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

"Commander Li, Commissioner Nie, and the Chief of Staff, order all troops except those in the eastern region to move north."

"The Ascended One already possesses the power to capture the Black Tide's true form. I will find a way to make the Black Tide's true form 'alien'."

"Three days later, launch a full-scale counterattack against the location of the Kuroshio's main body."

"Li Huaiyuan!!" Zhou Shixun's face flushed crimson. He slammed the table loudly and roared, "You're committing treason!"

"On the contrary, I'm saving the country." Li Huaiyuan looked at him coldly. "In the face of natural disasters, human lives are just a string of insignificant numbers. What I want to do is to completely eliminate the Black Tide. No matter how many people die, it will be worth it."

"Bullshit! If everyone dies, what's the point of killing Kuroshio?!"

“There’s always someone who comes after you.”

Li Huaiyuan threw down these words and turned away.

......

Yunnan Province, Yunnan Province, Yunnan Province.

The night was shrouded in darkness and thick fog. The city streets, ravaged by strange beasts and entities, presented a scene of post-war desolation.

A huge Titan, as tall as a small building, stands quietly in the center of a park.

Inside Titan, Shen Qinyin closed her eyes tightly, her thoughts wandering between the material world and the real world.

She followed the guidance of the "key" and entered the "rest room".

"Good evening, Qiyin."

Melodya's gentle voice came from my ear.

Shen Qinyin opened her eyes and swept her gaze across the rest room whose decoration was very much to her liking, and finally fell on Melodya's beautiful face.

"Good evening," she replied with a smile, jokingly saying, "I am delighted to see your beautiful face as soon as I open my eyes."

"I appreciate your compliment, but even so, I won't provide you with my services for free."

Melodia said with a smile, "In the gap between the spiritual and the material, anything you seek requires a price. Even I cannot violate this 'rule'."

"Hey, you're being a bit rude. You're making me sound like I'm not interested in anything without some benefit, and I wouldn't come to you unless there's something good going on."

Shen Qiyin curled her lips and glared at her unhappily.

"I'm terribly sorry, but that wasn't my intention." Melodia apologized with a smile, though there was no hint of apology in her tone.

Shen Qiyin didn't really intend to argue with others about these trivial matters. What's more, Melodya was right. She came in this time because she really needed her help.

"Melodia, you told me that you lived a very long time, right?"

"I guess so, but I'm not human, nor am I a living creature. Strictly speaking, I don't have the concept of 'lifespan'. I am born and die with the times, so to describe me as 'living a long time' is incorrect."

"Hmm, I see... Since you've 'existed' for such a long time and know so much about human history, do you know if there were any immortal cultivators thousands of years ago, probably between two and five thousand years ago?"

"..."

A rare look of confusion appeared in Melody's eyes, as if she didn't understand what Shen Qinyin meant.

She crossed her fingers, placed them on the table, and said in a calm voice, "I'm sorry, Qiyin, I rarely have the opportunity to leave this place and go to the material world. My understanding of the material world mostly depends on the books I collected."

"That's it!" Shen Qiyin's voice suddenly rose, and she seemed very excited. "Melodia, I found a secret book, but the language on it is incomprehensible to me. Can you help me translate it?"

"Secrets?"

"Yes, let me imagine what it looks like."

Shen Qiyin tried hard to recall and used "imagination" to reproduce the secret book in this spiritual world.

She handed the torn booklet she had found to Melodya, staring at her expectantly and saying, "Look, it's this kind of writing. I can't understand it, but it must contain a huge secret!"

Melody took the booklet, flipped through it, and then shook her head: "Sorry, I have never seen such words."

"Ah, you haven't seen it either?"

"Ah."

"Is that so..." Shen Qinyin looked very disappointed.

However, Melodia's next words rekindled her hope: "I can try to look through the ancient books I collected before to see if I can find relevant text. If there is any reference material, I can try to decipher it."

"Really? That's great! I knew it was the right thing to do to find you!" Shen Qinyin's eyes were full of stars.

"But," Melodia said with a smile, changing the subject, "this isn't free."

"..."

Shen Qinyin's excited expression suddenly collapsed.

She held her forehead and asked helplessly: "Okay, how much gold do you need?"

"This price is not determined by me, but by the 'rules' of this place. I will tell you the price you need to pay after I confirm whether I can complete this job and the workload."

"You talk just like those securities analysts... Well, I'll be waiting for your good news!"

Shen Qinyin shrugged, said goodbye to Melodya, and left the rest room.

Anyway, the translation of the booklet has finally been settled.

As for the gold that Melotia needs, she can find it herself and look for it in all the gold shops along the way. Although most of the gold was transferred by the country at the beginning of the apocalypse and the scattered gold was snatched away by the survivors, there should be some left.

As long as Melodia can translate it and find out what kind of martial arts this booklet really contains, then his future will be bright!

Chapter 177 Me and My Commander Friend (5K)

Shen Qiyin left the "rest room" and returned to reality. She waited until dawn and immediately began searching for the whereabouts of the gold in Yunchuan City.

As a prefecture-level city, Yunchuan City still had the scale of a fourth or fifth-tier city before the doomsday. It had two comprehensive shopping centers and a total of more than a dozen gold shops.

Unfortunately, Shen Qiyin searched for a whole day and almost all the gold shops, but only collected less than one pound of gold jewelry.

It seems that before the end of the world, most gold shops have transferred their gold jewelry reserves.

Shen Qiyin also contacted banks and some venture capital exchanges.

