Wiped Out with a Snap of the Fingers!

The Emperor immediately took to the Command Console and announced his choice to the world.

Better to be a shattered jade than a whole tile!

Eastern Ocean Island will never surrender! We will fight the Eagle Sauce Country to the very end! We will fight to the last moment, until death do us part!

The moment the Emperor finished his statement, the Firmament immediately issued its final warning!

[The Firmament has detected that the Challengers has made a choice! The Challengers refuses to surrender!]

[Given that the Challengers refuses to surrender and puts up a stubborn resistance, refusing to submit to the Eagle Sauce, the Eagle Sauce Country has decided to use its most powerful weapons to wipe out the Eastern Ocean Islands! At the same time, the Eagle Sauce Country has decided to no longer wait, and the attack has been brought forward to this very moment! A full-scale military operation has been launched against the Eastern Ocean Islands!]

[All Challengers, prepare to face the Eagle Sauce Country! This will be the most terrifying force in the Raging Waves!]

[...]

The Firmament were about to issue further warnings, but the Emperor completely ignored them.

"Enough! Firmament! You don't need to remind me anymore!"

"It was my own choice, and I will handle it myself!"

The Emperor chuckled coldly twice, his entire being acting erratically.

"Hmph! Is the Eagle Sauce getting impatient? Are they going to attack now?"

"Then I'd like to see what exactly Eagle Sauce's most advanced weapon is?"

At this moment, Itō Hidetaka suddenly said, trembling:

"My lord... right after you issued the order for Total War, the loyalty of the people of the Eastern Ocean Islands has plummeted to rock bottom... I'm afraid it won't be long before they attack the Imperial Garden by force."

Itō Hidetaka recalled the scene of his tragic death at the end of his last Instance, where this mob from the Eastern Ocean Islands executed him.

"Ridiculous! A mob trying to stop me?" The Emperor chuckled dryly.

"Send the Challengers from the nearest Edo Army base here with weapons and give them the arm to suppress these rioters!"

"Shoot anyone who protests against us!"

"Our rule will not be allowed to be shaken by anyone! The NPCs in these Instances are obstacles set up by Lin Ye to hinder us; eliminating them all is the best course of action!"

Upon hearing this, Itō Hidetaka couldn't help but gasp.

"My lord... this..."

The Emperor's methods are truly ruthless!

I was ruthless enough in the Instance last time, but I didn't say it was an armed massacre of these civilians.

Even so, he was punished even more severely, and now the Emperor is actively shooting civilians—has he completely gone mad?

Even though it was in Instance, the Emperor's choice still made people wary.

Itō Hidetaka even wondered how the Emperor would treat the people of the Dahe Settlement if the Firmament Curtain wasn't watching over them in the real world.

The Emperor simply didn't have time to pay any attention to Itō Hidetaka.

He then projected the live broadcasts of all Military Bases onto the Light Screen and issued final instructions to each Military Base.

"Listen up, Commanders of all Military Bases! Prepare all our air defense weapons! Be ready to engage any incoming Air Force attack from the Eagle Sauce!"

"Ito-kun! Supervise all Military Bases closely. Record any instances of slackness or cowardice!"

Itō Hidetaka could only nod and bow in agreement. The Emperor, on the other hand, sat in his chair, closed his eyes, and began to clear his mind.

In truth, Itō Hidetaka doesn't understand the Emperor!

The Emperor chose to resist to the bitter end not only because of so-called glory and Daiwa, but more importantly because he felt there was still a glimmer of hope, or even a chance to turn defeat into victory!

This was a solution he had just come up with.

That means switching from offense to defense!

If we stop launching offensives and instead adopt a defensive posture, the situation might be much better than launching a long-range Eagle Sauce.

At the very least, we can take advantage of Eastern Ocean Island's local resources!

The Emperor has anticipated the Eagle Sauce's potential attack.

This time, the offensive has been replaced by a defensive one, with Eastern Ocean Island Eagle Sauce Country becoming the attacker.

