Chapter 1 The Silence

The whole world fell silent, as if, at this moment, even time had ground to a halt.

The earth was still and silent, the sea like a stagnant pool.

An invisible order seemed to descend quietly between heaven and earth.

It was dusk, and the faintly shining stars in the sky had somehow lost all their luster.

The world was plunged into darkness.

Suddenly, a blood-colored moon appeared in the far north, and a ripple-like wave, visible to the naked eye, instantly spread across the entire Blue Star!

Crack!

The clock hanging on the wall chimed, and the second hand jumped forward again!

The ticking of the second hand was like a key unlocking this frozen world. With the clock's slight vibration, the entire world began to shake violently!

The earth, hills, ravines, and oceans all trembled violently at this moment, like a massive earthquake engulfing the entire world.

"Di di di di di!"

"Monitoring the surface temperature, it is rising rapidly!"

"The current surface temperature is 16 degrees!"

"No, now it's 17 degrees!"

Monitoring departments from all over the world discovered the anomaly. The surface temperature was rising at an alarming rate, soaring from around zero degrees to around twenty degrees, and the upward trend was not over!

At this moment, at the human defense line of Fort Cadia, satellite monitoring personnel witnessed a scene they would never forget.

A hundred kilometers in front of the Fort Cadia defense line was the Kallen Mountains, stretching for thousands of kilometers, towering into the clouds, majestic and imposing!

But at this moment, those magnificent mountains were collapsing and cracking, collapsing as if they had lost their support.

With deafening roars and clouds of dust, the Kallen Mountains, which had existed for countless years, completely disappeared, sinking into the depths of the earth, replaced by an extremely long and deep abyss!

Scorching winds swept out of the abyss, and at the deepest point, scarlet light was slowly rising, as if something was moving outward from the abyss!

"Warning! Warning! Giant energy reaction detected!"

The high-altitude thermal reconnaissance system issued a piercing warning. On the satellite monitoring screen, the heat source reaction under the abyss had almost turned black!

This meant that the energy reaction below had far exceeded the scale of a conventional nuclear power plant, and could even be compared to the peak energy reaction of the first generation of nuclear weapons exploding.

However, the fluctuations from below the abyss were extremely stable, indicating that this was "it's" energy reaction in its normal state. If it were to erupt and be released, the terror would be several times greater!

"What... what is that down there?"

"Is it... an enemy?"

A senior monitoring officer's voice trembled as he watched the huge energy wave slowly rise from the ground on the heat source monitoring screen.

Extremely stable!

Only three minutes left to reach the surface!

...

Moro Sea area.

Deep beneath the sea, a large number of Beast Kings swam restlessly. As beasts, their instincts allowed them to perceive the imminent danger more keenly than humans. Although they did not know what form the danger would take, they felt an abnormal panic.

"Aooo!"

A giant Beast King roared wildly, attacking its companions in an attempt to relieve its inner fear and anxiety.

A frenzied slaughter broke out beneath the sea, countless sea beasts were torn apart, and blood and wreckage slowly sank to the seabed.

But at this moment, a large amount of sediment on the seabed suddenly began to wriggle, then bulge high, as if some huge object was about to break out of the heavy, deep sediment of the seabed!

A large number of ripples appeared on the sea surface. The uplift on the seabed grew higher and higher. As the currents washed over it, the huge object on the seabed finally revealed its true face.

It was actually a continent!

Yes, a continent buried deep in the seabed for countless years, now resurfacing!

Countless Beast Kings watched this scene in horror. Genes from the deepest part of their blood told them that this continent possessed an extremely terrifying threat!

Stay away!

Must stay away!

The continent rested quietly beneath the sea, but it was too huge. Even if the Beast Kings tried to escape desperately, many would find it difficult to move away from its range in a short time.

Suddenly, the continent shook violently.

Then the entire ocean shook with it.

Countless ripples rippled through the seabed, seemingly harmless, but as they slowly spread across the surrounding objects, everything shattered in an instant.

Reefs, coral, sea beasts, all turned to dust in an instant.

Yes, they were shattered in an instant.

These ripples looked very ordinary and unremarkable, as if they posed no threat, but only when magnified countless times could it be seen that countless water molecules were constantly colliding at high speed, generating terrifying destructive power.

In the ripples, each water molecule was like a violently exploding bomb, and when they spread to the surrounding objects, they were... indestructible!

In just three seconds, one-third of the sea beasts in the Moro Sea area were instantly annihilated, and their traces in the world completely disappeared, their bodies and souls becoming the tiniest particles.

...

At the Fort Cadia defense line, the huge energy wave was about to rise above the horizon.

The commander in charge of frontline operations was constantly sending signals to the general headquarters, asking whether to carry out fire strikes.

After several minutes of discussion, the general headquarters finally gave the answer of "authorize fire"!

"W-55 and W-56 bombers have taken off, carrying two fission nuclear warhead missiles, with yields of 350,000 tons and 410,000 tons respectively!"

Buzz!

The two warplanes disappeared like lightning into the sky.

Soon, the reply came.

"We have reached the attack range and are ready to launch missiles at any time!"

"Launch immediately!"

"Missile launch preparation in progress..."

"Launch countdown!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

In the ground command post, everyone held their breath, quietly waiting for the moment when the nuclear weapons exploded.

But suddenly, the launch countdown from the communication equipment came to an abrupt halt, replaced by a sharp and piercing electrical noise from the disconnected connection!

"Squeak!"

The earphone crackled with static, and the people in the ground command post suddenly stood up.

The signals of the two warplanes that launched the missiles had disappeared!

"Missile launch failed! There is a huge surge of energy, something attacked the warplanes!"

At this moment, the personnel in charge of satellite monitoring shouted loudly.

Everyone gathered around.

They saw a behemoth on the monitor. It rose into the sky and easily tore apart the two warplanes. The flames of the warplanes' explosions illuminated its body.

It was a terrifying creature!

People saw its glittering scales and its sun-obscuring giant wings in the firelight, as well as its indifferent and cold eyes!

At the moment when they saw the full appearance of the creature, the entire operations command room fell into silence.

After a long time, someone finally spoke with difficulty, their voice full of despair.

"God... if this is a nightmare, then please let me wake up quickly!"