CHAPTER 249: CHAPTER 249: MISSILE CRISIS, MAIEV DESCENDS

A system prompt popped up—someone outside was trying to wake Johnnie.

He was at the Yett family estate. Only a few women could enter his room.

If they were waking him now, something had to be wrong.

The army of undead monsters around him had already been wiped out, and they wouldn’t respawn anytime soon.

Sure the area was safe, Johnnie looked at Nalorin, Sylvia, and the others. "Something came up in the real world. You guys go into the Map of Heaven and Earth first."

He said it, then sent them straight into the Map of Heaven and Earth.

The Map of Heaven and Earth was a sealed space. You couldn’t log off from there, and there was no way to contact the outside, so he wasn’t worried about Jack pulling any tricks.

Then he summoned Atlas and the other two as well. "Sir, someone’s calling you in real life." they said. "Something must have happened."

"Alright, let’s log off and see." They hadn’t left the game in a long time, so they agreed at once.

They cut the connection and vanished.

Johnnie’s mind snapped back to the real world. He saw Lina pacing anxiously nearby, her face tight with worry.

"Johnnie, thank goodness you could log off." She clearly let out a sigh of relief when he woke up.

"What happened?" Johnnie asked, puzzled. Outside, he could hear a lot of noise, like members of the Yett family were hauling things.

The girls already knew the truth about the game. They wouldn’t ask him to log off unless it was serious.

Lina’s face turned solemn. She spoke quickly. "Dylan just called. The weapons systems of several major countries were hacked. Missiles were forced online, and the coordinates are locked on Dark Moon Mountain. I think they’re coming for you."

"What?" Johnnie blurted. He had thought that as long as it wasn’t a nation-state, no one could threaten him. He hadn’t expected something like this so soon.

"Hacking the weapons systems of multiple big countries? Who has that kind of power?" He frowned. It felt wrong. Those systems are the most secure—how could they be hacked so easily? And several countries at the same time... it felt coordinated, almost like they planned it together.

Lina said, "That person called themselves Ava."

"Ava? The mechanical overlord!" Johnnie blurted, thinking of The Mecha Divine Nation he had under his control.

Ava was the mechanical overlord there. He hadn’t been able to wipe it out back then, and it escaped.

He hadn’t expected it to hack into real-world networks. Looks like it wants to use missiles from different countries against him.

Outside Dragon Country’s borders, the only way to hit this place is with intercontinental missiles.

Even the weakest ICBM carries tens of megatons of TNT. Dark Moon Mountain would be leveled, and he couldn’t possibly stop that.

Lina glanced at her smartwatch, worried. "According to what Dylan sent, we have about thirteen minutes before the missiles arrive. Dragon Country’s interception systems are almost down—they probably can’t stop them. Sister Crysic is organizing the Yett Family to evacuate right now."

Johnnie gave a small nod, his mind racing.

In the game, his stats had fused many times and he was strong, but stopping a missile strike wasn’t realistic.

And even if he somehow survived, the ordinary members of the Yett Family wouldn’t.

Ten-plus minutes should be enough to get out of the blast center, but it still wouldn’t be truly safe.

"Right—the Map of Heaven and Earth!" Johnnie thought of something and spoke quickly. "Lina, gather all Yett Family members. And Cecilia—bring her out too."

Cecilia couldn’t be woken up, but she could be put into the Map of Heaven and Earth.

After the Map of Heaven and Earth merged, living beings could enter it, and you could even move items between the game and the real world.

The Map of Heaven and Earth is a separate space. A missile strike won’t affect it.

Then only Johnnie would stay outside. Even if he couldn’t block the missiles, with his flight speed and blink ability, he could still dodge them.

Atlas and the others also logged out. After hearing what happened, they started gathering the Yett Family members right away.

A bit over three hundred people from the Yett Family assembled quickly, including Cecilia, who was still in the game.

They only took some valuables and nothing else.

Johnnie opened the Map of Heaven and Earth and was about to put everyone inside.

"Huh?" He suddenly exclaimed, stunned. "Maiev, why are you inside the Map of Heaven and Earth?"

"Master, haven’t I been here all along?" Maiev’s voice came back, full of confusion.

Johnnie froze.

Before, when the Map of Heaven and Earth could move items between the game and reality, he had tested it—living beings couldn’t cross over.

Could it be that the Map of Heaven and Earth upgraded again?

He had a guess.

But in the Mountains and Rivers Realm, only Maiev was there. Nalorin, Sylvia, Benz, and the others weren’t. Even the Mechanical Golem didn’t show up.

Was it because Maiev had a soul contract with him?

But Jack had also signed a soul contract and didn’t appear.

