Chapter 433: Nail

Ninth Defense Zone Outer City.

After Yingzhou saw that the tasks on his task panel were completed, he knew that Vulkan had already dealt with the Beast Army, and he felt a surge of joy in his heart, hurriedly tapping open his System Panel, preparing to claim the rewards he had been longing for.

Originally, after Yingzhou sent the second batch of reinforcements to the Fourth Defense Zone, he thought of a matter: he couldn't keep sending reinforcements for the current problem in the Fourth Defense Zone, could he? He had the Zerg to deal with on his side as well, and sending troops back and forth was not a solution.

However, that very evening, while Yingzhou was having dinner with Angron, the Task System popped up new tasks.

【Task 1: Repel the Beast Army in the Fourth Defense Zone Outer City.】

【Task Reward: 2 Random Draw attempts.】

【Task 2: Rescue the Human survivors captured by the Beast Race.】

【Task Reward: One Summoning Barracks.】

【Task 3: Restore the prosperity of the Fourth Defense Zone to 50% (current progress 18%).】

【Task Reward: Increased luck for the next Random Draw.】

This caused Yingzhou, who was devouring food with Angron, to pause his movements; Angron noticed Yingzhou's anomaly, and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he asked.

"Father, has something happened?"

Yingzhou shook his head repeatedly upon seeing this and answered.

"It's nothing, I'm going back to my room first."

At this moment, only Angron remained at the dining table; Yingzhou's mother had already taken Horus back to her room, and Huang Xi was working at the Military District logistics and had not returned.

Meanwhile, Yingxin was on Angron's shoulder, her little hands constantly playing with Angron's bald head.

Angron dotingly scraped Yingxin's cheek with his right hand, making the little one giggle.

Returning to his room, Yingzhou was filled with doubts, and as soon as he closed his bedroom door, he impatiently asked the system.

"System, the reward for Task 2, what the hell is this Summoning Barracks? Is this some new gadget?"

The system's voice replied after a few seconds.

"This item will allow the host to assign their own soldiers, summon them from the barracks, and allow the host to summon soldiers in other locations."

Once Yingzhou heard the system's explanation, he realized that this Summoning Barracks functioned much like he had imagined, so he continued to ask.

"Then are there any restrictions on this Summoning Barracks?"

This time, the system did not pause, and answered immediately after Yingzhou finished asking.

"Yes, there are, there are three such restrictions in total."

Without waiting for Yingzhou to ask, the system continued.

"1. The Summoning Barracks can only summon Astra Militarum; summoning Space Marines requires an upgrade, and the Summoning Barracks will provide the host with a prompt once the upgrade conditions are met.

2. The Summoning Barracks can only summon soldiers for whom the host has unlocked summoning permissions; soldiers obtained through draws cannot be summoned.

3. The Summoning Barracks requires approximately 7,000 square meters; it is recommended that the host find an open area to place the Summoning Barracks to avoid causing certain losses."

After listening to these words from the system, Yingzhou pondered for a moment and asked.

"System, can only I place this Summoning Barracks?"

"Yes."

Yingzhou closed his eyes and muttered to himself.

"It seems I still have to find time to make a trip to the Fourth Defense Zone, though it has been a while since I went there; I wonder how things have changed over there?"

And now, seeing that the tasks were completed, Yingzhou claimed the first two task rewards; as for Task 3, that could not be completed in a short while, and there was no use in him being anxious.

After stepping out of his room, Yingzhou received a message from Selina, and after connecting the communication, Selina's projection appeared before Yingzhou.

"Selina, is there something the matter that you're looking for me so early?"

Yingzhou asked Selina while walking toward the living room.

"I apologize if I have disturbed your rest; the Fourth Defense Zone has sent a message that the Beast Race outside the Fourth Defense Zone has been repelled, and 80,000 to 90,000 survivors have been rescued, with the specific number still being further tallied."

Although Yingzhou already knew in his heart that the battle there had ended, he did not tell Selina that he already knew.

After listening to Selina's report, Yingzhou nodded and said.

"Mm, I know."

After hanging up the communication, Yingzhou saw that the sky outside was just brightening, and having no intention of telling his mother, he gestured for silence to the medical Xiunu at the door, and left the house as the medical Xiunu knelt silently.

Ninth Defense Zone Military District.

When Yingzhou arrived at the Military District Headquarters, he saw Lu Zhenda walking out of his office; seeing Lu Zhenda's exhausted appearance, Yingzhou knew that the other party had pulled another all-nighter.

Yingzhou had always kept in mind Lu Zhenda's help, and seeing Lu Zhenda in this state, Yingzhou could only pat his shoulder and say.

"Lao Lu, hold on a bit longer; in a while, I'll send you another helper."

Lu Zhenda revealed a bitter smile on his face at Yingzhou's kind reminder.

"Alright, let's not talk about that; there just happens to be something I want to tell you."

Seeing that Lu Zhenda had something to say, Yingzhou spoke up.

"Alright, have you had breakfast? Let's talk while we eat."

The two arrived at the Military District canteen, and Lu Zhenda raised an eyebrow when he saw the amount of food in front of Yingzhou, which was several times his own.

Could it be that Yingzhou's physical fitness was related to his appetite? That made sense; he had seen Vulkan eat before, and good heavens, he ate even more than Yingzhou.

"By the way, Lao Lu, what was the matter you wanted to mention just now?"

Yingzhou asked Lu Zhenda, who was sitting opposite him, while stuffing food into his mouth.

Lu Zhenda's thoughts were pulled back by Yingzhou's words, and after shaking his head slightly to shake off the wild thoughts in his mind, Lu Zhenda spoke slowly.

"It's like this: didn't we thwart the Zerg vanguard a few days ago? The astonishing casualty ratio made the Zerg army afraid to advance, which also gave us some time to develop within our territory.

However, previously when you sent cavalry from the 46th Legion to scout the outside environment, didn't a cavalry unit encounter an Extreme Cold Zone and discover the Frost Alien Race there? You shouldn't have forgotten that."

After hearing Lu Zhenda's words, Yingzhou's hand paused, then he continued to stuff food into his mouth, nodding and answering indistinctly.

"Mm, I have some impression of it, what's wrong?"

Lu Zhenda swallowed the food in his mouth and continued speaking.

"It is like this: the current frontline position of Legion 46 is 160 kilometers away from that Extreme Cold Zone, but according to the intelligence brought back by the cavalry earlier, the range of that Extreme Cold Zone has expanded quite a bit, and furthermore, the speed of its expansion has clearly accelerated.

If we continue to wage war against the Zerg, then that Extreme Cold Zone will become a thorn in our side while fighting the Zerg; we need to root out this Extreme Cold Zone."

"Lao Lu, I have noted this problem; I will think of a way."