True Apocalypse Game

"One... one... one... One my ass!"

At the last moment before the signal was cut, Shen Feng roared inwardly, leaving behind a copy of his Consciousness Antennae as his main consciousness instantly and completely withdrew from the Super Cavitating Nuclear Torpedo.

The Super Cavitating Nuclear Torpedo plunged toward the seabed at maximum speed.

An ordinary bomb could never withstand such immense water pressure, but the Super Cavitating Nuclear Torpedo was designed specifically to hide in the extreme depths of the sea before carrying out a nuclear strike.

Therefore, in theory, this torpedo could even withstand the ultra-high pressure at depths of two to three thousand meters!

"...Billions are one, one is billions. Everyone for me, I for everyone! The future is one, the past is one, the present is one..."

The chanting from the underwater ruins grew louder and louder. Frenzied electromagnetic currents even appeared, trying to interfere with the nuclear torpedo’s trajectory or shut down its detonation circuit with an electromagnetic pulse.

However, once it entered the final strike mode, the Super Cavitating Nuclear Torpedo had already completely shut down all its information-reception systems, turning itself into a signal black hole.

Even its internal control systems were completely deactivated, leaving only the most primitive trigger to await the final explosion.

This was standard operating procedure for almost all strategic weapons in their terminal attack phase.

As if sensing the situation was irreversible, the frenzied and bizarre voice grew even more frantic, even causing the seabed to tremble.

The underwater statue ruins, covering an area of roughly a square kilometer, now trembled in the darkness. Even the statues, which had stood motionless for eons, were shaken from their positions, as if trying to flee for their lives.

But it was simply too dark here—a complete and utter blackness where everything unfolded, making the scene all the more bizarre.

But this was the end of it.

The Super Cavitating Nuclear Torpedo had reached a point nearly a thousand meters directly above the statue ruins.

The intense water pressure finally became too much for the torpedo’s hull, causing it to twist and deform dramatically.

The change in internal pressure immediately triggered the nuclear detonation switch.

The high-explosive charge detonated, compressing inward to trigger the nuclear fission of the core material. The resulting super-high temperature and pressure then compressed inward again, inducing nuclear fusion.

In other words, a hydrogen bomb.

Light—a searing, all-consuming light—erupted within the Amundsen Basin, shooting out in all directions.

A brilliance that a thousand suns could not match.

In that instant, the intense light reached the statue ruins on the seabed. The shadows of the thousands upon thousands of statues were stretched long by the brilliant flash, making them look like townspeople bathing in the sun’s glow.

The next instant, the scorching core of the explosion formed a complete void. Energy blasted outward, creating an empty bubble hundreds of meters in diameter—and still expanding!

The shockwave traveled through the seawater, spreading outward.

The shockwave from the 500-kiloton warhead was practically a wave of death.

The buildings and statues in the ruins directly below were not blasted away. Instead, they were crushed from above by the compressed seawater, instantly pulverized!

Under water pressure magnified countless times, the entire expanse of statue ruins was reduced to a layer of silt on the seabed!

Then, violent turbulence erupted on the seafloor. Countless currents churned up sand and dust, turning this part of the Amundsen Basin murky.

Meanwhile, the super-cavity bubble that had formed around the fireball was rapidly ascending. It boiled the seawater in its path, creating even more bubbles and waves.

The super-cavity’s shockwave had already sent huge waves crashing against the surface, blasting massive cracks through the permanent ice sheet.

Now, the super-cavity finally broke the surface. The extreme temperature instantly melted and even vaporized the ice sheet within a kilometer radius.

The terrifying energy was fully unleashed. It sent hundred-meter-high waves soaring into the sky, while a mushroom cloud composed entirely of water vapor rose, as magnificent as a flower blooming in Heaven.

Immediately after, the scorching steam rapidly condensed into rain, falling back down along with the boiling seawater that had been blasted into the sky.

A rain of boiling water fell upon the Arctic Icefield!

Enormous cracks snaked across the ice sheet, the longest stretching for dozens of kilometers.

This was where the research base for the statue ruins expedition team had been located. Now, it was completely gone. Not a single thing remained.

