I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

The chat in the live stream rooms of Star Satellite Communications Company and the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration's TikTok accounts was refreshing very quickly, with netizens from various countries engaging in heated discussions.

"What do you mean? They're only launching one missile? Are they that confident?"

"The US, Russia, and Europe all launched many missiles, so why did China only launch one? Are China's missiles that far ahead? Is one of China's missiles equivalent to several of other countries' missiles?"

"China was a step too slow. The US missiles launched first and destroyed the asteroid, leaving China no chance to launch its own. But to save face as a major power, they were forced to launch one as a token gesture. Do you all think my explanation makes sense?"

"What are you thinking? This rocket is the same one Yang Chen just tested. In terms of speed, it blows other countries' rockets out of the water. Don't be fooled by the fact that the bald eagles launched first; the Chinese rocket will definitely arrive first in the end. Just you wait and see!"

Inside the Bald Eagle operations command center.

NASA Director Mark Duffy said, "The Chinese only launched one missile. Are they that confident?"

Military representative Hania replied, "They must have great confidence in this rocket. This rocket can change direction and speed at any time, and is not limited to entering lunar orbit to wait for an opportunity. Even if it happens to be on the other side of the Earth, it can accelerate in a short time to bypass the Earth's shield and launch a nuclear missile to destroy the asteroid."

Mark Duffy added, "If it's really as you say, then we must make sure we strike first and successfully destroy the asteroid. Otherwise, if they destroy the asteroid with a single, decisive blow, they'll steal all the limelight, and our large-scale operation will just make us look like extras."

The others nodded in agreement with Mark Duffy's statement that they had to launch a nuclear missile to destroy the asteroid before other countries, especially before China could launch its own nuclear missile.

Hania said, “Alright! Let’s make our move before China launches! If we succeed, all the better. If we fail, we must keep one missile to intercept China’s missile. Even if we fail, we absolutely cannot let them succeed. As for Russia and Europe, it won’t matter even if they succeed. Russia can’t get widespread support, and Europe has always been our little brother, so they won’t have much of an impact on us.”

The others nodded in agreement with Hania's plan. While their own failure would be terrible, the success of the Dragon Kingdom would be even more painful for them. So they were willing to risk the Earth being hit by a collision in order to cause destruction.

The asteroid appears to have accelerated, possibly due to the gravitational pull of the Earth and Moon, and its trajectory is more severe, increasing the probability of it hitting Earth to over 38%.

The probability is quite high, so we must take action to destroy it.

The first spacecraft launched by the Bald Eagles separated from the rocket and flew towards the moon. Subsequently, the second, third, fourth, and fifth spacecraft separated from the rocket in turn and flew towards the moon.

At the same time, Russian and European spacecraft also detached from their rockets and headed toward the moon. Russia launched 5 and Europe launched 4, for a total of 14 nuclear missiles heading toward the asteroid.

However, China's rockets continued to cruise normally in lunar orbit, seemingly in no hurry to find an opportunity to launch nuclear missiles.

This left netizens from various countries completely confused, prompting them to post comments expressing their bewilderment.

"What's going on? Other countries have already entered the final sprint stage, why hasn't China taken any action?"

"Why does the Dragon Kingdom's operation always seem to be a step behind? Could it be that they're just going through the motions and never actually intend to launch a nuclear missile to destroy the asteroid?"

"Yang Chen, don't let us down! We're all here to see your rocket performance, you can't just sit idly by!"

"Based on past experience, Yang Chen always surprises everyone unexpectedly. I believe it will be the same this time. Everyone should wait patiently, and Yang Chen will definitely give everyone a surprise."

Whether Yang Chen will give us a surprise is another matter; Bald Eagle gave everyone a surprise in advance—no, to be precise, a shock.

The bald eagles launched a nuclear missile ahead of schedule, intending to destroy the asteroid 10,000 kilometers away, an area nearly 400,000 kilometers from Earth.

To ensure a high success rate, the bald eagle launched four nuclear missiles in one go, leaving one to await the outcome. If they failed to destroy it, this missile would be reserved for the Chinese nuclear nation; if they succeeded, it would be detonated immediately.

Because they are moving in opposite directions, the nuclear bomb and the asteroid will soon collide.

However, as mentioned earlier, even slight deviations can become significant due to the large distance involved.

The Bald Eagle's No. 1 nuclear bomb failed to hit the asteroid, with an angle difference of at least 30 degrees, which is quite absurd.

