For Wu Zhen, the primary concern in recent years has been to prevent aliens, and all human and financial resources have been spent on this aspect.
It's just that he is fairly well-informed and knows these things.
However, Qu Jianlei was still a little surprised. He didn't expect that the crazy price increase of the imperial magic weapon would really affect Liang Meng.
It is not a Guojia market, and there is no international market. Why are you hyping this?
He said calmly, "If you don't have a magic weapon, then the news about the magic weapon will be fine. You don't even have this, right?"
"Well..." Wu Zhen raised his hand and pinched his brow, and replied in distress, "I have only heard about the whereabouts of two magical weapons."
"To be honest with you, I really don't have this ambition. Can you use the magic weapon if you have it?"
He felt that the other party was a little confused. In the face of alien races, it was only right to work together as one to deal with the outside world. Why should we aim too high?
"It's not your turn to teach us a lesson," Qu Jianlei waved his hand and said calmly, "It seems that this deal can't be done."
"We don't want any more money... we will stay for one more day and observe the results of eating, then we will leave."
After he finished speaking, he walked to a chair aside and sat down. He looked at his nose, mouth, and mind, and actually started to regulate his breathing.
Wu Zhen froze there, and just as he was about to speak, the alarm suddenly sounded, and then the intercom also rang.
He didn't care to think about it so much and immediately connected to the conversation. Someone hurriedly reported, "Boss, an alien race has launched an attack."
Wu Zhen frowned and spoke calmly.
"Retaliate appropriately, and be careful to control the amount of ammunition used... By the way, cut the screen to my reception room."
The screen quickly cut in, and in the dim light, densely packed locusts could be seen attacking.
The overwhelming posture is extremely shocking and can really scare people with trypophobia to death.
Various weapons or projectiles emit different lights, reflecting the ferocious appearance of locusts at close range, which is comparable to a horror movie.
But Wu Zhen's attitude was very calm. He said lightly, "At night, they will not launch too large an attack."
There were no expressions on everyone's faces, but that was not necessarily true in their hearts.
Everyone has fought locusts once or twice, but most of them were long-distance space battles. The only exception was the time when they broke into a tight siege just now.
During the forcible impact, no one thought about anything else at all, and their feelings were not very deep.
Now seeing with their own eyes the way the aliens attack, everyone feels a little strange: Isn’t this considered a large-scale attack?
However, Wu Zhen's face was indeed very calm, "It should be your behavior of rushing in just now that stimulated them."
"But it doesn't matter. If you hold on for a while, they will naturally recede."
After a moment of silence, Tianyin suddenly said, "Those trees...are not participating in the battle?"
Wu Zhen replied casually, "Trees lying flat are breeding new tree species. They can be considered to be on the verge of death."
"There aren't many standing trees, and they don't dare...wrong, they don't want to get close to the shelter, or they will be destroyed!"
We have obviously taken over this planet, and all that is left is to gradually erode it and slowly remove the nails. There is no need to die in vain.
Tianyin thought for a moment and then asked, "Why don't the trees in space launch a black line attack on you?"
The distance of the black line attack is limited, but it can last three to four hundred thousand kilometers, which is enough to launch an attack from space.
Wu Zhen replied, "According to our analysis, the black line attack from the trees consumes a lot of money."
This was something that Qu Jianlei and the others did not observe because they had always been using kite flying tactics.
When attacking aliens from a distance, it is difficult to observe the intervals between numerous black line attacks.
But if you think about it from another way, Wu Zhenneng said so confidently that it was definitely in exchange for countless human lives.
The brutality of the previous battles can also be imagined.
Qu Jianlei didn't want to feel sad for the Alliance people. He quietly asked Xiaohu, "Is there a long interval between Black Line's attacks?"
"It won't be long," the big-headed butterfly turned in half a circle and replied firmly.
Its observations in this area are unmistakable, and if it really discovers something, it will definitely remind the boss in time.
But it didn't think that what Wu Zhen said was wrong, and found other reasons.
"Boss, high consumption does not mean that the interval is long. Just like the awakened person casting a spell, it can also be overdrawn quickly."
Qu Jianlei replied silently, "That's right, I'm a bit wishful."
This battle lasted from night to dawn. After dawn, more locusts besieged us.
Qu Jianlei and the others also found a new observation point, which was a war observation room with a more comprehensive observation angle.
Through observation, they found that the shuttle-shaped locusts were really difficult to fight, and the damage caused by various artillery pieces was limited.
However, the shelter has also figured out the rules. Just like Qu Jianlei and others, they mainly use laser weapons to deal with shuttles.
Fighting will accelerate a person's growth. When facing a strange alien race, if you fight for a long time, you will naturally have a plan.
Unfortunately, laser weapons also consume a lot of energy.
However, migratory locust attacks are also quite methodical. At night, visibility is not high and they rarely use shuttle form.
