724. The Last LV5
Beneath the calm surface of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, a massive black shadow was moving rapidly.
The schools of fish below the surface were fleeing in all directions as if driven mad, because behind them was a super-terror capable of devouring them all.
The massive shadow followed the currents of the Northwestern Pacific, constantly advancing towards the Japanese archipelago.
Its enormous body had a height of two hundred meters, and a length reaching several thousand meters.
This massive shadow wasn't far from the surface of the sea.
If it were daytime, one could even see the outline of the massive shadow directly from above.
However, it was currently nighttime, and although there was moonlight, the shadow below was completely invisible.
Unnoticed by anyone, this massive shadow continued to move rapidly along the Northwestern Pacific current towards the Japanese archipelago.
At the GHQ headquarters in Tokyo, Wang Xiaoming was putting the finishing touches on his work.
During this period, he had been continuously releasing Gastrea around the world, successfully reducing the numbers of the Void Genome soldiers in various locations.
And those Void Genome soldiers would each transform into Apocalypse Virus harvesting machines, constantly absorbing the Apocalypse Virus in their respective areas.
Upon death, they would turn into purple crystals.
To outsiders, the situation of dying and turning into crystals was exactly the same as when Gastrea died, due to being injected with the Apocalypse Virus.
It was true that there was an Apocalypse Virus, but that Apocalypse Virus was not injected by the Gastrea.
Instead, after they were killed, they actively transformed into Apocalypse Virus absorption machines, absorbing it from the surrounding atmosphere and human bodies.
Therefore, when Wang Xiaoming released the Gastrea, he released only a small amount in each area, and each time he released them in different places, trying to cover all areas as much as possible.
Now, the Apocalypse Virus in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and most parts of Asia had been almost completely absorbed, with very little remaining.
Of course, the area with the most Apocalypse Virus was Japan.
This was where the Apocalypse Virus outbreak had originated, with the last outbreak starting in Tokyo, so the concentration here was the highest, with almost everyone having a large amount of Apocalypse Virus dormant in their bodies.
Therefore, Wang Xiaoming wanted to make this the final Apocalypse Virus harvesting ground.
This was also the final mission for Ouma Shu and Jiang Shenya.
After a long period of training and combat deployments, Jiang Shenya and Ouma Shu had now developed their Void Genome awakening to 40%, very close to the 50% mark for berserking.
Generally speaking, an ordinary battle could not instantly push forward this 10% gap, but if it was not an ordinary battle, but a long-term, high-intensity, desperate battle, then the situation would be different.
As the protagonist, how could you not know how to explode with power? So, as long as they were given a stimulus, their Void awakening could be pushed to 50%, and then they would transform into berserk Apocalypse Virus absorption machines.
On his personal terminal, Wang Xiaoming looked at the current worldwide distribution of the Apocalypse Virus and was very satisfied.
After observing the distribution of the Apocalypse Virus, he closed his eyes and began to sense the location of the largest source of Apocalypse Virus nearby, which was the octopus he had cultivated into an LV5.
"Hmm? It's already this close! ?"
Wang Xiaoming looked south in surprise.
These Gastrea were a combination of Gastrea and Void genes, but because of Wang Xiaoming's modification, they were actually a kind of Apocalypse Virus absorber.
The higher the level, the stronger the absorption ability.
The LV5 Gastrea naturally absorbed the Apocalypse Virus at the fastest rate.
Wang Xiaoming had left that octopus to develop on its own, but he didn't expect it to develop to this extent so quickly.
There wasn't much virus left in the entire Western Pacific region, it had all been absorbed by it.
And this largest carrier of the Apocalypse Virus was now advancing towards Tokyo.
According to Wang Xiaoming's senses, that thing was only fifty kilometers away from Tokyo.
"Fifty kilometers, at this speed, it will arrive in less than an hour, it's time to prepare."
Wang Xiaoming turned off his personal terminal and immediately sounded the alarm.
