Chapter 22

The boy who walked out of the nuclear explosion wiped out an entire biochemical troop effortlessly.

Soon, the national alert level was raised to its highest.

This Chinese boy, Su Chen, who had successfully orchestrated a nuclear explosion on domestic soil, was upgraded from an S-level global wanted criminal to an SSS-level.

The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, also known as S.H.I.E.L.D., dispatched a rapid response team and classified Su Chen as extremely dangerous, meaning no one below Level 9 clearance could access his file.

"Contact Iron Man, Tony..."

S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury immediately contacted the most prominent superhero of recent times.

Since Tony Stark had successfully dealt with his company's troubles and publicly declared himself as Iron Man, he had become the most popular superhero.

In these trying times, people needed a hero!

They needed someone to stand up and bring this heinous outlaw to justice, or quickly eliminate him!

Even the notorious extremist mutant leader, Magneto, had never achieved such a feat. Magneto himself had been successfully captured by the military and held in an underground prison for some time.

Damn it!!

Under the eyes of the entire world, this boy acted with such lawlessness, detonating a nuclear bomb on domestic soil—a humiliation no one could tolerate.

This boy must be brought down!

Quickly, special forces were dispatched nationwide to Washington D.C.

...

...

Whoosh!!

Over the East Coast, a dozen Raptors streaked across the sky, heading towards the nuclear explosion site at supersonic speed.

"Firepower authorized."

This was a flight combat squadron from the Atlantic Seventh Fleet.

They had taken off from an aircraft carrier far out at sea and swiftly arrived at the battlefield.

Though few in number, this flight formation's firepower and supersonic speed were enough to suppress a small country and wreak havoc within its borders.

But now, they faced a dilemma.

Could their firepower work against a boy who survived a nuclear explosion?

They didn't know.

But their most important task was to contain the enemy, to keep him confined to this area.

"Fire!"

Upon receiving the authorization, the fighter pilots activated the launch systems.

Click!!

A missile launcher extended from the Raptor's bomb bay, and within a second, the missile ignited and detached from the launcher.

Whoosh!

The missile cut through the sky, heading towards its target on the ground with precision.

"Fighter jets?"

Su Chen looked up at the sky.

He remembered that one of his childhood dreams was to be a fighter pilot.

Watching the approaching missiles, Su Chen's eyes turned cold. With just a thought, his telekinetic wave formed an invisible giant hand, gripping the speeding missile in mid-air.

Boom!!

The missile exploded in his invisible grasp.

But in an instant, more missiles flew in from the horizon, transforming from distant dots into approaching warheads within a breath.

"Is that all?"

Su Chen raised his right hand and lightly slapped the air beside him.

The seemingly meaningless action had an eerie effect.

The incoming missiles veered off course, deviating from their trajectory under an invisible force, and fell to the distant ground.

Boom!!

The city area faced friendly missile strikes, causing multiple skyscrapers to collapse, with orange flames rising.

"Damn it!!"

The pilots cursed.

They hadn't expected the enemy's telekinetic ability to so easily deflect their missiles.

"This will only increase innocent casualties."

"Delay him for half a minute, then return to base."

They never intended to eliminate the boy with this squadron.

The plan was to delay the enemy, using their altitude and supersonic speed to avoid ground attacks.

But their plan was too simple.

After launching missiles, as the Raptors roared past Su Chen, the deafening engine noise made the cold boy frown.

Initially, he had no effective means to deal with the jets because they were too fast and too high.

Of course, the jets had no means to restrain him either.

"But it's too noisy."

A hint of killing intent appeared on Su Chen's cold face. He couldn't tolerate the supersonic engines roaring around him.

This irritated him.

As the saying goes, a blackened heart is ten times stronger, and a cleansed heart is three times weaker.

Embracing the abyss, Su Chen's mastery over his abilities grew.

"Let them fall."

Buzz!!!

As if his words shaped reality, an invisible force began to interfere with the world.

In his blackened state, Su Chen's restless emotions triggered this ethereal power, altering reality itself.

Many wonder how reality manipulation works.

One explanation is altering the probabilities inherent in nature.

For example...

The probability of a fighter jet's engine failing, even with maintenance, is very low.

But this merciless boy, like a god, rolled the dice, leading reality to the worst outcome.

And so...

"Not good, the engine is failing!"

Several pilots screamed in unison.

Under this invisible force, they faced the worst scenario: dual-engine failure simultaneously.

In no time, these expensive Raptors plummeted, crashing into the city and sea with explosive force.

"Still not skilled enough."

Su Chen glanced at the remaining jets. Clearly, the near-absolute reality manipulation hadn't fully affected all jets.

But he wasn't disheartened because this ability was overwhelmingly powerful and buggy.

Even with his current understanding, mastering it completely would take time.

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