146: The mission failed, a tragic first step.

Park Chengwan gazed intently, only to see a sky-darkening mass of missiles, like a raging torrent, surging from the border of Dragon Country.

They were densely packed, like an overwhelming barrage of thunderous projectiles, flying rapidly towards his location.

The entire sky wept for it.

Sky Curtain Notification: Dragon Country has its own creed: those who violate Dragon Country's borders, no matter how far, shall be annihilated!

Your aircraft fleet will suffer a double strike from Dragon Country's Hongqi-9B and FK-2000 air defense systems!

...

Park Chengwan had never seen such a sight.

The density of the missiles was suffocating; from afar, they looked like a black tide surging and rolling across the sky.

They were also like sharp swords, directly cutting the sky in half!

“Why?!”

“Why would there be such an incredible setting?!”

Park Chengwan was incredibly shocked, but it was already too late.

The overwhelming missiles accurately struck the Korean aircraft fleet; each missile carried immense kinetic energy and destructive power, directly tearing the Korean fighter jets to shreds!

Whether they were Black Hawk Fighters or Golden Eagle Fighters, they shattered upon impact, completely unable to resist.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Hundreds of thousands of fireworks bloomed!

The sky was already a fiery red.

Instance Population: 3,900,000 / 5,000,000

Instance Population: 3,880,000 / 5,000,000

...

Instance Population: 3,700,000 / 5,000,000

The instance population was decreasing by tens of thousands.

Pieces of aircraft wreckage in the sky turned into a rain of fire, falling onto North Korea's snowy plains.

Park Chengwan's “Canary” fighter jet also directly disintegrated in the violent explosion, and his body plummeted through the air.

Despair!

At this moment, only despair remained in his heart!

He instantly understood Kim Geun-seok's feelings; he had tried his best, but still got the same result.

A large character for 'Death' appeared before his eyes.

Sky Curtain Notification: You have been killed by an explosion. Your instance mission has ended. You will now be teleported out of the instance!

It is detected that you are the Commander of Korea. There are still a large number of Challengers in Korea. Please designate Korea's new instance Commander, or let the system designate one...

“Designate Kim Geun-seok.”

The Commander of Korea has been designated as Challenger Kim Geun-seok!

The final Sky Curtain notification flashed, and Park Chengwan's vision was already blank.

It was not until this moment of near-death that Park Chengwan truly understood why the Mao Xiong Country's fighter jets immediately turned back after seeing him enter Dragon Country.

Because Dragon Country's missile system was sufficient to deal with Korea's fighter fleet.

Coupled with Dragon Country's “no matter how far, they shall be annihilated” setting, it was destined that they could not escape at all.

In that instant, they were already dead men.

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In the instance livestream, all the spectators were dumbfounded.

No one could have imagined that the first joint attack by Great Harmony and South Korea would end in such a way.

This was one million combat units, plus one and a half million Challengers.

They were all wiped out so effortlessly!

Everyone was shocked, but their points of shock were entirely different.

Some were shocked by Mao Xiong Country's execution, some by Dragon Country's abnormal air defense capabilities, and some by Lin Ye's meticulousness in the instance design.

This...

It's too bizarre, truly too bizarre! Before, Mao Xiong Country's display of a million troops with ten submarines was already exaggerated, but Dragon Country's setting is even more exaggerated!

This air defense system is simply heaven-defying; it completes the strike in 30 seconds, leaving nothing behind.

What a “Dragon Country territory, all nations forbidden,” what a “those who offend my land, no matter how far, shall be annihilated!” So domineering!

What kind of instance can be so meticulously designed that even a third-party force is so perfectly crafted!

Actually, Park Chengwan's idea was already very cunning. To be honest, I couldn't come up with such a malicious plan, but...

But the Dao is one foot high, and the demon is ten feet high! It's clear that Lin Ye had considered all these ideas and had already taken preventive measures!

...

Just as all of Korea's fighter jets were being bombed, Kim Geun-seok had already dispatched Choi Tae-won to lead a small portion of ground forces directly to the border between Ma Country and Mao Xiong.

This force consisted of only a thousand men, not for the purpose of actually attacking Mao Xiong, but to harass Mao Xiong Country and force Mao Xiong Country to redeploy its forces to Ma Country.

This was one of their alliance plans, the final link in the 'lure the snake out of its hole' strategy.

The reason Choi Tae-won was chosen for this mission was because his motorcycle unit had greater mobility.

But just then, a notification came from the Sky Curtain.

Sky Curtain Notification: Esteemed Challenger, you have been designated as Korea's new instance Commander. Do you accept?

It is detected that you are already the instance Commander of Ma Country. In this mode, it is not recommended for one instance Commander to command two national forces. You can designate a new Commander for Ma Country, or refuse to inherit the Korean Commander position.

Seeing this notification, Kim Geun-seok's heart instantly sank by half.

This change in instance Commander meant that something had happened to his uncle.

Kim Geun-seok quickly opened the instance backend to check and found that Park Chengwan's name was indeed gone.

Instance Population: 3,700,000 / 5,000,000

Ma Country: 500,000 / 500,000

War Chariot Country: 2,000,000 / 2,000,000

Eastern Island: 700,000 / 1,500,000

Korea: 500,000 / 1,000,000

Korea's forces were directly cut in half!

The total instance population also decreased by a staggering 1.3 million!

Keep in mind, the instance had only been running for less than half a day at this point.

Park Chengwan was the backbone of the Koreans; with his inexplicable death, Kim Geun-seok's mind instantly became a mess.

How wise his uncle was; if not for the Great Harmony's involvement, he would never have been defeated so easily.

In the instance settings, only a country's instance Commander could see the various broadcast screens of their country's Challengers.

As Ma Country's Commander, Kim Geun-seok actually couldn't see the situation in Eastern Island and Korea.

So he could only assume it was Great Harmony's fault.

In a fit of rage, Kim Geun-seok directly cursed in the Winter One channel.

“Prime Minister Xiao Chuan, is this your promise? We Koreans provided you with a large amount of points, and this is how you cooperate with us?”

“It was just a harassment, why did it end in total annihilation?!”

In the channel, Takakawa was even more furious.

“Ridiculous! Kim Da Shao, haven't you watched the battle broadcast? You're not the Commander of both countries, so you might not be able to see the battle footage.”

“Well, let me tell you.”

“You Koreans are harboring ulterior motives, running faster than anyone else, completely disregarding the cooperation between our two countries, leaving Commander Yamamoto of my Great Harmony to die in Vladivostok.”

“You are Traitors!”