The instant the N5 Bomb exploded, a flash of blinding light erupted over the suburbs, illuminating everything for dozens of kilometers around.
At that moment, it was as if every sound in the world had vanished. In the very center of the light, a hemispherical fireball over a kilometer in diameter appeared.
A bright ring spread outward in a circle. Everything around it was blown away in an instant, then burned to nothing by the shock wave and intense heat, reduced to ashes too fine for the naked eye to see.
The enormous fireball surged upward, its top spreading into the shape of an umbrella. As it climbed higher, it eventually became a gigantic mushroom cloud, turning the clouds in the sky a vivid red.
From high above, a ring of visible, violent air swept across the suburbs, flattening and igniting all the vegetation in its path. The entire earth trembled.
Machine City in the distance was caught in the blast as well. The air wave swept into a construction site, blowing away the stacked building materials and scattering sand and dirt in fine streams.
The air wave then swept into Machine City. Buildings shook violently as it passed, and every pane of glass shattered.
Only after the first lethal wave of air had dissipated did the sound of the explosion arrive, rumbling toward the hundreds of thousands of residents in Machine City. Even those hiding in the Underground Shelter could hear it.
The Nine-Tailed Fox hadn't taken cover. She remained on the rooftop.
She pulled out a pair of sunglasses and put them on, gazing at the mushroom cloud that stretched from earth to sky. A sigh of awe escaped her.
So this was the power of humanity.
Individuals might be weak, but with the strength and ingenuity of