The air inside the cave felt as if it had frozen solid. Shen Xinghe and Lin Qiubai remained immersed in the shocking scene that had just unfolded. The shockwave from the massive explosion had set the entire cave trembling, and the Zeiss binoculars held tightly in Lin Qiubai’s grip still clearly captured the pillar of fire reaching toward the sky five kilometers away. The Japanese Military Headquarters airbase, once the pride of the enemy, had been reduced to a sea of fire, and the mysterious warplane had vanished into the clouds as if it had never existed.
After a long silence, Shen Xinghe broke the stillness, his voice trembling with excitement: "That was not our plane! Flying solo into the heart of enemy territory, it downed seven Zero fighters using maneuvers that defy logic. More terrifying still is the way it ignited the airfield, and the power of those aerial bombs that split into hundreds of smaller submunitions to obliterate the anti-aircraft guns..." Before he could finish, a muffled, thunderous explosion echoed from outside the cave, as if punctuating his words.
Lin Qiubai lowered his binoculars, his gaze deep as he looked out at the valley, which was illuminated like daylight by the inferno. His eyes were complex, filled with both awe for the mysterious plane’s magical power and a profound sense of worry and contemplation.
Chapter 475