Chapter 175 : Thermonuclear Activation - Beast-Taming Cultivator from Two Realms

Chapter 175: Thermonuclear Activation

“Are you certain you want to use thermonuclear weapons? We still have the strongest slaughtering weapon unused!”

“You can’t mean the military’s latest research project—the Plasma Compression Cannon, can you?

Although that thing is indeed more powerful than the Energy Artillery Cannon [CJP-21000], capable of unleashing a secondary explosion equivalent to 200 tons of TNT upon impact, it has one fatal flaw—the attack range is far too small!”

“You’re afraid of missing?”

“Yes. Rather than deploying the Plasma Compression Cannon, it would be better to plow through with thermonuclear weapons and strangle the threat in advance.”

“I agree. As long as we can confirm the approximate strike zone, even if those strange humans use illusions or move at extreme speeds, they still won’t escape the baptism of thermonuclear fire!”

“But the losses will be too great!”

“Better great losses than the extinction of our race. If those strange humans find this place and take control of us, the New Ape Clan will become slaves to humanity…”

Listening to the heated debate among the higher-ups of the ape race, the Ape King could barely remain seated.

Its gaze swept across the gathered apes as it spoke in a deep tone: “I have decided to use the Three-Phase Bomb. Who agrees? Who opposes?”

The mysterious humans who had suddenly appeared across the world had already posed a grave threat to the New Ape Clan’s rule.

If it did not respond in time, the Ape King Palace buried two thousand meters underground might very well become the next destroyed military base.

That was something the Ape King could not accept.

Compared to the illusory and unreachable longevity, what it cared for most was its power and its life.

As for how much destruction and casualties would result from a thermonuclear detonation—such things were of no concern to the Ape King.

It was no exaggeration to say, if thermonuclear weapons could eliminate those peculiar humans and safeguard the rule and status of the New Ape Clan, then even the deaths of millions—tens of millions, even hundreds of millions—were but numbers to the Ape King.

To pacify the lower ranks afterward, it was already preparing to hold a victory celebration to proclaim the New Ape Clan’s triumph.

Hearing this, the thirty-six New Ape executives all fell silent. None of them wished to bear the infamy. They chose to tacitly accept the Ape King’s proposal.

【All coordinates have been locked!】

“First warhead coordinates: 54°13′ North, 120°14′ East—the Three-Phase Bomb yield is 2.5 Mt.”

“Second warhead coordinates: 84°34′ North, 33°23′ East—the Three-Phase Bomb yield is 2.4 Mt.”

“Third warhead coordinates: 20°25′ North, 122°56′ East—the Three-Phase Bomb yield is 2 Mt.”

“……”

The Ape King tapped with its finger, inputting the strike target codes matched by quantum radar.

Then, one by one, through password verification, key authentication, bloodline verification, fingerprint recognition, and facial recognition, it transmitted the order to launch the Three-Phase Bombs to each nuclear combat department.

【Please input special code for secondary identity verification!】

【Verification complete. “World-Ender” has been unlocked!】

【Three-Phase Bomb ready to launch. Countdown: ten… nine… eight…!】

Seeing the message displayed on the screen, the Ape King revealed a bloodthirsty smile.

Under the Three-Phase Bomb, all beings were equal.

No matter what abilities those peculiar humans possessed, they could not possibly survive beneath the “World-Ender” Three-Phase Bomb.

“Three!”

“Two!”

“One!”

As the countdown reached zero, the launch silos deployed across the world by the Chouyuan Clan began to quake violently, emitting a groan as if ancient behemoths were awakening.

“Boom!”

Boosters ignited, exhaust flames roared, and hundreds of Three-Phase Bombs immediately soared into the sky, hurtling toward their designated targets.

At that moment, the command apes at the military bases witnessed a sight they would never forget in their lives:

As vast plumes of smoke erupted, streaks of violet-red flames propelled countless Three-Phase Bombs into the heavens, as though the sky itself had begun to bleed.

……

Northern Chouyuan Star, within a military base.

Shen Qiong floated high in the air.

Below him rampaged a colossal beast.

It was a giant over twenty meters in length. Twin spiral horns jutted from its head, which resembled that of an ox. Its four hooves bore cloud-patterned pads, its entire body covered in golden scales the size of bowls, glimmering faintly beneath the sun.

Had Chen Beiwu been present, with a single glance he would have recognized it as the Second-Tier High-Grade Spirit Beast [Golden-Luster Zhi] recorded in the Great Wilderness Northern Beasts Record.

The Golden-Luster Zhi did not even use spiritual power. Merely by stepping forward, ripples spread across the ground, overturning armored vehicles in the military base and effortlessly slaughtering the ape soldiers inside, as well as the hundreds of panicked ape soldiers fleeing at the periphery.

“Ta!”

Countless bullets struck the Golden-Luster Zhi’s scales, but could not even scratch its defense.

“So noisy!”

Shen Qiong’s eyes narrowed slightly. He extended his right palm, and dozens of shells that had been speeding toward him froze midair.

“Take your toys back.”

As soon as his words fell, those shells shot back toward the artillery platforms at even greater speed, detonating into violently expanding concentric shockwaves.

Wherever the waves passed, the ground collapsed.

Swept by the shockwaves, a searing gust carried shards of concrete like lethal bullets, reaping the lives of dozens of Chouyuan and leaving behind funnel-shaped craters the size of eggs.

Ten minutes later, the Golden-Luster Zhi ceased its slaughter. The entire military base no longer had a single surviving ape soldier.

Glancing at the corpses on the ground, Shen Qiong’s eyes flickered with disgust: “Such a grotesque breed of beast. No wonder the Immortal Alliance named them Chouyuan.”

“Mooh!” The Golden-Luster Zhi let out a low bellow, its massive body rapidly shrinking before the naked eye.

Hearing this, Shen Qiong revealed a helpless look: “Can’t be helped. The Chouyuan are simply too weak. Their so-called technological weapons are nothing more than toys.

Only that Energy Artillery Cannon had some merit. Unfortunately, it’s not durable enough.”

“Mooh?”

“Don’t ask me. I don’t know how the Immortal Alliance calculated the mortality rate for the retest either.” Shen Qiong grew increasingly puzzled as he spoke.

It wasn’t arrogance.

If the technological weapons of Chouyuan Star amounted only to this, he could do whatever he pleased—even take the Ape King’s life at will.

But at that instant, Shen Qiong’s expression shifted. A sudden, indescribable dread surged within his heart, as though a terrifying crisis was about to descend.

“Go! Quickly!”

“Mooh!”

The Golden-Luster Zhi sensed the danger as well. Carrying Shen Qiong on its back, it bolted forward frantically.

Yet no matter how it ran, the dread within their hearts did not fade. Instead, it grew stronger and stronger.

“Damn it, there’s no escape!”

Without hesitation, Shen Qiong unleashed all the boundless spiritual power within him, joining forces with his Companion Beast, the Golden-Luster Zhi, to cast their strongest defensive art.

At the same time, the Three-Phase Bomb disassembled in the stratosphere. Its 2.5-megaton nuclear warhead began carbonizing.

As white light bloomed, releasing all its energy, from afar it looked as though a second “sun” had risen over the horizon. A vast mushroom cloud surged upward, with temperatures in the core reaching hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius.

Temperatures that could instantly vaporize steel, glassify the ground—a terror far beyond what a Foundation Establishment cultivator could endure.

Let alone Shen Qiong, a mere Qi Refining cultivator surpassing his limits!