Click, click, click,
The intelligence officer frantically tapped on his keyboard a few times, staring at the newly reported information in disbelief.
But in the end, his face turned ashen, and he stammered,
"The nuclear bomb... successfully hit the target..."
The intelligence officer's trembling tone made the atmosphere in the room eerie.
It was good news, so why did he look like disaster was imminent?!
Before the agitated crowd could voice their questions, the monitor's screen returned to normal...
Thick dust, accompanied by a towering mushroom cloud, surged into the atmosphere.
Next, this radioactive dust would mix with atmospheric moisture and join the entire Great Yan water cycle.
The capital of Great Yan, and even its central and eastern regions, would live in an environment with excessive nuclear radiation for decades to come.
In such an environment, the probability of humans developing cancer would be one hundred percent, and those unborn children would also have a very high chance of being born with congenital deformities.
This was the price humanity was willing to pay!
They sacrificed their future just to eliminate their current enemies.
But,
The monitor's screen flickered continuously.
On the ground, scorched into a glassy sheen by the intense heat, a black horse hoof heavily struck the ground amidst the dense dust, as if striking the hearts of everyone present...
Hoo...
The dust was silently dispersed by the black tide.
Beneath the dispersed dust lay the unharmed Great Tomb, and the unscathed skeletal knights, covered by some mysterious black radiance....
"No! Impossible!!!"
Zhuge Yun, the head of the Divine Machine, exclaimed in a frenzy.
He had spent immense effort to persuade the usually conservative elders to use the nuclear bomb, overcoming all dissenting opinions.
When he saw tens of thousands of monsters suspected to be of nightmare-level, he knew the destruction of the capital was inevitable.
Therefore, after testing the protective shield set up by the system for the capital, which could block harmful human damage like shockwaves and radiation, he conceived the idea of using nuclear bombs to strike preemptively.
"This is unscientific!!!"
Zhuge Yun's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the unharmed undead army on the monitor.
The previous battles had already shown that while modern weapons did not yield experience points upon direct kills, they at least proved that modern weapons could kill monsters!
Those bullets! All those cannons were effective!
Then why would nuclear weapons be ineffective?!
I bet the future of Great Yan on this!
In the dead silent supreme command center, only Zhuge Yun's frenzied voice echoed.
The others, looking at the monsters still advancing on the screen, fell silent.
Suddenly, Chen noticed that the intelligence officer's face was still deathly pale.
Before Chen could ask, the intelligence officer continued to tremble, saying,
"Affected by an unknown force, only thirty-two out of five hundred and sixty-seven nuclear bombs detonated after launch!"
"High-altitude satellite observations detected a black light emanating from the Great Tomb, which directly devoured ninety percent of the nuclear bombs in mid-air!"
"And this black light covered all the undead at the moment before the nuclear explosion."
"Reconnaissance personnel speculate that the undead race used an unknown method to intercept the nuclear bombs midway and blocked the damage from the remaining bombs with some kind of power."
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Yun could no longer control his emotions. He jumped up from his seat, rushed to the intelligence officer, pushed him aside, and looked at the latest intelligence himself:
"Get lost!"
"Impossible! If these undead had the power to block nuclear weapons! Why would they let those thirty-odd bombs through?!"
"If they had intercepted all the nuclear bombs in mid-air, wouldn't we still be in despair?!"
Zhuge Yun's fingers flew across the keyboard, and the intelligence from various reconnaissance departments since the nuclear explosion flashed rapidly on the computer.
As the highest responsible person of the Divine Machine, his authority was second only to the top decision-makers of Great Yan. At this moment, everyone in the room was intimidated by his presence, and no one stepped forward to stop him.
Zhuge Yun's bloodshot eyes were fixed on the constantly changing intelligence. His intuition told him that something was wrong!!
Suddenly, upon seeing a seemingly insignificant piece of the latest intelligence, his pupils contracted sharply:
"Could it be! A feint?!"
As the information in his mind integrated, a fact he absolutely refused to believe gradually surfaced. Zhuge Yun collapsed onto his chair, completely stunned:
"It's over... we are utterly finished..."
Upon hearing Zhuge Yun's words, some people in the room also showed expressions of extreme horror. They all realized a terrifying possibility!
