binnovel Chapter 408 The Current Situation
Chapter 408 The Current Situation
The day after Li Chenglong defeated the level 13 Setan alien Aralas, more than twenty key leaders from various bases, including Shangguan Jingyun, Ding Feng, Wang Ruyan, and Sun Tianlong, arrived in Dawn City to visit the injured Li Chenglong. The Left and Right Chancellors of the New Human Empire, Dongfang Yunbing and Nangong Yanran, also arrived in Dawn City that evening and were warmly received by Yunlan and others.
Li Chenglong sat on the sofa in his living room, with the rest of the group sitting beside him. There weren't enough sofas, so Yun Lan took out quite a few from the storage area of her spiritual energy space. Fortunately, the living room was large enough to comfortably seat thirty or forty people. Su Xi, Han Xiaoling, and Chen Xiaoke busied themselves serving everyone, bringing them honey grapefruit tea made with the supernatural black orchid honey and freshly washed fruits.
Yunlan sat down next to Li Chenglong and said with a smile, "Thank you all so much for coming to Dawn City in this situation. It's truly an honor to have you here." Li Chenglong continued, "Those of you here are all our best friends and comrades-in-arms in Dawn City. Since we're all gathered here tonight, why don't we talk about the recent battle situation?"
Shangguan Jingyun nodded: "As the representative of Yanjing, let General Sun Tianlong speak first." Sun Tianlong glanced around: "Alright, let me start, and please let the two from the New Human Empire listen as well."
Then he began to speak slowly and deliberately: "In the early morning of September 21, almost all of China's large bases were attacked by alien forces at the same time. As China's main base, our Yanjing base was also attacked by a large number of enemies. After a night of fierce fighting, although we paid a heavy price, we finally repelled the enemy."
Then Wang Ruyan, Shangguan Jingyun, Xu Qingming and others gave explanations on the recent situation on behalf of their respective bases. Although some bases suffered more serious damage, they all managed to persevere.
Zheng Yonggang, who had just printed out the enemy and friendly situation map this afternoon, said to everyone: "Currently, in our China, including the New Human Empire, through the continuous reconnaissance of our Eagle Reconnaissance Aircraft, we have discovered five alien bases. Because their technology is much more advanced than ours, their base construction speed is quite fast, and they also have jamming systems. If it weren't for the Eagle Reconnaissance Aircraft's unique reconnaissance system, we wouldn't have been able to discover them."
As he spoke, Zheng Yong marked the location of the alien base on the map and explained in detail the current scale of the five bases. Dongfang Yunbing frowned and said, "I didn't expect that even though we've been so careful, there are still five bases built within China's borders, and two of them are even on our new human territory."
After Zheng Yong finished introducing the enemies within China, Feng Tian began to explain the situation of enemies abroad: "Currently, there are seven alien bases in the Central Asian countries to the west of China, the closest being only 80 kilometers away and the furthest being 700 kilometers away. In Outer Mongolia to the north of China, there is only one alien base, but this base is quite large. In South Asia and Southeast Asia, there are five enemy bases each; these are their locations." Zheng Yong also marked the locations of each enemy base and explained the general situation.
Yunlan continued, "And to the east of our China, in Japan and South Korea, there are a total of seven enemy bases. The reason we listed them separately is because we have concrete evidence that these two countries are colluding with aliens, and that the alien bases began construction at least four to six months ago. The opponent that Li Chenglong is facing this time is from Seoul, South Korea, and is also one of the seven executives of the space pirate Setan aliens."
Qi Guoan was furious: "Damn Japan and South Korea, they actually surrendered to aliens! No wonder they were able to quell the domestic situation so quickly and refuse all outsiders from visiting their countries. They even ignore our invitations to hold talks with other places. One day, we will wipe them all out!"
Li Chenglong nodded: "These things definitely need to be dealt with, but we also need to prioritize them. We must eliminate the five alien bases in China first, and then we can deal with the alien invaders abroad."
After her brother finished speaking, Li Xue took out a small notebook and said, "That's roughly the situation in Asia. Finally, I'll briefly tell you about the situation in other places. In Europe, thanks to the cooperation of the European Human Alliance and the Dark Alliance, although we are currently at a slight disadvantage, the overall situation is still acceptable. Africa has now completely fallen. Except for some extremely remote or uninhabitable areas, the Eagle reconnaissance aircraft can no longer detect any trace of humans. North America is at a balance of power, while South America is at a disadvantage, and according to our research, we are pessimistic about their situation."
