got on the transport plane and got the operation information, Chu Tianjiang and Nichol took a closer look. Because there were more than 50 entourage, including many women, and Zhang Xiaogang still had a lot of things to deal with, Chu Tianjiang didn't care about Zhang Xiaogang's whereabouts.

It wasn't until a stranger sat down next to him without saying hello that Chu Tianjiang came back to his senses.

"You ......"

"I'm Alexey, Chu Tianjiang, and you've been arrested for espionage."

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment, looking surprised, and the stranger laughed.

"You're Lao Zhang!?"

"Well, I'm dressed up so well, I don't even recognize you."

Chu Tianjiang took a closer look, and then frowned.

"You see that?"

"When?" Chu Tianjiang could see at a glance that Zhang Xiaogang did not use a disguise mask, but directly changed his appearance.

"Shortly after you left." Zhang Xiaogang sighed and said, "This is not my intention. It's better to let someone else do something as dangerous as changing your DNA, and it's not too late to do it after confirming that there are no sequelae. But there is no way, among several sets of action plans, this one is the most feasible, and the preliminary preparation is the simplest. If other options are adopted, it will have to be delayed for at least half a month. ”

"That's fine, it's going to be sooner or later."

Zhang Xiaogang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I knew that it was a matter of time, so I didn't refuse." ”

"Did you get the Doomsday Warrior system?"

"Yes, it's on my back."

"Improved?"

Zhang Xiaogang nodded and said, "The professor has been busy with his work during this time, and he is busy with this matter. He said that it was inspired by you, and improved the Doomsday Warrior system, so that it no longer needs to be worn. However, you have to strip naked before using it, not as chic as you. ”

"Otherwise, I'll help you."

"Come on, I don't want to be touched by you." Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "The other personnel are like me, Lao Yuan is a big deal this time." ”

"They're all X-Doomsday Warriors?" Chu Tianjiang was very surprised.

"All of them, or all the X Doomsday Warriors except Liu Zhanbo and Tian Dalong. A few days ago, it was they who assisted the army of the Altai Republic to capture Abakan, and then Liu Zhanbo led the team that ambushed the Republic of Khakassia, and only rushed back yesterday. ”

"Is it necessary to go back and forth like this?"

"Of course it's necessary." Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "Lao Yuan has made a lot of money, which is equivalent to telling us that we can only succeed and not fail." ”

"Doesn't that add pressure to us?"

"If there is no pressure, where is the motivation?" Zhang Xiaogang glanced at Chu Tianjiang and said, "Now, Lao Maozi's side can be a mess. After reading the information, you should know that the purpose of our trip is to add fuel to the fire and make Lao Maozi a mess. ”

Chu Tianjiang smiled, and after reading the information prepared by Zhang Xiaogang, he knew it in his heart.

Although Russia is the most vast country in the world, it has a fatal flaw, that is, it is vast and sparsely populated.

In the past, this defect was not very serious, but sometimes it was beneficial. In other words, even at the height of its national strength, Russia was able to rely on its vast territory and abundant natural resources to enable its citizens to live a subsistence life by exporting raw materials.

But in the aftermath of the cataclysm, the problem is very fatal.

Although relying on the previous relationship with China, before the invasion of extraterrestrial civilizations, Russia first received the alert, evacuated the residents of the city in time, and began to prepare for the long-term war of resistance, but according to the latest survey data, the total population of Russia has plummeted to about 35 million, which is not much different from the 30 million predicted by Zhang Xiaogang. What is even more fatal is that of these 35 million Russians, there are about 28 million women, and only 7 million men, that is, only 20 percent of Russian male citizens.

If it were just this one question, Russia would not be in a worse position than other countries.

In the whole world, except for China, whose population structure is relatively reasonable, with about 40% of men, no country has more than 30% of men.

The problem is that there is more to Russia than that.

In addition to the gender imbalance, the population of Russia is extremely irrational. Of the 35 million Russians, nearly 30 million are in Europe west of the Ural Mountains, and only more than 5 million are in Asia, which accounts for three-quarters of Russia's total land area.

Such an unreasonable distribution of population has made Russia's Asian region almost a no-man's land.

As a world-class power, all countries in the world have been hit hard, and even China, which has been the least affected, has been able to maintain internal stability and restore domestic order, if it is only a sharp decline in population, gender imbalance, and uneven distribution, the impact on Russia will not be great, at least there will be no danger of national extinction. The point is, these turbulent factors have triggered an even more serious man-made catastrophe.

