Even if the Phoenix Demon is shattered into tiny pieces the size of rice grains, he can quickly reassemble himself, rise from the ashes, and continue his fierce attack on Qin Huanyu as if nothing had happened.
Qin Huanyu's physical strength and energy are not unlimited, and this is alien territory that has long been controlled by the Church of the Apocalypse. Continuing to waste time would be a mad act.
So after receiving news that the fighter squadron had returned safely, Qin Huanyu also chose to flee.
Although Qin Huanyu received Lei Mingming's legacy and greatly improved the performance of her battle armor, her raw strength was still inferior to Lei Mingming's—at least her flight speed was not as fast as Lei Mingming's, only slightly faster than the Phoenix Demon Warrior.
The Phoenix Warrior couldn't catch up with Qin Huanyu, who was focused on escaping, but Qin Huanyu also couldn't completely shake off the Phoenix Warrior who was relentlessly pursuing her.
The two continued their chase, quickly flying out of the White Eagle Continent and onto the Atlantic Ocean. The Phoenix Demon showed no sign of giving up, occasionally hurling a large fireball at Qin Huanyu, seemingly determined to keep her there.
Fortunately, Qin Huanyu was not fighting alone; there was a fleet there to meet her, and they had already made preparations to provide support.
Once inside the range of the fleet's anti-aircraft fire, the close-in weapon systems on several destroyers in the fleet immediately opened fire at 13000 rounds per second to support Qin Huanyu.
Phoenix Knight finally couldn't hold on any longer, and his body was torn apart more than 30 times by anti-aircraft fire in just about 40 seconds.
Perhaps there is a limit to the number of times one can be reborn from the ashes, or perhaps for other reasons, the Phoenix Demon ultimately gave up on continuing to pursue Qin Huanyu. He controlled the flesh and blood fragments torn apart by the close-in weapon system and retreated all the way to the range of the fleet's anti-aircraft fire before being reborn from the ashes once again, and then turned and left.
Qin Huanyu, who had already landed on the destroyer's deck, finally breathed a sigh of relief—this kind of enemy, who could revive with full health no matter how many times you killed them, was truly disgusting.
Fortunately, there were some additional gains—when the Phoenix Warrior was being torn apart and reborn repeatedly by the close-in weapon fire, Qin Huanyu finally had the opportunity to carefully observe every detail of the Phoenix Warrior's rebirth with her Mathematical Magic Eye.
The phoenix demon in its rebirth reminded Qin Huanyu of an acquaintance—Dr. Lily of the Valley. The rebirth ability and Dr. Lily of the Valley's healing ability were somewhat similar; from a scientific point of view, both were a kind of molecular-level material recombination.
—No, perhaps it's not just at the molecular level, but at the atomic level, a recombination of matter.
Qin Huanyu quickly recalled that she had used jade acid when trying to kill the Phoenix Demon. The corrosion of jade acid is essentially a chemical reaction that can change the molecular formula. However, the Phoenix Demon could still revive on the spot at full strength. This is not something that can be achieved by molecular-level material recombination, but rather atomic-level material recombination, which is likely stronger than the healing ability of Lily of the Valley.
How do you kill an enemy capable of atomic-level matter recombination?
Using high-tech instruments in the lab that can shatter atoms might work, but would a powerful superhuman like the Phoenix Warrior obediently stay in the lab and be killed? Such a fearless being would be even harder to capture.
However, it's not entirely hopeless.
The Church of Apocalypse once captured the Phoenix Demon. If they could find out the methods the aliens used, perhaps they could replicate it.
Alternatively, if there were a way to disrupt the stability of the atomic structure, it might be possible to break through the Phoenix's regeneration limit and kill him completely.
Qin Huanyu's mind raced with thoughts. She was certain that she would face the formidable Phoenix Demon again sooner or later, and she had to find a way to kill him completely as soon as possible.
. . . . .
After the destruction of the three Apocalypse Hives capable of launching biological-version boundary-breaking missiles, the Apocalypse Warrior Legion's fierce attack on the areas controlled by the Truth Society also ceased.
The Truth Society did not launch a counterattack or pursue them. This time, they suffered heavy losses. More than a million cultists were captured by the Apocalypse Warriors, and many Ghost Realm Lords were injured by the Boundary-Breaking Missiles in order to maintain the Ghost Realm, just like the Old Man Mountain God.
However, those lords of the Ghost Realm ultimately lacked the spirit of sacrifice of the Mountain God. They were unwilling to risk their lives to protect the cultists, and when they could no longer hold on, they chose to give up, resulting in a large number of cultists who lost the protection of the Ghost Realm falling into the hands of the Apocalypse Warrior Legion.
