Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 1178: Kraken? Norwegian sea monster? No, it's the ruler of darkness!

On the outer sea of ​​the island country, in the vast blue, warships are like a forest. Giant steel ships are densely arranged on the sparkling sea, as if they are the symbol of human wisdom and strength, guarding the tranquility of this sea area.

However, between this seemingly calm sea and sky, an inconspicuous black dot was quietly floating in the sky. That was Luther.

Luther intends to destroy the world's navigation capabilities and return humanity to an isolated island state.

The American Navy, as the most powerful maritime force in the world today, owns 11 (but after recent losses, the number has been reduced to 9) nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and hundreds of large surface combat ships. Their existence symbolizes mankind's absolute dominance over the ocean.

Even after being attacked by a giant monster like Ghidorah and suffering heavy losses, the American Navy still sits firmly in the top spot and no one can shake it.

However, on this seemingly indestructible sea fortress, an unprecedented crisis is quietly approaching.

A soldier standing on the edge of the deck with sharp eyes suddenly shouted desperately: "Underwater! Look underwater!"

This shout was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly breaking everyone's peace.

Soldiers and officers turned around, looking through the sparkling sea, trying to catch the fleeting shadow.

At first, it was just a barely perceptible dark color, but soon, a huge black shadow slowly emerged from the deep seabed. Its width was so huge that even the bravest warriors could not help but feel their hands and feet cold and their heartbeats accelerated.

The blue whale, the largest known creature on Earth, can reach a length of 33 meters and weigh an astonishing 181 tons. But at this moment, compared with the giant underwater, the blue whale seems to become small.

The width of the shadow was initially estimated to be more than 30 meters, and its length continued to extend as it meandered in the water, until it exceeded the limits of human vision.

Everyone on the warship stared with bated breath, their minds going blank, trying to estimate how long this monster was - three hundred meters? Five hundred meters? Or longer?
Just as everyone was astonished, a deafening roar broke the tranquility of the sea, as if an underwater volcano had erupted. The sea water was instantly torn apart by the tremendous force, forming a huge wave tens of meters high, like a roaring beast, rushing towards the warships.

These steel behemoths that humans are so proud of seem so fragile in the face of the wrath of nature. They are like dead leaves in a river, thrown high up by huge waves and then dropped heavily, almost capsizing.

What caused all this was the huge monster that slowly "raised" its head from the deep sea - the Kraken, or the Norwegian sea monster. These names from ancient legends have become reality at this moment.

Its body is covered with a rough skin, and countless tentacles sway in the water, each of which is powerful enough to entangle and destroy a warship.

Its eyes are like two bright lights in the abyss, flashing with wisdom and coldness. Its head, with a diameter of more than 30 meters, is held high, and its long body is still mostly hidden in the deep sea. No one knows its full length for sure, is it several hundred meters or thousands of meters?

Faced with such a terrifying existence, the commander on the warship finally recovered from his shock and shouted, "Fire! Fire!!"

All of a sudden, the defense system on the warship was activated, and the six gun barrels rotated at an astonishing speed. The classic "CIWS" close-in defense gun roared, and the 20mm armor-piercing shells were like dense raindrops, cutting through the air and pouring towards the monster.

These shells are capable of automatically searching, detecting, assessing, tracking, locking onto and attacking threatening targets, and are the pinnacle of human technology.

However, when these armor-piercing bullets hit the monster's tough skin, they only sparked tiny sparks, not even causing it any pain. The monster seemed to be wearing an invisible armor, disdaining the human attacks, and even let out a roar that pierced the sky. The sound was layered and swept across like a tsunami, causing the soldiers on the warship to cover their ears with their hands and fall to the ground in pain. Those with weaker willpower fainted directly.

At this moment, the contrast between human technology and the power of nature seems so pale and powerless.

The warship was tossed in the waves like a helpless paper boat in a basin of water. The disparity in size between the two sides made even the most determined soldiers feel unprecedented despair.

"The main gun is ready to fire!"

Following the commander's orders on the bridge, the entire battleship seemed to be awakened by an invisible force, and all systems instantly entered combat status.

On the stage of modern warfare, although the magnificent scenes of heavy armored battleships bombarding each other during World War II are no longer there, the battles at sea are still thrilling, but the form and weapons have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Today's warships are no longer designed for close-range artillery duels, but have to face threats from all directions - high-speed anti-ship missiles, elusive surface mines, and small aircraft that take advantage of night and complex waters to carry out surprise attacks.

Therefore, the caliber of the main guns of modern warships has generally been reduced to 127 mm. They play a greater role in air defense and anti-missile interception, and are no longer the key force in determining the outcome of a battle.

However, in the face of this unprecedented crisis, these seemingly insignificant main guns have become humanity's last line of defense.

boom--

With a deafening roar, the main guns on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer began to roar.

The turret quickly turned and accurately locked onto the huge sea monster that emerged from the deep sea - a giant octopus, a giant squid, and a strange-looking giant creature with a colorful shell like a nautilus.

The shell is pushed to its maximum speed in the barrel by the high-temperature and high-pressure gas, and then whizzes out like a meteor across the night sky, heading straight for the target.

Recorded by a high-speed camera, it can be seen that the moment the shell came into contact with the giant tentacles, its outer shell quickly deformed and ruptured because it could not withstand the incredible pressure of the tentacles, eventually causing a violent explosion.

However, the explosion did not cause any substantial damage to the tentacles. Instead, it was like lighting a giant match. The flame flashed on the surface of the tentacles, and was then pushed back by its huge body, turning into a destructive energy.

This energy returned at an incredible speed and directly hit the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that launched it.

At this moment, human technology collided directly with the power of nature.

Faced with huge tentacles that are several times or even dozens of times larger than themselves, even the main destroyers that the US Navy is proud of seem so vulnerable.

(End of this chapter)