novelraw Chapter 66 : Disaster and Finality
Chapter 66 : Disaster and Finality
Chapter 66: Disaster and Finality
“All units, attention! Free fire! Free fire!”
After receiving the order from the Capital, the military units closest to the battlefield reacted immediately upon receiving the command.
Dozens of the latest stealth fighter jets roared in, carving graceful arcs through the sky as they precisely launched air-to-ground missiles loaded with high explosives toward that mass of twisted shadow.
On the ground, hundreds of main battle tanks lined up in formation, their barrels simultaneously spewing furious tongues of flame.
Armor-piercing shells dragged long trails of exhaust as they screamed toward the indescribable Demon God.
However, those missiles that were sufficient to flatten an entire mountain peak silently disintegrated in midair before approaching the shadow, breaking down into the most basic particles and dispersing into the atmosphere.
Immediately after, those fighter jets representing humanity’s pinnacle of aviation technology, upon entering the shadow’s domain, had their fuselages begin to melt rapidly like wax candles scorched by flames, eventually turning into burning molten iron that fell from the sky.
And the ground where the entire tank formation was stationed suddenly bulged upward without any warning, then crumpled together like a sheet of paper.
Those steel behemoths weighing dozens of tons, along with the soldiers inside them, were compressed into twisted lumps of scrap metal.
……
“It’s over… it’s all over…”
“We can’t win…”
Inside the military command center, a young staff officer stared at the footage transmitted back on the screen, mentally collapsing as he muttered to himself.
“Shut up!”
An old general with graying hair slammed the table violently, his eyes bloodshot as he roared, “Where’s the navy?! Where’s our fleet?! Have them fire! Fire all our shells! Fire everything we have!”
At Hai City’s port, a combined fleet composed of several ten-thousand-ton destroyers and an aircraft carrier immediately entered combat status.
Countless missiles shot skyward from vertical launch systems, dragging long tails of flame as they flew from all directions toward the indescribable Demon God.
However, the Demon God merely slowly raised a single “arm” formed from countless wailing souls.
Then, it gently swept it downward.
All the missiles flying in midair simultaneously froze in place, then changed direction, shooting toward their own fleet at a speed even faster than before.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Deafening explosions rang out one after another across the sea surface.
Humanity’s most proud steel fleet was reduced to burning wreckage under its own firepower.
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The Capital, the highest command center of the Longxi Republic.
Inside the enormous conference room, a deathly silence fell.
Everyone’s gaze was focused on the central holographic projection.
There, intermittent horrifying footage transmitted back from Hai City was playing.
They watched helplessly as that bustling international metropolis, before that indescribable monster, moved step by step toward destruction.
They watched helplessly as their most elite troops died meaninglessly, like moths flying into a flame.
“All dispatched units… completely wiped out.”
“Tanks, fighter jets, warships… all armed forces… ineffective…”
“That’s enough!”
“Report to me—Hai City… how many survivors are left?”
The elderly man seated at the head asked in a hoarse voice.
“Reporting, Commander…”
A general responsible for intelligence analysis answered with difficulty, “According to our calculations… the life signals in Hai City are disappearing at a rate of five percent per minute…”
“It’s estimated that… in half an hour, Hai City will become… a city of the dead.”
The conference room fell into suffocating silence.
“Activate emergency contingency plans! Immediately cut off all external communications from Hai City!”
“Physically seal all land, sea, and air routes into and out of Hai City!”
“At any cost, block the information!”
“We must not allow panic to spread!”
“And then, initiate… the ‘Heavenly Punishment’ plan.”
The old man slowly closed his eyes and spoke the word that sent chills through everyone present.
The “Heavenly Punishment” plan was the Longxi Republic’s final measure for dealing with the highest-level crises.
That was the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons.
The Demon God ravaged the entire city.
Humanity’s proud armed forces were as fragile as toys before it.
In the face of this disaster, even Transcendents could not escape unscathed.
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Hai City, Bureau 869’s command center.
“Director! The base’s outer defense systems have failed!”
“The Demon God’s power is infiltrating! All personnel are showing signs of mental collapse!”
The communicator’s hoarse shouts snapped Chen Mo out of his shock.
He abruptly stood up, his eyes filled with despair.
“Everyone, evacuate immediately!”
“Abandon the base! Run as far as you can!”
“Make sure Miss Wang’s safety is protected!”
However, his orders were already too late.
Invisible power had begun to erode the minds of the people in the base.
The communicator clutched his head and screamed in agony, his eyes instantly filling with bloodshot veins, foam spilling from his mouth as his body convulsed and collapsed to the ground.
Other staff members also descended into madness one after another, tearing at their own hair, smashing their heads against the consoles, letting out beast-like howls.
The entire base rapidly turned into hell.
……
Inside the laboratory, Wang Jingyi could feel that soul-deep tremor even through the thick alloy walls.
The joy of victory vanished without a trace, replaced by a fear born from the depths of her soul toward this absolute power.
“Miss Wang! You have to leave now!”
An expert shouted at her, his voice twisted by fear.
“It’s too late!”
Wang Jingyi knew that running now would only lead to death.
There was only one option left—to gamble once.
“Victory reward!”
Wang Jingyi abruptly closed her eyes, and a reward selection prompt surfaced in her mind.
“I choose Boon Three!”
“The player has chosen Boon Three. Would you like to draw the victory reward now?”
“Draw!”
She chose without hesitation.
A golden light flashed through her mind, and immediately afterward, a voice sounded by her ear.
“Congratulations, player. You have obtained the transcendent item 【Ring of Absolute Defense】”
Wang Jingyi abruptly opened her eyes.
In her hand, an ancient-looking ring had appeared.
A dazzling gemstone was embedded in the ring, emitting a faint glow.
The usage instructions for the ring also flooded into her mind at the same time.
Overjoyed, Wang Jingyi hurriedly put on the ring—and the moment she did.
A semi-transparent energy barrier instantly enveloped the entire laboratory.
That Demon God power that had been continuously eroding the laboratory was completely blocked outside.
“It held! It held!”
The experts in the laboratory let out joyous cheers.
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Hai City, the port.
That luxuriously decorated giant cruise ship activated its emergency submersion procedure the moment the Demon God descended.
“Captain, how long can we hold on?”
Zhao Yuan stood inside the captain’s cabin, asking in a trembling voice.
“I don’t know.”
The captain shook his head.
The Demon God’s power had already surpassed all of his understanding.
Although the cruise ship had submerged underwater, that invisible mental shockwave still pierced through the thick steel plating, causing every crew member to feel splitting headaches.
He could feel his mental strength being rapidly depleted.
Just as everyone sank into despair, an invisible ripple suddenly spread outward from the cruise ship as its center.
The surrounding seawater actually froze in an instant, creating a vacuum zone around the cruise ship that blocked the mental shockwave.
Just as everyone was rejoicing, inside a luxurious cabin on the cruise ship, Gao Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.
“Congratulations, player. You have obtained the identity card 【Sea Demon】.”
Looking at the prompt in his mind, Gao Yuan sighed in his flippant tone, “Looks like my luck isn’t too bad after all.”