198 The Sword Wielder (1/2)

Chapter 198: The Sword Wielder

Translator: _Min_Editor: Yukira_

The God's Cane was formerly known as God's Cane Space-based Kinetic Energy Weapon System. NATO completed the deployment of the weapon system in 2030, but now its combat ability was no longer limited to kinetic energy attack.

Over the past hundred years, NATO had continuously perfected this weapon system. Although its core attack was still a vertical strike by tungsten rod bombs, in addition to that, NATO had also added high power microwave weapon (HPM), wide-area electromagnetic pulse (EMP), as well as particle shields aboard the weapon system. NATO completely transformed it into a hedgehog-like existence—a near-Earth orbit weapon platform.

Though Jiang Chen had already experienced the power of this weapon, after listening to Lin Lin's explanation, he still got astonished.

Seeing the shock on Jiang Chen's face, Lin Lin haughtily raised her head and paused before continuing, ”That is a really powerful weapon. It is believed that to destroy it, PAC launched 27 nuclear missiles to the low Earth orbit, but they were all unfortunately intercepted. Finally, while the God's Cane's HMP was on cooldown after it had just attacked the Holy Shield system, relying on the aerospace special force's attack at ten crystals cost near-Earth orbit landers, they finally managed to capture it.”

However, before they even had the opportunity to hold the ”cane”, NATO had initiated the ”God's Cane's” self-destruction program in the hope of destroying it and preventing it from falling into the enemy's hands. So the superweapon that was in the service for over 150 years had turned into a space junk.

No one knew this weapon better than Lin Lin. After all, she was a former PAC researcher, so she more or less understood the specifics of the weapon.

”Wait, space debris?”

”Yeah, is there any problem?” Lin Lin asked, tilting her head.

”Didn't God's Cane fall onto the Earth's surface?” Jiang Chen asked with a frown.

”Of course not, I can attest to that. The post-war World Alliance Organization had considered recovering the remains at the near-Earth orbit, but the proposal was not implemented because shortly after, the implementation of space colonization plan was passed with a landslide victory. You know what happened next—six colony ships were sent to the deep space.”

”Is that so?” Jiang Chen said thoughtfully.

”Why the sudden interest?” Lin Lin was puzzled.

”What if someone used a supercomputer to determine that the remains of God's Cane fell into the downtown of Wanghai City?”

”That's impossible. You've been duped,” Lin Lin unceremoniously denied.

[Did I get fooled?]

Jiang Chen fell into deep thought.

Or did everyone get fooled?

This was troublesome.

...

Inside an ancient room, a tripod incense burner stood on top of a table, smoke floated on top of it. A man with grey sideburns leaned against a recliner, his eyes were closed, and he appeared to be taking a nap. Next to him was a woman dressed in cheongsam, and though her face could not be considered gorgeous, she certainly looked graceful.

The old-fashioned visage obviously didn't match the high-rise buildings outside the window.

To be able to build such a large manor in such a ritzy area of Sixth Street, this person must possess an immense amount of power.

Indeed, the man on the chair was Cao Jinsong, the owner of Crimson Chamber of Commerce and the head of the Group of Ten council.

There was a knock at the door, and the man slighly opened his eyes.

”Come in.” His voice was slow and gentle but without a trace of his old age.

The door slowly opened, and a woman walked in.

The face was identical to the cheongsam beauty standing beside him.

Almost as if they were cut out from the exact same mold.

Other than being twins, there was only one explanation to this: they were clones.

”Nine members of the council have sent large-scale forces to the metropolis. Among them, the Double-headed Bull Chamber of Commerce was the largest with a total of 207 people, two spider tanks, and five armored vehicles...”

Hearing his secretary's report, Cao Jinsong's eyes narrowed while nodding.

When she finished, he briefly pondered for a moment before asking, ”What about that Zhao Chenwu? Did he do anything?”

That person was slightly shrewder compared to the other council members, and his sight was not blinded by the dazzling brilliance of the crystals.

”He deployed scouts to Luzhou, and also sent a team to the city center, but their teams did not advance and just lagged behind our team,” the secretary reported as she pushed her eyeglasses up.