At this moment, the Underground City No. 9’s Security Defense Department was in a state of commotion.

"Have they not retaken the Southeast Base yet? What is the Second Group Army doing?!"

"Confirmed, the launched weapon is ’Gonggong.’

"Where is the target?"

"Determine the best interception point as soon as possible."

A group of officers surrounded the central holographic map, looking at the light point rising from the Southeast Base, all with headaches. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

This kind of large-scale destructive weapon, once it explodes in a densely populated area, it would be considered lucky if various economic production constructions in Shelter Number 9 were only set back ten years.

A staff officer rapidly gestured on the holographic map, and before long, his movements froze, his face extremely grim.

"The result is out, the target of ’Gonggong’ is the Heavy Element Reactor, with an estimated impact in two minutes."

In an instant, the faces of everyone present changed dramatically.

"Damn it! Can Society, these lunatics, are they trying to go down with us?!"

Previously mentioned, humans only entered the era of the Underground City after mastering several black technologies.

Among them, ecological self-cycling technology can only be considered as icing on the cake. The real support for human continuation comes down to two technological advancements.

They are advancements in material science and mastery of heavy element fusion technology.

Compared to the former, heavy element fusion technology itself has a ridiculously high-risk coefficient.

Built at the center of the shelter, the heavy element reactor, in terms of reliability, is already in a precarious balance.

The daily maintenance staff alone are nearly ten thousand, ensuring even a single screw is attended to by more than five engineers each day.

Such a meticulously cared-for entity cannot withstand the explosion of ’Gonggong.’

The heavy element reactor supplies more than 80% of the shelter’s energy. Without it, the shelter would come to a direct halt.

Let alone the possibility of a catastrophic chain explosion due to uncontrolled leakage of the heavy element reactor, no one can say for certain.

But direct interception is obviously not feasible either. The shelter contains more than fifteen habitable cities, each with a resident population of over ten million. Abandoning any habitable city would be an unbearable loss.

"Have the council draw up an interception plan, and notify the Second Group Army, ordering them to retake the Southeast Base at all costs."

...

’Gonggong’ isn’t very large, about seven meters long, with a diameter of eighty centimeters, easily overlooked when flying through the air.

But its flight speed reaches fifteen Mach, forming a large sonic boom cloud, its exaggerated roar nearly covering the entire shelter.

Many citizens walked out from their homes, staring at the trajectory slicing through the sky.

Most people did not understand what was happening, some even thought it was a special program for the new festival.

Those who truly understood ’Gonggong’ were shocked, knowing in such an explosion, there was nowhere to hide.

"Hey? Isn’t this thing wrong?!"

Li Shan stared at the sky dazedly, somewhat dumbfounded.

Death Fighters retaining abilities often could claim to be like superheroes.

But at this moment, Li Shan suddenly felt no different from regular humans.

Even if he flew up with Wind Manipulation, blocked the path of ’Gonggong,’ it would only trigger an early explosion, there was no way he could survive that kind of terrifying blast.

"Hahaha! Laugh, why aren’t you laughing?"

Ding Zhongmin laughed breathlessly, even inadvertently tugging at his wounds did not stop his laughter.

Pu Xueli, although unwilling to see Ding Zhongmin’s face, faced with reality, did not know how to refute, only turned to pick up the phone and contact the City Council.

Lv Bai casually read Ding Zhongmin’s "Mud Land (Gold)," curiously asking, "Is this thing very powerful?"

Upon hearing the question, Li Shan couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly, "Junior, it’s not about its power, it’s one of those rare weapons that can bring down our shelter in an instant."

"It’s simple, I’ll handle it."

Lv Bai looked at the missile traveling past overhead, jokingly asked, "If you could exchange your life to prevent that thing exploding, would you do it?"

"If possible, I would of course be willing."

Li Shan casually replied, feeling besides finding mirth in distress, there was no other way.

Lv Bai nodded at the colored dot representing skills over Li Shan’s head, "Then I won’t have a psychological burden."

Li Shan: "What?"

...

Inside the Security Defense Department, everyone stared at the central screen’s real-time monitoring feed.

In the shelter’s history, ever since the controllable chain reaction weapon was made, besides test explosions, this was actually the first official launch.

This seemed like a colossal joke, the strongest weapon ever made, its first target of attack was itself.

Only one minute remained for ’Gonggong’ to hit the heavy element reactor.

"Shall we begin interception?"

The interception plan was ready, but executing it would result in millions of casualties, with so little time the damage was beyond further control.

Issuing this order meant wiping out millions with their own hands.

The pressure from such a magnitude was imaginable.

A minute is short, sometimes even going to the bathroom takes longer, but at this moment, a minute felt extremely long, with many people’s brows appearing sweat.

An officer looked towards the Defense Minister, "Minister, issue the order."

"Begin..."

The white-haired Defense Minister finally suppressed the pressure on his heart, as he opened his mouth he suddenly noticed the screen changed.

"What is that?!"

The real-time monitoring provided by the holographic sky displayed.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of ’Gonggong’s flight path.

...

Lv Bai simply sensed the [Wind Manipulation] at the Color Level, hovering in mid-air.

He stared at the rapidly approaching ’Gonggong’ without the slightest fear.

The only consideration was instead [Restore] what ability, that could minimize the damage caused by ’Gonggong.’

"Forget it, this will do."

He raised his right hand, faintly revealing a round fan-shaped halo.

And then turned face-up towards the incoming missile: "Uchiha Bounce."

[Uchiha Bounce (Color): Upon activation, this ability can convert received attacks into wind properties, quickly bouncing them back. The bounce is without consumption or restriction, but after use, it requires half an hour of cooldown before it can be used again.]