183: Chapter 183 Dongfeng Express, Everyone Gets One!

"No—!!!"

Boom!!!

Another beam of white light shot into the sky!

The Heroic Spirit Manifestation of [Tesla] from the USA, which had dominated the battlefield for so long and killed many Roleplayers, followed in the footsteps of [Sanada Yukimura] and was instantly killed!

The live stream chat went completely insane!

If the death of the [Sanada Yukimura] manifestation could be explained away as the [Dongfeng-61] arriving too suddenly without preparation, then how could [Tesla]'s instant kill be explained?

The person controlling [Tesla]'s manifestation was heading straight for Xiao Zhenghong; how could they have had no defenses?

They did. They had defenses.

The destructive warhead of the [Dongfeng-61] was even detected by the USA the moment it emerged from the clouds.

That was [Tesla], who possessed the 'Turbo Acceleration' skill!

In terms of raw movement speed, among all the manifestation owners present, if he claimed second place, who would dare claim first?

If [Tesla], with such incredible speed, couldn't escape the bombardment of the [Dongfeng-61], who else on this battlefield could possibly escape it?

What was most incomprehensible and unacceptable was the tracking!

You, [Dongfeng-61], a ballistic missile, why could you track targets?

You aren't a cruise missile.

Even cruise missiles don't have tracking capabilities like that, right?

wonders are supposed to follow the basic logic of their prototypes, so how does this wonder from Dragon Country follow any logic at all?

Just as the live chat channel was arguing like a wet market, with everyone feeling that the Dragon Country wonder [Dongfeng-61] had absurd capabilities, and the Sakura Country people were considering initiating [Divine Judgment]...

York, the commentator in the studio, made everyone shut up with a single sentence!

"It's not tracking... Dragon Country is winning by sheer quantity! One warhead locked onto [Tesla], while the other three were 'pre-positioned' in advance in the upper, right, and lower directions where the USA Roleplayer could move! This is what led to the USA Roleplayer having nowhere to avoid, and ultimately being bombed to death!"

Tracking?

What tracking?

Where did this tracking come from?

There was no tracking at all!

Dragon Country relied on quantity and precise prediction!

York explained the tracking issue, but a new problem followed.

"Just how many warheads does one [Dongfeng-61] missile actually have, damn it?"

One shot sent away Sakura Country's [Sanada Yukimura], and four shots left the USA's [Tesla] with nowhere to run.

That was already five shots!

Were there any more?

If there were, how many?

Now, France's [Strategist] finally understood why Chen Aoyun had said just moments ago that France would owe him another favor!

Not all [Roleplayers] had abilities similar to [Tesla]'s Turbo Acceleration.

Dealing with a prepared [Tesla] required consuming four warheads, but dealing with other prepared manifestation owners would require at most two!

If Chen Aoyun didn't target France next and didn't pick off France's manifestation owner, France would indeed owe Chen Aoyun another favor...

Back to Chen Aoyun.

In truth, Chen Aoyun didn't know much about what kind of national treasure [Dongfeng-61] really was.

How many warheads was one [Dongfeng-61] equipped with?

How many could it be equipped with?

That was a top-secret national military secret; even as someone who had transmigrated from the Old Era, Chen Aoyun couldn't possibly know these things.

As everyone knew, wonders were constructed based on the thoughts of the [Strategist].

Since Chen Aoyun, the [Strategist], didn't even know how many warheads [Dongfeng-61] could be equipped with, how had he constructed the 'Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle' capability for it?

Here, one had to mention a special figure from the Old Era:

—A famous commentator from the Old Era of China, Gao Zhikai!

(The real name is inconvenient to write, those who know, know; those who don't can look it up~)

This commentator, who had some official background in the Old Era, described this national treasure 'Dongfeng-61' in an interview like this:

"Dongfeng-61! Why is it called this name? Because it can carry 60 nuclear warheads and 1 hydrogen bomb! 60+1 = 61. This is the origin of the name Dongfeng-61!"

Was this absurd?

It was indeed absurd!

Chen Aoyun naturally knew it was absurd too.

But if you asked if this counted as a reveal, a legend about [Dongfeng-61]?

It actually had to count!

Regarding the national treasure [Dongfeng-61], under the cover of military secrets that even Chen Aoyun didn't know, this commentator's words became the legendary basis for his construction of the warhead quantity.

And such a legend was hard to judge.

If the Sakura Country people wanted to initiate [Divine Judgment], how would they judge it?

Claim the number was wrong?

How would they know it was wrong?

What if it was right?

Even if it wasn't.

If 61 was wrong, what should it be?

Without evidence, one can only use a legend to overthrow a legend.

Without a new legend to overthrow the 'Gao Zhikai legend,' then the [Dongfeng-61] wonder's warhead count was 60+1 = 61!

Sixty-one warheads in total!