The next moment, the system's prompt boomed in the ears of everyone within the capital's safe zone:
[Due to the Great Yan capital actively launching an attack on the core territory of the undead race with power reaching the Purgatory tier (Tier 1)!]
[Regional restrictions are lifted!! When the undead attack the Great Yan capital! They can use power up to the Purgatory tier (Tier 1)!]
From the black Great Tomb,
An arm clad in black armor slowly lowered, and a cold voice echoed in the darkness:
"If it weren't for the fact that I intend to use this place as a pasture later, directly allowing all five hundred nuclear weapons to detonate would have directly unlocked the restriction to the Abyss tier."
"However, allowing Purgatory tier to participate is enough..."
"Go and destroy this country. Kill all the men who resist, and keep the women and children. In the long future, they will become livestock for our undead race in this world!" xxs1
Countless terrifying figures slowly emerged from the Great Tomb...
Doomsday is approaching!
....
Three hundred kilometers outside the capital, a semi-transparent barrier stood between heaven and earth, dividing them into two halves.
A figure in a black robe, with its back to the capital, hovered in the air, quietly gazing at Chen Luo on the opposite side of the barrier.
The man with a corpse-like pale face slowly said,
"You led people to attack several of our cities, didn't you? The King is very displeased with your actions!"
"Originally, we planned to spare the women and children in those cities, but because of your offense!"
"I! Galiot, the Mage of the Void! Will completely purge those cities after I kill you!"
Galiot looked at Chen Luo, who was lowering his head, with arrogance. As a rare spatial mage, his status among the undead was also very high.
However, because of this human's act of defiance, the pleas for help from those cities had greatly displeased the King.
Therefore, he, who had just teleported the assassin master to Donghai City, was personally dispatched to kill this human!
Seeing that this human was still lowering his head after he had said so much, Galiot couldn't help but sneer contemptuously:
"Where is your courage to resist us? Are you afraid when you see a true powerhouse?"
"Heh, it's too late even if you want to beg for mercy! The King's will is absolute! I will kill you, then purge those cities, and forge more Abominations with your human flesh and blood!"
The black-robed man's arm slowly raised, and an invisible wave spread towards Chen Luo.
The transparent barrier that separated heaven and earth suddenly bent, enclosing Chen Luo.
"Tremble under the power of space!"
"Void Magic - Seal Heaven Lock Earth!!"
The semi-transparent barrier formed by spatial power boomed and enveloped Chen Luo. All directions, from heaven to earth, were completely sealed.
Chen Luo seemed to have reached a desperate situation at this moment!
Galiot's expression grew more excited. It seemed to see Chen Luo being crushed into a pulp by the power of space!
Facing this seemingly fatal situation, Chen Luo, who had been lowering his head for a long time, slowly raised his head.
A pair of golden dragon eyes, carrying immense pressure, stared at the monster in human skin before him:
"A powerhouse? I only see a weak monster that is clamoring!"
"Spatial power? Not bad! But, you are too weak!"
His arrogant voice made Galiot pause for a moment, but before it could speak!
The light in Chen Luo's eyes blazed to the extreme:
"Ultimate Magic - Silver Hand - Heaven Shaking Earth!"
Boom!!!
A thousand-meter giant hand, as if forged from mithril, suddenly blasted out from the void!
The barrier formed by spatial power did not last even a moment before it shattered directly under the terrifying power!
Galiot's expression changed from astonishment to horror:
"Void Magic - Phase Shift..."
Too slow!
Before its spell trajectory was even fully drawn,
With a thought from Chen Luo, profound magic patterns were instantly forged in the void, and another thousand-meter giant hand emerged from the void!
In Galiot's eyes, filled with extreme fear, the two giant silver hands merged with a roar!
Bang!!
A terrifying explosion like a nuclear blast, accompanied by a horrifying shockwave, spread out from the point where the giant palms merged.
The poor monster in human skin, without even the slightest ability to resist, was completely reduced to dust!
[You have instantly killed "Galiot, Mage of the Void (Purgatory Limit)", you have obtained the drop "Blood of Space (Purgatory Tier)"!]
In the sky, the terrifying silver giant palms slowly dissipated,
And Chen Luo had already flapped his wings and flown towards the capital.