Exploding God

The White Emperor fighter jet had reached a speed of Mach 16.5, piercing through the atmosphere like a white light and heading into space.

As an ace pilot of aerospace fighter jets, Li Xiang demonstrated his formidable physical prowess at this moment. His eyes were bright and resolute beneath his helmet, and his right hand on the joystick remained steady and powerful.

He glanced at the map and then at the rearview screen, marveling at how a general could sit so comfortably in the cabin while wearing a jacket.

After expressing his feelings, Li Xiang began to give reminders according to the established procedure.

"Colonel Lu, the White Emperor fighter jet will arrive at the designated navigation mark in 30 seconds. Please put on your construct armor in advance. The auxiliary button is on your left."

……

"Colonel Lu, there are 24 seconds left. It will take at least 15 seconds to put on the mech armor. Please make sure you are ready."

……

"Colonel Lu..." This time, Li Xiang's voice trembled for the first time ever, because Lu Ze, wearing a black combat jacket, was still resting with his eyes closed on the rearview screen, showing no signs of wearing a construct armor.

This situation was completely beyond his expectations. Before the fighter jet took off, Yunlong personally instructed that Lu Ze must wear the construct armor before the airdrop could be launched!

Keep in mind that this is outer space, an extremely cold environment that is almost a vacuum. Without the protection of armored vehicles, a human body would suffer internal organ rupture upon ejection due to pressure imbalance.

Even the War King would never dare to appear in outer space without protection!

A soft whisper reached Li Xiang's ear, seemingly Lu Ze talking to himself, but the voice was so low that Li Xiang couldn't hear it at all.

"Colonel Lu!" Li Xiang finally couldn't help but shout out loud as he looked at the timer, and even considered slowing down the speed first.

It seemed that his voice was loud enough that he finally heard Lu Ze's reply.

In the rearview mirror, Lu Ze opened his eyes and said gently, "Thank you for your hard work, Lieutenant Colonel Li. We'll stop here."

Li Xiang: ? ?

Before he could even react...

boom!

A blast of air rose up from the rear driver's seat.

A ball of fire traced a perfect parabola in the rearview mirror.

Colonel Lu was wearing a combat jacket... without a mech suit, without an anti-G suit... without even an oxygen mask... and he just flew out like that.

This is 11 meters above space!

Li Xiang stared blankly, his mouth agape, his head buzzing, only two words echoing in his mind.

[It’s over. 】

But the next second, a huge ring of fire suddenly appeared in the silent, dark space.

A ripple suddenly emanated from the center of the ring of fire, and then spread outwards in layers in all directions.

The ring of fire exploded like blazing mist—

A fiery red afterimage, like a sharp arrow from the universe, pierced straight towards the earth's surface.

What is that?!

The optical imaging system of the White Emperor fighter jet quickly captured the afterimage and magnified it a hundredfold.

When the scene unfolded before his eyes, Lieutenant Colonel Li Xiang's pupils shrank to pinpoints.

It was a semi-transparent sphere about six meters in diameter, with a chilling red hue around its edge, which crashed into the atmosphere like a meteor.

The air at the front of the path is accelerated to the same speed as the red sphere in a very short time. During the process of being violently compressed, some of the gas that could not be converted into internal energy in time is released in the form of a strong shock wave.

Thus, it became a "fireball" falling at a speed of Mach 19.4 and still accelerating!

As for the center of the fireball...

For the first time, Li Xiang felt suffocated by someone's back view.

In the silent scene, Lu Ze dives down with his hands behind his back.

Although he couldn't see the other person's face, Li Xiang felt a sense of awe, like seeing the stars and the moon for the first time after flying out of the atmosphere.

The awe was like the feeling of the vastness of the starry sky and one's own insignificance that one only feels when floating in the universe!

[A human being capable of performing divine deeds!]

And I, the sole witness to such a miracle, how could I not be moved to tears?

"Beep beep beep beep!"

A frantic reminder suddenly rang out, jolting Li Xiang awake.

Seeing the constantly flashing system message "Please launch supplies immediately," he quickly pressed the launch button.

That almost ruined everything!

The White Emperor fighter jet displayed multi-ring jet deceleration airflow around it. As it made a nimble turn and returned to base, it opened its hatch and ejected the expensive small steady-state strong magnetic field generator.

Two "meteorites" fell one after the other into Pointley, a long-abandoned military stronghold in northern Alaska, belonging to the US-led coalition!

At this moment, the fog became a natural barrier to observation.

