booktalesy Chapter 99 West Coast Across the Distance
Chapter 99 West Coast Across the Distance
The United States, Aerospace Defense Agency.
In front of a huge circular screen, dozens of technicians in white coats are busy at work.
The air was filled with a burning smell.
All eyes were fixed on the green dot representing the C-17 transport plane on the main screen.
"Reporting, Chief! The target has reached the edge of the air defense identification zone!"
"According to the agreement, the other side is lowering its altitude... Wait!"
A monitor suddenly screamed, his fingers frantically typing on the keyboard, his voice shrill with shock.
"What...what is that?!"
on the screen.
A tiny red dot suddenly separated from the green dot.
There was no gliding trail.
There was no deceleration action.
It fell straight down into the Pacific Ocean at high speed, in a freefall motion.
"Is it a bomb?"
The bureau chief rushed over, shoved the monitoring staff aside, and stared intently at the screen.
"Or is it some kind of new delivery module?"
"No...no..."
The monitor swallowed hard and quickly pulled up the high-definition footage captured in real time by the satellite.
next second.
A collective gasp filled the entire command hall.
All the staff members who were watching this scene widened their eyes.
Although the image was somewhat blurry, it was still clearly discernible that the falling object was a person.
A living person.
There were no parachutes.
There is no wingsuit flying equipment.
There wasn't even a lifebuoy.
That one big, living person fell straight down into the sea below.
"Is...is this person insane?"
The bureau chief's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"He jumped from 8,000 meters high?"
This doesn't conform to physics!
This is not biologically accurate!
This doesn't even fit everyone's worldview!
Even those S-level powerhouses wouldn't dare to jump from 8,000 meters in the air so casually!
……
at the same time.
The Hexagon, command center.
The atmosphere was a hundred times more oppressive than that of the Defense Bureau.
A large group of high-ranking U.S. officials stared at the big screen with disbelief and fear in their eyes.
At that moment, the big screen was broadcasting footage of Lin Jianguo jumping out of the plane.
"It really is him, he... he really came..."
Smith's voice trembled as he spoke.
"Twenty years have passed, and this madman hasn't changed a bit!"
"Smith, calm down."
The president took a deep breath. Although he was also panicking, he had to maintain the composure of a leader of a major power.
"Even if he were Superman, if he fell from 8,000 meters into the sea, he'd be crippled if not killed, right?"
The surface tension of water, under high-speed impact, makes it as hard as cement.
Falling from that height is no different from falling onto concrete.
Even the strongest Awakened One has no chance of survival.
"No, no, no, sir, you don't understand... you don't understand..."
However, Smith shook his head repeatedly.
His eyes were vacant, as if he were lost in some terrible memory.
"For that man, the rules of physics... are just a suggestion."
"After all, he's a monster!"
Before he could finish speaking...
The image on the screen suddenly changed.
The rapidly falling black dot showed no signs of slowing down just before it hit the sea.
It was just thrown directly into the sea.
"boom--!!!"
Even if it's through a screen, even if there's no sound.
Everyone seemed to feel the earth-shattering impact.
A huge white splash erupted on the sea surface.
The scene didn't look like someone had fallen into the water.
It's like a depth charge has been detonated!
It's like a small comet hitting the sea...
A hundred-meter-high wave shot into the sky, and the surrounding seawater was forced apart by the enormous kinetic energy, forming a deep crater.
"Is he/she dead?"
Seeing this, someone muttered to themselves.
Upon hearing this, everyone held their breath and stared intently at the screen.
one second.
two seconds.
three seconds.
The sea was turbulent, with white foam churning.
Just when everyone was praying that the madman would die from the fall.
"Splash!"
A figure suddenly burst out of the water.
Immediately afterwards, the figure floated on the sea surface and looked around, as if confirming its direction.
Then, under the watchful eyes of satellite cameras and the utterly bewildered gazes of the high-ranking officials of the United States, it happened.
He moved.
He actually climbed out of the sea, and then flames like clouds appeared on his feet, which he gently touched on the undulating waves.
"Bang!"
The seawater beneath my feet burst open instantly, as if compressed to its limit.
Using this reaction force, Lin Jianguo's body shot out like an arrow, skimming the surface of the sea!
One step, a hundred meters!
With each step he took, a white blast of air would erupt on the sea surface.
Behind it, a white trail several kilometers long was left behind, just like a speedboat speeding across the sea at full speed!
"My God..."
This scene left the high-ranking officials in the command center completely dumbfounded.
Although the monster had left an indelible impression on some of those present, seeing a living person fall from eight thousand meters and still run wildly across the sea...
It was truly a bit nerve-wracking.
"He's running...he's running on the sea!"
Smith slumped into his chair, letting out a bitter laugh: "I knew it... I knew it, all these years, he could only get stronger..."
"quick!"
At this moment, the president, who had been in shock, also suddenly came to his senses.
They immediately had their staff contact the front lines.
"That fungal monster... no, that infected person! Where is he?!"
"Quickly, let him go over there right now!"
"Right now, no one but him can stop that old madman!"
