In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

Ten minutes later.

The deepest part of the Daxia Kunlun base, in the most secure and top-secret conference room.

"Xiao Su, you've worked hard. You just got back from Paris and came straight here without resting."

The leader sat at the head of the long table, his voice still steady and powerful.

But Su Ran keenly noticed that the leader looked much thinner during this period, and the white hair at his temples was becoming increasingly conspicuous.

"Sir, the situation is urgent and we can't wait any longer."

Without any formalities, Su Ran directly switched to the main channel of the meeting, showing satellite images of Australia.

"Sir, on behalf of the chief advisor of the Peach Blossom Spring Project, I formally request supreme authorization!"

"Activate the bottom-line plan! Conduct an indiscriminate, carpet-bombing nuclear strike on the Australian continent!"

As soon as Su Ran finished speaking, the air seemed to freeze.

Li Guodong tensed his back, his eyes fixed on the old man sitting at the head of the table.

Using nuclear weapons to indiscriminately whitewash the situation.

This is not merely a tactical choice, but a crossroads in the history of civilization.

Once this button is pressed, an entire continent will vanish into thin air, and the Great Xia Dynasty will bear an indelible historical mark.

"Xiao Su."

The leader placed his hands on the table, his voice low and steady, revealing no emotion.

"A reason. I need an irreplaceable reason."

Su Ran stood up straight and looked directly into the leader's eyes.

"There's not enough time."

He typed rapidly on the control panel.

Switching between holographic sand table views and magnified satellite images of the Pilbara mining area in Australia.

On the big screen, the dark red clouds over the Australian continent slowly rolled, with hundreds and thousands of high-energy red dots flashing densely, like a huge festering sore.

"The absolute dominance of nuclear weapons has an expiration date."

Su Ran pointed at the screen, speaking very quickly.

"During the battle of Paris, I had close contact with a third-order mutated creature."

Their physical defenses are approaching the lethal limits of conventional firearms.

Heavy artillery bombardment and airstrikes will become increasingly ineffective in the future.

"The situation in Australia is a million times worse than in Paris! It's a completely out-of-control breeding ground. Billions of mutated beasts are devouring and killing each other."

"Once they evolve the ability to migrate across the sea, Great Xia will face a truly terrifying reaper."

"Right now, nuclear weapons still hold absolute dominance over them. While they're still in their infancy, smash them, cradle and all!"

The words fell.

Li Guodong's breathing became slightly labored, and he turned to look at his superior.

In the conference room, several high-ranking military staff officers looked at each other in bewilderment.

"I support Comrade Xiao Su's decision!"

The leader suddenly spoke, his voice not loud, but it resounded like thunder in everyone's ears.

"Sir, this..."

A senior staff officer wearing glasses couldn't help but speak up.

"Australia is too large. To carry out a saturation attack without any blind spots, we would need to use at least one-third of our strategic nuclear arsenal."

Even though Australia is isolated overseas, the chain reaction triggered by a nuclear explosion of such magnitude is immeasurable!

It could even impact the ecological environment of our Great Xia!

"We have enough resources to bear the consequences of igniting an explosion in Australia. The underground city of Daxia is also sufficient to protect our citizens."

Before the commander could speak, Su Ran turned to look at the staff officer, her gaze sharp.

"But we absolutely cannot withstand a tide of hundreds of millions of mutated beasts crossing the ocean!"

The leader raised his hand and pressed it down.

The argument subsided instantly.

The old man slowly stood up, walked to the holographic sand table, and gazed at the vast Australian continent.

"It's been decades."

The leader sighed softly, his eyes showing no hesitation.

"We created these things as a deterrent, for peace. We never imagined they would ultimately be used for slaughter."

He turned around, his gaze sharp and intense, sweeping across the entire room.

"The Great Xia Dynasty is never afraid of bearing a bad reputation."

History is written by those who survive!

Human civilization has reached the precipice; one wrong step and we won't even have the right to write history!

"As long as humanity exists. As long as Great Xia exists, what does it matter if the wasteland is radioactive?"

Centuries from now, we'll repair this planet ourselves!

The commander whirled around, his gaze sharp as a knife. "Pass on my orders!"

Swish!

All the senior staff members stood up straight.

"Connect to the Strategic Rocket Force Command!"

The communications station lit up. A general carrying three gold stars appeared on the main screen.

"Commander!" Commander Chen saluted, his face grim.

"Have you conducted any simulations of Australia's bottom-line plan?" the leader asked.

"Reporting to the commander! The Strategic Rocket Force Staff completed thirty full-coverage simulations ten days ago."

Regarding the physical cleanup of the Australian continent, to achieve complete ecological eradication, we plan to utilize a triad of nuclear strike capabilities!

Commander Chen's voice was loud and clear, without the slightest hesitation.

"It is expected that 760 strategic nuclear warheads will be used, covering the Dongfeng series intercontinental ballistic missiles and the Julang series submarine-launched ballistic missiles."

"The total energy is estimated to be equivalent to 3.5 billion tons of TNT!"

Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) will be able to fully cover the ruins of major cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, as well as major mining areas like the Pilbara in the west.

760 strategic nuclear warheads. 3.5 billion tons of yield.

The air in the entire conference room seemed to have been sucked out.

This would literally flatten a layer of Australia's crust.

"That's enough." The leader nodded emphatically.

He looked away and pulled a silver key from the inside pocket of his close-fitting military uniform.

Walk to the front of the control panel.

A black metal combination lock box rose up automatically.

Insert the key and turn it.

Click.

The metal box pops open to both sides, revealing a prominent red button and a fingerprint recognition area.

"The Supreme Military Council of Great Xia hereby authorizes this action."

The leader pressed his fingerprint.

"Beep! Fingerprint confirmed. Ultimate weapon restrictions lifted." A synthesized electronic voice echoed.

The commander's eyes were fixed on Commander Chen on the screen.

"Operation 'Bottom Line' is underway."

"Commander Chen, carry out the order."

Commander Chen stood at attention and gave a perfectly standard military salute.

"Strategic Rocket Force receiving orders! Target: Australian continent. Strike level: Extermination. All forces prepare!"