Chapter 647

Chapter 647: Oh, That’s the Sun

Autumn in the year 6088 of the Xia calendar.

After three months of preparation, the Huaxia Federation mobilized an army of three million, along with over fifty thousand cultivators of Qi Refining level four and above. This massive force aimed to eradicate the monsters inhabiting over thirty mountain ranges within the Huaxia Federation.

The entire operation was live-streamed online, using satellite, drones, and cameras from thirty different accounts.

As the live broadcast of the Cloud Mountain battle began, over tens of millions of people tuned in to watch.

"Look, it’s the elite Dragon Special Forces of the Huaxia Federation, they’re firing!"

"With fires raging, the cultivators are hunting down the monsters on Cloud Mountain, they are sure to kill them all this time."

"Look up in the sky, it’s the latest aircraft from the Huaxia Federation Spiritual Energy Research Institute, so cool! I heard that the Jiabang Empire in the north had to spend a billion to buy one."

"The cultivator team has arrived, they are from the Border Seas Cultivation Academy, our school seniors."

"So cool, being able to fly with a sword! When will the officials give me a husband who can fly as well?"

"Upstairs just daydreaming, there’s no way someone from the Academy of Cultivation could be suitable for you. I have three houses in Haigang City. If someone is willing to marry me, I can use all three houses as my dowry."

At the beginning of the battle, all kinds of high-tech weapons started bombarding wildly. Then cultivators appeared. The barrage in the live broadcast room was so overwhelming that the screen was almost impossible to see.

"Pay attention, the monster in the screen is a demon beast transformed from a Silver Viper Demon. According to the fluctuations in its demonic power, we can determine that its strength is at the late first-tier, equivalent to our human cultivators at the seventh to ninth levels of Qi Refining. The Silver Viper’s venom is extremely potent, and after its transformation into a demon, the toxicity has undergone further mutation, making it even more terrifying. In addition, it is skilled at hiding."

The anchor in the live broadcast room spoke up at this time, not appearing in person, but explaining the information about the demon beast in front of the camera, detailing its specific characteristics and weaknesses.

From the same perspective, there is also an account targeting overseas viewers. At this time, millions of overseas netizens have flooded into the live broadcast room of the Cloud Mountain battle.

"I really envy Huaxia. My hometown was attacked by demons last week. In a town of eight hundred people, only fifteen survived. My grandparents also died in this disaster. The damn authorities took eighteen hours to arrive at the scene after receiving the alarm."

"Please accept my condolences. That day, seventeen places were attacked, and the military and police couldn’t keep up."

"Incompetence is just incompetence, what’s there to explain?"

"Let’s just curse Huaxia instead. They have published cultivation techniques but refuse to teach us."

"The Huaxia Federation is truly a beacon of humanity, now it is the safest place in the world."

"Nonsense, this is not a beacon, this is the sun of humanity. I have applied for immigration to the Huaxia Federation, I wonder if I will be accepted."

"I also applied for immigration, mine has been approved. I can go to Huaxia by next week at the latest."

"How did you get approved?"

"I was the top student in high-energy physics at Green Vine University, with over thirty important research papers and involvement in more than ten projects…"

"Wow, I want to immigrate too, I have money!"

"Having money is useless. I have insider information that the first priority for immigrant acceptance in Huaxia is for researchers. With inflation so high now, having money won’t help. You might as well spend it on monsters."

"I have been a surgeon for twenty years, I don’t have many research papers, but I have extensive medical experience. Can I go to Huaxia?"

The messages in the live broadcast were seen by high-level officials from various countries, they all had dark expressions. They knew very well the intention behind the Huaxia Federation’s live military broadcast this time, they wanted to suck their blood, to deceive away all the elite human talent accumulated over the past hundred years.

But they knew this outcome, were having a hard time organizing because only Huaxia could exterminate the monsters now, and they were too weak.

Technology weapons can still help against the monsters now, but everyone knows the monsters are getting stronger and more and more sneaky, what to do with the ones entering the cities, each extermination accompanied by a large number of casualties, made people very scared.

As for cultivators, they were even less able to compare with Huaxia, though they also got some skills through various channels, without a master to teach them, without Pill, Talisman, Item, and Formation inheritance, their progress was very slow.

