18: Where does the gunfire come from?

"[Dungeon Mission Updated!]"

"[Current Mission: Thoroughly destroy the TF58 Extermination Fleet! Mission success: 100 points reward. Mission failure: 200 points deducted!]"

"[Sky Curtain notification: This dungeon has a series of missions. All stage mission rewards will be received collectively upon completion of the ultimate mission!]"

"[Sky Curtain notification: Due to the Challengers having thoroughly enraged Eagle-land, the dungeon will no longer support surrender. From now on, you must endure Eagle-land's wrath!]"

Watching the mission update, the Challengers instantly panicked.

No one expected the dungeon to be played this way, with missions divided into stage missions and an ultimate mission.

They had been busy for most of the day, only to complete a prerequisite mission. To complete the dungeon, who knew how many more missions awaited them.

Moreover, it was clear that as the process advanced, the difficulty of the missions increased, and the penalties also grew!

The current mission penalty had already risen to 200 points. If this mission failed, LV0 Challengers would be directly annihilated.

Even some LV1 individuals would be buried in this dungeon.

The Challengers' high enthusiasm directly dropped by more than half, and each of them experienced a mental short circuit.

In the command center of the matsushima.

The Indian Prince Singh also became somewhat agitated.

200 points was nothing to him, but the convoluted design of this dungeon made him anxious.

An unidentifiable anger was already rising in his chest.

"Mr. Ito, what should we do next?"

"Lin Ye is clearly toying with us!"

At this moment, Ito Hidekazu's mood was no lighter than anyone else's.

Because it was obvious that Lin Ye had calculated against him!

The prerequisite mission of destroying Pearl Harbor had already consumed most of their ammunition. Now, completing the subsequent missions would be even more difficult.

However, on the surface, Ito Hidekazu showed a calm demeanor.

"Don't panic."

"Perhaps Lin Ye is just bluffing with this mission!"

"The enemy forces will arrive in five minutes, which means they are already very close to us. Let's first set up our defensive formation and conduct reconnaissance!"

"If we can lock onto the target through the radar system, we can strike first!"

Ito Hidekazu still possessed some strategic talent. After a brief analysis, he immediately took action.

He ordered all warships to activate their radar systems and simultaneously dispatched two light warships to patrol the nearby waters.

Soon, the commanders of various warships provided their replies.

"Commander Ito, radar shows no enemy movements within a five-hundred-nautical-mile radius."

This reply made Ito Hidekazu's brows furrow involuntarily again.

"No enemy movements?!"

"How is that possible?"

The mission prompt indicated that enemy forces would arrive in five minutes, and five hundred nautical miles was a very large range, far exceeding the travel speed achievable by existing ship technology in this world.

He looked at the clock on the dashboard and began calculating the time.

"What kind of fleet does Lin Ye have in his hands?"

Just as Ito Hidekazu was still surprised, the grayness in the sky was torn apart, as if the firmament had cracked open.

Fiery red arcs, like meteors, streaked across the night sky, carrying blazing tail flames, speeding across the heavens.

Boom!

Boom!

With two loud explosions, violent blasts occurred within the Challengers' fleet.

The water surface was instantly agitated by powerful shockwaves, churning up enormous waves.

Amidst the towering flames, several warships were directly torn into pieces, and steel debris splattered everywhere in the fire and explosions!

The enemy warships had not yet arrived, but their artillery fire had already reached them first.

It turned out that the so-called five minutes referred to the enemy's artillery fire!

"Ah!"

"Help!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Under this sudden attack, the sea surface was filled with wails.

Some were instantly blown to death, while others were burned alive by the flames.

Dying in the dungeon signified mission failure, marking the end of their dungeon journey.

Although the dungeon was virtual, the pain within it was as real as in reality.

Fortunately, the matsushima was a little farther from the explosion point. After a violent jolt, Ito Hidekazu scrambled to his feet in a hurry.

Then he nervously glanced at the dungeon's participant count display.

At this moment, it had plummeted to 5,000 people!

A single attack from the enemy forces, without even showing their faces, had directly annihilated 2,000 of their own forces.

What kind of combat power was this?

It completely subverted Ito Hidekazu's understanding.

At the same time, the spectators in the dungeon were all stunned.

"[Impossible! Just now, no enemy forces were detected within five hundred nautical miles. Could it be that these shells were fired from beyond five hundred nautical miles?]"

"[If I remember correctly, the farthest ironclad shell on Azure Star can only reach a distance of 60 nautical miles, right? Five hundred nautical miles, that's nearly ten times the distance!]"

"[How can there be such shells? Lin Ye, a young man, how could he possess such advanced weaponry?]"

"[My goodness, this is truly an eye-opener!]"

In fact, the questions in the bullet comments were also Ito Hidekazu's current questions.

But he still reacted as quickly as possible.

"All warships, listen to my command! Full speed ahead towards the direction from which the shells just came!"

"And everyone spread out! Don't gather together, form up!"

"If you don't want to die, listen to me!"

Ito Hidekazu immediately ordered all warships to proceed at full speed.

This was a desperate measure.

Because the flight distance of those shells was very long, meaning the flight time would also be very long. Perhaps new shells were already heading towards them at this moment.

So, they had to move.

Furthermore, the enemy was currently outside the range of their own fleet, while their side was completely within the enemy's bombardment range.

This difference in range was fatal; in fact, it made it impossible to fight.

What they could do now was to shorten the distance to compensate for this disparity.

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Gulp, gulp.

Outside the dungeon, Lin Ye took a sip of iced cola, then shook his head helplessly.

Lin Ye found it amusing, the Challengers' Ito Hidekazu in the dungeon and the spectators in the bullet comments, regarding their understanding of weapons.

These people actually thought that the explosion just now was caused by warship ironclad shells...

It was evident that this world had absolutely no concept of missiles yet.

That wave of attack just now was completely like using a cannon to swat a mosquito.

"So, I'm opening up a new world for you all," Lin Ye said with a wry smile.

That first wave of attack was anti-ship missiles launched from an Aircraft Carrier!

If viewed according to Earth's historical development in his previous life, this weapon was invented at the end of World War II.

...

A small anti-ship missile had already shocked these people so much.

He wondered what kind of expressions they would have when they saw the Five Great Powers' intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The longest-range intercontinental ballistic missiles could travel thousands of kilometers, capable of striking directly from one continent to another!