The leader of the Merman army, Nu Lin Jing Luo, raised his hand and let out a sharp cry.
The sound traveled far. The army of over 10,000 merfolk immediately received the command, lined up in neat ranks, and entered the teleportation array.
The blue light emitted by the teleportation array grew brighter and brighter. Nu Lin Jing Luo looked up, his gaze fixed on the sky. They would invade that homeland, and he would avenge his son!
However, at this moment, the merfolk suddenly heard a whistling sound from above. They looked up and saw a cylindrical object, about ten meters long and over a meter in diameter, falling from the sky hundreds of meters above.
Despite the immense buoyancy of the seawater and the energy continuously supplied by the teleportation array, the object was still falling at a very high speed.
This caused chaos among the merfolk troops, who were densely packed in formation!
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar, the massive object slammed firmly onto the ground. Several merfolk who couldn't dodge in time were crushed into a pulp by the object weighing several tons!
The merfolk scattered, causing a stampede. Several more were accidentally injured by their companions' weapons and died in confusion!
Nu Lin Jing Luo, who was eagerly preparing to depart, was driven to madness by this scene!
An accident had occurred and caused casualties before they had even set out. This was a huge loss of face. What would Her Majesty the Empress think of him!
Thus, Nu Lin Jing Luo, along with his Naga guards, personally slew several merfolk who had fallen into chaos and collapse, and finally managed to regain control of the situation.
A group of merfolk surrounded the fallen object with their weapons. Nu Lin Jing Luo personally stepped forward and struck the object with his steel fork, producing a clanging sound.
At this moment, he felt the Queen's summons and quickly turned to face the Merman Empress, Jiu Yuan Yu Shou.
"General Nu Lin, what happened? What was that thing that fell just now?"
The Empress questioned him sternly. The incident was too serious. Hundreds of thousands, even millions, of merfolk were watching. Such an event, before even setting out, was a terrible omen.
This was extremely inauspicious and dealt a huge blow to the morale of the merfolk.
"Your Majesty, that object fell from the sky. Based on my estimation, it is highly likely to be from outside the Nine Abysses!"
"What exactly is it?" Jiu Yuan Yu Shou frowned and asked.
"That object is made of refined iron and is exceptionally hard!"
Before Nu Lin Jing Luo could finish speaking, the merfolk present felt a terrifying energy fluctuation emanating from the object!
As a high-level spellcaster, Jiu Yuan Yu Shou was very sensitive to such energy. She felt a destructive force emanating from it.
This object that fell from the sky was actually the nuclear torpedo released by Ling Tian and his group!
After being launched, the nuclear torpedo reached the designated depth and plunged into the teleportation array.
The teleportation array had just been activated, and the spatial channel was opened. The first nuclear torpedo, in a confused manner, passed through the spatial channel and landed in the Nine Abysses!
According to the torpedo's pre-programmed instructions, when the torpedo stopped moving, the nuclear warhead inside would detonate directly.
The energy fluctuation felt by Jiu Yuan Yu Shou was the nuclear material in the warhead undergoing a critical reaction, releasing a large amount of neutrons in an instant!
Jiu Yuan Yu Shou's scalp tingled. She immediately unleashed all her magical power and activated the defensive magic artifacts she wore.
However, in the next moment, these merfolk, who had lived on the seabed for years, saw the sun!
The nuclear warhead, containing tens of kilograms of nuclear material, detonated. The yield of this warhead far exceeded the two that were dropped on Japan back then. Moreover, being underwater, the force of the nuclear explosion was amplified by the water pressure!
The violent energy swept through, directly shattering the teleportation array on the Nine Abysses side. The shockwave from the explosion pulverized everything within a radius of 20 kilometers!
However, this was just the beginning. The shockwave generated by the nuclear explosion, under the effect of water pressure, propagated outwards. The water pressure amplified the shockwave's power severalfold, and the immense water pressure swept through nearly one-third of the Nine Abysses!
Under the impact of this water hammer, none of the merfolk inside survived, not even the clam spirits hiding in their shells, whose internal organs were shattered by the shockwave.
Alas, the Merman Empress, Jiu Yuan Yu Shou, her proud magic, and her valuable protective treasures were no match for the nuclear bomb. Due to their proximity to the explosion's epicenter, the Merman Empress, along with tens of thousands of merfolk and hundreds of thousands of merfolk who had gathered to watch, were vaporized by the intense heat, leaving no corpses behind!
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At this time, Ling Tian returned to the deep-sea research vessel. He went to the command center and watched the large screen with Xuanyuan Jie.
On the large screen, two moving dots and the data around them constantly displayed the torpedo's position and depth to Ling Tian and the others.
"Torpedo 1 has reached the designated area. Prepare for explosion impact in ten seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7..."
Everyone stared intently at the large screen, waiting for the countdown to end. However, when the timer reached zero, the expected explosion did not occur.
Everyone was stunned. Xuanyuan Jie turned to look at Ma Xiongfei.
"Xiao Ma, what's going on? Is there a dud?"
Ma Xiongfei was also confused and quickly asked a technician nearby.
"We can no longer detect the torpedo on sonar. We are certain that the torpedo entered the target area..."
Before he could finish, everyone suddenly felt their ship shake violently. A large amount of energy was released from the seabed.
The technician frowned.
"We've detected a violent energy reaction in the sea, but..."
"But what?"
"But the yield of this energy release is very different from our calculations. This shouldn't be happening..." The technician was also bewildered. They had no idea that the first nuclear torpedo had entered another dimension.
The energy they were currently feeling was actually the energy that had leaked through the spatial channel, naturally being much smaller than a direct detonation.
However, this leaked energy had directly torn space apart and completely destroyed the spatial channel!