The apocalypse struck, and I became a druid.

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Han Ning paused, his brows furrowing tightly.

"No." Han Ning withdrew his hand and handed the fragment back to Zheng Weiguo, his tone helpless. "The energy from the previous fragment in my body hasn't been fully digested yet. I can sense that forcibly absorbing a new fragment now could cause problems."

Zheng Weiguo took the fragments, his face showing undisguised disappointment, and nodded: "Life is more important, we can't take risks."

"Then we'll have to continue attacking the monster with firearms."

Seeing that Han Ning was unable to absorb the fragments, Colonel Pang picked up the communicator and issued an order:

"Is Major Zhou from the Army listening? How many 'Sharp Sword-10' subsonic cruise missiles do you still have?"

Major Zhou was clearly always keeping an eye on the communication device.

Upon hearing the question, the immediate reply was: "There are 7 missiles left in stock. Shall we launch?"

"Fire! Fire five at once, a saturation attack, let's see how it can withstand that!" Colonel Pang said decisively.

"it is good!"

The orders were passed down through the ranks.

soon.

The missile launcher, located in a concealed position deep in the mountains, slowly raised its launch tube.

The missile troops completed the launch operation.

Whoosh! !

Five Lijian-10 subsonic cruise missiles, trailing long plumes of flame, skimmed the sea surface as they hurtled towards the seven-meter-tall monster.

The missile's flight trajectory was unpredictable, constantly making small maneuvers in an attempt to evade potential interception.

Just as the missile swarm was about to hit its target, dozens of eyes on the fused monster's head simultaneously flashed with an eerie black light.

"Gah, gah gah~"

An invisible force field that distorted light suddenly expanded outwards from its center.

The two missiles at the front seemed to have crashed into a ball of extremely sticky glue. Their speed decreased sharply, their bodies trembled violently, and then they were forcibly crushed by an invisible force in mid-air, 20 meters away from the monster's body.

boom! boom!

The fireball soared into the air, and the shockwave spread outwards, but it failed to shake the force field in the slightest.

The trajectories of the other three missiles were severely deflected, with one diagonally plunging into the sea about 100 meters behind and to the side of the monster and exploding.

The other two missiles seemed to be pushed aside by an invisible giant hand, tracing arcs and shooting crookedly into the sea in different directions.

Five subsonic cruise missiles, none of which could effectively hit the target!

The temporary command post was deathly silent.

"Is it because the subsonic missile is too slow?"

Zheng Weiguo frowned and analyzed,

"Without breaking the sound barrier, the missile's flight speed gave the monster enough time to react."

Colonel Pang's expression was grave. He picked up the communicator and spoke:

"If subsonic speed doesn't work, then use something fast, so it doesn't even have time to react. Activate the DF-17 hypersonic missile, use a conventional warhead first, aim and fire."

The DF-17, equipped with a waverider glide vehicle warhead, has an unpredictable flight trajectory and a terminal attack speed far exceeding the speed of sound, reaching Mach 15.

If even this thing doesn't work, then there's really nothing else we can do.

Upon hearing Colonel Pang's order, Han Ning, who was standing to the side, opened his mouth but ultimately remained silent.

Based on his accumulated military knowledge, he roughly knew that hypersonic missiles were designed to either penetrate or maneuver near the atmosphere.

Before the crossing, the atmosphere of the blue planet was more than 10,000 meters high.

Ten thousand meters above the ground, this world is shrouded in a layer of black mist.

Will hypersonic missiles play a role?

"Not necessarily... Perhaps the Black Tide is detecting life force, and the missile doesn't show any signs of life, so maybe it's useful?"

"And even if it's useless, it can still serve as a reminder to everyone."

Ultimately, Han Ning chose not to speak.

At the same time, this order made Major Zhou hesitate.

Major Zhou's concerns differed from Han Ning's.

He was concerned that the stockpile of hypersonic missiles was extremely limited, and every one used would reduce the supply.

However, obeying orders is a soldier's duty.

Major Zhou hesitated, but still carried out the order.

The order is issued.

Deeper into the mountains, a highly alert launch site received orders.

After a brief preparation, a uniquely shaped missile soared into the sky, quickly broke through the atmosphere, and then the warhead separated from the booster.

The waverider warhead began to glide along an unpredictable trajectory, re-entering the atmosphere at extremely high speed, its target the aggregated monster on the coast.

Han Ning's fears did not come true.

The attack came silently until a series of thunderous sonic booms echoed across the sky, and a blurry black shadow appeared as if teleported very close to the monster.

The speed was too fast, almost exceeding the limits of visual capture!

The eyes on the monster's head had just begun to glow black, and the distortion field had not yet fully unfolded.

boom! ! !

A massive fireball, more dazzling and blinding than any previous explosion, burst open in front of the monster's chest.

The warhead unleashed its immense explosive power, and the terrifying heat and shockwave blasted the monster to pieces, sending countless charred fragments flying everywhere.

"Success?"

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

Before the smoke of battle had even cleared, another despairing scene unfolded.

Black mist surged forth, and the flying debris continued to recede towards the center of the explosion.

Under the incredulous gazes of the crowd, less than ten seconds later, an intact, slightly shrunken aggregate reappeared on the sea surface.

Its eyes gleamed with a ferocious light as it stared intently at the direction of the mountains, and its speed suddenly increased.

"Even hypersonic missiles with conventional warheads won't work..." Colonel Pang muttered to himself, grabbing the communicator again.

"Conventional methods have failed... then we'll activate the 'DF-26B,' equip it with low-yield tactical nuclear warheads, and absolutely prevent it from landing!"