Yang Xi and his team slowed their pace. By today, they had reached the nations along the East Pacific coast. In this region, the biggest player was the United States. Their destroyers were like stubborn barnacles, tailing the fleet the entire way, and staying perilously close.
Vika had already issued over a dozen warnings, but the Americans acted as if they were deaf. There was no response, no movement—they simply ignored the advice.
"General Ryan, that so-called Olive Branch aircraft carrier is just an empty shell. It likely doesn't even carry any carrier-based aircraft. It's just a paper tiger meant to intimidate us!" a captain reported to the general while monitoring the situation via a reconnaissance drone.
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