As the lines descended from the sky, the little jade person felt a profound sense of foreboding.
Dongjo Inagi also looked up, alerted by the words.
One, two, three...
Before he could finish counting how many there were, the lines shifted. Each one transformed into ten black dots, plummeting towards them.
"This is bad!"
"Quick, take cover!"
Dongjo Inagi grabbed the little jade person and rushed into the palace.
There, a bomb shelter had been constructed to guard against aerial attacks, burrowing deep underground for over ten meters.
The warheads fell from an altitude of ten thousand meters, their descent accompanied by a deafening roar as they sliced through the air.
Just as they scrambled into the shelter, the black dots in the sky began to strike the vicinity of Mount Fuji.
Relying solely on inertial guidance, their accuracy was somewhat lacking.
After all the warheads had landed, the world fell into an eerie silence.
The populace, still reeling, were relieved, believing these warheads to be duds from the enemy.
But in the next instant, the entire world was illuminated by a blinding flash.
In that moment, it was as if the sun had fallen before their eyes.
In a flash, the occupants within a radius of several hundred kilometers were blinded by the intense light!
What followed was an explosion akin to the end of the world.
"Boom..."
"Boom..."
"Boom..."
Mushroom clouds erupted into the sky, one after another.
With 400 warheads detonating simultaneously, the shockwaves rolled in, wave after wave, like a tsunami!
Houses and trees were swept away, instantly vaporized, leaving behind only faint traces of their former existence on the ground.
The blinded and wailing figures, still clutching their eyes, vanished in an instant as the shockwave approached, dissipating into dust.
The little jade person and Dongjo Inagi, hidden ten meters underground, escaped the initial wave of radiation. However, at the moment of the explosion, the collapsing shelter crushed them into pulp.
A few of the warheads landed in the volcanic crater.
The dormant mountain seemed to have been stimulated at a sensitive point, beginning to tremble instantly.
"Rumble..."
Massive rocks cascaded down the mountainside.
The mountain, smoothed by the vast hand of time, was now, after this moment, once again scarred and fissured.
"Boom..."
With another tremendous roar, an endless stream of volcanic ash spewed from the summit, carrying deadly radioactive particles that swept across the land.
At this moment, the entire island of Honshu felt a violent tremor.
"Crack..."
Like thunderclaps in their ears, the ground within a radius of several hundred kilometers buckled, as if a towel spread on a table were being pushed from both sides.
Viewed from above, the solid ground rolled like waves.
Everything was as terrifying as the end of the world.
The entire East Asian region, at the same moment, witnessed the intense light sweeping from the direction of Japan, along with the thunderous explosions.
Intelligence operatives stationed in Japan, without even time to transmit the news back, had vanished.
"Crash..."
In the distance, the waters of Tokyo Bay receded rapidly, revealing the rocky seabed beneath.
In a very short period, the entire surface of Tokyo Bay withdrew by several hundred meters.
Vessels in the nearby waters, as the water retreated, were either stranded, capsized, or simply carried away by the receding tide.
The receding water, like a drawn bowstring, when pulled to its extreme, suddenly snapped back.
Waves tens of meters high roared in from the deep sea.
After the explosions, the fissured mountain and ground welcomed the first great hand to knead them.
"Crack..."
The mountain split open once more, and countless molten rocks spewed forth from the cracks, charging forward like wild horses.
But they did not get far before being overtaken by the incoming tsunami. A large amount of steam instantly rose, and the lava solidified into clumps of rock, settling beneath the water's surface.
The tsunami advanced inland at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per hour, scouring the land that had already been devastated by the explosion's shockwaves.
All of this transpired in just a few minutes.
When the tsunami lost its momentum and the water dissipated, there was no longer a single living creature capable of breathing within a hundred-kilometer radius.
The island did not sink.
But the events were far from over.
The entire island sat upon the Pacific Ring of Fire, and as the first tsunami receded.
Other volcanoes began to erupt as a chain reaction from the explosions.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes descended simultaneously!
This time, the eruption of Mount Fuji was unprecedented.
Even when Fang Er had triggered it before, it paled in comparison to this event.
The volcanic ash that soared into the sky plunged the entire East Asian region into darkness!
This was an explosion of an unprecedented scale. Without satellite surveillance, the outside world had no way of knowing the scenes at the site.
However, some intelligence operatives from various countries in Japan had survived.
They were hundreds of kilometers from Tokyo, operating in the south or north of Japan.
These individuals were the first to transmit the news back.
Then, national leaders' speeches were broadcast.
The White Eagle: We are shocked, shocked that the Rabbit possesses such means of striking. We reserve judgment on the bombing of Japan.
Luzon: Thank you, Rabbit, for the big rocket!
Indonesia: Thank you, Rabbit, for the big rocket!
Southeast Asian Nations: Thank you, Rabbit, for the big rocket!
The Bear: My heavens, the Rabbit is so powerful!
Macaroni: We have decided to surrender to the Rabbit. Please send people to take over quickly; we are waiting to get some soy sauce...
Xilai Le: My little jade person, is she gone??
Chongqing.
The rogue stick was thrown like a javelin, knocking a bird's nest from a tree branch.
"Smack!"
A dove on the tree, unable to stand it, defecated on the rogue stick on the ground.
"Damn it!"
"What in the world is going on? How could they launch an attack on Mount Fuji from SX!"
"Doesn't that mean, if they wished, we could be taken out by a single shell at any time?"
Daly stood up: "Boss. I propose we immediately activate those hidden agents and carry out assassinations of their high-ranking officials!"
"If we delay any longer, then."
"This nation will inevitably fall into their hands."
Just then, a telegram arrived in TY City.
Three hours later, at the TY command center, Brigade Commander Chen, who usually occupied the main seat, was now forced to sit by the doorway.
The big shots were gathered!