The transport plane climbed smoothly, leaving the ravaged streets far behind. Through the porthole, Academician Chen Jing took one last look at the land whose landscape had been completely altered, his heart filled with mixed emotions. Inside the cabin, the Kunlun team members had already suppressed all their killing intent, sitting cross-legged and taking the time to recover their strength.

However, they were unaware that the traces they left behind were unleashing a massive global upheaval.

Less than an hour after Su Chen and his group evacuated, more than a dozen Black Hawk helicopters painted with the Stars and Stripes insignia roared down onto this desolate neighborhood.

As the hatch slid open, squads of fully armed Delta Force soldiers, equipped with night vision goggles and top-notch gear, carefully dispersed in combat formation, carrying tactical rifles.

The commander leading the team was a lieutenant colonel codenamed "Ghost." He stepped out of the cockpit, his tactical boots crunching on the gravel. He frowned, surveying the eerie battlefield.

There were no gunshots, no cries of agony, not even a single intact corpse. The air was thick with the stench of blood, mixed with a strange, acrid smell, as if the body had been scorched by extreme heat.

"Report: Area A is safe; no signs of life detected."

"Report: A large number of weapon fragments have been found in Area B. Analysis suggests they were forcibly broken by immense force."

"Report, Sector C..." The reports from his team members came one after another on the communication channel, but their tone revealed an undisguised surprise and doubt.

Lieutenant Colonel "Ghost" walked to the wreckage of a T-54 tank that had been broken in half, and stretched out his tactical-gloved hand to touch the smooth, mirror-like fracture surface. The weapons expert beside him knelt down, carefully examined the wreckage with a powerful flashlight, then stood up, his face pale, and shook his head.

"Sir, this wasn't caused by any known cutting tool. It's... more like it was severed directly at the molecular level by some kind of energy we can't understand."

The ghost's eyelid twitched.

Just then, a technician in charge of high-altitude reconnaissance scrambled off the command vehicle, holding a tablet computer in his hand, his face filled with terror.

"Sir! You...you'd better come and see this for yourself!"

The "ghost" took the tablet, glanced at it, and froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

On the tablet was a real-time thermal image transmitted by a drone from an altitude of 5,000 meters. In the image, a dozen kilometers away from them, in the area where the former "Black Sand Brigade" command post was located, something appeared...

A gigantic handprint, over five kilometers in diameter, with crystal-clear outlines!

The palm print was bottomless, and thermal imaging showed that its internal temperature was frighteningly high, like a volcano that had just cooled down. Around the palm print were eighteen equally deep and massive ravines, crisscrossing like the claws of a mythical dragon plowing across the land.

"God..." "Ghost" felt his throat go dry, and his adjutants were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground.

They were the most elite special forces in the United States. They had witnessed carrier battle group salvos, the devastation of Tomahawk missiles, and even participated in Operation Desert Storm. But they had never seen anything like this… a miracle!

This is not something human weapons could cause! This is divine retribution! This is the judgment of the end times!

"Immediately...immediately send all video footage back to the Pentagon with the highest level of encryption!" "Ghost's" voice was hoarse and distorted with extreme shock. "Tell them this isn't a drill! Repeat, this isn't a drill! We...we may have offended...God!"

……

Half an hour later, in the Pentagon, in the office of the Secretary of Defense, in the United States.

The atmosphere was so oppressive it felt like water could drip from it. The Secretary of Defense, a four-star general known for his hawkish and hardline stance, stared intently at the clear satellite images on the large screen. Beside him, the CIA director, the National Security Advisor, and several top military advisors all wore grim faces and remained silent.

"Can anyone tell me what the hell this thing is?!" The Minister of Defense finally couldn't hold back and slammed his fist on the table, making a loud noise.

"Based on the data analysis transmitted from the scene..." A white-haired weapons expert adjusted his glasses and spoke in a dry voice, "To cause such a scale of destruction without producing any nuclear radiation, the energy released instantaneously would be at least equivalent to... half a million tons of conventional explosives, and would require ultra-high precision energy focusing in a way we cannot currently comprehend."

"Speak like a human being!" the Defense Minister roared.

"Sir, to put it simply, even with our most advanced technology, we cannot do it."

"The Dragon Kingdom...it must have been the Dragon Kingdom!" The CIA director jerked his head up, his eyes filled with terror and madness. "The 'Black Sand Brigade' kidnapped their scientists, and then...then they sent out this...'God's Force'!"

"Our assessment of the Dragon Kingdom's military strength has made a fatal error!" A strategist's face turned ashen. "They possess a strategic force completely unknown to us, capable of overturning the existing world order! This force is even more terrifying than nuclear weapons! Nuclear weapons are merely a deterrent, while this force can carry out unilateral slaughter on the conventional battlefield... divine punishment!"

The defense minister slumped in his chair, feeling a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

They have always regarded China as their biggest competitor, but they have always believed that they are at least twenty years ahead of China in the field of cutting-edge military technology.

In retrospect, it was an absolute joke.

They're not even playing on the same track as you!

While you're still showing off your rifle, someone else has already pulled out... a lightsaber.

"Director," the Defense Minister took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, his eyes turning incredibly grim, "I don't care what methods you use—infiltration, bribery, theft… I want you to find out everything about this force in the shortest amount of time! Their size, their capabilities, their weaknesses! I need to know who this 'god' who can wipe out a military base with a single blow is!"

"clear!"

"From this moment forward, raise the intelligence infiltration level of the Dragon Kingdom to the highest level—'Doomsday'!" The Minister of Defense stood up, walked to the huge world map, and pressed his finger heavily on the map of the Dragon Kingdom. "Only one hegemon is allowed on this planet. Any potential threat must be nipped in the bud!"

An invisible war against the Dragon Kingdom and against Kunlun quietly began at this moment.

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