17: Project Kraken – Launched!

Buzz—Hiss!!!

Surpassing visual capture! Surpassing mental reaction!

A dark, deadly afterimage, like a Dimensional Slash tearing through space-time, carrying the brute force to crush stars and terrifying kinetic energy twenty times the speed of sound,

accurately struck the fatal connection point between the aircraft carrier enterprise's island and its keel!

Boom—!!!!

It wasn't an explosion!

It was destruction!

It was the desperate wail of steel facing absolute power!

Several meters thick of specialized alloy armor instantly melted and vaporized like butter under a hot knife!

Blinding white light erupted at the point of impact! Followed immediately by the ear-shattering sound of metal snapping!

Crack—Bang!!!

Screech—Tear!!!

The hundred-thousand-ton steel behemoth was ripped open from the bottom of its island by this destructive whip, like a fragile building block!

A terrifying, multi-meter-wide fissure, running through the hull with edges dripping with molten crimson metal, spread like lightning from the bow to the stern!

Rumble—!!!

Inside the aircraft carrier, chain detonations were like an ignited powder magazine!

Fuel and ammunition stores were ripped apart!

Pillars of flame mixed with thick smoke surged out!

Instantly engulfing the island command tower!

Charles and his proud command team were vaporized in the thousands-of-degrees flames before they could even scream!

The broken aircraft carrier, like a beheaded whale, had its massive bow and stern slowly tilt and rise amidst earth-shattering metallic groans!

Countless tiny figures, like ants, screamed as they fell from the deck and the rupture into the burning steel hell and the icy seawater below!

Silence!

A deathly silence enveloped the remnants of the Seventh Fleet!

Only the crackling of flames burning at the carrier's rupture and the dull roar of detonating ordnance remained!

"FUCK! Devil! It destroyed the enterprise!"

The captain of a nearby Cruiser let out a broken roar!

"Attack! All weapons! Fire! Kill it!!!"

However, it was useless.

Splash!

Splash!

Splash!... Nine thicker, more terrifying colossal arms, like ropes of vengeance reaching out from the abyss of hell, simultaneously broke through the sea!

Whoosh—!

One colossal arm wrapped around the waist of a "Ticonderoga"-class Cruiser!

Muscles bulged! Amidst the crunching sounds, the ten-thousand-ton Cruiser was forcefully twisted into a metallic pretzel like a toy!

Detonation flames engulfed the hull!

Bang—!!!

Another colossal arm swung a "Burke"-class Destroyer, smashing it like a ten-thousand-ton sledgehammer into a nearby Supply Ship that was desperately trying to escape!

Steel collided! Disintegration! Flames shot skyward!

Puncture—!

The spear-sharp tip of a tentacle pierced an F-35C Carrier-based Fighter Jet that had just struggled into the air!

Like skewering a fly!

Crushed!

Debris mixed with fuel scattered across the sea surface!

"Oh, shit! This devil is attacking US!"

"The enterprise is finished!"

"Oh, no, it's coming for US! No!"

"It's gotten bigger! It's gotten stronger!!!"

"Our weapons can't break its defense!"

"No, it's much more terrifying than the Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast!"

"Help! Oh God, someone save US!"

"Is Divine Summer starting a war with US?!"

Desperate wails, screams, and prayers intertwined over the burning sea!

The once invincible US Seventh Fleet had turned into lambs awaiting slaughter before this Deep Sea Demon God!

Steel warships were arbitrarily torn apart, smashed, and submerged like children's building blocks!

In just over ten minutes!

The main force of the US Seventh Fleet, which had once flaunted its power and blockaded the oceans,

was transformed into a burning, exploding, sinking graveyard of steel!

The sea surface was littered with oil slicks, wreckage, and struggling survivors, while towering flames dyed the night sky blood red!

In the sky,

the Early Warning Aircraft of various nations broadcast this scene of hell,

live and in high definition, to every corner of the globe.

The world was stunned!

Everyone around the world who witnessed this scene,

whether they were Divine Summer's high-level officials, frontline soldiers, or ordinary citizens,

or US President Wilson, heads of state, or Intelligence Chiefs... all fell into a petrified stupor!

Mouths agape!

Eyeballs bulging!

Hearts stopped beating!

This... this wasn't war at all!

It was unilateral... divine punishment!

It was the deep sea's ultimate judgment on arrogance!

That behemoth "kept" by Divine Summer... actually possessed world-destroying power capable of wiping out a super fleet?!

It... was protecting Divine Summer?!

After the deathly silence came the overwhelming euphoria of survival and boiling national pride sweeping across Divine Summer!

"Our Behemoth!"

"It's protecting US!"

"Long live Divine Summer!"

"Long live Kraken!!"

"Hahaha, that's so satisfying! Whip those Americans to death!"

"Right, right, right! Watching Kraken destroy those American warships is even more satisfying than watching Kraken kill that Big Mantis Shrimp!"

"Hmm, rumor has it that the Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast's invasion of Divine Summer this time was a plot orchestrated by the Americans and the Koreans together. Kraken is truly amazing! First, it killed the Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast, and then, without a word, it directly destroyed the US Seventh Fleet! So satisfying!!!"

"Kraken! You are my fan from now on! Wait, I got that backward, doesn't matter, Long live Kraken!!!"

Waves of fanaticism swept across the land of Divine Summer!

Dragon Abyss Pavilion.

Qin Zheng suddenly stood up! His body trembled slightly from excitement,

but his gaze was sharp as a drawn sword, piercing the screen and locking onto the gigantic shadow that, after destroying the fleet, was slowly changing direction and heading back toward Safety Port No. 3!

Thoughts raced through his mind,

The appearance of the Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast confirmed the accuracy of Kraken's prophecy.

The slaying of the Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast and the destruction of the US fleet demonstrated Kraken's friendliness and protection towards Divine Summer.

Since this was the case,

the alien invasion mentioned in Kraken's prophecy must be highly credible.

Now,

the very first monster to appear was already so difficult to handle,

with all conventional weapons proving almost useless against it.

If,

in 29 days, the aliens invaded with countless powerful sea beasts of this kind,

how could Divine Summer possibly defend itself?!

Thinking of this,

an unprecedented light burst forth in Qin Zheng's eyes, devoid of any hesitation!

He glanced around the conference room—at Lei Zhen's stunned face, Qin Zhenshan's shocked eyes, Intelligence Director Lin Feng's rapid breathing... His voice, like a great bell,

resounded throughout the room and shook all war zones via encrypted lines:

"Immediately submit the application to the Council!!"

"Immediately and fully initiate—the 'North Sea Great Demon Project'! Highest priority! Execute with the full power of the nation!"

"One, National General Mobilization! Expand the military by thirty million! All eligible youth are to be prioritized for conscription! All military production lines are to run at full capacity, 24 hours a day! Build! Build like your lives depend on it!"

"Two, activate the 'Behemoth Sustenance' Level One contingency plan! Establish the National Resource Coordination Committee, authorized to mobilize all national resources (grain, meat, fisheries, minerals, energy...)! Spare no expense! Satisfy 'Kraken's' evolutionary needs! Slogan: 'Everything for Kraken!'"