"Report: Upon investigation, the communication signals for the two hydrogen bombs numbered HD-041 and 042 have been lost... They cannot be detonated normally!"

"Report: Real-time satellite imagery shows that two missiles have been lost in the target area!"

"Mr. President, China and North Korea have called to inquire about the situation over the Pacific Ocean. Should we connect these two hotlines?"

"president......"

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Clington cursed three times in a fit of rage.

Immediately afterwards, he swept the documents off the table and onto the floor...

It is quite rare for a president of a country to lose his composure like this in front of so many subordinates.

It's clear how much this unexpected event affected him!

The plan, which seemed to be a sure thing, took an unexpected turn at the last minute. How could the proud president of the empire accept this?

What's even more ridiculous is that he had just led the way in opening champagne to celebrate.

God is awful!

I was just having some fun beforehand, so how did it turn into a tragedy?

......

"Mr. President, could it be... a missile blackout? A signal malfunction?"

As Secretary of Defense, Daly immediately considered one possibility.

"It can't be a blackout. The speed of these two missiles is only Mach 4, which is far from the point of communication blackout."

Garen's chest heaved, his whole body trembling slightly with shock and disappointment.

"For a missile to create a blackout area, its flight speed must exceed Mach 10..."

"The most likely explanation now is that Lin Dong deliberately interfered with these two hydrogen bombs!"

Daly's face was extremely grim: "How is this possible? He was high in the air, nearly 20 kilometers away, how...how did he do that?!"

"Sigh... No matter how much we planned, we still overlooked one thing." Garen shook his head in anguish. "Lin Dong's invisibility and shielding techniques can actually be used from a distance!"

"We considered this when we initially formulated the plan, but to ensure the effectiveness of the nuclear explosion, the detonation point was too close to the target..."

"I...I really regret it so much!!!"

Garen's pain and regret affected everyone present.

Everyone put down their champagne glasses, looked at each other, and didn't know what to do.

Yes, regarding the "Nuclear Winter Project," which was designated as top secret by the president, no one here except Daly and Galen had any right to know its specific implementation details.

"Director Galen, General Daly, is there... any way to salvage this situation?" Clington asked in a deep voice, suppressing his surging emotions.

Garen and Daly exchanged glances, both seeing the helplessness and despair in each other.

So, they both shook their heads at the same time:

“I’m sorry, Mr. President, I… have no choice.”

"I'm sorry, Mr. President, the Nuclear Winter Project has failed..."

Upon hearing this, Clington's already ashen face turned deathly pale.

He slumped weakly into the leather seat, his eyes almost lifeless: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

“Mr. President, we…should consider where to take refuge,” Galen reminded him.

"Yes, yes! If Lin Dong isn't dead, he'll definitely come after me. I... I can't die!"

Clington was somewhat flustered:

“Cheyenne Mountain…yes! I can go to Cheyenne Mountain. Last time I was there, Lin Dong couldn’t do anything to me!”

"General Daly, please make the arrangements. I...we're heading to the Cheyenne Mountain Bunker base immediately..."

Daly sighed, stood up, and agreed, "I'll arrange it right away."

He took two steps outside, then seemed to remember something, stopped, turned to Garen, and said:

"Chief Galen, why don't you get ready too? Shall we go together?"

Garen shook his head: "I don't need to prepare anything. I'll go back to CIA headquarters later and wait for Lin Dong's arrival."

"You? Sigh... Director Galen, why are you doing this?" Daly knew his old friend's intentions and was about to offer some advice.

Garen raised his hand to stop him, saying, "Don't try to persuade me anymore. I've said it before, if Lin Dong doesn't die this time, I will!"

"Go ahead and make the arrangements. The president and the United States are in your care."

Daly's lips moved, but he swallowed the words that were about to come out. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Old friend, are you still not resigned to this? Are you going to make one last desperate attempt?"

Garen gave a strained smile:

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing..."

"Lin Dong, Lin Dong, I really want to see you!"

......

....................................

Early morning.

Over the Pacific Ocean.

Lin Dong, who was plummeting towards the dark sea, let out a long sigh of relief.

Just now, he made the right bet!

Facing imminent danger, Lin Dong had a flash of inspiration and attempted to use the [Shielding Curtain] to cover the two missiles that had entered his line of sight.

The effective range for shielding a target is 20 kilometers. Fortunately, the two missiles just entered this range and were not detonated.

He immediately used a shielding technique against the incoming missiles.

In the blink of an eye, the two spots of light, spewing blue tail flames, disappeared.

To be on the safe side, he used shielding techniques on the target dozens of times in succession.

In fact, Lin Dong was also gambling.

In this situation, he was unsure whether the shielding technique would be effective.

Logically speaking, there are only three ways to detonate a nuclear bomb:

There are timed detonation, impact detonation, and remote command detonation.

In the case of a high-altitude attack without a specific impact object, the remaining possibilities are timed detonation or command detonation.

With only a one-in-half chance, he had no choice but to give it his all.

In the past, when he cast the [Shielding Veil] on people and objects, its main purpose was to make them invisible and to block detection by instruments such as radar.

However, sound, gravity, and normal communication cannot be isolated.

While in Europe, he had heard Lanso mention that the Blackface Legion's communication capabilities would be compromised when they went into stealth mode.

At great distances or in enclosed spaces, even high-powered satellite phones have difficulty receiving signals.

That's why Lin Dong decided to take a gamble.

And then he cast shielding spells dozens of times in quick succession, hoping to be lucky enough to hit the target!

Three minutes later, the two nuclear bombs that had disappeared into the night had not yet detonated.

Lin Dong knew he had made the right bet!

His body, falling at high speed, was less than 2,000 meters from the sea surface.

It seems the nuclear shield doesn't need to be removed.

"Boom!"

A white parachute opened and quickly disappeared into the deep night.

The vast, dark sea surface was occasionally punctuated by glimpses of white light, like fish scales.

Lin Dong finally felt relieved.