Unlike the somber atmosphere of Roosevelt Palace, the Forbidden Forest exudes a joyful and peaceful ambiance.
When they saw what the prophet saw through the prophet's words, they learned what kind of calamity they had escaped...
The giants were immediately filled with boundless reverence for the friend mentioned in the great prophecy!
This is no longer friendship; Qing Chen is now a hero who saved the entire Giant Dynasty!
The giants kept exclaiming "Wow!" one after another, making Qing Ji's head ache.
Zard looked at the giants and exclaimed, "Wow!"
Da Yu, standing to the side, looked at him expressionlessly: "Please don't teach these giants to say 'fuck' and 'awesome,' thank you."
Zard: "How did you know I wanted to teach? Are you a mind reader?"
Da Yu: "..."
The giant prophet looked at Qing Ji with a puzzled expression: "I'm very curious, how did that great friend guess all of this? Does he also have the ability to predict the future?"
At one point, the giant prophet even felt that Qing Chen also possessed the racial talent to foresee the future, and had already stepped into the third level of the 'Destiny' realm.
But that great friend clearly didn't have that ability.
Previously, the giants referred to Qing Chen as "a friend from the great prophecy," but now they call him "a great friend," indicating a fundamental change in their attitude...
Da Yu said from the side, "Who can explain this to the giant?"
Zard: "I..."
Before Zard could finish speaking, Da Yu grabbed him by the throat.
At this moment, Li Tongyun stepped forward and said, "Let me recap. Brother Qingchen is also willing to let you understand what really happened. In fact, there is a very crucial piece of information and a very crucial person in this matter: Black Spider. She helped Brother Qingchen see the true nature of this matter."
Black Spider also joined the giants in the fight, but although she was an A-rank, her presence wasn't very noticeable as she charged wildly alongside the giants, to the point that everyone almost forgot about her.
When Li Tongyun mentioned that she was a key figure, a giant helped translate, and then the giants all turned to look at her at the same time: "Wow!"
Black Spider thought that the exclamation was absolutely mesmerizing in the Forbidden Forest.
She felt a little uncomfortable under their gaze, and even pointed to herself with some insecurity: "Me...me? I helped the Joker?"
Li Tongyun nodded: "You shared some very useful information: Duke Storm has been keeping King, a key figure, hidden away. King's strength is indeed quite good, A-level, with wizarding heritage, and he even has the ambition to become the fifth duke."
To be fair, with his own inheritance leading to demigodhood and his competence, if Duke Storm becomes king, then he would naturally be the next candidate to become duke. King's choice, in itself, is not problematic.
Li Tongyun continued, "But based solely on his own strength and wisdom, Duke Storm wouldn't need to hide him as a trump card. So, what ability does he possess that could be helpful to a demigod like Duke Storm? There is one, and only one: the Key Gate!"
"If we assume... and remember, it's an assumption, that Duke Storm intends to use the Key Gate to escape, then we can continue to speculate: Duke Storm is on the impregnable Storm Fortress, and being a demigod himself, he is in no danger at all. Moreover, since he is confident and certain of his rebellion, why would he prepare a perfect escape route in advance without letting anyone know? Whatever he intends to do, the situation is definitely unfavorable to the giants."
"At this point, Brother Qingchen no longer needed to know what methods Duke Storm planned to use to deal with the giants. He just wanted to leave the giants the same escape route. So he had Uncle Qingji come at full speed and leave you behind on the way. Uncle Qingji opened the Shadow Gate, took out the Key Gate that we had prepared in advance, and had you crawl through it one by one, directly teleporting you to the Forbidden Forest outside Outpost 5. With the Key Gate as a safety net, no matter what dangers we encounter in the future, this is at least a way out."
"Brother Qingchen didn't expect the other side to drop a nuclear bomb, and he didn't even know what the other side was going to do. He just felt that the other side must have prepared a disaster for the giants, and this disaster came very quickly, which is why Duke Storm needed to evacuate in an instant."
After listening to Li Tongyun's recap, the giant prophet sighed softly, "Although that great friend did not have the ability to foresee the future, he still created miracles that we could not create, and he frankly admitted that he could not guess everything... Perhaps that is the source of his charm."
Black Spider listened silently as Li Tongyun reviewed the situation, as this was the first time she had personally experienced Qing Chen's amazing abilities.
Now that's good, I've provided crucial information; the giant shouldn't kill me anymore, right? I'm a hero now...
Black Spider thought: Should I follow the giant or Qing Chen from now on?
It seems pretty good.
The giants looked at their king, waiting for his decision on what to do next.
Li Tongyun said, "Brother Qingchen said that if this is really a conspiracy, then the giants should hold back for now, because the Roosevelt Kingdom has not been seriously injured and their strength is still very strong."
The prophet smiled and said, "Why don't you all come with us to the Giants' Court? There you'll find many fruits you've never seen before."
Li Tongyun nodded: "It just so happens that the War Academy on Whale Island also needs to replenish its ranks with new species!"
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The "No. 11" airship was located 290 kilometers from the epicenter of the nuclear explosion. By this point, the pulse and radiation had weakened considerably and were no longer enough to damage the EMP-resistant coating of an airship.
Just as the Eternal Spear was about to fall, the Eleventh Elder closed the glass of the airship, which hovered in mid-air.
Then he turned on the holographic projector and displayed the satellite images in real time.
Old Eleven called out to everyone: "Come, come, come! This is a once-in-a-lifetime sight; every glance is one less we may see."
Ten seconds later, the Eternal Spear landed rapidly on the ground.
Boom!
A giant mushroom cloud billowed into the sky, a spectacular and magnificent sight.
