Chapter 1 When the Fire and Smoke of Nuclear Weapons Disappeared

When the fire and smoke caused by nuclear weapons dissipated, a horrifying scene entered the vision of all the Human Coalition forces.

The entire Great Desert had turned into scorched earth, the sand turned into a flowing, viscous substance resembling glass, like a wasteland after a volcanic eruption.

The terrifying number of sea beasts were mostly killed by the nuclear missile bombardment, leaving no remains.

After several rounds of salvoes, there were no more sea beast armies in the Great Desert capable of standing in the way of the Human Coalition forces.

But...

The three ancient civilization's miracle buildings stood unscathed, quietly in this wasteland-like battlefield, still as steady as Mount Tai!

Although Li Tianran had deliberately avoided the area where the triangular tower was located when he ordered the army to fire, he did not avoid the other two miracle buildings. Both of those miracle buildings were as large as a city, and the current human weapon technology had developed to the point where it could control the destructive range of nuclear missiles. Therefore, even if these two miracle buildings were very close to the triangular tower, the nuclear missiles would not affect the triangular tower at all when bombing them under intentional control.

Moreover, these two miracle buildings were the key targets, consuming more than a thousand nuclear warheads in the previous rounds of bombing. At least one-fifth, that is, two to three hundred nuclear warheads, landed on the two miracle buildings.

This kind of firepower was enough to completely erase a powerful human nation from the map.

Although the Human Coalition forces did not expect that these two to three hundred nuclear warheads could destroy a miracle building, they did not expect that it would not have any effect at all!

If the miracle building was compared to a creature, then the strongest firepower possessed by a powerful human nation could not even pierce its skin.

This scene made everyone feel extremely desperate.

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes.

He was not surprised by this scene.

As the only human being who had fought against a miracle building and still possessed one, he knew very well how powerful these products, which condensed the technological crystallization of ancient civilizations for thousands of years, were. They belonged to civilization products above level 0.9.

Nuclear weapons, at best, could only be regarded as civilization weapons of level 0.7, and the gap between them was too great, with hundreds of years of technological level in between!

The gap between civilizations made the comparison between nuclear weapons and miracle buildings like an ancient soldier wearing leather armor and wielding a scimitar launching an attack on a Tiger tank, basically not causing any effective damage to the opponent!

"Tickling... be careful, I might peel off your skin later." Li Tianran looked at the Hurricane Apostle standing above the Tower of Babel, with a mocking smile on his face, and said expressionlessly, "What just happened were just appetizers, what's next is the main course!"

As soon as Li Tianran said this, the entire Kunlun giant ship began to shake, hundreds of huge gun muzzles were opened, and terrifying energy was accumulating rapidly.

The temperature in the air rose rapidly, and the giant energy cannons were fully charged.

In an instant, hundreds of beams of light pierced the sky and fell straight down.

...

After the war in the Golen Noah Great Desert began, the human defense line also encountered a large number of sea beasts and attacks from ancient civilizations.

The apostles were very clear that the best way to resolve the crisis in the Great Desert was not to defeat the Human Coalition forces led by Li Tianran in the Great Desert, but to destroy the entire human defense line and destroy the human countries within the defense line!

Compared to the Human Coalition forces with the Kunlun giant ship and various mechanical warriors, the power on the human defense line was obviously weaker and easier to defeat.

If the ancient civilization could break through the defense line on a large scale in a short period of time and rush into the human world, then the Human Coalition forces in the Golen Noah Great Desert would collapse without being attacked. Li Tianran would also need to lead the army back to defend urgently. In this situation, if the Hurricane Apostle and the Night Apostle took the opportunity to pursue, Li Tianran might suffer a serious defeat.

Therefore, in the eyes of the apostles, the decisive point of this war was not on the Golen Noah Great Desert, but on the human defense line!

At this time, the Ocean Apostle and the Star Apostle, who did not show up on the Great Desert battlefield, led their clans to appear near the human defense line. The area where the Ocean Apostle appeared was the T-119 district guarded by the Federation's Northern Military Region.