"Tell the front lines! If it can stop that Eastern Tyrannosaurus Rex, we'll give him anything, not just aircraft carriers, but nuclear weapons!"
……
Meanwhile, on the west coast.
Santa Monica Beach.
This place used to be a famous tourist destination, full of sunshine, beaches, and bikinis.
But now, this place has been completely sealed off by a fully armed army.
Several black Black Hawk helicopters, accompanied by a loud roar, slowly landed on the cleared ground.
The propeller whipped up a fierce wind, sending sand and dust flying everywhere.
The hatch opened.
Lin Fan jumped down, shielded his eyes with his hand, and spat out two mouthfuls of sand.
"Why is the wind so strong in this godforsaken place?"
He dusted himself off with a look of disgust, then turned to look at the few trembling American soldiers behind him.
"I'm saying, are you sure that 'Eastern Tyrannosaurus Rex' came from here?"
The team leader in charge of escorting them was already drenched in sweat.
It's not just because of the heat.
More importantly, just now, he received a direct order from his superiors.
At all costs, keep this ancestor here and block another ancestor rushing towards us from the sea.
"Yes...yes, sir."
The captain swallowed hard, his eyes darting around, not daring to look Lin Fan in the eye. "According to intelligence, the target is approaching at high speed."
"Alright."
Lin Fan stretched and loosened his stiff neck. "Then I'll wait here."
He walked to the edge of the beach and found a beach chair to sit down.
Looking out at the sea.
The sea breeze, carrying a salty, fishy smell, swept over me.
"Oh, right."
Lin Fan seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and asked,
"Have you got that aircraft carrier ready for me? It needs to be new, I don't want a secondhand one."
The captain wiped the cold sweat from his forehead:
"Don't worry, the president personally approved this order. As long as the mission is completed, the latest Ford-class aircraft carrier... will be yours!"
"Ford-class? What's that? It sounds like a car."
Lin Fan curled his lips.
"Forget it, as long as it can be opened, we can turn it into a floating restaurant and specialize in spicy hot pot."
The soldiers around him had their mouths twitching wildly.
Using a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to sell spicy hot pot?
This kind of brain circuitry is indeed something that carbon-based organisms cannot possess.
Just then.
A black dot suddenly appeared on the distant horizon.
At first, it was very small and almost invisible.
But in just a few breaths, the black spot grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Behind that black dot was a rolling white wave, like a white dragon roaring wildly on the sea.
"They're here!"
The captain who noticed this immediately gave orders to the troops in the rear.
"All personnel on alert! Retreat! Retreat 500 meters! No! One kilometer!"
The soldiers, as if granted a pardon, scrambled back in disarray.
joke.
Immortals fight, mortals suffer.
If these two monsters were to meet, the area within a few kilometers would probably become a no-man's land.
Lin Fan remained seated and did not move.
He squinted, watching the rapidly approaching figure in the distance, a hint of surprise on his face.
"That's... a speedboat?"
wrong.
There was no motor sound.
And that outline...
Lin Fan couldn't help but stand up, the sea breeze making his clothes flutter.
As he got closer, he finally saw it clearly.
That was a person.
A person running wildly on the sea.
It was so fast that it even left a sonic boom cloud behind it.
"Wow, this is interesting."
Lin Fan whistled, the laziness in his eyes gradually fading, replaced by a gleam of excitement.
To be honest, just based on what the other party is showing right now, they have already surpassed all the strong people he knows.
In particular, he could sense the aura emanating from the person in the distance.
Very strong.
very strong.
It was pure physical strength, without any fancy supernatural power fluctuations, yet it gave people a suffocating feeling as if a mountain was pressing down on them.
"Is this what they call the 'Eastern Tyrannosaurus Rex'?"
Lin Fan licked his lips and muttered to himself.
"The United States really wasn't lying; they are indeed a formidable force."
"but……"
He tilted his head, watching the figure getting closer and closer, his brows furrowing slightly.
I don't know why.
Looking at the figure rushing across the sea, he suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity.
This feeling is strange.
It's like... that chilling feeling when you're caught stealing your dad's secret stash of money as a kid?
"It's just an illusion."
"Why are you even making this connection to the old man!"
Lin Fan shook his head, banishing the absurd thought from his mind.
At the same time, he raised his hand, and his entire body was gradually covered in black scales.
"Now that we've taken their aircraft carrier, we have to do something, even if it's just for show!"
"Hello!"
Thinking of this, he gathered his strength in his dantian and shouted loudly towards the sea.
"Hey you! You run pretty fast!"
With the added energy within him, the sound exploded on the sea like rolling thunder.
far away.
Lin Jianguo, who was running at full speed, stumbled upon hearing the sound and almost fell into the sea.
No, that sound...
Why does this sound so familiar?
Lin Jianguo suddenly looked up, his gaze sharp as lightning, piercing through the layers of mist to see the seemingly thin figure on the shore.
Their eyes met.
They collided violently in mid-air, separated by a kilometer of sea.
The air seemed to freeze at that moment.
Eh...