Airships! Airships! Airships!

A massive Shadow was cast upon the shattered earth; the over 300-meter-long hull possessed an overwhelming and intimidating presence, its size comparable to that of Ford class aircraft carrier.

--Even with its slender frame, the Horizon class corvette could be considered an unparalleled sturdy warship in this other world, let alone a behemoth like the Ford class! And that's in the sea!

Therefore, when the enormous airship, like a prehistoric behemoth, suddenly entered the battlefield, it almost captured everyone's attention, triggering shouts of terror and shock.

The idea that bigger is better and bigger is stronger is a consensus among almost all intelligent beings.

Its imposing appearance and majestic, soaring form alone are enough to evoke fear and awe in mortals. It is a strategic weapon, a military marvel; it doesn't even need to launch any attacks or achieve any victories. Its sheer size and aerial presence are enough to brutally demonstrate its power and highlight the disparity in strength, conveying a single fact to the enemy—

--You can't do it!

The Arcane Council, as the cradle of Mortal World magic and a leader in the advancement of arcane arts, is hailed as the pinnacle of alchemical warfare. Could they really allow such a colossal war fortress to pierce the void!?

The moment the war behemoth appeared, even the most ignorant and foolish frontline soldiers felt the oppressive sense of despair.

The menacing shark mouth paint job makes it look like a real, gaping maw, gleaming with an eerie light in the dim sunlight. One after another, giant dragons roar and fly past it, leaving streaks of silver light. The sky overlord that rules the heavens looks as tiny and cute as a bird next to the airship.

Five massive propellers spun powerfully, propelling the airship forward with a roar, displaying its domineering presence.

Its nickname is 'Kirov'.

Kang De explained to the onlookers.

This is another product of the "fleecing" scheme being carried out in the Great Lakes region.

The Titan Giant descended upon the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, capable of triggering a nuclear leak within minutes and causing a repeat of Chernobyl in the Great Lakes region. Regardless of their motivations, both the United States and Canada were deeply alarmed, and as time went on, they gradually became agitated and hysterical.

Under the pressure and guidance deliberately created by Kang De, Trudeau, the leader of the Can*da, finally couldn't withstand the pressure and began to abandon the American Empire and go his own way.

AWSL Company was granted access to the Can*da, and its employees, who had "deep connections with China West Bank," began searching for and examining the Can*da's high-quality state-owned assets and resource-rich areas like wolves. Under the chairman's instructions, they began to seek to station troops in the region—of course, under various pretexts.

The American Empire, or rather A Chuan, also couldn't withstand it.

As the saying goes, prolonged defense inevitably leads to loss, and delay can bring about change. Titan has been entrenched at the nuclear power plant for more than a month, and despite military blockades and internet censorship, related rumors and a few pictures have eventually begun to circulate.

Although social networks, represented by Facebook and Twitter, have almost achieved global information hegemony, and under the direction of the American Empire, have successfully implemented information blocking and tight control over the Titan incident, effectively overwhelming global netizens with various fake news and smokescreens... however!

However, not the entire world is under the dominance of American social media platforms!

Jia Zong has done a great job!

This foreign-controlled company upheld its moral principles! It did not succumb to the pressure from the capital behind the scenes, but instead complied with the standards of press freedom and freedom of speech in the countries where it operates!

Curious foreigners, having heard the rumors, flocked to the Chinese-speaking world and began looking through real photos and videos of "not being fucked by Zuckerberg's lizard."

Then.

Foreigners, who have been suffering greatly due to censorship, have finally gotten to enjoy the drama.

As a result of this incident, Weibo's stock price on Nasdaq actually rose.

Only the world where A Chuan was injured was complete.

Upon hearing the news, A Chuan was furious and demanded that the China with the control measures. The China had already communicated with the Kang De and naturally ignored him, which amplified Trump's anger even further, but he had nowhere to vent it.

So they added Weibo to the sanctions list overnight.

But Weibo still didn't back down.

Based on A Chuan's experience dealing with China Central Television (CCC) since taking office, the reason why Weibo hasn't knelt down is definitely not because they're too weak to kneel—but because someone is holding a gun to their knees.

