"Captain, it's best to first collect the items inside Mr. Yang Yuan's factory," Chen Xianzhi said.
"Yes, collect the items inside Mr. Yang Yuan's factory first," Jia Weixin repeated.
"Captain, it's best to give Mr. Yang Yuan a heads up first..."
"...You don't need to tell me that."
"Captain, quickly order everyone to find obstacles to avoid the shockwave."
"Just give the order yourself."
Jia Weixin was helpless, as the old leader wasn't by his side, leaving him somewhat at a loss, always worried about missing something, unlike before when the old leader would help fill in the gaps.
Although he believed his intelligence was not an issue, he often overlooked details that didn't seem important to him.
For example, collecting important items was something that should have been done earlier, but he simply forgot, focusing entirely on the upcoming task of eliminating the Drought Fiend.
If the old leader were still here, he would have handled everything methodically, preventing panic in critical moments.
However, fortunately, the thirteenth squad didn't have many people, and the remaining few minutes should suffice. After all, the military personnel were all Superpower Users or Physique Evolvers.
...
With a series of orders issued, the entire safe zone rapidly kicked into high gear.
Apart from the soldiers protecting Yang Yuan, all other soldiers helped Space Carrier Yao Jun collect important items.
Including Yang Yuan's printer, which Yao Jun stored in his Personal Space after the military gave a heads up.
Meanwhile, a large number of safe zone residents surged to the back of the Radiation-Proof Safe House, considered the most secure place in the entire safe zone.
When the shockwave arrives, with the colossal entity from the Ancient Ruins blocking it, and further weakened by the Radiation-Proof Safe House, they should be able to withstand it.
At this moment, Yang Yuan had already placed his small Safe House at the back of the Radiation-Proof Safe House, crawled inside, closed the door, and sat in his little compartment, calmly controlling the Firepower Flying Disc.
Concerned that the Drought Fiend might destroy the Firepower Flying Disc, he tried to elevate it as much as possible, distancing it from the Drought Fiend.
Anyway, the current range of the Firepower Flying Disc was far enough to attack within 20,000 kilometers.
However, the Drought Fiend clearly wouldn't give him that much time.
As shown on the radar terrain map, the crack on the 'cage' where the Drought Fiend was located was widening, with dazzling beams of light radiating outwards like a miniature sun about to emerge.
At this moment, the Firepower Flying Disc had reached its maximum speed at the current level, which was 300 meters per second.
At that speed, it would only take ten minutes to reach an altitude of 180 kilometers.
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time.
Because when the Firepower Flying Disc ascended to over 50 kilometers, beams of dense light suddenly burst from the mist of the chessboard, illuminating a radius of hundreds of miles.
In an instant, the temperature within a thousand-mile radius soared crazily, even within the safe zone equipped with a cooling Marvel, where the temperature jumped to over thirty degrees.
Only within one meter of the cooler could a temperature of zero degrees be maintained.
"We can't wait any longer!"
Yang Yuan continued to let the Firepower Flying Disc rise, while aiming one of the cannons at the Drought Fiend within the chessboard and directly firing a shell.
The next moment, a stream of light pierced the sky.
Over a hundred kilometers away, in less than a second, the stream of light had entered the chessboard range.
Simultaneously, inside the Celestial Marvel 'Draw Lines as Prison' chessboard, the Drought Fiend, attacking the chessboard frantically, suddenly looked up.
However, due to the isolation of the Celestial Marvel, its reaction was a beat slower. The moment it looked up, the sixteen-meter-thick shell was already in its face.
"Boom—"
Under the night sky, an unimaginable shockwave unfolded.
The entire world seemed to light up.
A mushroom cloud rose slowly, and at the moment of the massive explosion, a radius of hundreds of miles was incandescent white.
The explosion radius reached at least ten kilometers, and the indirect damage radius extended to at least a hundred kilometers.
At the moment of the massive explosion, although the sound hadn't even arrived, everyone felt as if their eardrums were about to rupture.
