.

"Something's wrong." Shen Qiyin whispered, looking around through the observation window.

"What's wrong?" Tang Miao asked with his head tilted.

"Didn't you notice?" Shen Qiyin knocked on the driver's seat armrest, then pointed at the observation window in front of her and said, "There's no fog outside."

"Eh?"

After hearing this, Tang Miao hurried to the observation window, leaned on the glass, and looked out carefully.

The moonlight was dim, and its silvery halo cast a shadow over the streets of the abandoned town, making the sand appear eerily pale.

Shen Qinyin tapped her fingers lightly on the console, and the Titan's external searchlight suddenly lit up. The dazzling beam of light penetrated the darkness and illuminated the area within about fifty meters ahead.

The streets were very "clean", the beams of light illuminated the road ahead unhindered, and there was no trace of fog around.

"Really, there is no fog..."

Tang Miao opened his lips slightly and murmured these words in a low voice, while the others also frowned.

There was no such situation as being covered by fog. They had only encountered it once, when the fog was swallowed by the black tide.

But the problem is that there is no Kuroshio Current here.

Although this place is an abandoned area ravaged by the black tide, the black tide is currently concentrated in the western and northwestern areas of Jingzhou City.

Since there is no Kuroshio Current, why is this place not covered by fog?

Tang Miao's pupils contracted slightly, and she suddenly realized what this meant: "Could it be that this is... a safe zone?"

Just as everyone was thinking about this question, Shen Qinyin's detection network suddenly captured some kind of strong energy!

The energy seemed to appear out of thin air. There was no trace of it the previous second, but the next second it was within two hundred meters of the Titan!

"Something is coming!" Shen Qinyin warned, holding the Titan's mechanical arm across her body, ready for battle.

At the same moment, the ground suddenly shook from all directions, and the sand and gravel rolled, as if thousands of troops were advancing towards Titan.

As the vibrations and dust grew stronger, dense black shadows gradually emerged from the darkness and entered the lighting range of Titan.

With the help of Titan's light, everyone finally got a clear look at the incoming enemy—

They are no different from ordinary humans. Their gait and rhythm when walking are perfect. Although their faces are covered by armor, the exposed parts are no different from those of humans.

There are no traces of mechanical splicing, nor the cold light of metal joints. Judging from their appearance, these guys are completely human!

"What is this..." Lin Qiutang's eyes widened in shock. "Is it a cyborg? Or a tactical humanoid like Xiaoxiang?"

Xiaoxiang's dark golden pupils flickered several times before he responded, "I'm reporting that the thermal sensor didn't detect any 'biological' body temperature or other characteristics, nor did it detect any silicon-based biological elements."

"What do you mean? Could it be that these things are neither carbon-based nor silicon-based?" Tang Miao smacked his lips and swallowed hard, "Then, what exactly are they?"

"Whatever it is, they're coming, get ready!!"

Shen Qinyin's words were like a thunderclap, bringing everyone back to their senses from the shock.

The next moment, several mysterious humanoid figures approached Titan.

They climbed onto the armor layer, and an extremely sharp blade popped out of thin air in their hands and pierced straight into the armor layer!

“Clang, clang!!”

The sounds of armor being pierced rang out one after another. Such thick armor was as fragile as paper under the opponent's blade!

Shen Qinyin's mind merged with Titan's. She controlled her right arm, grabbed the mysterious human figures that were climbing up, and squeezed them hard. The other's body immediately shattered into pieces like glass.

Shen Qinyin couldn't help but be stunned when she saw this scene. They were obviously not very hard, but their destructiveness was so terrifying. What on earth were these things?