novel bin Chapter 342 Great Xia, held on, zero casualties!
Chapter 342 Great Xia, held on, zero casualties!
"Seven...six...five..."
The countdown continues.
The red emergency lights in the underground city flashed incessantly, illuminating the ever-changing faces of the people.
The entire space was shrouded in a blood-red hue.
The sound of people breathing could be clearly heard.
Some people clenched their fists until their knuckles turned white.
Some people closed their eyes, waiting for that moment to arrive.
"Four...three...two..."
Inside the command center.
Everyone stared at the screen, motionless.
On the screen, the trajectories of the three nuclear missiles had reached the airspace above the underground city.
Several leaders were also staring at the screen, their breaths catching in their throats.
"one……"
"boom!!!"
On the screen, two blinding white lights exploded simultaneously.
The light was blinding, almost filling the entire screen.
Immediately afterwards, a mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
Flames shot into the sky, and shockwaves swept across the ground.
The ice sheet broke apart, and a blizzard raged.
Then a dull thud came from around the wall.
And there was also a bunker-buster nuclear bomb.
The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.
Inside the command center, everyone's heart was in their throat.
Number Two gripped the handrail tightly, feeling the slight vibration.
"Report on the situation in the dungeon!"
The informant acted quickly, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"Report... Report..."
"The Tianxuan Underground City's structure remains intact; 15% of the surface protective layer is damaged, but the interior of the underground city is undamaged!"
"No civilians were injured or killed!"
The words fell.
Number Two's shoulders relaxed slightly.
The leaders breathed a long sigh of relief.
Number Two turned around and glanced at everyone.
"This is just the beginning."
"More than 1,600 nuclear warheads are on their way."
"Everyone, cheer up!"
"Great Xia will not fall."
His voice was firm and resounding.
Inside the command center, everyone stood up straight.
"yes!"
On the screen, the red ballistic trajectory continues to increase.
Countless anti-aircraft missiles, like moths to a flame, intercepted the incoming nuclear missiles.
The super laser weapon is firing continuously, while the land-based weapon is firing wildly.
"Boom boom boom—"
Nuclear bombs exploded in the sky.
Nuclear war continues.
But Da Xia has made the most thorough preparations!
The massive explosion that swept the globe lasted for a full hour.
Sixty minutes.
Three thousand six hundred seconds.
Every second, several nuclear bombs explode somewhere.
Every underground city on Earth received the "care" of hundreds of nuclear bombs during this apocalyptic carnival.
The core of a nuclear explosion has a temperature exceeding that of the sun's surface.
Fifty million degrees Celsius!
All matter vaporizes instantly upon contact.
Steel melted, concrete evaporated, and even the air was burned into plasma.
The shockwave spread at supersonic speeds, destroying everything in its path.
Eighty percent of the above-ground buildings collapsed directly.
The skyscrapers collapsed like building blocks.
The highway bridge was twisted and broken, with the steel bars hanging limply like noodles.
The port and docks were overturned, and the giant ships were thrown several kilometers inland like toys.
The earth is wailing.
Amidst the violent shaking, the tectonic plates began to shift.
The seismic waves spread outwards from the explosion center like ripples.
Earthquakes of magnitude 8 or higher on the Richter scale occurred simultaneously in various parts of the world.
Landslides occurred, and the ground cracked like gullies.
In coastal areas, a tsunami followed.
Giant waves, hundreds of meters high, crashed against the shore, swallowing everything.
The terrifying dust generated by the nuclear explosion spread across the globe.
The dust, carrying deadly radiation, is like the tentacles of death.
Radioactive particles—iodine-131, cesium-137, and strontium-90—enter the stratosphere along with the mushroom cloud.
They will cover the Northern Hemisphere within 24 hours.
Then, with the storm, it spread throughout the entire blue planet.
In the near future, the global ecosystem will suffer a devastating blow.
Animals still surviving on the surface struggle with the radiation.
Birds fall from the sky, losing their feathers and suffering from skin ulceration.
