Chapter 311: Pacific Rim - Earth's Defense System (Part 1)
In South America, near the Chilean Coastal Area, a Kaiju standing nearly a hundred meters tall and weighing two to three thousand tons rampaged along the coast.
This creature had shell-like armor on its back, and yellow arteries covered its entire body, as it brandished two pairs of clawed forelimbs.
Although its main limbs were enormous, Knifehead's most effective weapon was its head, a blade-like head resembling a shark, long and narrow at the front, with enough strength to pierce a steel ship hull.
A Chilean Coast Guard patrol boat was smashed to pieces by a single impact from its head, and the six Coast Guard officers on board were not spared, all perishing in the monster's mouth.
More than a dozen Rafale fighter jets circled around this Knifehead Kaiju, firing energy pulse lasers in a probing attack, attempting to lure it to an Uninhabited Island.
The Rafale fighter jet is a twin-engine, delta-wing, high-maneuverability, multi-role fourth and a half generation fighter designed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France.
The true advantage of the Rafale fighter jet lies in its multi-role combat capability. This fighter jet is the most "comprehensively capable" in the World, not only excelling in both sea and air but also possessing extremely powerful air combat and ground/sea attack capabilities.
Taking the F3 variant as an example, the Rafale already possesses superb anti-sea attack, reconnaissance, and nuclear attack capabilities. The Rafale is a comprehensively capable and relatively balanced medium-sized fighter jet that can engage in air combat, perform ground attack, and also serve as a carrier-based aircraft.
The F3 variant fighter jet can even drop nuclear bombs. The only new fighter jets in the World that truly belong to this category of "all-around general-purpose fighter jets," besides the Rafale, are the Federation's F/A-18E/F and F-35.
Due to their excellent performance, the Rafale fighter jet, the European Typhoon fighter, and the Swedish Saab JAS-39 fighter are collectively known as the "European Three Heroes."
In terms of power, the Rafale uses the M88 series engine produced by Snecma. The M88 is an advanced twin-spool afterburning turbofan engine developed by Snecma for the Rafale fighter jet. The version currently in service is the M88-2, with a dry thrust of 50kN and a maximum afterburning thrust of 75kN.
Its maximum level flight speed can reach Mach 2.0, with a combat radius of 1093 - 1852 kilometers. In addition to being equipped with a 30mm autocannon, its onboard weapons include 14 external hardpoints, with a maximum ammunition capacity of 9 tons.
It can carry cruise missiles, air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, etc.
Furthermore, due to the decryption of Chitauri technology, energy pulse type laser weapons have now become semi-conventional weapons for major military industry companies.
Take the Rafale fighter jet, for instance; in addition to the 30mm autocannon, it is also equipped with two energy pulse cannons. As for energy source, Dassault Aviation is now a Partner of Tang Energy Company. The Rafale aircraft has abandoned conventional aviation fuel tanks and uses Arc Reactors as its power Energy Source.
A medium-sized Arc Reactor is enough to double the Rafale fighter jet's range.
(As an aside, compared to the Energy Company under Tang Group, Stark Industries, which also possesses Arc Reactor technology, has fallen far behind in this armament race.
This isn't because Tang Group violated the secret Arc Reactor technology embargo Agreement reached with Stark Industries. After all, the two companies working together completely control the core technology of the Arc Reactor. It's important to note that current exploration spaceships, space stations, and some new Chitauri technology all require Arc Reactors, which are small in size and provide fast clean energy, for their energy supply!
Currently, there are three forces in the World that possess Arc Reactor technology: Tang Group, Stark Industries, and a certain Country that reverse-engineered the Arc Reactor! However, *Country's reverse-engineered Arc Reactor still has many unresolved issues, especially the problem of miniaturization.
Therefore, the Arc Reactors they produce are generally used in large rocket launchers and space station fields, and currently do not pose a significant impact on the market share of Tang Group and Stark Industries.
Tang Group and Stark Industries signed a technology embargo Agreement long ago, implementing a form of energy monopoly. Therefore, the Arc Reactor procurement orders from Western Countries like the European Union and the Federation have been absorbed by the two companies.
What, you mention the Federation's anti-monopoly law? You might want to check who the Shareholders of Tang Group and Stark Industries are.
