Chapter 445: Tianyuan
"Five! Four! Three! Two! One!"
Half a month after the Great Darkness Heaven incident, as the final countdown concluded, the Wangri Bridge—a continental bridge over six hundred kilometers long and nearly two hundred kilometers wide, stretching directly from the coast of Qi Lu Province to Yamato's Kyushu—was declared complete, observed by a multitude of prehistoric giant beasts and an entire legion of the Yamato Guard.
Xuanwu Freystan, his body half-illusory and half-real, hovering low.
Azure Dragon Bahamut, entirely enveloped in light, shining like an artificial sun.
Vermilion Bird Phoenix, encircled by dark green flames, circling high in the sky like a roc.
And White Tiger Ludwig, walking on the ground, surveying everything with crimson eyes.
They, along with thousands of powerful-aura mutated creatures behind them, jointly confronted the fully armed Yamato Guard twelve kilometers away.
Both sides on the battlefield, having jointly witnessed the completion of the engineering marvel that was the Wangri Bridge, now understood that the moment for the decisive battle had finally arrived.
The four giant beasts, along with the elite mutated creatures under their command, had all received a mission from the system: to ensure the smooth completion of the Wangri Bridge, and then, as representatives of the Land of White, to cooperate with another team to fully take over the Tianyuan region of Yamato.
This new land they named Tianyuan.
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The Four Holy Legions, with Bahamut serving as temporary commander, were the military guarantee for this battle. They were responsible for eliminating all resistance, ensuring that subsequent civilian personnel would not encounter organized attacks during their takeover and inventory.
Correspondingly, Yamato had also arrayed its forces, led by Marshal Yamamoto, preparing for a decisive battle against the invading enemy.
With the nation facing peril, the vast majority of Yamato's high-ranking officials ultimately chose to remain in their homeland and resist the foreign invaders.
"To think," Yamamoto and the three great generals behind him couldn't help but sigh, "he was so arrogant that he didn't even have the interest to show himself and fight." This meant that a large part of their previous preparations would have to be modified.
"But it also means," one general quickly interjected, "we still have a chance!"
"Gentlemen, for freedom, dispel the darkness!" Yamamoto, appearing as a middle-aged man, raised his fiercely burning katana in his right hand and, with a resonant voice, encouraged the superhuman army behind him.
Missile launch centers and military bases across Yamato all played Yamamoto's pre-battle declaration at this moment. Upon hearing it, large numbers of ordinary soldiers involuntarily tightened their grip on their Gauss rifles, wishing they could personally charge to the front lines and slay the enemy.
Unfortunately, military orders were absolute. Except for units with beyond-visual-range strike capabilities, all other armies composed of ordinary people were ordered to remain in place and not enter the five-hundred-kilometer radius of the battlefield.
All of this stemmed from the White Tiger, one of the Four Holy Beasts.
Intelligence indicated it possessed a wide-area infrasound field, a terrifying ability that could cause the internal organs of living beings to resonate, deform, and shatter.
It could even, by simulating biological brainwaves, perform shallow-level mind control. Ordinary soldiers had no means of resistance whatsoever; no matter how many came, they would only be sacrificed, and some might even turn into resources for the enemy.
Neither thick walls nor the power armor on ordinary soldiers were very effective at blocking infrasound waves. To avoid needless casualties, Yamamoto directly ordered before the battle that grassroots soldiers stay away from the central battlefield.
Lacking the protection of a Life Field, just Ludwig's unconscious wide-area infrasound attack was enough to clear out ordinary lifeforms within tens of kilometers in half a minute, let alone further mind control.
"General, may your martial fortune prosper!" In Yamato's various military bases, the blessings of numerous soldiers rang out in unison.
In the more than ten years of leading Yamato against the Sea Race invasion, Yamamoto had personally accumulated extraordinary prestige.
In the eyes of many soldiers, this man with a small scar on his forehead, who was usually gentle and amiable, was surely the deity who would ultimately lead them to victory over all enemies!
"Since he is unwilling to show his face, then soldier against soldier, general against general, let us fight to the death!" Yamamoto came to the front of the two armies and said to Bahamut, the temporary supreme commander of the Four Holy Legions.
"This is war," Bahamut retorted, "battles in the animal kingdom have never known benevolence, righteousness, or morality. What 'soldier against soldier, general against general'? Where are all these rules from? Achieving the goal by any means necessary is the truth. Open fire!"
Bahamut completely ignored Yamamoto's proposal about not affecting the small soldiers on the ground and fighting one-on-one in the sky. If it weren't for the system requiring them to protect the Wangri Bridge until its completion, they would have preferred to launch a surprise attack directly on Yamato's capital without declaring war.
With Bahamut's command, all missile bases of the Land of White launched attacks instantly, and the forces behind it also began attacking Yamato's main formation.
Red, green, blue, purple, black... various long-range attacks of different colors erupted from their ranks, and, amplified by the range enhancers in their hands, flew inland from over ten kilometers away.
Following them were mid-to-long-range missiles flying in at terrifying speeds.
"Space-based Laser Intercept System VX-III, activated." After detecting the missile strike, Yamato's "Nation-Protecting AI" reacted instantly and began carrying out corresponding operations.
The unprecedented disaster caused by nuclear bombs more than a decade ago had left a deep and unforgettable impression on every nation on this planet. Therefore, as soon as production recovered, all countries, as if possessed, eagerly developed stronger long-range intercept systems.
While many research projects were cut, massive budgets were still poured into this project every year. The saying "once bitten by a snake, for ten years one fears a well rope" was exemplified to the fullest.
Of course, the cost-no-object investment over the years indeed yielded its deserved results; for the first time, the shield surpassed the spear, a rare occurrence in modern weaponry.
Missile interception technology had actually universally surpassed anti-interception technology; one hundred missiles flying towards national territory essentially achieved zero penetration under the laser defense network.
Laser anti-missile defense became standard for all major human nations, with space-based laser defense and land-based ground laser defense jointly forming a massive net that intercepted all invasions.
Consequently, long-range missiles, which had always been one of modern humanity's most cutting-edge weapons, suddenly found themselves in a somewhat awkward position.
If it weren't for the continued need to strike the Sea Race, its positioning as a weapon would likely have to be reconsidered.
PS1: My heart aches, another chapter got 404'd. PS2: My crummy book actually hit 30,000 favorites... PS3: Recommending a book, "The Final Abyss," the author is just a salted fish, the synopsis is quite good, mm, and the cover is also great.
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