The shuttle is not only hard, it is mainly for speed. If the speed is slow, it will be easily focused on the fire, and ordinary weapons can also cause damage.
When daybreak comes, there will be more flying shuttles, because they don't have to worry about hitting the muzzle of the gun.
Countless shuttles even passed through the fire net, came to the sky above the shelter, and launched an attack from a high position.
There is a solid dome above the shelter, which is said to be able to be opened and closed, and there are also some anti-aircraft weapons.
But even so, the defense is still quite passive. The locust can fly very high and even open its wings calmly to cast spells.
Qu Jianlei thought of how individual weapons used individual weapons against small drones at high altitudes on Blue Star...it felt somewhat similar and difficult to fight.
A large number of migratory locusts gathered in the sky above the refuge. The main reason was that the surrounding electromagnetic belt was not activated and the blocking ability was poor.
But there is nothing we can do, the electromagnetic belt consumes too much energy, and no matter how many reserves the shelter has, it is reluctant to use it casually.
Moreover, the equipment related to the electromagnetic belt also has wear problems. This kind of killer weapon should still be used at the most critical moment.
It can be seen that the shelter did its best to accommodate them last night.
In this kind of battle situation, in addition to the defense of combatants, damage control personnel are also frequently dispatched to repair the damage that occurs.
Qu Jianlei and his party could hear the conversation among the alliance members. At this point, they still didn't think the situation was critical.
Everyone really can't imagine how critical the real critical moment will be.
Anyway, Wu Zhen would come to the situation room from time to time, but never asked for help.
Seriously, he brought new news: Sixty people have taken locust meat.
Sixty people were divided into three control groups, including men, women, old and young. The only difference was the dosage.
The results of current observations are that there is no toxin reaction, and it can indeed absorb energy to a certain extent.
The most obvious reaction is that those who eat it have varying degrees of satiety.
A considerable number of the elderly and children have nosebleeds and other symptoms due to the high caloric content of the food.
The more the control group ate, the more obvious the reaction.
As for when to eat the second meal, the shelter plans to arrange it during the main meal.
One of the control groups will take a meal break before continuing to eat.
All in all, these are the subdivided testing methods, and there is no need to go into details.
But what Qu Jianlei cares about is not this, but... "Is locust meat difficult to eat?"
Wu Zhen misjudged his words, "This is all voluntary, and you have to queue up. The taste... is indeed not very good."
"How bad is it?"
"It's old, woody, sour and fishy. I've tried a variety of cooking methods and are still testing them, but the results are probably not optimistic."
After answering, Wu Zhen blinked and responded, "Do you want to promote it on a large scale?"
"Of course," Qu Jianlei replied casually. He didn't think his insights were so rare. Anyone with some knowledge should understand.
"It's so difficult to defeat the foreign races. The main reason is that there is no benefit from pure expenditure. It's easy to say that there are benefits."
In fact, Wu Zhen was not surprised by this view. He nodded, "That's true."
"Although this meat is unpalatable, it can be used as nutritional supplements and can be considered a source of income. The key is how high the cost of detoxification is."
Qu Jianlei shook his head when he heard this, "How much can you earn from nutritional supplements? If it's delicious... alas, it's a pity that it's not."
Wu Zhen blinked, "Selling it at a high price... just like hunting for prey?"
"It's like hunting for prey," Qu Jianlei nodded expressionlessly, "There is not enough revenue to support a large-scale war."
"Just like trees don't attack you now, high-energy-consuming attacks are too wasteful!"
"Tsk," Wu Zhen smacked his lips and sighed, expressing regret.
"The shelter has also tried to use ancient thermal power generation equipment to obtain energy by burning alien corpses."
"But there are too many difficulties and it is basically not operable."
There is really no shortage of understanding people in this world. Qu Jianlei tried to find profit points from the war, and others would think so.
The fighting continued until noon, but the intensity had not decreased.
Qu Jianlei walked back to the reception room and decontaminated a batch of locust meat again.
He actually had no intention of converting, but Wu Zhen thought that since he wanted to do an experiment, he might as well finish it.
"Perhaps this is the last contribution we can make to humanity."
The words were a bit sensational, and Qu Jianlei was unmoved, but he still agreed to deal with ten more locust corpses.
As the sky grew dark, the locusts' attacks gradually weakened.
It seems that just as Wu Zhen analyzed, the attack for nearly a day and night was purely the revenge of the locusts.
Qu Jianlei and others tidied up and planned to wait until late at night to break out.
Ordinarily, you can teleport away directly from the shelter.
But they have already rejected each other's request for help, and there is no need to provoke these poor people anymore.
People who knew they were leaving looked at them with despair in their eyes.
(Updated to summon monthly tickets, follow-up subscriptions and recommended tickets, and sacrifice the work of my friend Jiu Jieda's "Daily Becoming Stronger through Another World". The writing style is delicate and the plot is reasonable. I didn't make a portal last time, so I'll give it a try this time.)