RNP Chapter 48: Explode! Explode! Explode!
Chapter 48: Explode! Explode! Explode!
Luo Feng struggled to stay upright, clinging to the control panel to keep from collapsing.
The excruciating pain emanating from his mind caused his vision to blur.
He clenched his teeth, a trickle of blood slowly flowing down the corner of his mouth, but his eyes remained fixed on the huge, rapidly moving purple dot on the main screen.
That's a royal-level monster—Thunder Dragon Emperor!
The Dome of Light system calculated its trajectory, pointing straight towards the southeastern theater defense line.
In the corner of the screen, a bright red countdown is ticking rapidly.
"Estimated arrival time: 14 minutes and 21 seconds."
Fourteen minutes.
Once it arrives, the defense line of the Southeast Military Region of China, which is already teetering on the brink of collapse under the onslaught of the endless beast tide, will instantly crumble.
Luo Feng could even imagine the scene that would follow: hundreds of millions of sea monsters would pour into the heart of China through the torn opening, along inland waterways. It would be a hell on earth a hundred times more devastating than the fall of the Third War Base of India and the Vatican.
"No……"
Luo Feng let out a hoarse growl. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately connected with Jia Yi, who was fighting a bloody battle on the front lines of the Southeast Theater, through an encrypted channel.
"Sir!"
His voice was extremely hoarse due to weakness and urgency.
"The Emperor-level monster 'Thunder Dragon Emperor' is moving towards you at high speed! It is expected to arrive in 14 minutes! Repeat! It's an Emperor-level monster!"
There was a full three seconds of silence on the other end of the communication.
Immediately following were Jia Yi's heavy breathing and the muffled sound of a sword slicing through flesh.
He had just cleaved the high-lord monster in two with a single strike, but the monster's dying counterattack had also slashed his left arm, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound.
"What did you say?!" Jia Yi's shocked and angry voice rang out, "The Thunder Dragon Emperor?! Wasn't it supposed to be asleep? How could it suddenly appear here?!"
He looked around. On the blood-red battlefield, the councilors were all wounded, struggling against the endless horde of beasts. Even after several shifts of rest, everyone's mental and physical strength had been pushed to the limit.
Let alone fighting against a Royal-level monster, even if a few more new King-level monsters emerge from the beast tide, they might not be able to withstand it!
Jia Yi's heart sank.
Hong and Lei Shen are in seclusion, and it's unknown when they will emerge.
Having killed two king-level monsters while his mental energy was exhausted, Luo Feng had completely lost his fighting ability.
Looking at the entire world, who else can arrive within ten minutes and single-handedly confront a King-level monster?
This is a dead end.
"Luo Feng..."
On the communicator, Jia Yi's voice suddenly became unusually calm.
"The First Speaker previously authorized the use of nuclear weapons in a critical moment when the defenses are on the verge of collapse..."
The phrase "nuclear weapons" seemed to have exhausted all of Jia Yi's strength.
"We can't stop it. Once it gets close to the lines, the people behind... will all be doomed!"
"As the commander-in-chief, I have requested the wartime council to use nuclear weapons! This is our... only option!"
Inside the control center.
All the technicians heard the voice coming from the communicator. They all turned pale and looked at Luo Feng with terrified eyes.
"Luo Feng! We're in big trouble!"
Within Luo Feng's sea of consciousness, Babata was also frantically calculating, with complex streams of data flashing before Luo Feng's eyes.
"The vitality of a Royal-level monster is too strong! Every cell of its contains enormous energy! A regular nuclear explosion can at most severely damage it with the shockwave, but it can't kill it at all. Its cellular recombination and regeneration capabilities are too strong! Unless... unless a super-high-yield hydrogen bomb can be used to instantly generate hundreds of millions of degrees of temperature and unimaginable ultra-high pressure in the core area of the explosion, perhaps... perhaps there is a chance to completely destroy and vaporize its life core in an instant!"
Luo Feng slowly closed his eyes.
The horrific scene after the Third War Base of the Indian Empire was breached flashed through his mind.
He recalled the tragic figure of MP Maha Singh, who burned his soul and was ultimately torn to pieces by the beast tide.
This scene must never be repeated in China!
On the main screen, the huge purple dot representing the Thunder Dragon Emperor was getting closer and closer to the defensive line.
The countdown has run out of 10 minutes.
Luo Feng suddenly opened his eyes.
In those bloodshot eyes, only resolute determination remained.
"I authorize it!"
Luo Feng shouted into the microphone on the control panel, each word distinct and clear, his voice echoing throughout the control center and reaching everyone's ears.
"Target: Thunder Dragon Emperor! Deploy... a megaton-yield hydrogen bomb!"
Upon hearing this instruction, the chief technical officer was stunned. He stared at Luo Feng in disbelief.
Luo Feng ignored it. On the main control panel, with slightly trembling fingers, he firmly entered a series of authorization commands and passwords representing the highest level of authorization.
"Final protocol... activated."
Almost at the same time.
Deep within a secret military base disguised as an ordinary mountain range, thousands of miles away in the heart of China, a heavy alloy gate slowly opened.
A jet-black unmanned combat aircraft, carried by a giant missile with a yield of one megaton of hydrogen, was propelled to the launch position by an electromagnetic catapult track.
"boom--!"
The fighter jet catapulted into the air, its tail spewing out blue plasma flames. After breaking the sound barrier, it transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.
Southeast Theater Command.
Jia Yi received Luo Feng's authorization confirmation and attack countdown.
"All members of parliament and soldiers fighting on the Southeast Military District's defensive line! Hear my order!"
Jia Yi's roar suddenly exploded on the public channel.
"Immediately abandon all current objectives! Evacuate to a safe area 150 kilometers behind you as quickly as possible! Hurry!"
"All automated ground forces! Activate maximum firepower cover! At all costs, hold off the beast tide for ten minutes! Ten minutes!"
The councilors on the battlefield were shocked, but military orders were paramount. They immediately forced back the enemy and withdrew from the battlefield.
On the sea, the Thunder Dragon Emperor's movement trajectory was clearly displayed on the screen of the Dome of Light.
It seemed to sense that the annoying "flies" in front of it had suddenly left, and thought that the human defenses were finally about to collapse.
A hint of excitement and bloodlust flashed in his eyes.
"roar--!"
With an excited roar, it increased its speed again, completely unaware that a drone had already arrived directly above it in the clouds tens of thousands of meters above.
A cold, electronically synthesized voice echoed in the cockpit of the fighter jet.
"Target area reached... Target energy source locked... Deployment procedure initiated..."
"3..."
"2..."
"1..."
The unmanned combat aircraft's belly hatch opened, and the hydrogen bomb detached from its mounting rack.
With a piercing shriek and trailing a long, fiery tail, it plummeted straight down towards the royal-level monster below!
"roar?"
Just as the hydrogen bomb was falling, the Thunder Dragon King on the sea surface seemed to sense something. It raised its head, and a hint of vigilance and doubt flashed in its huge eyes.
A warning originating from its own biological instincts caused all the scales on its body to stand on end.
It opened its massive maw, and the next second, thick bolts of purple lightning shot out from its mouth, soaring into the sky and weaving into a huge net of lightning, attempting to intercept the high-speed falling hydrogen bomb directly in mid-air!
On the main screen in the control center, everyone held their breath.
The moment the purple minefield made contact with the hydrogen bomb, the sophisticated fuse inside the bomb was triggered!
In an instant, all the sounds, data, images, and energy curves on the main screen monitoring the Thunder Dragon Emperor's movements in the control center vanished. Only a pure white light remained.