It was located in a mysterious place under the New Capital City.
It covered an area of more than 50,000 square meters, which was equivalent to the size of six to seven football fields. There were more than 10,000 staff and a battalion of elite soldiers gathered in the hall.
However, there was almost no sound here, and no one was talking. Everyone was staring intently at the screen, watching the various images and the changes in the data without blinking. Only the sound of the computer fan and the constant tapping of the keyboard could be heard. The atmosphere was extremely tense and depressing!
This was the Land Observation and Strategic Security Bureau, which was directly under the High Committee. It was the most mysterious department in the Reconstruction Area.
It controlled the most powerful force of mankind and was also the strongest and final defense of the Reconstruction Area.
Through the use of satellites, the early warning airships modified with high-level animal skins, the images of drones, and the ground radar, the entire Reconstruction Area had been built into an impenetrable surveillance network, paying close attention to all the threats that could bring about a fatal crisis to the Reconstruction Area.
One of the most important tasks of this department was to monitor the level eight life forms and to strategically attack them at any time.
The safety standard was based on the distance from the Reconstruction Area. All the level eight life forms that wandered around the Reconstruction Area were divided into three levels of danger.
The area from the border of the Reconstruction Area to 400 kilometers was the highest level of danger. It was a target that had to be attacked immediately. The area from 400 kilometers to 800 kilometers was the medium level of danger. It was heavily monitored and required constant vigilance.
The area from 800 kilometers to 1,000 kilometers was the low level of danger. The attention on it had been greatly reduced. The main focus was to pay attention to its basic movements.
As for the further areas, with the current strength of the Reconstruction Area, it was basically a blind spot. Only the images from the satellite could capture some traces of the life forms. Of course, the relatively long distance basically prevented the life forms from posing a threat to the Reconstruction Area.
There were a total of 12 confirmed level eight life forms in the observation area. Four of them were in the medium level of danger while the rest were in the low level of danger.
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Suddenly, one of the staff stared at the screen and his expression changed. Without hesitation, he pressed the alarm on the table. An ear-piercing and noisy alarm sounded in the empty hall.
The atmosphere in the hall froze. Everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing.
Soon, a group of people trotted into the hall from the passage. An old man with the rank of General said solemnly, "Everyone, continue to work. The control panel will transfer the image of UAV A7990 to the central big screen. At the same time, the UAV team will send all the UAVs in the A7 area to this coordinate (X: * * * Y: * * *). Focus on monitoring its movements."
The image quickly appeared on the big screen.
In the image, it was a level eight mutated beast codenamed "Blue Dragon". It did look like a dragon, but it was not the evil dragon of Western mythology, but a Chinese dragon.
It had a long and slender body like a snake, four thick and strong claws, a pair of ferocious horns on its forehead, and a mane that looked like a horse's mane. Apart from some minor differences, its appearance was extremely similar to the dragons in Chinese mythology and legends, but it looked even more majestic and ferocious!
If Wang Shishi was here, she would have recognized that this was the terrifying creature that Luo Yuan had encountered when they were searching for the Wisdom Heart in the wild.
Perhaps due to signal interference, the image on the big screen kept shaking. The image was extremely blurry and sometimes there was no signal at all.
Even though the image was a little distorted, everyone could still see that the level eight mutated beast was very agitated. It stood on the top of the mountain and jumped up and down from time to time. It roared at the sky and its body emitted a strong energy wave that caused a terrible change in the weather.
The white clouds in the sky changed rapidly and surged endlessly, appearing and disappearing from time to time.
Even through the screen, everyone felt a chill in their hearts. The power of a level-8 lifeform was simply beyond human understanding of living things. Such a lifeform should not appear in reality at all. Instead, it should only appear in myths, novels, and movies.
"It seems to be a little uneasy." A Major General looked at it for a while and calmly analyzed, "It seems to be afraid of something. The control panel, point the extra camera at the sky."
Soon, the big screen was divided into four parts.
"What is this?" He took a closer look and found a small dot moving slowly in the sky on the screen on the top left. He quickly said, "Zoom in!"