If someone were to bring this up in the Federal Court, it would likely turn into a dramatic scene of "Who is in the hall below, and why are they suing this official!"
However, in the field of fighter jets, perhaps due to a psychological aversion, Stark Industries has never deeply cultivated the military industry field, after all, their former President/CEO announced that they would no longer be involved in the military industry!
Although Stark Industries later convened a Board of Directors meeting, forcing Pepper Potts to adjust Stark Industries' company strategy to enter the fighter jet energy supply field, they have fallen far behind Tang Group!) This is an aside, but precisely because of the decryption of Chitauri technology, the National Governments, having undergone weapon upgrades and gradually stepping out of Earth to look towards the Stars, are actually not afraid of monsters of this Body Size.
If we were to discuss combat capability, solely in terms of lethality and destructive power, the Chilean Government, which has procured thirty new Rafale fighter jets, is fully capable of eliminating this Kaiju.
What truly gives the National Governments a headache is the potent poison contained Inside the Body of these monsters.
More than a dozen Rafale fighter jets, despite carrying heavy weapons capable of killing this Kaiju, could only circle around it like flies, harassing it and trying to drive it out of this Sea Area.
"This is the S.H.I.E.L.D. Rapid Combat Command Post. In three minutes, we will deploy a large amount of liquid nitrogen gas into this Sea Area. Please evacuate the Area. Acknowledge receipt!"
More than a dozen Rafale fighter jets simultaneously received a piece of information in their communication channels.
After consulting with the Chilean Air Force Command, the more than a dozen Rafale fighter jets simultaneously pulled up and left the Area. As they ascended, a Helicarrier above them was slowly deactivating its stealth mode.
At the same time, inside the Helicarrier's Deck Cabin, the hatch opened, and the ammunition launching pod continuously dropped hardened canisters the size of wine barrels.
"Hey, you can do it, Bobby!"
An Iron Suit modified from an Iron Soldier, its exterior painted sea blue, similar to seawater,
A Young Man wearing the iconic X-Men dark tight suit walked towards this Iron Suit, rubbing his hands. Judging by his expression, there was a slight hint of nervousness.
Click, click!
After his entire body was encased in the Suit and the hood fell, Bobby took a deep breath and, following the technique he had recently learned to control the Suit, shouted,
"Nightcrawler!"
"I'm here!"
Accompanied by a steady voice, a virtual digital screen appeared before his Eyes.
Hearing the familiar voice he had often heard during training, Bobby finally calmed his Mind. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
"Let's begin!"
"Artificial Intelligence Nightcrawler Sub-unit 347 at your service. Combat mode activated!"
"Oh!"
Accompanied by a scream from Bobby, the Iron Soldier's feet sprayed reverse thruster pulse flames, carrying him soaring into the Sky, and then he plunged straight down towards the Sea Surface.
As the Iron Suit flew at high speed, the surface coating on its Body began to distort. It was equipped with several light distortion devices, allowing for fast concealment and environmental camouflage.
During intense combat, the light distortion devices could also cause strong visual interference for its opponents.
Bang, bang, bang, bang! Dense metal canisters fell from the Sky, smashing onto the Sea Surface around the Knifehead Kaiju. Some even landed directly on its Body.
Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!
When the Agents on the Helicarrier remote controlled the unlocking of these metal canisters, thick white nitrogen gas sprayed out from them.
Large areas of Ice Layer instantly formed on the Sea Surface around the Knifehead Kaiju. As battle beasts bred by the Precursors, the Precursors could remote control these battle beasts and even share their vision.
It's just that on previous Planets, the Precursors didn't need to be personally involved. However, this aqua blue Planet was a place that even Thanos valued.
Therefore, behind every Kaiju that crossed through the wormhole, there was a Precursor controlling it from behind the scenes.
Although it didn't know the purpose of these Earthlings, seeing the Ice Layer formed by the frozen white nitrogen gas, the Knifehead Kaiju wasn't stupid. With a flip, it intended to leap into the Sea Surface and escape.
Clang, clang, clang! At this moment, an Iron Chain, several times thicker than an anchor, was thrown from a distance with a clang. Before the Knifehead Kaiju could react, the thick Lock Chain wrapped around it again and again.
It was directly wrapped up like a Zongzi.
