Chapter 106

Looking down from above the rainforest.

Blinding blue light tore across the horizon, and the deafening explosion echoed throughout the entire rainforest.

"Whoo—!"

A shockwave like rolling blue flames, centered on the stone formation, surged outward rapidly, destroying all trees and creatures in its path.

After the light and shockwave faded, the area within a radius of about 1.5 kilometers of the stone formation was completely reduced to scorched earth.

A pit about seventy meters in diameter and roughly thirty meters deep at its center replaced the stone formation at the blast's epicenter.

The soil inside the pit had completely crystallized.

At the same time, the Command Center.

"FGPB detonation succeeded; the communications tower was unaffected, and all data is being updated and uploaded."

"Drones have taken off to assist the Undead Special Task Force and the T-02 in preparing to enter the blast zone, to confirm whether the target has been completely eliminated."

The staff were conducting reports in an orderly manner.

The airborne drones transmitted the captured footage back to the large screen.

The stone formation, stone mountain, giant crows, witches, and the bound primitive person had all disappeared.

Not even a trace remained.

The FGPB previously mentioned by the staff stands for FirstGenerationPlasmaBomb (First Generation Plasma Bomb).

After the company recovered the Iron Blood Clan's weapons from Antarctica, Wang Zhaofeng's high-tech R&D team has continually attempted to reverse-engineer them.

The plasma technology had been completely mastered by Umbrella, and combined with the micro-fusion technology of the Thor's Hammer Power Armor, Wang Zhaofeng's team successfully cracked the Iron Blood Clan's wrist bomb.

Based on this, the Mother Nest successfully produced plasma bombs on September 1, 2000.

According to the settings, its explosive yield is at least 50 tons of TNT and at most 5 million tons of TNT.

Although its maximum yield is far less than the Tsar Bomba detonated last century, it is still over three hundred times the yield of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Compared to current nuclear weapons, the plasma bomb's advantage lies in being "pollution-free," and compared to existing hydrogen bombs, it possesses extremely strong controllability, stability, and safety.

Most notably, the temperature at the plasma bomb's explosion center can reach 700 million degrees, far exceeding the Sun's core temperature.

Therefore, given the current situation, the plasma bomb is Umbrella's best and most extreme means of countering high-risk anomalies.

"…"

Sui Bian stood at the rear of the Command Center, expressionlessly gazing at the upper screen.

The Red and White Queen remained standing to his left and right.

Back then, he had the Red Queen arrange transport of "that thing," which was precisely the plasma bomb that had just been developed.

After the plasma bomb named "Athena" by Sui Bian arrived in Kenya, it was immediately transferred to the outpost, where dedicated technicians handled its transport.

Through the Space Gate, technicians set the plasma bomb's explosive yield to minimum and then buried it beneath the stone formation.

After readying the plasma bomb, the Undead hiding around to stand guard escorted the technicians back swiftly to the vicinity of the Space Gate.

Meanwhile, the Command Center monitored the stone formation's real-time dynamics via pre-installed cameras.

After several hours of patient waiting, the witches appeared in view; once the witch leader reached the sacrificial site, Sui Bian gave the order to detonate "Athena".

【Detected that the host successfully eradicated the Witch Clan, so the system determines the host has completed the time-limited mission.

Therefore, the system rewards the host with 300 points; the host currently has 9336 points remaining, and the Space Gate is retained.

Note:

The host may choose to spend 100 points to expand the Space Gate's size, each time increasing the radius by 1 meter.

The host may also spend 500 points to gain the right to freely open and close the Space Gate.

"Even witches with magic are still trash in the face of absolute firepower."

Sui Bian's gaze flickered as he mentally remarked.

Moreover, Sui Bian also prepared to stockpile more plasma rounds afterward as a precaution.

There's nothing to be done—'firepower insufficiency anxiety' is something deeply ingrained in his genes.

He relaxed a little.

'System, grant me the authority to toggle the Space Gate,' Sui Bian said calmly to the system.

【Yes, currently exchanging…

Exchange completed, the host has 8836 points remaining.】

When the system's voice finished, Sui Bian could intuitively feel that he now had the ability to open or close the Space Gate at will.

As for enlarging the Space Gate's size…

"Red Empress, Bai Hou." Having finished his thoughts, Sui Bian commanded the two AIs standing behind him:

"Dispatch sufficient numbers of armed security, technical personnel, and engineering staff to the outpost; we will establish a forward base on the far side of the Space Gate.

While establishing the forward base, let the Undead Special Forces and the T-02 Tracker drive out and sweep away all threats near the Space Gate.

Even if there is a vaccine, the zombified dinosaurs pose an enormous threat to technical and engineering personnel.

"Yes (alright), sir." The Red and White Empresses replied indifferently.

He thought that after the forward base was built, he would then consider enlarging the Space Gate.

After giving orders to the two of them, Sui Bian glanced at all the staff seated in the Command Center and raised his voice to say:

"The detonation of Athena signifies that we have successfully resolved the anomalous phenomenon that threatened the company's operations on the far side of the Space Gate.

"This was all thanks to your help; thank you for your hard work.

"Sir, this is what we ought to do."

"No casualties among personnel is more important than anything."

As his words fell, many employees immediately became humble.

"Hehe." Sui Bian chuckled lightly: "A mere 'thank you for your hard work' is insufficient to reward your efforts; rest assured, Bai Hou will give you appropriate bonuses and benefits.

"So until the frontline base is completed, everyone must not become complacent; a small mistake must not turn into a disaster."

"Yes, sir." The employees' response this time was louder.

"Very good."

After ending the conversation with the employees, Sui Bian turned and walked out of the Command Center, and the holographic images of the red and white queens faded away.

In the outside corridor, the ten Astates who had been waiting for a long time immediately stepped forward.

Robert, acting as the eldest brother, asked with a hint of curiosity, "Father, has it been resolved?"

"Ah, it's resolved."

While Sui Bian spoke, he continued walking toward the building's exterior, with the ten Astates following behind.

He said as he walked, "The company will establish a frontline base on that side, and then we can explore that world."

"Hmm." (x10)

"Moreover, I think the law of the strong preying on the weak in that world seems very suitable for you to train, train."

"Hmm." (x10)

Having said that, they had already walked out of the central command building of the base.

Breathing the fresh air, Sui Bian halted, turned, and scanned the circle of Astates surrounding him, noticing the boys' eyes were full of anticipation and their emotions clearly fluctuated.

Seeing this.

Sui Bian continued toward the biology building, and, with his back to the boys, said softly, "I heard the sea view in Hawaii is quite nice; once the frontline base is finished we can go take a look."

??

Upon hearing that, the Astates were momentarily stunned, but quickly recovered and shouted in unison:

"Yes! Father!"

(End of chapter)