Chapter 198 - 138: Revolution in Warfare, Dignity, Commissioning
Chapter 198: Chapter 138: Revolution in Warfare, Dignity, Commissioning
This also meant that the original justification for a command headquarters to regulate and direct the entire front line had lost its logical and legitimate foundation.
The main force on the battlefield could no longer be measured by numbers. Just like an elite squad of a dozen or so Tier Two Zerg Race, newly hatched by the Mother Empress, could easily breach the fortifications humanity worked so hard to build and tear open the defensive line.
In the victory against the Zerg Race today, not a single shot was fired along the entire defensive line. The convoy led by Lin Feng, with its hundred-or-so members, won with ease.
And according to what Qin Hu said after he returned, Lin Feng’s true Superpower was Synthetic Superpower. It allowed him to synthesize anything he wanted without limit, and he could even add the Zerg Race’s Biological Material into his synthesized objects...
The Red Armor developed by the military factories in the rear, derived from the shells of Red-Armored Beetles, had originally come from Lin Feng’s hands.
And now, the Battleships, Tanks, and even the higher-Level Battle Armor worn by the soldiers in his team, along with the fist-sized caliber Shotguns in their hands, all originated from the synthesis of Lin Feng’s Superpower.
Of course, such massive consumption was inseparable from the plundering of the Zerg Race’s Life Energy. Although Lin Feng had never explained the principle behind his infinite ammunition, Li Ran had shared this theory with Qin Hu.
Energy does not materialize from thin air. The same was true for even the strangest and most bizarre Superpowers.
The upper echelon of the Thirteenth Division, having learned the truth from Qin Hu, naturally understood that they no longer had any bargaining chips that could possibly tempt Lin Feng.
An Awakener who could solve his own weaponry, equipment, and logistical problems, while also possessing the formidable strength to single-handedly fight a Mother Empress and her entire Zerg Race army...
In the war against the Zerg People initiated by Lin Feng, the command capabilities of the top brass were no longer needed at all. Instead, a logistics unit to help him clean up the battlefield and collect materials was more urgently required than frontline personnel.
The power and growth rate of an Awakener far exceeded everyone’s expectations.
The journey deep into the Hive and witnessing Lin Feng’s power had directly changed Qin Hu’s old-fashioned mindset...
’It turns out the war against the Zerg Race can be won easily with just a group of powerful Awakeners.’
A traditional army of tens of thousands had once faced the surging Zerg Swarm, only to be forced into a steady retreat. But now, if he could just be given five hundred Tier Two Genetic Warriors...
No, with just two hundred fully armed Tier Two Genetic Warriors, Qin Hu could charge directly into the Zerg Race’s heartland, storm the Underground Zerg Nest, and sweep away all past defeats.
That was why Qin Hu had to rush to the Federation to advance the Research Institute’s biological modification program. He had to help humanity secure a sliver of hope before the Zerg Race could develop and hatch large numbers of Samurai Hunter Zergs and completely change the future of warfare.
This would be a technological revolution in the evolution of warfare.
Just like how, hundreds of years ago, the appearance of the flintlock rifle took only a little over a decade to completely replace the knights and armored soldiers who had dominated the feudal era...
Genetic Warriors represented an advanced version of Awakeners. Although they couldn’t compare to an abnormal case like Lin Feng, they could maximize humanity’s war potential.
They possessed the potential for replicable mass production.
Lin Feng was strong, but he could only change the situation in one area; he couldn’t save all of humanity. The widespread implementation of biological modification technology, however, could reverse the decline along thousands of kilometers of front lines.
And now, the high command of the Thirteenth Division, representatives of the old era and the old powers, were about to lay down their burdens.
Persuaded by Qin Hu’s account, they would leave the stage that once belonged to them in the most dignified way possible.
「It was late at night, and all was quiet.」
The cigarette between Li Ran’s fingers burned quietly, unsmoked, as he listened.
Staring at the old Division Commander before him, Li Ran watched as the once-imposing, battle-hardened figure seemed to shrink before his very eyes with every puff and every cigarette the old man smoked while telling his story.
Without his uniform, he was just an old man in his sixties. Even the Physical Enhancement granted by his Awakening couldn’t reverse the erosion of the long river of time.
"I’m old... and the times have changed..."
After finishing his cigarette, the old Division Commander took a deep breath, patted Li Ran’s shoulder, then looked at the young people behind them who were watching him silently with bright, intense eyes. He said:
"From now on, it’s all up to you."
As he finished speaking, a young soldier hurried over to inform Li Ran that the Sergeant Major had agreed to meet with the high command of the Thirteenth Division.
The old Division Commander revealed a faint smile. He brushed off his uniform, adjusted his collar and epaulets, and followed Li Ran deeper into the camp with several high-level commanders from the division headquarters.
Arriving at an office-like conference room in the barracks, they finally met the Sergeant Major they had been so eager to see.
This was the first time the two had met.
As the supreme commanders of their respective forces.
The fact that these two men, who once had a huge disparity in power and status, would meet in such a manner was unexpected, yet everyone felt it was perfectly reasonable.
And in the old Division Commander’s eyes...
To be honest, the young man sitting before him at the long table was a little too young.
To be in his early twenties and use his own Superpower to grow to such a degree in just a month and a half—without any outside help or official cooperation, relying entirely on his own efforts to kill Zergs and awaken—Lin Feng’s growth wasn’t just due to the extremely high potential of his Superpower; it stemmed from his own perseverance.
If he had wanted to, he could have easily stayed away from the dangerous front-line battlefields after escaping Hai City. He could have returned to the safety of the rear, sought cooperation with the authorities, and from then on, simply assisted with production and R&D to live a life of power, prestige, and comfort...