[Warning! Long-range strikes incoming. Prepare for impact!]
As the alert sounded,
three Tactical Nuclear Missiles had already breached the Tower's defenses and slammed into it.
Boom, boom, boom—
Without its energy barrier, the Tower crumbled to dust inch by inch under an unprecedented explosion.
The instant the blast erupted, the intense heat reduced everything on the Tower to ash.
A mushroom cloud rose as an electromagnetic pulse, intense thermal radiation, and a shock wave spread outward in a ring.
Although Tucker's Emergency Survival Device had successfully ejected him at the critical moment,
the Tactical Nuclear Missiles had arrived so quickly that he had no time to reach a safe distance.
The blast sent the Emergency Survival Device tumbling through the air.
The energy barrier surrounding the Emergency Survival Device lasted less than three seconds before shattering.
Yet those three seconds allowed the Emergency Survival Device to escape the heart of the blast.
Finally, it traced an arc through the air and crashed into a valley several kilometers away.
The Emergency Survival Device rolled and bounced across the ground.
Its thick protective shell grew battered and broken with every tumble and collision.
Bang—
When the Emergency Survival Device finally struck a thick ancient giant tree, it lodged firmly in the trunk.
Thick black smoke rose from the Emergency Survival Device, accompanied by the crackling of short-circuiting electrical components.
Tucker had escaped with his life.
[Warning! The Emergency Survival Device's electronic systems have sustained damage. Functionality impaired.] [Warning! High radiation contamination detected. Leave the current area immediately and seek appropriate treatment.] [Warning! ...]
Tucker coughed up blood, his head swimming. The alerts flashing across the Virtual Light Screen became a series of meaningless buzzes in his ears.
I survived!
The thought surfaced in Tucker's mind.
He pressed the