Chapter 214: Reactions from All Sides

The moment Yang Yi left the Awakening Bureau, Director Zhou immediately dialed that number.

Within three minutes, the Xia Nation's upper echelons reacted swiftly: one, all national military bases were placed on Level One alert to guard against retaliatory strikes from the Ark Nation; two, no diplomatic calls from the Ark Nation were to be answered; three, Yang Yi's mobile phone was forced into a hard start, bypassing her manual answer to initiate the call directly.

But Yang Yi responded with silence, then powered off her device.

With no other choice, they activated the satellite positioning on Yang Yi's phone, which showed she had already arrived in the Ark Nation.

Countless high-ranking officials rushed to the political hub—Taiye Pool—where several secretaries and committee members stationed there had already convened an emergency meeting.

Satellite surveillance focused directly on the Ark Nation's capital; in the following minutes, they witnessed a silent yet precise "retaliation."

Before a few missiles could even approach her, they exploded in the sky like fireworks; countless cold weapons disintegrated like sand on a beach, and over a dozen military bases representing the world's most advanced forces were erased with utter ease.

As effortless as brushing dust from a table.

She hovered silently in mid-air, her expression indifferent under the high-definition satellite camera lens.

The meeting room fell into a deathly silence.

The Supreme Commander, the Secretaries, and the Committee Members exchanged glances, all with a solemn expression.

This strike overturned all their theories on modern warfare and deterrence.

A single individual had achieved destruction more thorough and "cleaner" than strategic bombing.

This silent, imperceptible destruction was ten thousand times more terrifying than indiscriminate bombing; it displayed a supreme violence with absolute discrimination that humanity could neither understand nor defend against.

The system of force humanity had faith in became a complete joke in the face of power from a higher dimension.

This strike also heralded a simple fact—a new era was about to arrive, and the world order would be completely altered.

Former international politics was a game of nations; the rules of the world henceforth revolved around a single question: how do mortals and quasi-gods coexist?

Should they try to forge shackles to bind this new god, or learn to reconstruct the survival laws of human civilization beneath her shadow?

Was humanity's only fate henceforth to barely survive in the shadow of a god?

"We must obtain means to counter her at all costs!" Committee Member Zhou broke the silence, speaking with a face turned iron-green.

Secretary Zhang beside him shook his head. "We need her existence. Moreover, the stronger her power, the better. Above humanity's heads, there is still an evil god ready to descend at any moment; her strength is the key to guaranteeing the continuation of human civilization."

Committee Member Li also said, "I agree. She struck our strategic opponents without causing a humanitarian disaster, which shows she acts with principles. Rashly displaying hostility would only push her into our opposition."

Committee Member Zhou's face remained iron-green. "If she can retaliate against the Ark Nation now, she can use the same logic against us in the future. If she deems one of our research projects dangerous, will she erase our military facilities at any moment? Moreover, her DNA has been contaminated by alien organisms; can she still maintain reason and humanity?"

Secretary Zheng also said, "I agree to take countermeasures against her! She is currently an 'Arbiter' with her own set of judgment logic, but she could at any moment become an 'Out of Control' entity that is unpredictable and uncontainable. We cannot let this possibility occur."

The Supreme Commander pondered for a long time, then slowly said, "At present, it seems we must coexist with her for a very long time, and we currently have no better countermeasures. Therefore, we might as well redefine the rules of coexistence with Yang Yi, acknowledge her power, satisfy her needs, and incorporate her existence into the national framework. This is a risk, but also an opportunity. Of course, systematic prevention is also necessary..."

Just as these Xia Nation administrators were deliberating, subordinates reported that countless nations were calling:

"Report! The Chairman of the UN Security Council requests a call!"

"Report! The Prime Minister of the British Empire requests a call with the Supreme Commander!"

"Report! The President of the Ross Nation requests a call with the Head of State!"

"... The French Nation..."

"... Germany..."

————

Internal communications within the Western Alliance nations:

"This is not just terrorism; this is a state-level decapitation strike. The Ark Nation is finished; from now on, it will completely fall from its position as the world's number one superpower..."

"In five minutes, she achieved what our strategic simulations said would require a Third World War. The key question is: what is her strike logic? Is it random punishment, or does it have clear political demands? We must assume we are also on her list."

"Intelligence! Intelligence! Why did she do this? What did the Ark Nation do to anger her?"

"According to our intelligence analysis, the most likely scenario is that the Ark Nation stole her genes, then combined them with alien organisms to clone a monster. That monster escaped the lab, killed over thirty thousand people in Diego City, and after she killed that alien organism, she went alone to the moon, after which this attack occurred."

"Intelligence system, update Yang Yi's capability data again!"

"Think tank, retest Yang Yi's action decision model!"

"The international order is about to change! From now on, there will be a real 'god' above our heads!"

…………

An encrypted forum section for Awakened ones:

"Thorough Review: Possible Weaknesses in Her Superpowers"

A hot title was pinned to the forum's homepage; the post searched for loopholes in the sequence of her destruction of over a dozen military bases and the form of her energy release, attempting to find her weaknesses.

But the post's conclusion was pessimistic: any existing ability system is ineffective against her; this is a dimensional crushing.

"Is she still human? Someone with such abilities is already close to a god, right?"

"I heard the first S-Class Awakened one has appeared in Heizhou, but their ability is only close to Yang Yi's strength when she first appeared at the UN!"

"Not just Heizhou; the Xia Nation had an S-Class Awakened one appear a month ago, and there may be more people with hidden strength..."

"So what? In front of her, they are just petty clowns..."

…………

The atmosphere on the internet had already boiled over.

Amidst a frenzy of public opinion, a trending hashtag #WhyUs? appeared on the Ark Nation's social media.

"This is the most barbaric violation of our national sovereignty! Regardless of the reason, this is an act of war!"

"War? She didn't even kill anyone! She just destroyed a few of your military bases; you have over 800 military bases globally! To be precise, she just destroyed your hegemony! Other countries finally don't have to live under your military threats 【Yay】"

"Yes, she only destroys weapons, not people. She understands what peace is better than all nations and armies!"

"This has absolutely no impact on us common people, okay? No matter how powerful or terrifying she is, she has never killed anyone! Bro, never killed anyone!"

"How is there no impact? It's a huge impact! She destroyed weapons and struck the military-industrial complex; from now on, your country can only invest the money originally used for war into people's livelihood. Isn't this a good thing for you Ark Nation citizens? YY is awesome!"

"What exactly happened? Why did YY do that?"

"Need I say more? It must be that the Ark Nation did something that angered heaven and humanity, which YY discovered; this is divine punishment!"

"She must be executing some kind of purification law! She specifically strikes military facilities, which shows her goal is to eliminate human violence itself; she is doing this for peace!"

"Goddess who descends to the mortal world and purifies it, forgive humanity's sins!"

Within minutes, memes went viral: Yang Yi's profile shot paired with the text "When you say 'International Law will sanction you' VS When I say 'I will sanction you'."

The most popular livestream clip on TT featured the pop song "Bad Guy" overlaid on footage of the Ark Country military base being destroyed, with Yang Yi's figure hovering in midair, the Faxinshe filter dialed to the max.

"This is a show of force and a loyalty test! She is watching which countries jump out to condemn her, then marking the first batch of non-cooperative targets! Does she want to rule the world?"