Chapter 667: Extra 18

Wildfire Headquarters, Central Command Room.
"A year ago, when you came to me in person, I thought it was utter nonsense.
To be honest, until last week I still thought so."
Anthony Watson, leader of Wildfire.
The old man who had held sway in the shadows of this empire for decades was now staring intently at the beam of light piercing the atmosphere as it descended from the sky in the holographic projection, his hands clenched nervously, unable to suppress his repeated gasps of amazement.
"And now? Do you believe it?"
Su Yun's calm voice echoed in the dimly lit room.
"Of course I believe it. Having witnessed such a near-miraculous feat, if I were still stubborn, I'd be a blind man unaware of destiny."
Anthony smiled bitterly, a fine layer of cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"Having managed the intelligence network for so many years, I've always known...
Sooner or later, cutting-edge technology far beyond my common sense would brutally take over this earth.
I originally thought that was many years away.
But when that day actually arrived without warning, the panic of being instantly abandoned by the times still leaves one with mixed feelings."
"Don't worry, I promised you that a year ago." Su Yun smiled slightly, his eyes clear.
"I will absolutely not let you regret canceling your retirement plan."
"Haha. That's true."
"If I hadn't been swayed by your crazy theories that day and cancelled my retirement plans, I'd probably be lounging in my private resort in Miami, comfortably sunbathing!"
"But to be honest, the pressure in this position is just too much. I do regret this decision sometimes."
Anthony took a deep breath, trying to suppress the inexplicable tremor in his heart.
"However… I have a question I'd like to ask.
'Surveillance and cleaning are things that could easily be handed over to my successor; the execution efficiency would be the same, wouldn't it?
Why did you have to choose an old man like me?'
'Because you were personally chosen by my father.'
Su Yun replied seriously, his tone carrying an air of matter-of-fact certainty."
"Leaving aside everything else, anyone personally chosen by my father will have my complete trust, no matter how dangerous the mission!"
It wasn't so much a belief in his own loyalty as a kind of fanatical, almost obsessive faith in his father's judgment and choices?
Su Yun.
This man, who displayed astonishing talent from a young age that left his peers in despair, and who had climbed the elite path all the way up, the only son of the ruler of a business empire…
Anthony had initially been curious about how Su Hao would utilize his precious son.
But he never expected that, through his son's untouched hands, he would create, from a godlike perspective, an ultimate weapon capable of erasing all physical obstacles!
"The basic framework is exactly the same as what I explained to you a year ago.
'Helios' can freely cruise in space and can launch real-time, precise strikes against any three-dimensional coordinate on Earth without blind spots."
Su Yun's voice was calm, without the slightest inflection.
"If we fire that high-energy beam, will that area be instantly leveled and turned into a crater?"
Anthony's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
"Wouldn't that cause a lot of unnecessary civilian casualties?"
"Mr. Anthony, your thinking is still stuck in the era of high-yield nuclear deterrence from the last century.
If we forcibly expand the strike range, that's certainly possible.
But 'Helios' isn't some crude, mindless space weapon."
Space weapon.
Su Yun didn't use hypocritical diplomatic rhetoric like "strategic deterrence" or "clean energy," but instead uttered those four blood-stained words with a calm and collected tone.
Although "Helios" is publicly claimed to be an environmentally friendly space energy source...
But deep down, Su Yun viewed it as a space torture device existing to maintain some absolute will.
There was no arrogance, no boasting, only a sense of "this is how the great way should be."
“The enormous beam of light you just saw was, in essence, nothing more than a fireworks display created to entertain the public by deliberately increasing the number of scattering particles in the atmosphere.
In fact, from the day I conceived the first line of underlying code in 'Helios's' mind, its aim was never to inflict damage over large areas.
Its true core algorithm is a dynamic focusing system capable of emitting beams of light only one centimeter in diameter… an extremely fine beam.”
Anthony’s pupils contracted sharply:
“You mean… it can lock onto a single target for precise elimination?!”
“That’s right.
A tiny beam of light, traveling at the speed of light, precisely pierces the target’s head with terrifying energy before the target can react, creating a gaping hole.”
“!!??”
Anthony Watson, a seasoned agent who had spent half his life in the military, killing countless people and weathering countless storms, believed that nothing in this world could instill even the slightest fear in him.
But now, looking at this gentle and refined young man before him, he felt a chill run down his spine.
Thinking back to my own life, filled with hardship and wasted time, I realized how utterly ridiculous and pathetic I seemed in the face of this godlike power!