The greatest loss for the Truth Society lies in this: not the injuries suffered by the freaks themselves, but their abandonment of cult members at a crucial moment, which caused the faith of many originally devout cult members to waver.
The White Eagles are just that pragmatic. They used to devoutly regard the bizarre Truth Society as an evil god because its strangeness could protect them. Now they've discovered that even the protection of an evil god isn't absolute, and their faith is naturally affected.
Fortunately, these White Eagles had no other power to rely on. Even if their faith wavered, they could only continue to believe in order to obtain protection, otherwise they would not be able to survive. The situation was still under the control of the Truth Society.
The day after the battle, the Holy Zhou Kingdom once again contacted the Enchantress of the Truth Society through Qin Huanyu's power of arrogance, inquiring about the Apocalypse Warrior Legion—why they possessed weapons similar to boundary-breaking missiles, and how they breached the major cities on the East Coast.
The support from the Holy Zhou Kingdom was indeed a great help to the Truth Society, so the Enchantress readily shared all the information she knew.
Many of their bizarre abilities are quite peculiar. The Truth Society not only has spies planted in the human camps on the West and East coasts, but also informants within the Apocalypse Warrior Legion—no other force has a better understanding of intelligence about White Eagle Continent than the Truth Society.
The fact that the aliens in the Gospel Apocalypse Church were able to obtain the boundary-breaking missiles is obviously related to the Aryans.
Since the incident at Shenyin Village last year, the high-ranking officials and nobles of Aryan have been very worried about the Holy Zhou Kingdom's military retaliation. Some of them chose to dig shelters and become cowards, some chose to rely on nuclear deterrence to appear tough but are actually weak, and some chose to become traitors.
This is how aliens obtained the boundary-breaking missile technology—last year, a few Aryan nobles brought the complete boundary-breaking missile technology to the Gospel Apocalypse Church.
The Boundary-Breaking Missile technology is a product of the combination of electronic industrial technology and supernatural power. After obtaining it, the aliens spent about a year replacing the electronic industrial technology part with biotechnology, creating the same caterpillar-like bio-missile that could also destroy the Ghost Realm.
The aliens had long resented the Truth Society's tactic of hiding people in the Ghost Realm. They were overjoyed to obtain the technology for the Boundary-Breaking Missile and immediately launched an attack after achieving results. The actual combat effect was also quite good. Without timely support from the human camp, the Truth Society might have completely lost control of northern White Eagle Continent this time.
As for why the major cities on the East Coast suddenly fell, the reason is even simpler.
It was Phoenix Warrior who did it.
He pretended to have escaped from the Church of Apocalypse with great difficulty and returned to the major cities on the East Coast.
The Hero Association had little doubt—they knew very well how powerful Phoenix Mage's regenerative abilities were, and never believed that Phoenix Mage could be captured forever. They firmly believed that sooner or later Phoenix Mage would break free of his predicament and return as a hero.
Similar things have actually happened a few times before.
But this time, Phoenix Warrior's old friends miscalculated.
Phoenix Hero has indeed returned, but he is no longer the human Phoenix Hero; instead, he is an alien vanguard. At his return welcome banquet, he suddenly launched an attack, killing almost all the core members of the Hero Association and the management of Metropolis, and even burning the Elf Princess alive.
Without the protection of the Hero Association and the combat plants, the East Coast metropolis collapsed instantly. 8000 million civilians were plundered by the Apocalypse Warrior Legion like spoils of war, and then mass-produced into new Apocalypse Warriors by the aliens' biotechnology.
After conquering the major cities on the East Coast, the Apocalypse Warrior Legion, with its forces greatly increased, immediately launched an attack on the Truth Society in northern White Eagle Continent. This attack only temporarily ended when the Holy Zhou Kingdom intervened.
“Let’s bombard the southern part of White Eagle with nuclear missiles or other strategic weapons. Those lands are beyond saving. We must eliminate the alien threat as much as possible.”
Upon returning to the capital, Qin Huanyu responded to the professional advice offered by the higher-ups as follows:
"While those aliens may not possess the advanced industrial technology we initially anticipated, their biotechnology is absolutely not to be underestimated. If they could capture and control the Phoenix Demon Warrior, they could do the same to other powerful superhumans. And the same goes for the Boundary-Breaking Missiles; they even have the ability to transform the latest technological products into biological artifacts and mass-produce them—if they were to create a biological weapon with the power comparable to a nuclear missile, it would be too late to completely eliminate them."
