Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 398: Revenge when there is a grudge, revenge when there is a grudge

After the battle, Li Chenglong ordered his soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield. For safety's sake, he also conducted a thorough, large-scale scan through the True Dragon Eye in his left eye to ensure that no one escaped.

He held a meeting with other headquarters leaders, including Yun Lan, Zheng Yong, Feng Tian, ​​and Qi Guoan, and decided that after the Dawn Army finished cleaning up the battlefield, they would return to their respective encampments to rest, but they must maintain a high level of combat readiness. Because at this point, no one could be sure whether the alien coalition would take advantage of the Dawn Army's fatigue to launch an attack.

The Dawn Army's equipment and logistics support unit must also promptly deliver all new equipment and supplies to ensure their availability for the next battle. The Dawn Army's equipment and logistics support unit currently numbers 5000 personnel and is divided into several departments: one specifically manages weapons, equipment, and ammunition supplies; another manages living supplies; and yet another acts as a field hospital, providing timely medical treatment to wounded soldiers. Currently, this unit is led by Qin Fangyu, with Liu Cheng as his deputy, and Huo Siming as its political commissar, all holding the rank of senior colonel.

Meanwhile, each army, division, and regiment also has corresponding equipment and logistics support departments. These two departments belong to their respective units and are not under the jurisdiction of the headquarters' equipment and logistics support forces. In fact, many of the internal systems and regulations of the Dawn Army are quite different from those of other armies in China. In order to facilitate his management and improve the combat effectiveness of the Dawn Army, Li Chenglong made some changes to the internal structure.

At 8 PM, Li Chenglong gave his son a bath, handed him over to Susie, and then went to his office on the 7th floor. Wang Jie was still at get off work. Since officially becoming a member of the Special Mission Support Section, she had been following the recent arrangements, working overtime until 9 PM every day, sometimes even taking night shifts. However, she had no objections to this; on the contrary, she was quite happy to be able to contribute to everyone.

The battle reports from various units have just been submitted, and Wang Jie has organized them for Li Chenglong and Yun Lan to review. The units directly involved in the battle included two armies and four divisions of the Dawn Army, totaling 42,000 personnel; the Rocket Force, 1800 personnel; and the Shuguang City Air Force, 100 personnel. A total of 5722 soldiers were killed or wounded, and 4674 were injured, including 844 seriously wounded.

Among the fallen soldiers were 1410 superhumans, including 48 level 11 superhumans, 427 level 10 superhumans, and 830 level 9 superhumans. Hearing this list of casualties, Li Chenglong felt a heavy weight on his heart. This was yet another enormous sacrifice made by the Dawn Army since the Battle of Langley.

He slowly began, “The aftermath of all the fallen soldiers must be handled in the most appropriate way, and all the wounded soldiers must receive the best treatment. In addition, the rank of all fallen soldiers will be raised by one level, and the compensation for their families will be implemented according to the standard after the one-level promotion.”

Wang Jie took detailed notes and then began to speak: "Although our army suffered heavy casualties, we also achieved great results. In this battle, we destroyed a total of 544 enemy land and air mechs and captured 70. We killed more than 8200 aliens of various types and more than 5000 alien killing robots. We also captured a large amount of supplies and crystals."

Li Chenglong sighed and said, "Send the captured mechs to the research institute at headquarters for them to study. Collect the damaged ones too, I'll need them. As for the supplies, give them to the equipment and logistics support unit first, they'll sort them and then process them."

After a moment's thought, he contacted Yunlan: "Lan'er, where are you now? I heard the Dawn's repairs are finished. We're going out with Li Xue, Qin Susu, and Zhao Liying in a bit. We're going to settle our scores and settle our grievances." Yunlan, who was at the Logistics Department handing over her month's supply of premium Dawn Rice to Li Chenglong, immediately agreed upon hearing Li Chenglong's words.

Thirty minutes later, the five boarded the Dawn and flew towards the alien base closest to Dawn City. In today's battle, Qin Susu finally reached level 12, becoming a level 12 A-rank Illusionary Butterfly Spirit Awakener. Zhao Liying, although fighting hard, felt she was still some distance from level 12. As for Han Xiaoling, it was more difficult, as she had B-rank potential, making reaching level 12 much harder, but it wasn't hopeless.

Members of the Special Mission Support Section 2 piloted the Dawn, carrying five people, to the previously discovered alien base. Qin Mengyao, a member of Section 2, reported from the side with documents in hand: "This alien base is about 300km away from our Dawn City in a straight line. Because it is just starting construction, the area is not very large, but the construction speed is very fast. It has already taken shape in just one day. Because the alien base has jamming devices, the Eagle reconnaissance aircraft did not take many useful photos."

