Discovering Anomalies

Regarding the behavior of flying creatures gathering in flocks, this was a discovery made by Researcher Liu and Researcher Chen.

They observed that the behavior of these flying creatures bore similarities to the behavior of previously rioting animals.

Naturally, the similarity lay in the fact that these birds, all from individual tribes, formed a single team. Each tribe did not interfere with the others, and the number of creatures in each team varied, as did their attack power.

In terms of sheer numbers, moths were undoubtedly the most numerous, their quantity exceeding that of the flying creatures by countless times.

However, moths possessed no attack power whatsoever; they weren't even venomous. They lacked the ability to fatally poison even another moth, let alone counterattack.

This led to a continuous decline in the number of moths, while the population of flying creatures, conversely, grew.

This was because the flying creatures were gradually approaching N City, as if they wouldn't leave until all the moths within N City were eradicated.

To expedite the extermination of these moths, and requiring more flying creatures to shorten the time, flying creatures continued to arrive in N City, using their tribes as units.

N City instantly became a sweet pastry, with an endless stream of flying creatures flocking towards it.

This, in turn, made the situation in N City even more dire.

Such a situation made Zhang Ai Guo realize that these powders, while a fortuitous encounter, were also a disaster.

Everything has two sides.

When he thought of these powders becoming a new type of fuel, he hadn't anticipated such a scenario.

Zhang Ai Guo even felt a pang of regret, wondering why the powders had appeared at all. If they brought disaster, wouldn't it have been better if they hadn't appeared?

It was truly like offering humanity a final straw of salvation, but failing to mention that this straw would spontaneously combust, and humanity would ultimately still fall!

First hope, then disaster—this was nothing short of torture.

Nevertheless, such a situation absolutely had to be resolved.

Zhang Ai Guo discussed the matter with the discussion group members, and everyone felt that if the powders were responsible for this widespread conflagration, then simply making the powders disappear would resolve most of the troubles.

Having reached this conclusion, Zhang Ai Guo prepared to act accordingly.

After dispatching firefighting teams, he immediately organized powder collection teams, specifically tasked with gathering the powders and then transporting them to a safe storage location, to be prepared for any eventuality.

After all, such an energy source was better to have in abundance. The more there was, the better it could ensure the lives of N City residents, allowing them free use of electricity—which was also a form of comfort...

Collecting the powders also had requirements. First, all powders on building surfaces and their surroundings had to be collected, followed by other areas.

Naturally, critical areas were always prioritized for powder collection.

Even residents' homes had people coming to collect powders, as the safety of their lives was paramount.

Moreover, these powder collection teams were entirely composed of humans, with no intelligent machinery accompanying them.

This requirement was specifically put forth by Researcher Liu. In the discussion group, Researcher Liu only presented two demands: one for low-temperature weapons, and the other for powder collection teams to contain no intelligent machinery, being entirely human-formed.

When Researcher Liu presented the first demand, it was unanimously approved. Everyone understood, without Researcher Liu needing to explain, that the powders would spontaneously combust if the temperature exceeded zero degrees. Thus, there was no objection to this requirement.

However, the second demand met with some disapproval; more accurately, as soon as the second demand was made, it was essentially rejected unanimously.

Everyone began discussing amongst themselves without even hearing Researcher Liu's explanation, completely disregarding him.

It wasn't until Zhang Ai Guo stepped in to maintain order that Researcher Liu had the chance to explain the reason. Otherwise, this meeting might have dragged on for a very long time.

After all, many people present were military personnel.

Most of them believed that equipping intelligent weapons could reduce casualties, and it was currently very difficult to train new personnel, so even the slightest loss was unacceptable.

Although protecting the nation was their responsibility, they couldn't take others' responsibilities for granted and then arbitrarily sacrifice their interests!

Researcher Liu's suggestion felt like cutting into their own flesh, akin to directly causing loss of life.

Many felt that merely discussing this requirement with their colleagues, without directly refuting Researcher Liu, was already somewhat disloyal to their subordinates. They believed they were being very measured, very polite, at least not resorting to physical conflict...

Researcher Liu was also somewhat slow to realize. It was only after seeing the expressions on everyone's faces that he understood he might have said something wrong.

After all, when the first demand was made, everyone's expressions, tone, and the atmosphere were very pleasant. But when the second demand was spoken.

The first thing to change was the atmosphere; the stiff air in the operations room seemed to tell him that everything had changed.

Moreover, everyone's grim expressions and tone carried an underlying pressure of anger.

Faced with such a scene, Researcher Liu didn't know how to continue his words. He also wanted to try to bring everyone back to his way of thinking, but the results were not as desired.

There were simply too many people, too many people ignoring him. He felt isolated...

He could only sit silently in his chair, hoping someone would step in to manage the situation!

At this moment, Zhang Ai Guo appeared, and he immediately calmed the situation.

Researcher Liu was immensely grateful to Zhang Ai Guo in his heart, but not now. What he had to do now was seize this time to quickly clarify the matter, otherwise, he feared even Director Zhang wouldn't be able to suppress these people.

After all, even though everyone had quieted down, the fiery glares had not diminished; on the contrary, they continued to intensify, making Researcher Liu feel that he might be ganged up on!

Researcher Liu quickly began to explain.

Regarding the matter of not needing intelligent weapons, this was also due to his recent discovery.

Concurrently with N City dispatching firefighting teams, Researcher Liu had continuously studied the flying creatures, even intensifying his research on them.

During his research, Researcher Liu discovered via satellite that the intelligent weapons of these firefighting teams suffered excessively high damage!

This caught his attention, as it was truly too abnormal.

Why did these firefighting teams suffer no casualties among their personnel, and even the low-temperature weapons accompanying them for protection were rarely used, yet their basic intelligent weapons were almost completely destroyed?

Through careful study of these videos, Researcher Liu had made a discovery.