Chapter 86: Effects and Consequences

The terrain of India, looking at the continent, was peninsula-shaped.

A peninsula shape, when Fierce Beasts landed, could be said to be a synonym for disaster; among all terrains, it was the one with the largest landing area for Fierce Beasts and the lowest depth. Because of this, the Indian government suffered a devastating blow right from the start; in just three days, the entire peninsula fell and was occupied by Fierce Beasts.

The Temporary Capital of the Indian government was once placed in Madhya Pradesh, and then moved to Uttar Pradesh.

At this moment, the satellite zoomed out its lens, and the Indian peninsula soon appeared. One could only see a gray mist-like scene, looking like a horizontal gray line, appearing at the location from Indore to Nagpur in Madhya Pradesh. There was no need to guess; one could know that this was the dust and fog triggered by the nuclear explosion. Only from this angle could one understand just how great the power of twenty-five Nuclear Bombs was.

The entire Frontline spanning from Indore to Nagpur was also the Indian government’s final line of survival. Once this Frontline was breached, the Indian government could almost be said to have no national defense left. Because of this, the authorities had long prepared nuclear weapons, ready to use them in times of need to deal a devastating blow to the Fierce Beasts.

The entire Frontline fell in less than half an hour, which truly left the Indian government dumbfounded, and then naturally, they launched a nuclear strike recklessly and desperately.

Now, all the watching countries smiled. Although the use of nuclear weapons was against their policies, the situation with the Fierce Beasts was pressing and a matter of life and death, so no one dared to be careless, yet no one dared to easily open this Pandora’s box. Now that India had jumped out, it was naturally something other countries were most happy to see; at least in terms of data collection, there was a target for reference.

In fact, everyone understood this principle, but the Indian government had no way to retreat and could only fight with their lives.

The dust and fog formed by the nuclear strike finally settled and dispersed after more than ten minutes. From high altitude, one could still see that the entire Frontline, which looked like the Great Wall, had disappeared, replaced by twenty-five huge shattered craters. Under the attack of twenty-five high-yield Nuclear Weapons, this place had completely turned into a desert-like existence.

The camera zoomed in quickly, and the ground could be seen again soon.

What met the eye was endless desolation. At the center point, the ultra-high temperature caused the sand and mud here to form into ceramic crystals; I feared this place would forever become one of the lands that could not be cultivated. Whether it was humans and equipment, or Fierce Beasts, at the center point, it was empty; nothing existed.

Only when moving away from the center point could some scattered weapons be seen.

Further away, one began to see some twisted and mutilated corpses of high-level Fierce Beasts; at this distance, human corpses could not withstand the high temperature and had turned to ashes. As for low-level Fierce Beasts, they were slightly better off than humans, with some mutilated corpses remaining.

Further outward, the corpses of humans and Fierce Beasts were intertwined, with dead bodies of humans and beasts everywhere.

Next came the Radiation Zone, where the few humans and Fierce Beasts were all exposed to radiation, but it was impossible for the characteristics of radiation to show up immediately. These humans and beasts had long been blinded by the light radiation, and the intense pain made them roll on the ground, screaming. A large number of Fierce Beasts flopped on the ground, struggling constantly.

The massive tide of Fierce Beasts, under this nuclear strike, almost turned to ashes, with less than one-fifth surviving.

The shocking nuclear strike almost ignored the levels of these Fierce Beasts; even the powerful Level Six Fierce Beasts could only die with hatred under the nuclear strike. Especially the Flying Fierce Beasts that fell behind the Frontline to destroy heavy firepower, not a single one managed to escape; they all disappeared completely under the terrifying power of the central area.

Zhou Liming witnessed the truest side of a nuclear strike for the first time. Although hundreds of thousands of Fierce Beasts were eliminated, humanity similarly paid the price of at least six hundred thousand soldiers. From another perspective, this should be considered a great victory for humanity; the combat ability of Fierce Beasts, even the lowest level ones, fighting one against ten was not an exaggeration.

The higher the level of the Fierce Beast, the more powerful its combat ability; a single Level Six Fierce Beast could even defeat a whole division.

From this perspective, humanity had achieved an unprecedented victory, and the price paid was almost negligible. Moreover, after this nuclear strike, at least one-third of the Fierce Beasts within the entire territory of India were eliminated, reducing the pressure on the entire Indian authorities to an even lower level.

With this reference point, as long as Fierce Beasts were found gathering to launch an offensive, a nuclear strike could be used again. There was no longer even a need to wait until they reached the Frontline; by paying the price of a certain Radiation Zone, they could be wiped out. Faced with such benefits, no one in all of humanity would stand up to accuse the Indian authorities of the cruel act of disregarding the lives of their soldiers.

The broadcast played up to here, and then the TV switched back to the so-called expert commentary.

Zhou Liming did not let out a breath until he finished watching. No wonder when leaving City Yue B, he could also sense a certain air vibration on the Transport Aircraft; it turned out that India had used a nuclear strike at that time. This kind of air vibration could only be captured by people like himself whose senses had reached a certain level.

He estimated that in the entire X Squadron, no one possessed such sensory ability.

Now Zhou Liming discovered that the distance between his abilities and those of his teammates seemed to be widening.

To make an analogy, the Fierce Beast Genes they possessed were fixed types, while the Fierce Beast Gene he had obtained was a growth type. It seemed that they were stronger than him at the beginning, but once he grew up, he could leave them far behind.

What had just been shown could only be seen by military generals of a certain level; it was still in the confidential stage domestically.

The appearance of the nuclear strike, while achieving huge results, also exposed a very serious problem. If countries with nuclear strike capabilities all adopted this drastic method like India, the entire Earth would experience at least more than five hundred nuclear explosions, so what kind of impact would that have on the Earth?

But these problems were indeed not something Zhou Liming could care about, because he was still worlds away from the level of being able to decide on nuclear force.

Once the TV program ended, the people who knew each other only discussed a few sentences, and then began to leave the canteen in twos and threes.

Zhou Liming gently pushed his dinner tray away and stood up as well. Today’s mission was not as difficult as imagined, but there were still many things for him to think over properly.

Lian Ruixue just glanced faintly at Zhou Liming, said nothing, and then left as well.

The entire canteen became empty in a moment, and after the staff cleaned it up, the lights were turned off, plunging it into darkness.