Chapter 973
War in Progress : Chu Xuan's True Plan
This caused the millions of soldiers gathered together for the future of humanity to become excited and energized once again.
Countless soldiers and various weapons gathered together.
a moment.
As the ground shook, a series of booming sounds resounded in everyone's ears.
They gathered together and looked up.
Watching the flames soar into the sky and then scatter in all directions.
Each of them knew that from this moment on, there was no turning back.
On this continent, on this planet, the decisive battle between humans and robots is now, right now.
Outside the metal city fortress.
Dressed in black camouflage, Chu Xuan stood silently on a rock, gazing up at the faintly visible metal buildings in the distance.
However, Chu Xuan quickly turned his head and looked to the other side.
Zheng Zha found it strange that Chu Xuan seemed a little different today.
The most obvious change is that this person no longer wears the special glasses that can convert electricity into mental energy.
Instead, he switched to a pair of opaque black sunglasses.
With his eyes covered, Chu Xuan suddenly exuded a strangely carefree air.
"The first nuclear missile is expected to hit here in five minutes. Based on our location and wind direction, there is a 98% chance that a brief gale will occur, but it will not affect us."
Li Xiao also took out sunglasses, handed one to Zhao Yingkong, and then put one on himself.
"Besides Saito Hajime, Chen Zilong, and Zhu Wen, this seems to be the first time we've witnessed a nuclear explosion from this distance, right?"
"And it was the kind of bombing that happened in shifts!"
"By the way, Chu Xuan, how many nuclear bombs were allocated to this metal city?"
Chu Xuan answered calmly, "Nineteen!"
"This is the limit I've calculated for your physical condition to withstand the cumulative amount of nuclear radiation."
"If this continues, your chances of survival will drop drastically."
"Otherwise, if we only consider the continental plate's capacity to withstand the load, this number could double again."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha grinned, shook his head, and sighed.
However, just as he shook his head, he noticed that behind him, Zhan Lan and Zhao Yingkong had put on sunglasses.
"Uh, did you guys forget to tell me something?"
"Why are you all wearing sunglasses?"
Li Xiao said casually, "It's nothing, it's just that we might see the sun up close in a bit, and I'm afraid it will dazzle my eyes."
Zheng Zha then realized what was going on, but before he could say anything, Zhan Lan smiled and handed him a pair of sunglasses.
And it was at this time.
"...Humans!"
Chu Xuan suddenly uttered these three words, then turned around from the rock to look at Zheng Zha.
"Don't you find it amazing that a primate that has evolved for five thousand years can create nuclear weapons, weapons powerful enough to destroy a planet's ecosystem..."
"...What exactly is humanity?"
Zheng Zha's eyes widened because he realized that Chu Xuan was actually being sentimental—no, it should be said that he was expressing his feelings?
But does he have feelings?
Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan exchanged glances upon realizing this.
Zheng Zha asked, "Chu Xuan, what's wrong? Has something happened recently?"
"Or is there something wrong with your health?"
"Why do I feel like you???"
"And it's strange, why did you suddenly feel this way?"
Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong also turned their gazes over.
Chu Xuan suddenly smiled as he faced the gazes of the crowd.
Although this smile is just a movement caused by muscle tension, it is indeed a smile.
This also explains why Chu Xuan's mind is somewhat unusual at this moment.
Li Xiao suddenly spoke up.
"Chu Xuan, you've unlocked the fourth-stage gene lock, haven't you!"
Li Xiao's voice instantly amplified the sound of the wind around them.
The whistling air currents stirred up the loose soil on the ground, passing by everyone who was frozen in place.
Before Chu Xuan could answer, Chen Zilong spoke up with a laugh:
"How is that possible? I remember the captain saying that after the fourth-order gene lock is unlocked, one will enter a berserk state, which is the inner demon stage."
"Chu Xuan didn't have a single problem from beginning to end."
Li Xiao continued, "What if Chu Xuan is currently in a berserk phase?"
"He can suppress it, but even if he does, some problems will still show."
"For example, the feelings I just expressed."
"A change from the complex changes we experienced at the base."
As soon as those words were spoken...