Here, 300,000 troops from the Federation's Northern Military Region were stationed, including 30,000 evolutionaries, hundreds of pioneers, ten mech warriors, and a large number of tanks and adult-level warriors.

It can be said that this kind of guarding power can be regarded as the top combat power among the strongholds of the entire human defense line, but facing an apostle, no one has the confidence to say that they can definitely defend the defense line as solid as a rock.

On the sea area a dozen kilometers away from the coastline of the T-119 district.

One after another, sea beasts with a size of more than one hundred meters climbed ashore. There were too many of them, densely packed, and they occupied all the places within sight.

A giant ark quietly docked on the sea, and the figure of the Ocean Apostle appeared on the ark. Its three hideous heads looked in the direction of the defense line, and suddenly let out a piercing roar.

With the roar of the Ocean Apostle, the entire garrison of the T-119 district felt a fear from the depths of their souls.

As one of the four major war zones of the Federation, the Northern Military Region is the absolute trump card army in today's human world, and its overall strength can definitely rank in the top three in the human world.

Since the revival of ancient civilizations, this army has also fought against the secondary creatures of ancient civilizations, and has personally fought against those terrifying monsters.

But facing the apostles... this was the first time.

Facing such a terrifying opponent, fear... was just a physical instinct.

Not to mention these northern armies, most of whom are ordinary people, even if Lu Chi faced an apostle head-on at this time, his gene cells would tremble with fear because of the low level of life.

But fear does not mean cowardice!

Even if they are exuding fear and awe of the enemy from body to spirit, the unyielding and courage from the soul will still drive the soldiers to stand firm on the spot like mountains, and there will be no deserters.

"An apostle, a large number of followers, and countless sea beasts... It seems that they have regarded the area we are guarding as a main attack direction." Li Zhi calmly ordered, "Order the missile force to immediately bombard the beast swarm!"

"We cannot let the opponent enter the range of ten kilometers from the defense line!"

Li Zhi knew very well that once the opponent broke into the range of ten kilometers from the defense line with their numbers, the human army's firepower would be restricted, and it would be difficult for the Northern Military Region to maintain the stability of the defense line!

The sky was full of fire, and a large number of sea beasts that had already landed died wailing.

Li Zhi's pupils reflected the light of the artillery fire. Facing the overwhelming army, he did not feel nervous or fearful. Instead, he muttered to himself with fanatical eyes: "If we can kill an apostle..."

...

Inside the Red Wall Courtyard, Federation.

Two old men were chatting.

It was Zhang Shoucheng and Chen Qiong, who had been dismissed from their positions!

"What do you expect the outcome of this war to be?" Zhang Shoucheng asked softly.

Since they stepped down from the position of Theater Commander, the two of them have been living in this veterans' family compound, no longer holding any positions. Although they did not participate in this war, how could they not pay attention to a battle involving the fate of all mankind?

"I can't guess Li Tianran's thoughts and plans. He is completely different from us. I can't predict the victory or defeat of this war, but..." Chen Qiong frowned, but did not continue.

Zhang Shoucheng saw that his old comrade seemed to be a little worried, and immediately raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you worried about?"

"Hey... I'm not worried about anything else, but this time the Commander-in-Chief let Li Zhi take on the task of defending the defense line." Chen Qiong sighed, "Li Zhi is too young, and too smooth! He has basically never suffered a loss in his life, so he is very arrogant and conceited!"

"I have been letting him follow me to learn, not delegating power to him, just to temper his character."

"He has always been dissatisfied with my attitude towards him, thinking that I am suppressing him."

"This time, without my suppression, he will definitely try his best to show himself."

Chen Qiong's eyes were full of worry: "He is now like a sword that has been sealed for decades, and once it is drawn out of its sheath, he can't wait to show the world his sharpness!"

"But this time his task is to defend, to be steady!"

"But Li Zhi's current mentality is to attack, to become famous overnight!"

"How can a sword that always wants to kill enemies be used as a shield?"

Chen Qiong frowned: "I always feel... something is going to happen!"