That is, before the retreat of the invaders, a military coup broke out in Russia!

In desperation, the Russian military and civilians took aim at President Puchkin and Chief of the General Staff Sergeyev, and an ambitious general seized the opportunity to stage a military coup to overthrow the Puchkin government, take control of Sergeyev, and then prop up a so-called "great-great-grandson of Nicholas II", that is, a descendant of the Tsar, to form the "Second Tsarist Empire" and declare the restoration of the imperial system in Russia.

This general was none other than Lieutenant General Isaac, the commander of the Moscow garrison whom Puchkin trusted before.

After the coup, Isaac announced his retirement and subsequently became prime minister of the Second Empire, setting about forming a cabinet. Because the Planetary Defense Council has not yet been politically dissolved, and Sergeyev is very knowledgeable about current affairs, he was retained by Isaac and is still the chief of the General Staff of the Russian army.

In the first cabinet of the Second Reich, only Sergeyev was a member of the former government.

Isaac is ambitious, but he must admit that he is also a talented politician, or at least a rare master of chaos.

After the establishment of the Second Reich, Isaac first announced that he would inherit the responsibilities and obligations of the previous regime in the Planetary Defense Council, and secured a stable external environment that allowed several other member states, especially China, France, Germany, and Italy, to be forced to recognize the Second Reich. Immediately afterward, Isaac extended the scope of wartime law to all areas, declaring a state of total war for the Second Empire.

Although the military coup d'état, as well as the emergence of the Second Empire, directly led to the division of Russia, and various places, especially some powerful republics, no longer obeyed the orders of the central government and became de facto independent states, so Isaac actually controlled only a few oblasts near Moscow, less than a third of the European part of Russia, and even much smaller than some of the union republics, but in the area controlled by Isaac, two-thirds of the population of Russia was concentrated, The most combat-ready units of the Russian army, all the nuclear warheads in stock, all the gold in the treasury, and the equivalent of half of the country's grain reserves.

In the context of a sharp decline in population, land area is not the main measure of strength.

After entering a state of full-scale war, the Russian army took over all administrative affairs, and Isaac began to purge officials and punish a number of officials who embezzled state resources, abused administrative power, and violated laws and disciplines. Isaac then raised the food ration by a third, and declared that he would raise it by another third after the onset of winter to ensure that all citizens could survive the winter, promising to restore order to the country in the spring.

Isaac's approach has been widely embraced by the military and civilians, at least for those who are living in poverty, Isaac is their savior.

At the beginning of November, winter in Russia has arrived. Had it not been for Isaac's increased food rations, free gas for heating, and hundreds of relief stations in Moscow, more than half of the survivors would not have survived the winter.

It was in this way that Isaac and Nicholas III, whom he supported, became heroes in the eyes of the Russians.

It's just that Isaac's purpose is clearly not to revive Russia.

In the information provided by Zhang Xiaogang, it is clearly mentioned that in the reconstruction plan formulated by the Isaac cabinet, the production work is mainly undertaken by women, all men of appropriate age are integrated into the army, and only older men participate in social labor, and in addition, the conscription standard of the Russian army has been lowered to 16 years old.

That's all, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Crucially, Russian scientists have confirmed that they will not be able to conquer the production process of the Doomsday Warrior system in the short term, and the Chinese authorities have made it clear that they will not export the production technology of the Doomsday Warrior system to the outside world for the time being, and the United States will not be able to provide the vital nerve center control unit.

Against this backdrop, Isaac has placed his entire bet on the DNA virus.

Intelligence obtained information suggests that Russian scientists used DNA viruses to develop biochemical techniques comparable to those of Project X before the invaders retreated. After the military coup, Isaac not only did not terminate the project, but also gave it his full support. Among other things, the scientists involved in the project are specially protected and enjoy the equivalent of generals.

Perhaps, Isaac's purpose was to revitalize Russia, but what he did was contrary to his purpose.

Even if there are genius scientists in Russia who use DNA viruses to develop biochemical technologies that modify X-soldiers, who can guarantee that Russian scientists will not develop another DNA virus? Even if it's just unintentional, if only one virus spreads into the air, the consequences can be catastrophic. When the time comes, it will not only be the Russians who will suffer, but everyone in the world.

Obviously, this is precisely the reason to deal with Russia in the first place.

In Chu Tianjiang's view, although this reason is more like a crime that he wants to add, but in the face of the general trend, the reason is just a rhetoric. Whether there is such a reason or not, on the road to the integration of human civilization, China will step on Russia as the first step.