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However, no matter how fast they ran, it was no match for the shock wave of a nuclear explosion. The five-kilometer distance was reached in an instant, and the first to be swept into the flames were the imperial soldiers who were knocked down and trampled by their companions.
The whole process was painless. In less than one tenth of a second, their bodies were evaporated by the high temperature and then torn into pieces by the high-energy shock wave.
Thesis waved the whip in his hand frantically. The warhorse under his feet almost left an afterimage with its four hooves under the blessing of divine magic. But even so, he could still feel death approaching step by step. He had no feeling on his back, and it was probably roasted...
"Monroe... I*********" Tesis kept cursing a spy from the church with the most vicious words.
Is this the natural disaster you were talking about?
Thesis was so angry that he almost fell off his horse. Rather than believing that the intelligence was wrong, he believed that this was a complete trap!
Monroe must have betrayed the church and the great Lord, and conspired with those evil wizards to plot this conspiracy in order to destroy himself and tens of thousands of the empire's elite troops.
The Divine Punishment Knights, who were galloping on their horses like Thesis, were also racing against the god of death, and then were swept into the horrific flames one by one.
Faster... faster... Thesis hammered the horse under him madly. In front of them was the valley they entered, which meant he had left this land of death.
Suddenly, the warhorse under his feet let out a painful neigh, as its body had reached its limit after running endlessly. The horse twisted its body and fell to the ground, and Thesis also rolled to the ground in fear...
"Monroe!"
Before being completely engulfed by the nuclear explosion shock wave, Thesis's angry roar was heard several kilometers away, but was then drowned out by the earth-shattering explosion.
Intense flames covered the area, annihilating everything. More than 20,000 imperial legions disappeared in the hydrogen explosion without causing the slightest ripple.
After everything was over, a warhorse with a scorched exterior was moved away with great difficulty from the outskirts of the hydrogen explosion zone. Miller, the adjutant of the Divine Punishment Army, was covered in blood, his hands were burned red by the scalding ground, and even his brain was shaking from the violent shock wave.
Dead, all dead... Miller collapsed on the ground, mouth wide open, looking at everything around him, feeling extremely devastated and desperate.
Tens of thousands of people disappeared before his eyes, and he survived only because he was the last military supervisor in the queue and started to escape the moment he discovered something was wrong.
No one could muster the desire to resist after seeing the sun rising in front of them... Miller was no exception. He relied on a safety distance far exceeding that of others, the protection of the divine shield and the warhorse as a meat shield, and he was able to barely stay alive.
But this was only temporary. Miller, who was frightened to death, felt that the wind in the air was thorny, rushing into his lungs and stirring like a blade.
It was too late to mourn his boss and colleagues. Miller fled towards the Holy City without any hesitation. He had to bring this news back!
The church's spy Monroe has been corrupted by the wizard!
He betrayed the faith of the Lord and led the Empire's army into the trap set by the wizards!
Resulting in the annihilation of tens of thousands of imperial troops!
Chapter 465: Which warrior came up with the idea of traveling physically through a nuclear explosion zone?
At the moment the hydrogen bomb was detonated, a sense of alarm rose in the hearts of everyone in the kerosene city.
The camels pulling the carts lowered their bodies one after another, anxiously trying to break free from the ropes...
This is the dangerous instinct of living things.
Even the sleeping MUTO suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up from the ground...
The evening sun had gradually sunk into the horizon, but a stronger light emerged from the end of everyone's sight.
"The sun... the sun has risen again!" Susan, who was in the crowd, said in horror. In her sight, a terrifyingly huge 'sun' was hanging high in the void. Even at a distance of more than ten kilometers, it was still clearly visible.
This huge "fiery sun" had a diameter of more than one kilometer. It condensed in the air for a full minute before the surging flames suddenly exploded and turned into a pillar of fire that shot up into the sky...
In an instant, an area covering hundreds of kilometers was bright as day.
Everyone stared in amazement at the scene of the sun collapsing.
The terrifying energy wave began to spread rapidly in all directions. Wherever it reached, the earth turned into rolling magma. Countless pieces of gravel and soil were swept into the flames and burned to ashes under the high temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees...
And this strong flame is approaching the kerosene city at a very fast speed.
This doomsday scene, which was like dark clouds pressing down and the earth cracking, made the wizards standing on the city wall tremble.
