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

North America, a thousand meters underground, the Garden of Eden bunker.

The highest command center.

The alarm blared and echoed, the air so heavy it was hard to breathe.

On a giant circular screen, the tactical grid on the North American surface is experiencing a catastrophe.

The green dot representing the action group is rapidly going out.

"Beep... Houston node 7 has lost contact."

"Beep... Detroit Relay Station 3 has lost contact."

"Beep... Nevada Mining Task Force has disappeared."

Every broadcast felt like a heavy hammer blow to everyone's nerves.

Jopden stared at the huge tactical projection in front of him, his face twitching uncontrollably.

"What happened! What on earth happened?!"

He slammed his hand on the table and turned to stare intently at Intelligence Chief Hall.

Hall's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his fingers were frantically swiping across the tablet.

"Mr. President... the surface network has been subjected to a full-scale attack."

Our relay stations, moles, and even high-ranking spies infiltrated into the beacon of freedom are being eliminated simultaneously.

"How is that possible?!"

Hegeses strode in, his face contorted with rage.

"Has the Great Xia army fully landed in North America?"

How could they possibly have located over three thousand of our agents, who had received the most rigorous counter-surveillance training, in just twenty minutes?

Hall forcefully broke free from Hegses's grasp, his face as white as paper.

"It's not logging in... it's reverse tracking."

Hall's voice trembled as he desperately pointed to the rapidly scrolling error code on the screen.

"Our communication chain has been compromised. Their supercomputer has breached our firewall. They've obtained the real-time coordinates of all our surface agents!"

"Disconnect! Immediately and physically disconnect all external connections!"

Jopden turned around abruptly, completely losing his usual composure, and roared in a fit of rage.

"It's too late... Da Xia has closed our connection..."

Hall stopped moving dejectedly, his hands sliding off the keyboard.

On the screen, the signal from the master node begins to fade at an accelerated rate.

Finally, the entire map of North America was plunged into darkness.

Several high-ranking cabinet officials looked at each other in bewilderment.

More than three thousand elite agents formed a vast intelligence network that Eden had built up over several months with enormous resources.

It was uprooted within an hour.

Dr. Steven, wearing a white lab coat, strode into the hall from the direction of the laboratory.

He stared at the screen filled with red dots, his brows furrowed.

"Where are my experimental materials? What will happen to my future experiments?"

No one answered him.

Jopden slammed his fist heavily on the control panel, which made a dull thud.

"Great Xia..."

Jopden clenched his back teeth, making a grinding sound.

He's blind.

The once-proud Garden of Eden has now become a true underground tomb.

……

Kunlun Base, Awakener Headquarters Main Hall.

On the holographic projection sand table, the last flashing red dot went out completely. The map of North America returned to its deep blue.

The only sound in the hall was the low hum of electronic instruments.

Mo Yun pulled up the battle report panel and scanned the data line by line.

"The final battle report is out."

Mo Yun looked up at Su Ran, "All three main nodes and twenty-seven relay stations have been destroyed or taken over."

It has been confirmed that 3,015 agents infiltrated into Eden were killed, and the remaining 127 detonated subcutaneous bombs to commit suicide.

He adjusted his glasses and pushed several photos from the scene to the main screen.

"All transportation routes have been cut off."

We intercepted four submersible transport vehicles at several clandestine transit points in Nevada and Detroit, rescuing seven previously missing Awakened.

Su Ran stared at the hibernation pod in the photo, her eyes cold and hard.

"Seven Awakened Ones, they really have a lucky life."

Li Guodong rested his hands on the edge of the sand table, his expression not relaxed at all.

"These underground guys are really good at enduring things."

He snorted coldly, his tone revealing the sharpness of an old-school soldier.

"According to the old rules, our actions in this one hour are tantamount to a full-scale declaration of war."

Twenty years ago, Washington would have been furious and ready to press the nuclear button.

But now? Eden is completely silent; not a single word has been uttered.

He walked to Su Ran's side and patted the back of the chair.

"Little Su, I'm not afraid of thieves stealing from me, I'm afraid of thieves eyeing me."

The kind of opponent who knows how to cut off their own tail to survive, and can even grit their teeth and swallow their blood, is the most difficult to deal with.

Their current cowardice doesn't mean they've given up.

Su Ran nodded; he was well aware of the power and influence of the old-era hegemon.

"They're blocked by a thousand meters of strata; we can't dig them out right now."

He wanted to lean back in his chair, "But on the surface, Great Xia calls the shots."

Li Guodong glanced at his watch and straightened the hem of his military uniform.

"I have to get back to central command. The global theater has just completed its rotation, and a lot of cleanup work is still being done."

He turned and walked towards the door, then suddenly stopped, turned back, and spoke.

"Whatever strategic plans the Awakeners headquarters has, just go ahead and implement them. Command will provide full support. Provide manpower and equipment as needed."

The door opened and then closed again.

Ye Xiao's voice came through the communication channel again, accompanied by the whistling wind.

"Brother Su, I'm finishing up here again. Nothing good."

Ye Xiao's voice was tinged with disdain.

"I had the bodies of those agents loaded onto a truck and transported back to Kunlun along with the hibernation pods they were carrying."

"Well done. Let's rest here for now."

Su Ran cut off the communication and turned to look at Mo Yun.

"Old Mo, send me three commands."

Mo Yun pulled out the virtual keyboard and hovered his hands over it.

"First, we will comprehensively upgrade the alarm thresholds of the Pangu terminal in the North American region."

Su Ran spoke extremely fast.

"Whenever there are abnormal fluctuations in supernatural abilities or non-natural signal shielding, the system will directly activate a level-two warning without reporting it to higher authorities; we will act first and ask questions later."

Mo Yun pressed Enter to issue the command.

"Second, notify Old Luke. Conduct a nationwide population census across the Free Beacon Federation. The progress of aid supplies to Great Xia is directly linked to the progress of the population census."

Su Ran's lips curled into a cold smile.

Old Luke is a smart man.

This old fox will definitely use the Great Xia as a weapon to ruthlessly purge dissidents and consolidate the rule of the beacon of freedom.

As long as old Luke wants to cling to Great Xia's coattails, he will become the most dutiful hound, sniffing every inch of North America's surface.

"As for the third..."

Su Ran paused for a moment, a hint of murderous intent flashing in her eyes.