Chapter 140

Vast patches of scarlet corrosion marks appeared in the skies across the globe, the marks eating away at the sky to form piece after piece of "wound," from which countless terrifying monster limbs extended.

Undoubtedly, once these "wounds" expanded to a sufficiently large size, the monsters blocked by the space would swarm out, initiating a feast of gluttony on Earth.

In news footage from around the world, the previous scene was replayed: outside the Palace of Nations, Yang Yi tilted her head slightly to gaze at the sky, her expressionless face showing nothing. She said nothing, did not even glance at the camera, and her figure suddenly vanished into the sky.

Governments of all nations urgently called on the public to either seek shelter in underground air-raid shelters or hide at home without going out, organizing Awakened ones and the military to distribute the latest-developed dark matter weapons for resistance.

Various anti-air missiles, drone bombs, and laser weapons had already gone ahead, flying into the "wounds" in the sky; from within the narrow "wounds," one could see flesh and blood flying, with considerable effect.

But apart from a portion of ignorant masses, no one felt safe.

Most people had long anticipated that the alien creatures leading the charge were not strong; the bizarrely-abled, far more powerful alien creatures were still behind them.

Wave after wave of bombs exploded continuously within the "wounds" in the sky, flesh and blood mingling with firelight, while smoke and severed limbs flew together.

Before people could rejoice, they saw the "wounds" in the sky still slowly expanding, and the various figures crowded and writhing within them continued to surge toward the "wounds" madly, showing no sign of decrease.

Some alien creatures with bizarre abilities or those unafraid of Earth's weapons dodged the explosions and excitedly charged toward Earth—for them, it was a table laden with food.

Humanity's first "Earth Defense War" finally broke out.

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Xia Country, Zhongyuan City.

This frontline city, which had just been attacked by a Void-Devouring Beast, fell into crisis once again; Chen Chen Yushu and Zhang Zhang Ningning, who had not yet left, threw themselves back into the battle.

A monster with a peculiar appearance, a slender build, pale and cracked skin as if splashed with sulfuric acid, was pinned to the ground by the combined efforts of Chen Chen Yushu and Zhang Zhang Ningning; its body was studded with sharp metal and stone cones, yet it still writhed incessantly on the ground, emitting huge, ear-piercing sound waves from its mouth that left people dizzy and disoriented.

"Boom—" A dark matter energy bullet flew in at high speed; amidst the instantaneous fission explosion of dark matter, the head of this unknown monster exploded into fragments, and its screaming ceased.

Chen Chen Yushu and Zhang Zhang Ningning shook their heads, dazed by the sound waves, and struggled to stand firm on the ruins, making a gesture of thanks to the sniper in the distance.

Some monsters possessed abilities too bizarre for ordinary resistance; only Awakened ones had a certain capacity to resist. Field-type Awakened ones could manipulate dark matter energy to form protection, while Body-type Awakened ones, with their thick skin and enhanced physical constitution, could also resist for a while.

For instance, this monster: without pre-prepared equipment to defend against sound waves, ordinary people would easily be paralyzed all over, unable to move.

But since the abilities of various monsters differed, targeted defense was impossible, so ordinary soldiers were at a great disadvantage when facing these monsters.

In the battles against alien creatures, people had learned some experience: first, Awakened ones would advance to probe their abilities, then the Strategic Analysis Department would urgently analyze countermeasures and convey them to the soldiers.

Even so, even with dark matter weapons in hand, ordinary soldiers still suffered heavy casualties when facing alien creatures.

The "wounds" corroded in the sky grew larger and larger; more alien creatures dodged the anti-air bombs and surged into Earth, causing Chen Chen Yushu and Zhang Zhang Ningning's hearts to grow increasingly heavy.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Speed up and enter the air-raid shelter!" Soldiers holding dark matter weapons protected a group of civilians as they ran quickly toward the air-raid shelter.

A bird-like monster with four wings dove toward the crowd on the ground; Chen Chen Yushu controlled several steel bars to fly into the high sky, piercing it through and through, and it fell heavily to the ground.

Even so, it was not yet dead; the wounds on its body writhed as they healed. Suddenly, ground spikes erupted from the earth, piercing it through, followed by the ground cracking open and swallowing it.

Zhang Zhang Ningning withdrew her hand and rubbed her temples, where a throbbing pain pulsed, occasionally shooting sharp pains.

"How is it? Can you hold on?" Chen Chen Yushu's voice was cold, but his tone was concerned.

"Yes!" Zhang Zhang Ningning gritted her teeth and said.

