Chapter 372 - 198: Underground Nuclear Detonation, Heavily Wounding the Mother Empress, Pursuit

Chapter 372: Chapter 198: Underground Nuclear Detonation, Heavily Wounding the Mother Empress, Pursuit

"Ten minutes... Is that precise?"

Lin Feng frowned slightly.

To avoid being detected by the Jiangbei Mother Empress’s extremely high Spiritual Attribute, he cautiously refrained from using Active Skills like Mind Sensing.

Instead, he was relying on the keen senses of a Tier Two Peak Awakener to detect the faint vibrations coming from beneath the ground.

The rhythm was slow but distinct, like a subway train approaching a station. He could clearly feel the vibrations growing stronger and more frequent.

A massive object was heading toward the transfer station where Lin Feng and Ling Yi were waiting.

Ling Yi took a deep breath, a golden light flickering in her eyes. She nodded and replied in a low voice,

"I can’t be precise. I can only make an estimate based on its average speed and distance."

"But the closer it gets, the more accurate the estimate should be."

Ling Yi was continuously using the Spiritual Energy from her Mental Realm to envelop them. This was to mask their presence, especially the faint aura that Lin Feng unconsciously emitted, and prevent them from being discovered by the cautious Jiangbei Mother Empress.

After Ling Yi finished speaking, the two of them, sitting beside the black case of the Nuclear Bomb, fell silent.

Lin Feng took out the device that displayed the dynamic password. According to what Ling Shuyan had explained, there were only four countdown detonation settings: one, three, five, and ten minutes.

Of course, there was also an instant detonation button that could be pressed immediately after unlocking it with the password, so this didn’t prevent the warhead from being used on an intercontinental missile.

But that wouldn’t work in their current situation.

To achieve the most precise instant detonation, someone would have to stay behind to manually enter the password and press the button.

It was a suicide mission for whoever stayed.

This was also why the Federation high command dared to sell the warheads. Without a remote delivery system, a nuclear warhead was just a glorified aerial bomb.

If someone had to stay, it could only be Ling Yi. Anyone else would fail to evade the Jiangbei Mother Empress’s mental screening and would likely be exposed prematurely.

Of course, Lin Feng had seriously considered this plan. After all, Ling Yi was merely a Mother Empress Avatar for the Jia City Mother Empress; another one could simply be created.

It would just require Lin Feng to offer enough benefits in exchange for this Tier Two Peak avatar who had mastered a Mental Realm.

But the fight against the Mother Empress after the nuclear blast was what truly mattered. Especially with Shen Jie tied down on the main front, Lin Feng wouldn’t have Ling Yi’s help to pin down the enemy in the final battle. Relying on himself alone to kill the heavily injured Mother Empress was too risky.

Besides, Ling Yi needed to wait for the Jiangbei Mother Empress to be completely destroyed so she could take control of its entire Zerg Race.

And Lin Feng stood to gain a handsome reward from it as well, such as the Tier Two Zerg Eggs in the Nest.

For all these reasons, Ling Yi was not someone who could be readily sacrificed.

A living Mother Empress Avatar was more useful.

So now, they were left with only the four preset countdown detonation options.

Ling Yi, who had been with Lin Feng during the trade, also clearly remembered Ling Shuyan’s parting words: they had to choose between the one, three, and five-minute options.

Holding the password device, Lin Feng was the first to speak:

"It can travel a kilometer in ten minutes. So, if we wait until the last minute, the Mother Empress will be about a hundred meters from us."

"If we activate the nuke’s countdown then and leave, we’ll definitely be able to heavily wound the Mother Empress."

Ling Yi shook her head.

"That’s too close. It’s too risky."

"Within two to three hundred meters of the Mother Empress, its Spiritual Energy is like a physical substance. Even if I use my Mental Realm, I won’t be able to conceal both of our auras at the same time."

"Unless I stay behind, and you leave right now!"

Lin Feng looked at the woman before him. Ling Yi’s suggestion was very reasonable, but it also meant he would have to hand his dynamic password device over to her.

If Ling Yi met with some misfortune in those last few minutes, the remaining two nuclear bombs would be useless.

The price was too high.

"What about three minutes?" Lin Feng asked, avoiding her suggestion.

The three-minute option meant the Mother Empress would be about three hundred meters away. That would give Lin Feng enough time to enter the detonation password and set the countdown, after which they could both evacuate the subway transfer station.

Ling Yi pondered for a moment. The golden light in her eyes surged, a clear sign she was having to release more Spiritual Energy to maintain their concealment under the pressure of the approaching Mother Empress.

"It could work, but three hundred meters is a long way. There could be some deviation, and we might not hit the Mother Empress’s vital areas."

"However, I didn’t previously consider how large the space inside the subway is, especially with this transfer station having three levels. This means the destructive radius of the nuclear blast will be several times larger than our original estimate."

"A radius of about two hundred meters, to be specific."

Lin Feng nodded.

"That radius is large enough to deliver a saturation strike against the Jiangbei Mother Empress and the escorting Zerg surrounding it..."

Ling Yi, however, sighed softly.

"That’s right. But the blast’s power will also be diluted severalfold, making it hard to achieve a crippling blow. At most, it would just burn away the energy-storing tail segments and fatty tumors on its body, without causing any truly deep injuries."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes. He only needed to confirm one thing:

"Then will it still be strong enough to use Domain Descent?"

Ling Yi shook her head.

"It shouldn’t. After all, even if the nuclear bomb’s power is diluted several times, it will still cover its entire body. That’s enough to reduce its Life Value by forty percent, and once its State is below eighty percent, it’s unable to initiate a Divine Domain Descent."

Hearing this, Lin Feng let out a sigh of relief.

"That’s good. Let’s set it for three minutes, then."

"We can also take this opportunity to go and order the Tier Two Close Combat Team, three kilometers away, to prepare for battle."