CHAPTER 15

The enemy appeared, and in a cold sweat, they immediately trained their guns on the arrogant figure.

"Raise your hands immediately..."

The commander's habitual warning words slipped out, though they knew they held little weight against such a lawless member of the extreme mutant who had caused a nuclear explosion.

"Fire directly!"

Boom!

The sporadic gunfire continued to erupt, revealing the flustered state of everyone present.

Even those breathing unconsciously felt their scalps prickle and their bodies tremble.

Nonsense!

This was the monster who emerged unscathed from the nuclear explosion!

What are bullets for?

However, the soldiers tasked with blockading the scene and maintaining order were also distressed. Suddenly facing such a horrifying situation, they could only follow orders and shoot repeatedly at the figure advancing toward them.

Swoosh!

Bullets sliced through the air, striking their target relentlessly.

The invisible power of thought fluctuated before him, intercepting all incoming bullets. Guided by Su Chen's will, these bullets swiftly redirected towards the nearby soldiers with increased velocity.

Plop!

The grim sound of bullets piercing flesh and blood echoed relentlessly.

One by one, the soldiers ahead swiftly collapsed.

Suddenly, a barrage of long-barreled artillery shells continued to erupt, roaring loudly as the large-caliber shells unleashed immense impacts, raining down around Su Chen.

"Provide me with cover fire!"

Boom!

Successive rounds of cannonballs, each capable of demolishing a building, echoed around Su Chen.

Fiery flames erupted, accompanied by majestic thermal impacts and metal shrapnel composed of countless iron pieces blossoming all around Su Chen.

Logically, Su Chen could easily evade them with his telekinetic abilities. However, having completely expended all the nuclear explosion energy stored in his body, Su Chen now required external energy to replenish himself.

For a moment, he exuded invisible fluctuations, seemingly devouring, absorbing all forms of energy such as heat and kinetic energy around him. With such astonishing absorption, even light seemed to be distorted.

[Energy consumption +5]

[Energy consumption +5]

　　...

The system quickly provides feedback on the improvement and changes of the ability.

"Here it comes."

Su Chen's eyes flickered with a dim light.

He raised both hands directly, and two luminous cannons began to brew in his palms.

The next moment.

Boom!

The incomparable light cannons condensed into horrifying energy beams, opening a terrifying chasm on the ground, engulfing all the gun carts and soldiers in the distance, destroying and killing them.

In such a short period of time, the troops dispatched to maintain order were wiped out, completely losing their organization.

Satellite equipment in space also captured this scene vividly.

As a result, the entire country immediately raised the alert level to the highest level.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. immediately dispatch!"

"Deploy all special forces."

"I don't care what it takes, but by the end of today, I want to see the tears of this extremist mutant staining this land, and I want him dead with no place to rest!"

The president suddenly scolded and issued the latest order.

....

The boy who emerged from the nuclear explosion so audaciously wiped out an entire biochemical force.

Soon after, the national alert level was raised to its highest.

For the Chinese teenager Su Chen, who orchestrated the nuclear explosion, he was directly upgraded from an S-class global wanted criminal to the highest SSS-class.

As the National Land Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Bureau, S.H.I.E.L.D. also deployed a rapid response force to designate Su Chen as a special dangerous level, meaning that only agents of the ninth level or higher have access to his information.

"Contact Iron Man Tony..."

S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury immediately reached out to the most renowned superhero of recent times.

Since Tony Stark publicly revealed himself as Iron Man and resolved numerous threats, he has become the most celebrated superhero globally.

At this challenging juncture, the people crave heroes!

They yearn for someone to rise up.

This villainous extrajudicial zealot must face justice, or meet his end swiftly!

After all, not even the most arrogant of extreme mutants in the past, including the Brotherhood's leader and the notorious Magneto, could achieve such a feat.

Even Magneto himself was eventually apprehended by military forces and held in an underground prison for a period of time.

This is outrageous!

In front of the entire world, this young man acted with utter lawlessness, triggering a nuclear explosion on mainland soil at close range. Such a flagrant act cannot go unpunished.

This boy must be stopped!

In response, the nation swiftly dispatched more special personnel to Washington, DC.

...…

Over the East Coast, more than a dozen Raptor fighter jets streaked across the sky and headed towards the nuclear explosion site at supersonic speeds.

"Authorization for fire attack granted."

This flying combat team operates under the Atlantic Seventh Force.

Departing directly from the aircraft carrier stationed far out at sea, they swiftly arrived on the battlefield.

Despite their limited numbers, this squadron alone—with its firepower and rapid supersonic flight capabilities—could easily overpower a small nation and wreak havoc within its borders.

But now, they faced a dilemma.

Can their firepower suppress a teenager who survived a nuclear explosion?

They aren't certain.

However, their primary objective remains containment, slowing down the enemy's movements, and keeping him confined to this area.

"Fire!"

Upon receiving the authorization order, the fighter pilots initiated the launch sequence one after another.

*Click!*

Underneath the bomb bay of the Raptor fighter, a missile device mounted suddenly extended. In less than a second, the missile's tail ignited completely, and the mounting device released it abruptly.

*Swoosh!*

The missile soared through the sky, homing in on its ground target with precision.

"Fighters?"

Su Chen gazed up at the sky.

Reflecting on his childhood dreams, he, too, once aspired to become a combat pilot.

Looking at the approaching missiles, Su Chen's eyes turned cold in an instant. With a mere thought, the power fluctuations transformed into an invisible giant hand, halting the swift and violent missile mid-air.

*Boom!*

The entire missile was crushed as if squeezed from thin air.

In a mere instant,

More and more missiles surged from the distant horizon, transitioning from small black specks to impending warheads.

"Is that all?"

Su Chen raised his right hand and gently gestured beside him.

The seemingly meaningless motion had a peculiar effect. A missile approaching from a distance suddenly veered off course, deviating completely from its trajectory and crashing to the ground under an invisible force.

Boom!

The urban area of the city was immediately met with its own missile bombardment, causing many high-rise buildings to collapse and orange flames to rise.

"Damn it!"

The driver cursed under his breath.

They hadn't anticipated the enemy's peculiar power to easily neutralize so many missiles.

"This will only lead to more innocent casualties."

"Delay for half a minute, then return home."

Sending out this flying formation wasn't intended to destroy the young man. Their goal was to delay the opponent, taking advantage of their high altitude and supersonic flight speed, making it difficult for the enemy to attack from the ground.

But their strategies are still a bit too simplistic.

As multiple Raptor fighters finished firing their missiles and zoomed past above Su Chen's head, the roar of engines reverberating through the sky made the indifferent young man frown.

For the first time, he truly didn't have a clear plan to deal with fighters.

Because they were too fast, too high.

Of course, the opposing party had no means to directly counter him either.

"But it's still too noisy."

Su Chen's indifferent and unforgiving face betrayed a trace of killing intent as he couldn't bear the constant roar of supersonic engines echoing back and forth in the air.

This soured his mood.

As the saying goes, darkness is ten times stronger, but lightness is weaker by three points.

When Su Chen's mood completely shifted, and he embraced the abyss, he became more adept at using his abilities.

"Let them fall."

Hum!

As if his words commanded it, an invisible wave of power began to interfere with reality.

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