"Good, as long as we hold on until Yang Yi successfully closes the interdimensional channel..." Chen Chen Yushu had not finished speaking before he went to intercept another attacking monster.

Zhang Zhang Ningning raised a earth shield, saving a little boy separated from his parents; watching the boy quickly be rescued by the soldiers, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked up; the "wounds" in the sky were still slowly expanding, and some medium-sized monsters squeezed their way over...

Yang Yi... can she really succeed in closing the interdimensional channel...

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In Peanutton City, Arka Country, the original White House had been destroyed by a Void-Devouring Beast, and government officials' work had been transferred to the Pentagon.

As soon as the interdimensional channel appeared, the President of Arka had already entered the underground fortress beneath Mount Vesey to take shelter.

The underground fortress beneath Mount Vesey was built within solid rock, with a thickness reaching 80 meters, possessing numerous invincible defense facilities such as earthquake resistance, radiation resistance, electromagnetic pulse resistance, and isolation from dark matter energy.

At this moment, the flow of people in the underground fortress was turbulent; in the hall, various uniformed personnel hurried about, each with an anxious expression.

Countless large screens hung above the hall, broadcasting the situation of monster attacks across the globe.

"Mr. President!" A general-rank officer in military uniform entered the President's office. "The interdimensional channel above Detroit Green City has expanded to a diameter of nearly ten meters; 69 Class-A monsters have already pierced through our fire coverage; Awakened warriors have suffered heavy casualties; the front line can no longer hold!" The man in military uniform said with a serious expression:

"Mr. President, I request to immediately launch a nuclear missile into the interdimensional channel!"

"But our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received a warning from Xia Country; they say Ms. Yang Yi is searching for a spatial device in the other world. To avoid accidentally harming Ms. Yang, Xia Country warns us not to launch nuclear missiles into the channel! Moreover, the citizens of Detroit Green have not yet fully evacuated; doing so would harm ordinary people within the city. We would not only provoke protests from Xia Country but also trigger domestic public opinion!"

"Mr. President, be cautious! If we accidentally injure that female superhero, perhaps the channel cannot be closed!"

"Mr. President, please think thrice! British Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Carter was impeached and removed from office for rashly launching a nuclear missile..."

The heads of the Government Public Relations Crisis Department and several other departments hurriedly said.

"69 Class-A monsters! A full 69 Class-A monsters have already broken into Detroit Green City! If we do not launch a nuclear missile now, not only Detroit Green City, but other surrounding cities, and even the entire Arka Country, will suffer monster attacks! Can you bear this responsibility?" The man in military uniform shouted.

For a moment, several of the heads were speechless.

"Have the other nuclear-armed countries received Xia Country's warning?" asked the gray-haired President.

"According to our intelligence department, they have received the same warning from Xia Country!"

The President sneered slightly.

"How long has that female superhero been inside?"

"Mr. President, it has been one hour and twenty-nine minutes!" the secretary replied without the slightest hesitation.

"Last time in Britain, how long did it take from her entering the interdimensional space to destroying the altar?" the President asked again.

"Replying to Mr. President, thirty-six minutes."

"It seems this time, Ms. Superhero's work is proceeding rather difficultly... but this time is different from before; perhaps she has already..." the President murmured to himself; no one could tell from his Botox-injected face whether he felt satisfied or disappointed about the matter.

"Then, besides Detroit Green City, where else has the defensive line collapsed?" After thinking for a moment, he asked again.

"All over the world; the first defensive line to collapse was in Heizhou's..."

The President cut him off. "Who cares about them? I am asking about Xia Country!"

"Replying to Mr. President, apart from a few small cities with weak defenses whose lines were breached, Xia Country's medium and large cities have been resisting all along!"

"So, only our large cities had their defenses breached by monsters first?"

"... Yes, Your Excellency..."

The President sighed. "The Ministry of National Defense Strategy told me that Xia Kingdom's weaponry and equipment lag twenty years behind ours, and their dark matter weapon research also lags behind ours. But look at now! Even without the Female Superwoman, they have already surpassed us!"

"Then, how far has our 'Clone Superwoman' project progressed?"

"It has already reached the embryo cultivation stage!"

A faint smile seemed to touch the President's lips, but was immediately replaced by seriousness: "Prepare immediately and launch the nuclear missiles!"

"Additionally, contact the Kingdom of Judah and Britannia, ordering them to launch nuclear missiles immediately afterward. Also, have the intelligence department leak the news to Francia and India, letting them know we are preparing to launch nuclear missiles!"

"As the saying goes, the law does not punish the multitude. With so many nations launching nuclear missiles simultaneously, is Xia Kingdom really going to start a Third World War over this afterward?"