Chapter 582: Dawn Nuclear Bomb’s Debut, Killing Unicorn Rhino

“‘Dawn’ deployment complete, activation key entered successfully, target locked successfully, enemy distance from our position is 29 kilometers…”

Inside the command vehicle, the voice of the launch vehicle commander rang out.

Alpha glanced at Yu Yuan and immediately gave the order.

“Fire!”

“Yes, ‘Dawn’ tactical nuclear bomb, firing!”

As the button was pressed, after a brief delay, there was a soft “whoosh,” and the [Dawn Tactical Nuclear Bomb] was ejected from the launch silo into the air. Immediately after, scorching flames shot out from the missile’s tail.

With a howling roar, it began accelerating toward the target coordinates.

On the command vehicle, the flight trajectory of the [Dawn Tactical Nuclear Bomb] appeared on the screen.

Also appearing on the screen were the reinforcements from the other two cities.

“Missile flight attitude is normal…”

The [Dawn Tactical Nuclear Bomb] approached the reinforcement forces from those two cities at incredible speed.

But just as it reached 3 kilometers from the target—

“Subjected to strong jamming capability, nature of capability unknown, missile has lost target… Missile has lost target…”

Alpha frowned slightly, but before he could speak—

“Missile initiating auto-lock, filtering attack target conditions: [Priority given to largest volume and most concentrated targets], missile has re-locked target…”

The next moment, there was no need for further reports.

An extremely bright ball of light ignited from an area twenty to thirty kilometers away.

A massive fireball rose alongside a mushroom cloud, illuminating that stretch of sky.

The Cloud-Tide Flying Turtle, as a species that controlled storms, had been altering the wind direction since earlier. Now, it finally began to take effect.

The explosion core diameter of the [Dawn Tactical Nuclear Bomb] was 600 meters.

Its direct impact range was between 6 and 8 kilometers, posing no threat whatsoever to the Pioneering Group at Gado Lakefront.

Coupled with the Cloud-Tide Flying Turtle changing the overall wind direction in this area,

It also eliminated the possibility of radioactive dust drifting downwind and contaminating the Gado Lakefront.

Thus, when the shockwave traveled over twenty kilometers and reached Gado Lakefront, only a faint ripple remained.

The drones, which had been prepared in advance, activated once more. Before long, the scene of the explosion site appeared on the screen.

“Report, the [Dawn Tactical Nuclear Bomb] attack has been completed…”

Upon hearing this, Yu Yuan paid no further attention and left the rest to Alpha.

The motor lodge opened again, and Shadow was waiting for him.

“Shadow, how’s the interrogation going?”

“King, there are restraints in the target’s soul. No useful information can be obtained. The moment he harbors any intention to reveal secrets, there’s a risk of his soul collapsing…” Shadow shook his head slightly.

Yu Yuan understood. This was the most troublesome kind of enemy.

‘Snake Kiss,’ as a premier Gold-tier faction—

Especially a faction specializing in intelligence and mercenary missions—without certain control measures,

Yu Yuan would have found it abnormal.

But… that meant Yu Yuan would have trouble learning about ‘Snake Kiss’’s intelligence.

Wait…

Yu Yuan was suddenly stunned.

Entering the room, Unicorn Rhino’s body was a gruesome mess. It was clear Shadow had gone to great lengths during the interrogation.

If not for the healing potions keeping him alive, he would have been eliminated long ago.

“Although it will likely fail! But trying doesn’t hurt!”

The next moment, Yu Yuan raised his arm and used his Psychic Ability on Unicorn Rhino—[Cured, But Still Drools!]

— [Diagnosis: Amnesia] ×6

Yu Yuan drained all the Psychic Ability he could use that day in a single go.

Unicorn Rhino, who had been moaning on the ground, immediately rolled his eyes back, his body trembling slightly.

Meanwhile, Yu Yuan received six different memory fragments in succession.

Three of those memory fragments showed no abnormalities.

