26: Chapter 26 Border Friction: Exoskeleton Warriors Teach People a Lesson!

"Report! The Eagle-chan reconnaissance plane is conducting close-range reconnaissance again! Requesting instructions!"

Inside a frontline outpost in the South China Sea, the young commander's voice was anxious, barely able to suppress the howling of the sea wind coming through the communicator.

Lin Yun stood before the giant screen at the Dragon Country's supreme command center. The dense clusters of light points on the screen represented the massive ten-nation fleet of Eagle-chan and its allies; they were like a group of maritime fortresses, slowly encroaching upon Dragon Country's territorial waters.

Their reconnaissance planes were like maggots on a bone, repeatedly probing the edge of Dragon Country's airspace.

Lin Yun's gaze was cold, without the slightest ripple.

Nightingale had single-handedly defeated twelve elite agents, which only made Eagle-chan suffer a silent loss for the moment, but it had not completely extinguished their arrogance.

On the contrary, this undisclosed loss caused them to vent all their anger and pressure through military threats.

"Comrade Lin Yun, they really have ill intentions this time." Elder Chen stood beside Lin Yun, his brows furrowed tightly.

"According to intelligence, the vanguard of the Eagle-chan fleet has deployed several destroyers with electronic warfare capabilities, and there is a large number of drones and unmanned underwater vehicles infiltrating in advance.

Their goal is clearly to force us to hand over the core technology through a show of force."

Lin Yun just smiled faintly and said nothing.

In his hand, he was still toying with that exquisite jade pendant.

The God-level Physique bestowed upon him by the system allowed him to sense the energy fluctuations emanating from the distant sea, filled with arrogance and provocation.

Eagle-chan's military hegemony really should come to an end.

"Pass down the order." Lin Yun finally spoke, his voice like a deep pool without a ripple, yet containing the power to shake the heavens and earth, "Order the South China Sea Fleet to retreat fifty nautical miles and temporarily avoid confrontation."

Elder Chen was stunned. Retreat? This was not the style of the Dragon Country!

Xiao Zhang was also anxious: "Comrade Lin Yun! How can we retreat? Wouldn't this just fuel their arrogance?!"

Lin Yun turned around, looked at Xiao Zhang, and a playful arc curled at the corner of his mouth: "Retreating is to let them go deeper, and also to give our soldiers a bigger stage."

He looked at Elder Chen, his eyes flashing with confident light: "Elder Chen, it is time to let Eagle-chan witness the true 'Divine Might' of our Dragon Country!"

Elder Chen looked at Lin Yun, his heart trembling suddenly. He knew that every time Lin Yun made a move, it was bound to be earth-shattering!

"Comrade Lin Yun, what do you intend to do?" Elder Chen's tone was filled with anticipation.

"I want them to know that in our Dragon Country, the land, sea, air, and even space will be their restricted zone." Lin Yun said softly, his gaze fixed on that vast blue area on the screen, "Notify the 'Divine Might' Special Operations Brigade to deploy immediately and await my orders."

Deep in the South China Sea lay a group of uninhabited reefs that Lin Yun called "Dragon Tooth Island."

The terrain here was complex and dense with reefs, yet in just a few short days, it had been secretly transformed by the Dragon Country's engineering corps into a frontline military base.

Inside the underground fortifications, dozens of "Divine Might" special operators stood in neat rows.

They were wearing full sets of the "Divine Might-1" Individual Exoskeleton System. The black, streamlined armor gleamed with a metallic luster under the dim light, and pale blue energy light flickered faintly at the joints; every soldier looked like a steel war god.

"Report, Captain! Eagle-chan's reconnaissance unit has entered the edge of our defense zone, less than five nautical miles from Dragon Tooth Island!" one member reported.

Nightingale stood at the very front of the formation, wearing a specially made exoskeleton with a silver coating that made her stand out.

Beneath her mask, her gaze was cold and sharp, and her entire body exuded a murderous aura.

"Attention, everyone! Activate stealth mode!" Nightingale ordered in a deep voice.

The nano-coating on the surface of the exoskeletons changed instantly, blending with the surrounding environment, and they disappeared into the night and jungle like ghosts.