The image that was originally clear became blurred as it was zoomed in. At the same time, the small dot gradually revealed itself. Looking at its shape, it should be a bird. Judging from the creature's energy and the blue dragon's agitation, it was obviously a level eight mutated beast.
The General looked serious. It was a complete dereliction of duty to not notice a level eight mutated beast in the vicinity of the reconstruction area. However, it was not the time to ask questions. He said in a deep voice, "Lock on the radar and calculate its altitude immediately!"
"The radar can't see the target. It's radar invisible. Now we're mobilizing the nearby satellites."
"Through the laser range measurement, its altitude is about 56,400 meters above the sky."
...
"The satellite has locked on to the target!" Soon, the satellite team reported.
"Inform the nuclear attack review team of the High Commission!" The General said with a serious face.
An inconspicuous middle-aged man wearing a major's military uniform immediately took out a confidential phone and walked to the side to say a few words. Soon, he hung up the phone and quickly walked back to the General and said, "I've informed them. The temporary authorization has been issued!"
Even now, nuclear bombs were frequently launched like conventional weapons. The nuclear key was still a symbol of power. Without the temporary authorization from the nuclear attack review team of the High Commission, even the General in the reconstruction area would not be able to use nuclear weapons.
"Then contact the strategic troops. Level one alert and inform the Southeast Military Region to prepare for nuclear defense."
...
"I've informed the Southeast Military Region. They have confirmed it!"
"Connection complete. Please give your instructions, General!"
...
The General did not immediately give the order to launch a nuclear attack. He just waited quietly.
Not many people knew that the nuclear bombs in the reconstruction area were running out. Unlike Russia and the United States, which had a large nuclear stockpile before the apocalypse, China's nuclear stockpile was not even one-tenth of the two countries'.
Moreover, in the past two years, the continuous consumption and the lack of uranium resources in the reconstruction area (hydrogen bombs also needed to be ignited by atomic bombs) had reduced the number of nuclear bombs in the reconstruction area to less than ten. Every time a nuclear bomb was detonated, there would be one less.
If this confidential information was leaked, it would cause panic among humans.
If not, the reconstruction area would not tolerate such an extremely dangerous creature wandering around the periphery.
As time passed, the slender and huge body of the Blue Dragon coiled around the top of a mountain, crawling restlessly. It was getting more and more agitated. Traces of red fog-like energy permeated its body.
The image in the video was shaking more and more!
The bird and the beast confronted each other for more than ten minutes. Finally, the situation changed.
The small dot in the sky suddenly enlarged at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. Behind it, there was a cloud of smoke that looked like a sunset. The color of the cloud changed enchantingly, making it look extraordinary.
It was like a meteorite falling from the sky, diving down from the sky in an instant.
In just ten seconds, it was already close to the ground. It was still thousands of meters above the ground. A pair of sharp giant claws were stretched out like lightning towards the Blue Dragon.
The blue dragon roared at the descending giant bird, but it was all a bluff. It did not dare to fight to the death at all. In a split second, its slender body leaped several kilometers away and landed on another mountain peak.
The next moment, the mountain that the Blue Dragon was on was smashed by the sharp claws of the giant bird.
The giant bird flapped its wings violently, causing a strong wind to blow. Trees fell and sand and stones were flying. It quickly controlled its body and flew into the sky again. It circled a few times and looked at its prey patiently. The next moment, its body swooped down towards the Blue Dragon who was desperately trying to escape.
Then, the two giant beasts chased each other. It was unknown whether it was intentional or not, but the Blue Dragon was quickly approaching the reconstruction area.
"Are they approaching the highest warning line?" The major general reminded in a low voice.
"Wait!" The general said in a low voice. He stared at the screen and frowned. He hoped that there would be a turning point at the end. Compared to killing two level eight creatures, the nuclear bomb was undoubtedly more valuable to the reconstruction area.
"Two more minutes …" After a while, the general reminded again.
"One minute …" The general's forehead began to sweat, but he did not dare to wipe it off.
"Launch!" The general sighed.
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The cover on top of an underground silo was slowly opened. The next moment, a medium-range missile with a hydrogen warhead was launched from the silo and quickly flew into the sky.
