Working as a consultant in the Ultra Universe

Chapter 2042 The Atides

TPC Far East Headquarters - GUTS Team Operations Command Center

The atmosphere here was heavy. The three giants of TPC, Yao-Wei Mingfan, and all the members of the GUTS team were frowning as they looked at the previously recorded battle footage.

After a long silence, Tetsuji Yoshioka finally spoke, "Tell me, what are GUTS's plans for the next step?"

With the police chief speaking, the GUTS team could no longer remain silent.

Immediately, Zongfang Chengyi said in a solemn tone, "The hardness of the mechanical island is beyond our imagination. With the technology we currently possess, we cannot destroy it..."

Tetsuji Yoshioka frowned and interrupted Seiichi Munakata, saying sternly, "Commander Munakata, please tell us something we don't know!"

Zongfang Chengyi gritted his teeth, then looked at Horii Masami and said, "Horie, can you develop targeted weapons by studying the metallic properties of those robots?"

Horii Masami looked serious and didn't make a promise on the spot, but instead said with some ambiguity, "I can give it a try, but I can't guarantee that it will be successful."

But clearly, this answer did not satisfy Tetsuji Yoshioka.

He glanced at the GUTS team members, and seeing that no one spoke, he took a deep breath and said, "Since GUTS can't do it, then let my police force handle it."

Upon hearing this, Tetsuji Yoshioka headed towards the entrance and exit, preparing to mobilize police officers to fight against the mechanical island.

Just as Tetsuji Yoshioka took one foot out, Soichiro Sawai's voice rang out: "Yoshioka!"

Tetsuji Yoshioka paused, turned around and silently looked at Soichiro Sawai, waiting for him to continue.

Sawai Soichiro sighed softly and continued, "You should know that even GUTS's weapons are ineffective against the Machine Island, so what use would it be for the police to go there?"

"Hmph!" Tetsuji Yoshioka snorted coldly, saying rather ruthlessly, "That's still better than doing nothing. The enemy has already come knocking on our door, and we can't even come up with a countermeasure. What can we do except fight to the death?!"

Upon hearing this, Nanbara Masayuki couldn't help but say, "Commander Yoshioka, you can't say that. GUTS isn't without any countermeasures, it's just that we don't know if they will work."

Tetsuji Yoshioka glanced at Masayuki Nanbara and asked succinctly, "And what about time? Staff Officer Nanbara, how much time do you think the enemy will give us to prepare?"

These words caused everyone present to fall silent once again.

However, Gu Chen noticed that Yao Meifan's lips trembled a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed back what he was about to say, while his eyes flashed with a look of concern.

The problem currently facing the GUTS team is actually the lack of weapon power.

The enemy can inflict effective damage on our side, while our side is unable to break through the enemy's defenses.

In this way, it seems like we're going to lose no matter how we fight.

Of course, Tetsuji Yoshioka's words may be a bit extreme, after all, Gobnew was after Max's power system.

Perhaps once they have completely destroyed the Max propulsion system, they will cease their attacks on Earth and return to the mechanical island to lie dormant.

They will only swarm out again when humans recreate the Max Propulsion System.

If we disregard other factors, temporarily retreating to advance is a viable strategy.

If we proactively destroy the Max power system, then work overtime to manufacture weapons capable of damaging the mechanical island, and then recreate the Max power system, the problem should be solved.

The only question is whether Goblin will stop after destroying the Max propulsion system, rather than continuing its attacks on Earth in an attempt to completely wipe out human civilization.

After all, a civilization that can do something like placing mechanical islands on other planets to prevent other civilizations from developing the Max propulsion system shouldn't be expected to have any real sense of decency.

Yao Meifan may have also thought of this point and a way to solve this problem, which is to connect the Max power system to the Texas cannon's weapon system to serve as its energy source.

In this way, GUTS will have more powerful weapons, which may be able to effectively damage the machine island.

However, weaponizing the Max propulsion system is not what Yao-Wei Mingfan wants to see, nor is that the purpose of his research on the Max propulsion system.

He worried that once people discovered the power of the weaponized Max Propulsion System, it would cause the system to go completely astray in practical applications.

Regardless, Yao Meifan felt that they had to be extremely cautious about this matter.

The situation is not particularly critical yet, so he still has time to think about this issue.

But clearly, Tetsuji Yoshioka didn't have that much patience.

Seeing that no one spoke, Tetsuji Yoshioka immediately strode out of the operations command room.

Immediately, Masami Horii stood up and said, "I'll go study those robots right now!"

After saying that, he quickly left the operations command center.

A short while later, Yao Meifan also left silently.

Seeing this, Gu Chen immediately followed.

After catching up with Ya-Ooki, Gu Chen said directly, "Dr. Ya-Ooki, you must have thought of a plan just now, right? Was there something you were worried about that prevented you from saying it?"

Gu Chen's words left Yawei Mingfan speechless.

He thought no one had noticed this, but to his surprise, Gu Chen actually saw through his thoughts.

For a moment, Yao Meifan walked silently to the elevator, and Gu Chen did not urge him, but just followed beside him.

And so, the two entered the elevator. Yao Meifan swiped his ID card and then pressed a special floor button, and the elevator immediately started operating.

Only then did Yao Meifan speak, saying, "Twenty years ago, I published a theoretical explanation of the Max dynamical system, and spent twenty years turning the theory into practice."

"My initial motivation for studying Max dynamics was to change the landscape of space exploration."

"I am not absolutely against weaponizing the Max Propulsion System, but I think we need to be very careful about this."

"After saying all this, Director Gu, do you think I'm being a bit too old-fashioned?"

As they were talking, the elevator slowly came to a stop.

Without waiting for Gu Chen's reply, Yao Meifan stepped out of the elevator.

Gu Chen immediately followed, and then he saw the giant warship that had been secretly under development in the corridor outside the elevator—the Atdis.