The Undying Transmigrator

Chapter 25: Critical Overheat

Military-grade augmented soldiers are kings of complex terrain combat. Combining psychic powers with top-tier augmentations, equipped with various interference and stealth devices, nothing can stop them except absolute numerical superiority or their own kind.

Even though Mo Wen had only become a military-grade augmented soldier for one day, his breakthrough capability, supported by his α+-level psychic power, ranked among the world's best.

If only his opponents weren't completely insane.

[Ren Sisi: This scenario seems to be sudden combat operations, with residents not fully evacuated yet. Once we enter the city, enemy ship firepower should weaken considerably. Surely they wouldn't obliterate their own logistics.]

However, reality turned out completely different from what this teammate—who could only speak in the afterlife channel—had imagined.

Mo Wen safely traversed the entire Outer Ring area, only to suddenly sense extreme danger from all surrounding buildings through his psychic perception.

The next instant, they all exploded.

The enemy hadn't evacuated civilians, but found time to pack the residential area with nuclear weapons.

Enough heat and pressure to force atomic-scale material reorganization, high-energy particle streams capable of dissolving DNA and nearly all electronic devices, shockwaves exceeding 200 times the speed of sound...

Even at Mo Wen's speed, escape was impossible. His final thought before annihilation: "Are they insane? Planting nukes in residential areas—aren't they afraid of someone triggering premature detonation?!"With total yield exceeding two billion tons, the city's outskirts birthed a miniature sun.

Even with nuclear-war-proof construction standards, the blast radius of six kilometers was utterly annihilated, severely damaging the rest of the city.

The civilians—whether driving toward shelters, peering confusedly from windows at the distant light ring, or continuing their daily routines unaware—all perished instantly.

Hundreds of thousands vaporized in a blink, collateral damage in this war.

Those outside the immediate destruction radius would mostly die slowly from radiation sickness.

Though ultimately just virtual reality training—NPCs had no future anyway.

The world froze again with the trainees' complete annihilation.

Mo Wen looked down at the devastation from above, utterly unable to comprehend this scenario. "What kind of deranged mind designed this script?!"

Beside him, Ren Sisi gradually understood: "So this is a glimpse of the company wars."

"Were the company wars this insane?" Mo Wen couldn't believe normal humans would do this.

Ren Sisi recalled history lessons: "The old human powerholders who were completely wiped out in the company wars... their obsession with power and wealth reached pathological levels. They stopped seeing people as people—just assets."

"If they couldn't keep their assets, they'd never let others have them."

"Better mutual destruction than accepting defeat. If it could intimidate others? Even better."

"Viral bombs, super nukes, volcano projects... those legends might have nearly become reality."

"But even if humanity survived, the old biosphere nearly collapsed. Over 90% of flora and fauna gone, the world practically incinerated. Ecological restoration was incredibly difficult."

She took a deep breath to steady herself before continuing: "I'm not sure if this script directly copies history—much was erased for various reasons, and what remains may not be truthful. But some things never change."

"Compared to total annihilation, sacrificing some people for a trap would seem perfectly reasonable to them."

"But why would such a script enter corporate training grounds?"

"The war established boundaries. Even if global war reignited, we'd never let leadership make such choices. This doesn't fully align with training objectives."

Mo Wen shrugged: "No idea. The training ground admin gave it to me—apparently made by extreme history enthusiasts online."

"But even historical recreation should..." Ren Sisi's eyes blazed with anger before she calmed. "Right. We can't distort our past."

"Even though we'd never commit such madness now, our predecessors did. Mistakes shouldn't be erased but remembered—to ensure they're never repeated."

"How can we correct errors we refuse to face?"

A "ding" suddenly sounded.

Ren Sisi's fighting spirit ignited: "Then let those past bastards enjoy invincible defenses, instant kills, 10,000x attack speed, and super teleportation!"

She waved her pink fists wildly: "Quick, restart! This time I'll save everyone and speedrun this script—reduce that child-killing scum to dust!"

Mo Wen snapped: "Turn off your cheats! I'm here to train."

Ren Sisi persuaded: "Revenge first for mental clarity."

Mo Wen refused: "History's past. We live now. What meaning is there in revenge?"

Ren Sisi declared: "Joy!"

"I hate seeing villains win! I'll ruin all their schemes, crush everything they have, prove abandoning principles just makes them more vile and incompetent—while saving everyone!"

"If you won't accept cheats, next time let me show my electronic warfare skills properly. You can practice cooperating with an EW expert."

"Don't worry—I'll limit myself to this era's peak level, leaving you room to perform."

Mo Wen eyed Ren Sisi skeptically, doubting her self-restraint. Yet he too felt that helpless rage, craving retaliation.

But it meant nothing.

He'd raged countless times, imagining revenge against what killed him—but that changed nothing.

Though it did feel good.

"Fine."

"But how will you limit your EW capabilities?"

Ren Sisi proudly stated: "No era-specific killer moves or exploiting minor vulnerabilities."

"Let me tell you, I'm a top-three global hacker. Only reason you don't need appointments to see me is because I prefer adventuring over cybersecurity engineering."

"You? Top three?" Mo Wen nearly laughed.

Considering her age, intellect, equipment, and corporate standing, he couldn't believe this girl ranked among the world's best hackers—clearly outrageous boasting.

But even a mediocre hacker surpassed current him.

He knew nothing about hacking—just relying on augmentation firewalls against EW attacks, with no time to learn from scratch.

Regardless, time to restart and try again.