100: Chapter 100 Five Hundred Thousand Giants...Are They Really Just Ants?

"Explosion confirmed," the technical officer's voice carried barely concealable shock, "All nuclear warheads successfully detonated."

"The drone swarm is transmitting data…"

On the large screen, multi-angle imagery appeared simultaneously.

At an altitude of 15,000 meters, high-altitude surveillance drones recorded that breath-taking scene——

Twenty mushroom clouds, like pillars supporting the heavens, stood tall across the earth.

The orange-red flames merged into a single piece, resembling a living hell.

Flank drones recorded the entire process of the shockwave propagating——

That white ripple swept across the earth at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Wherever it passed, everything was reduced to powder.

Ground drones, thirty kilometers outside the perimeter of the explosion, recorded the most direct data:

Temperature: 1200 degrees, and continuing to rise.

Radiation dose: 500 rems per hour, but rapidly decaying.

Shockwave aftermath: Three times the speed of sound, wind speed exceeding 300 meters per second.

All data was transmitted back in real-time.

Inside the Command Center, a dead silence fell.

Even these knowledgeable Daxia officers were too shocked by the scene before them to speak at this moment.

They knew the power of nuclear weapons.

But the data seen in textbooks and exercises could never compare to witnessing it with one's own eyes.

This was truly… humanity's ultimate weapon.

"Scanning target area…"

The technical officer operated the equipment, his voice trembling slightly, "Life signal detection… zero."

"Repeating, life signal is zero."

"Five hundred thousand giants, including thirty-five Super Giants, all…"

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva:

"Confirmed eliminated."

Tao Zhe pushed up his glasses, a satisfied smile appearing on his face:

"Very good. Has all the data been transmitted back?"

"Yes, Dr. Tao," the technical officer quickly brought up the data list, "High-definition imagery, thermal radiation curves, shockwave propagation data, radiation dose changes… all collection completed."

"Perfect," excitement flashed in Tao Zhe's eyes, "This data… is priceless. The Main World's weapons research institute will be very satisfied."

He turned to everyone in the command room, then bowed deeply:

"Comrades, the mission is complete."

Applause erupted inside the conference room.

Although not enthusiastic, every single clap was filled with power.

This was recognition among soldiers, requiring no extra words.

Su Mingyuan stepped forward and shook hands with Tao Zhe:

"Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Tao."

"It's only right," Tao Zhe pushed up his glasses, a trace of a tired smile appearing on his face, "After all, this is the first appearance of the DF-5C, it had to make a brilliant strike."

Su Mingyuan nodded and patted Tao Zhe on the shoulder.

Then he turned around, looking at Zhang Xuan and Liu Guang who were still standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"You two," Su Mingyuan walked over, his tone calm, "Now, do you understand what 'truth' is?"

Zhang Xuan did not reply.

He didn't even hear Su Mingyuan's question.

At this moment, his whole person seemed to have lost his Soul, staring blankly at the screen.

Those twenty mushroom clouds soaring into the sky.

That completely flattened earth.

Those… five hundred thousand giants that vanished without a trace.

"A divine miracle…"

His voice was hoarse, carrying a tremor:

"This is a divine miracle!"

"Five hundred thousand… five hundred thousand giants, wiped out all at once!"

He abruptly turned around, grabbing Su Mingyuan by the lapels, his eyes filled with terror:

"You… what on earth did you do?!"

"Th-Those fireballs… those clouds…"

"What is that?! What on earth is that thing?!"

Zhang Xuan's voice grew higher and higher, bordering on madness:

"Why… why is there such a terrifying weapon?!"

"Five hundred thousand giants! Five hundred thousand!!"

"They didn't even manage to get close to the base before… before they all…"

He couldn't go on.

Because his brain could no longer process the information before him.

All the perceptions he had accepted since childhood were completely destroyed at this moment.

Giants, in his world, were unbeatable natural disasters.

They were humanity's nightmare.

They were the synonym for despair.

But now…

Five hundred thousand giants, including thirty-five hundred-meter-class Super Giants, were wiped out in just a few minutes.

Not even their corpses were left behind.

This… is this still something humans can accomplish?

"Captain Zhang…"

Beside them, Liu Guang's voice came over.

Zhang Xuan turned his head to look.

He saw this middle-aged man in his fifties looking at the screen with a face full of tears.

"Director Liu?"

"I understand…" Liu Guang's voice trembled, but a certain light flickered in his eyes, "I finally understand…"

"Understand what?"

"Why…" Liu Guang took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions, "Why they can remain so calm when facing five hundred thousand giants."

He turned to look at Su Mingyuan, his face full of awe:

"Because… in your eyes, giants and ants truly have no difference at all."

"What Lord Su said just now was neither arrogance nor conceit."

Liu Guang's voice became more and more excited:

"Rather… it is a fact."

He abruptly stood up from his wheelchair, walking tremblingly to in front of Su Mingyuan:

"Lord Su, could you tell me."

"In your world, is this kind of weapon… very rare?"

Su Mingyuan froze for a moment, then shook his head with a smile:

"Rare is not quite the word for it, but it's not something just any casual country can own."

He looked at Liu Guang's shocked expression and continued:

"We in Daxia possess about one hundred strategic missiles of the DF-5C (Heavy Modified) class. As for nuclear warheads… hehe… enough is enough."

"Of course, the Main World is bound by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; these weapons basically exist as a strategic deterrence, and opportunities for actual use are very few."

"But in this world, there are no restrictions whatsoever."

Boom!

This sentence exploded like a clap of thunder in the minds of Liu Guang and Zhang Xuan.

One hundred!

Liu Guang staggered back a few steps, almost falling over.

"One hundred…" he muttered repeatedly, "Meaning… you still have 100 of those weapons that could instantly annihilate five hundred thousand giants?!"

Su Mingyuan looked at the shocked expressions of the two and said calmly:

"Is one hundred a lot?"

He walked in front of the screen and tapped lightly on it:

"This is just the DF-5C (Heavy Modified) model alone. We also have the DF-31 (Modified), DF-41 (Modified), as well as the sea-based JL-2 (Modified), JL-3 (Modified)…"

"Not to mention the medium-to-short-range DF-21 (Modified), DF-26 (Modified), and the tactical-level DF-15 (Modified), DF-17 (Modified)."

Su Mingyuan turned around, looking at the two who had become completely sluggish:

"The 15-megaton-equivalent nuclear warhead used just now is considered quite large in our arsenal. But we also have small-yield tactical nuclear weapons, ranging from several thousand tons to tens of thousands of tons."

"If we are just dealing with ordinary giants, there is no need to deploy strategic nuclear weapons at all."

He paused, his tone becoming even calmer:

"Therefore, five hundred thousand giants… are truly just ants."