Outside the bridge.
In the low-Earth orbit of Earth 04, the defensive cannon of the Prayer of Wrath had already been pointed at the gun muzzle and began to accumulate energy just as the crew said.
ri~! ! !
Turquoise light filled the tip of the muzzle.
Phew~! ! !
After ten seconds of charging, all the defensive cannons finally fired dense plasma cannons at the Wrathful Prayer, which was willing to "wait patiently." It also emitted a green light.
However, the moment the artillery regiment was about to come into contact with the Prayer of Wrath...
boom! ! boom! !
The artillery batteries exploded violently one after another, and the green plasma flames quickly enveloped the entire Prayer of Wrath in just a short moment.
But if you observe it frame by frame, it is not difficult to find that the artillery regiment was offset and blocked by a layer of pale golden energy shield before it came into contact with the Prayer of Wrath.
now.
The surface of Earth Zero-4, North America, the White House underground fortress in Washington, D.C....
"Madam President! It is confirmed that all plasma cannon regiments have hit the target!"
"The orbital defense gun is being recharged and is expected to continue firing in fifteen minutes!"
"Madam President, Warrior, Rocket and Rocky squadrons have breached the atmosphere and are expected to make contact with the target in two minutes. Prepare for close observation!"
In the emergency command center of the underground fortress, reports from civilian soldiers were heard one after another, and the real-time status was also displayed on various screens.
As the most important leader at the scene, Patricia Langford had a solemn look on her face, looking at the screen whose communication had been cut off by Gabriel and flashing white no-signal stars, and fell into deep thought.
They do have nationalities in Universe 04, but in 1996, after all mankind experienced a joint resistance against the invasion of alien forces and achieved a difficult victory, mankind around the world realized that their universe was full of dangers and had no choice but to give up. Prejudice, conflict and civil war, if we choose to make peace with each other, the rest of humanity will have a future.
Therefore, the United Nations, which was originally in vain, became more important, and mankind reverse-engineered the crashed spacecraft known as the Reaper civilization, thus achieving explosive technological progress.
In 2004, the government of all mankind established the Space Defense Agency. Since then, although soldiers have nationalities, the military has only obeyed the Space Defense Agency.
The "immediate boss" of the Space Defense Agency is the United Nations...
However, these are all viewed from the perspective of Langford and the United States. In fact, as long as there are still differences in nationality in the world, no matter how bright the surface is, it cannot withstand the undercurrents in private.
The unity of Earth 04 is of a forced nature, due to the existence of greater threats in the universe. Unlike the main universe, humans have reached a higher level of thinking and spirituality under the steady guidance of Umbrella.
You know, although humans in the main universe are extremely xenophobic, they are still very friendly and welcoming to races that are willing to merge and integrate into society.
However, it cannot be said that Humanity 04 is useless. Just looking at the spirit of refusing to surrender, it is still very worthy of recognition.
Now Langford is waiting patiently, waiting for the plasma flames to dissipate, to determine whether their attack is effective against the Prayer of Wrath.
Their orbital artillery can easily penetrate the shield and hull armor of the city-burner destroyer of the Reaper civilization. There is no reason why they cannot destroy a "small" warship that is "only" about eight kilometers away.
(In "Independence Day 1", the giant disk-shaped battleship with a diameter of more than 20 kilometers that descends over every city is the City Burner destroyer.)
It's a pity that everything in reality will not change based on her personal thoughts, let alone follow their gangster logic of "everything should be obeyed by me".
Suddenly, a civilian soldier responsible for surveillance shouted: "The target still exists! Repeat, the target still exists!"
? !
Hearing this, all the staff in the command center, including Langford, focused their attention on the large central screen.
After the turquoise plasma flames dissipated, the Prayer of Anger was not only as simple as "the target still exists", it was completely intact and not affected in the slightest.
"Sir!" Another civilian soldier also reported loudly: "The target also has some kind of energy shield, and our railguns will not work at all!"
"What's the situation with the three squadrons?!" Langford asked quickly after he recovered.
"The latest news from Major Calgar is that they have been able to observe the target with the naked eye and asked for permission to fire!"
"Approval!" Langford ordered without thinking: "Also! In the name of the current President of the United States, I approve Major Calgar to use all strategic weapons they carry!"
