Boom!!!
The entire Freedom Underground City shook violently, as though a colossal earthquake had struck.
The lights inside the Command Center flickered wildly.
On the main screen, every surveillance feed within five kilometers of the blast center erupted in blinding white light, immediately dissolved into static, then went completely black.
A hundred-kiloton nuclear bomb had detonated in an extremely confined underground space.
The terrifying EMP and nuclear radiation instantly destroyed all electronic equipment.
The shock wave ricocheted wildly between the solid rock walls, its power at least three times greater than a surface detonation.
The three residential districts closest to the blast center were wiped flat within a fraction of a second.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians turned to ash in the intense heat before they even felt pain.
The Command Center fell deathly silent, with only the sound of dust falling from overhead.
"Report the damage..." Mars's voice was dry.
"The nuclear bomb's power in an enclosed space exceeded our estimates." The technician swallowed as he watched the radiation readings soar.
"All life within five kilometers of the blast center will be completely wiped out. All buildings have been destroyed, and radiation levels exceed safe limits."
"With all the surveillance equipment destroyed, we can't see anything now."
"What about that monster?" the chief of staff demanded urgently.
"Sir, that was a direct hit from a hundred-kiloton nuclear weapon!"
"Never mind carbon-based life-even a solid titanium-alloy mountain should have melted into molten metal!"
At those words, the strained atmosphere in the Command Center finally eased a fraction.
Several young officers slumped into their chairs, gasping for breath.
As long as they could kill that hundred-meter-tall supermonster, sacrificing hundreds of thousands of people to die with it was worth it.
"Contact the unaffected defense sectors immediately!" A flicker of relief at