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"Sir, after three hours of live battle broadcast, the Huaxia Immigration Bureau has received up to five million immigration applications, the online channels are about to burst."

In Haigang City, Lin Jiang was also watching the live battles, looking at various screens showing different battlefields, his secretary said to Lin Jiang on the side, the purpose of this live broadcast was to attract talented people from other areas.

"Tell the authorities to increase this year’s immigration quota to a million, but must be strictly reviewed, the first group will be technical personnel in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, we don’t need economists or financial experts, Huaxia has enough, as for the wealthy, they must have specific assets, especially those rare resources in Huaxia."

Lin Jiang said, this move was actually very cunning and ruthless, the overall technological strength of other areas was already not as good as Huaxia, talents were cultivated with a lot of resources, but this time, Lin Jiang could snatch more than half of them, they would surely face more difficulties in the future.

But Lin Jiang did it without hesitation, in the face of great disasters, there was no room for mercy, he chose to save Huaxia, already doing his best.

"Yes, sir."

"The next battle cannot be broadcasted live, right?"

"Hurry, currently driving away the monsters, surrounding them fast."

"Okay, turn off the live stream later, but I want to watch here."

Lin Jiang nodded. This time’s battle involved testing new weapons and tactics. This classified information won’t be broadcasted to the public, but Lin Jiang can watch. Huaxia has no secrets from him now.

After a few more hours, the live broadcast of the battle, as seen by ordinary people, ended. However, on the battlefield, there were new developments. The previous battle focused on driving away the remaining monsters to an area of several square kilometers. Later, ten cultivators, riding on flying swords, arrived overhead with a weapon resembling a rocket launcher in their hands.

This weapon was larger than a rocket launcher and covered in various runes. Upon being activated by the cultivators, these rocket launchers emitted a bright light, followed by a beam of light shooting out.

"Boom"

The beam hit a huge rock, shattering it instantly. Some beams hit the monsters, causing them to break apart.

This is a product from the Spiritual Energy Research Institute called the Spiritual Cannon. It combines the God Slaying Crossbow from the cultivation era with modern laser weapon technology. It is very powerful. Even in the later stages of cultivation, it is hard to resist. One shot won’t kill, and two shots won’t let you escape.

Currently, only cultivators can operate it, but research is ongoing. Perhaps after upgrading the technology, it can be equipped with spirit stones for ordinary people to control.

"Module scan, confirm direction, assemble battle mode."

"Infrared scan, real-time monitoring."

"Connect to artillery positions one and three, prepare to fire."

"Armor-piercing shell launched."

"Incendiary shell launched."

"White phosphorus shell launched."

In the video, the perspective quickly shifts to Cao Ying. An electronic screen projection appears in front of Cao Ying, followed by her issuing commands one by one. As the commands are given, the artificial intelligence connects to satellites in the sky. The satellites scan the battlefield terrain, quickly establishing a terrain model and marking coordinates.

As the command reached the artillery, the fully automated artillery vehicle started loading shells automatically, then adjusted the coordinate parameters automatically, and began firing, also able to choose different types of shells.

"Boom, boom…"

As the shells fell, the battlefield was engulfed in flames and smoke.

"Infrared scanning, life detector activated, target locked."

"Connect the drone, adjust drone position, drone cannon strafing."

Before the smoke had fully cleared, Cao Ying had the artificial intelligence summon the drone again. After a series of preparations, the drone began to lock onto targets and engage in cannon strafing.

After going back and forth five or six times, there were no living creatures left on the battlefield. Of course, there might be some covered by dust that even the infrared scanning couldn’t detect, but they were few. And there would be people cleaning up the battlefield later.

"The practical deployment of artificial intelligence."

Lin Jiang said. This is the artificial intelligence on Cao Ying. It’s the first practical deployment after the upgrade. Though it’s not in a harsh environment, it has already proven the great potential of artificial intelligence.

"Sir, the second set of artificial intelligence is ready to go, should we upgrade them?"

"Let’s upgrade them. I will get one for myself as well, so your workload will be much lighter in the future."

Lin Jiang mentioned that the previous artificial intelligence systems were outdated, but with Cao Ying gone, things went back to normal. However, if Lin Jiang had a new artificial intelligence system by his side, it would make everything much better. The workload for the secretariat team would be greatly reduced.