With the sound of artillery fire ringing out once more, the counterattack began.
In the conference room, where only the core researchers remained, everyone stared straight at Chu An, waiting for his explanation.
Even though the "war" was not yet over, none of them had the mind to care about it anymore. They were even more curious about how Chu An had managed to do it.
Especially for researchers who understood the Condensed State, Chu An's unbelievable method was practically like performing magic, leaving them utterly unable to comprehend it.
Someone asked first.
A middle-aged Tier 1 man in a simple white uniform stood halfway up from his seat nervously and quickly asked:
"Wasn't what you detonated just now a Spiritual Energy Nuclear Bomb?"
"Why did Ball Lightning appear!?"
They instinctively glanced into the distance. Regarding the silvery-white, intensely bright sphere that had appeared earlier, they had realized it too.
The thing detonated earlier did not seem to be a nuclear bomb in the traditional sense.
Sitting in his seat, Chu An nodded. He did not care about everyone's "questioning" him and slowly began speaking under their gazes:
"A Spiritual Energy Nuclear Bomb does not literally mean a nuclear bomb."
"It is merely an energy aggregation whose explosion resembles that of a nuclear bomb. It is called that simply to make it easier for everyone to understand."
"In reality, the 'nuclear bomb' detonated just now was essentially based on the operating principles of the Dark Crystal Giant Cannon."
"Its explosive principle is to release energy by colliding two streams of high-energy plasma, ultimately triggering fission."
Pointing toward the Dark Crystal Giant Cannon outside the Command Room, Chu An continued before everyone had fully understood:
"I believe everyone has seen how the Dark Crystal Giant Cannon attacks."
"Unlike the Spiritual Energy