socalfunplaces Chapter 156 Destroying the Zhaoguang
Chapter 156 Destroying the Zhaoguang
When the time was right, Yan Shuo pretended to ask the sentry for directions, slowly approaching with a humble smile on his face. He bowed in Japanese and said, "Yamada-kun, excuse me, I am Sato. The squad leader asked me to check the ammunition depot's fire-fighting equipment. Is this the entrance? I was just transferred here and am not very familiar with the route."
The moment the sentry turned to respond, the smile in Yan Shuo's eyes vanished, leaving only a chilling sharpness.
With lightning speed, his left hand covered the other man's mouth, while his right hand drew a dagger from his waist and precisely stabbed it into his throat. The sentry didn't even utter a sound before falling straight to the ground without any sign of struggle.
Yan Shuo quickly retrieved the ammunition depot key from the man's waist. After confirming that the man had no vital signs, he temporarily stored the body in his spatial ring. He then used the key to unlock the standard mechanical lock, gently pushed open the door, and slid inside sideways, while simultaneously scanning the interior, vigilantly watching for any unusual movements.
The ammunition depot was spacious and deep, with the propellant charges of the "Shoko" 410mm main gun neatly stacked on both sides. The sealed packaging was piled up to two meters high, and the air was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder, which made people's noses tingle slightly.
On the side shelf, main gun shells were arranged in order, each weighing around a ton, their heavy metallic texture exuding a chilling and murderous aura.
There was only one sentry patrolling inside the depot, responsible for checking the ammunition storage. He was not carrying any heavy weapons and was bending over with his back to the entrance, checking the sealing tape on the propellant packs. He looked slightly relaxed.
Yan Shuo tiptoed into the room, leaving a crack in the door for escape, and then, under the cover of the pile of ammunition, slowly approached the sentry.
Taking advantage of the moment when the other man bent over, he quickly stepped forward, tightened his grip on the man's neck, and suddenly exerted force—with a crisp crack, the neck bone shattered instantly. The sentry struggled desperately but could not make a sound. A moment later, he collapsed to the ground, completely lifeless.
Yan Shuo's physical abilities are now more than eight times those of an average person. He can deliver a punch with a force of nearly a thousand pounds. His finger strength, grip strength, and striking power are all abnormally strong.
Once, when no one was at the repair shop, he grabbed the chassis of a fully loaded truck with one hand and pulled the vehicle off the ground. Even he was slightly surprised by the brute force he displayed.
He took the body of the sentry at the door from his spatial ring and dragged it, along with the body inside the warehouse, to a hidden corner behind the ammunition pile.
The spatial ring still contained dozens of corpses left over from recent missions, so I simply took them all out and piled them here—hidden by layers of propellant charges and shells, they would be difficult to discover in a short time. After the explosion, the remains would be completely destroyed, making it impossible to identify them and leaving no trace.
After disposing of the body, Yan Shuo took out the timed detonation device provided by the system Xiao Zhi.
This device is small in size and can be perfectly disguised as a Japanese military-issue fire detector. It is waterproof and shockproof, with a timer range of 0-60 minutes. Its power is enough to instantly ignite all the propellant charges and trigger a devastating chain reaction explosion.
Based on his years of demolition experience and accurate judgment of the ammunition depot layout, he placed the device steadily in the central pile of propellant charges—the best detonation point to ignite all the charges as quickly as possible, ensuring the ammunition depot was completely destroyed without any possibility of restoration.
Press the timer button and set it to detonate in 60 minutes. The device screen will light up with a green countdown and then automatically enter sleep mode to prevent accidental touch or detection.
Yan Shuo carefully inspected every corner of the scene, and only after confirming that there were no flaws or omissions did he gently push open the door and slip away from the ammunition depot.
He quickly descended the escape shaft to the engine room. Inside, the generator roared incessantly, the noise deafening. Two Japanese soldiers on duty were chatting idly in the corner of the engine room's duty room, their tone relaxed, completely unaware that someone had quietly infiltrated.