Everyone in the safe zone abruptly stopped what they were doing and looked in that direction in shock, many shedding tears from the brilliance of the explosion.
Seeing the shockwave approaching at a speed far exceeding the speed of sound, Jia Weixin hurriedly shouted, "Get down!!"
As he spoke, he also darted to the back of the Radiation-Proof Safe House.
Others' faces also changed dramatically as they rushed to the back of the Radiation-Proof Safe House, disregarding everything.
"Roar!!!"
However, just when the destructive shockwave was about to reach the Ancient Ruins, the monster composed of numerous bizarre humanoid shapes standing in the front stood upright and roared maniacally.
Immediately, lines lit up on the ground of the entire Ancient Ruins, and a massive Energy Shield covering a radius of a hundred miles appeared in the sky over the Ancient Ruins.
Under the earth-shattering shockwave, the Energy Shield remained unmoved.
However, the Energy Shield seemed to only defend against the destructive shockwave and ignored airflow and the like.
So the next moment, the entire safe zone was swept by a violent wind, with numerous buildings being lifted into the air, and many unfortunate people being swept up as well.
"Damn it, not again..."
Tan Zhiming cursed loudly as he too was swept up: "I hate the wind!!"
All the Wind Superpower Users quickly took action, but for a moment, it was difficult to quell the terrifying gale.
Meanwhile, twenty-four level-seven Firepower Flying Discs over two hundred kilometers away from the Drought Fiend were suddenly overturned by an unimaginable shockwave, disintegrating in mid-air.
"It's bad, Captain, all of our remaining Firepower Flying Discs have lost signal... they might be destroyed..."
"Why the hell are we worrying about those little things at a time like this!!"
Jia Weixin was already disdainful of the level-seven Firepower Flying Discs.
...
Over ten thousand kilometers away, in the mountain range of volcanoes.
An extremely elderly, bald-headed volcano man suddenly turned his head, looking in the direction where he had sensed a Celestial-level Creature.
In that direction, a dazzling light burst open.
Inside the palace.
The chieftain of the Volcano Race suddenly dashed outside, looking towards the distance in shock.
Outside the volcano range, ten emissaries from Earth Civilization were originally hurrying forward.
But at this moment, the leader, Dai Changlin, suddenly turned his head, looking at the distant sky.
From that direction, a radiant light burst open, accompanied by a force that made his heart tremble.
Only a few hundred kilometers from the volcano range, at the headquarters safe zone of Earth Civilization, Chen Tianzhi and all Superpower Users who had reached the Human Limit suddenly dashed to the top of the building, gazing towards the far horizon.
Even ordinary people sensed something.
Because the light in that direction was incredibly bright.
And given that this world wasn't spherical, or rather had a very small curvature, despite the distance, ordinary people could still see the far-off light.
"What's happening over there?"
"That wave... why does it seem like the effect of a hydrogen bomb explosion?"
Chen Tianzhi was uncertain, quickly contemplating which of the split teams during their initial escape might still have a hydrogen bomb hidden?
...
Yang Yuan didn't wait for the first massive explosion to pass before launching a second shell.
Although the power of the level ten Firepower Flying Disc's shell greatly exceeded his expectations.
He didn't believe that a single shell could resolve the Drought Fiend.
But it didn't matter, since he had nearly a million such shells.
With a thought, he fired the second shell, followed by the third, and the fourth—
The Firepower Flying Disc's cannon could fire three shells per second.
But these shells were so fast that despite the short interval, the next shell was still over ten kilometers away from the previous one.
The Firepower Flying Disc continued to ascend as streams of light shot like meteors towards the Drought Fiend over a hundred kilometers away, engaged in a heaven-and-earth collision.
Such enormous shells, at such terrifying speeds, inherently carried unimaginable kinetic energy.
Plus, the explosive power directly obliterated the ground within a radius of hundreds of miles, with the shockwave possibly sweeping out a thousand kilometers.