Chapter 908 - A Reply (2/2)
”Good job! The warheads will be detonating in China!” cried the higher-ups of the Mutant Brotherhood, cheering prematurely. They were celebrating since of all the ICBMs were launched, only one-third was able to make it beyond the atmosphere and enter China's airspace. For better or worse, they had considered it as a win.
However, after a few minutes, someone checked the satellite readings and discovered that something was wrong.
”Sir! I am not picking up any radioactive signal coming from China!” cried the operator. At that moment, the cheering stopped, followed by a tense atmosphere that cause everyone to return to their seats. The E.T.A of the bomb detonation had long passed its due and they were supposed to pick up radiation spikes all across China. However, according to their readings, the warheads merely landed on the ground, quiet, unmoving.
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”Hmm? What's going on outside? Is it raining?”
”I have no idea. Weather forecast are useless anyways. No one can really predict the weather with 100% accuracy.”
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Not long after the lights went off, the citizens of China that were awake had decided to spend the night outside their house due to the heat. When they were relaxing in their gazebo, they heard impacts on the roof, akin to rain drops. They did not know was those drops were tiny fragments of missiles that were destroyed by China! Many had thought that rain was coming since explosion in the skies was making light but not sound as the explosion was happening way beyond the atmosphere.
Compared to the cities where the people were relaxing, people in the countryside were having the time of their lives.
”Come quick! It's meteorite!”
”Where! I wanna see it!”
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Warheads that were rendered inert dropped into rice fields and farms. Naturally, the sudden incursion disturbed the wildlife that was sleeping and made a huge fuss. People were alerted and rushed to the site only to see a steaming metal ball within a large crater.
The fragments and inactive warheads landed all across China sparsely. Not more than two dropped in the city and even less in villages in the countryside. Hence, no one would even think that these things were nuclear warheads.
However, before the villagers could even try and touch it, authorities showed up quickly and picked them up. These inactive warheads would not explode but the nuclear materials inside the warheads were still dangerous to humans. It was best to collect them and store it away.
Hundreds of ICBMs were launched and thousands of nuclear warheads had entered and landed in China. Yet… nothing was going on. Not even panic on the news. It was… as if… nothing had happened. That made everyone in the Mutant Brotherhood high table scared and panicked.
”Should we launch a second strike?” one of the cabinet members asked.
”...”
No one dared to answer and while they were trying to think of a way, China was preparing their reply.
In conventional nuclear warfare, it was common for the country being attacked to sent their own nuclear bombs at the attacker. However, using nuclear as a means of counterattack was too violent and merciless to the millions of innocent citizens. There was still one way to attack, and that was to use the powerful alien tech super submarine that was still in the South China Sea!
”Commander Nie, we have received the counterattack order!” said one of the operators to Nie Shilong.
”Finally! I've been waiting for this!” Nie Shilong bellowed as he clenched his fist. Even though he had thoroughly destroyed the American Naval fleet, Nie Shilong had always thought that the vessel could do more than chasing away enemies.