"Yes, sir!"
As the conversation progressed, the central large screen and the small screens on both sides also switched from low-Earth orbit to the perspective of the pilots of the Warriors, Rockets and Rocky Squadrons.
The momentum is huge, with sixty-six multi-purpose fighters that look like F-22s or F-35s, plus six bombers that look like sheet-like equilateral triangles, and they are rapidly heading toward the atmosphere.
However, just when the pilots of all the fighters and bombers were about to pull the trigger to attack the Wrathful Prayer, which was helpless even with the orbital defense cannon, it was the Wrathful Prayer that took the lead and released a cyan-blue restraint stance, blinking in the blink of an eye. In less than a second, it quickly enveloped three squadrons of zero-four humans.
Then, to the astonishment of all the pilots, their beloved aircraft actually began to fly autonomously, slowly approaching and driving into the hangar of the Prayer of Wrath, which had opened its gates.
Immediately afterwards, the command center completely lost contact with the pilots.
"..."
Looking at the screen, there was no signal again, and everyone fell silent. Their expressions and expressions were full of confusion, fear and bewilderment.
this…
How to fight this?
Their orbital defense chain, as well as the most advanced multi-purpose fighters and bombers, all looked like toys in front of the Prayer of Wrath.
After recognizing the reality, everyone only felt endless frustration...
Why did they encounter such a special enemy when they all walked out of the earth, traveled all over the solar system, were full of confidence, sharpened their swords and headed out of the solar system?
And the other party also said that he was a compatriot from the main universe.
or…
Or choose the first option?
We are all human beings, why should we kill each other?
Some civilian soldiers even began to consider what they were doing now.
Realizing that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the command center, Langford immediately said: "Everyone! We were able to defeat the Reapers twenty years ago! We can also defeat our so-called compatriots today! Who knows whether what that person said is true or false? What if? We believe easily and choose to surrender at the first opportunity. Then when the reality is inconsistent with what the other party said, we don’t even have a chance to fight!
At least we try to resist! Go fight! We will not and must not surrender, we must overcome the difficulties together!
for freedom! ! "
"for freedom!!"
The atmosphere was immediately stirred up by Langford's remarks, and everyone at the scene echoed loudly, and these remarks also broke through the key points. Indeed, all their understanding of the main universe came from what Gabriel said.
Who knows if it is true or false?
In fact, if they think it is fake, then it is fake. Even if Gabriel provides enough evidence, they will still say it is "synthetic".
At this moment, the large central screen, which had just switched back to the real-time view of low-Earth orbit, showed everyone another supply ship belonging to the Blood Raven, which had just completed its jump voyage.
And as soon as the jump was completed, this supply ship, which had multiple uses for supply, maintenance, and transportation, immediately dropped a large number of airdrop pods on the surface of Earth Zero-4.
At the same time, the Wrathful Prayer, which had already reached the target orbit, also dropped an airdrop pod to the surface.
Not only that, there are more than 30 UNSC battleships belonging to Gustva, which can be regarded as affiliated with the Blood Raven. They have also completed the jump voyage, and cooperated with the two Blood Raven ships to disperse the distance and complete the relative blockade of Earth Zero-4. state.
Then, all the ships released a large number of flying formations carrying auxiliary troops, UNSC ground combat troops, and various armored vehicles. It seemed that the Blood Ravens Battalion was preparing to carry out a very small-scale expedition.
Upon discovering this situation, everyone in the command center had no choice but to overcome their fears and began to calculate and deduce the orbits and trajectories of all airdrop pods and flight formations, and prepared to notify the Space Defense Agency for interception.
As the President said, their ancestors were able to defeat the Reaper civilization twenty years ago, can't they create another miracle? !
However, the screen on their workbench showed that bases and colonies on Saturn, Jupiter and Mars were losing contact one after another.
Moreover, they also captured the main spaceship that completed a simple siege of Earth Zero-4 and released an unknown waveband.
When they are confused about which band it is...
"Pah! Pah!"
The lights in the command center began to flash violently and make a harsh sound.
The most important thing is that the workbench in front of them instantly failed, and the screen lost its image, making it impossible for them to understand and understand the conditions of low-Earth orbit and the outside world.
