If it were only this wave of nuclear attacks, it would at most cause crippling damage to humanity on Earth Star, but most areas would still be able to live normally.
The problem is that nuclear weapons aren't something only one country possesses. After their unwarranted nuclear proliferation began, Russia and the Eagle Country stopped holding back and started releasing their nuclear weapons after a period of time.
Keep in mind that they have nearly a thousand nuclear bombs registered on their records, enough to plow through any large city on Earth Star.
However, that's only the ideal scenario. In reality, when launching a nuclear strike on a location, several nuclear warheads and a large number of decoy missiles are often launched together to prevent the nuclear warheads from being intercepted before reaching the target location.
For a time, the whole world was plunged into panic. After all, nuclear bombs are not only a matter of power, but also of Fallout and other destructive forces.
It's no joke to send the entire Earth Star civilization back to the primitive era. The development of modern civilization is basically supported by the industries of these few major powers. Only when these major powers fight among themselves and fall apart will the technology of those smaller countries naturally suffer a stagnation.
It's important to know that currently, 80% of the world's countries can't even produce a single bag of fertilizer, and 50% of small countries can't even produce a bag for urea.
Although the world order has changed, and these small countries have either submitted to other countries or merged with them, the short-term regime changes have not brought them any substantial benefits. The centuries-long antagonism between these countries will not be resolved by a few days of merger.
As for Divine Land, although many people were preparing to retaliate when they saw other countries indiscriminately dropping nuclear weapons, this idea was ultimately stopped.
There's nothing else to it. Although the final winner of the great war is still undecided, Divine Land itself has always planned to unify Earth Star.
While these countries may be enjoying the indiscriminate dropping of nuclear weapons, the resulting land contamination and loss of life are devastating. Aside from the loss of lives, the main problem is that the land, once exposed to Fallout, cannot be used or lived on normally for decades.
If we were to launch another round of nuclear missiles at this point, we would have captured land, but that land would be useless, making it a losing proposition.
Rather than joining other countries in a cycle of mutual attacks, it would be better to wait and see for a while and first try to stop the nuclear missiles heading towards our homeland.
Everyone has witnessed the defensive capabilities of the grand formation. It does have some effect in defending against external nuclear attacks, but it is still somewhat insufficient in terms of energy consumption. Moreover, the grand formation can only intercept nuclear missiles at the point where the formation is effective. Although it prevents them from entering the interior of Divine Land, it has indeed dealt a blow to the border regions.
For some remote border areas, where the surrounding area is mostly uninhabited, this method of interception works well. However, it is less effective for the eastern coastal areas.
Cities in coastal areas are mostly located by the sea, and some cities are practically adjacent to the Nation-Protecting Grand Formation. In such cases, even if the formation blocks the attack, the effects of the explosion will still reach these cities.
Therefore, to intercept these nuclear missiles intact, they would ultimately have to be shot down at sea.
Using lasers to intercept missiles is possible, but nuclear weapons have too large a strike range, and lasers lose energy when their attack range is too far. They can basically only be used within visual range. They can intercept missiles, but after the explosion, the intercepting party cannot escape the blast radius.
Even so, the intercepting forces on the Divine Land side were divided into multiple batches, forming several lines of defense across the entire sea area to ensure that no nuclear missile could penetrate them.
"Wow, it feels like I've traveled through decades since I last saw you."
After Li Xingkong emerged from the nuclear power plant carrying several different types of space equipment, he quickly learned about the current situation.
Well, it turns out that I've been refining weapons here for less than a month, and the whole Earth Star has become like this.
After putting away the Space Bag in his hands, Li Xingkong and flew back to the Earthly Capital. Under such chaotic battles, the pressure on Divine Land must be quite great. There was no other way but to hurry up and see what he could do.
When Li Xingkong arrived in the Earthly Capital, he discovered that it was under complete martial law. Most of the people in the Imperial Capital had been evacuated to the Earthly Capital to prevent nuclear attacks, and Old Tang and his group had already moved to the space carrier.
The entire space carrier, serving as a temporary wartime command center, is currently patrolling the skies above the front line.
"Let's just strike the nuclear silos of the Eagle Country and Russia directly and render them all obsolete."
Onboard the space carrier, dozens of people are studying interception plans.
"What you're saying is pointless. They've already dropped nuclear bombs, what's the point of attacking a nuclear silo?"
"We've now deployed three lines of defense, including the latest small-scale interception arrays and ancient rapid-fire cannons. Most nuclear missiles can be intercepted. The problem is, we need to achieve 100% interception, not just the majority. If we let even one through, we'll both be guilty."
"Who can guarantee that? We've used all our air defense equipment and troops this time, but no one dares to say it's 100% certain."
Everyone looked tense, and the meeting room suddenly fell silent.
"Ding!" A bell rang, and everyone's eyes turned to the person who made the sound.
Old Tang hurriedly took out his phone. He had already processed most of the people's information, so only a few people could call at this time.
Just as everyone in the room was staring at him, making Old Tang feel a little embarrassed, he saw the incoming call number and his face immediately lit up with joy.
The final link in the interception has been completed.
He said a few words quickly and immediately answered the phone.
" Xingkong, have you sorted things out here?"
"The item has been successfully crafted, but things have changed so fast! I almost thought I'd traveled decades into the future."
The one who contacted him was Li Xingkong. He wasn't staying in the Earthly Capital at the moment either. After asking about the location of the front line, Li Xingkong flew on his sword to the defensive front line at sea.
"I'm almost at sea now. Tell me about the situation."
Old Tang glanced at everyone in the conference room, and after exchanging a few glances, they all nodded.
"The situation is not good right now. The Eagle Country and Russia have basically launched all their nuclear missiles. We are now facing attacks from two sides, with a large number of nuclear missiles coming towards us. We are making relevant interception preparations."
"The main targets are the northern and eastern coastal areas. These are the key areas for interception. In the north, since the major cities are far from the border, the nuclear missiles can be intercepted by the array. However, along the coast, the nuclear missiles need to be intercepted outside the array to ensure the safety of the cities."
In the time it takes to say a few words, Li Xingkong has already crossed the defensive line deployed by Divine Land and arrived at the very front of the entire defensive line.
Although missiles are fast, they pale in comparison to Li Xingkong, whose current movement speed is several times that of missiles.
"Alright, I'll try to clear out a bunch of them first to ease the pressure on you guys."
Old Tang gave Li Xingkong a general overview of the current situation, and then sent him all the missile trajectories that Divine Land was monitoring using satellites.
In Divine Land, the integration of cultivation and technology clearly has many aspects that need to be optimized. For example, even though satellites can already detect the trajectory of missiles, there is no better way to intercept them than to use missiles to intercept them.