New Jersey Air Force Base Command Center.
The hacked systems had returned to normal, but Mar-Vell's sickly seductive face remained deeply etched in everyone's minds on the holographic projection, especially her final words... a bigger surprise!
Those words were like a poisoned dagger plunging into everyone's hearts.
"Mr. Alvin." Carter hurried over, her expression grim as iron. "We just received word that the naval fleet's attack vanished in midair before it even reached Cairo. Conventional weapons are useless against that monster, and the combined fleet suffered heavy losses as well. According to reports, the soldiers never even saw the enemy before they all inexplicably fell into a state of madness. I've already had them all quarantined."
Conventional weapons?
Alvin gave a soft laugh and shook his head. "Have your people withdraw."
"Withdraw? Mr. Alvin, we..." Carter had barely begun to speak when he raised a hand to stop her.
"I understand how you feel, but this has gone beyond the point where you can intervene." Alvin directly rejected Carter. "You've seen the situation. If this continues, there will only be greater casualties. I don't personally hate sacrifice. If victory could be bought with enough lives, I wouldn't hesitate to do it. But now, no number of lives will help. It would be meaningless sacrifice."
"We still have nuclear weapons!" Howard seemed to have made up his mind as he gritted his teeth. "If it comes down to it, we can..."
"Nuclear weapons cause destruction on the physical level." Alvin shook his head. "Besides, this isn't a problem that can be solved by a long-range strike. Cairo has already completely fallen into the Warp. Even using a warship's Light Lances and Macrocannons would make it difficult to utterly destroy the core, let alone eliminate a Daemon Prince on the verge of