"I just found out that the guy named Smart is a famous mad scientist who started researching mechs decades ago."
"To increase the power of his mechs, he conducted many heinous experiments and underwent terrifying modifications to his own body. The most horrifying of these was when he, mimicking Iron Man, hollowed out most of his internal organs and installed a miniature nuclear fission reactor in his chest cavity!"
"What the hell!" Jing Mingqiu was shocked. "With America's technology, how could they possibly create such a small, controllable nuclear fission reactor?"
Cang Yue spoke softly, "Brother, I only said he installed a satellite nuclear fission reactor, not that it was controllable."
Jing Mingqiu activated his scanning function, roughly estimating the power of the nuclear fission reactor explosion within Smart's body. He breathed a sigh of relief. "It's fine. There isn't much material inside. Even if it explodes, I won't be injured, and the tunnel Ah Qiong Khan dug won't collapse."
"Brother, you indeed won't be injured," Cang Yue's voice grew more ethereal. "But have you ever considered this: what would be the consequences if a nuclear bomb were suddenly detonated at a US military base?"
"Would America mistakenly believe that Dragon Country used nuclear weapons first, and then use that as a fuse to initiate a full-scale nuclear war!"
Upon hearing the words "full-scale nuclear war," Jing Mingqiu reflexively shivered. A great man once said, "I don't know what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
With the system's current level far too low, Jing Mingqiu could only barely protect his family and friends. He couldn't protect human civilization after a full-scale nuclear war.
Thinking of this, Jing Mingqiu put away his previous flippant thoughts and decided not to play with Smart any longer and waste time.
"In that case, I can only get a little serious."
Jing Mingqiu took a deep breath, rapidly tapped his chest a few times with his right hand, and directly activated overload mode.
The mech's power increased by 300%, and 108 mechanical arms extended from its back, appearing like a dense cluster, similar to a mechanical octopus.
Facing Jing Mingqiu's sudden change, Professor Smart was unfazed. His mech also transformed, and he charged forward like a giant rhino, using both hands and feet.
Jing Mingqiu had no intention of retreating. He curled his palm into a claw and charged towards him.
As the two crossed paths, Jing Mingqiu stood tall and proud. Professor Smart's chest had a large hole in it, revealing a dense network of cables and gears.
"The nuclear fission device is too dangerous for children to play with." Jing Mingqiu casually crushed the core of the nuclear fission reactor he had just extracted from Smart's body, forcibly terminating the ongoing nuclear fission reaction.
"You, you don't celebrate too early," Professor Smart shouted hoarsely. "Besides the main power source in my chest, the auxiliary power sources in my limbs can also undergo nuclear fission reactions! It's not that easy to defeat me..."
Before Professor Smart could finish his boast, a small screw suddenly shot out from his shoulder. Before he could react, numerous parts disintegrated from various parts of his body.
In just a few breaths, all the added machinery on Professor Smart's body fell off. He was reduced to a cripple, completely losing his combat capability.
After a final check to ensure that everything that could become a nuclear bomb had been dismantled, Jing Mingqiu breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew, finally solved it. Calculating the time, they should be close to breaking through. I need to create a large enough disturbance to attract the attention of the American army."
The simplest way to create a significant disturbance would be to capture the Commander-in-Chief of the American army! Let alone anything else, for his own life, he would have to concentrate all his forces to protect himself.
With that thought, Jing Mingqiu activated his radar, locked onto the location of the American Commander-in-Chief William Stewart, and then threw a micro-missile next to him.
It wasn't that he couldn't kill them, but there was no need. Some people were more useful alive than dead.
The result was as Jing Mingqiu had predicted. William Stewart, finding that his trusted Professor Smart had been defeated and he himself was being pursued by Jing Mingqiu, decisively began to mobilize troops to protect himself.
Ordinary weapons were ineffective against Jing Mingqiu, and heavy weapons couldn't lock onto him. Seeing Jing Mingqiu getting closer and closer, William Stewart gritted his teeth and called his adjutant.
He ordered him to abandon the original command to raid the capital of Ah Qiong Khan and instead bring America's newly developed mech warriors to the American military camp to protect him.
The greatest crisis had been resolved, and Jing Mingqiu was not in a hurry to deal with William Stewart. He maintained a cat-and-mouse posture, advancing and retreating, amusing him in various ways.
Unknowingly, half an hour passed. William Stewart had brushed shoulders with death several times and was now mentally exhausted. Seeing Jing Mingqiu charge at him again, he pulled out his pistol, preparing to end it all, when suddenly more than a thousand black dots fell from the sky.
The adjutant rushed to William Stewart's side, taking three steps at a time. "My apologies, Commander, we just encountered some trouble and are late. Are you alright!"
"I'm fine!" William Stewart looked at the twelve hundred American-style mech warriors standing before him and felt a surge of confidence. "You've come at the right time. Quickly capture that guy named Jing Mingqiu for me, alive!"
Before the adjutant could reply, the captain of this American mech team, Hart Gustav, confidently stepped forward.
"You don't need to trouble yourself, Commander. I'm enough. Watch me capture that guy alive for the Commander."
Having said that, Hart Gustav drew a specially made high-molecular alloy saber from his waist and charged towards Jing Mingqiu, intending to detach his arm first.
"Bang!"
As soon as he reached Jing Mingqiu, before he could even draw his sword, he was kicked flying by Jing Mingqiu at twice the speed. He crashed through more than ten barracks before stopping.
Jing Mingqiu clapped the dust off his hands, disdainfully remarking, "Don't bring such trash out to embarrass yourselves."
"Jing Mingqiu, don't be arrogant," Hart Gustav crawled out of the rubble, unfastened a rifle shimmering with blue light from his back, and aimed it at Jing Mingqiu's chest. "I wanted to capture you alive earlier and didn't go all out."
"This time I won't hold back. Come and try our newly developed electromagnetic rifle."
As he spoke, Hart Gustav pulled the trigger, aiming at Jing Mingqiu. More than ten specially made projectiles shimmering with blue light flew out, and the currents between them intertwined, forming an electric net.
Jing Mingqiu stood still. His right hand shot out and grasped all the projectiles. Then, he casually crushed them into debris and threw them to the ground, his voice becoming even more disdainful, "Is that all?"
"Don't get cocky. No matter how strong you are, you're only one person. We have a total of twelve hundred mech warriors and two hundred thousand soldiers here. You absolutely cannot win."
Looking at the vociferating Hart Gustav, Jing Mingqiu was about to mock him again when he suddenly received a new message from Cang Yue, and the corners of his mouth subtly curved upwards. "What did you just say? Please repeat it?"