Inside the peaceful GHQ base at night, the sudden alarm startled everyone.
"What's going on?"
Lieutenant General Hatton rushed out of his room, not even having put on his pants properly.
"I'm not sure, this is a special alarm that is only sounded when the base is under attack.
Could it be that the base is under attack?"
The adjutant's room was not far away, and the adjutant, who also hadn't put on his pants properly, ran out of the room and told Hatton what the alarm meant.
The two quickly put on their pants, straightened their shirts, and shouted as they walked.
"Soldier! Soldier!"
"Sir, I'm here!"
A passing soldier quickly ran over.
"What's going on, why is the alarm going off, who is attacking the base?"
"It was Major Wang who sounded the alarm, he is gathering all the Void Squads."
"Major Wang? What's going on?"
Hatton was very puzzled.
He didn't suspect that Wang Xiaoming wanted to rebel or anything, he was just very curious as to why Wang Xiaoming suddenly sounded the alarm in the middle of the night.
"Major Wang has asked everyone to go to the training ground, we are also heading there."
"Go!"
Lieutenant General Hatton led the adjutant to follow the soldier's footsteps and arrived at the training ground together.
Many Void Genome soldiers had already arrived at the training ground, and many ordinary soldiers had also come.
After all, they all had to get up when the base attack alarm sounded.
Like the Void Genome soldiers, they were all very curious about what had happened.
Lieutenant General Hatton immediately looked at Wang Xiaoming, who was standing at the highest point, after arriving.
Wang Xiaoming also saw Lieutenant General Hatton, didn't speak, but nodded to Hatton.
Lieutenant General Hatton understood that Wang Xiaoming had something to say, so he wasn't in a hurry, found a place to sit down with his adjutant, and waited for Wang Xiaoming's explanation later.
The Void Genome soldiers gathered quickly.
Soon, the remaining sixty or so people, including Ouma Shu, arrived.
They gathered together, but didn't line up in any particular order, but stood scattered around the training ground.
Wang Xiaoming saw that everyone had arrived, so he clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.
"Very good, everyone has arrived."
"Major, where is the enemy?"
The chief warrant officer in charge of commanding the Void Force was still alive.
As the commanding officer, he took the lead in asking Wang Xiaoming.
Now that everyone had been called, there must be a mission, which meant there was an enemy.
"The enemy, you say.
The reason I called you over is indeed because there is an enemy, but this time's enemy is different from the enemies you've encountered before.
This time's enemy requires all of you to deal with it together!"
Wang Xiaoming snapped his fingers, and the projection device next to him suddenly lit up, projecting a huge black shadow into the air.
"This is the enemy you will be facing next!"
725. Base Defense War
"Information from sonar detection shows that this big guy is over 1900 meters long, over 100 meters thick underwater, and moves at 50 knots.
This is a speed that no submarine or large surface ship can currently reach, but this guy has done it."
"And most importantly, we detected that it once submerged to a depth of thousands of meters underwater during its movement, which means it has a very terrifying pressure resistance ability and extremely terrifying physical qualities.
We currently cannot know whether this monster can go ashore, but we can be sure of one thing, that is, once this big guy can go ashore, it will be a devastating blow to the cities on the ground, which is more terrifying than the biggest monster we encountered before!"
A black object on the projection that looked like a torpedo was described in detail by Wang Xiaoming, but the data presented made everyone present dumbfounded.
What thing is this, over 100 meters thick and 1900 meters long, is this thing serious?
"So can it go ashore or not?"
"According to its current trajectory, I'm afraid it can go ashore."
Wang Xiaoming snapped his fingers, and the projection screen changed to a movement path map, which showed that this huge black monster was moving north along the currents of the Northwestern Pacific, heading straight for Tokyo Bay.
"Although Tokyo Bay is a deep-water port, I don't think there are enough fish there for it to prey on.
But if it's not going to Tokyo Bay to prey, what is it going there for?