The Eagle Sauce is now enraged and will only launch a swift attack on Eastern Ocean Island.

In Modern Warfare, the fastest form of attack is by Air Force.

Whether the Eagle Sauce deploys troops directly from its homeland or relies on its aircraft carrier forces in the Pacific Ocean, its primary tactical move will inevitably be an offensive spearheaded by fighter jets.

Its target is most likely the major Military Bases where the Challengers are gathered.

In that case, the Challengers' defenses would be much easier to construct; all Challengers still at their Military Bases could simply deploy all their anti-aircraft weapons.

Mortars, rocket launchers, anti-aircraft balloons, anti-aircraft guns!

Together, they form a perfect Aerial Warfare for the Eastern Ocean Islands!

If any enemy aircraft dares to intrude into the airspace of Eastern Ocean Island, the Challengers will immediately launch Counterattack. This defensive strategy gives the Challengers a preemptive advantage in the war. They not only have the opportunity to defend against an attack from the Eagle Sauce, but also the possibility of inflicting heavy damage on the enemy in the confrontation.

While not to completely cripple the Eagle Sauce, it could at least severely damage Eagle Sauce, and with a bit of luck, even turn the tide of the war.

In any case, it's much better than being unilaterally abused!

Just as the Emperor was pondering a plan for this final gamble, Itō Hidetaka suddenly shouted.

"Your Majesty... Your Emperor!"

"Hiroshima Wuhai Military Base was attacked by the Eagle Sauce!"

The Emperor was jolted awake from his reverie! He roared in fury:

"Itō Hidetaka, you still dare to sow discord among the troops? Do you want to be eliminated?"

He clearly didn't believe what Itō Hidetaka said.

From the moment he officially announced his refusal to surrender to the Eagle Sauce until now, less than ten minutes have passed in the Instance!

How could the Eagle Sauce military possibly arrive in time?

No matter how fast the Eagle Sauce's planes and aircraft carriers are, they could never reach that speed.

"Emperor Majesty, everything I've said is true. Please come and see for yourself," Itō Hidetaka said, sounding aggrieved.

The Emperor rushed to the Light Screen to check.

In an instant, he froze on the spot, his legs trembling uncontrollably once again!

His expression froze instantly!

In the projection on the Light Screen, the Hiroshima Wuhai Military Base is no longer the steel jungle it once was, but has been reduced to ruins!

The sky was shrouded in thick smoke, and not a ray of sunlight could penetrate it!

In this chaos, everything gradually disappeared along with the thick smoke.

On the ground, there was no longer a single patch of intact grass or soil.

Amidst the devastation, there were gaping craters, burning wreckage, and vehicles utterly destroyed.

The Challengers' corpses lay either in pools of blood or hung upside down from broken tree branches, their blood and dust mixing to create an inescapable blood mist.

"How is that possible?!"

The Emperor's breathing became incredibly heavy. He couldn't believe his eyes, yet the vivid scene before him left him no choice but to believe it.

The Hiroshima Wuhai Military Base has truly been completely destroyed by the Eagle Sauce!

Firmament glanced at the Instance Backend and saw that another large number of Challengers had disappeared from the Instance, causing another sharp drop in the number of Instance.

Hiroshima Wuhai Military Base is the largest Military Base on the Eastern Ocean Islands, and it also has the most Challengers. In addition to the naval forces, there are still 100,000 Challengers here.

As a result, not a single one of those 100,000 men survived; they were all killed in battle!

The number of Instance Challengers has now plummeted to less than 400,000!

"Why! Why is this happening?!"

"How could there be such a rapid attack method?!"

At this moment, the Emperor couldn't understand how the Eagle Sauce had managed to do it. His thoughts were in turmoil, and he was completely unable to focus.

In less than ten minutes, the Eagle Sauce had destroyed Eastern Ocean Island's largest Military Base in the blink of an eye?!

The Emperor forced himself to steady himself and focused his gaze back on the Light Screen.

