21st Century Necromancer

"Is this really an Earth creature?" Looking at the giant sea monster rising from the ocean on the big screen in the combat command room, its body like a small mountain, Colonel Marcus expressed the same amazement as the frontline pilots.

The largest living creature on Earth, the Blue Whale, is only over thirty meters long. This behemoth in front of us has a body alone that is over three hundred meters long, truly not something that could originate from Earth.

"Unfortunately, it is indeed an Earth creature. Just by looking at its shell, you can determine that it's a type of ammonite. But now is not the time to focus on whether it's an Earth creature; let's capture it for research later. Right now, it's time to attack." Chen Yu was also astonished by the size of this giant sea monster, but he didn't lose composure like Colonel Marcus did. While introducing this giant, he had the presence of mind to remind Colonel Marcus to proceed with the next step of the operation.

With Chen Yu's reminder, Colonel Marcus decisively gave the order for the fighter jets to take off.

On the deck, four F35-B fighter jets took off vertically from the deck of the USS Iwo Jima and then accelerated towards the direction of the giant sea monster.

At the same time, the entire temporary task force was changing course, gradually approaching the battlefield.

Scenes of large monsters battling human military forces are common in monster movies or tokusatsu films. The most common depiction is various fighter jets firing missiles or machine guns at the monsters with no effect, then crashing directly into them. The classic scenario is Vajra fighting planes atop the Empire Building.

But in reality, these are merely effects created by directors or screenwriters to highlight the monster's power.

In reality, no fighter jet could get that close to a monster, and no fighter would use machine guns on a giant that missiles couldn't damage after firing all its missiles.

Modern air combat primarily relies on various missiles. The close-range dogfights dependent on machine guns from the propeller era are rarely seen on modern battlefields.

As for the air-to-air missiles equipped on fighter jets, take the most advanced model used by the US military, the AIM-120D, for example. Its maximum range can reach up to 180 kilometers, and it travels at Mach 3. Once locked on, it's impossible to escape.

Why would a pilot of a fighter jet equipped with such long-range missiles fly the plane right up to a monster's face to fire machine guns?

We don't know what film pilots were thinking, but the pilots of the four fighter jets that took off from the USS Iwo Jima were clearly not so foolish as to plan on filing the giant sea monster's nails with machine guns. Instead, they launched missiles directly upon approaching.

While the four fighter jets launched their missiles, the previous helicopters also closed in and fired rockets. Although rockets had little effect on the shells that even anti-submarine torpedoes couldn't breach, the giant sea monster had relatively softer tentacles and a head. Attacking these areas might have some effect.

Under the attack of four fighter jets and five helicopters, the giant sea monster was enveloped in explosions, projecting an imposing presence.

But when the smoke cleared, the biggest damage was just some blast injuries on its tentacles, apart from peeling off a layer of mud crust deposited on the surface of its shell.

For a monster of this size, this was negligible.

What was even more discouraging was that after the giant sea monster submerged its injured tentacles in seawater, the wounds visibly healed.

"This is..." Although he already knew this engagement would involve beyond-conventional powers, this sight left Colonel Marcus dumbfounded.

Rockets and missiles failed to penetrate the opponent's defense. Meanwhile, the opponent could heal its wounds by just dipping in seawater—how could this battle be won?

"Self-healing ability, it seems to achieve this by drawing strength from the ocean." Watching the giant sea monster's wounds gradually heal on the screen, Chen Yu couldn't help but shake his head.

Even the basic self-healing ability rendered these light weapons ineffective. Relying on conventional force to subdue this giant sea monster seemed impossible. It appeared heavy weaponry was the only option.

However, Chen Yu deduced from the giant sea monster's action of drawing seawater to heal its wounds that its divine power should have dried up during its long slumber. Otherwise, it wouldn't need to rely on external forces to mend its wounds.

Thinking of this, Chen Yu said to Colonel Marcus, "Colonel, have the destroyers launch missiles. Light weapons are no longer effective; we need to use more powerful weapons."

Upon hearing Chen Yu say this, Colonel Marcus nodded and ordered, "Launch anti-ship missiles."

Colonel Marcus's order was quickly relayed. The missile launch area on the deck of one Arleigh Burke-class destroyer next to the USS Iwo Jima swiftly opened, and a missile, accompanied by flames and thick smoke, was rapidly launched into the sky, leaving a long trail and heading in the direction of the giant sea monster.

With the missile launch, the combat command room of the USS Iwo Jima suddenly quieted down. Only the sounds of equipment operation could be heard. Everyone fell silent, awaiting the missile's impact result.

By now, the fleet was not far from the location of the giant sea monster. The missile flew only for a short while before reaching the sea area where the giant sea monster was, then plummeted down.

"Missile hit!" The front-line helicopters and fighter jets observed the explosion.

"Hooray!" Seeing the missile hit, cheers filled the communication channel. In their eyes, nothing could withstand an anti-ship missile barrage.

However, within the combat command room, Chen Yu watched the screen without optimism. In fact, even before the missile hit, he had already seen the giant sea monster block the approaching missile with its tentacles.

As the dust settled, facts proved Chen Yu hadn't been mistaken.

The missile did hit, but it struck only the tentacles that the giant sea monster used as a shield.

Although the explosion left wounds on over a dozen tentacles, with one nearly severed, the injuries were evidently not fatal.

Moreover, these wounds only enraged the giant sea monster more. While submerging its injured tentacles into the sea to heal them by drawing ocean power, it emitted an indescribable roar.

The sound was like a train whistle, combined with a whale's call. Below the giant sea monster, numerous vents simultaneously spray out white mist, resembling a steam locomotive commencing a journey.