Because of the sudden silence, the rustling sounds around us became even more pronounced.
Finally, the silence was broken by streaks of white smoke and red flames piercing the sky.
These flames were not just one or two, but dozens, even hundreds.
As the first batch of nuclear bombs landed, terrifying flames shot into the sky across the entire Earth.
Zheng Zha seemed to have a delusion that he heard the earth's wails and cries of pain.
It was at this moment that he saw the presence that filled the sky.
These are not ordinary missiles; each one is a nuclear weapon with tremendous destructive power.
Moreover, compared to the number he had imagined, there seemed to be far too many in the air at the moment.
It was at this moment that Zheng Zha realized that he had ultimately been outmaneuvered by Chu Xuan.
Or perhaps, the anxiety that had been building up finally died.
This number of nuclear warheads is not what he described as the plan to attack only the front-line bases and the metal city in front of him.
Now it seems that even if it doesn't destroy the Earth, it's probably close.
Zheng Zha suddenly understood.
I was too naive from the very beginning.
If he wasn't mistaken, every city on Earth that had been taken over by robots was probably within Chu Xuan's strike range.
Decepticons are popping up all over the earth.
Even if the main focus is on the front-line positions and the Spark Source base in front of them.
However, there must also be a significant number of people remaining in other cities.
Once a battle is lost, the captured cities will become supply points.
To reduce Megatron's power within the AllSpark Cube base, the only way is to first eliminate these scattered supply points.
Only then might it be possible to force them out of the AllSpark Cube base.
Moreover, only in this way can the intention to target the AllSpark Cube base be minimized during such a large-scale attack.
There may be better, less costly, and gentler methods.
But by this time, knowing all this, it was already too late.
Even Zheng Zha is powerless to do anything about it now.
After realizing his mistake, Zheng Zha looked at Chu Xuan.
This person, though standing still, must have sensed Zheng Zha's gaze.
He simply replied calmly, "Zheng Zha, if either you or I survive, then come and settle the score with me!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha was speechless.
Compared to nuclear weapons that scatter in all directions from high altitudes.
A constantly adjusting trajectory in the sky slowly came into Li Xiao and his companions' view.
This ever-descending white line seems to divide the sky in two.
At the very end of the white line is an intercontinental nuclear missile.
Just as they turned their attention to this unusual nuclear warhead, the intercontinental nuclear warhead had already separated. Its massive head plunged straight into the center of the metal fortress.
Li Xiao and the others could see it clearly.
Just as it swooped in, a figure seemed to burst out from the steel fortress, trying to use its body to block the premature detonation.
But this reaction was ultimately too late.
The mushroom cloud rose and tumbled in an instant, continuing to ascend into the sky.
100 meters, 1000 meters!
Or perhaps even higher up in the sky.
No one who witnessed this scene made a move.
They all stared intently, not blinking.
Immediately afterwards, an orange-red flame appeared from within the red mushroom cloud.
However, the color quickly changed to incandescent white, and then the white light grew larger and larger.
Finally, it formed a perfect circle and landed inside the metal fortress.
Finally, it was included.
It was at this moment that Zheng Zha realized he was glad he had brought the sunglasses that were specially made for watching the nuclear explosion.
Because it was as if a sun had truly appeared before my eyes, a huge energy body that radiates light and heat.
A nuclear explosion is like fireworks, fleeting and ephemeral.
This sun is no exception.
The blazing white fireball grew larger and larger until it reached its limit, then erupted again in an even more violent form.
A gigantic white mushroom cloud rose once again…
Over the next hour.
Before the noise from the previous nuclear explosion had completely subsided, the nuclear bomb had already plunged into the flames.
Because of the constantly rising mushroom clouds, the world before their eyes instantly turned into a blazing white hell.
And from the moment the first nuclear bomb exploded, they never saw the outline of the metal fortress again.
After all, finding a building in the middle of a sun is asking the impossible.
However, the explosion of these nineteen hydrogen bombs was indeed terrifying.
Even from where they are now, every small stone that is launched has the force of a bullet.
And for a full hour.