There is no trace of the gold reserves in these official places. I think they have heard the news a long time ago and transferred these strategic reserves to the safer headquarters.

Since these places could not be found, Shen Qiyin had to set her sights on those high-end residential areas that had not yet been destroyed by the strange beasts.

Although searching every house one by one is a waste of time, fortunately there are five of them, and if they act separately in each community, the search can be quite efficient.

Unfortunately, before Shen Qiyin could even begin a thorough search, she received a bombshell message from the National Emergency Broadcasting Station:

The country has decided to launch an all-out counterattack against the Kuroshio Current.

This is a nationwide announcement from the official radio station, it cannot be false.

Shen Qiyin quickly contacted Gray Wolf, who also gave her a clear response:

"Three days later, with the exception of the troops currently deployed in the eastern Lanxiang City area, all other national military forces will be concentrated on the northern defense line and a decapitation operation will be launched against the Kuroshio main body."

After hearing what Gray Wolf said on the radio, Shen Qiyin suddenly felt numb all over.

Is this true? A decapitation operation against the Kuroshio itself? Could it be that those researchers in the capital have already found Kuroshio's fatal weakness?

She hurriedly asked Xiaoxiang to relay her doubts: "Hasn't the Kuroshio's true form been impossible to observe? Could it be that someone from the national government has found traces of it and a way to destroy it?"

However, Gray Wolf didn't directly answer this question, but calmly responded, "The state departments may have their own considerations. Since they are preparing for a full-scale counterattack, it means they must have found a solution."

Of course Shen Qiyin thought so maliciously. She was just very curious about how those researchers discovered the true form of the Black Tide.

"The capital has already launched a mobilization operation. National authorities have mobilized a considerable number of civilian survivors and qualified personnel to fight on the front lines."

"Including you?"

"Yes, I will go too."

"This battle will not be easy. In all likelihood, there will be no chance of survival."

“There’s no other way. If we don’t do this, humans won’t survive.

"..."

"What about you? Are you coming?"

"You sound so soft? We made a deal before. I thought you were going to use that to force me."

"With your abilities, I guess few people can force you, right? Besides, there's no point in forcing you. I don't like doing such risky things.

Forced power is destabilizing. If they turn against us in the middle of a battle, it would be a major disaster. I cannot leave any hidden dangers."

"You're being too clear-headed, man. Honestly, I don't think you're just a leader of a small survivor base."

"Then let's meet and exchange the information we know so far. But we have to act quickly. I need to report to the front line by tomorrow night at the latest."

Gray Wolf finally invited us to an "offline meeting".

Shen Qiyin had thought about this matter before. She originally planned to establish contact with official departments through Gray Wolf, and a meeting was only a matter of time.

But plans can never keep up with changes. Now the country has decided to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Black Tide. Since Gray Wolf is also going to the front line, this meeting is very likely to be the first and last time the two meet.

Out of caution, Shen Qiyin did not dare to fully trust the gray wolf.

You know, although he is also a notebook-certified assistant, his cards are righteous...

However, the other party's words and actions made Shen Qiyin feel that he was a person worth dealing with, a person who integrated knowledge and action.

Give it a try. When it comes to testing trust, sometimes you have to take risks.

After thinking for a while, Shen Qinyin nodded to Xiaoxiang.

The latter immediately understood what he meant and replied to the Gray Wolf on the other end of the radio: "Okay, let's meet. I happen to have a business deal I want to discuss with you."

"what do you need?"

"Gold, whether it's pure gold or gold jewelry, as long as it's gold."

"..."

The Gray Wolf was obviously speechless because of their inexplicable request.

After a long silence, he asked: "Did I hear correctly? What do you want gold for at this time?

For the country, that thing can be used as a means to restore civilization and order, but for individuals, besides collecting it, what other use does it have?"

Xiaoxiang certainly didn't know either. She simply responded according to Shen Qiyin's instructions: "Just think of it as a collection, a little hobby of mine."

"...Okay, but I don't have much of it. Gold is a strategic reserve and is strictly controlled by the central finance department. I can't get much in a short period of time.

But since you're collecting, I don't think you'll need too much. I can get you some to satisfy your collecting addiction."

"Thank you, where shall we meet?"

"Where are you now?"

"Yunchuan City."

"Wait for me at the Yunchuan City airport. I'll apply for a special plane now and it will arrive around dawn."

"Row."

After the communication was cut off, the conference room in Titan fell into a brief silence.

Tang Miao couldn't help but take a deep breath, then sighed: "Finally, we've reached this point. Our team is about to start foreign 'trade'."

Lin Qiutang smiled bitterly, her face full of anxiety and worry.

Declare an all-out war against the Kuroshio's true form...

It is no exaggeration to say that this war will determine the life and death of the entire country and even the entire world.

If we fail, the Republic will no longer have the power to intercept and stop the black tide!

The black tide will move from north to south and will completely cover the entire country within half a month. All survivors will die. Even if they have Shen Qinyin's protection, they may not be able to escape!

When he thought of this, Lin Qiutang felt a strong sense of despair.

She couldn't help but look out the observation window. The fog and darkness seemed like an eternal theme, tightly strangling their necks, leaving them nowhere to hide.

"Humanity, what exactly should we do to survive..."

Suddenly, a soft hand rested on her shoulder.

Lin Qiutang turned around and met Shen Qinyin's pretty and delicate face.

The other person had a gentle smile on his face, as bright and warm as the sunshine.

"There's always a way, sister," Shen Qiyin said gently and comfortingly, "We've been through so many life-and-death crises, and we still managed to survive and make it this far, didn't we?"