Four Floating Turrets simultaneously fired a salvo, but it was still a step too late. The beam from the Floating Turrets didn't interrupt the ritual and instead hit an invisible wall. After the impact, a thick beam of light shot straight into the sky, the brightness within several kilometers increasing by three levels, blindingly white.
"Warning, warning."
Satania issued a piercing alarm, "High-intensity energy reaction detected, please handle promptly."
Gu Tao looked up at the light column above the St. Paul Building, squinting his eyes, "Satania, start analyzing strike options."
"Within a five-kilometer radius, there are 273,354 active human individuals. The use of space-based weaponry would result in significant casualties. However, we can initiate the Iron Curtain Device to conduct containment tactics. Requesting activation of the Iron Curtain Device!"
