System: My Doomsday Train-Chapter 652 - 303: "23256!" (Request for monthly votes)_4
"Very good."
Chen Mang nodded and chuckled lightly, feeling quite satisfied with this.
"Besides that, we also acquired a batch of resources: nearly 1.7 billion units of copper ore, nearly 3 billion units of iron ore, and small amounts of other resources."
That’s not considered much.
But it’s understandable, as it’s a convoy of the commerce association, just enough to provide basic resources for navigation and defense.
No information was transmitted out.
No one knows what happened here.
All is silent and hidden; as long as they don’t speak, the Jiang Family will never know who hijacked this shipment.
But...
Just then—
"Beep beep beep!!!"
The Target Detection Radar kept beeping, and suddenly, several glaring red dots appeared on the screen.
"Hmm?"
Chen Mang furrowed his brow slightly and looked at the Target Detection Radar screen, seeing a massive column of trains, over nine hundred trains, aligning in a row, coming from the direction of the Peace-Seeking Civilization toward him.
At the opposing speed.
If he stayed put.
They would meet in approximately 21 hours.
"Reacting this fast?"
He squinted at the hundreds of red dots on the screen. Unlike other trains, these bore the imprint of the Peace-Seeking Civilization, meaning they were official trains, belonging to the military!
Each of them was a high-level train.
Mostly around Level 30.
Main cannon levels were all between Level 50-70.
Defense levels were uniformly Level 30.
To him.
This was a group of Little Kalami, completely insufficient to take him on, but in this area, this force was already extremely strong, ready for war.
"Bring Zhou Shen over."
"Let him take a look."
Soon—
Zhou Shen came hurriedly, looked at the hundreds of red dots on the screen, and was slightly stunned, with a flash of horror in his eyes, he instinctively said: "It’s over!"
"Not quite over."
Chen Mang sneered: "If they want to block me, then they will never succeed in their lifetime."
"It’s not that we are done for, it’s the Peace-Seeking Civilization that’s finished..." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Zhou Shen’s voice trembled slightly.
"Everyone underestimated the new leader. Lately, after dramatic changes in the leadership of the Peace-Seeking Civilization, a young man who usually went unnoticed took the leader’s position. Honestly, most people don’t know how he got there."
"But—"
"Peace-Seeking Civilization has only 1600 mechanical trains in operation, among which 1086 are co-developed with various families and are private weapons, usually not listening to civilian commands."
"And now!"
"They have mobilized more than 900, but no information leaked out, which means the new leader secretly controls many trains, with the current target being the Jiang Family Commerce Association trains."
"I originally thought the leader’s purpose this time was to give the Jiang Family a warning, the new official making a bold move."
"Now it seems."
"It was purely to completely destroy the Jiang Family Commerce Association trains, ensuring that during inspections a few days later, the Jiang Family Commerce Association would be unable to produce equipment, using this as an excuse to directly go to war."
"On the day of the inspection, major members of the Jiang Family will also be there in person."
"From the beginning, this leader did not come for a mere show of force, but directly aimed to go to war with the Jiang Family. Such a level of war, once started, will completely go out of control, enveloping the entire Peace-Seeking Civilization in the flames of war and leading it into absolute wartime control, resulting in... many deaths."
Chen Mang looked thoughtfully at those hundreds of trains on the screen: "In this light, our goals are indeed the same."
The opponent’s radar apparently wasn’t sufficient in level.
In order to ensure blocking the Jiang Family Commerce Association trains, they’ve chosen to cast a wide net in this area, which surely must be just the first line of defense; even if the first line doesn’t succeed.
As they near the Peace-Seeking Star, the planetary defense forces will open fire directly.
Quite interesting.
"If that’s the case, that guy should thank me."
"Helped him solve such a big problem."
Chen Mang turned his head to look at Qiu Yisao and Zhou Shen beside him: "Do you two want to bring your families onto the train? If so, we should make a quick trip back; if true wartime control happens, it won’t be so convenient to come and go."
"Is... that possible?"
"Of course, it is."
...
Meanwhile—
"..."
On the top floor of an office building in Sanshui City, seven or eight people were sitting around a long table, each maintaining silence. After an unknown amount of time, an elder was helped to the main seat, slowly placing two shattered Life Plates on the table from his pocket.
His eyes were cloudy, and he emitted an aura of death.
After a moment, he began to speak slowly.
"The Life Plates of Xiao Sheng and Chairman Zhang shattered at the same time, our goods will not arrive."
"The entire operation was kept confidential, no one besides me knew Chairman Zhang’s route."
"This means—"
"The ones who attacked them weren’t pirates, nor anyone else, only the military of the Peace-Seeking Civilization could find them on that route with a carpet-like search. It also means that the newly appointed youngster doesn’t plan to leave us any ways out."
"Xiaoxinzi."
"I’m here, Father." A middle-aged man at the side of the table stood up respectfully.
"Place some scrap parts into the ’Research and Experiment Base,’ then set a fire."
"Understood."
"Everyone else, disperse, once you’re back, mobilize all available resources at your disposal, brace for the worst, this war might be inevitable."
Every civilization has similar conflicts.
Resources need to be highly centralized to create trains strong enough, armies strong enough, making the civilization also stronger.
