Nuclear Explosion!

The three of them had gone completely mad. None would stop until the others were dead!

The fierce battle had lasted through the entire night, and even the clouds on the horizon had been shredded by the violent shockwaves.

The entire sky had been swept clear.

Not until the sun rose the next morning did crimson rays fall over the three of them.

"?!?!"

Above the now-calm ocean.

The three stood facing one another from afar.

Each of them panted heavily.

Gu Qing was doing relatively well, having merely expended a great deal of energy.

Andrew had suffered the worst injuries. His right foot and lower leg had both been blasted apart.

Matt also seemed to be nearing his limit. Even his cellular regeneration had slowed.

Yet he still held on, not having been completely defeated!

Not having been beaten to death by Gu Qing!

Gu Qing's gaze swept over the two of them as he thought to himself, These two really do deserve to be the protagonists of this world. They're no pushovers!

Even after he had gone all out, they had fought bitterly for more than ten hours!

Yet he still had not managed to take the two of them down!

Gu Qing suddenly realized that, because of his presence, he had already thrown this world into complete chaos.

And it was plainly foreseeable that Magnetic Field Warriors would rule the future.

With the devastating power of Magnetic Field Warriors and their madness-prone nature, this planet was bound to suffer countless disasters in the future.

Under such circumstances, it was hard to say whether these two could still be considered protagonists!

Gu Qing asked the system about this, then inquired, "You said before that I couldn't kill the protagonists. What about now?"

Having caused sufficient distortion to this world, you may kill the protagonists.

Gu Qing's eyes flashed.

When he had first entered this world, the system had warned him that he could not kill the protagonists, lest he draw the attention of the World Consciousness.

His life might have been endangered.

But now, it stated that he had already caused sufficient distortion to this world.

Gu Qing thought that perhaps this was precisely why the World Consciousness of this world had become too occupied to concern itself with anything else.

If he killed the original protagonists now, the risk of being targeted would be eliminated.

"If I choose to leave, what will happen to this world?"

It will continue developing along its current course of change.

"So it'll keep producing Spacetime Value? If I leave this world, will Spacetime Value still be credited to me?"

The system seemed to fall silent for a second.

Then it gave a definite answer.

Yes.

Gu Qing nodded in satisfaction.

Although Spacetime Value lottery draws were somewhat unreliable.

Who knew when he might become a European Emperor and hit the jackpot?

So naturally, the more Spacetime Value he had, the better!

Even at this point, none of the three was willing to retreat.

The temporary truce was only to prepare for an even fiercer final battle!

Today's battle would not end until the other two were dead!

Washington.

The White House.

"We can't wait any longer! They should have reached their limits. It's time!"

"Mr. President, the think tank believes we should wait a little longer."

"Am I the president, or are you the president? I said we can't wait any longer! Immediately, at once! Launch that damn Nuclear Bomb! I want to see every last one of them dead!"

"But Mr. President, the repercussions afterward..."

"Forget the repercussions. The United Nations will handle it. The most critical thing now is to wipe out these Superpowered Individuals in one fell swoop!"

"Understood, Mr. President."

At this moment, in the Persian Gulf.

After a brief rest, the three of them clashed once more.

They would not stop until one side was dead!

What they did not know was that far away, following an order from the current president, the massive war machine had begun to move.

The Pentagon.

General William, who had already extricated himself from his troubles, had also received the order to launch a Nuclear Bomb.

A flash of delight crossed his eyes.

As long as those guys could be blasted to death, he would be the only Superpowered Individual left. With his authority and status, combined with unparalleled power—

Controlling the United States would only be the beginning. The next step would be controlling the world!

Filled with excitement and anticipation, he issued the next order.

As the Nuclear Bomb launch order was relayed, a Nuclear Submarine closest to the Persian Gulf began to move.

A submarine carrying nuclear warheads dove to periscope depth, then changed course and headed toward the Persian Gulf.

The captain and executive officer left the bridge and headed for the weapons bay, leaving only the first officer to command the vessel.

The captain took out his launch key. The weapons officer retrieved the key and paper authentication code from the safe, then compared the paper code and received order aloud together with the executive officer.

After the captain, executive officer, weapons officer, and duty officer verbally confirmed their agreement, the two keys were inserted into the control panel. They entered the target coordinates, activated the missile's power supply, and the submarine opened its launch tube.

By then, the Nuclear Submarine had reached its designated position. Once the missile's testing procedures were complete—

The weapons officer gave the launch order to the operator, who pressed the button and fired the missile.

A Cruise Missile carrying a tactical nuclear warhead burst from the water!

After closing the launch tube, the submarine swiftly departed.

The missile could reach Mach 7, or 8,575.56 kilometers per hour.

In their estimation, even those three powerful Superpowered Individuals would never be able to evade it. They would surely be blasted into dust!

At that moment, above the Persian Gulf.

Matt, who had been frantically attacking Gu Qing, suddenly froze!

Gu Qing naturally would not let such an obvious opening pass!

His leg chopped down like a falling Tiger-Head Guillotine.

Crack!

He could not block it!

He could not dodge it!

Matt's shoulder blade shattered instantly!

Fragments of broken bone burst outward.

A string of Sonic Boom Clouds exploded around him, and then he plunged into the sea.

Waves surged skyward!

Yet what puzzled Gu Qing was that Matt never emerged again!

This put him on guard.

Logically speaking, that strike had been heavy, but it could not possibly have killed Matt outright.

What he did not know was that just moments ago, Torres's voice had suddenly sounded through Matt's bone-conduction earpiece.

He told him that the president had ordered a nuclear strike against them.

He told him to find an opportunity to escape as quickly as possible!

Thus, after Matt was blasted underwater, he desperately used Cellular Recombination while swimming away from the area as fast as he could!

Meanwhile, Gu Qing also sensed something.

He and Andrew broke apart at the same time and looked in one direction!

Magnetic Field Detection!

They could both sense a terrifying force rapidly approaching from that direction!

It was a horrifying weapon containing the greatest destructive power in human history!

There was no mistake.

It was definitely a Nuclear Bomb!

At the same time, Gu Qing understood why Matt had not reappeared.

Though he did not know how Matt had received the news in advance, there was no doubt that he had escaped!

Even Magnetic Field Rotation at 70,000 Horsepower had no way to withstand the power of a Nuclear Bomb!

This was a nuclear warhead with an explosive yield of two million tons of TNT—more than 130 times that of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb!

Gu Qing had sensed it in advance and wanted to use Magnetic Field Power to affect the missile first, causing it to lose control and become a dud.

But those guys in the U.S. military had suffered enough hidden losses at Andrew's hands.

Now, they had learned their lesson.

Having calculated the limits of the affected area, they relied on the cruise missile's absolute speed to detonate it before the influence could spread!

The moment Gu Qing realized there was nothing he could do, a Sonic Boom Cloud erupted around him, and his speed abruptly rose to 2 Mach.

He fled in the opposite direction.

But it was still too late.

The missile was simply too fast. In the blink of an eye, it reached its intended location.

Then, behind Gu Qing, an incomparably explosive blaze of light rose up!

Surging shockwaves swept outward, and the air seemed to become tangible as it tried to tear Gu Qing's body completely to pieces.

At the same time, intense heat and radiation constantly eroded him.

Fortunately, Gu Qing had avoided the fireball radius at the center of the explosion, but his current position was still within the radius of the Airburst Shockwave.

He was still in an extremely dangerous situation!