This was the stealth function of the "Divine Might-1" exoskeleton, which could effectively evade radar and infrared reconnaissance.

Half an hour later, several Eagle-chan special assault boats, carrying hundreds of fully armed "SEAL" commandos, approached Dragon Tooth Island silently.

They were Eagle-chan's most elite special forces and had executed countless high-difficulty missions.

This time, their goal was to secretly land on Dragon Tooth Island, establish a temporary observation post, and prepare for the subsequent invasion by the main force.

"Report, Captain! Everything is normal, no abnormalities detected." Assault team leader James reported to the rear command post via his headset.

He was experienced and believed his operation was seamless.

However, just as they were about to land on the edge of the reef, a sudden change occurred!

"Bang!" A dull, loud noise broke the silence of the night!

One assault boat leaped high out of the water, then crashed down heavily; the hull disintegrated instantly, and the SEALs on board were stunned by the violent impact, struggling in the seawater.

"What's happening?!" James was shocked; he turned his head abruptly, trying to find the source of the attack.

However, all he saw were black afterimages, ghost-like, erupting simultaneously from the seawater, the jungle, and behind the rocks!

"It's the Dragon Country special forces! They have... they have exoskeletons!" James's voice carried uncontrollable fear and disbelief.

He had seen sporadic descriptions of the "Divine Might-1" exoskeleton in classified reports, but he had never imagined that such equipment, which only existed in science fiction movies, had actually been put into combat! And in such large numbers!

Dozens of Dragon Country soldiers clad in "Divine Might-1" exoskeletons, like a torrent of steel, instantly charged into the SEALs!

The exoskeleton's kinetic energy amplification system erupted; every punch and every flying kick carried the power to split mountains and crack rocks!

"Ah—!" Screams rose one after another!

A SEAL tried to strafe with a special submachine gun, but the bullets hit the exoskeleton's energy shield, making a crisp clanging sound, and were immediately deflected.

A Dragon Country soldier lunged forward and threw a punch, directly blasting the SEAL, along with his gun, dozens of meters away, smashing him onto the reef and turning him into a puddle of bloody mud!

Another Dragon Country soldier grabbed a SEAL in each hand and, like tossing sacks, smashed them heavily against another assault boat; the huge impact instantly shattered the assault boat, leaving the SEALs on board dazed and confused.

Nightingale charged at the very front; her silver exoskeleton was exceptionally dazzling in the night.

She wielded a tactical dagger made of high-strength alloy, and every swing brought with it a sharp silver light!

"Puchi!" The dagger pierced a SEAL's body armor, penetrating directly through his chest, and blood splattered.

With a turn, the energy shield of her exoskeleton expanded violently, directly blasting away several SEALs who were trying to surround her!

The SEALs, this elite unit that once looked down upon the globe, were completely powerless before the "Divine Might" Special Operations Brigade!

Their tactics, their experience, and their single-soldier combat capabilities they were so proud of, all completely collapsed in the face of the absolute power and speed brought by the exoskeletons!

This was not a battle between evenly matched opponents at all, but a one-sided massacre!

Captain James watched helplessly as his team members were blasted away and torn apart one by one like ants.

He felt unprecedented despair! He tried to call for support, but only ear-piercing static came through the headset; the signal was completely jammed!

This was the electromagnetic interference module built into the "Divine Might-1" exoskeleton, capable of blocking all enemy communications.

"Retreat! Retreat!" James roared hoarsely, desperately pulling the trigger to try and stop Nightingale.

However, Nightingale's figure seemed to teleport, appearing instantly before him. In her eyes, cold killing intent flickered.

"Those who violate Dragon Country's territorial waters will be punished, no matter how far away they are!" Nightingale's voice, carrying a metallic coldness and ruthlessness, was clearly transmitted into James's ears through the exoskeleton's amplification system.

Subsequently, with a powerful, heavy sweep, James, along with his gun, was blasted directly into the sea, becoming silent.

In just fifteen minutes! Hundreds of SEAL commandos were wiped out! Dozens of assault boats were completely destroyed!

