464: Thor III

"However, there are still some small fry that need to be dealt with first..." Long Yuan muttered to himself while watching some of the footage.

The footage currently visible is mainly on land, which, of course, shows the activities of the cults and land exotic beasts.

As the monitoring range of the Heavenly Eye continues to expand, the amount of information it can provide is skyrocketing. It has completely exceeded the territory of the Great Ming, reaching into neighboring countries and regions, and as a result, Long Yuan has discovered many secrets he was previously unaware of.

The location of the Nether Prison headquarters discovered earlier was just one of those secrets; he also confirmed the location of the Blood Wolf Hall headquarters and the Blood Wolf Ancestor. The headquarters of the Shadow Moon Hall and the War Bear Hall have also been identified. Specifically, the Blood Wolf Hall headquarters is established in the "Heavenly Lake" region of the Changbai Mountains, outside the northeast of the Great Ming; the Shadow Moon Hall headquarters is hidden in an area called the "Golden Triangle" on the southwest border of the Great Ming; and the War Bear Hall headquarters is located to the west of a large lake in the War Bear Country, known as "Lake Baikal."

These three regions are like three steel nails, driven deeply into the east, northwest, and southwest of the Great Ming, constantly sucking the blood of the Great Ming. Furthermore, through visible and invisible channels, they are siphoning various benefits toward the Snow Eagle Country, the War Bear Country, and the Flying Lion Country. The Great Ming is like a slave to them; on the surface, this giant maintains independent development, but its blood and wealth are constantly draining away, its ability to regenerate is withering day by day, and there are even many Ming traitors colluding with these cults and major powers, oppressing the common people—it is hateful!

This time, when Long Yuan went to see the Emperor Ming, he directly made it clear that Prince Rui, Prince Lu, and Prince Ding should not be allowed to participate in the operations against the Sea Race. This effectively cut off some of the upper-level channels for the transmission of benefits, including information channels, which significantly increased the success rate of the counterattack operations. At the very least, it prevents many soldiers and civilians from throwing their lives away in vain; for Long Yuan's current situation, being able to achieve this is enough!

As for the casualties caused by the war, they are inevitable and a calamity that the Great Ming cannot avoid. Even the three major powers—the Snow Eagle Country, the War Bear Country, and the Flying Lion Country—cannot avoid being heavily struck by the Sea Race and suffering heavy losses.

"It seems that I must first take out the headquarters of those three cults. At the very least, I cannot let them operate in the rear of the Great Ming, colluding with land exotic beasts and echoing the invasion of the Sea Race!" Long Yuan watched the dense movement of personnel and supplies at the three cult headquarters and secretly made up his mind.

He thought for a moment and contacted Qian Xiaosen via the internal network...

"Young Lord, what is it? I'm currently arranging a convoy!" Qian Xiaosen's voice and image appeared, looking busy.

"Just let Duan Hu handle the convoy. I have an action plan here that I want to discuss with you," Long Yuan said.

"Oh? I wonder what new plan the Young Lord has?" Qian Xiaosen immediately became interested and asked quickly.

"Strike the headquarters of the Three Great Heretical Cults!"

"What?! Strike their headquarters? The weapons are no problem, but the key is that we don't know where their headquarters are!" Qian Xiaosen was stunned, then realized and said.

"I already have the coordinates of their headquarters. I just don't know how lethal our current hypersonic missiles are. If they get intercepted, it would be better not to fire at all, so as not to expose our coordinates!" Long Yuan said.

"The Young Lord has their coordinates? That's great! Don't worry, our missile's lethality is definitely up to the task!" Qian Xiaosen said excitedly.

"Tell me about it..."

"It's like this: we have successfully developed five 'Thunder God III' hypersonic missiles. They use a 'wind-drift' trajectory that I designed. Apart from the starting point and the target point, even we ourselves cannot determine the process 100%, so the probability of being intercepted is almost zero! Additionally, the Thunder God III reaches a speed of Mach 10 and strikes extremely fast. It carries 999 sub-missiles, each of which can precisely strike a small target, with a power equivalent to an Elementary nuclear bomb. Theoretically, one Thunder God III can completely destroy a military base with a radius of a thousand miles!" Qian Xiaosen explained.

Long Yuan was secretly shocked and asked, "In other words, one Thunder God III is equivalent to 999 Elementary nuclear bombs?"

"More than that! Because there is also the largest one in the center, which is used to strike the main target; its power is equivalent to ten Elementary nuclear bombs!" Qian Xiaosen said proudly.

"Wow..." Long Yuan was truly speechless. These people were almost like lunatics. To have created such a terrifying weapon of mass destruction in such a short time—was there any way for others to live?

It was no wonder there were only five Thunder God IIIs; they were likely limited by a lack of raw materials.

Sure enough, as soon as he thought of this, he heard Qian Xiaosen say, "Young Lord, our raw materials for manufacturing missiles are running low. If we don't replenish our stock, even if we are willing to fight the enemy, I'm afraid we'll be powerless!"

Long Yuan took a deep breath and said slowly, "Since there is a Thunder God III, what about the previous thunder god i and Thunder God II? I don't think we need the Thunder God III to strike the cult headquarters. This weapon is mainly for deterrence and critical moments. Using it now is a bit wasteful, and the consequences of using it are severe; it might prevent an area from recovering for a hundred years. Our goal is just to cause some destruction, make them unable to operate, and affect our Great Ming's full effort to fight against the Sea Race. Also, if our strike is too powerful, we might expose our actual combat strength. If Xuanji Tower discovers it, the hidden dangers will be significant. You must know that the Golden Core Expert from the Tianji Pavilion will arrive in two months. When she inspects the scene, she might discover clues!"

"I see... Then we can just use the thunder god i! The thunder god i only has a speed of Mach 3 and carries 99 sub-missiles, each equivalent to an Elementary nuclear bomb, which is lethal enough for Xuan Practitioners. The main missile is equivalent to 3 Elementary nuclear bombs, which is enough to give the Blood Wolf Ancestor a headache!" Qian Xiaosen explained.

"Very good! Then let's use the thunder god i! However, before that, we must launch a cyberwarfare attack to capture all their data and information so it doesn't get destroyed!" Long Yuan said.

"No problem! Please give me their coordinates first, Young Lord!"

"Alright!"

Long Yuan quickly transmitted the coordinates of the three cult headquarters, as well as data on various key targets near the headquarters...

Qian Xiaosen's response came quickly: "Young Lord, what means did you use to obtain such detailed information? Even our satellites haven't been able to observe the ground so clearly!"

"It was obtained from a few cultists during the operation in the northwest," Long Yuan told a little lie.

"I see! That's great! Let's prepare; we'll launch a 'home-stealing' operation tonight to capture all their data, and then we'll carry out the strike operation!" Qian Xiaosen said excitedly.

"Good!"