"What revelation?" Hearing this, the adjutant's hope reignited.
William Starr's smile grew thicker, but the madness in his eyes had solidified, sending shivers down one's spine.
"Doesn't Dragon Country claim to favor peace and never be the first to use nuclear weapons? If I recall correctly, deep within our military base, there's a giant nuclear bomb buried to destroy all evidence when necessary."
"Now, Jing Mingqiu, as Dragon Country's representative, is appearing inside our military base. Adjutant, what do you think will happen if I detonate this giant nuclear bomb and blame it on Jing Mingqiu?"
"Saying Dragon Country broke the nuclear non-proliferation security treaty and was the first to use nuclear weapons against another country, how would that be?"
"This!" The adjutant was startled, his eyes widening involuntarily. "Commander, if you do this, the 300,000 American troops still in the base will be hit by the nuclear bomb and will surely die!"
William Starr waved his hand dismissively and said sternly, "Let them die! It is their honor to sacrifice their lives for Great America. After they die, they will ascend to heaven and be received by God himself."
"Moreover, if the entire military base is destroyed by the nuclear bomb, we won't have to explain to the public why 300,000 troops, two tank divisions, and 200 top fighter jets were annihilated in Arqihan."
"That makes sense, Commander," the adjutant said with a distressed look, caught in a dilemma. "The losses this time are too severe. If we don't find a solution, we will definitely be sent to a military court to appease public anger!"
"But, that's 300,000 lives, and it could potentially trigger a Third World War..."
The adjutant's words were cut short by William Starr, "Dragon Country has an excellent ancient saying, 'For a general's success, ten thousand bones are withered!' As for a Third World War,呵呵."
"Dragon Country is not the same people they were back then. After so long of peaceful evolution, do they still have the same spirit? Whether they dare to start a Third World War is still unknown?"
The adjutant tentatively asked, "What if they really dare to fight?"
"Then fight," William Starr made a gesture of counting money. "The more they fight, the more we gain. Can Dragon Country reach American mainland!"
"That's right, Commander. You rest here for now. I'll arrange for someone to go down and activate that giant nuclear bomb immediately."
On the ground, Jing Mingqiu walked through the camp, which had turned into a living hell, to the area where military vehicles were stored. He looked at the over a thousand majestic tanks and two hundred brand-new US Army new fighter jets, all idly parked due to lack of fuel.
These instruments of war were the crystallization of human intelligence. Jing Mingqiu felt a pang of regret at the thought that they were about to be destroyed.
There was no need to attribute the atrocities committed by the US military to these weapons. Weapons themselves were not wrong; the users were. Weapons could wage war, and they could also defend peace.
"It would be great if I could take them all away. Although auxiliary mechs can comprehensively improve soldiers' abilities, in terms of firepower and defense, these heavy tanks and supersonic fighter jets, which have been used since last century, are more powerful."
As Jing Mingqiu circled the US military's aircraft and tanks, contemplating how to transport them back, a red exclamation mark suddenly popped up on the mech's control panel.
[Warning, warning! High-energy reaction detected!]
[High-energy reaction detected fifty meters underground!]
[Based on data extrapolation, it is over ninety percent likely to be a giant nuclear bomb, and it has entered the activation phase.]
"Hiss!"
Jing Mingqiu couldn't help but gasp. "Nuclear bomb? Has that old fellow William Starr gone mad? To use something so dangerous."
"Ayue," Jing Mingqiu gave Cang Yue, who was sitting on his shoulder, a look. "Go quickly and investigate what that old fellow William Starr is trying to do."
"Brother, don't worry, I'm coming right away!"
At this critical moment, Cang Yue dared not be negligent. She quickly found an information exchange interface, plugged it into her neck, and began to hack into the US military base's internal network.
More than ten seconds later, Cang Yue slowly opened her eyes and flew back to Jing Mingqiu's shoulder, her expression solemn. "Brother, a giant nuclear bomb is buried deep within the military base, and it has now been successfully activated."
"The nuclear bomb will detonate in twenty minutes, and the entire military base will be wiped from the Earth. We can still make it if we evacuate quickly!"
"Ayue, we can't leave!" After experiencing so much, Jing Mingqiu's political intuition had become very sharp. "If this giant nuclear bomb explodes, America will never admit that they detonated it themselves. They will definitely blame Dragon Country."
"At that time, it will be Dragon Country that used nuclear weapons first and provoked the war. This will severely affect Dragon Country's international reputation, and other Western countries may seize this opportunity to attack Dragon Country collectively."
"Ayue, navigate immediately. Mark the tunnel closest to the giant nuclear bomb for me!"
"Brother," Cang Yue's eyes lit up, projecting a large arrow onto the ground. "Go this way! They have sealed the secret room where the nuclear bomb is stored, so we can't enter through the normal path."
"However, that secret room is not very far from the tunnel we dug underground. We can dig straight in..."
Directly beneath the US military's underground secret room.
"Screech! Screech!"
Accompanied by the grating sound of twisting metal, Jing Mingqiu unleashed his full power. One hundred and eight mechanical arms extended simultaneously from his back, tearing a large hole in the floor with force. He flashed in and drilled into it.
As soon as Jing Mingqiu stood firm, the mech's built-in Geiger counter immediately issued a piercing warning.
Because the nuclear bomb had been officially triggered, the nuclear radiation intensity here had exceeded that of Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union!
"Brother~, this is the giant nu...clear bomb..."
Due to the excessively high concentration of nuclear radiation, the electronic components inside the small robot where Cang Yue resided were interfered with, causing its operating speed to slow down severely and logic errors to increase.
"This is not suitable for you. Go to sleep for a while. I'll handle this." Jing Mingqiu flipped his wrist and took Cang Yue down from his shoulder.
"Mm-hmm." Cang Yue nodded obediently, gave Jing Mingqiu's finger a light kiss, and then, because the system space could not store living things, she voluntarily shut down and entered sleep mode.
After patting Cang Yue's little head, Jing Mingqiu placed her in the system space. Then, enduring the ever-increasing nuclear radiation, he walked to the triggered giant nuclear bomb.
Nuclear fission is a chain reaction. When a thermal neutron strikes a uranium atom, it releases two to four thermal neutrons. These neutrons then strike new atoms, leading to a doubling, quadrupling, and octupling, an exponential increase.
If it were handled immediately after triggering, when the number of neutrons involved in the reaction was small, it would have been easier. But now, after reacting for some time, the number of neutrons involved had reached a terrifying figure.
For Jing Mingqiu to forcibly interrupt the reaction smoothly without causing a major disturbance had already surpassed the limits of his current technological capabilities!