Below the Helicarrier, Magneto, wearing a red helmet, clenched his Fist, and the Iron Chain binding the Knifehead Kaiju tightened.
Magneto, standing on a circular metal disk, hovered in the Air. Perhaps because of the high-tech supplements given by his cheap son-in-law, those medicinal pill-like pellets.
Magneto's face beneath the helmet actually looked much younger, appearing like a Middle-aged Man under forty.
However, his slightly weathered eyes made him look somewhat tired, suggesting that the death of his Old Friend had a significant impact on him.
Amidst the clanking and scraping of the Iron Chain, the Knifehead Kaiju let out painful hissing sounds. At the same time, its two pairs of strong forelimbs thrashed desperately, trying to break free from the Chain's restraint.
At this moment, the stealth Iron Soldier was not far from its side. Click, click! The Iron Soldier's arm mechanism opened, revealing Bobby's arm and palm. "You can do it, Bobby, you can do it!"
Bobby encouraged himself while pressing his hand onto the Water Surface. The already extremely low temperature under the nitrogen gas, combined with Iceman Bobby's ability, instantly froze the Sea Surface.
The cold qi extended to the Knifehead, which was bound by the Iron Chain, instantly freezing it into a massive Ice Mountain.
When Bobby returned to the Helicarrier, he was greeted with applause as soon as he took off his helmet.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill even stepped forward to shake his hand, thanking him for his contribution to World Peace.
Dazed, Bobby was just a Young Man who had never experienced such a scene. Bobby discovered his Mutant ability when he was a child; he could freeze the moisture in the Air into Ice. However, fearing that others would know and harm him, only he and his parents knew about this ability.
Later, on their way home after watching a movie, Bobby and his girlfriend were bullied by a Thug and his accomplices.
To save his girlfriend, Bobby froze the Thug.
When the news of Bobby being a Mutant spread, Thugs rushed into Bobby's home attempting to harm him.
Fortunately, a Police Officer at the time protected Bobby and took him back to the Police Station, locking him in a Jail Cell.
This incident attracted the attention of Professor X, who was still alive at the time. He used his psionic power to subdue the Police Officer and those who knew, and brainwashed them, making them forget the fact that Bobby is a Mutant.
Afterward, Bobby's parents accepted Professor X's invitation and sent Bobby to Professor X's X-Men School. Later, Utopia was established,
And Bobby, because of his ability, became a member of the X-Men, guarding Utopia's safety.
Bobby's ability is very powerful.
He can create a low temperature of minus 76 degrees Celsius in a few seconds, and can reach absolute zero at its lowest.
He can form Ice by freezing the water vapor in the Air around him and can control its form to create simple Objects such as a slide, a ladder, a Shield, and so on.
Iceman can also achieve teleportation by fusing his Body's molecules with a Water Source. He can also freely lower the temperature outside and Inside his Body without causing himself harm.
However, Bobby's ability is not yet fully developed. As a Young Man, he was dizzy from the praise and, surrounded by several Agents, headed to the Helicarrier's Restroom.
"Judging by your appearance, the situation is very bad now?"
After instructing her Subordinate Agents to contact the Chilean Government to properly preserve the live monster sample, Director Hill did not stop for a moment, ordering the Helicarrier to rush to the next wormhole coordinate.
In the Helicarrier's Command Room, the World Map displayed on the Big Screen showed dozens of dense Red Dots.
Director Hill turned to look at the newcomer. It was Magneto, the current Head of Utopia.
Magneto seemed to be wearing the telepathic shielding helmet to commemorate his Old Friend.
"We owe a great debt of gratitude to Utopia for your help this time, Mr. Head! Frank sent back information that Kitty dealt with a Kaiju in the Finnish Sea Area, and they are currently heading to Norway!"
While expressing her gratitude to Magneto, Hill pointed to the Big Screen and said, "Currently, Worldwide, fifteen wormholes have been discovered in total. Until we find a method to close them, we can only do our best to deal with these monsters! Fortunately, facing these monsters, our Earth is not without the strength to fight back!"
One hundred and twenty nautical miles off the Finnish Coastline, a Kaiju with a Body Size no less than Knifehead's was being dragged towards the shore by several vessels.
This Kaiju showed no signs of life. Apart from its mouth and nose, there were no marks of large-scale bleeding on its entire body.