Enough, absolutely enough; it was time to consider distributing express deliveries to all the countries present!

On the Star Chessboard.

Seeing the corners of Chen Aoyun's mouth curl up even higher, [Strategists] from all countries felt an extremely bad premonition.

"Chen Aoyun, what are you doing? I warn you, don't do anything rash!" Britain's [Strategist] looked at Chen Aoyun in horror.

"Send! Give them each two express deliveries, don't be polite, send them with confidence! My Ottoman side can be skipped, given our friendship..." Ottoman [Strategist] Adar licked his face and tried to build rapport.

France's [Strategist] looked at Chen Aoyun nervously.

"You owe me another favor, you just said it yourself! Don't make a move against France. I swear in the name of a [Strategist], as long as you don't use the wonder [Dongfeng-61] to bombard France right now, I guarantee that France will not target Dragon Country in this Game of National Destiny again—no, I mean we will not take the initiative to attack Dragon Country again!"

60+1 was Chen Aoyun's construction, but this magnitude of construction wasn't public knowledge.

Having witnessed Chen Aoyun's knowledge and even having been helped by it, France's [Strategist] knew his superiority and was willing to swear, but [Strategists] from other countries only issued warnings and threats, unwilling to swear any oath in the name of a [Strategist].

"Excluding the USA and Sakura Country, who have already been bombed to death, and Russia and France, who have sworn not to be enemies with Dragon Country, there are still four countries remaining. Even if you use an average of two warheads to pick off a prepared manifestation owner, you would need a total of eight warheads. Are you not going to kill the Calamity Demon, Dragon Country? I don't believe that, no matter how many warheads one wonder [Dongfeng-61] has, it's enough for Dragon Country to do so many things!"

Prussia's [Strategist] thought he had the upper hand, staring intently at Chen Aoyun, trying to see through his trump card.

Chen Aoyun laughed, his mouth curling up even more exaggeratedly.

"You want to test the limit of [Dongfeng-61]'s warheads? Fine! Satisfied! Then... are you ready? Dongfeng Express, please sign for it!"

"Hey, don't get excited, I..."

Prussia's [Strategist] felt something was wrong after observing Chen Aoyun's expression and just wanted to say something soft, but he didn't expect Chen Aoyun to be so decisive and already make a move!

On the chessboard, at the edge of the fog.

Warhead after warhead, familiar and burning with the flames of death, tore through the clouds one after another, locking onto the manifestation owners of different countries with an unstoppable force and slamming down vertically!

The sound of explosions was endless at the edge of the fog.

"What the fuck?!! Who said Dragon Country didn't have enough warheads? Three Dongfeng Expresses for one manifestation owner, damn, that's pure saturation bombardment! You say you were fine and started trouble, so why drag us into it..."

The explosions were like fireworks, and among those buried in this fireworks show were not only [Roleplayers] from various countries but also many nearby Calamity Demons.

As a result, except for Russia and France, all the [Roleplayers] from the other countries, whether they had Heroic Spirit Manifestations or not, were wiped out.

For a moment, it wasn't just the audience in front of the screens who were stunned, but also the [Strategists] from Russia and France.

"Only the three of us are left? Doesn't this mean the top three are already locked in? Thanks to Dragon Country, is my France safe?!"

A strong sense of unreality struck France's [Strategist], and his expression as he looked at Chen Aoyun became even more intriguing.

The fireworks hadn't ended yet; until all the Calamity Demons were cleared, the new area wouldn't open.

"Not opening the new area, letting the third act end just like this? No! What if the ranking cannot be settled because the 'process' of the third act isn't finished? That would be hilarious!"

Chen Aoyun thought for a moment and decided to follow the rules and clear out the Calamity Demons.

As for whether there would be new variables after the clearing, when the new area appeared and new rules emerged, Chen Aoyun knew there was a risk, but due to the common sense he learned at the Raider base, he decided to do it anyway.

"The advantage is with me, play it safe!"

The fog would only dissipate once all the Calamity Demons were cleared. Anyway, there were still plenty of warheads, so Chen Aoyun continued to send his deliveries and set off his fireworks.

It was only at this moment that the whole world knew that the number of warheads on this [Dongfeng-61] of Dragon Country was truly damn high!

Including the ones used to finish off other countries' [Raiders] before, and the deliveries sent to kill more Calamity Demons... it was already over thirty, nearly forty!

Moreover, looking at Chen Aoyun's expression, it didn't seem like he was in a rush, but rather, he was handling it with ease.

Among the thirty-plus warheads, there was one big one!

The '1' in 60+1!

The others were 'nuclear bombs,' but this '1' was a hydrogen bomb!

Of course, it couldn't be a real hydrogen bomb.

The logic here was the same as with Heroic Spirits.

Heroic Spirits based on mythological prototypes still had their strength within a limit.