But he no longer had time to worry about his leg.

The dire consequences of the failed containment of the Titan incident are already becoming apparent, with rumors spreading and public sentiment unsettled, especially in cities in the Lake Huron, where chaos is spreading.

Rumors of nuclear Fallout spread like wildfire, with the predominantly Black city of Detroit. Wealthy residents fled again, while some Black people launched a free shopping spree, clashing with local authorities and resulting in casualties. The riots escalated, tensions escalated, and the National Guard intervened, but the chaos had already spread.

In a short period of time, many cities across the United States became abuzz with activity. Congress launched inquiries, and the White House website launched a petition to reveal the truth about Lake Huron, which quickly garnered over a million signatures. The entire Amerikkka was thrown into chaos.

A Chuan's previously rock-solid approval rating has begun to decline.

After Trump figured it out, China "Chai Na" three more times.

The one who tied the knot must untie it. He gave up arguing with the foreign affairs department of the China States and contacted Kang De directly. He reluctantly went to talk to them, made some promises and concessions.

Although the national interests of the Amerikkka cannot be sold or traded, for A Chuan, at this moment, maintaining his approval rating and ensuring his re-election is the highest interest of the Amerikkka! For this reason, other insignificant secondary interests can be appropriately exchanged and adjusted!

So AWSL sent another group of employees to the American Empire for inspection. After several rounds of back-and-forth between Kang De and A Chuan, they finally reached some consensus. Needless to say, future cooperative projects are just a matter of course. Compared with these things, Kang De's "large air combat platform plan" can only be considered an add-on.

Given the United States' manufacturing capabilities, it was no longer possible to quickly build such a combat airship from scratch, so Kang De suggested subcontracting the China.

The domestic offer to Kang De was 50 million RMB.

Kang De offered A Chuan a price of fifty million US dollars.

A Chuan didn't even haggle over the price; after all, it was only the cost of half a fighter jet.

Everyone's won so much they're numb.

So, the American Empire China some special technology and national reserves, and also retrieved a century-old combat airship manufacturing data from Germany. Meanwhile, Kang De was responsible for transporting raw materials and used his "supernatural abilities" to reinforce some key processes. He also took the opportunity to demonstrate the power of Spiritual Runes to relevant researchers in the country. Thus, the division of labor was clear.

Because Kang De was there to help with the moving, the construction period was greatly shortened. With three shifts working overtime, they managed to assemble this behemoth in a very short time.

When more than 300,000 cubic meters of helium were filled into the twenty-four compartmentalized airbags, the combat airship, long lost to the annals of world military history, once again took to the skies. As it arrived on the other side of the world from Asia via a space jump and appeared in the skies over the Great Lakes region, every American Empire soldier, whether general or soldier, watching it from the ground or on the display screen was momentarily speechless.

It wasn't a shock, nor a burst of daydreams, nor did it evoke any romantic notions about men.

Instead--

This combat airship, purchased by the American Empire at a huge military expense and undoubtedly belonging to the US military, has its massive hull emblazoned with a bright red hammer and sickle emblem...

A Chuan was enraged by this! Although it seemed like a small matter, he was really angry!

I'm so angry!

It was like Batman getting furious when he heard the word "Martha"!

PTSD has even appeared!

As a man in his seventies, A Chuan experienced that cold war in his youth.

He yelled into the phone, "How dare you! How dare you let me see this design! How dare you let this design appear on the soil of the United States of Amerikkka!"

"Are you an idiot!" Kang De yelled back over the phone, "What airship doesn't have a hammer and sickle painted on it!"

Both exhibited a kind of persistence that baffled the other, and neither could convince the other.

At the Lake Huron base where the airship is docked, the airship has been copied from the White Mist World and is undergoing intensive magical transformation on the large alchemy platform that has been built.

A colossal war platform, rendered obsolete by Earth's military history, is reborn under extraordinary circumstances and, enhanced by Kang De's various extraordinary skills, will shine with new glory.

Following the dragon battle group, warships entered the battlefield.

They will undergo real-world testing in this battle.

