18: You want war? Then let's fight!

"Three, the Supreme Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Bioengineering must fully cooperate with Academician Chen's team! Analyze the powerful genetic secrets of the 'Kraken'! Launch the 'Dragon Blood Warriors' serum project! Goal: Create a Superhuman Legion for humanity!"

"Four, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs! Announce to the world! The giant beast that invaded today has been killed by our nation's Deep Sea Guardian, the 'Kraken'! The US Seventh Fleet's armed provocation against our defensive forces was met with legitimate self-defense and was completely destroyed! Divine Summer has both the capability and the resolve to protect the Spark of Human Civilization! Anyone who attacks or slanders Divine Summer and its protective forces during this critical moment of survival is an enemy of humanity! Divine Summer... will deliver the most severe counterattack!"

...On the dark sea surface in the distance.

Saruman and Liss stood frozen on the water's surface,

Their scale-covered faces were etched with incredible horror!

"North... Kraken?! How... how could they possibly obtain the help of such a legendary race?!"

Saruman's voice was sharp and distorted,

"Spiritual Qi... Spiritual Qi has only just begun to spread! Their weak bodies... should still be locked at the starting point of the Evolutionary Path! How could such a weak race have a Kraken helping them?!"

"Saruman, it's useless to dwell on how they got the Kraken's help. What we should focus on is the Combat Power of this Kraken!"

Liss's voice was as heavy as ten thousand years of cold ice.

Hearing Liss's words,

Saruman inhaled sharply: "I originally thought a 35th-tier Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast was enough to investigate a racial civilization that hasn't started evolving yet,

But I never expected it to be slain by a Kraken that is only Tier 2... Isn't that outrageous? It's only Tier 2, it must have just been born, right?"

Liss nodded and said seriously:

"A legendary race like the Kraken possesses terrifying Combat Power even if it has just been born. What I'm worried about now is the Kraken's Speed of Evolution."

"Speed of Evolution?"

Saruman was stunned for a moment, then looked again at the massive figure rampaging in the sea,

His pupils suddenly constricted, and he cried out in surprise,

"Tier 3?!! It evolved to Tier 3 in just a few minutes?? Doesn't a Kraken need decades of accumulation and growth to evolve each tier? How did it evolve in minutes?? This... this violates the Laws of Life!!"

"That is what truly worries me!"

Liss's claws unconsciously dug into his own hard scales,

"A Tier 3 Juvenile North Sea Great Demon is just a slightly stronger bug! But a Kraken possessing such a Heaven-Defying Speed of Evolution..."

He paused, his voice carrying bone-chilling coldness,

"...It must be eradicated before it truly matures and poses a substantial threat to our Great Cause!"

Fear!

A long-absent fear, originating from the unknown and loss of control, seized Saruman's heart.

But immediately, it was replaced by a more ferocious Killing Intent!

"Eradicate... yes! It must be eradicated!"

Saruman's mouth curled into a cruel and twisted arc, his fine scales fluttering with excitement,

"I will apply immediately... to have 'Clovis' take action!"

"Clovis?!"

A flash of light erupted in Liss's compound eyes, and the terrifying image of that two-hundred-meter-tall being instantly appeared in his mind—covered in Immortal Carapace, with Pincer Claws capable of severing mountains—it was the War Giant Beast used by the Sea God Cult to suppress a region!

"Good!"

Liss's voice was filled with fanaticism,

"Let Clovis's Immortal Pincers... snip this tiny Kraken... into fragments! Let the hope of the Blue Star People... be completely extinguished... in despair! Hahaha!"

...US White House, Situation Room.

The screen froze on the hellish scene where the "enterprise" aircraft carrier was split in two by the Dark Red Giant Whip, followed by a massive secondary explosion.

Wilson's eyes were bloodshot and red, and he slammed his fist onto the hard mahogany desk,

"Shit! Damn Divine Summer! Damn giant beast!"

He roared, spitting saliva onto the screen,

"We merely... merely 'guided' a lost beast! We were helping regional stability!"

"They actually dared... dared to destroy our Invincible Fleet!"

"This is a declaration of war against the Free World!!"

Damn it, the US has always been the one bullying others, yet today we were bullied by the Divine Summer people!

This is intolerable!

He announced to the camera, his face twisted:

"I announce that the US is entering a State of Maximum War!"

"Divine Summer must immediately execute Kraken, this demon!"

"Otherwise, the US will unite with all Civilized Nations on Blue Star to jointly strangle Divine Summer, this Nest of Demons, and the World-Destroying Giant Beast they are rearing!"

On the split screen,

Fusang Prime Minister Nakamura Kenichi nodded vigorously, shouting hoarsely:

"Hai! Divine Summer must be held responsible for their atrocities! The Great Fusang Empire fully supports the US!"

Goryeo President Park Jeong-hwan beat his chest and stomped his feet, wailing:

"aishiba! Everyone must uphold justice for our Goryeo! The Divine Summer people possess powerful giant beasts, yet when our Goryeo was invaded by the Abyssal Giant Pincer Beast, they actually turned a blind eye!"

However,

Divine Summer's response,

Was so tough it was like a blunt weapon smashing into the faces of the three men!

The Global Live Broadcast Channel switched.

Inside the Dragon Abyss Pavilion, Qin Zheng stood before the camera, his back straight as a pine tree,

His gaze was profound like an abyss, and his voice was not loud,

Yet it carried a penetrating power like the clash of metal:

"The US and its vassals provoked US without cause in the Area Adjacent to Territorial Waters first, intending to Divert Disaster East and frame others later! It is only right and proper for our Divine Summer Guardian, the 'Kraken,' to exercise the right of legitimate self-defense and eliminate the threat!"

"President Wilson's war-mongering is a blasphemy against human peace and a display of impotent rage over his own failure! Divine Summer loves peace, but we absolutely do not fear war!"

"You want war?"

Qin Zheng's gaze was like a torch, sweeping over the camera, seemingly looking directly into Wilson's soul,

"Then let there be war!"

Boom—!

The world was in an uproar!

Divine Summer's toughness and determination shocked all observers!

Immediately afterward, Divine Summer, this massive State Machine, erupted with efficiency and determination that suffocated the world!

Outside the Recruitment Stations, crowds surged!

Countless youths wearing T-shirts printed with the giant silhouette of the "Kraken" formed long queues!

In the factory workshops, machinery roared!

Military Production Lines ran day and night! A Torrent of Steel surged along the assembly lines!

The Railway Network and Shipping Lines were like Steel Arteries!

Special Trains and Massive Ships loaded with grain, meat, fish catches, and livestock,

Whistled as they sped towards N City!

All traffic yielded along the route! All green lights!

The scale and speed of mobilization of the thirty million New Troops,

Left the US, Fusang, and Goryeo instantly speechless, a chill rising up their spines.

They realized that Divine Summer was serious, and had the capability!

...The Pentagon, Secret Situation Room.

The results of the War-Game Simulation on the Supercomputer screen,

Were so blinding that Wilson, Nakamura Kenichi, and Park Jeong-hwan felt a chill run through their bodies!