I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 669 - 567: Capturing a Living Specimen

Chen Xin's judgment still had some errors because the upper echelons indeed considered whether to use nuclear weapons.

For the upper echelons, maintaining the current front line means that soldiers will die every day, and there will also be a massive consumption of logistics supplies and ammunition, which brings heavy pressure on both the military and the state itself.

If nuclear bombs could quickly clear out the alien creatures on the battlefield, the upper echelons would be willing to use nuclear weapons.

After all, the entire Dongting Lake Area is now completely occupied by alien creatures, and under the current circumstances, even if there were no alien creatures, the lake area would still be a no-man's-land, so using nuclear weapons wouldn't have a significant impact.

Moreover, today's nuclear weapons are no longer the heavily polluting models of the past. Relatively speaking, they are quite clean. Even if they were to drop a nuclear weapon, the country could bear the cost of using it.

The main reason that constraints the upper echelons from using nuclear weapons is whether they can effectively work.

As Chen Xin said, if they only clear the surface alien creatures in the lake area but cannot strike at the alien underground nests, then killing as many sub-bodies of the alien creatures is useless.

Therefore, what the upper echelons and military currently need are not nuclear weapons but a weapon that meaningfully and thoroughly solves the alien creatures once and for all.

To achieve this, there must be enough understanding of alien creatures, knowing where their weaknesses are.

And this is the work of biologists.

In fact, from the moment Chen Xin killed that alien creature's combat sub-body, biologists have been conducting research on alien creatures.

Especially after the war began, the state gathered a large number of experts and scholars to quickly unravel the alien creatures and find their weaknesses.

But researching a new species is not so fast. Especially when they lack live specimens and only have deceased ones, the research progress is somewhat affected.

Still, objectively there were problems, but subjectively these biologists hoped that they could immediately crack the secrets of these alien creatures and find their weaknesses.

After all, this war has already affected everyone in Flame Country, and these biologists know they bear an undeniable responsibility, becoming a key to the war's outcome.

Finding the alien creatures' weaknesses one day earlier means developing new strategies and tactics against them one day earlier, allowing humanity to win this war sooner.

Yet, even though all biologists have exhausted their efforts and even worked overtime voluntarily for research, the progress in studying alien creatures' weaknesses is still slow.

This has forced these biologists to propose what may sound quite inhumane—a demand for live specimens.

Although capturing prisoners is a part of warfare that has existed since humanity started wars, capturing alien creatures as prisoners on today's battlefield is indeed not easy.

To say the least, when only Titans can confront alien fighting sub-bodies head-on, ordinary soldiers trying to subdue them is akin to an ordinary person trying to subdue a raging elephant.

If there were tranquilizers or something that could incapacitate alien creatures, it would be easier, but so far, humans haven't found a way to subdue these alien creatures other than killing them outright.

Though the military has dispatched Titan squads to attempt capturing alien creatures, they have gained very little, mostly only capturing sub-bodies that are already half-dead, missing limbs.

Moreover, before they can be sent to the research lab, these sub-bodies often self-terminate, quite dramatically ending themselves.

To get research-worthy experimental samples, unless these alien creatures can be completely incapacitated yet kept alive, while also preventing them from committing suicide, it seems possible to send them to the lab for research.

It's exceptionally challenging, even for the military equipped with Titans.

However, after hearing about the situation, Chen Xin, after some thought, indicated that he had a way to try.

The biologists responsible for research brightened up at the mention of Chen Xin having a way to capture live specimens; they couldn't wait for him to bring them some living aliens.

But the upper echelons and military were not very willing to agree to Chen Xin's method.

Because Chen Xin's method involved deploying his three specially equipped Titan mechs with combat power superior to ordinary Titans and Chen Xin's special modifications to capture live alien samples.

Capturing live alien specimens to crack their weaknesses is indeed critical to the war's outcome.

Yet, that doesn't mean the country is willing to risk such a valuable scientist like Chen Xin for it. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

After many requests and assurances from Chen Xin, stating he was confident, the upper echelons eventually agreed to his plan, allowing Chen Xin to go to the warzone to capture live alien samples.

With permission from the upper echelons, Chen Xin quickly upgraded Bai Long, Zhu Luan, and Lu Shu, enhancing their weapons and specifically equipping Lu Shu with a set of equipment for capturing alien creatures.

The three machines were transported to the front line, where the military, to ensure Chen Xin's safety, specially maneuvered a unit to provide coverage while a Titan squad assisted Chen Xin in completing the mission.

To capture live alien specimens, the upper echelons and the military made the maximum possible investment.

Chen Xin wasn't particularly worried about capturing live alien specimens but more about bringing back the samples intact.

The behavior of committing suicide immediately upon capture surprised Chen Xin and made him more concerned about whether these aliens have thought connections or higher nodes directing them, just like the Insect Race in sci-fi novels.

After all, throughout human history, armies capable of decisively committing suicide upon capture, except for a certain prosperous country's army during World War II, other countries' armies were not so insane, not to mention animals and beasts.

However, since the decision was made to act, Chen Xin could only hope the capture devices installed on the Lu Shu mech would work well, allowing him to successfully capture live alien specimens and subdue them.

With these thoughts, Chen Xin piloted Bai Long into the alien activity zone listed as a dangerous area in the city.