But the remaining three, the instant they entered Yu Yuan’s mind, transformed into three massive black snakes, each with a single vertical pupil on their heads. Their gaze toward Yu Yuan’s consciousness was filled with scrutiny.

The three giant snakes opened their jaws wide, revealing gleaming venomous fangs, and lunged toward Yu Yuan’s consciousness.

The three vertical pupils emitted a gray glow, shrouding the entire consciousness space, preparing to freeze everything.

This was the unique soul restraint within the ‘Snake Kiss’ organization—‘Snake Kiss.’

It was precisely this special restraint that made ‘Snake Kiss’ the most mysterious among the several Gold-tier factions.

Unicorn Rhino was neither the first captured member of ‘Snake Kiss’ nor would he be the last.

But no one had ever managed to extract intelligence about the organization from a ‘Snake Kiss’ member.

All thanks to this soul restraint.

But today…

This soul restraint of ‘Snake Kiss’ had failed!

The moment before the gray glow touched Yu Yuan’s consciousness, the [Mysticist] talent was triggered.

The light shield, which had only been silently protecting him and had even dimmed slightly, instantly burst into a dazzling golden radiance.

Then, countless dense golden light nets enveloped the three black giant snakes with vertical pupils.

Hiss, hiss—

In an instant, the sound of snakes echoed in Yu Yuan’s mind.

They seemed to sense the danger, and the gray glow in their vertical pupils grew even more intense.

Even their sharp venomous fangs oozed black soul venom.

But these measures had no effect against the golden light nets formed by the [Mysticist] talent.

The moment they touched the golden light nets, they shattered into dense black energy, which was then purified and erased by the golden light nets.

And the fine mesh of the golden light nets filtered out white information fragments.

These filtered and purified information fragments fused together, forming three relatively detailed pieces of secret intelligence.

Yu Yuan naturally sensed the change in his consciousness space immediately.

A victorious smile spread across his face.

“As expected, the [Mysticist] can counter all information and intelligence related to pollution and taboo. This restraint naturally counts as well.”

At the same moment the secret intelligence was secured,

Unicorn Rhino, struck by six [Diagnosis: Amnesia] simultaneously, had his mental consciousness completely collapse. He didn’t even have time to let out a scream.

Amidst convulsions and twitching, he let out a final “gasp” and breathed his last.

[Ding… Player ID: Unicorn Rhino Shelter confirmed dead. This invasion war has ended. Settlement and evaluation in progress…]

[Congratulations, Player ID ‘Yu Yuan Shelter’ has won this invasion war!]

[Congratulations, Player ID ‘Yu Yuan Shelter’ has received Civilization Treasure Chest (Bronze-tier) ×1, Civilization Points 30]

[Killed Player ID ‘Unicorn Rhino Shelter,’ triggered Civilization Focus ‘Military Plunder’ effect—Loot +20%]

[Killed Player ID ‘Unicorn Rhino Shelter,’ triggered ‘Meryes Ram Skull’ effect—Loot +2%]

[Congratulations, Player ID ‘Yu Yuan Shelter’ has received loot—84,229,324 Survival Points]

[Congratulations, Player ID ‘Yu Yuan Shelter’ has destroyed Unicorn Rhino Shelter, received random facility from that shelter ×1]

[Congratulations, Player ID ‘Yu Yuan Shelter’ has met challenge requirements. Current Leaderboard update: Rank 1,252]

[Killed Player ID ‘Unicorn Rhino Shelter,’ triggered Civilization Focus ‘Expansionism’ effect, received 100 Civilization Points. Unicorn Rhino Shelter’s exclusive world coordinates recorded. Can consume Survival Points to conquer and plunder that world (does not require consuming ‘War Token’)]

[Detected Player ID ‘Unicorn Rhino Shelter’ as Civilization Leader of the ‘Potion Civilization,’ triggered Civilization Focus ‘Cultural Integration Decree’ effect. Consume 30 Civilization Points to merge this civilization into the Ten Thousand Nations Pact Civilization system?]