Even with sunglasses on, Zheng Zha and the others still felt a bit of glare.
After all, no one can stand staring at the sun for an hour.
The explosion ended with the final sound of the last nuclear bomb exploding.
Zheng Zha took two deep breaths before he managed to refrain from questioning Chu Xuan beside him.
Li Xiao and the others also got up and began making final preparations.
Now they just need to wait for the Decepticons to retaliate after the Americans launch a nuclear offensive.
They will then be able to carry out their next raid plan.
"Seriously, are they all really not all going to die?"
"Do they still have the capability to regroup and fight against the attacking human army?"
Chen Zilong had just finished speaking.
Zhan Lan said:
"By the way, you probably haven't seen Optimus Prime after the modifications, have you?"
"You'll probably understand if you see him, right?"
"Although such a scenario is absurd, Megatron, who possesses the AllSpark, and those Decepticons will not die so easily."
"The main god won't let us find such a crucial plot item as the AllSpark Cube as easily as picking up trash."
It seems to be to confirm Zhan Lan's words.
When the slugs announced that they had begun their attack.
It hadn't even been a minute.
The distant place, which had been deathly silent due to the series of nuclear explosions.
Suddenly, the distinctive sound of metal clashing rang out.
Despite the distance, Zheng Zha and the others wouldn't have misheard.
The Decepticon robots at the AllSpark Cube base actually withstood the bombardment of nineteen hydrogen bombs.
And it wasn't just one or two that survived.
There are many!
Much more than expected!
Most of the robots that appeared in Zheng Zha and his companions' field of vision had transformed into combat-capable shuttles and headed west.
Moreover, these are all Decepticons capable of flight.
"Where did they all come from? And there are so many of them!"
"Underground?"
Thinking of this, Zheng Zha couldn't help but ask:
"Chu Xuan, don't I remember there being some kind of bunker-buster nuclear bomb?"
"Didn't you use it just now?"
Chu Xuan, while calculating the number of robots that continued to pour out, replied:
"They used the third, sixth, twelfth, and eighteenth nuclear bombs, which were specifically designed to bomb underground defensive structures."
Zheng Zha was stunned: "Then what do we do now...?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be something like an energy shield."
"Of course, this is just speculation, but whatever the reason, the effect of nuclear weapons would only cause them to lose some strength, not actually kill them all."
"Because this is not allowed by the Lord God."
Zheng Zha fell silent upon hearing this.
He knew what Chu Xuan meant by saying that.
But I still couldn't help but ask:
"And what about the rest of the people on Earth?"
"Do you know how many people will die after these nuclear weapons land?"
Chu Xuan turned to the side, gazing at the radioactive dust rising hundreds of meters into the air, completely ignoring Zheng Zha's murderous gaze.
Just an hour ago.
Like the millions of people in the city in the mummy?
Or is it tens of millions?
Numbers are a very simple and practical tool.
However, when this tool represents a number of people, Zheng Zha always feels a sense of unease.
His reason told him that in just the past hour, at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of people on this continent of America had turned to ashes.
Not to mention the entire Earth.
Li Xiao walked over from behind, took off his sunglasses, and patted Zheng Zha on the shoulder.
“Zheng Zha, I remember you said when you killed Su Wei that you didn’t want to use other people’s lives to prove yourself anymore.”
"However, gain and loss are always equal, and no one can escape them!"
After Li Xiao finished speaking, he pulled Zhao Yingkong forward two steps.
Chen Zilong followed, looking at the motionless captain and whispering:
"What's wrong with the captain?"
Li Xiao shrugged: "My saintly heart has been activated; it should be fine in a bit."
"After all, the fact that he didn't punch Chu Xuan right away means he's alright."
Zheng Zha stood still and looked up.
Su Wei?
who is it?
Oh right, it was the newcomer I killed.
I used to think that I could get my hands dirty to survive... but I couldn't get my heart dirty...
But now!
If a person is willing to do anything to survive, then am I still myself?
If I could do that, would I then abandon my partners and climb over others' bones to survive, or would I, like those predicted breeder teams, exploit and oppress newcomers to gain enough reward points and side quests? (End of Chapter)