Wang Ruyan said calmly, "Although we are all human beings on Earth, we should lend a helping hand to those in need. However, the current situation is still very serious. We can't even protect ourselves, let alone help them." Everyone present nodded in agreement.
Li Chenglong let out a long sigh: "Today is only October 2nd, and it has only been 12 days since the alien invaders began their attack on Earth, but the losses they have caused us are considerable. While thanking everyone for coming to visit, I would also like to ask you all to go back as soon as possible, and not to cause damage to your bases because of your visits to me. To express our gratitude, Yunlan, Zheng Yong, and I have discussed it and decided to give you some gifts for free."
Yunlan, understanding the implication, opened the laptop on the living room table, allowing everyone to see its contents. The laptop was playing the SW1 type humanoid self-propelled land armor. Upon first glance, Xu Qingming exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Li, is this the one I saw at noon today?" Li Chenglong waved his hand, indicating he should wait until everyone had finished watching before speaking.
After everyone finished reading, except for the people from Dawn City, everyone else looked at Li Chenglong with a mixture of surprise and anticipation. Li Chenglong smiled and said, "This is the SW1 humanoid land-based self-propelled armor that our Dawn City recently launched, or S1 mech for short. You must have fought against alien land-based or flying mechs before, and you are well aware of their combat capabilities. Our Dawn City currently has 180 units equipped with this armor, and we also have more than fifty excellent pilots. It can be said that we are ready for battle at any time."
Xu Qingming asked impatiently, "Brother Li, I wonder if you sell this S1 mecha? No matter the price, Feiyun will definitely buy it." The others also chimed in, and even Dongfang Yunbing and Nangong Yanran couldn't sit still any longer and offered to buy it.
Li Chenglong gestured for everyone to quiet down and continued, "Actually, the S1 mech is very cheap to build. If you can give the wreckage of the mechs you shot down to Dawn City, we can provide it for free. Of course, there's a certain ratio: three wreckage units for one complete S1 mech. Not only that, we can also provide you with free training, or you can take our instructional video materials and try piloting it yourself using the mech's user manual and maintenance manual. Of course, we also welcome you to buy it, but you'll need two level 10 crystals, or various other resources of similar value, in exchange."
He paused for a moment and continued, "As I just mentioned, to thank you for your visit, Dawn City will give each of your factions two mechs for free. Of course, the user manual, maintenance manual, and instructional videos will also be included. In addition to selling the mechs, we also sell various spare parts for your convenience in maintenance. The price will only be between 1.2 and 1.3 times the cost price."
As Li Chenglong spoke, Yun Lan took out a small box from her psionic space, which was full of storage capsules. She distributed two to everyone except those from Dawn City, and then said, "This storage capsule contains a mecha, and the manual and other materials are also inside. Moreover, Li Chenglong thoughtfully included two extra sets of easily damaged parts."
Upon hearing the news, even the oldest among them, General Sun Tianlong, cheered with joy, nodding and saying, "Li Chenglong, Commander Li, you truly are the first person in China, no, on Earth!" The others chimed in, expressing their gratitude to Li Chenglong and Dawn City. Even the usually taciturn Nangong Yanran expressed her heartfelt thanks to Li Chenglong.
Early on the third day, everyone rushed back. Li Chenglong personally saw them off and said that if they reached an agreement with their base, they would send the order through the Crystal Network, and the X2 cargo ship from Dawn City would deliver the goods and collect the alien mechs in a timely manner.
It's worth mentioning that before leaving, Nangong Yanran asked for 100 milliliters of Li Chenglong's blood, saying she wanted to study it. Li Chenglong thought for a moment and agreed. He had actually always wanted to conduct research on superhumans and awakened individuals, but recently, Professors An Qingyuan, Liu Mingchang, and Li Qinghe of the Dawn City Research Department were focusing on a Level 7 zombie virus and studying alien corpses, so they simply couldn't find the time. Entrusting it to Nangong Yanran wasn't a bad idea. After spending the last two or three days together, he felt that Nangong Yanran was trustworthy.