162: Chapter 162 Space Fireworks

"Kill him!"

"Only if he's dead will I have a chance!"

Dong Huang made a decision; he couldn't wait any longer.

America couldn't wait any longer. Now that Gao Yuan had gone to the moon to build a production base, what chance would there be once he took office through normal procedures!

"Peilun, Peilun..."

"I'm here, President!"

The secretary ran in from outside.

"Go to Lolita Island and release the Sleepy President. Announce that Annie has illegally placed the President of America under house arrest, violating American laws. Her tyrannical rule has made life unbearable for the people. As of today, I, Dong Huang, call upon everyone to shoot Annie on sight. Anyone who kills Annie will receive a reward of one hundred million us dollars!"

Huh?

Peilun's eyes widened.

"President, do we really have to do this?"

"If she doesn't leave, how can I take power?"

"No, aren't we preparing to intercept and kill Gao Yuan right now? If she's in power, whether we succeed or fail, we can pin it on her. If we succeed, everything is fine. If we fail and Gao Yuan wants revenge, it'll be directed at her!"

Peilun said.

Actually, he was afraid. He felt there was a high probability of failure this time. Who was Gao Yuan? Would he not have a backup plan? He dared to go out like that; wasn't he afraid of being shot down?

Moreover, when Gao Yuan rescued Taiwan, he had piloted a mecha.

Dong Huang hesitated...

Peilun was right.

If they failed, Annie could be the scapegoat.

Even if they succeeded, the Xia Country would certainly be infuriated and might retaliate, throwing the world into chaos. If Annie were in power then, he could step forward and be a total savior.

Dong Huang patted Peilun on the shoulder. "Well said. We won't issue the announcement yet! But the operation to advance on the Presidential Palace must continue! I'll see how much longer she can hide!"

Without taking power, mobilizing various weapons wouldn't be legitimate; he could only make private deals. Now, Annie could no longer control the various departments.

"There aren't any issues with the nuclear warheads, right?"

Dong Huang asked.

"After all, you haven't taken power yet, so it's not strictly legal in terms of procedure. However, everyone sees the situation clearly, and General Doug also dislikes Gao Yuan. He's willing to cooperate fully with you to eliminate Gao Yuan! But within his authority, ten nuclear warheads is the limit. Even so, he'll likely face a court-martial after this!"

"Tell him there's no doubt I'll take power. He should proceed boldly. I'll guarantee he becomes America's greatest general! Against one aircraft, there isn't much difference between ten missiles and thirty. As long as one hits, a single missile can take him out..."

Dong Huang stopped overthinking it.

Going to the moon would take at most a few hours or a dozen hours.

In such a short time, no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't smoothly take power.

So he decided to set it aside for now...

...

Gao Yuan boarded the Space Warship. This was the first warship built on the moon, and Gao Yuan named it the 'Storm'. It was primarily to commemorate the Oceanus Procellarum base and, incidentally, to advertise the Oceanus Procellarum scenic area.

After he left, the construction work at the base continued as normal.

The neighboring countries were all ready.

However, at this moment, all the astronauts were silent.

Originally, they thought this moon landing would allow them to leave their footprints and bring back important specimens, which would be a huge success.

But they had personally witnessed Gao Yuan building a massive base on the moon in just a few hours and even producing a Space Warship...

In comparison, all of them had just gone there to dig up some dirt.

It was simply pathetic.

Gao Yuan waved to the astronauts. "I'm heading out first!"

In the livestream room, a group of netizens took screenshots of the astronauts' expressions and added various captions.

"Hurry up and leave, stop showing off!"

"I feel so useless!"

"Right now, I'm full of envy, but I'm not depressed at all because I have a bunch of equally useless brothers!"

Soon, in the livestream room, the warship was seen vanishing into the vast universe the instant it started up.

Gao Yuan indeed had to go back.

With the Moon Base built, he needed to return to Earth to create various facilities to coordinate with it.

The most basic requirement was a Spaceport like the ones in the Future World. A Spaceport was essentially a space station connected to a space elevator, except this station wasn't for scientific research; it was a cargo port.

By then, raw materials from the moon would be transported over in a steady stream. He wouldn't need to rely on anyone else and could send them to Gao Qiu to relieve his pressure.

In ten or so minutes, the Storm reached Earth's high altitude orbit.

While searching for a suitable entry angle, the warship's defense system suddenly began to flash.

"Twelve attack targets detected approaching us!"

Gao Yuan was stunned...

Who?

Someone's that bold? The Space Warship's radar in Earth orbit could achieve 360-degree detection of the planet with no blind spots.

"Destroy them..."

If it were in the Future World, Gao Yuan would be a bit nervous. After all, the opponent's weapons would be high-tech. For instance, laser weapons in space travel at the speed of light and are impossible to dodge; by the time they're detected, the attack has already hit, and one can only endure it!

But weapons in the Real World were incredibly slow. Soon, various laser weapons locked onto the incoming targets.

"Eliminate..."

Hundreds of lasers formed a beam cage and flew toward the ballistic missiles. The reason for so many was to prevent the missiles' orbital maneuvers from making the attack miss.

Now, these laser beams had locked down the space around the missiles. No matter how they moved, at least two lasers would hit!

Soon...

Through the control system, Gao Yuan saw a continuous series of fireworks erupting in space.

A large amount of missile debris fell into the atmosphere, turning into a meteor shower. Perhaps at this moment, girls in some country below were seeing this scene and making wishes with their eyes closed!

Some of the debris became space junk, escaping Earth or remaining in Earth's orbit!

Gao Yuan cleared the debris from Earth's orbit!

Just then, the warship's system analyzed the composition of those missiles.

Among them were quite a few nuclear warheads!

Someone's using nukes on me?

That was Gao Yuan's first reaction.

"Calculate the launch area..."

Gao Yuan said.

The warship's control system immediately used its massive computing power to analyze the missiles' launch site and ownership based on their flight direction, attitude, shape, and other characteristics...

Below, Dong Huang watched the missile launch system show that of the twelve missiles, six had carried ten nuclear warheads, but now all the missiles had missed...

He looked shocked.

"They were all intercepted?"

"Yes!"

Doug's face was grim. Ballistic missiles were the hardest to intercept because their orbits were variable and their speed was high, but in front of Gao Yuan's Space Warship, they were like toys!

"President... what should we do?"

"I know you have a way to get an authorization letter for the operation signed by Annie, right?"

Doug nodded silently.

But what was the use? Gao Yuan would find out sooner or later that America had launched the missiles, and then the entire country might suffer.

"Doug, you... go on vacation to Hawaii immediately. Leave the rest to me!"