……

Since Fort Alaska was largely destroyed by the White Tide monster Queen Maeve last year, the US-led coalition has begun a planned withdrawal of its military forces from the region.

The direct consequence of this is that, apart from some mechanical patrol units in areas at slightly lower latitudes, the vast state of Alaska has become a snow-covered no-man's land and a paradise for cold-weather giants.

Only the occasional exposed frozen structures can prove that humans once existed.

Pointley—most people in the world probably never hear of this name before they die. For humanity, which is currently struggling in the fog, this name represents more of a historical memory.

Perhaps in another decade or so, as human living space is further squeezed, even these little memories will be crushed under the wheels of history.

The Pointley coast, an area where walruses once frequented half a century ago, is now covered with thick snow. The heavy man-made fortifications are now just ruins, with layers of ice forming around their edges from the Arctic Ocean.

Occasionally, mutated behemoths with thick fur would pass by, leaving behind heavy breathing and the sound of running.

But even the US Alliance itself couldn't have imagined that beneath this abandoned coastline... lay the core base of the dark myth [Modo]!

Coastal fortifications are 120 meters underground.

Beneath the thick concrete lies a shuttle-shaped metal building, its streamlined design aesthetics extending from the exterior to the interior.

Inside this three-story building, silver-white metal forms the main color scheme, and there are no visible seams.

In the past, this place was often eerily quiet, with at most two or three people moving around on each floor.

But today it was unusually lively, with more than forty people gathered on the second floor!

These people were clearly divided into three factions based on their different clothing.

The outermost layer consists of combat personnel clad in dark purple construct armor; the middle layer comprises technicians in white research suits and multi-functional glasses; and... the innermost layer consists of seven chairs entirely cast in silver!

The conference table is shaped like the Chinese character "回" (hui), with three identical silver chairs on each side, and at the very front is a single, largest chair, resembling a throne.

At this moment, only four ring lights are lit under these seven seats, indicating that they are in an active state.

Two people are sitting side by side on the left.

One of them was a blond man wearing a tuxedo and smoking a thin cigarette. His handsome face had a gloomy and elegant air, like that of a vampire count. His name was [Lust].

One of them was an obese man wearing an oversized suit and sunglasses, toying with an ancient gold coin. He sat there like a mountain of flesh, a chilling smile playing on his lips. His name was [Greed].

On the right is a holographic projection.

It was a brown-haired man soaking in the bathtub, with Aryan facial features, blue irises and deep-set eyes. He didn't look very old. Most importantly, he was leaning against the bathtub with his eyes closed, exuding a kind of nonchalant languor.

Despite the extremely unconventional video, no one present expressed dissatisfaction or offered any opinions, clearly indicating that they had become accustomed to it.

Who told him to be lazy?

As for that enormous throne at the very top...

Seated there was a tall figure shrouded in a cloak, his face covered by an inescapable shadow, calm yet mysterious.

He is none other than Prideful Lucifer, the highest-ranking military force in the Dark Myth Organization [Modo] and the leader of the Radiant Moon Warriors.

He tapped the back of his other hand slowly with the five fingers of his white-gloved hand.

Layers of sounds echoed, sometimes near, sometimes far, within the metal palace, carrying a strange sense of divine detachment.

"The Modo organization's base has been exposed to the world for the first time. This is not surprising, as our bases are not fixed."

"I'm just curious that there are people in this world who would call me... an ant."

"Heh heh heh... Someone actually called me... an ant!"

The countless overlapping, chilling laughs echoed more and more intensely.

The people in the distance all prostrated themselves on the ground. The two Moon Warriors, [Lust] and [Greed], who were seated below, also restrained their expressions and lowered their heads with solemn gazes.

Even Laziness, who had been lying in the bath with his eyes closed, opened them, sat up, took a deep breath, and turned to look at Lucifer.

The echoing laughter gradually faded. Lucifer stretched his shoulders, tilted his head back slightly against his silver throne, and said casually:

"It's been a long time since I've laughed so heartily, so this time, I'll take matters into my own hands."

"I want to see for myself that guy who disrespects the gods..."

--boom!!

A loud bang was heard.

Just as Lucifer uttered his last word, a crimson flame carrying a terrifying aura pierced through a hundred-meter-long rock layer, tearing the giant silver shuttle buried deep underground apart!

A massive shockwave, carrying an astonishing heatwave, was about to engulf everyone in the arena.

Lucifer stood up menacingly!