"It's coming, it's coming!" Raphael couldn't help but swallow his saliva, his legs slightly weakened. If the speakers and Master Lin En who cast the spell were not here, he would have run away long ago.
Lin En was not very nervous. The moment he saw the pillar of fire, he knew that this experiment was a success. The alchemical array they set up suppressed the power of the hydrogen explosion to a certain extent - it contained it for about a minute.
This minute is also when the explosion is most violent and the energy wave spreads the fastest!
Just as Lin En expected, the energy wave that was originally propagating at supersonic speed began to slow down rapidly after crossing the ten-kilometer boundary. By the time it reached their visible range, the energy contained in it had been reduced to one ten-millionth of its original value, and it collided with the magic barrier protecting the Kerosene City.
Ripples continuously jumped up on the virtual magic barrier, and it only lasted for three seconds before exploding with a bang!
The expressions of several great wizards present suddenly changed. They wanted to take action to stop the aftermath, but when they saw that the speakers did not make any moves, they gave up the idea.
In just a few moments, a violent hurricane swept across the entire city, and the ground beneath the feet began to shake violently. However, it was only a few aftershocks that did not cause any damage. However, it allowed the residents of the Kerosene City to come back to their senses from the spectacle of the sun soaring in the sky and the pillars of fire burning the sky.
Several vendors fell to the ground with their limbs limp, and they were so scared that they wet their pants. The rest of the people did not have the slightest intention of laughing at them. At the moment when the "scorching sun" rose, they almost thought that the end of the world had come!
"Is this the Great Nuclear Explosion Technique? What a terrifying magic!"
As a wizard, Ivana naturally had the right to stand on the city wall. She witnessed the entire process of hydrogen explosion from manufacturing, delivery to explosion, and her face turned pale.
During the two years of fighting against wizards and evil gods in the North, Ivana witnessed the wonder and weirdness of magic, but no matter how powerful the enemy was, she could always fight against it with her outstanding swordsmanship and a body that had taken divine potions.
Even though it was an evil god, Ivana knew she was no match for him but she was not afraid at all. However, after witnessing the power of a hydrogen explosion, this notion was completely shattered.
Ivina realized that her swordsmanship, which she was so proud of, was completely meaningless in the face of such power!
Monroe on the side had an even more pale face. He watched with the last glimmer of hope, just to expose the "lies" of those wizards.
However, right in front of him, the messenger of doom, Lin En, reproduced the so-called "big nuclear explosion technique", and the power was even more powerful than before, and the aftermath spread directly to the city of kerosene!
His only hope at this moment is that the smugglers sent by the Pope have not yet set foot in the land of death, otherwise the information he provided will become a death warrant that sends them to hell!
Because time was too urgent, Monroe couldn't even notify the spies in the city and pass the news back to the Holy City!
The other imperial spies, wealthy businessmen and nobles who had ulterior motives were also very nervous.
Horrible, really terrible!
Magic could actually be so powerful. Even though they had witnessed the horror of the Land of Death and heard countless terrible rumors before, fantasy was no match for the shocking feeling of facing such power directly!
Our revenge plan, or... let's just forget it?
A businessman who went completely bankrupt because of the food war looked pale and winked at his colleague beside him.
The latter also nodded hurriedly.
Because the parliament had marked the price of grain to a valueless level, many merchants who had speculated on grain prices suffered huge losses and could only hold their noses and sell back the wheat they had bought for hundreds of copper coins at the price of one copper.
Many angry businessmen secretly formed a small group and secretly planned the revenge action, such as sabotaging the railway, or simply surrendering to the empire!
However, before the plan even started, most of the grain merchants had already retreated in fear. In their opinion, the empire was already in danger...
Who can stop this electromagnetic cannon that travels at thousands of meters per second? Who can withstand such a terrifying attack?
I'm afraid it won't be long before the wizards can control the entire continent. By then, no matter where they run to, they will be caught...
Lin En's figure slowly descended from the sky above the Kerosene City. Raphael and others immediately surrounded him, and all kinds of compliments were heard.
Even Harov was impressed and said, "What an amazing magic! I didn't expect that the power of your nuclear explosion could be increased even more."
When he first heard Lin En say that he had improved the nuclear explosion technique and increased the power by eight times, Harov was a little skeptical. Now it seems that this is more than eight times? The power has obviously increased by more than ten times!
