Chapter 40: Million-Megaton Level Nuclear

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The system did not answer Ye Cang immediately; instead, it pondered for quite a while before speaking.

【This, I don't think much of it. Can we change to a different plan?】

The system's words made Ye Cang's heart ache as if pierced by a knife.

"Why change it? I personally think this plan is quite suitable," Ye Cang explained. "Look, after the Taotie launch their full-scale invasion, Huaxia will fall almost instantly."

"By then, with Morgana's presence abroad, things will be in chaos, and the flames of war will surely spread to Huaxia."

"But once the Four Symbols Firmament is deployed, it will isolate Huaxia from abroad, buying enough time for recuperation, and the Taotie will be cut off as well."

Although what Ye Cang said was very reasonable, the system also put forward its own view.

【What you say is indeed correct, but if the Taotie use a Star-Extinguishing Weapon, will your Four Symbols Firmament still be of any use?】

【As the old saying goes, offense is the best defense! Before the Taotie attack, take them out first!】

【Besides, your Four Symbols Firmament sounds a lot like an idea from *Dwarves Retreat*, so you understand what I mean, right!】

After hearing the system's words, Ye Cang could not help but roll his eyes.

Except for the first sentence, which was correct.

The other two sentences were very wrong!

What "old saying," offense is the best defense? This is clearly the system playing too much *Honor of Kings* and spouting Cheng Yaojin's lines!

And *Dwarves Retreat*—he and that were two completely different things!

However, the Star-Extinguishing Weapon the system mentioned was something he really needed to pay attention to.

The Taotie's Star-Extinguishing Weapon, the only one called "Malevolent Tide," is a thing that can destroy a city with a single shot, and three of them could push Earth out of its original orbit.

That is indeed quite terrifying.

But, as long as he prevents the Taotie from being able to use Malevolent Tide, wouldn't that be enough?

A weapon that cannot be used is no threat at all.

Speaking of Star-Extinguishing Weapons, Ye Cang suddenly remembered that old geezer Sumali; he was the one who wanted to blow up the entire Earth.

Hmm... must kill him first.

Thinking and thinking, Ye Cang went off-topic a bit, but he realized it in time and corrected himself.

Next, Ye Cang weighed the pros and cons of the Four Symbols Firmament, and after confirming the pros outweighed the cons.

Ye Cang decided to launch the Four Symbols Firmament!

Once the firmament rises, it will protect all of Huaxia, isolating all unfavorable factors; with enough time for development, everything else will be easy to handle.

After making the decision, Ye Cang pulled several maintenance robots from the robot construction team, preparing to follow the previous method to build another massive robot construction team.

This batch of robot construction teams was specifically for building the Four Symbols Firmament.

Time flew by, and 2 months passed.

In these two months, Ye Cang lived a very fulfilling life, not at all like before when he was bored to death.

The first half of these two months was the time for assembling the robot construction team, although everything was done by the maintenance robots.

But Ye Cang was not idle; he was perfecting the Four Symbols Firmament.

Among these, the double-layer shield aspect was crucial.

What is a double shield? It means adopting two types of shields: one is a Plasma Shield, used to defend against energy attacks and also capable of absorbing incoming energy to replenish itself.

The other is a high-energy electromagnetic shield, used to defend against physical attacks.

By making a small adjustment to the Plasma Shield, it could replenish energy for the high-energy electromagnetic shield.

When the two are superimposed, the effect can be imagined.

As for the storage location of the shield-generating devices, Ye Cang had also thought it through; as long as the high walls were used as the base to emit the shields, there would be no problem.

But doing this would create a problem: the closer to the center, the more insufficient the energy supply would be, and the thinner the shield would become.

It was very likely the shield would become a mere decoration.

Regarding this point, Ye Cang quickly thought of a solution, which was to set up 28 Energy Stabilization Devices throughout Huaxia to stabilize the shields and distribute energy evenly.

Furthermore, when necessary, the 28 Energy Stabilization Devices could be used to adjust the shield energy distribution to strengthen the shield in a specific area.

Theoretically, it could be strengthened to withstand an attack from Malevolent Tide.

This was a point Ye Cang had not discovered before.

It was only after having these Energy Stabilization Devices and performing calculations that he discovered this.

Ye Cang was naturally very happy about this unexpected joy; he had gained quite a bit more development time!

As for the technology for the Energy Stabilization Devices, it naturally had to come from the system!

Once the Four Symbols Firmament Plan was perfected, it was time to put it into construction.

Because the high walls had to be used as the base to emit the shields, Ye Cang spent the next month and a half calculating data ten thousand meters underground.

Even in his few spare moments, Ye Cang was alone, cultivating special proteins.

The days were truly busy.

However, on this day, just as Ye Cang emerged from ten thousand meters underground, his phone rang.

After answering the call, the person on the other end said, "Chief Engineer Ye, the Underground Base says the Nantianmen Project is complete and would like to invite you to visit."

The exhausted Ye Cang immediately perked up upon hearing this.

What the hell, the Nantianmen Project is complete?!

And it only took 2 months; this speed is simply too fast!

This is faster than cheating.

Immediately, Ye Cang changed his clothes and headed straight for the Underground Base.

When Ye Cang arrived, he saw all the researchers already standing at the elevator entrance, waiting for him.

As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, the researchers grabbed Ye Cang and headed straight for the Luan Bird storage area.

This level of enthusiasm left Ye Cang with no opportunity to check their physical condition.

Very quickly, the group arrived at the Luan Bird storage area.

They saw a Luan Bird, pitch-black all over and massive in size, parked there.

This was completely different from the Luan Bird in his memory.

At this moment, a researcher stepped forward and introduced: "Chief Engineer Ye, this is the final form of the Luan Bird!"

"You already knew that we made a few small upgrades to the Luan Bird, such as its size."

"Its original size data was: main length 242 meters, wingspan 684 meters, dead weight 48,000 tons, and maximum payload 【missing data】 tons."

"But now, these figures have all doubled! Of course, the dead weight hasn't, which is entirely thanks to the new materials you provided."

"Now the Luan Bird can carry 178 Xuannv Aerospace Fighters at once, and there is also a dedicated space inside the platform for storing Chengying Tactical Unmanned Mechas, which can be air-dropped for support at any time."

"And then there is its weapon system; in addition to the weapons it originally had, we specifically equipped the Luan Bird with a nuclear bomb, capable of carrying a nuclear bomb with a maximum yield of one million tons."

Ye Cang:!!!

What the hell!

Have these researchers gone mad? How did they come up with a million-ton yield!

Damn it, ordinary nuclear weapons only have a yield of a few dozen tons, and even strategic nuclear weapons are only 100,000 tons.

He had assumed the Luan Bird would carry a nuclear bomb with a yield of at most 100,000 tons.

And yet they came up with a million-ton yield!

Good heavens, if this thing is dropped, I'm afraid the little days 【Japan】 will be completely gone!

After the researcher saw the shocked look in Ye Cang's eyes.

He smiled very sheepishly.

"Um, Chief Engineer Ye, didn't you say we were going to fight aliens? We thought about it and decided to make a million-ton yield one."

"Of course, if a million-ton yield isn't enough, we can change it immediately to a ten-million-ton yield!"