Immediately afterward, the No. 2 nuclear missile made a temporary angle adjustment, but due to insufficient time and distance, it still missed the asteroid.

Although the No. 3 and No. 4 nuclear bombs made orbital corrections in advance, they still failed to calculate the speed and offset angle of the asteroids, and both nuclear bombs grazed the asteroids.

Although the bald eagle forcibly detonated the two nuclear bombs, they failed to cause substantial damage to the asteroid due to the distance.

A sigh escaped from the Bald Eagle operations command center.

"Fuck! So close!"

"Four missiles missed, what about the fifth? Are we really not going to launch it?"

"Our calculations weren't precise enough, so launching the fifth one was useless. Let's stick to the original plan and intercept the one from the Dragon Kingdom."

"But... isn't this a bit too crazy? If this asteroid really hits Earth, we might all be wiped out too. Are you sure you really want to do this?"

"We don't need to be so pessimistic just because the probability of an impact is less than 40%."

"I disagree. You're all crazy. I don't want to die. I think it's better to let the Dragon Kingdom try to destroy the asteroid."

"Don't rush, Russia has launched it. Let's see if Russia can destroy it first!"

At this moment, the chat in NASA's live stream was filled with comments.

"What the hell? Four shots missed! Are you guys even capable?"

"You launched so early, I thought you were really confident you could destroy it, but I didn't expect you to be so useless!"

"We are so disappointed! People all over the world were hoping you could destroy the asteroid, but instead you gave us a huge mess."

"Although I usually dislike bald eagles and often curse them, I really hoped they could hit their target, since it concerns the safety of all mankind. Unfortunately... they're just not good enough!"

"Haha... The Bald Eagle is a thing of the past. Now we can only rely on our Great Russia. Just watch, our five nuclear missiles will definitely hit that damned asteroid and protect the safety of all mankind!"

Because the asteroid was moving at extremely high speed and had entered the optimal range for destruction, after all five of Russia's asteroids were launched, Europe's four asteroids followed suit.

Nine nuclear warheads were launched at slightly off-center distances toward the asteroid. The Russians and Europeans thought that with such a large coverage area, at least one of them would hit the asteroid.

Inside the Dragon Kingdom's combat command center.

Experts continued to calculate the asteroid's trajectory and used computers to re-simulate the optimal impact point. However, their calculated optimal impact point was outside the range of Russia's and Europe's nine nuclear missiles. This meant that either the Chinese experts and computer simulations were wrong, or all nine nuclear missiles from Russia and Europe would miss their targets.

Upon receiving the latest news, Yang Chen, who was watching the live stream, expressed his opinion without hesitation.

"Trust our experts, and we will carry out the destruction operation according to the points calculated in the simulation!"

In fact, Yang Chen had thought about it. Even if the points calculated and simulated by so many experts and computers were not very precise, they certainly wouldn't be too far off. Given the rocket's ability to accelerate instantly and change direction, as long as the point wasn't too far from the asteroid's actual flight trajectory, it could send a nuclear bomb there to bomb the asteroid.

The Dragon Kingdom's destruction method is different from that of other countries. Other countries launch nuclear missiles and try to increase the hit rate by correcting the missile's flight path.

China, on the other hand, launched its nuclear missiles by sending them to a location not far in front of the asteroid via carrier rockets, ensuring that the missiles could accurately hit the asteroid.

Although this would result in the loss of a new launch vehicle, the operation would provide ample opportunity to demonstrate the rocket's powerful delivery and error correction capabilities.

With Yang Chen's clear opinion, the commander on the Dragon Kingdom's side did not hesitate and immediately ordered the rocket to fly to the final calculated point to wait for the best launch opportunity.

At this time, three of the Russian nuclear missiles had already deviated from the asteroid's orbit, and although the remaining two were corrected in time, they still could not stop the asteroid.

The asteroid was only a few hundred kilometers in diameter, and it was traveling in the opposite direction of the nuclear bomb. It could have passed each other in the blink of an eye, leaving no time to correct the nuclear bomb's trajectory.

There was a sigh of disappointment in the Russian command center. Five nuclear missiles had been wasted, and the whole world had seen how outdated their weapons were.

However, they don't need to be upset, because the next four nuclear bombs launched by Europe also missed the asteroid.