"Don't panic!"

Amidst the shock and panic caused by the airship's appearance, Griffin Williams' words swept across the land on the wind. "Such a massive size, it's just a sitting duck! Concentrate your firepower and shoot it down!"

But the artillery fire from the Distant Harbor came down like rain!

The long-range rockets blasted out in a furious, relentless barrage, seemingly without end!

During these months of standoff, while Griffin was desperately trying to absorb support from the Star Palace and the military strength of the northern counties, Kang De wasn't just sitting idly by! The American Empire had deployed heavy troops and placed arms orders to contain and intercept Titan, and most of the troops and weapons that were moved and transferred were secretly siphoned off by Kang De!

These accumulated weapons and ammunition will no longer need to be preserved for the decisive battle.

He was determined to achieve a resounding victory before the entire Mortal World and under the watchful eyes of the Star Palace!

Griffin, overseeing the overall situation, saw that Kang De's firepower was several times stronger than before, and he felt a surge of resentment. First, he felt ashamed and indignant at being mocked and underestimated, and second, he felt fear at the sight of the enemy's all-out attack!

He had a premonition that Kang De's massive offensive was not a test or an attempt to exert pressure.

Instead, a result is essential.

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

He used all his skills and made overall plans, and finally organized an anti-aircraft firepower under the premise of interception and defense. Light spears shone, rays flashed, and dense electric chains and fireballs attacked from above.

In war spell battles, the first move to regenerate energy, followed by ice, lightning, fire, and wind spells, is the most effective and has proven successful time and again.

But the overwhelming offensive, like Raging Tide, was intercepted as it approached the airship, only to be fiercely intercepted by the deployed light shield. How many Paradox Element could be contained in the hollow volume of hundreds of thousands of cubic meters?

Even if enough gas is reserved to provide lift, it's sufficient!

The airship, under concentrated attack from ranged spells, deployed its light shield and pressed forward with unwavering resolve.

A speed exceeding 100 kilometers per hour is neither fast nor slow for such a massive size.

But it can exert its oppressive force to the extreme.

Although the details of this new weapon are still unknown, Griffin has realized the crux of the problem—it must not be allowed to get close to their own lines!

"Wyvern Fighting Group!"

The order was given, and the flight reserve team moved forward. The Wyvern that had been battling in the sky abandoned the giant dragons that were wandering around and, carrying the light spears and refracting pods, headed towards the huge airship to intercept it.

The dragons relentlessly pursued.

The blazing spears swept back and forth, creating huge ripples on the energy shield. Corrosive dragon breath sprayed out, causing the shield to shake and flicker incessantly.

The dragons were enraged, maneuvering their long-range firepower to pursue and drive away the harassing horde. Meanwhile, in the airship's command center, Acting Captain Ge Feier the Mage said in a deep voice, "Aerial combat countermeasures mode."

Anti-aircraft guns, light spear arrays, rocket pods, and elemental energy point defense systems distributed throughout the airship opened fire in succession, strangling Wyvern that dared to approach. The armor plates of the airship's under-hull pods opened, revealing a honeycomb-like structure. Small drones silently landed, their rotors opening, and they moved nimbly like butterflies, using tricky trajectories to avoid the corrosive dragon breath and approach the enemy's side.

Then it exploded with a bang!

They gather and disperse as nimbly as a swarm of insects, fearless and undaunted.

"Depending on the mission requirements, the airships carry different pods. This one is a carrier-based pod, carrying flight units and corresponding deployment and reinforcement platforms for air interception and ground support. Due to the Deceleration Field issue in this campaign, all of them are carrying suicide drones."

As Kang De explained, the Wyvern were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

The Dragon Emperor raised an eyebrow and said, "So, this airship is only for aerial combat?"

"Oh no!"

Griffin, far away in the enemy lines, also realized the problem—because the Wyvern had been drawn to this airship with extremely strong anti-air capabilities, and even their long-range firepower!

The next moment, the enormous gate of light opened once more!

The second prehistoric behemoth protruded its massive shark-mouth-like design from the Phase Gate, then leaped out with a roar. Its pods were completely different from the first one, with long-barreled cannons extending everywhere!

