Free Web NovelChapter 1126: Chapter 125: Giant Beast (Part 5)
Bang!
The highest floor of the skyscraper overlooking the entire city, the glass on the outside suddenly shattered with a sound,
Li Ang, holding a silver-backed mecha without a pilot in one hand, rushed into the top floor with the splinters of broken glass, gently stepping on the carpeted ground, and stood firm.
He casually glanced around,
only to see this floor decorated in golden splendor, luxurious and elegant,
the male and female guests, either rich or noble, were dressed in suits and gowns, clinking glasses, chatting and laughing,
even the servers moving through the crowd were all handsome men and women standing upright with professional smiles.
It seemed like a charity gala was being held here,
Li Ang’s appearance broke the atmosphere of the party,
guests, servers, hosts, everyone turned their heads to look at the spot where the glass had shattered, faces showing astonishment.
Bzzz—
The dense vibration sound of smartphone messages echoed in the banquet hall,
some guests suddenly snapped back to reality, not bothering to take out their phones from their pockets, bent down, retreated to the back of the crowd, and dashed toward the emergency exit of the hall,
some less quick-witted guests instinctively looked at their phones, only then noticing the urgent disaster notification text from the [Pan-Pacific Joint Military Defense Force].
Someone screamed, and the bustling hall instantly turned into chaos, the crowd surged toward the emergency exit like a shoal of fish.
Li Ang casually glanced at the crowd,
the unique keen perception of an Enchantment System psychic abilities user, allowing him to easily identify these people’s emotional fluctuations and psychological traits.
The few highest-ranking dignitaries in the crowd suddenly stopped, their eyes turned dull and cloudy, moving against the crowd, turning around to walk toward Li Ang.
As the distance closed, Li Ang casually browsed through their memories, searching for the information he wanted.
The people in this script world also called their home Earth,
nine years ago, people on the planet lived calmly as usual, discussing oil prices, stock markets, genes, housing prices, entertainment stars, movies, wars in Africa and the Middle East, as well as the emerging Bitcoin.
Until the second Sunday of August, when an undersea earthquake erupted off the coast of San Francisco, the resulting tsunami reached 15 meters high, destroying over 1,000 buildings along the shore,
just as the residents of San Francisco were in panic and despair, awaiting rescue,
from the ocean emerged a giant beast previously existing only in fantasies.
Standing 92 meters tall, weighing 7,200 tons, with an axe-shaped head (later earning it the name ’Axe Head’), the giant beast tore through the Golden Gate Bridge and landed in the San Francisco area.
At that time, the United States poured in most of its military power,
tanks, planes, missiles bombarded the deep-sea monster relentlessly within a 35 km radius,
however, all human conventional weapons proved ineffective—the deep-sea monster’s surface was covered with an invisible, untouchable energy shield,
when modern weapons struck, the shield would manifest, significantly weakening their power, making them unable to penetrate the deep-sea monster’s armor.
Three days,
during these three days, the United States military, symbolizing the pinnacle of Earth’s military power, watched helplessly as the foe ravaged the San Francisco area, demolishing buildings, slaughtering civilians too late to evacuate.
Finally, when the deep-sea monster left the ruins of San Francisco and continued towards the California interior,
the U.S. military dispatched bomber formations to drop the most powerful man-made weapon of the planet onto the deep-sea monster.
Nuclear bomb.
A colossal mushroom cloud slowly rose, the intense light and heat illuminating the entire field as bright as day,
the shockwave of the explosion shook the ground for miles around.
Assault troops braved dense smoke and strong radiation to rush to the scene for observation,
yet when they transmitted the photos back to headquarters, everyone was in disbelief. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
The deep-sea monster named "Axe Head,"
its left half had been charred and broken by the nuclear bomb,
while the right half remained shrouded in a hexagonal light shield.
Axe Head did not die, on the contrary, the nuclear bomb triggered a stress response in its body,
allowing it to absorb the ubiquitous nuclear radiation, heal its wounds, and further expand its size.
The despairing U.S. military dispatched three more bombers,
but this time, an unexpected incident occurred—a pilot who was supposed to carry out the nuclear bombing plan was overwhelmed by emotion, piloting his plane, carrying the nuclear bomb, to crash head-on into the deep-sea monster’s armor,
surprisingly tearing a gap in the yellow light shield that bullets, missiles, and even nuclear bombs failed to penetrate.
Though the pilot unfortunately perished, the gap was enough for the nuclear bomb to be delivered inside.
Amidst the radiant glow, the deep-sea monster finally collapsed with a crash, its thoracic and abdominal cavities vaporized without a trace, the remaining body turning into a heap of radioactive flesh.
Scientists dissected the monster’s corpse for research, but faced it like a black box, completely clueless on where to start,
the authorities had no choice but to hide the news, announcing it as an unexpected strike by a mutated creature—just like Godzilla.
The San Francisco disaster finally ended, people mourned, commemorated, rebuilt, thinking these events would pass, but disasters continued to occur.
Manila, Saint Lucas in Mexico, Sydney in Australia...
Deep-sea monsters of various shapes appeared in corners of the world, attacking cities, massacring humans,
each time, national officials were forced to adopt the same solution as the United States in San Francisco—having nuclear bomber pilots conduct suicide attacks.