The top figures in the Holy Zhou Kingdom's decision-making body valued Qin Huanyu's professional advice. They contacted General Ron on the East Coast and the Enchantress of the Truth Society to discuss a three-way alliance to eliminate the aliens first, and how White Eagle Continent should be divided after the aliens were eliminated.
General Ron and the Enchantress both agreed that eliminating the aliens, the biggest threat, should be the priority. However, when discussing how to distribute the spoils of war, the three parties could not reach a consensus.
The Holy Zhou Kingdom expressed its full support for the battle to eliminate the aliens, but Earth's human civilization must be unified. After the war, General Ron will bring the White Eagles of the West Coast into the Holy Zhou Kingdom... The Holy Zhou Kingdom can appoint General Ron as a military governor and grant him extremely high autonomy, but in name, General Ron can never establish an independent country; he can only be a part of the Holy Zhou Kingdom.
General Ron strongly disagreed with this. He was a true patriot of the White Eagle and would rather cede most of the White Eagle Continent to the Holy Zhou Kingdom than allow the White Eagle Federation to remain independent.
The Truth Society's demand was that whoever controlled the White Eagle Continent in the future must agree to allow several cults controlled by the Truth Society to freely develop their followers on the continent. The Holy Zhou Kingdom didn't care about this, as both sides had already reached a tacit agreement, but General Ron still objected; he absolutely could not tolerate the majority of the future White Eagle people becoming cult members.
General Ron could not accept the demands of St. Zhou and the Truth Society, yet this operation was unavoidable in any way.
The extraterrestrials of the Gospel Apocalypse Church have been operating on Earth for over 200 years, so they naturally know the power of nuclear weapons. Their truly important facilities and locations are either built inside mountains or underground, requiring guidance from ground personnel for precise attacks. Otherwise, even if nuclear bombs were used to bombard the ground, it would be difficult to truly inflict serious damage on the extraterrestrials; it would only result in meaningless destruction and pollution of land resources.
Therefore, to completely eliminate the aliens, long-range bombing alone is not enough; the advance and guidance of ground troops are also essential, and the most suitable force for this task is General Ron's elite White Eagle Army.
Even if the Holy Zhou Kingdom and the Truth Society could send troops to provide ground guidance, they shouldn't go too far and push General Ron to the brink.
There are still over 2 million White Eagles on the West Coast. If General Ron can't stand the oppression of the Holy Zhou and the Truth Society and leads them to join the aliens—the consequences would be unimaginable.
Fortunately, the three parties were able to reach a consensus that the aliens had to be eliminated. They could then discuss how to distribute the spoils of war afterward. If the aliens were asking for an exorbitant price, the aliens would simply negotiate a lower one.
Qin Huanyu had no interest in or concern herself with this kind of diplomatic negotiation work; she only did what she was supposed to do.
No matter how the three parties unite to eliminate the aliens, they cannot avoid the Phoenix Demon, who is now controlled by the aliens; someone must take him down.
Now that Lei Mingming has passed away, there are actually quite a few extraordinary beings whose strength is comparable to or even surpasses that of the Phoenix Demon. For example, Yuan Qi, Yi Qiushui, and Wu Xiqun from the Holy Zhou Kingdom, as well as Yao Ji and Xuan Gui from the Truth Society, all have the strength to suppress the Phoenix Demon.
However, these powerful warriors all share a common weakness—poor mobility. They either can't fly, or they can fly but aren't fast enough. If the Phoenix Warrior chooses to avoid them and focus on killing ordinary soldiers, they are virtually helpless—just like Thunderclap, who once dominated the battlefield.
Therefore, the most suitable person to restrain or even kill the Phoenix Demon is Qin Huanyu, which will inevitably be her most important task, or even her only task, after the start of the battle.
Given Qin Huanyu's arrogance, she certainly couldn't stand being chased and beaten by the Phoenix Demon. But no matter how she tried to kill the Phoenix Demon, she couldn't kill him. Her attacks were more like a waste of ammunition and energy... Naturally, Qin Huanyu was unwilling to accept this. She had to find a way to completely eliminate the Phoenix Demon.
The previous encounter had allowed Qin Huanyu to discern the essence of the Phoenix's regeneration ability: a kind of atomic-level matter reorganization. Therefore, to break through this regeneration ability, an attack capable of destroying the atomic structure was necessary.
Normally, this is extremely difficult. Changes in atomic structure, such as nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, require enormous energy consumption or very demanding conditions to achieve.