No—that’s different.

Jack is a Demon race player, just like them, logging in through a login crystal. That means his real body isn’t in the Map of Heaven and Earth.

"Maiev, I’m going to summon you out. Let’s see if you can come down here." Johnnie said, dropping the overthinking and giving it a try.

Hum...

Space rippled, and a graceful figure appeared—it was Maiev.

"Huh? What is this place? The spiritual energy is so thin." she said, looking around in confusion. Her delicate brows drew together; she wasn’t used to Earth’s environment.

"Maiev?" Crysic stared, stunned. "You can actually come to Earth?"

She already knew about Maiev’s bond with Johnnie, and she got along well with the other women.

Maiev smiled and nodded, then asked curiously, "Master, is this the world you live in?"

"That’s right. Maiev, can you use your divine power?" Johnnie asked, hopeful.

If Maiev could use her divine power, a Divine powerhouse would be enough to block the missiles.

In his last life, when the alien races arrived, even stage-9 legendary monsters could sweep through human cities—let alone a Divine powerhouse.

Maiev focused and let her divine power flow. "No problem, Master. The spiritual energy here is thin, but nothing suppresses my power. I can use it normally."

"Johnnie, you’re not planning to have Maiev take on the incoming missiles, are you?" Crysic said in surprise, a bit worried.

In her view, no matter how strong Maiev was, she was still just one person. How could she stop missiles?

"Don’t underestimate the power of a Domain." Johnnie said.

He trusted Maiev, but to be safe, he still put the Yett Family members and Crysic and the other women into the Map of Heaven and Earth.

"Maiev, these missiles are about strong enough to destroy Universe Continent level 5 or level 6 cities. Are you sure you can stop them?" Johnnie believed in her strength, but he still asked.

"Huh? This world has power that strong?" Maiev was a bit surprised. That kind of force was no less than a full strike from a stage-9 Legendary peak powerhouse.

It could even compare to some weaker Half-Gods.

Earth’s spiritual energy was so thin it was almost nonexistent; reaching that level through cultivation here was almost impossible.

Maiev added, "Master, if it’s only that strong, I can block it."

"Good." Johnnie said nothing more. He stood quietly on his longsword, waiting for the missiles.

The missiles weren’t the real threat. The tricky one was the mechanical overlord Ava.

Johnnie never imagined Ava could hack into Earth’s networks.

It seemed the Mechanical Race’s abilities were far stronger than what he had seen.

Ava was a disembodied mind, and now that it had merged into Earth’s network, there was no way to deal with it.

"Master, they’re here!" Maiev said. She appeared in front of Johnnie and opened her Life Domain without hesitation.

Two black dots streaked in from the horizon, moving very fast.

They were two huge missiles, trailing long flames, heading straight for Johnnie’s position.

Maiev looked a bit grave; she could feel the massive power inside them.

Buzz!

In an instant, the two missiles plunged into her Domain one after the other.

"Break!" she called softly, taking the initiative. Two thick tree roots burst from the ground, turning into two giant hammers that smashed hard at the incoming missiles.

Boom!

Boom!

Two deafening explosions. Heat rolled out like a wave, a terrifying force surging that tore Maiev’s Life Domain apart in an instant.

That power didn’t fade at all and rushed straight at the two of them.

"So strong!" Maiev’s face tightened. The blast couldn’t hurt her, but Johnnie might not be able to take it.

"Life Shield!" she called softly. The power of The Rules of Life moved around her, quickly forming a huge shield that wrapped her and Johnnie inside.

Boom!

Another thunderous crash. The huge shockwave still flung them through the air.

But at least it stopped those two missiles.

Before Johnnie could breathe, Maiev’s grave voice sounded: "Master, more!"

On the horizon, several dark shapes screamed in, moving at a terrifying speed. They were on them almost at once.

This time there were seven missiles, and they were no weaker than the last two.

"Can you block them? If not, we go into The Map of Heaven and Earth." Johnnie said quickly.

Everyone from the Yett Family on Dark Moon Mountain had already pulled into The Map of Heaven and Earth, so even if this place got destroyed, the loss wouldn’t be too big.

"I’ll try!" Fighting spirit flared in Maiev. As a Divine powerhouse, if she couldn’t even stop weapons made by mortals, it would be too shameful.

"Reincarnation, endless life!" she whispered. Within a hundred miles, every plant seemed to wake and grow wild. Grass shot up like towering trees, and the trees became sky-high pillars, wrapping the two of them in layers.

Boom, boom...

The missiles hit. Roars rolled one after another. Wood chips flew. Endless fire swept out, covering dozens of kilometers and swallowing Dark Moon Mountain in an instant.