The story prototype was just the basis for construction; otherwise, since there were creator gods like Pangu in various countries' myths, if the 'Fantasy Origin' Heroic Spirits were as powerful as their prototypes, wouldn't the Star Chessboard be smashed to pieces by these Heroic Spirits?

The same logic applied; the power of the wonder was also subject to certain restrictions. [Dongfeng-61] was a nuclear bomb + hydrogen bomb in the legend, but it couldn't truly have the power of atomic weapons.

The '1' in 60+1 just had a slightly higher damage ratio than the other warheads.

With a 'hydrogen bomb' as the finale, the existing Calamity Demons on the chessboard were all killed, and at this moment, Chen Aoyun still held nearly twenty unused warheads.

The fog began to slowly dissipate. Before it completely dissipated, Chen Aoyun looked up at the number of killed Calamity Demons above his head. Dragon Country had left the resource point the latest, yet it became the country with the most Calamity Demons killed on the kill leaderboard, leading other countries by hundreds of demons!

However.

Luck did not always favor Dragon Country and Chen Aoyun.

When the fog on the chessboard dissipated a bit more and a new area appeared, a new rule made Chen Aoyun extremely depressed!

[Third Act Rule 6: With the opening of each new area, the already activated Heroic Spirit Manifestations become invalid, and resource points need to be re-occupied according to the new rules; and those who have already died will be reborn after the new area appears, and dying again will deduct total points.]

Already activated ones become invalid?

The dead come back to life?

Didn't this mean that all countries were back to the state they were in at the very beginning?

The only difference was that the areas on the chessboard had changed, and the logic for obtaining resource points had also changed, becoming the following, which left Chen Aoyun somewhat speechless:

[Third Act Rule 7: Use the previously activated Heroic Spirit elements to occupy new resource points. If the Heroic Spirit elements in the resource point correspond to them, the Heroic Spirit is activated.]

"Damn, the Game of National Destiny really knows how to play! Before, it was using Heroic Spirits from the Heroic Spirit pool to find corresponding resources and unseal the power of the Heroic Spirits. Now the logic is reversed; resource points have become the way to obtain Heroic Spirit Manifestations. You have to use the previously activated Heroic Spirit elements to find the corresponding resource points, and if the Heroic Spirit type in the resource point matches, then a Heroic Spirit Manifestation is available!"

Simply put, before, it was using [Heroic Spirit Zhuge Liang] to find [Dongfeng-61].

Now, it was using [Dongfeng-61] to find a new [Heroic Spirit].

Heroic Spirits could not be used repeatedly, which meant that Chen Aoyun needed to find a new Heroic Spirit related to [Dongfeng-61].

This wouldn't be easy to find!

Or rather, easy to find, but hard to occupy!

Taking a look at the newly appeared resource points, they had become resource points that provided Heroic Spirit types.

'Ancient Hero Spirit Resource Point';

'Modern Hero Spirit Resource Point';

The types were simple, just two, and they were distributed in large numbers to the left and right.

But the problem was, after everything returned to the starting point, the unused warheads had disappeared.

[Heroic Spirit Zhuge Liang] could no longer be used, so if he wanted to get a new Heroic Spirit Manifestation, the required Heroic Spirit should correspond to [Dongfeng-61], and he had to seize resources from the 'Modern Hero Spirit Resource Point'.

It was difficult!

It was an old problem:

Without the blessing of a Heroic Spirit Manifestation, and with the [Roleplayer]'s combat power being weaker than other countries, how could he get the resources in the resource point?

He couldn't play 'feint to the east and attack in the west' again, could he?

Sakura Country's Saku Kenichi's voice rang in Chen Aoyun's ears. Looking up, this guy had perked up after seeing the new rules and said coldly to Chen Aoyun,

"This time I will still follow the last tactic and watch the resource point you can use—the 'Modern Hero Spirit Resource Point'—to death! I don't believe that you, who could use an ancient Heroic Spirit to activate a modern wonder last time, can use a modern wonder to activate an ancient Heroic Spirit again! You won't have a second Heroic Spirit capable of 'Borrowing the East Wind', right!"

In the Game of National Destiny, mutual slaughter and hostility were inevitable.

Although other countries were certainly resentful after just suffering a loss at the hands of Dragon Country, they wouldn't disregard their own rankings just to take revenge on Dragon Country.

Therefore, as everything returned to a near-starting state, Dragon Country's biggest enemy remained the relentless Sakura Country people!

The Sakura Country person was right; there was really only one Heroic Spirit capable of Borrowing the East Wind, and that was [Heroic Spirit Zhuge Liang].

Since the Borrowing the East Wind angle was a dead end, he could only choose a Heroic Spirit from the 'ballistic missile' angle.

And the Heroic Spirit related to the 'ballistic missile' element must be obtained from the 'Modern Hero Spirit Resource Point' on the right!