The problems with those nuclear bombs were all the same: they lacked the ability to instantly change course at large angles and accelerate significantly. Their experts were also eager to show off and did not accurately calculate and predict the trajectory of asteroids, so naturally they all ended in failure.

At this moment, the live broadcast rooms of the aviation authorities and military of these countries were filled with wails, as if the end of the world was about to come.

"It's over, it's over. The US, Russia, Europe, all failed. None of the 14 nuclear bombs hit their target. What are we going to do? Are we really going to die?"

"It's not 14. The Bald Eagles kept one, probably waiting for a better opportunity."

"Is the Dragon Kingdom just going to join the fun, or are they waiting for an opportunity? Hopefully, the Dragon Kingdom is waiting for an opportunity; the hopes of all mankind are pinned on the Dragon Kingdom."

"It's too late to launch missiles now. Humanity's last hope rests on China's missiles. The United States has lost four nuclear warheads, and the last one is likely to fail as well. There's no point in relying on it."

"Brother Long, Father Long, Dongda, keep going! At this moment, you are the hope of all mankind! Please, Father Long, save my life!"

At this moment, the Bald Eagle operations command center was in an uproar.

Some extremists demanded that the previous plan be carried out, with the last nuclear bomb used to destroy China's launch vehicle. They had failed to save humanity, and they absolutely could not leave this opportunity to China.

However, most people instinctively chose to survive when faced with the terrible consequences that were about to come. They no longer agreed to the previous plan and resolutely disagreed with using the last nuclear bomb to destroy humanity's last hope.

"You extremists are committing a crime against humanity! No conflict is as important as human safety; that's the bottom line!"

“You extremists, just wait. If we get through this crisis safely, we will definitely bring you to court and try you for crimes against humanity.”

"You bunch of cowards! The probability of a collision is less than 4%, what are you afraid of? If the success rate of the surgery is less than 4%, I don't even have any hope!"

"That's right! You bunch of cowards, you don't deserve to be Bald Eagle soldiers and aviation explorers, you're cowards and weaklings!"

Unable to reach an agreement, an aviation expert with a strong sense of justice immediately took Commander Hania hostage with a fruit knife.

"Damn it! You lunatics, we don't have time to waste with you! Hania, immediately order the self-destruct mechanism to activate and detonate that nuclear bomb in space! Now! Immediately! Or I'll slit your throat! I'm not kidding!"

Hania immediately said, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, let's talk this out!"

"I don't have time to waste with you, give the order immediately!"

With just a little force, the expert, brimming with a sense of justice, caused Haniah's neck to bleed, which greatly frightened Haniah and the military personnel.

His colleagues also advised him not to act impulsively and to talk things out calmly.

Haniyeh himself did not want to take the risk, but he needed to consider the feelings of the extremists and dared not easily order the activation of the nuclear self-destruct device.

But now the situation is different. Someone has taken him hostage, and he has enough reason to issue a self-destruct order.

"Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive. I'll do as you say, okay? Listen to my command, activate the self-destruct device for nuclear bomb number 5."

Those extremists immediately spoke up to stop them.

"No! We can't self-destruct; we must destroy the Dragon Kingdom's carrier rocket!"

"I'll fight anyone who dares to activate the self-destruct mechanism!"

"Hanya, it's worth it even if you sacrifice yourself to uphold the last vestiges of dignity for the Bald Eagle! Isn't that right?"

Hania was shocked and immediately cursed, "Fuck you! Thomas! You son of a bitch, you die first and show me! You guys are so righteous, just commit suicide now! I swear to God, if any of you commit suicide, I will immediately order an attack on the Dragon Kingdom's carrier rockets!"

Those guys were just talking big; they're not going to commit suicide.

At this point, suicide would mean certain death, but by gambling on the probability that an asteroid would miss Earth, they could avoid dying. They're shrewd.

The old bastard named Thomas said, "Hania, you need to understand, he's holding you hostage, not me. If he were holding me hostage, I would have slit my own throat myself, and I would never let him threaten me!"

Hania broke through the defenses and cursed, "Fuck you! You son of a bitch, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering! I'll settle the score with you after this is over! Operator, activate the self-destruct mechanism!"

The operator responded immediately and unlocked the key to prepare to activate the self-destruct device.

However, at that moment, the extremists suddenly rushed forward, covering each other, and Thomas eventually pressed the launch button.

The fifth nuclear missile from the Bald Eagle family roared out, heading towards the Star Satellite Communications Company's launch vehicle... (End of Chapter)