Seeing this, Langford's expression became extremely solemn. He knew that their communication had been unilaterally cut off by Blood Crow without letting his subordinates test it.
"Sir." However, the old Minister of Defense, who was over sixty and had experienced the war twenty years ago, was not surprised. He came to Langford and suggested: "We can try to use short waves to restore contact with various bases. We also need to invite Ambassadors from various countries participated in the deliberations.”
"Well, I'll do as you say."
Langford had no objections and raised his left hand to rub his temples vigorously to relieve the nervous tension caused by various emergencies.
"Boom~...! Boom~...!"
However, one wave after another started, and everyone heard and felt bursts of noise, as if heavy objects were hitting the ground above the fortress one after another, which made Langford's headache worse.
Then she ordered the minister behind her: "Send someone up to check what's going on."
"Yes, sir."
The Minister of Defense nodded and immediately arranged for two teams of elite Secret Service agents, fully armed with plasma rifles and advanced armor, to take the elevator to the White House on the surface.
When the twenty-four elites noticed a moment of frustration, and then heard the "ding~!" reminder from the elevator, and the safety gates opened to both sides again...
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
“Tap-tap-tap!!”
The sound of unknown large-caliber rifles or machine guns, as well as small-caliber but extremely fast-shooting gunshots, echoed around the White House.
"Bang! Poof!"
"ah!!"
"Help!"
What follows is the muffled sound of a strong blunt blow to the human body, as well as screams and calls for help from humans out of fear and panic.
! !
Hearing the news of such a fierce battle, all the elite special service personnel were on alert. They quickly formed indoor combat formations, divided into two teams, and headed towards the left and right corridors separately, preparing to quickly retreat to the underground fortress after detecting enough information.
Shortly after.
When the team on the left left the dark corridor with narrow vision and came to the reception hall with floor-to-ceiling windows to the south, they found the trembling civilian staff hiding under the table and beside the sofa.
In addition, there is a Secret Service agent in a suit, squatting in the corner with his head in his hands, muttering to himself: "Giants... they are giants... giants more terrifying than the reapers..."
?
giant?
The elite special service personnel were stunned.
What kind of giant could make a Secret Service agent look like this?
However, the elites did not hesitate. Instead, they immediately expanded their formation and dispersed in favorable corners and bunkers for defense. They also separated two people and began to question the surviving personnel in the hall, trying to find out what happened to the surface.
As for the captain in charge of this elite team, he stood on the right side of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking towards the lawn and garden outside the White House, trying to search for traces of the enemy.
However, outside the White House, there was thick white fog everywhere, like some kind of smoke bomb thrown by humans from the main universe that was extremely difficult to dissipate. It was impossible to see anything clearly with the naked eye, only a vast expanse of white.
At this moment, "嘡! 嘡!" Two shots from a large-caliber rifle were fired, shattering the floor-to-ceiling windows and making a "Crash! Crash!" sound, and also hit the chests of the squadron leader and another elite.
The expected explosion of the body did not occur. Instead, the captain's and Elite's breastplates were directly dented. They were also knocked away by the powerful force of the two shots, and their bodies could not stop rolling.
"Poof!!" At the same time, blood couldn't stop spurting out from their mouths and noses.
"Boom!!" In the end, they all fell to the ground, fell into fainting, or died instantly. No matter what, they lay paralyzed and motionless.
? !
"Fire! Fire!"
Seeing that the captain and a teammate were lost in an instant, the deputy captain quickly took over the command and ordered the remaining elite special agents to fire a volley at the lawn and garden outside the window.
"Boohoo!"
Dense, small turquoise plasma cannons shot out, shooting through the glass and cutting through the white mist.
"Buzz~! Buzz~!" However, the elites only heard the feedback sound of the artillery regiment hitting the energy shield.
"嘡!嘡!嘡!" and the continuous firing of large-caliber firearms.
"puff!"
"ah!"
Subsequently, all the remaining elite special service personnel suffered the same fate as their captain and teammates, collapsing to the ground and losing their ability to fight.
"Boom, boom."
At this time, the vice-captain heard heavy footsteps again, and used his last strength to raise his head, and happened to see a group of figures over three meters approaching them.
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