This was not without cost,
the blue blood of all deep-sea monsters contained an indissoluble toxin,
When this blood is evaporated by high temperatures, it will enter the Earth’s water cycle system, into rainwater, seawater, river water, and groundwater,
Crops fail, land polluted, living beings wiped out, poisoning thousands of miles.
Moreover, if the first nuclear bomb does not kill the deep-sea giant beast, it will start absorbing nuclear radiation and evolve,
becoming an even more terrifying opponent.
To combat the threat of the deep-sea giant beast, humanity established the PPDC, the Pan Pacific Defense Corps, consolidating all forces.
Through relentless analysis of the monster’s organs, scientists finally figured out the specific nature of that golden polygonal energy shield—it is a reflection of spiritual energy in the real world.
Scientists believe that the deep-sea giant beast can generate vast mind energy, spontaneously forming a "heart wall,"
The heart wall can affect the real world, automatically repelling all energy and physical contact from the real world.
The Earth’s military previously used many missiles and bombs without piercing the heart wall. Only the earliest San Francisco nuclear bomber pilot could break through physically,
The reason is that the San Francisco bomber pilot had a heart as resilient as iron,
The mind energy he produced, although small in quantity, was of high quality, neutralizing part of the "heart wall" created by the deep-sea giant beast, successfully breaking through.
The heart wall, absolute territory, AT Force Field (Absolute Terror Field),
No matter what name is used to refer to this manifestation of mind energy,
current human civilization technology has no way to break through it,
Only using heart wall against a heart wall.
Under this guideline, the PPDC, with the full support of countries around the world, recruited a research and engineering team and launched a plan called "Seagull Thief",
They built giant mechanical warriors, equipped internally with an organ similar to the "pineal body" in the brain of deep-sea giant beasts. By activating the pineal body with electric shocks,
the pilot controlling the Seagull Thief mecha soldier can also generate massive mind energy, forming an all-encompassing "heart wall."
Thus, the Seagull Thief became the savior of all humankind.
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"So it’s the AT Force Field..."
Li Ang’s face was as calm as water. This world’s human civilization has been suffering from the attacks of deep-sea giant beasts for nine years,
War drives technological progress.
The PPDC has made a breakthrough in the development of mecha soldiers,
They manufactured a total of forty giant mecha soldiers and thousands of medium and small mechas,
distributing all of them to port cities around the world most vulnerable to deep-sea giant beast attacks.
Port City, the capital Lima of Peru, Anchorage in Alaska, Vladivostok in the Far East, Tokyo, Sydney...
And surrounded these cities with extremely thick anti-giant-beast city walls, as well as extensive underground shelters.
He shifted his gaze from those so-called big shots attending the banquet, who immediately fainted and fell to the ground,
Li Ang stepped over these people, carrying the silver-backed mecha, through the banquet hall, and stood in front of the clean, transparent floor-to-ceiling windows.
Standing here, you can clearly see the brightly lit and bustling city.
The crowds and vehicles, as small as ants,
The thousand-ton and ten-thousand-ton cargo ships sailing on the distant rivers, like small leaves.
And beyond the rivers, a circle of steel walls—fifty-meter-high reinforced concrete city walls, extending endlessly, surrounding the rivers and islands,
The walls are full of cannon defense arrays. Although ordinary people do not have the reinforced heart wall, these mighty cannons might provide a bit of fire support when the deep-sea giant beasts charge,
and provide psychological comfort to the citizens on ordinary days. ƒreewebɳovel.com
Thud, thud, thud!!
The sound of metal feet stepping on the ground echoed on the street below,
Those previously three to four meters high mecha warriors, broke free from the entanglement of armed helicopters,
They received orders from above, realized the danger of Li Ang, and all propped up the polygonal energy shield named heart wall,
Controlling the mecha, they clawed and climbed up the surfaces of buildings, rushing towards the skyscraper where Li Ang was located.
Where the mecha soldiers passed, the people screamed, rushing chaotically but not disorderly towards the underground shelters—long-term monster warfare has accustomed everyone to emergency evacuation procedures.
Bang, bang, bang, bang—
The heavier mecha warriors climbed along the building surfaces,
The lighter mecha warriors used advanced foot jump systems and hook claw devices to ascend quickly, leveling with Li Ang.
"AX-009 fourth generation two-series mecha, Wombat. Humanoid cockpit, high-efficiency fuel engine power core, ’Pingxiao’ operating system, originally produced in the Northern Industrial Manufacturing Factory, piloted by 44-year-old PPDC Lieutenant Colonel Fang Xuewen."
Li Ang looked at the oval-shaped mecha that jumped up, casually reporting a string of information,
Among the dignitaries he had mind-read in the banquet hall earlier, there happened to be a high-ranking PPDC officer.
"Who exactly are you?"
The middle-aged pilot named Fang Xuewen took a deep breath, and more PPDC comrades jumped in through the broken floor-to-ceiling windows beside him.
"Me?"
Li Ang tilted his head, "I’m just a passing good boy.
If you’re willing to cooperate, I can help you fight monsters and such.
But before that, there’s something I want."
Fang Xuewen instinctively asked, "What do you want?"
Li Ang smiled slightly, "The command authority of this world."