However, the reason why extraordinary power is called extraordinary power is that this kind of miraculous power can often ignore the laws of physics.
Qin Huanyu actually came up with a solution and found two people to help her.
One of them was Yi Youyou, who rarely took action after becoming the Goddess of the Phoenix Terrace and giving birth to a child; the other was Yuan Baixue, who had fully mastered the power of the Feathered Serpent after several years of cultivation.
Qin Huanyu summoned them all to the Witch Tower Research Institute.
Two young researchers who had just graduated from Shendu University accompanied Yuan Baixue on a tour of the research institute. Qin Huanyu first called Yi Youyou into a laboratory and whispered in her ear for a while.
"...Huh? Can I really do something like that, Ayu?"
After hearing Qin Huanyu's plan, Yi Youyou's eyes widened, and she herself could hardly believe it.
"You can do it, Youyou!"
Qin Huanyu then quickly encouraged Yi Youyou:
"Your ability is essentially a coefficient of manipulation, and the binding force of the atomic nucleus to the electron also has this coefficient. Theoretically, you can certainly manipulate it too! As long as the binding force of the Phoenix Demon's atomic nucleus to the electron weakens, we can destroy his atomic structure, break through his regeneration ability, and thus kill him completely!"
"...Ayu, I can certainly understand the principle you're explaining, but... well, okay."
Yi Youyou gritted her teeth:
I'll give it a try.
Chapter 219 Joint Operation
The superpowers that the Lingsu gene grants to humans are sometimes quite idealistic.
For the first twenty years of her life, Yi Youyou believed that her superpower was simply changing the mass of objects. It wasn't until Qin Huanyu thoroughly studied and developed her abilities that she realized her superpower was actually the coefficient of manipulating force.
After figuring out the truth about her superpowers, Yi Youyou has indeed mastered some new uses of her abilities through years of training. However, she is now a civil servant and has to take care of her child, so she hasn't fought with people like she did when she was a phantom thief for a long time.
Now that Qin Huanyu needs help to fight the Phoenix Demon, Yi Youyou has no choice but to prepare for their exciting combo attack.
Qin Huanyu asked Yi Youyou to change the coefficient of the binding force between the atomic nucleus and the electron, but Yi Youyou exclaimed that she couldn't do it—her ability required contact with the target to take effect, but she couldn't even see the atom, so how could she use her ability on the atom?
Qin Huanyu naturally had a plan. She incorporated Yi Youyou into the Jade Network and then shared the ability of the Mathematical Magic Eye with Yi Youyou through the Jade Network, allowing Yi Youyou to also look directly at the microscopic world at the atomic level and thus exert power on the atomic nucleus.
Surprisingly, this method actually works.
Although Yi Youyou didn't quite get the hang of it at first, after many attempts, and with Qin Huanyu always holding her waist and whispering in her ear, "You can do it, you definitely can do it," she actually succeeded in using her abilities with atoms.
An ordinary steel ball, after Yi Youyou successfully used her ability, suddenly gained a certain amount of ionizing radiation due to the weakening of the binding force between the atomic nucleus and the electron.
Qin Huanyu was overjoyed and immediately hugged Yi Youyou and had a big round of sex in the laboratory as a celebration. Afterwards, she told Yi Youyou to practice according to the feeling she had just experienced.
After Yi Youyou gradually got into the zone, Qin Huanyu went to find Yuan Baixue.
Simply changing the binding force of the atomic nucleus to the electrons is not enough to truly destroy the atomic structure; an extremely powerful external force is also required.
After careful consideration, Qin Huanyu chose to ask Yuan Baixue for help in this regard.
Yuan Baixue is still a bit clumsy and is easily tricked into bed by the shrine maidens of Sakura Prefecture in various ways, but her strength is now completely different from before.
After obtaining the Feathered Serpent, Yuan Baixue's strength has been advancing by leaps and bounds. Several years of cultivation have allowed her to completely master the power of the Feathered Serpent. Now, Yuan Baixue is no less powerful than Yuan Tingxue, who has already received the true teachings of the Celestial Master's magic.
Qin Huanyu was involved in resolving the Feathered Serpent incident, and she was deeply impressed by one of the attack methods used by the Feathered Serpent in battle—lightning attacks, which were like laser beams.
For those who transcend the ancient schools of magic, light and lightning are just one of the many forms of lightning magic. Although light and lightning are relatively rare, they still belong to lightning magic and are not worth making a fuss about.
