Fusion Counterstrike

Kamas thought it made sense. This place was far from their Mother Planet, with only a few hundred or so people on the ship. There were no military supervisors or anything like that. As long as they made a profit, they could say whatever they wanted.

Thinking of this, he immediately perked up.

However, when he tried to command the battle, he was at a loss Violent Energy Cannon was already the most powerful conventional weapon on the spaceship.

It wasn't that the Riken Race didn't have more powerful weapons, but rather that the Cat Ear Spaceship were only so big in total, and could only carry a very limited amount of cargo; carrying ten cannons was already their limit.

When they arrived, their main purpose was reconnaissance; they never intended to engage in any high-intensity combat, so naturally they didn't carry many heavy weapons.

But now even artillery can't do much damage to Godzilla, leaving Kamas somewhat helpless.

He told Regi and Lute about their predicament, and the two of them looked grim. The treasure was right in front of them, and no one had tried to steal it yet, but they were powerless to take it back. This was infuriating.

"How about trying Tactical Nuclear Bomb? What do you think, Lute?" Regi asked.

"Let's give it a try. The monster must have strong resistance to nuclear radiation. Now we just hope that the instantaneous high temperature can kill it." After saying that, he looked at Kamas.

"That's the only way." Kamas nodded and said something into the communicator.

The ten Violent Energy Cannon continued firing without pause, hoping to wear down Godzilla as much as possible.

Godzilla, enraged, unleashed two Thermonuclear Breath towards its super-powerful artillery position. However, the energy of these breaths dissipated significantly as they traveled, limiting their maximum attack range to about 15 kilometers, making them utterly ineffective against targets 20 kilometers away.

While the attacks from the Violent Energy Cannon are weak, each small crater it creates accumulates and might actually wear down Godzilla, but it would take an extremely long time.

Godzilla unleashed a few more Thermonuclear Breath at the Gunboat moving across the sky, but after finding no results, it became conflicted.

It looked toward the direction where Hasmu Squad had detonated the Nuclear Bomb, and between finding a suspected comrade and its own life, it chose the latter.

Godzilla, having given in to its rage, turned and walked towards the shore. Its outburst had severely depleted its accumulated energy and stamina, as evidenced by the slightly dim LED lights on its dorsal fins.

With the firepower of the Violent Energy Cannon, it certainly wouldn't be able to kill or severely damage Godzilla before it returned to the sea.

"Captain, orders have been received to authorize the use of the Engineer Ant Type II Tactical Nuclear Bomb."

Inside the Transport Craft, the three teams that had just been picked up had been watching for a while. They hadn't died simply because they were lucky; out of five teams, only two weren't chosen.

The death of their teammate left them with a profound sense of powerlessness.

Now they finally had a chance to prove themselves, which excited them greatly, and they hoped to avenge their fallen teammates.

Soon, several transport ships separated and carefully landed outside Godzilla's attack range.

Several makeshift launch platforms were set up.

The Engineer Ant Type II Tactical Nuclear Bomb, which can be carried by personnel, has a variety of highly flexible launch methods. For example, it can be launched directly from a dedicated launch tube at close range, launched from a launch platform at medium to long range, or even airdropped from a ship after being equipped with a gyroscope.

While the platform the Guard Team has chosen for launching is slightly less accurate, given Godzilla's size, it would be quite difficult for it to miss.

Each fully-staffed special forces team of 50 men is equipped with two Tactical Nuclear Bomb, and to achieve maximum attack effectiveness, Kamas ordered them to be launched simultaneously.

Six Tactical Nuclear Bomb, trailing white flames, hurtled towards Godzilla, covering the 20-kilometer distance in an instant. Godzilla, completely unaware of the impending danger, paid no heed to these small, smoking objects.

"Boom!" X6!

The six mushroom clouds merged together to form an even larger mushroom cloud, and the resulting airflow scraped away several layers of the grassland, stirring up mud and sand that blotted out the sun.

"How was it? Did you take it down?"

"I don't know, I can't see clearly."

"How is the instrument's detection?"

"It still exhibits biological responses; it's not dead yet. In terms of life energy level, it hasn't even weakened much."

"No, it's intensifying!"

"Watch out! A powerful energy surge has been detected; an attack is imminent!"

A clear buzzing sound rang out from the smoke and dust, growing faster and faster, before a stream of energy, even thicker than the previous Thermonuclear Breath, was shot out.

A fiery beam of energy shot straight towards the Blaster Cannon position more than 20 kilometers away. Although the attack range was still insufficient, it was very close. Finally, the energy beam exploded two kilometers away from the position.

The powerful shockwave swept everything away, blowing the Blaster Cannon two kilometers away off the ground, while the lighter Guard Team were lifted into the air.

Although their protective suits can protect against some radiation damage and minor physical harm, they are unlikely to be very effective in this situation.

"This monster can actually use the energy of a nuclear explosion to recharge itself? And it can even use the radiation environment to enhance its attacks?" Dr. Lute exclaimed in disbelief on the bridge of the Cat Ear Spaceship.

"What do we do now?" Regi asked. "Major Kamas?"

"The artillery position has been destroyed, and with our current methods, it will be difficult to retain it. In order to reduce casualties, I am withdrawing the Guard Team."

"Don't we still have the ship's main guns?" Lute asked.

"That's a space warfare weapon, mainly for hitting meteorites. It shoots directly at the surface of a planet, and after passing through the atmosphere, the energy is almost completely lost. Its destructive power is probably not even as great as that of a cannon," Regi explained.

The two fell silent, and Kamas turned and issued a series of orders.

On the Big Origin Star, under the cover of Gunboat, the transport ship launched an emergency search and rescue operation. In the explosion, the two artillery squads operating the guns were confirmed to have 9 dead, 13 seriously injured, 5 missing, and the rest with minor injuries such as fractures.

Of the nine people who died, three were pierced by sharp objects carried by the shockwave, while the remaining six died from poisoning after their masks were damaged and they were buried, preventing timely rescue.

No one was killed directly by the explosion.

"It seems things are getting a bit beyond our control. We need to report the situation to our Mother Planet," Regi said with a grim expression.

"It's so frustrating," Lute sighed.

Kamas remained silent with a gloomy face. Regi and Lute, as the heads of administration and scientific research, reported the situation to the Mother Planet, but they only received less credit.

As the military leader, he made some oversights while directing the operation. Now he no longer expects any benefits, but only hopes that his merits and demerits will offset each other.

"So we'll have to stay here for many more years?" Lute asked.

"That depends on how our Mother Planet responds," Regi said after a moment's thought.

"Should we go into hibernation?" Communication between our home planet and the Mother Planet takes a significant amount of time, which is all pointless waiting. If there's nothing else to do, hibernation is necessary to extend our lifespan.

"We can arrange for some people to go into hibernation first. Do you have any additional suggestions?"

Lute nodded and said, "I'm still very concerned about what Hasmu Squad encountered. I can't understand the ecosystem here at all, but since there are creatures that can use magnetic fields and fusion energy, could there be creatures that can directly enter space?"