I can only guess that it wants to find a place to go ashore, as for what the purpose of going ashore is, it's definitely not to find a place to bask in the moonlight and rest after eating its fill."
"Oh my god, that guy's destination is actually our base!"
Lieutenant General Hatton stared wide-eyed at the information displayed on the map.
"That's right, so I sounded the attack alarm after discovering this. At his speed, he will be here in less than half an hour. We must be prepared to fight him."
The GHQ base is right on the coast. If the monster lands and has a clear target, they will essentially have to engage in battle immediately.
"Damn it, why are so many messy things popping up?"
Lieutenant General Hatton couldn't help but curse.
He came here to seize power. The Void Soldiers, that's a new unit, and this unit will become the ace unit in the army. Lieutenant General Hatton, who was already a powerful figure, would have no problem becoming a General if he controlled this unit. It could also pave the way for his family's future status.
But now, after only being here for a little over a month, the Void Soldiers have appeared, but many monsters have also appeared around the world, and they have to rely on the Void Soldiers to deal with them. This is nothing. This further confirms that the Void Soldiers are the future of the army. Even if the Void Soldiers suffer losses, it doesn't matter, because the Gastrea must be dealt with by the Void Soldiers. This in turn raises the status of the Void Soldiers, and as the commander of this unit, Lieutenant General Hatton's position will also rise.
But that doesn't mean he wants to face the direct impact of this kind of super-large monster.
"Is there any way to stop it from landing?"
"General, there are two ways to stop it from landing."
"Speak!"
"One is to intercept it directly underwater, but our army's submarines and torpedoes can't keep up with its speed. If we launch a long-range torpedo attack head-on, based on its body's pressure resistance and the monster's self-healing ability that we currently know, I'm afraid it won't work."
"The other is to try using a nuclear bomb directly, but it's too close to Tokyo and too close to our base. Even if we launch a nuclear bomb now to blow it up, the time it takes will be enough for it to approach us. By then, the subsequent pollution from the nuclear explosion will make things very difficult for us here, and you won't accept the follow-up handling issues of using a nuclear bomb rashly, General."
Nuclear bombs are certainly a very good option, but unfortunately, even if they don't treat the Japanese as people, if they drop a nuclear bomb now, the United States will face huge public pressure. This is outside Tokyo, not some uninhabited island in the Pacific!
At that time, Hatton will definitely be sent to a military court. Even if his response is correct, the military needs someone to take the blame, and no one here is more suitable for taking the blame than Hatton.
Hatton understood Wang Xiaoming's meaning and frowned deeply.
"Isn't that the same as having no solution at all?"
"Of course not. There is another way that I am preparing, which is to have the Void Squad get ready and directly kill it in the shallow water area after it enters the shallow water area. Such a huge body must expose part of its body after entering Tokyo Bay. Then it will be up to the Void Squad."
Wang Xiaoming looked at the Void Soldiers below.
"And that's why I called you here. Now you can go and prepare. You must be fully prepared, because this will be the most difficult battle you have ever faced in your life!"
"Yes!"
The sergeant major loudly took the order and then led the Void Soldiers away.
They were going to prepare and then go to the coast to meet the enemy, leaving behind Shu Ouma and the others.
They did not belong to the Void Force, but were the Void Squad directly under Wang Xiaoming.
"Are we going too?"
Shu Ouma asked Wang Xiaoming.
"That's right, you're going too, and I'm going too. This crisis threatens not only the entire base, but the entire Tokyo and even the entire Japan from that monster, so all of us have to go."
"I understand."
"Go and prepare."
After Wang Xiaoming asked the three to prepare, he didn't say anything more, but looked at Lieutenant General Hatton, who was frowning and thinking.
"General, don't worry, they can stop that monster."
"Can they really stop it?"
"Of course."
"Major Wang, I believe in you. Please lead the Void Soldiers you created and show me what you can do!"
