142: Chapter 142 Landing in the Dead Land! The breathtaking performance of the infrastructure maniac!

As the landing craft of the Yunding Mothership surged onto the beach, the heavy hatch slowly lowered with a dull hydraulic hiss.

A large foot clad in a special forces combat boot stepped heavily onto this land, which had been silent for over half a year.

"Is this... Australia?"

Wang Dachui stood on the beachhead, looking out, and his brows instantly furrowed.

It was a shocking sight.

The former Gold Coast had now turned into a dead land flowing with black pus.

The beach was gray-black, as if paved with ashes after a fire.

Visible purple-red spore dust floated in the air; inhaling a single breath sent a burning, stinging pain through the lungs.

Further away, the once lush forests were now reduced to twisted, hideous dead trunks, like ghostly hands reaching out from Hell, clawing at the dim sky.

There was no sound of wind, no chirping of insects, only a deathly silence, and the dull, heartbeat-like tremors occasionally coming from deep beneath the earth.

"This environment... the radiation levels are off the charts, and the toxin concentration is lethal."

The Third, Wang Ling, glanced at the detector on her wrist; the red light on it was flashing frantically, emitting a piercing alarm:

"Ordinary soldiers wouldn't survive ten minutes here without wearing fully sealed power armor. Every inch of this land is rejecting life."

Although the landing troops behind were well-equipped, their morale was inevitably affected by this suffocating environment.

Many young soldiers felt their hands sweating slightly as they gripped their guns, and as they looked through their masks at this hellish scene, a hint of instinctive fear flashed in their eyes.

"What are you afraid of?!"

A cold, sharp rebuke rang out.

General Leng Feng carried the Hanyuan Blade and strode to the front of the line.

The Evil Qi on her was even more intense than this dead land, instantly dispelling the surrounding fear.

"This place was once humanity's home! It has just been dirtied by those beasts!"

"What do we do if it's dirty? We just wash it clean!"

"Sister Nalan!" General Leng Feng turned to look at Nalan Ruo.

"Leave it to me."

Nalan Ruo nodded slightly. She was not wearing a protective suit, and her simple dress seemed out of place in this filthy world, yet she appeared immensely sacred.

As a newly promoted SS-rank Dominator of life, this level of Death Qi could not harm her.

She walked slowly to a piece of charred rock, sat cross-legged, formed a hand seal, and the green divine mark on her forehead suddenly lit up.

"Divine Wood: Purifying World Green Lotus!"

Following her soft chant, a gigantic phantom of a green lotus, condensed from pure life spiritual energy, slowly bloomed beneath her.

"Hum—"

The emerald light spread outwards like ripples.

Wherever it passed, the purple-red spores in the air dissolved rapidly like snow meeting hot soup;

the black pus flowing underfoot was purified into clear streams;

and although those hideous dead trees did not revive, the Abyss aura attached to them was forcibly stripped away and dissipated as black smoke.

Within a radius of ten kilometers, the suffocating pressure was instantly swept away, replaced by long-lost fresh air.

"Everyone, remove your masks! Breathe deeply!"

Frontline Commander General Li Tie took off his helmet, took a deep breath of air filled with the fragrance of grass and trees, and roared:

"Comrade Nalan has already cleared the site for us! Now, it's our turn!"

"Tell the monsters on this land who the true ancestors of infrastructure are!"

"Engineering Corps! Move out!"

"Yes!"

Accompanied by earth-shattering roars, a super infrastructure project worthy of being recorded in human war history began on this wasteland.

This time, the Wang family did not take everything upon themselves.

Because in the face of large-scale engineering construction, individual power is ultimately small, and the operation of the state machine shows the true power to move mountains and fill seas.

"Rumble—"

Dozens of heavy landing ships opened their hatches simultaneously.

Countless heavy machines painted in engineering yellow poured out like a torrent of steel.

These were not ordinary excavators, but the [Worker Bee-III] all-terrain engineering mechs newly developed by the Academy of Sciences!

Waving their huge mechanical arms and laser-cutting drills, they cleared the iron-hard mutant rocks on the beachhead in just half an hour, leveling a foundation the size of ten football fields.

"First Battalion is responsible for pouring! Use the latest quick-setting nano-concrete! I want these walls to be harder than tank armor!"

"Second Battalion is responsible for setting up the energy towers! Connect them to the spiritual energy core of the Yunding Mothership!"

"Third Battalion is to lay the underground defense network! Don't let those burrowing bugs sneak up behind us!"

Thousands of engineering soldiers coordinated tacitly, their movements extremely skilled.

