Almost at the same instant.
Alarms blared once again at ear-splitting intensity at every astronomical monitoring station around the world that was still barely surviving! This time, they were directed towards the deep expanse of space!
"Warning! Low Earth orbit! Unidentified high-speed object enters the atmosphere! Number: Three! Track locked! Target area—East Asia! Southeastern Honshu Island, Japan!"
"Speed...incalculable! Energy signature...originates from stardust!!!"
"God! They...were they pulled directly from the Kuiper Belt?!" At NASA's Deep Space Monitoring Center, the chief scientist screamed as he watched the three enormous points of light, like the Grim Reaper's spears, appear out of nowhere and plummet rapidly, engulfed in crimson flames, defying all the laws of physics. His coffee cup shattered in his hand.
Tokyo, the land of cherry blossoms, the emergency command center underground at the Prime Minister's official residence.
The piercing air raid siren instantly blared through the sky, its mournful sound like a death knell. On the enormous screen, three massive fireballs hurtled towards Tokyo Bay from the Pacific Ocean with devastating force!
They tore through the clouds, trailing crimson tails tens of kilometers long, like three giant swords burning with hellfire, piercing the land with the pressure of judgment!
"Baka! Intercept them! Intercept them with all your might!"
The Minister of Defense, his eyes blazing with fury, roared into the communicator, spitting all over the screen.
All air defense missile sites deployed around Tokyo Bay opened fire instantly!
Dense anti-aircraft fire wove a final, futile barrage, with tracer rounds tracing desperate paths across the twilight sky, attempting to halt the world-ending divine punishment.
In vain!
The crimson energy covering the surface of those three meteorites was like the strongest cosmic shield.
When the missile hit it, even the flash of the explosion was instantly swallowed up and annihilated!
The anti-aircraft gun barrage hit it, but it couldn't even cause a ripple!
Boom! ...
The first meteorite, like the warhammer of an ancient giant, struck with unparalleled precision into the core area of the Yokosuka Naval Base in Tokyo Bay!
There was no mushroom cloud, only a destructive halo composed entirely of scarlet energy that spread out instantly!
Wherever the halo passed, the sturdy shipyards, the moored 10,000-ton warships, the towering radar towers, the reinforced concrete command buildings... everything was silently reduced to dust!
A massive shockwave followed, blowing away and tearing apart buildings further away like pieces of paper!
The seawater in the bay was instantly evaporated and pushed away, forming a huge, bottomless, terrifying pit, which was then whipped up by the backflow of seawater, creating towering waves!
Boom! Boom!
The second and third meteorites followed one after another, like a precision-guided sword of Damocles. One of them struck the runway at Atsugi Air Force Base, completely obliterating the entire runway and the fighter jets that couldn't take off in time, leaving behind a giant crater filled with boiling lava.
The last one was forcefully poured into the core of the Zama military camp, erasing this massive army base directly from the map!
The entire Tokyo Bay area was rocked by the earthquake! Huge plumes of smoke mixed with scarlet energy fragments shot into the sky, obscuring half the heavens!
The blinding crimson light became the only color in the world, illuminating the military zone below, which had instantly turned into a hellish inferno.
The deafening explosions continued unabated, like the drumbeats of hell, pounding on the hearts of every survivor.
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The global summit venue was deathly silent.
The huge circular virtual screen is divided into two parts.
On one side is the China region, which is still stubbornly resisting the spread of stardust energy, with the crimson ripples being dragged along by an invisible force.
On the other side, there was a crimson pillar connecting heaven and earth, rising from the impact of the three world-destroying meteorites over Tokyo Bay in Japan, along with billowing smoke and dust!
Absolute, suffocating silence.
Just moments ago, Yamamoto Ichiro was clamoring to take over Stardust and transfer samples. Now, as if his bones had been removed, he slid off the hovering seat like mud and collapsed onto the cold floor. His expensive gold-rimmed glasses hung askew on his face, and behind the lenses, his empty eyes were filled with boundless fear and bewilderment.
A dark, wet stain quickly spread across the middle of his trousers, and a pungent, foul odor filled the air.
The South Korean representative opened his mouth wide, making a hissing sound from his throat, like a fish out of water.
He was shaking violently, knocking over the water glass next to him and spilling water all over himself, but he didn't even realize it.
The Indian representative clasped his hands together, his lips trembling, frantically chanting the names of various gods and Buddhas in Hindi, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
Representatives from Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and all other countries were deathly pale, their eyes filled with immense fear and lingering dread, as if they had survived a catastrophe.
They stared intently at the devastation in the Sakura Country region on the screen, the crimson pillar of destruction seemingly reflecting into the depths of their own souls.
No one dared to utter a sound, for fear of attracting the attention of that blood-soaked figure at the control console in the distant East, who was like a Valkyrie.
Howard stood frozen in place, his earlier righteous indignation and aggressive demeanor completely gone.
His lips trembled violently, and the last trace of color drained from his face, leaving only a deathly pallor.
His throat was so dry that he couldn't utter a complete sound; only broken, terrified gasps could be heard repeatedly muttering, "Madmen... a bunch of madmen... Chinese people... are all madmen..."
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Galaxy Base Control Center.
The crimson alarm was still flashing, but the terrifying crimson ripples on the screen, representing the spread of out-of-control energy, were finally contained by the "damping net" woven from the earth's vein energy and the will of the Mingzhao, and the speed of the spread was visibly curbed and slowed down.
The price was that Mingzhao gushed even more blood, and her arms, which were supporting her on the control panel, trembled violently, as if they were about to shatter completely at any moment.
However, her blood-stained fingers moved again.
This time, she didn't touch the crimson trails that symbolized destruction. Her fingertips, with a steady, triumphant air, gently traced a barely noticeable blue physical button in the center of the control panel.
drop.
A soft sound, like a drop of water falling into a calm lake.
The blood-red main screen of the global summit suddenly switched!
A deep, vast universe, dotted with countless stars, unfolds before your eyes.
In this vast sea of stars, three man-made celestial bodies with simple and streamlined shapes, covered with matte black paint and inlaid with dark gold energy patterns like dragon scales, are quietly suspended above geosynchronous orbit!
They are arranged in a perfect equilateral triangle, with the Earth at its center, slowly rotating. The dark golden patterns, under the starlight, exude a restrained yet powerful sense of strength.
"Galaxy-1, A, B, and C satellites."
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