I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 684 - 582: New Team, New Mission

Why does the nuclear explosion impact the alien biological attack? This has become a huge puzzle troubling biologists.

The military is eager to understand the reason, so they can replicate this effect and gain more advantages on the battlefield.

However, obviously, they can’t just throw another nuclear bomb on the battlefield to recreate this phenomenon.

After all, the use of more than thirty tactical nuclear bombs before has filled the entire war zone with radiation; throwing more would simply turn the war zone into nuclear wasteland.

Although the tactical nuclear bombs used nowadays are not as severely polluting as those early nuclear weapons, for the sake of the health of the soldiers fighting in the war zone, the military still tries to avoid using nuclear weapons as much as possible.

Since it’s impossible to recreate the phenomenon by creating another nuclear explosion, biologists have no choice but to analyze based on the existing information.

The first possibility ruled out is that the nuclear explosion killed the command nodes of the alien creatures.

The chaotic collapse of alien creatures after the nuclear bomb explosion in the Honghu Region was already determined as a result of killing the superior command node through analysis and judgment.

Therefore, the stalled offensive after the nuclear explosion, which is not the same, has ruled out the possibility of the superior node being killed.

Though some believe the superior nodes in other regions are more than one, so when one node is killed, another takes over the command, whereas all superior nodes in the Honghu Region died in a short period, this theory is merely likely and can’t be recognized or supported by everyone.

The theory that fits the currently collected information better is that the impact of the nuclear explosion interfered with the command link of the alien creatures, causing their command interruption.

Although it was restored in a short time, the interruption still caused a stall in the offensive.

This theory has garnered many people’s recognition, yet it still lacks theoretical basis.

Hence, biologists must find evidence to support this theory.

And this requires them to test the live samples of alien organisms.

However, they have exhausted the three live samples before. Even though biologists acquired large amounts of experimental data and valuable information, the three live samples didn’t survive.

Now, to continue testing, they must capture new live samples.

Fortunately, this capture mission doesn’t need Chen Xin to take action again but is entrusted to the military’s newly formed special squad.

This squad is the elite force composed of specially equipped Titans discussed earlier by the military and Chen Xin, with all members coming from meticulously selected ace Titan Drivers by the military, and the machines personally designed by Chen Xin for them.

Though the entire squad has only eight people, the combat power unleashed by eight specially equipped machines is enough to confront fifty Universal Titans.

And this mission is indeed the first task since this special squad was assembled. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

This naturally makes the entire squad very excited because, after acquiring excellent machines, they have only conducted several battle tests to familiarize themselves with the new machines.

They haven’t executed any formal mission, which leaves them with a certain eagerness to prove themselves worthy of the nation’s substantial resource investment.

Of course, excitement aside, since these drivers are elite, carefully chosen by the military, there is naturally no reckless, disobedient, or overconfident issues that exist only in movies and don’t happen in reality.

Moreover, there are no boring characters who are adamant about their opinions and refute everyone, such as stubborn new recruits temporarily assigned to the team; each team member is clear on their duties and responsibilities and prepared to execute the mission.

Chen Xin is also very concerned about the first official battle of this special squad.

After all, this squad was meticulously crafted by him, and he wants to know if their battlefield performance can meet his expectations.

Moreover, while this squad carries out the live sample capture mission, Chen Xin also completed the entire development of the jetpack, which is designed and finalized, with the first batch equipped to a special unit.

This special unit will also collaborate with the Titan squad on this mission, partly to support the Titan squad in executing their tasks and partly to test the practical effects of the jetpack in actual combat.

Although this might seem somewhat unfair to this special unit, every piece of equipment needs real battlefield testing to determine its true efficacy.

Hence, this special unit has no objections; instead, they readily accepted this mission.

Watching these two units embark through the command center’s monitor, Chen Xin couldn’t help but feel anxious, even more tense than when he went to capture live samples himself last time.

"Are you overthinking things, Chief Chen? Rest assured, our soldiers are exceptional, and we are well prepared this time; there won’t be any problems." The officer in the command center, responsible for directing this operation, who was also in charge last time, comforted Chen Xin upon sensing his anxiety.

Chen Xin sighed and said helplessly, "The equipment these soldiers are using is entering combat for the first time; if there’s any problem, I couldn’t face their families."

"Chief Chen, your equipment is definitely flawless; if it weren’t for your development of these pieces, we might not have been able to hold our ground in this war," the officer said with earnest appreciation upon hearing Chen Xin’s concern.

His words are spot on, for ordinary soldiers, without the Exoskeleton, handling heavy weaponry requires at least two or three people working together, and it’s not flexible at all.

Whereas now, with the power supported by the Exoskeleton, one person can carry heavy machine guns or similar weaponry to fight on the battlefield.

Had it still been ordinary equipment like assault rifles, the alien creatures might have broken through the defenses long ago.

Precisely due to such reasons, the military now places exceptional importance and gratitude toward Chen Xin; the officer doesn’t wish for Chen Xin to bear any undue psychological burden caused by equipment issues or unmet requirements resulting in casualties.

Yet, such matters are challenging even for professional psychologists, let alone officers who excel in combat.

Hence, after briefly comforting Chen Xin without noticeable impact, the officer abandoned this approach and concentrated on directing the combat.

Though he contemplated whether to submit a report to the superiors, recommending they send someone to guide Chen Xin.

After all, Chen Xin’s current importance is self-evident; if he had any issue with his mindset, it would be a significant problem.