At this moment, the Blue Dragon was getting more and more embarrassed. It was inevitable that its body would be scratched by the giant bird's sharp claws a few times. Although it struggled to break free in the end, its body had been scratched and bleeding.
This giant bird was its natural enemy. It was a kind of intuition that made it unable to muster up the courage to fight back. Ever since it had accidentally discovered this giant bird during the hunt in the morning, it had been keeping a close eye on it like a maggot attached to a bone.
As a level eight creature, its IQ was not much lower than that of an ordinary person. It could clearly feel the powerful energy waves released by the nuclear bomb explosions in this area even though it was far away.
This made it very clear that the further it went, the more dangerous it would be. It had already determined that the area was a forbidden area.
If it was in the past, it would never dare to take a step towards the west.
However, its life was in danger today. It could neither escape nor defeat the giant bird. It had no choice but to run towards the dangerous forbidden area in an attempt to scare the giant bird away.
Unfortunately, the other party seemed to be unaware of it. It was still chasing after it, as if it did not know how dangerous it was.
At this moment, an extremely strong sense of crisis came from its heart.
Its whole body quivered, and all the hair on its body stood up. Its eyes suddenly widened, and it no longer dared to continue forward. Its four limbs moved quickly, and it turned around and ran back. At this time, the giant bird in the sky had long been forgotten. Compared to this kind of intense danger, the natural enemy above its head was completely negligible.
However, it did not expect that before the giant bird was ready to escape, it did not intend to let it go at all. A strong wind pressure approached from the top of its head in an instant. Before it could react, it felt a sharp pain in its body. A pair of huge and hideous claws like old tree roots had already grabbed its body.
The next moment, its body became light, and the ground quickly moved away as it was caught and flew up.
The Blue Dragon roared in horror, and its body twisted violently. The pair of sharp claws were like iron claws, deeply embedded in its body. Apart from the enlarging of the wound, it was useless. It flew higher and higher, and it was flying in the direction of the forbidden area.
This discovery made the Blue Dragon even more afraid, and its body stiffened.
For a moment, the wind howled, and the mountain top retreated rapidly.
However, the next moment, a dazzling light suddenly lit up a few kilometers behind them, and suddenly expanded.
Endless energy and high-energy radiation were released in all directions.
It was as if they were on the surface of the sun. Under the dazzling high-energy radiation, the bodies of the two giant beasts began to emit green smoke, and their scales and feathers started to melt. At this critical moment, the giant bird suddenly flapped its wings, and its body quickly escaped like lightning. The shockwave from the explosion of the hydrogen bomb could not catch up to it at all.
Unfortunately, the giant bird could barely hold on. After flying for only half a minute, it could no longer hold on due to its terrible injuries. Its body was smoking, and it fell from the sky.
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"Oh no, Hope City is below us!"
The National Observation and Strategic Security Bureau, a group of people looked at the screen, and their facial expression changed. They broke out in cold sweat, as they did not expect such a situation to happen. At this moment, although the two giant beasts were seriously injured, they were obviously still alive.
This was the second largest city after New Capital City, and it was one of the most important industrial bases in the reconstruction area.
Once they were destroyed, the entire reconstruction area would be greatly affected.
"Inform the guards of Hope City, the Firearms Bureau, and the teams from nearby cities to kill these two level eight beasts immediately." The general said in a serious tone.
As for the headquarters of the Firearms Bureau, it was located in New Capital City, and it was too far away from Hope City. By the time they arrived, it would be too late. With the size of the two giant beasts, even if they were just moving, they would be able to cause a lot of damage.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of a confidential file, and quickly said, "I remember that the new deputy minister of the Firearms Bureau lives in Hope City. Inform him immediately, there might be a chance to turn things around."
"I don't think we can inform him!" At this moment, a staff member who was in charge of analyzing the satellite images suddenly stood up and said with a strange expression.
"Why?" The general asked in a serious tone. The group of people looked at him, and they were confused.
Being watched by such a high-ranking person, the young staff member looked nervous and his voice trembled. "Reporting to Chief, I … I just saw his face on the unprocessed satellite image, and it matches Minister Luo's face completely."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone took a deep breath and looked at each other.
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