The land animal vomited incessantly, bled, and collapsed in pain.
Fish in the ocean turned their white bellies up in droves.
The coral reef died completely, turning into a pale, skeleton-like structure.
The few humans who manage to survive on the ground won't last long either.
They huddled in the ruins, shivering.
The skin began to fester, and large clumps of hair fell out.
Someone went mad and howled amidst the ruins.
Some people looked at the sky in despair, at that gray, sunless sky.
Finally, they will slowly die from the radiation.
On Earth, only the underground cities remain, with the few remaining creatures.
As for those nuclear submarines, they won't last long either.
They float beneath the sea surface, like lost souls.
Unable to obtain supplies on land, fuel exhausted, food depleted.
Eventually, they will sink into the deep sea and become graves.
Thick dust blocked out the sunlight.
The daytime on Earth is finally no longer scorching hot.
But the price is darkness that never sees the light of day.
And then there's the endless winter.
Nuclear winter has arrived.
Temperatures plummeted, with the global average temperature dropping by twenty degrees Celsius in a week.
It will snow in the equatorial region soon.
The rainforest is covered with a thin layer of ice.
The remaining plants withered rapidly under the combined effects of cold and radiation.
When photosynthesis stops, oxygen production drops sharply.
The ecological cycle of Earth has completely collapsed.
The number two leader stood in front of the huge screen with his hands behind his back.
On the screen are real-time satellite images of Earth.
The ground was no longer visible through the thick clouds on the screen; only the flash of the nuclear explosion could be seen.
His country's last satellite was also shot down by the Great Xia just now.
Although Daxia's satellites were also attacked, the first-mover advantage and excellent interception capabilities allowed them to retain 50% of their strength.
With satellites gone and surface facilities destroyed, major countries have become completely blind, unable to know anything about the outside world.
They could only huddle inside the underground city, becoming isolated islands unable to connect with the outside world.
At this moment, various data are constantly being refreshed on the screen.
"Report! Tianxuan Underground City withstood 37 nuclear strikes, its structure remains intact, and there were no casualties!"
"Report! The Tian Shu Underground City has withstood 52 nuclear strikes. Twenty percent of its outer defenses are damaged, but the interior remains undamaged!"
"Report! Tianquan Underground City withstood 41 nuclear strikes without damage!"
The informants quickly reported their findings.
These are the ones that slipped through the interception failures; the ones that were successfully intercepted had over two hundred in each dungeon.
Number Two's expression remained calm throughout.
He turned around and his gaze swept over everyone present.
"What is the situation in the various suburban cities?"
A staff officer stood up and saluted.
"Reporting, sir! All thirty-six underground cities withstood a nuclear attack!"
"No casualties...!"
"Dungeon integrity reduced... less than five percent of what was expected!"
As soon as he finished speaking, cheers erupted in the command center.
The leaders exchanged glances, their faces breaking into relieved smiles.
Number Two nodded.
"very good."
"But we can't relax yet."
"Radiation monitoring continues, and we must pay close attention to the health of personnel. The supply of diluted holy water must be kept up."
"If there are too many infected people and other patients, then we might as well gather them together and treat them using a single purification roll."
"receive!"
"By the way, check if any passages leading out of the underground city are properly sealed off, and arrange for repairs and reopening of any damaged ones."
"Notify all suburban areas to maintain order and security, and stabilize the emotions of the people."
"The twenty-year system for distributing supplies will be abolished, and resources will be redistributed according to a ten-year standard, ensuring that people have enough to eat and wear, and restoring their confidence!"
"yes!"
"Once things calm down, prepare for global drone surveillance. If any unmanned equipment from other countries is detected, destroy it immediately!"
The secretary was taking notes when he heard this and was stunned. Was this going to suffocate all the countries in the underground city?
Pshaw, what are you thinking? We should be letting them enjoy their retirement in peace!
The secretary, reflecting on her own lack of awareness, nodded and said:
"clear!"
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