"What problem?" Xu Yi looked at Lamasia with interest.
In scientific research, discovering problems was never something to fear. Having no problems was what you feared.
Lamasia fell silent for a moment, then pointed at the towering mana core warhead in the distance and asked hesitantly, "Mr. President, how large an area do you think... this warhead could destroy if we actually detonated it?"
"Shouldn't I be asking you that? How am I supposed to answer?" Xu Yi asked, somewhat amused.
Lamasia shook his head. It was unclear whether he disagreed with Xu Yi or simply did not know how to answer.
After another stretch of silence, he sighed. "If we detonated this warhead here now, I'm afraid the entire valley would be reduced to dust. No one would be able to escape."
Lamasia glanced at Xu Yi, paused, then added, "Perhaps only archmages like you and Archmage Camilla would have a chance of surviving, Mr. President. Everyone else would have no chance at all."
The valley lay about five kilometers northwest of the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Main Base and covered a little over sixty hectares.
If detonating the warhead here could obliterate the entire valley, that meant its blast would affect an area approaching one square kilometer.
Such terrifying power was enough to rival the earliest atomic bombs developed on Earth.
And unless measures were taken to deal with the disrupted mana space left behind, no one could enter the area for a very long time. It would become a dead zone.
Compared with the devastating effects of residual nuclear radiation after an atomic bomb exploded, this mana core warhead was perhaps even more frightening.
Understanding what Lamasia was getting at, Xu Yi's expression grew serious.
"What are you trying to say?"
"What I'm trying to say..." Lamasia shook