Yan Shuo took out earplugs and plugged them in to block out the harsh noise, then walked straight to the oil tank.
The Zhaoguang is equipped with multiple heavy oil tanks and light oil tanks. Yan Shuo roughly estimates that there are about 2000 tons of heavy oil and 400 tons of light oil in the tanks, all of which are real hard currency.
He placed his palm on the oil tank wall, and with a thought, the oil inside the tank was continuously sucked into his spatial ring. In just a few seconds, it was completely absorbed, leaving no trace of oil at the bottom of the tank.
Now, his spatial ring, after being expanded several times by Xiao Zhi, has an astonishingly large internal space.
The emotional points and various supplies that the Red Bean Squad gained from carrying out missions, along with the profits from destroying enemy agents' black market and selling stolen goods, were all managed by Xiao Zhi. The little guy is now rolling in money and living a very comfortable life. The supplies and conveniences he exchanges for Yan Shuo are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Take the recently released Space Expansion Card, for example. It only requires 500 million emotion points to redeem one card, which can expand the capacity of a designated space artifact by 100 cubic meters.
Of course, this only applies to magical artifacts that inherently possess spatial attributes, such as Li Zhiyao's spatial bracelet and his own spatial ring; otherwise, no amount of emotional value would be of any use.
In addition, Xiao Zhi also unlocked many small spatial artifacts, such as earrings, pens, and lighters. Although they only have 1 cubic meter of space, they can change their appearance after recognizing their owner and can become personal items such as rings and belts. However, the price is ridiculously high, with each one costing 1 million emotion points. Yan Shuo scratched his head just thinking about it, as he really couldn't afford it.
Li Zhiyao is currently pregnant and unable to participate in many operations. Yan Shuo secretly considered that Su Ling, Xu Li, Zhou Hu, Cao Shuangmin, Wang An, Wu Meng, and Gu Han could be cultivated as core team members and entrusted with more important tasks in the future.
He still has many treasure chests opened from emotional value rewards in the tens of millions, hundreds of millions, and even billions, and has obtained several spatial artifacts from them: a spatial belt with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters, a spatial ring with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters, and a spatial bracelet with a capacity of 1 million cubic meters.
These magical artifacts are quite powerful, but they would be too conspicuous and inappropriate for his subordinates to use, while using them himself would seem superfluous, since he wouldn't be carrying millions of tons of supplies with him every day; it would be a waste of his time.
Yan Shuo couldn't help but imagine that when he was promoted to major general, lieutenant general, or even general, he would be able to mobilize more resources and do things on a larger scale. The income of his subordinates on missions would also be counted under his name. If he could open a top-quality treasure chest and obtain a spatial artifact with a capacity of hundreds of millions of cubic meters, wouldn't it be enough to directly hold a battleship or even an aircraft carrier?
Although it sounds a bit far-fetched right now, who knows what surprises might follow?
However, he secretly made up his mind that he would have to have a good talk with Xiao Zhi when he got back. The exchange rules for this space artifact were really unreasonable. Did he really have to accumulate enough emotional points to fight for the world and build a spaceship to fight in interstellar wars?
That's obviously unrealistic.
Why not discuss with Xiaozhi and exchange the 1 million cubic meter space bracelet for the technology and physical equipment of heavy equipment such as 5-axis machine tools and 10,000-ton hydraulic presses? That would be more practical and cost-effective.
If we were to discover another top-tier spatial artifact with a capacity of hundreds of millions of cubic meters, we could simply exchange it for high-yield grain seeds, controlled nuclear fusion technology, solid-state high-efficiency battery technology, or advanced engine technology. Whether it's supporting the resistance against Japan or strengthening our own power, it would be far more useful than leaving the large space idle.
As for whether the deal will be reached, it depends on how he pleads poverty and argues with Xiaozhi. If he persists a few times, it might work out.