The changes on the surface were secondary. On the seafloor, the violent turbulence was surging outward, brewing multiple tsunamis.

Still, that was the extent of it.

The local climate might be affected for a short time, but it would fully recover before long.

Besides, hydrogen bomb fusion produces almost no nuclear contamination. Only the atomic fission material used to trigger it creates high-level pollution.

Fortunately, there wasn’t much of it.

Humanity had conducted many surface and underwater nuclear tests throughout history. One more hardly made a difference.

This was why Shen Feng had so decisively decided to nuke the statue ruins.

’The situation was urgent; I didn’t have time to worry about being environmentally friendly.’

’Besides, those nuclear tests the Eagle Country conducted in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean (Bikini Island), and the radiation experiments they ran on the local natives, were far more harmful. Compared to that, this is nothing.’

At that moment, Shen Feng had already hacked a research satellite and was observing the area of the statue ruins.

’Judging by the power of the nuke, the plan must have been a complete success.’

’Those damn ruins should be nothing but dust now.’

’Plus, the radiation contamination on the seabed here will make the higher-ups of every country give up any ideas of returning to investigate.’ 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

’For at least the next ten or twenty years, this place will be a no-go zone.’

Shen Feng was satisfied and also breathed a sigh of relief.

’One Whisperer was annoying enough. Now some mysterious voice from statue ruins? Can’t a guy catch a break?’

’Making a clean break like this was the best possible outcome.’

’The entity behind the statue ruins is probably completely baffled right now, with no idea why this happened.’

The thought of that clueless entity, wherever it was, made Shen Feng want to laugh out loud.

’Next, I can proceed with the plan...’

...

「United Nations Security Council Meeting Room.」

Watching the real-time satellite images on the screen showing the immense changes to the Arctic ice sheet over the Amundsen Sea, the Bear Country’s representative, Vasily, wore a thunderous expression.

Yet, there was also a hint of relief in his eyes.

Only a few hours had passed since the Super Cavitating Nuclear Torpedo went missing. The United Nations Security Council had already convened an emergency meeting and was discussing countermeasures when news arrived of seismic waves detected in the Arctic.

Then, the satellite imagery appeared, revealing the dramatic changes to the ice sheet over the Amundsen Sea.

Viewed from high above, the water vapor mushroom cloud—a kilometer in diameter and ten thousand meters tall—was exceptionally beautiful, like a blossoming lily.

Needless to say, only a nuclear bomb could do something like that.

The Super Cavitating Nuclear Torpedo.

Detonating in the deep sea of an uninhabited part of the Arctic was, relatively speaking, a stroke of luck.

It was far better than it plowing into a major city on the Eagle Country’s west coast and then exploding.

You could call it a blessing in disguise...

Vasily had already decided. He would strongly advise his country’s leadership that it was time to overhaul their corrupt and lax military-industrial complex.

Compared to the previous incident with nuclear power plant personnel secretly mining and trading Bitcoin, the nature of this event was far more severe.

It was highly likely that someone had violated regulations by bringing a personal mobile device into the facility, which led to this outcome.

The Bear Country’s high command wasn’t stupid. They had immediately run various simulations and analyses of the event, and all signs pointed to one conclusion: the Poseidon nuclear torpedo had been hacked and taken over.

Such a smooth trajectory, such a clear destination—to call it a coincidence would be pure self-deception...

Like Vasily, many of the other high-ranking officials present had a vague idea of what had happened, but they were utterly baffled.

Just who, or what force, would go so far as to expend a nuclear torpedo just to destroy the underwater statue ruins?

And how did this entity possess such incredible power?

The think tanks and top advisory groups of the major powers were already working at top speed, trying to uncover the truth behind it all.

The people in the meeting room looked at each other, seeing the same doubt reflected in their eyes.

Just then, a cell phone suddenly rang. Vasily’s face flushed slightly as he embarrassedly silenced his phone.

Immediately after, the cell phone of an Eagle Country representative next to him also rang.

"I thought I turned it off..." The representative gave an awkward smile, but before he could say more, the entire meeting room was suddenly drowned in a cacophony of ringing and vibrating!

Every diplomat present looked stunned as they pulled out their own frantically vibrating phones!