However, in Qin Huanyu's mathematical magic eyes, light and lightning have a very peculiar attribute.
Like photons, electrons possess wave-particle duality. However, the Lightning Spell can alter this through spiritual elements, allowing electrons to maintain a pure electronic form and then form a torrent that launches an attack on the enemy that appears to the naked eye as a beam of light.
This pure surge of electrons is the method that Qin Huanyu could think of and use that is most likely to disrupt the stability of atomic structure.
First, let Yi Youyou use her ability to change the binding force of the atomic nuclei to the electrons in the Phoenix Demon's cells, and then use the light and lightning attack. Theoretically, this can completely destroy the Phoenix Demon's atomic structure, break through the upper limit of his regeneration ability, and even cause his body to produce a critical reaction, directly triggering nuclear fission and turning him into a dazzling firework.
This is Qin Huanyu's "Dead Bird Operation." Before launching a full-scale offensive against the aliens of the Gospel Apocalypse Church, she, Yi Youyou, and Yuan Baixue stayed in the Witch Tower to refine this operation.
Several Sakura Shrine Maidens heard that Yuan Baixue had arrived and wanted to come to the Witch Tower to visit her, but Qin Huanyu turned them all away.
With time running out and the mission urgent, aside from the initial celebratory DO-DO, Qin Huanyu herself hasn't had much time to be intimate with Yi Youyou, so how could she let Yuan Baixue go out and fool around? Every bit of forbearance she endured during her cultivation could be used for the post-victory celebration.
. . . . .
More than a month later, after a long period of negotiations and wrangling, the three forces of Saint Zhou, the West Coast and the Truth Society finally reached a consensus and prepared to join forces to attack the territory of the Evangelical Church and eliminate these aliens first.
General Ron is a very strange person. He has a very deep obsession with the White Eagle Federation's declaration of independence and will never back down, nor will he make any concessions for it.
The conditions that Saint Zhou Kingdom offered to General Ron actually contained significant practical benefits.
The position of Jiedushi (military governor) had not appeared in the Sheng Zhou Kingdom for a long time. Nominally, a Jiedushi was a subject of the royal family, but in reality, he was more like a subordinate of an elder brother, with complete political and military autonomy, basically no different from a separatist vassal king or even a local emperor.
General Ron was unwilling to become the military governor of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, even though the Holy Zhou Kingdom later conceded that the position could be hereditary.
General Ron was willing to agree to conditions that essentially meant allowing the Holy Zhou Kingdom to annex the White Eagle Federation—namely, demilitarizing it and retaining only the police to maintain order, ensuring that White Eagle laws would not conflict with those of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, and that all White Eagle citizens would be incorporated into the Holy Zhou Kingdom's household registration system—in order to guarantee the White Eagle Federation's nominal independence and autonomy, making it the second sovereign nation in human civilization besides the Holy Zhou Kingdom.
Qin Huanyu didn't know much about the specific terms, but according to Wu Xiqun's private remarks, it meant that in the future, Baiying would be treated as a super-large province of Shengzhou, but nominally Baiying would still be an independent sovereign state.
After the aliens are eliminated, the Holy Zhou Kingdom will help the White Eagle restore its nation, but the White Eagle will completely relinquish its military autonomy, and its existing army will be taken over by the Holy Zhou Kingdom. White Eagle soldiers who are still willing to serve will become officers and soldiers of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, and those who do not wish to continue serving will be arranged to transfer to civilian jobs.
The Truth Society also reached a consensus with General Ron.
After White Eagle reclaims its territory and restores its nation, the Truth Society can freely preach in White Eagle Continent, but every cult must abide by religious regulations, and its doctrines must not violate laws and morals... At that time, the Truth Society's cult might no longer be called a cult, and the bizarre figures of evil gods would also need to change their image.
In fact, after the agreement was reached, many of the bizarre creatures that had been acting as evil gods for several years began to try to change their image - they planned to learn from virtual idols and virtual anchors on the Internet, put on the skin of a two-dimensional beautiful girl, and start a new path of development.
In short, the three parties have reached an agreement and will soon deploy troops together.
The Holy Week Congress will provide substantial weaponry and equipment support, and deploy three seven-star space carriers. The White Eagle Army and Marine Corps on the West Coast will serve as the main ground forces, while the Truth Society will send a large number of grotesque and human troops to cooperate and provide support and assistance in terms of supernatural power.
This main force will take 10 days to half a month to complete its assembly on the west coast. Before the main force assembles, Holy Week will first clean up the territory of the Church of the Apocalypse.
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