If they hadn't set up a magic array to bind energy in the Land of Death in advance to block it a little, the entire Kerosene City would have been reduced to ruins by now!
Lin En smiled and didn't explain much. What he said was that the mass loss rate caused by the explosion of a hydrogen bomb is about eight times higher than that of an atomic bomb, but it does not just refer to the maximum power.
After all, there is theoretically no upper limit to the power of a hydrogen bomb. If one is willing, it is not impossible to produce a hydrogen bomb with an equivalent of hundreds of millions of tons. However, the maximum equivalent of an atomic bomb is only a pitiful 500,000 tons.
"Let's go and take a look together!" Lin En stared at the destroyed area in the distance, called a few speakers and a group of great wizards, and flew to the core of the explosion.
This land of death was "plowed" twice by the energy waves of the nuclear explosion, destroying it thoroughly. Originally, you could still see charred trees or half-melted armor and iron swords on the periphery, but this time they were all blown into pieces without leaving any debris.
The terrain of the entire area also changed from high to low. The closer to the center, the more severe the depression became. In the end, what appeared before everyone was a bottomless abyss with a diameter of three kilometers!
The river water flowing from the west is constantly pouring into it along the terrain. As the heat brought by the nuclear explosion has not completely dissipated, the alternation of cold and heat is accompanied by billowing steam that continues to rise, gradually covering the area.
"A new lake should be formed here in the future!" The great wizard Arad said in amazement. It was hard to imagine that the magic star was actually a great wizard like them, changing the terrain with just one blow.
"Let's call it - Falling Star Lake!" Lin En touched his chin and gave a name to this landmark lake in the future kerosene city.
In fact, using hydrogen bombs to open up lakes was not a new thing in the past. People had liked to do this a long time ago!
But it’s still a pretty trendy thing in the other world for now…
In addition, Lin En also gave this hydrogen explosion magic a name - called [Fall of Sky]!
Previously, we used the firing principle of the atomic bomb to create the Big Nuclear Explosion, and this time we created the hydrogen bomb. We can't call it the Big Hydrogen Explosion again, right?
This may seem like revealing one's true identity as soon as they meet - although fusion reactions use hydrogen isotopes [deuterium] and [tritium], it is still better to be cautious.
"Let's test it and see how much radiation is in the air now." Lynn turned to look at Raphael beside him and reminded him.
Raphael then remembered the important matter and hurriedly took out a disc-shaped alchemical instrument. Due to their limited technical level, they could only use the property of fluorescent materials to emit light after absorbing high-energy rays to detect the amount of nuclear radiation. They could not get a very accurate value, but fortunately it was enough.
About a minute later, Raphael solemnly stated that the radiation level had returned to normal levels.
Lin En was very satisfied. It seemed that the cleaning was very thorough. Now the oil extraction work could be put on the agenda!
This hydrogen bomb test was successfully completed!
"Wait... that's over there..."
Just as Lin En and the others were preparing to return to the Kerosene City, the sharp-eyed Aurora seemed to have discovered something. She suddenly called out to everyone and then flew to the other side of the Falling Star Lake.
About five minutes later, Aurora stopped on a piece of glass wasteland. In front of her was a silver condensed "river". Only when everyone got closer did they see clearly that it was not a river at all, but a large amount of melted and condensed molten iron!
Harof realized something in an instant and said playfully, "It seems your magic was not without success!"
Lin En couldn't help but frowned, muttering to himself.
No one could be that unlucky, could they?
You have to know that the Land of Death has long been spread in the Kingdom and the Empire, and the rumors are as terrifying as they can be. Normally, no one should approach this place.
Could it be that they are a group of fearless stowaways who want to smuggle goods?
In Lin En's mind, only a businessman who is blinded by the trend of profit would do such a stupid thing.
The curious crowd flew in the direction of the molten iron for a while, and a large number of weapons that had not been completely destroyed and half-melted armor soon appeared before their eyes, and their owners had obviously turned into ashes in the terrible high temperature.
"There are so many people who want to sneak through the Land of Death..." Lin En took a quick look and judging from the distribution of the wreckage, the number of people who died in the hydrogen explosion should be more than ten thousand!
Moreover, it is impossible for a caravan to possess so many weapons and armor.
"This seems to be the church's border legion..." Raphael picked up a hot, half-melted badge from the ground. One could vaguely see the Holy Light Emblem engraved on it!