If his deduction is correct, after eliminating the Wuhai Military Base, the next target for the Eagle Sauce should be the Maizuru Military Base.

He dared not hesitate for a moment and immediately focused his gaze on the broadcast screen of the Maizuru Military Base. He wanted to see what kind of swift and decisive means the Eagle Sauce had used to achieve this.

"Listen up, everyone at the Maizuru Military Base! Get into air defense formation. The next target for the Eagle Sauce should be you."

As soon as the Emperor finished giving his order, the image of the Maizuru Military Base on the Light Screen began to shake violently!

In the footage, inside the Military Base, alarms suddenly sound and red warning lights flash frantically.

Before the vehicles and people could fully react, an incredibly bright arc appeared on the distant horizon! Like a shooting star streaking across the night sky, it was dazzling and awe-inspiring!

A missile, trailing a long, fiery tail, hurtled toward the Military Base at extremely high speed.

After that brief moment of silence, a deafening roar suddenly erupted.

The sound waves were so powerful that even the Emperor and Itō Hidetaka, who were thousands of miles away, could feel their shocking power, as if the sound waves reached their cochleas and almost tore their eardrums apart.

The shockwave from the explosion surged like a raging storm, spreading out at an astonishing speed. The buildings surrounding the base were instantly destroyed by this terrifying force, reduced to countless fragments!

The high temperature, like a blazing sword, relentlessly wielded itself, devouring all flammable materials.

The flames were as red as blood, blazing and violent, illuminating the heavens and earth in a crimson hue.

Amidst the raging flames, thick smoke billowed upwards, like a gigantic black dragon, swirling and roaring wildly in the air. It rolled and spread, almost obscuring the entire sky!

The once neatly arranged rows of military vehicles and equipment inside the base are now scattered all over the ground, some even thrown hundreds of meters away, leaving deep marks on the ground after their impact.

Some even completely vanished in the high temperature, leaving not a trace.

Waaah!

The wind howled like a mournful lament, mingling with the screams of Challengers on the battlefield to create a poignant symphony.

This is not just the sound of the wind, but more like the ruthless mockery of Eagle Sauce by the Eastern Ocean Island.

The echoes of the explosion still reverberated in the sky, while the earth trembled violently from the shockwave, as if telling of its helplessness and fear.

The once orderly Maizuru Military Base is now a living hell! Like the Wuhai Military Base, it has been reduced to ruins.

Meanwhile, in the Instance Backend, the numbers kept fluctuating, and another 50,000 people had suddenly disappeared! That meant that only 350,000 Challengers remained in the Instance!

"What is this? Can anyone tell me!"

"What kind of weapon is this?! What the hell is this weapon?!"

The Emperor slammed his fist against the wall, the last glimmer of fighting spirit he had managed to muster was cruelly extinguished.

Itō Hidetaka gasped, and stammered:

"Emperor Majesty, perhaps I can guess. I seem to have seen Lin Ye use something similar during the first Instance..."

"He used something like homing cannonballs to destroy my fleet. Back then, those cannonballs could travel five nautical miles."

"Now it seems that the shell was just Lin Ye testing the waters... Judging from the timeline, those two shells must have been fired from the Eagle Sauce Country, otherwise, it would have been impossible to complete the strike in such a short time!"

Itō Hidetaka himself didn't believe what he was saying; it was simply too outrageous.

Eastern Ocean Island and the Eagle Sauce Country are separated by a vast ocean. Could there really be artillery shells that could reach that far? But given the reality before him, this was the only explanation he could offer.

Immediately, the Firmament gave a positive answer.

[Firmament Notification: Since the Challengers has deduced the basic principles of the Eagle Sauce Country weaponry, Firmament can provide a brief explanation as a hint for the Instance, so that the Challengers can take appropriate defensive measures.]

[Due to the Challengers's resistance, just now, the Eagle Sauce used a hypersonic Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, the AGM-183 ARRW, against Eastern Ocean Island!]