The fighting spirit of the combat personnel in this parallel universe has not collapsed.

Though it's still unclear how dire the situation has become, this alone is enough to earn the respect of Zhang Jie and others for this parallel universe.

After all, Zhang Jie and his team are keenly aware that their superior equipment and formidable strength at the moment come entirely from Advisor Shen Yu and the Association.

This can only be attributed to luck.

Moreover, these people speak the same language and share the same culture, making it hard for Zhang Jie and his team to feel any sense of superiority from their strength.

As for the "special reasons" that Zhang Jie and his team repeatedly emphasized, Yan Qiangyong and the others were also extremely curious.

From the information they had just seen, even though the parallel universe had developed 31 years ahead of them, the technology had not directly advanced to such an extent. Not to mention traversing parallel universes, even these fantastically powerful equipment and battle armor far exceeded the expected range of technological development.

What on earth allowed the parallel universe to gain such power and even come here?

Nevertheless, by now, they had arrived at the underground base.

Zhang Jie and the others immediately recognized it as a very old air-raid shelter, now simply utilized to form a secret underground base.

The security inside was extremely tight.

And all the warriors were well-trained.

Even upon seeing their battle armor, each was extremely shocked, but order remained stable.

Once Zhang Jie and several representatives reached a confidential room, Yan Qiangyong's expression became significantly more serious, and he spoke first: "I have received authorization from the highest leader. Before the official diplomatic team arrives, I can represent the country, and represent human civilization, to first exchange intelligence with our compatriots who have come a long way."

Beside him, a staff member with a camera recorded the scene.

It must be said that this picture had a strong historical sense.

One side wore old-style military uniforms, figures somewhat lean, while the other side wore clean, tight battle armor suits, each tall and muscular.

The contrast was so apparent.

However, Yan Qiangyong and the others did not have any emotion because of this disparity.

They had long become accustomed to their own simplicity and poverty, but this did not mean inferiority.

At this moment, the representatives on Yan Qiangyong's side carefully unfolded a map and some picture materials.

In this era without smartphones, where even computers are just starting, important information is still stored and transmitted in paper form.

"The earliest event occurred on March 18, 1996. We received a notice from the West Country that a batch of 'meteorites' had dispersed into space and simultaneously fallen worldwide. They believed this situation was somewhat different from ordinary meteorites and issued a notice. At the same time, our space exploration base also came to the same conclusion."

A batch?

Zhang Jie and the others keenly caught the key point.

They had anticipated the existence of meteorites, but they hadn't expected these meteorites to descend all at once?

"This batch totaled more than 300?" Zhang Jie looked at the data for confirmation.

"Yes, and all the meteorites fell in densely populated areas. Remote areas, including the sea, did not experience any meteorite falls," Yan Qiangyong said gravely, "We already sensed something was wrong at the time, but since what fell were meteorites, we didn't initially think of an alien invasion, merely issuing warnings to those areas for people to stay away."

Then, merely that day, reports began flooding in from across the country.

Unknown large 'beasts' had been discovered.

All the initial information, including some photographs, was within this data.

Zhang Jie and the others reviewed them one by one.

"Zhang Family Village reported a suspected tiger-like creature. In just one day, all 1,342 villagers were killed, with electric shock traces left at the scene."

"On Sui Bei 547 highway, a section had a massive amount of severely damaged cars, causing blockages. Obvious beast claw marks were left on the cars, with a total of 432 people dead."

"He Ran Town reported loud thunderstorms in the middle of the night, causing many houses to collapse. The stationed troops received orders to proceed to the area but failed to engage successfully, resulting in a total of 4,364 deaths."

"..."

Every single tragic case happened on the first day after the meteorites fell.

The situation was as dire as Zhang Jie and the others had expected.

But it also weighed heavily on their hearts.

Just on the first day alone, the reported death toll nationwide exceeded 100,000!

This included troops who attempted counterattacks.

"We had already realized the outbreak of war at that time. The country immediately issued a notice, declaring the highest state of battle readiness and mobilizing troops to enter the cities and initiate a series of defensive measures," Yan Qiangyong said. Just recalling it, however, still made him clench his fists involuntarily, his expression pained, "Yet, the confrontation between our troops and those monsters was a series of defeats. Our bullets couldn't penetrate the beasts' shells, only cannons could injure them, after which bullets could then inflict further damage on the unhealed wounds until the core was shattered."

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