The Grand Speaker's expression suddenly changed—there's a second one!

The airship leaped to the center line of the battlefield, its tail spewing purple flames, and charged towards the first line of defense of the Council's army like a wolf at a speed that the previous one could not match!

"Return to defend! The offensive has been successfully launched..."

Before the words were even finished, the continuous firepower from the Distant Harbor side intensified several times. The Council's spellcasting power was mostly used to intercept enemy fire, and it was already stretched thin. All the reserve forces were focused on the first airship, making it difficult to quickly switch targets. In an instant, the airship with a fierce exhaust flame behind it crossed the center line and arrived above the Council's front-line position!

The turret roared, the bottom of the pod unfolded, and a massive amount of heavy bombs rained down like hail.

--These weren't shells or rockets coming from tens of kilometers away!

Instead, bombs were dropped from the sky at close range. The bombs were numerous and extremely close, making them impossible to intercept. In an instant, a rain of bombs, like flowers scattered by a celestial maiden, turned the ground into a battlefield of death and blood. Artillery fire swept back and forth, burying the enemy with the earth. The bombs that were dropped were all large, weighing over a ton, stirring up a terrifying sea of fire that burned and devoured everything.

Within minutes, Griffin's most formidable defenses, meticulously planned to resist Kang De's surprise attack, were utterly breached by this close-range bombing, tearing a gaping hole in the entire line!

Kang De reviewed the results of the battle, his expression unchanged, and said succinctly, "Move the chariots out."

The heavily armored legions and mechanized units deployed and ready in the White Mist World heard the order to attack. The greens jumped onto their tuk-tuks, the tanks rumbled to life, and a portal shone brightly ahead. One after another, steel behemoths advanced at full speed, rushing through the portal. Ahead lay scorched earth, the sky Rust like blood, and the iron hooves had arrived!

"Breakthrough!" Mei Xizhu, who had been appointed commander of the armored corps two months prior, shouted sharply, "To hell with the Council's trenches and fortifications!"

Griffin's face was ashen, but he calmly issued orders, commanding the mobile forces to encircle and block the Distant Harbor Army's advance. In the underground command post, Phaethon finished the last bit of food, paused for a moment, then stood up, his eyes as deep and cold as a pool.

Above the heavens, the third gate of light opened.

The last airship deployed for this battle jumped out.

Its pod is completely different from the previous two. It is neither an aircraft carrier pod full of aircraft, nor a suppression pod specifically for ground attack... it cannot even be called a pod.

It was just a huge... pipe.

The nearly two-hundred-meter-long pipe was constrained by Radiant Crystal alloy imprinted with various runes. The huge airship carried only this single, enormous contraption, which appeared particularly terrifying. It didn't even have any superfluous structures or components, no large number of escort drones, or a densely packed cluster of heavy artillery.

Only this one cannon barrel radiated a faint blue glow.

The cannon's muzzle spun heavily, Arcane light emanating from it incessantly. From the inside out, from the outer shell to the inner wall, from the restraint device to the resonator, runes, magical artifacts, alchemical weaponry... all the wisdom of Mortal World arcane magic was fused into it, exerting its utmost power. Any alchemist with even a little skill would be astonished upon seeing this thing.

Then he was horrified.

Because these runes, these devices, these alchemical components, as obvious weapon structures, do not possess any function of storing, charging, or amplifying energy.

Their functions are all to constrain, guide, desensitize, and even dissipate energy.

What exactly is this thing for?

"One experiment, one idea."

Faced with the serious questioning gazes, Kang De calmly replied, "To confront the Star Palace, we need every conceivable approach and method... but this is just one of them."

Another world.

The outpost, with its four wings spread towards the star, emitted a bright light from all its Primal Gel circuits. Pure light and heat were converted into magical energy, flowing into Teldrassil's energy storage array. Controlled by the constraints of the Precursor Civilization, it unleashed unimaginable and terrifying power.

The boundless, magnificent power was unleashed, directed, and constrained.

Like a drawn bow, poised to be released.

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PS1: My mom's tooth hurts.