Li Chenglong nodded: "Very good, let's start with it. Tonight we'll settle our scores and settle our grievances. But it's a bit early to go now. The Dawn can fly a little slower. We'll start our operation at midnight."

Having recently reached level 12, Qin Susu was in high spirits and would frequently summon her spirit to play with her. Her spirit was a beautiful butterfly, which could also transform into a little girl about 30 centimeters tall with butterfly wings, much like a legendary flower fairy. The only slight drawback was that this flower fairy couldn't speak, but she was extremely intelligent and could communicate with Qin Susu telepathically.

Li Xue's spirit is a mermaid, which can be summoned to play with her. It is 45 centimeters tall and resembles a mermaid. It is worth mentioning that these spirits seem to know each other, because Li Chenglong, Yun Lan, and the other three Level 12 Awakened Ones all summoned their spirits, and these spirits clearly communicated with each other.

Their spirit summoning made Zhao Liying, who was standing nearby, extremely envious. She said she must fight hard and reach level 12 as soon as possible so that she could also awaken her spirit summoning.

Li Chenglong took out some food and let everyone eat something before the battle. Li Xue asked, "Brother, how will we fight when we get there?" Yun Lan replied, "Your brother and I have already discussed it. The four of us will use our spirit summons to first unleash our strongest attacks on the enemy base, and then we can go in and kill any remaining enemies."

Li Chenglong nodded: "Yes, that's the general idea. I only have one requirement, which is to completely annihilate the enemy and thoroughly destroy their base."

Han Xiaoling, a member of the Second Division, was also on the spaceship. She said with some dissatisfaction, "Brother, sister-in-law, and three older sisters, could you take me with you? I also want to try to upgrade. Although my brother said before that it would be difficult to upgrade from B-level potential to level 12, it's not hopeless, right?"

Li Chenglong patted her head: "If this mission doesn't work out, you stay on the Dawn and protect our ship. Next time we go on a mission like this, we'll definitely take you with us, okay?" Although Han Xiaoling was still a little reluctant, she nodded vigorously and accepted the mission.

Yunlan asked, "I remember when Dawn City was upgraded to the highest level, Lilith unlocked two production lines in her storage space: one was the Crystal Chariot production line, and the other was the Humanoid Self-Propelled Mech production line. At that time, you said that you couldn't manufacture them without materials. Now that you've captured so many alien flying and land mechs, do you have the materials now?"

Li Chenglong affirmed, "Yes, we have the materials, and I've also exchanged for those two production lines, which have been put into my space factory. However, they still need to be debugged, so I'll have to wait until I get back to figure out a solution. The wreckage of those alien mechs needs to be sorted first, then some of the metals need to be remelted, and the electronic equipment needs to be removed. Although my space factory was upgraded again recently with the help of El and Triss, and it's now fully automated, processing these mech wreckage is still quite troublesome. But I'll process it as soon as possible."

Li Chenglong's psionic space has now reached its maximum level, with a usable area of ​​16 square kilometers. According to El and Triss, this is the first time they have ever heard of such a large psionic space; the largest they had ever seen before was only 12 square kilometers.

Of these 16 square kilometers, Li Chenglong later replanned them, designating 3 square kilometers as a space factory and another 3 square kilometers as a storage area. Since the area of ​​the natural zone was fixed at 10 square kilometers and couldn't be adjusted according to his wishes, he could only make adjustments within the remaining 6 square kilometers. This increased the size of the space factory, meeting the requirements for manufacturing various types of machinery.

Yunlan's spiritual energy space reached its maximum level of 8 square kilometers when she upgraded to level 12. However, she did not have a space factory, but only a 3-square-kilometer storage area and a 5-square-kilometer natural area.

At midnight on September 22nd, with Li Chenglong's command, the four Level 12 Awakened Ones unleashed their spirit summons: "Emperor's Holy Dragon Slash!" "Annihilation Array!" "Mystic Ice Illusionary Rain!" "Seven-Colored Shadowless Kill!"

As the four unleashed their strongest attacks, the alien base, still under construction, was instantly engulfed by four extremely powerful energies, followed by a massive explosion that seemed to destroy the world. Some of the lucky aliens who managed to escape were picked off one by one by the members of the Special Mission Support Section 2. The stronger ones were handed over to Li Chenglong, who used dimensional travel, and he killed them one by one with his sword, leaving no survivors.

At 1 a.m., Li Chenglong, having finished cleaning up the battlefield, teleported into the Dawn, and the group happily flew towards Dawn City.