novel bin Chapter 219 The Power of a 2-Ton Equivalent
Chapter 219 The Power of a 2-Ton Equivalent
On the expeditionary force's position.
The surviving soldiers are cleaning up the battlefield; the atmosphere is somber.
The oppressive aura of the seventh-tier demon lord demoralized them.
Adding to their woes, the demons breached their defenses and bombarded them with cubic nitrogen missiles, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries, which dampened their spirits.
Given the terrifying strength of the seventh-tier demons, no one is confident they can defeat them next time.
"Look!"
Suddenly, someone exclaimed, and the soldiers all turned to look in the direction the person was pointing.
Everyone witnessed that unforgettable scene.
On the distant horizon, a "sun" rises fiercely.
The world lost all sound and color, leaving only that pure white!
The soldiers stared in disbelief at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance.
"Everyone lie down, prepare to withstand a nuclear blast!" The voice from the communication system brought the soldiers back to their senses.
Several tens of seconds later,
"Rumble, rumble—"
The earth-shattering roar finally arrived, accompanied by a violent shockwave that swept across the battlefield.
The soldiers, affected by the shockwave and earthquake, staggered and lay slumped on the ground, clinging to anything they could secure themselves to.
Inside the trench, Long Zhan stood upright, supporting himself against the wall with one hand, letting the wind whip his clothes around.
With his other hand holding a telescope, he stared expressionlessly at the slowly rising mushroom cloud that blotted out the sky.
"That yield should be enough, right?"
Seventh-order beings are far beyond the scope of human imagination.
Long Zhan already regarded his opponent as a legendary creature below the level of a demigod.
But he still wasn't sure if it would be effective.
In the distance, Warwick and Warkong, carried back on stretchers by their tribesmen, struggled to prop themselves up.
As they gazed at the distant scene that represented absolute destruction, their already pale faces grew even paler.
Warwick's lips moved.
"What was that? It was more than ten times more violent than the explosion just now..."
"Is this an attack on that Demon Lord?"
They were shocked. Even in their prime, they would have had no chance of survival in the epicenter of such an explosion!
"Our power..." Vokong murmured to himself, his eyes vacant.
"Insignificant compared to it?"
Is this the true power of the Great Xia?
Is this our ally's...trump card?
The two exchanged a glance, and both saw deep shock and... awe in each other's eyes!
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the other side.
Having received news of the demons' retreat, Lin Mo, along with Kyle, Elder Muyu, Thorin, and others, were riding their flying mounts back home.
"We're almost there!" Lin Mo shouted, his heart filled with anxiety.
I wonder what the losses were for the expeditionary force.
Suddenly, their mounts let out mournful cries, refusing to fly any further, circling in terror, trying to turn back and flee.
"What's going on?" Kyle asked, soothing his unicorn Pegasus with a puzzled look on his face.
Just then.
An indescribable beam of light shone from the horizon in front of them.
Everyone instinctively closed their eyes.
The whole world turned into pure white.
When they managed to open their eyes, a gigantic mushroom cloud, billowing with flames and dust, slowly rose.
It occupied their entire field of vision with an overbearing attitude.
Heaven and earth lose color!
"Holy...Holy Light above..." Kyle's voice trembled, and he almost dropped his staff.
He subconsciously tried to sense the magical elements around him to investigate, but was horrified to discover that a huge "hole" seemed to have appeared in the distant sky.
All the elements there were... erased!
Pure, domineering, and unreasonable!
That's the power to destroy everything!
That was a power far more terrifying than any forbidden spell!
"My goodness, a god of craftsmanship..."
Thorin Steelbeard's wine jug clattered onto his thigh, soaking a large area, but he was completely unaware of it.
His mouth was agape, his thick beard swaying in the gale-force winds brought by the shockwave, and he looked as if he had been petrified.
"What...what kind of power is this?" Elder Muyu's face was as pale as paper.
As an elf who is close to nature, he can feel the earth wailing and the elements lamenting.
That power is a kind of "elimination" of nature.
On the ground, Grom, the centaur who was following the galloping horse, was so weak that his hooves went limp and his whole body trembled.
He gazed at the mushroom cloud in the distance, his eyes filled with nothing but primal awe.
The technology of the Great Xia Dynasty is countless times more terrifying than the forbidden spells he had seen back then!
Lin Mo immediately raised his wrist, activated the terminal, and tried to contact Long Zhan.
"General Long? General Long? Can you hear me?"
The only response he received was a sizzling sound of static.
There was no reply.
Lin Mo's heart tightened.
"Don't rush," Zhao Gang said from the side, his voice as steady as ever.
"It should be an electromagnetic pulse generated by a nuclear explosion. Communication systems will be severely disrupted and will take time to recover."
Lin Mo nodded, and had no choice but to suppress his anxiety for the time being.
The group urged their mounts on and sped off towards the expeditionary force's position.
When they arrived at their position, the expected chaos did not occur.
The ground situation is relatively good, and the soldiers are busy at their respective posts, clearing the battlefield and treating the wounded. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Lin Mo's anxiety eased slightly.
He quickly found the command post that had been temporarily set up in a military tent, lifted the curtain, and went inside.
Long Zhan was standing with his back to the door in front of a large screen.
"General Long!"
Lin Mo strode forward and asked in rapid succession:
"How's the situation? Did that nuclear bomb kill the demon leader? Were any of our soldiers affected?"
Long Zhan turned around, listened, and shook his head.
"We don't know yet."
He pointed to an area on the screen covered in thick smoke and dust.
"The high temperature of the nuclear explosion ignited the entire misty forest. There was so much smoke and dust that even satellites couldn't see what was happening below."
"The effects of the electromagnetic pulse haven't completely dissipated. We're currently repairing the drone, and once it's fixed, we'll immediately send it out to reconnoiter and confirm whether the target is still alive!"
Long Zhan paused, then continued:
"As for the impact... I chose a 20-kiloton nuclear warhead at the time."
"The expeditionary force is currently outside the blast radius, so theoretically the losses should not be too great."
"20 tons of equivalent?"
Lin Mo had no concept of this number.
Zhao Gang, who was standing next to him, noticed his confusion and offered an explanation:
"A 20-kiloton nuclear bomb, the fireball at its core would have a diameter of approximately one kilometer!"
"The core temperature exceeds 50 million degrees Celsius, which can instantly vaporize all objects within its range."
"Within a diameter of 3.2 kilometers, it is enough to destroy most reinforced concrete buildings."
"Within a 9-kilometer radius, all ordinary houses will collapse, and people will suffer fatal impacts."
"As for heat radiation, the area that can cause third-degree skin burns has a diameter of about 10.5 kilometers, and the area that can ignite trees has a diameter of about 12 kilometers."