Chapter 575 - 363: World-Shaking Fireworks, the Tumultuous Sea Welcomes the Demon Lord

Chapter 575: Chapter 363: World-Shaking Fireworks, the Tumultuous Sea Welcomes the Demon Lord

"Are you insane? How could you ask such a foolish question?"

The King of the Wheel of Reincarnation turned to the Lady of the Three Yins, unable to believe what he was hearing.

"We walk completely different paths. Even if he were to accept our surrender, he would demand we sever our own path."

"To strip away our Earth Immortal Flesh and Blood and end our cycle of reincarnation... How would that be any different from death for us?"

"I was merely thinking aloud, Brother Zhuanlun. Pay it no mind."

The Lady of the Three Yins said calmly, her pure black eyes concealing some unknowable emotion.

Suddenly, they both stopped talking and looked toward the center of the ocean.

"It’s starting," the Lady of the Three Yins murmured.

At the same time, the leaders of the world all turned their attention to the center of the ocean.

「Donghua.」

The secret conference room was silent. On the large screen, flickering blue lights faintly revealed a figure sitting cross-legged on the surface of the sea.

The same scene played out within the pentagonal building of the Starry Sky Country.

At surface and undersea bases in numerous countries, rows of long-range missiles stood ready.

The moment the Starry Sky Country gave the order.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!

Chemical propellant ignited, releasing a blinding light and intense heat that sent plumes of smoke billowing into the air.

A powerful tremor and a deafening roar erupted. One by one, missiles packed with terrifying destructive power launched into the sky. They continuously accelerated, trailing long columns of fire as they hurtled toward their target at insane speeds.

On the screen in the Donghua conference room, a red number suddenly began to flash, accompanied by a dense web of parabolic trajectories.

"They’ve made their move! According to our monitoring data, the first launches are sub-strategic weapons. The average yield of a single weapon exceeds 40 tons of TNT."

"The number of sub-strategic weapons we’re tracking in real-time has just surpassed... five thousand!"

"Based on their predicted trajectories, they will cover an area of roughly twenty kilometers around Yi Beidou’s position!"

"This must be just the first wave—a probing attack. The goal is to box in Yi Beidou, drain his Physical Ability, and quickly strip away his Black Flame defenses. Based on our previous strategic simulations, they’ll immediately follow up with strategic weapons!"

The commander’s voice echoed in the conference room.

Five thousand sub-strategic weapons used merely as a probe to clear the way... This was unprecedented in human history. Nor was it something a single nation could accomplish.

You could say that more than half the world had reached a tacit agreement, even coordinating under a unified command, to strike at Yi Beidou.

His very existence was beginning to inspire fear in countless people.

It was just like with Superman. People didn’t see him as a hero, but as a threat.

They didn’t need Yi Beidou. The world didn’t need Yi Beidou.

At this moment, Yi Beidou was at war with almost the entire world—with the entire order of the old era.

This, too, was a terrifying power in its own right.

A dead silence fell over the conference room. Everyone waited quietly for what would happen next.

Less than thirty seconds later, a new alert appeared on the screen.

"The ’Celestial Court’ system has detected launch signals for intercontinental ballistic missiles. They originated from military bases near the coastlines of Beisha Country and the Starry Sky Country. Current count: 10."

"The missile types are Beisha Country’s ’Poseidon’s Fury’ and the Starry Sky Country’s ’Shield of Freedom.’ The estimated average yield is..."

"Two-megaton class."

The AI system’s emotionless voice rang out, causing everyone in the conference room to shudder slightly.

This was the maximum known yield for any active-duty strategic weapon in any country’s arsenal.

A simple comparison was enough to understand its power.

That yield was more than 130 times greater than the bomb that was dropped on Japan.

Even a single detonation near the coast could trigger a massive regional tsunami and cause incalculable radioactive contamination.

A detonation on land would have even more unthinkable consequences.

That was why weapons of this class were also known as "doomsday weapons."

But now, these bastards were using ten of them at once!

If the location weren’t an uninhabited patch of sea near the center of the ocean, nearly ten thousand kilometers from any coastline, the detonation of these ten doomsday weapons would have been enough to cause a devastating ecological catastrophe.

"Judging by their trajectories, six warheads are coming from the sky and four from beneath the sea. The angles and detonation points have been precisely calculated by a supercomputer to ensure the blast blankets everything within a fifty-kilometer radius. Even with Yi Beidou’s speed, it’s impossible for him to escape the core blast zone in time."

"A total yield of twenty megatons. Not even the Starry Sky Country’s old oceanic tests involved a simultaneous detonation of that magnitude. And this probably isn’t even their final attack."

"Just as we predicted. These people are truly insane. They’ll stop at nothing," the commander said grimly.

The conference room fell even more silent.

Could Yi Beidou really survive an earth-shattering attack like this?

「Around the world, along the coasts.」

In some places, it was day. In others, it was night.

"Holy shit! What are those things lined up in the sky? Are those missiles?"

"God, are we going to war with some other country?"

"Please tell me those are just some really big fireworks!"

"So this is it? The end of the world?"