Early the next morning, Fang Qingdai led the team members from the Qinglong Base on their journey to the Xuanwu Base.
The reason for choosing to operate during the day was that Fang Qingdai anticipated that after the Xuanwu Base officially counterattacked the Oasis Base, martial law might be imposed inside the base.
For example, targeted power grids, gravity sensors, energy fluctuation detectors, etc.
It would be better to operate during the day, since there are more people coming and going, and people from various departments would be coming and going, allowing Fang Qingdai to blend in by following behind them.
Once everyone is asleep at night, there's a high probability that all areas except patrol routes will be under martial law.
Sure enough, upon arriving near the Xuanwu base, Fang Qingdai sensed a tense atmosphere.
Previously, all the major bases had few patrols in their territories, as the areas were too vast for patrols to cover.
Only a few major outposts were set up to surround the base, with defenses established in non-classified areas, while other areas were basically open to free access.
But now, since Fang Qingdai and her group entered the territory of the Xuanwu Base, they have encountered three waves of patrol personnel along the way.
Commander Huang sneered, "I thought the Xuanwu Base was really in control and not worried at all, but now they're on edge too."
Fang Qingdai sneered: "If you were truly not afraid at all, you must have already mastered the power to rule the wasteland. If you did, you would have revealed it long ago, instead of waiting until now."
Fang Qingdai speculated that the development of nuclear weapons at the Xuanwu base should have been put on the agenda, but it had not yet reached the point where the launch date was 100% certain and the technological barriers had been completely overcome.
The difference is probably not significant.
Only in this way can we explain their audacity in dragging both the Azure Dragon Base and the Oasis Base into the mess.
After entering the Xuanwu Base with a patrol team, Fang Qingdai cautiously extended her spiritual power.
There are so many targeted devices now, and defending against Fang Qingdai is like defending against a flood or a ferocious beast; if you're not careful, you can easily be exposed.
Fortunately, after Fang Qingdai's minor nirvana, her mental strength was greatly enhanced. Now she is confident that some of the instruments she had seen before can no longer detect her mental strength fluctuations!
After cautiously wandering around the base for a while, they found no information about nuclear weapons, but while exploring an underground laboratory, Xiao Nuo suddenly exclaimed.
"It's that machine!"
Fang Qingdai immediately glanced at him sideways: "What machine?"
Fang Qingdai was ambushed this time, and Xiao Nuo has already exposed herself in order to spread the news.
Besides bringing back this news, he also took away a lot of information from the three bases, which were all operational secrets or some secret transactions!
Jing Yi took everything to analyze, so Xiao Nuo naturally couldn't go back to infiltrate.
Fortunately, he has achieved his wish. After joining the Xuanwu Base for so long, he has successfully inherited his parents' abilities and is now a dual-elemental ability user of fire and wood.
In addition, during his time as an undercover agent for the three parties, he submitted a lot of useful information about them, which earned him the attention of his superiors. He was rewarded with an energy liquid, and now he is a level five ability user.
Xiao Nuo volunteered for this mission, saying he was very familiar with the Xuanwu base and wanted to join the team to assist with the mission, so Fang Qingdai brought him along.
Xiao Nuo pointed to a huge machine: "That's the machine that Li Weidong used to ambush you, and which created an energy storm after it was destroyed!"
Fang Qingdai's heart sank!
She knew it!
If he didn't have other alternatives, how could Li Weidong have taken such a risk and so easily used the machine against her?
Even after realizing that he couldn't take away her superpowers, he was willing to give up such a powerful machine in order to destroy Fang Qingdai!
Commander Huang's expression also changed drastically: "Didn't the scouts report that the materials used in this machine are rare and it would be difficult to replicate a second one?"
"Replicating the exact same one might be difficult, but what about other versions?"
With the upgrade, the materials will naturally change.
Moreover, "Before that machine was invented, there must have been many experiments to obtain the finished product. Perhaps this one is an earlier version?"
Commander Huang was silent for a moment, then looked at Xiao Nuo: "How much do you know about this machine?"
Xiao Nuo's ability to transmit intelligence suggests that he must know just how threatening this machine is.
Xiao Nuo recalled carefully, and after a moment she slowly spoke: "I saw this machine when I was given the ability. At that time, I heard the researchers chatting and saying that it was a pity that the ability was given to me. They could have used this machine to convert the energy attributes and transfer it to other ability users."
“Another researcher countered that using machines to convert energy would result in the loss of a lot of energy in the energy nest, which is not worthwhile. Only by directly transplanting the energy nest of a direct relative to me can it play its greatest role.”
Fang Qingdai nodded. So this machine can absorb most of the world's energy and complete the energy conversion.
The converted energy is no longer limited to fire or water elements and can be infused into any ability user.
In that sense, it's actually quite similar to an energy stone.
Energy stones can be directly used by all types of ability users after extraction.
However, energy stones contain even more energy, and a little bit of energy liquid can help lower-level ability users advance one or two levels.
This machine needs to absorb a large amount of energy to convert it into a small ball of universal energy that can be used by everyone, thus limiting its potential.
Its only advantage is that once it is activated, it can absorb energy over a wide range.
Otherwise, there would be no way to locate Fang Qingdai from thirty miles away.
The energy absorbed, transformed, and accumulated over many years is also considerable.
Commander Huang also understood this point, and he frowned: "So, the artificial superhuman team at Xuanwu Base may be much stronger than we predicted."
The converted energy certainly wouldn't be given to ordinary people indiscriminately. Apart from high-ranking officials like He Weidong, it was most likely used on their secret weapon—the artificial superhuman team!
Originally, Oasis Base and Azure Dragon Base had discussed that artificial superhumans only increased the number of superhumans, while their level remained the same.
Furthermore, because most of the transplanted energy nests come from strangers, unlike Xiao Nuo who comes from blood relatives, a significant amount of energy is lost after the transplant, and the level of the new ability will decrease somewhat.
Fang Qingdai and her team deduced that the artificial superhuman teams should have their main superhuman abilities at level five or six, but each team had one or two transplanted auxiliary superhuman abilities to enhance their overall strength.
For example, if a user whose primary ability is fire-based is transplanted with a wood-based ability, he can use the wood-based ability to ignite flames, thus doubling his combat strength.
Therefore, based on comprehensive assessment, those artificial superhumans should all be at level five or six, but they can unleash level six or even level seven lethality.
This was already a terrifying combat capability, but who knew that this machine would be discovered now, completely overturning the previous estimates!
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