The sudden darkness plunged the entire presidential residence into a moment of deathly silence.
Then Jin Xiuyan's scream tore through the night!
"Ah! What happened? Is the power out?!"
Yoon Seokjun was startled too. The wineglass slipped from his hand and shattered on the floor.
But the iron-fisted president had weathered plenty of crises, and he quickly steadied himself.
"Don't panic! It's just a power outage! The backup power will kick in any moment!"
He tried to calm his trembling wife, then shouted at the guards outside, "Security room, respond immediately! What's going on?!"
But the voice that usually brought people running met with no answer.
Only dead silence.
Dread began to spread through Yoon Seokjun's chest.
A few seconds later, the backup power finally came on.
Emergency lights cast a weak, sickly glow from the corners of the corridors, making the residence look like a haunted place.
Just then—
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The emergency communicator in the president's office, connected to the highest-level internal security line, suddenly let out a shrill alarm!
Yoon Seokjun's heart sank!
That communicator would sound only if Green Wa Dae's entire defense system suffered a devastating attack and every defensive line was breached!
He lunged forward, snatched it up, and roared into it, "This is Yoon Seokjun! What happened?! Answer me!"
A torrent of terrified, desperate reports crackled through the communicator!
"Reporting! Mr. President, the Sector A line has been breached! Sector B has been breached! Sector C—"
"Reporting! The Sky Shield system is down! All defensive facilities have failed!"
"Reporting! We've lost contact with every guard unit! Repeat, every guard unit!"
One desperate report after another poured into Yoon Seokjun's ears!
His face went deathly pale!
How... how was this possible?!
Eagle Country's supposedly impregnable Sky Shield system, and three thousand fully armed