The waters around Dragon Tooth Island were littered with corpses, floating wreckage, and were in complete shambles.

Yet, the Dragon Country soldiers of the "Divine Might" Special Operations Brigade were completely unscathed!

The news swept through Eagle-chan's supreme command post like a storm!

"Report, Mr. President! James's team has been wiped out! All members killed in action, and all assault boats destroyed!" The intelligence officer's voice carried extreme fear, and his body was trembling.

The President's face turned deathly pale. He looked at the blurry footage transmitted back by the drone; those Dragon Country soldiers in black armor each looked like demons walking out of hell!

"This... this is impossible!" The President stood up abruptly, his eyes filled with disbelief and deep fear, "How could they possibly possess this kind of power?! What is this?! Is this a robot army?!"

The Secretary of Defense had sweat on his forehead; his lips trembled, unable to utter a word.

He knew this was definitely not robots. This was an existence even more terrifying than robots—super soldiers wearing a sci-fi shell!

Their special forces, which they were so proud of, were like paper dolls before this power, unable to withstand a single blow!

"Mr. President, our... our fleet is suffering from unidentified electromagnetic interference, and we cannot establish contact with the frontline units!" the Admiral reported anxiously, "Furthermore, on our radar, we have detected a large number of unidentified flying objects approaching the fleet at high speed!"

Lin Yun stood in the Dragon Country's command center, calmly watching the commanders of the Eagle-chan fleet's vanguard on the screen, who were as if facing a great enemy, panicked and at a loss.

"Elder Chen, it is time to let them taste what a real 'dimensional reduction strike' is." Lin Yun said softly, a playful arc curling at the corner of his mouth, "Notify our 'Kunlun' drone swarm, lock onto the Eagle-chan fleet's vanguard, and conduct a simulated strike."

"A simulated strike?" Elder Chen was stunned, then immediately understood Lin Yun's deep meaning, a flash of excitement in his eyes.

He knew that Lin Yun wanted to give Eagle-chan a "show of power" to let them know that Dragon Country's "Divine Might" was not only manifested on land.

Thousands of "Kunlun" series stealth drones, driven by "Pangu Chip" technology, took to the air like locusts from a secret base near Dragon Tooth Island.

They swept over the sea at supersonic speeds, instantly breaching the air defense identification zone of the Eagle-chan fleet, and directly locked onto the dozens of destroyers and cruisers in the vanguard!

"Report! A large number of unidentified flying objects have breached the defense line! Targets locked! Launch! Launch!" Inside the Eagle-chan fleet command post, the alarms were ear-splitting, but it was all too late.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Thousands of simulated missiles built into the drones poured down like raindrops, accurately hitting every single main warship of the Eagle-chan fleet!

Simulated explosion effects lit up above the warships, representing that these warships had been "destroyed"!

The entire Eagle-chan fleet was dead silent. Their most elite troops, without any ability to fight back, had been completely "annihilated" by the Dragon Country people using a "sci-fi" power they had never seen before!

Mr. President slumped helplessly in his chair, his lips trembling, his eyes filled with endless fear and despair.

He knew that this time, they had really kicked an iron plate. The technology of the Dragon Country people had already far surpassed their imagination!

"Comrade Lin Yun, they are retreating!" Xiao Zhang shouted excitedly. On the screen, the Eagle-chan fleet began to change course, fleeing in a sorry state at a speed faster than when they arrived, heading in a direction away from Dragon Country's territorial waters.

Lin Yun just smiled faintly. He knew this was only the beginning. Eagle-chan's retreat did not mean they would give up.

He could foresee that a more covert, yet also more intense "war" was about to begin.

"Elder Chen, notify the Propaganda Department." Lin Yun's voice was very light, yet carried an unquestionable command, "We have enough 'material' to show the whole world the strength of our Dragon Country."

His gaze looked out the window; under the cover of night, that vast South China Sea was destined to become the best witness to the Dragon Country's Divine Might.

He knew that although Eagle-chan had suffered a military setback, they would never give up. They would try to continue their attacks in another way.

A war without smoke had already inevitably begun.