Chapter 111 Citizens-Pirates

"Forming a line is a good thing for us. I think they are trying to avoid losing contact at sea, so they are staying within communication range as much as possible. But now there is water everywhere, there is no such thing as landing anymore. Calling it 'landing' is really just entering our national territory!"

Li Meng hesitated, his lips moving, but he couldn't speak for a long time.

Zhou Yan could see he had something to say, but it wasn't convenient with so many people around...

The two appeared to be strolling and chatting, but they were actually avoiding the crowd and went to a quiet spot.

"I have a plan, but it's quite ruthless..."

Li Meng gathered his thoughts for a moment.

Big Brother rarely kept anything from his family, so Li Meng had an idea of his capabilities.

First, it requires killing.

Second, it might require obtaining some special substance or energy from the biological corpse.

And the harder the creature is to kill, the more Big Brother likes it.

So...

"They are lined up. Once they reach our waters, there are only a few places they can go!"

"We can prepare a little gift for them in the area where they will be active in advance... Look..."

Li Meng's idea was simple.

Now that there is water everywhere, there are very few areas where the Japanese people can collect supplies.

Send that Shadow from Professor Li Guoming's laboratory into the area where the Japanese people might collect supplies in advance...

Once the Japanese people are mostly dead, Zhou Yan can go and "harvest the crops."

Two birds with one stone!

"Plus, Brother Zhang's ability is a perfect fit! He opens a door, we throw the Shadow out, and that's it! We don't even have to go ourselves! How great is that!"

"Two birds with one stone! No! Three birds with one stone! Professor Li Guoming can get the experimental data he wants, Big Brother can harvest, and the Japanese people will all be dead! How perfect!"

Before Zhou Yan could speak, the eastern sky on the screen flashed bright for an instant!

Everyone in the cockpit looked in amazement at the magnified, slow-motion flash animation.

...

When Yamamoto Yuichi saw the four missiles breaking through the water in the far distance, trailing flames as they ascended, he understood exactly where his deep-seated anxiety came from.

He didn't run; it was too late to run.

At this distance, they didn't need to fly very high; there was no need to consider trajectory or course changes.

Even if it exploded right after taking off, he wouldn't survive at this distance...

Yamamoto Yuichi had simply lost his gamble.

He had bet that the navy of the country on the other side of the ocean had been completely wiped out.

He had bet that their war machine was disabled.

He lost...

Even though that country was on the brink of collapse, it still had one last trick up its sleeve in the ocean.

"It's over..." Yamamoto softly breathed out the two syllables, his body feeling as if all its strength had been drained away.

From childhood to adulthood, from joining the army to this day, the past flashed through his mind...

The other three headed toward the fleet in front, while only one slowed down shortly after ascending.

It didn't need to fly into near-Earth space, and it didn't need to fly at high speed to avoid interception systems.

No one could stop it.

Yamamoto didn't hear the sound of it exploding; a pale white light, ten million times more blinding than the sun, suddenly burst open between the sea and the sky.

Yamamoto felt as if his eyes had been pierced by red-hot iron skewers; the excruciating pain made him let out a shrill scream.

The light radiation, carrying unimaginable heat, swept through everything between heaven and earth...

A few seconds later, the shockwave struck like the roar of an angry god.

The coast guard ships were tossed up like children's toys and torn apart in mid-air...

The massive Warship was snapped in half by the shockwave, burning with raging fires, and quickly sinking.

Charred wreckage, twisted metal, and carbonized substances that were indistinguishable floated on the sea surface.

The air was filled with a strange, mixed stench of burnt flesh and ozone, and thick smoke blotted out the sun, as if the gates of hell had opened here.

The ships that were luckily fooled by Yamamoto into being the "vanguard" and had sailed the farthest away watched the hellish scene behind them, stunned.

Being far from the center of the explosion was not necessarily a good thing...

Although Yamamoto died quickly, he didn't suffer!

More people could only watch helplessly as the thermal radiation mixed with radioactive dust rolled toward them.

Even if they were lucky enough to survive this catastrophe, what about the tsunami in the distance?

Could they survive that?

...

Meanwhile, on The Ark, Zhou Yan was very angry!

He was even considering whether he should just release the Shadow now!

Looking at the increasingly bustling water surface, the people on The Ark were a bit numb...

Including the half-sunken sailboat, three ships were already parked near Qingyang Park!

One was the largest, The Ark, and the other was that Warship in the distance...

Even though dark clouds covered the sky outside and visibility was extremely low, these three large targets were just too obvious!

Directly opposite Qingyang Park was the former May Square, which used to be a relatively prosperous commercial district.

High-rise residents in this area began to approach The Ark and the Warship in the distance in groups of twos and threes...

Mutant creatures in the water circled The Ark, waiting for someone to miss their step and fall into the water for a delicious meal...

The Japanese people's vanguard fleet behind them would probably arrive soon!

And these people still dared to wander outside?

Li Meng, upholding humanitarianism, shouted a couple of times, but no one believed him, and no one listened...

The crowd remained silent, just blindly trying to climb onto The Ark...

"These people who usually have to pay a professional to fix an appliance or change a lightbulb, their hands-on skills are truly fucking amazing at a time like this!"

Wang Zeyu exclaimed, watching the various "boats" of different shapes but surprisingly effective designs on the water.

Because the only way to board The Ark was at the stern, and this required authorization or the pilot's permission!

Those who didn't have permission to board could only "climb" up...

The Ark had a sleek overall design with no gangway...

They had to use crude tools to make a spring-loaded launcher...

They threw grappling hooks made from gas stove racks onto the ship, hooked them onto protrusions on the deck, and then climbed up the ropes...

These people had clearly planned this in advance.

Some parked their homemade boats in the water in front of The Ark, afraid that The Ark would suddenly sail away...

Others were responsible for using crossbow-like devices to fire hooks onto the deck of The Ark...

Their coordination was seamless; it was premeditated!

The Ark hadn't been parked here for long.

Presumably, these people's devices were meant for that Warship, right?

They didn't expect there to be another one, The Ark...

"What do we do, Big Brother! They've started climbing up..."

Wang Zeyu said, looking at the surveillance footage on the screen, feeling a bit anxious.

Zhou Yan walked to the AI console and activated [AI Driving Mode].

But after the screen flashed red a few times, it displayed that it could not be started because a large number of [Citizens] were too close to The Ark...

Zhou Yan pressed [AI Combat Mode], but the screen was still flashing, unable to start, because a large number of [Civilians] were within The Ark's attack range.

Zhou Yan was speechless.

Just as he was about to send out Wu Yang, Wang Zeyu suddenly spoke up: "Wait, Big Brother!"

"Try labeling these [Citizens] as [Pirates]?"