In the high altitude, several Quinjets flew towards the next target point. On the aircraft, Kitty was somewhat unEASY, showing no trace of the scene where she had just charged into the Kaiju's Body wearing a suit and carrying a high-explosive bomb.
Kitty, a member of the X-Men, has the ability to phase her Body or anything she touches through any Object, including the Body of a Kaiju.
"Mr. Frank, can we defeat these monsters?" Kitty cautiously poked her Head out and asked Frank in the front passenger seat.
During this time, with her ability, Kitty had already killed seven monsters,
But these monsters seemed to be increasing, making the Little Girl somewhat doubt herself.
"Little Girl, believe in yourself, and believe in Earth. It is far stronger than you imagine!"
Frank, chewing chewing gum, turned back and gave Kitty a relaxed smile when he heard her question.
Seeing Frank's expression, Kitty gradually let go of the worry in her Mind.
Frank turned his Head back and leisurely gazed at the Sea Surface through the porthole. Frank was not worried about these monsters; at worst, he would ask the Boss to step in at the end.
In fact, Earth is indeed stronger than Ordinary People perceive. Compared to the incompatible existence of humanity, Earth naturally has its own defense system.
Unlike humans who are hesitant when facing invading giant beasts, the Pacific Region is already in a frenzy of combat. The entire vast Sea Area has become a Battlefield where giant beasts roar and fight.
Near a wormhole in the Pacific Ocean, the King of the Monsters, Godzilla, swung its massive tail like a whip war hammer, churning the heavy seawater and slamming it fiercely onto the monster's upper body.
This strike was like a swung scythe, tearing a bloody, bone-deep wound on the chest of the nearly eighty-meter-tall giant beast, almost slicing its upper body in half.
The pain made the giant beast even more violent. It roared on the Seabed.
Calling out for its kindred rushing out from behind it to fight Godzilla with it.
But this cry for help in crisis had just been uttered when the irritable Godzilla swung its tail, like a swimming fish, and rammed into the injured giant beast at super high speed.
Relying on its absolutely crushing tonnage and unparalleled strength, this impact easily knocked it down onto the Seabed.
Suspiciously glowing blue blood sprayed into the Deep Sea like a Waterfall. The irritable Godzilla then lifted its thick left foot and stepped on the monster's head.
The sturdy bone plate cracked, and the monster's head was easily shattered.
"Roar!"
Godzilla, covered in blood, clenched its short forelimbs and roared towards the Sky.
The Seabed beneath its feet was already covered with the corpses of monsters.
At least twenty giant beasts. These giant beasts had died terribly, their heads torn off, their hearts hammered flat, or their necks bitten off.
It seemed that these Ancient Titans possessed some mysterious factor Inside their Bodies, as the giant beasts killed by Godzilla showed no signs of contaminating the Ocean.
Hundreds of kilometers away from Godzilla, the Titan "Leviathan" was rapidly swimming In the Sea.
It heard Godzilla's roar and swayed its massive tail fin, swimming rapidly like a whale towards a certain Direction in the Dark Seabed.
After more than ten minutes, it arrived at a Sea Area and looked at the Seabed Vortex emitting a blue glow.
Absolute Malice flashed in the Eyes on Leviathan's Head. Amidst the low reverberation like a giant beast swallowing water, a Super Large Seabed Vortex was unleashed by Leviathan.
The Water Flow near it became chaos, making the movements of the Kaiju that had just appeared on Earth's Seabed slow and difficult.
Like prey that had fallen into a trap.
Beneath the Turbid Deep Sea, Leviathan was hidden in the chaotic Ocean Current. It opened its massive mouth and suddenly rushed out from the darkness, biting down on a Kaiju's head.
Amidst the swaying of the Titan's Body, the monster didn't even utter a sound before its head was torn off and then swallowed whole into Leviathan's abdomen, as the Titan was a greedy eater.
This attack was immediately met with counterattacks from other Kaiju.
But their counterattacks were not dangerous to Leviathan, which had a massive Body Size exceeding two hundred meters and weighed over a hundred thousand tons.
This Ancient Titan leisurely swam and fought with these Kaiju In the Sea, preventing them from leaving the Guarded Sea Area.
(end of chapter)