The eleventh soldier put his arm around a female soldier and said, "Do you know that humanity was almost destroyed because of this thing? That battle between the Western and Eastern continents was earth-shattering and shocking, plunging the entire Earth into a long nuclear winter. Smoke and dust filled the atmosphere, and sunlight couldn't get in at all. In some places, the temperature could drop to minus 150 degrees Celsius at night. In just three days, 6.8 billion people froze to death, and those who survived could only barely cling to life."
The female soldier burrowed into his arms: "Ah, how scary."
Qing Chen knew that there was an organization called 'Thugs' in the Eastern Continent, which was dedicated to destroying nuclear weapons around the world to prevent humanity from falling into the same crisis again.
Unfortunately, the rioters have long since disappeared.
At this moment, the female soldier looked up at Old Eleven and asked, "If a nuclear bomb explodes now, will it trigger another nuclear winter?"
"Won't."
"Why?"
After careful consideration, the eleventh brother replied, "It's like... when shooting down a plane, you can't just fire once a minute. Dropping one nuclear bomb a year won't trigger a nuclear winter."
Qing Chen: "..."
He Jinqiu: "..."
Bolton: "Vulgar, greasy."
Looking at the holographic projection, Qing Chen finally understood what Duke Storm was up to.
What a vicious mind!
Fortunately, he left a way out for the giants; otherwise, the Roosevelt Kingdom would have had no force to restrain them on the western continent.
But here's the question: how did the Black Knights know in advance that the nuclear bomb was about to fall, and how did it land at just the right distance?
The Black Knights of Silver City are not as simple as one might imagine, nor are they merely people who indulge in eating, drinking, and merrymaking.
Chapter 868, The Giant's Cultivation
Within a 310-kilometer radius of the explosion's epicenter, yellow sand filled the air, and the massive storm continued unabated.
This place has become a no-go zone for humans.
Qing Chen watched silently from the airship. If this nuclear bomb had been dropped over City 10, the entire city would probably have perished.
The Roosevelt Kingdom has already produced weapons of this caliber, but the Eastern Continent is completely unprepared.
Now, the Roosevelt Kingdom is planning to relocate to the Eastern Continent, so it does not want to use such a highly polluting weapon.
But if one day the battle comes to an end, the mad Fate Master might drag everyone down to hell with him.
On the No. 11 airship, the Black Knight, the Eleventh, led 13 subordinates and changed into radiation protection suits.
He ordered the airship to continue for another 30 kilometers, monitor radiation levels, and be ready to land at any time.
But then they saw that the eleventh brother was carrying a huge box, the contents of which were unknown.
However, before the airship could get any closer, its communications were already activated.
Because of the radiation, the communication was crackling.
The Silver Duke said, "The target isn't dead. There's no need to go. Go home immediately."
At this moment, Old Eleven whistled and cheerfully took off his radiation protection suit: "Thank goodness we don't have to go to that awful place. Wouldn't it be better to just drink and pick up girls here? Why did we have to brave the sandstorm to go in... Let's hurry back, destination: Silver City. I can't wait to go home!"
Marquis Bolton stared in disbelief: "Wait a minute, take us to the central capital first!"
The eleventh prince said casually, "It's not on my way, how can I take you there? If you want to go to the Central Royal City, that's fine too. You can go down there yourself, and the steward will come with me. Consider it my way of paying for your trip to the Central Royal City."
Bolton stubbornly retorted, "Then no need. Let's go to Silver City first. I'll have my wife send an airship to pick me up."
It was nearly morning, and everyone was overcome with sleepiness.
The eleventh brother arranged for Qingchen and He Jinqiu to share a dormitory room, while Bolton's room was two corridors away from theirs and not adjacent at all.
This was an attempt to isolate Qing Chen from Bolton, creating an opportunity to poach him independently.
As it turned out, Bolton was a ruthless guy; he simply slept on the floor of Qingchen's double room.
Qingchen told him to sleep in the bed, but he absolutely refused to get up...
Suddenly, this guy became smart.
The room had two single beds, and Bolton was fast asleep on a makeshift bed between them.
Qing Chen lay on his bed, typing on his phone, then held it out for He Jinqiu to see: "Where are the nuclear missile silos in the Roosevelt Kingdom? On the air fortress?"
The two of them kept communicating on their phones, their hands moving back and forth above Bolton's forehead, while Bolton snored loudly, completely unaware of what was happening.
He Jinqiu typed on his phone for Qing Chen to see: "There are launch silos in the air fortress, but including the ones in the central royal city, there are only five. Even if they launch nuclear missiles, it is not enough to pose a full threat to the Eastern Continent. The more important thing is the Empire's TOP missile launch base. As far as I know, the facilities there are enough for them to launch 288 nuclear missiles within 6 hours. That is the biggest threat."
Generally speaking, nuclear deterrence does not simply refer to the development of nuclear weapons, but rather the ability to drag the entire world into hell when one is attacked.
Then it will pull the Earth into a nuclear winter.
Some experts estimate that it would take possessing more than 1,000 nuclear warheads to barely achieve this.
Therefore, while the nuclear weapons carried by the air fortress are terrifying, they are not insurmountable. The Empire's TOP missile launch base is the biggest threat to the Eastern Continent.
If the Roosevelt Kingdom gets desperate, they really might drop a nuclear bomb.
Qing Chen typed on his phone: "Before the true colors are revealed, this base must be destroyed. Does Boss He know where it is?"
He Jinqiu: "I don't know. I only know that it is a military base near the coastline. However, there are 27 military bases there, so it is difficult to tell which one it is."
At this moment, Qingchen typed on his phone: "One".
"I'm here.ヽ(°▽°)ノ"
Qing Chen: "...What kind of novel chat style is this emoticon?!"