They ran across the ruins, operating machinery, welding, hoisting, and pouring; every link was seamless, without a second wasted.

Wang Dachui originally wanted to go up and help move a couple of bricks, but he was stopped by an engineering squad leader after taking just two steps.

"Consultant Wang! Please rest!"

The squad leader's face was covered in dust, but he smiled brightly and handed Wang Dachui a bottle of water:

"If we still let you and the God-child do this kind of rough work, then what are we engineers for? Although we aren't as good at fighting as you, we are professionals when it comes to building houses!"

"Just watch, give us one day, and we guarantee to return a steel fortress to you!"

Wang Dachui was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily and took the water, drinking it in one gulp:

"Good! Then I'll wait to inspect the results!"

He stepped aside, watching the bustling construction site, filled with emotion. This is the Chinese military; whether holding a gun or a shovel, they are the best in the world.

Of course, the Wang family was not idle either.

"Um... the structure of the load-bearing column over there has some problems."

The Third, Wang Ling, pushed up her glasses, pointed at the frame of the command center being built, and said to the chief engineer nearby:

"According to the current wind resistance coefficient and underground vibration frequency, this traditional triangular support structure has a 34% collapse rate when encountering a Tier 6 beast impact."

The chief engineer was an old expert and was stunned upon hearing this: "Then, Teacher Wang, do you have any suggestions?"

"Switch to a honeycomb hexagonal structure and add this type of rune circuit at the nodes."

Wang Ling waved her small hand, and a holographic blueprint was projected, densely marked with improvement plans:

"I've calculated it; this can save 15% of the Materials and increase the defense by 40%. Plus, it can be compatible with my spiritual energy shield generator."

The old expert glanced at the blueprint, his eyes lit up instantly, and he excitedly slapped his thigh: "Wonderful! Simply wonderful! How did I not think of this mechanical structure! Quick! Change it according to Teacher Wang's blueprint!"

On the other side, The First, Wang Zhentian, was not idle either.

Although the engineers wouldn't let him do delicate work, it would be a waste not to use his strength.

"Heave!"

He was seen carrying a main steel beam weighing dozens of tons, jumping onto the thirty-meter-high city wall as easily as if it were a toothpick, placing it steadily in the designated position without even needing a crane.

"Thank you, God-child!" the workers below shouted.

"You're welcome! Any more? Bring ten more!" Wang Zhentian wiped his sweat, laughing like a simpleton.

As for The Second, Wang Yan, he was assigned to the heavy welding team.

"The temperature of ordinary welding torches is not high enough! The welding of this special steel is too slow!"

Wang Yan curled his lips, and a streak of purple Myriad Beast Spirit Fire emerged from his fingertips, turning into the sharpest line of fire.

"Sizzle—"

He gently traced along the steel plate seam, and the terrifying high temperature of several thousand degrees instantly welded the two half-meter-thick armored steel plates together perfectly, so that the weld seam couldn't even be seen, as if they were naturally one piece.

"This efficiency... it's worth ten automatic welding machines!" The welding workers nearby were stunned.

Just like that, with the state machine running at full power and the powerful assistance of the Wang family.

From dawn to dusk, it took less than a day.

A fifty-meter-high steel fortress, entirely black and radiating a cold metallic sheen, rose from the ground like a miracle, standing on the coastline of the Australian continent!

On the towering city walls, hundreds of electromagnetic heavy cannons pointed deep into the interior, and a huge energy shield emitted a pale blue shimmer in the night, firmly protecting the ten-kilometer safety zone within.

"This is too fast..."

Even the knowledgeable General Leng Feng couldn't help but marvel as she looked at the majestic fortress before her.

"This is the China speed."

Wang Dachui stood on the newly completed city wall, the sea breeze blowing his trench coat.

He took a bright five-starred red flag from the flag-bearer beside him, his expression solemn, and powerfully planted it at the highest point of the city wall with both hands.

The red flag snapped in the black night sky like a burning flame, announcing that humanity's counterattack had officially begun.

"Report, Consultant! The frontline base construction is complete! Please instruct!"

General Li Tie strode over, saluted, and reported, his eyes full of pride. As the frontline commander, he gave the highest respect to this "Consultant" whose strength was unfathomable.

Wang Dachui returned the salute, looked at the lights filling the city and those eyes full of fighting spirit, took a deep breath, and said to Li Tie:

"General Li, pass down the order!"

"Tonight, the whole army will rest in shifts and have a good meal!"

"Because starting from tomorrow..."

He turned around, casting his gaze toward the endless dark wasteland outside the fortress, a sharp look flashing in his eyes:

"We are going to this ghost place to catch ghosts!"