Originally, Lieutenant General Hatton was already thinking about whether to run away. He already knew how terrifying this kind of monster was when he fought the LV4 before, but that was just an LV4 monster, and it destroyed an entire town. Now, a 1900-meter behemoth has come directly, and he is dumbfounded. What weapon can solve this thing besides a nuclear bomb?
But Wang Xiaoming said it was possible, so he, who had always trusted Wang Xiaoming, chose to believe Wang Xiaoming one more time!
Soon, the entire Void Force was ready and left the base together to go to the coastline. They were going to snipe this extremely huge monster there!
726. Appearing from the Tsunami
On the coastline of Tokyo Bay, GHQ troops were rapidly gathering.
Although the main combat personnel were the Void Soldiers, the army also had their role to play. For example, they could provide preliminary fire suppression to a certain extent, which could be considered a help to the Void Soldier squad, right? The last time with the LV4 monster, these soldiers had already understood that missiles and the like had very little effect on monsters like LV4. Those monsters were not only thick-skinned, but also had incredibly strong regeneration abilities. Ordinary bullets could not break their defenses at all, and the result after ballistic missiles broke their defenses was that although they blew open a little bit, they were quickly healed by the other party's regeneration ability, as if nothing had happened.
The entire coastline was covered with various tanks and rocket launchers. In addition, the Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka Port also began to move.
However, considering that they would be directly overturned if the monster got too close, they did not approach, but left Tokyo Bay in advance. After all, even if they were parked in Tokyo Bay, they would be within the monster's attack range, and could even be said to be blocked at the door and beaten by the monster.
Therefore, after receiving the order, the fleet left Tokyo Bay as soon as possible and ran towards the Pacific Ocean northeast. In this way, even if the monster wanted to chase them, they could at least run for a while. If it really didn't work, they could pull away to the Pacific Ocean and directly drop a nuclear bomb.
Everything was ready, and the eyes of ordinary soldiers in the army all fell on the sixty-odd people standing at the forefront. Those were the Void Soldiers who carried the hopes of everyone.
The battles with monsters over the past month or so had basically made everyone aware that only Void could defeat Void.
The reason why those monsters mutated was because of the power of the Apocalypse Virus, and Void was also a manifestation of the power of the Apocalypse Virus, so the power of the Void Soldiers could always hurt those monsters. Although the monsters could still continuously heal themselves with their regeneration abilities, at least they had a means of hurting them.
Then there was the core breakthrough. As long as they found the location of the monster's core and then broke it with a single blow, they could win the battle.
Low-level monsters had relatively poor self-healing abilities and were relatively small in size. The core was easy to find, and even randomly smashing it with AOE could accidentally hit the core, and then it would be broken.
But high-level monsters were huge in size and had amazing defenses. AOE was generally difficult to touch the core, and it was necessary to accurately break through the core to succeed.
The LV4 that destroyed an entire district of Tokyo before was not easy to find the location of the core, and then Jiang Shenghai shot through it with a fully charged arrow.
Thanks to Jiang Shenghai's Void being an arrow that could launch piercing attacks, and its piercing ability was very strong, even Oguma's greatsword could not easily cut open that LV4, but when faced with Jiang Shenghai's piercing characteristics, it was still solved.
And now, what they were facing was the largest monster in history, a super monster classified as LV5 by Wang Xiaoming!
"Report from the front!"
Wang Xiaoming was also present on the coastline. As the creator of the Void Force, he was also a witness to this operation. A soldier ran to his side.
"Speak."
"The reconnaissance helicopter has discovered the location of the monster, ten kilometers from the coastline!"
"How are the Seventh Fleet's fighters prepared?"
"A squadron of carrier-based aircraft has already taken off, and subsequent carrier-based aircraft squadrons are preparing to take off. The surface fleet is also locked on and ready. As soon as the monster appears, they will immediately launch Tomahawk missiles to strike."
"Very good, maintain communication with the fleet."
"Yes!"
The communications soldier went down, and Wang Xiaoming looked at the water.
