Chapter 432: Awakening

This scene was discovered by an air defense radar monitoring station in the east of Shenzhou. The inspector looked at the image displayed on the screen and said, dumbfounded: "What on earth is this? Ultraman? But I've watched every series of Ultraman, and I've never seen this model before?"

"I feel like this is somewhat like a humanoid long-range missile. Strange, what kind of weirdo would make a missile look like this?"

"Stop obsessing over whether it's a humanoid missile or Ultraman, report it quickly," the head of the monitoring station roared.

Soon, news that a twenty-meter-plus big guy had taken off from the Dongying island nation and was flying toward Shenzhou reached Chu Yunlong. He stared at the humanoid flying object speeding toward him on the screen, his brows furrowed tightly.

Chu Yunlong looked at this humanoid flying object and found it very similar to Susanoo from Dongying mythology and legend. Could it be that a Dongying deity had awakened?

Chu Yunlong held a high position and great power, and he knew many unknown secrets.

Every country in the world has its own myths and legends, as well as its own pantheons of deities. In fact, these legendary deities were all Immortal Cultivators of the Sixth Grade or higher.

These deities from myths and legends all vanished collectively before Earth entered the End of Dharma Era and the Spirit Qi was exhausted.

According to the remaining records, these deities all went to an unknown, mysterious world through the Ancient Portal.

Before leaving, the deities left behind a few words, saying that when the Spirit Qi of Earth recovered, the deities would also return.

"The Spirit Qi on Earth hasn't recovered yet, so how did the Susanoo Statue awaken early?" Chu Yunlong realized that something was terribly wrong. Meng Yifan had just wreaked havoc in Dongying, and Susanoo had awakened; there must be a connection between the two.

It was very likely that Susanoo had come to Shenzhou for revenge. Meng Yifan had left Kyoto in Dongying in a mess; if Susanoo followed suit and caused massive destruction in the Kyoto of Shenzhou, that would be absolutely disastrous.

The Dongying deity had awakened, but the deity statues of Shenzhou were still slumbering. What was to be done?

"Dispatch J-20 fighter jets. Warn the unidentified flying object; it is not permitted to enter Shenzhou airspace," Chu Yunlong ordered.

At the same time, Chu Yunlong also called Meng Yifan to inform him that Susanoo had already flown over the East Sea.

"Susanoo? The awakening of deities?" Meng Yifan looked at the eastern sky, realizing that there were too many unknown secrets hidden on Earth.

Since Susanoo could awaken, other deities from myths and legends would also awaken. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before those familiar deities would appear in the human world.

At an airport in the Eastern Theater, a J-20 fighter jet flew toward Susanoo with a sonic boom. The pilot shouted into the microphone: "This is the Shenzhou Air Force. You have entered Shenzhou airspace. Please leave immediately, please leave immediately, or you will be intercepted!"

Susanoo looked at the J-20 fighter jet with amusement. When he left Earth, humans hadn't even invented airplanes. Moreover, it was flying quite fast—faster than a Fourth-grade cultivator flying on a sword. It was quite interesting.

Susanoo reached out a large hand and gave a light grasp. An invisible suction force spread out from his palm, and the J-20 fighter jet was instantly pulled toward Susanoo's palm.

The J-20 pilot tried his best to break free from this suction, but it was to no avail. In the critical moment, he fired two PL-15E air-to-air missiles at Susanoo.

Susanoo did not dodge, letting the two air-to-air missiles strike his face.

"Boom! Boom!" To the J-20 pilot's disbelief, the PL-15E air-to-air missiles exploded on Susanoo's face, yet Susanoo remained completely unscathed; not even a single chip of stone was blown off.

"The air-to-air missiles have immense power; they could even collapse a small hill. What kind of thing is this in front of me to be so sturdy?" The J-20 pilot was dumbstruck.

Susanoo grasped with his right hand, and the J-20 fighter jet was instantly crushed into a large iron ball. The missiles carried by the plane exploded simultaneously, but such powerful explosive force still could not shake Susanoo's palm.

"Flashy but useless technological creation," Susanoo smiled with disdain, threw the wreckage of the J-20 into the East Sea, and continued flying toward the Shenzhou mainland.

Seeing the scene of the J-20 being destroyed, Chu Yunlong was so angry he slapped the table and stood up, ordering: "No matter what that thing is, if it dares to launch an attack on us, it is an enemy. I order you to shoot it down for me."

"General Chu, since this statue just withstood the explosion of the PL-15 missiles and remained unscathed, it is evident that this statue is extremely sturdy. Conventional missiles are ineffective against it. To destroy it, we can only use nuclear weapons," a major staff officer asked.

"Use nuclear weapons. At all costs, shoot him down," Chu Yunlong ordered.

After Chu Yunlong's order was relayed, two launch ports opened on a nondescript small hill on an unnamed island off the eastern coast of Shenzhou, and two Dongfeng-41 missiles shot out.

Propelled by solid fuel, these two Dongfeng-41 missiles, trailing dazzling exhaust flames, accelerated continuously and soon reached Susanoo.

"Such fast speed. This is even faster than a Fifth-grade Cultivator flying on a sword. I didn't expect that in the few hundred years since the deities left Earth, human technology would have developed so rapidly. It seems the path of technology is not entirely without merit."

Susanoo critiqued the Dongfeng-41 missiles. He did not dodge and instead took the missiles head-on with his body. He did this to test the power of human technological weapons, preparing for the full return of the Dongying deities in the future.

"Boom-rumble! Boom-rumble!" Two massive mushroom clouds rose over the East Sea. The shockwaves that spread out caused the East Sea to churn with monstrous waves, and a large amount of seawater was evaporated, leaving the area shrouded in water vapor, making it impossible to see the specific situation inside.

The scene of the Dongfeng-41 missiles carrying nuclear warheads bombing the Susanoo Statue shocked the world. Every global military power locked their satellites onto the sky over the East Sea to watch the results after the explosion.

The leaders of every major military power watched the surveillance footage sent back by satellites; they also wanted to know if human technological weapons could defeat an awakened deity.

This point was of vital importance, concerning how every major power would handle their relationship with the awakened deities.

Before the Ming and Qing dynasties, the West had been ruled by deities for a long time. The Pope, who worshipped the deities, could even appoint or dismiss the Emperor of secular dynasties. From this, one can see how great the influence of the deities was.

Even after the deities left and modern society saw high-speed technological development—to the point of being able to land humans on the moon—the influence of religious forces remained not to be underestimated. How many socialites knelt at the feet of deity statues, yearning for the salvation of the deities?

If the deities had truly awakened, where should the countries of the world go from here? This was a headache-inducing problem.