"Stegosaurus"

"General, the sonar images show the kaiju is moving rapidly!"

"What's its predicted destination?"

"Y-yes."

The intelligence officer was frightened and flustered, his voice trembling slightly.

General Jonathan frowned.

"Why are you stammering? Where is it?"

"General, it's San Francisco! Its target is right here!"

"It's less than a hundred nautical miles from the Golden Gate Bridge!"

"The Air Force squadron originally scheduled to reach the battlefield within five minutes is expected to arrive along the kaiju's projected route in less than two minutes!"

"The aircraft will make contact with the target in thirty seconds!"

"Connect me to the squadron. I want precise battlefield intelligence. Also, activate the satellite feed and put the live footage on the main screen!"

"Yes, General!"

Several staff members at the consoles began busily carrying out their respective tasks.

"Hello, this is PPDC Headquarters. Requesting access to satellite surveillance over the Pacific Ocean's west coast. Highest-level authorization code. We need it immediately, hurry!"

"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Davis, this is the PPDC Headquarters Command Center. Report your unit's current position!"

At this moment, PPDC Headquarters began operating like a war fortress.

No one would underestimate its strength.

Because here,

lay the product of humanity's most cutting-edge technology,

the Jaegers!

"Attention, all personnel. Open Hangar One. This is not a drill. Attention, this is not a drill!"

Broadcasts echoed throughout the PPDC Headquarters Shatterdome base.

The massive doors of Hangar One slowly opened.

An automated track system hauled out a gigantic figure.

Its imposing body gleamed black, the nuclear turbine engine in its chest slowly turning.

It was none other than Wanderer!

Once Wanderer had exited the hangar, the staff hurried over by elevator to secure its cables and prepare it for towing.

"Headquarters, this is the fighter squadron. Davis speaking. We've reached the target's projected route!"

"General, the satellite surveillance feed has been secured and is now being broadcast!"

As the staff member spoke, footage finally appeared on the main screen.

Above the Pacific Ocean, twenty-one fighter jets hovered in formation, awaiting the enemy.

The fighters were the latest model developed by the M side, the F-40.

Unlike conventional aircraft, its propulsion system had been significantly improved.

By integrating a special substance extracted from kaiju blood, its speed had increased dramatically.

Its greatest feature was the flexibility of its rear propulsion system.

It had been fitted with the latest lift fans, three-bearing rotating nozzles, and roll-control nozzles.

This allowed the fighters to hover briefly.

The sea was utterly calm, without a single ripple. There was no sign that a kaiju was about to arrive.

This was a common trick used by kaiju. Before deep-sea life-energy detection systems and underwater ultrasonic sonar existed, they hid beneath the ocean and moved in secret.

Only when they made landfall could any trace of them be found.

Every kaiju attack caused enormous casualties and losses.

Even when they did not deliberately target humanity,

their aftermath alone was already terrifying.

But from now on, they would have nowhere to hide.

"Activate the underwater ultrasonic sonar interference."

General Jonathan issued the command before the main screen.

"Yes, General! Ultrasonic Sonar Unit 136 at the target site off the Pacific west coast has initiated its interference program!"

Underwater ultrasonic sonar interference had been further modified and enhanced based on sonar principles.

Ordinary sonar merely emitted an inducive pulse to attract schools of fish, making fishing more convenient.

Ultrasonic sonar, however, had better directional performance, was easier to control, possessed stronger penetration, and could focus sound energy more effectively, causing greater damage.

Furthermore, it was exceptionally loud. Underwater, it could generate noise of up to one thousand decibels!

For humans, fifty decibels could already disrupt normal life.

Anything above seventy decibels could cause agitation and difficulty concentrating.

The maximum noise humans could endure was one hundred and fifty-five decibels.

As for blue whales, the largest creatures in the sea, anything above one hundred and ten decibels would make them restless, while over one hundred and eighty decibels could damage their auditory systems.

So what did one thousand decibels mean?

It was equivalent to the noise of ten twin-engine F-15 fighters taking off right in front of you!

It would instantly rupture your eardrums and permanently damage your hearing.

It could even cause a certain degree of brain damage.

Of course, such noise levels might not necessarily harm the kaiju.

But they could at least make it agitated and force it to surface.

Sure enough, the previously tranquil ocean instantly became turbulent.

It boiled like a pot of water.

The sight made Davis's squadron, already on high alert, feel their hearts sink slightly.

Seeing that something was wrong, Davis wanted to spread the fighters out.

"Quick! Fan out and disperse!"

The moment he finished speaking, the pilots activated their fighters and moved.

But it was already too late.

A straight, tail-like appendage over sixty meters long shot out of the sea!

It pierced directly through one fighter, which exploded on the spot.

Another fighter beside it failed to evade in time and crashed straight into one of the spikes on the tail, destroying it as well!

"David! Richard!"

Lieutenant Colonel Davis cried out.

Everything had happened too quickly. Two fighters had crashed in a single instant.

There had been no time for anyone to react.

The scene left General Jonathan at the PPDC Headquarters Command Center, as well as Mao Shucheng and the others at the Dalian Shatterdome base, deeply grim.

This opponent was no ordinary foe. It looked especially troublesome.

The kaiju finally rose from the sea, revealing its true form.

It stood roughly one hundred and ten meters tall and was nearly two hundred meters long.

A row of bony spikes ran down its back, while its sixty-to-seventy-meter tail bore four protruding spikes as well.

In contrast to its enormous body, its "head" was somewhat diminutive.

Its head had a birdlike pointed beak, creating a strange contrast with the rest of its body.

This was clearly the first time this kaiju had emerged from the wormhole to attack Earth.

Yet the sight of it left everyone stunned.

Even General Jonathan and Commander Mao Shucheng, both men of exceptional composure.

Because it looked very much like a creature once native to Earth.

"Stegosaurus!"