Mobile Shelter

Chapter 57 High-Intensity Combat Frequency

Before Dong Hao could continue speaking, they saw a semi-trailer truck not far away, with several trailers towing behind it, approaching along the coastline.

When the other side arrived at the battlefield, Dong Hao and the other members of the investigation team did not get up, as if they were used to it, and watched as several people jumped off the truck bed.

Then, the men skillfully threw all the corpses of the mutated marine creatures on the ground into the truck bed.

After confirming that there were no mutated marine carcasses nearby, the extended trailer honked its horn to signal its departure.

When Dong Hao heard the other vehicle honking, he waved goodbye.

It was at this moment that Dong Qi finally understood why he hadn't seen any mutated marine creature corpses around the battlefield when he first arrived.

After the vehicle that had cleared out the mutated marine creatures left, Dong Hao explained, "If the bullet production line can produce bullets normally, it is actually quite easy to eliminate these mutated marine creatures with firearms."

I wonder if those bullet production lines have been repaired yet, but that's none of our business.

It's almost time for the shift change. When the next person arrives to relieve me, come with me. There's a bed reserved for you in the dormitory, and the supplies Captain Gao promised you before we came are also there.

Hearing Dong Hao say this, Dong Qi finally felt relieved. After all, besides wanting to experience the battlefield firsthand, he also wanted to inquire where to collect the supplies that Captain Gao had promised before he came.

Given the current situation, I'll likely be staying at the port for a while, and the supplies I'm carrying in the car probably won't last long.

Although it's not far from Pengcheng, a round trip takes a whole day and consumes a lot of fuel.

Given that the vehicle cannot hold a large amount of supplies, the limited supplies currently in the vehicle should not be wasted.

Just as the two were talking, Dong Hao's communicator rang again, issuing three consecutive notifications to everyone present that the mutated marine creatures had invaded once more.

The process and outcome of this battle were basically the same as the last one.

After experiencing three consecutive battles, Dong Qi finally understood why they had requested personnel support from other cities.

Although the individual mutated marine creatures that invaded the land were not strong, and you could generally avoid getting hurt if you were careful when fighting them, the frequency of the battles was just too high.

The longest break between the two battles, which was the period after the first battle, was nearly forty minutes.

The shortest break they had ever taken was probably less than ten minutes. Dong Qi and his group had barely sat down when a warning came through their communicators about an invasion by mutated marine creatures.

Such frequent combat, let alone using physically demanding melee weapons, would be too much for an ordinary person to endure for long, even with firearms.

The easiest way to deal with this battlefield is to use a numerical control program that automatically locks onto and attacks the target after it is detected.

However, the emergence of EMP caused all high-precision instruments to malfunction, rendering those original intelligent devices unusable.

In fact, explosive weapons such as bombs can also be used to deal with those mutated marine creatures.

Furthermore, the Great Xia Dynasty had a considerable stockpile of this weapon, not to mention that fireworks factories in various regions could also mass-produce it if they were willing to modify them.

Unfortunately, if bombs are used, there will be virtually no corpses left of the mutated marine creatures.

Taking advantage of the fact that the mutated marine creatures that have appeared now are not very strong, even if those sophisticated instruments are temporarily unusable, Da Xia can still conduct preliminary research on the corpses of the mutated marine creatures.

To understand these mutated marine creatures, we need to know the specific reasons for their mutations and whether secondary mutations occur after the initial mutation.

Most importantly, everyone knows that the number of creatures living in the ocean is hundreds or thousands of times greater than the number of creatures living on land.

Although most of the mutated marine creatures that have landed are mutations of near-shore organisms, no one knows whether marine creatures living in deep-sea areas will also mutate.

Most importantly, marine organisms living in the deep sea generally have better physical qualities than those living in coastal areas before they mutate.

After all, living in the deep sea for a long time, the water pressure alone is something that ordinary creatures cannot withstand.

Not to mention the marine life living in those special deep-sea areas, whose body structures are even more unimaginable.

For example, marine life living near underwater volcanoes, where the seawater temperature can reach 400 to 500 degrees Celsius.

Ordinary marine life would be roasted alive if they got close, yet many creatures were still able to function normally even in such high temperatures.

If that creature were to appear on land, the chances of an ordinary person harming it would be extremely slim if they were deprived of firearms.

Given the current situation, the probability of mutated marine life appearing in the deep sea is almost 100%.

Although those deep-sea mutated marine creatures have not yet appeared, everyone knows that it is only a matter of time before they do.

With the ammunition production line not yet fully restored, every ammunition saved will reduce the logistical pressure when facing those deep-sea mutated marine creatures in the future.

This is why the imperial court preferred to mobilize troops from several surrounding cities to provide support rather than expend its stockpiled ammunition on these weak, mutated marine creatures.

After all, fighting with cold weapons would at most consume some food, and with the current food reserves of the Great Xia Dynasty, it is more than enough to support the consumption of such high-intensity combat.

Furthermore, at this time, most coastal cities were still using prisoners in jails as guinea pigs.

Let's verify which mutated marine organisms can be eaten directly, and which mutated marine organisms need to be processed before they can be eaten.

When faced with most unknown creatures, the Great Xia would first determine whether they could be eaten directly. If not, it would also check whether they could be processed into an edible form.

Take cassava for example. Under normal circumstances, cassava contains toxins, and even high-temperature steaming or boiling cannot eliminate these toxins.

However, through special detoxification processing, cassava is transformed into a popular snack for many people after the toxins in it are removed.

At this time, due to the blizzard and sleet, most of the livestock died, and there is now a lack of meat in the Great Xia.

Therefore, studying the edibility of those mutated marine organisms has become a very important area of ​​research.