The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 703 - 696: The Complete Battle Form

The primary mechanisms of destruction for a nuclear bomb are fivefold, the first being the shockwave generated by the nuclear blast, whether through air, water, or sudden transmission, but the shockwave is the bomb’s most devastating effect, accounting for about fifty percent of a nuclear explosion’s power.

The light radiation produced by the nuclear explosion is a secondary route of destruction, amounting to roughly thirty percent of its force.

Next comes the penetrating radiation caused by a series of rays, including alpha, beta, gamma rays, and neutron streams.

Following that is the long-term nuclear contamination and damage caused by the nuclear fallout dust or contaminated wastewater produced by the explosion.

Lastly, there is the additional damage to communication facilities from the electromagnetic pulse.

Whether it’s an atomic bomb, a hydrogen bomb, or a neutron bomb designed to emphasize electromagnetic destruction, aside from differences in magnitude, the primary focus is to highlight certain electromagnetic effects. But once in the vacuum environment of space, they are all alike in that the absence of a medium for propagation leads to a substantial reduction in force.

In a vacuum, without air, water, or soil as a medium, the nuclear explosion’s force is at least halved, and the remaining light radiation or hypothetical penetrating radiation is unable to cause damage to the Serpent People’s Mother Ship.

Why say so? Because the sun is a super large hydrogen bomb, a super hydrogen bomb undergoing continuous fusion reactions.

Have the sun’s light and heat radiation caused damage to the Serpent People’s Mother Ship? The answer is obviously no because a spacecraft capable of interstellar travel must first solve the problem of various kinds of radiation in space.

Unless the nuclear bomb causes direct physical destruction to Mother Ship No. 3 of the Serpent People, human-created nuclear bombs, with their light radiation and ray radiation, might not even compare to the intensity of radiation that the Serpent People encounter during space travel.

There are many celestial bodies that humans simply cannot approach, like stars, neutron stars, or even black holes. If the Serpent People are to undertake prolonged interstellar journeys, they must understand these bodies and be able to withstand the hazards they pose.

This means that destroying the Serpent People’s Mother Ship with nuclear bombs in space is possible; however, the nuclear bomb must explode inside the mother ship, releasing all its power within.

The question is, how to deliver the nuclear bomb inside the mother ship?

"What we need now is a nuclear missile, the intercontinental kind, not a single nuclear warhead," Ram said. He looked towards Gao Yuan and continued, "Go to Shenzhou, find a launchable nuclear missile, bring it to space for launch. I wonder if that would work?"

Gao Yuan also wanted to eliminate Mother Ship No. 3, the biggest threat, but right now he was more inclined to first deal with Mother Ship No. 2, which remained on Earth.

Unclear what the Serpent People’s intentions are, Mother Ship No. 3, having been on the Moon, began to flee, while Mother Ship No. 2 on Earth had yet to move. Regardless, the priority was to eliminate Mother Ship No. 2, the biggest threat to Earth.

However, Mother Ship No. 2 was fully capable, unlike Mother Ship No. 1, which had been shot down to the surface. Gao Yuan’s raid on Mother Ship No. 1 was like beating a drowning dog, but taking on the fully capable Mother Ship No. 2 was much trickier.

"Seal this up. Those creatures don’t have the ability to leave. We can deal with the ones inside later. Uncle Xiang, drive the 59 into the Ark. Brother Yang, take control of the Ark. Let’s head to Shenzhou first," Gao Yuan instructed.

Xinghe fitted the cut metal plate back into place and then began to weld it.

Previously, where to go was just a matter of Ram giving some thought, but now after entering the Ark, Xinghe had established a direct link with the Ark, and it seemed that Ram’s diamond was no longer the main channel of communication, though this required verification.

As the group reentered the Ark, Xinghe called out loudly, "Axu."

Axu’s image appeared, and Xinghe calmly said, "I’ve input the coordinates, please take me to the place I wish to go."

Xinghe entered the coordinates, but the Ark remained motionless.

"No control qualifications."

Axu’s answer was simple and direct. Although Xinghe was a Celestial, it was clear that the Ark did not care about that.

Xinghe looked at the Ram, who took out a diamond and, after thinking about it, handed it to Gao Yuan, saying, "You try it."

Gao Yuan took the diamond without much hope because the Ram could control the Ark, Yang Yi could too, but Xinghe could not, and now he was even more similar to Xinghe. The chances of him controlling the Ark seemed slim.

It seemed unnecessary to test what had already been verified, but when the Ram handed the diamond to Gao Yuan and the moment Gao Yuan took it, the Ark suddenly seemed to come to a complete halt.

A complete halt meant that Axu’s image suddenly disappeared, and then the interior structure of the Ark, which had not changed since everyone had entered, suddenly began to change.

What appeared to be a seamless wall now had a door, and behind the door was a row of mecha, as if the Ark had suddenly opened a mecha display cabinet.

Axu’s image reappeared, the door that had just opened closed again, and all this lasted about a second. It was after seeing that the Ark had a new form, the Ark ended its display of this new form.

"Detecting battle entities, please select..."

The electronic voice began but stopped halfway through. These words, which should have been Axu’s, clearly were not what Axu truly intended to express.

"Sorry, the logic has become a bit confused; some priority errors have occurred. You are not from the Eternals Faction, are you an ancient era’s warrior in complete form?"

This time, it was evidently Axu’s image speaking to Gao Yuan, and when Axu spoke this time, it was noticeably more humanized.

Gao Yuan looked at the Ram, then at Xinghe, before asking subconsciously, "What do you mean?"

"Are you a warrior of the ancient era? Or a product of the Eternals Faction’s retro thinking?"

Gao Yuan was still confused, but Xinghe then said, "He’s a warrior, a pure warrior, and you, you are not the original machine’s assistant intelligence; you are Axu’s consciousness itself. This is the technology of the Eternals Faction!"

The situation was somewhat chaotic, but Gao Yuan seemed to understand.

It seemed like a representative of the Health Faction had used the Eternals Faction’s technology to preserve his own consciousness, and Xinghe, who belonged to the Eternals Faction, apparently created him—a representative of the Health Faction.

He hated it when conversations were left half-finished, but at that moment, Axu seemed to have lost the desire to continue the conversation.

The mecha display cabinet that had just closed opened again. Inside were six distinctively designed mecha, but this time, a black combat mech was lifted out of the cabinet by a mechanical arm and stopped in front of Gao Yuan.

Axu’s image, with a humanized tone, said, "It is a pleasure to see a real warrior appear. That combat assist exoskeleton is yours now; according to your customary term, this is a combat mech."

Gao Yuan took a deep breath, surprised and astonished, but now it seemed he had finally received the true protagonist’s treatment, so he happily said, "Am I going to become Iron Man?"