Chapter 788 - 490: High-Energy Substance Leak

Chapter 788: Chapter 490: High-Energy Substance Leak

The flames exploded in the vast, dark ocean, accompanied by intense light, creating a vacuum zone. The steam from countless evaporated seawater turned into fine bubbles that quickly floated upward. Everyone inside the nuclear submarine couldn’t help but cover their eyes.

Waves of shock spread out circularly in the ocean, causing the massive nuclear submarine to shake violently. The small power armors were blasted to smithereens, with only a few managing to hide behind shelters to avoid being shredded directly.

After a long while, the explosion finally subsided.

The Megalodon, which had evolved over millions of years, was completely reduced to dust, becoming nutrients in the ocean.

Beneath the feet, that enormous crater was now leveled to the ground.

When the dust settled, people discovered a mineral vein glowing with indigo fluorescence, still standing abruptly in the center of the ruins.

"Is that...?"

"That thing is still glowing."

"It seems that thing was originally hidden under the Central Peak."

"Could that be Wang Ye’s hidden secret?"

"What kind of thing can survive an explosion of this magnitude? Diamond?"

"No, even a diamond couldn’t. Diamonds have a melting point of only over 3,000 degrees Celsius, while the temperature at the moment of a hydrogen bomb explosion can reach hundreds of millions of degrees, far exceeding the melting point of diamond."

"So this thing is stronger than a diamond?"

"I think it’s possible."

"And it might be much stronger than a diamond, at least dozens or even hundreds of times..."

The man in military uniform stood silently before the screen.

Suddenly, Matthew narrowed his eyes, pointing at the mist around the mineral vein, "Look carefully, those gases seem to be released by this mysterious substance."

The man in the military uniform asked, "Could it explode?"

Matthew nodded, "It’s possible, or it could be poisonous gas. Be careful, everyone should wear diving suits, the masks can protect against poison gas infiltration to some extent."

After everyone put on their diving suits, they carefully maneuvered the nuclear submarine and small power armors near the mineral vein.

Of course, they couldn’t dive out of the submarine themselves and had to rely on the remaining dozen or so small power armors to collect it.

They started cutting the protruding crystal cluster from the mineral vein with the chainsaws they had used to attack the Megalodon earlier.

But for some reason, they couldn’t make a single mark even after cutting for more than half a minute.

"Move quickly, Godzilla could appear at any moment!" the man in the military uniform scolded, thinking it was laziness on the part of his subordinates.

"Sir, this seems uncuttable," said the combat personnel operating the small power armor via radio.

"Uncuttable?" Hearing this, Matthew approached the screen to observe closely, and then said, "Forget it, stop cutting."

"Why?" the man in the military uniform asked.

"Even hydrogen bombs couldn’t blast this away; its hardness should exceed anything humans currently know. It’s not their fault. Even with our most advanced tools, we probably couldn’t mine this kind of mineral," Matthew said, stroking his chin. "However, the explosion seems to have shattered part of the mineral vein; we can collect those fragments. Sir, what do you think?"

The man in the military uniform pondered for a moment, "No, continue using hydrogen bombs."

"Continue using hydrogen bombs...?" The surrounding personnel questioned in confusion.

His tone suddenly became vicious, "Since I’m here, I can’t leave anything valuable behind. Blast it! Even if the entire seabed turns to ruins, we must collect all of this mysterious substance!"

"Yes!" They responded and began preparing to load the third hydrogen torpedo.

Dozens of small power armors gathered around the mineral vein scattered.

Matthew, however, expressed concern, "Sir, this might seriously impact the ocean’s ecology. We also don’t know the traits of this mysterious substance yet; recklessly bombing could lead to severe consequences..."

"Consequences? We’re barely holding on, and you’re worried about consequences?" the man in the military uniform sneered, "You should prepare to research this mysterious substance quickly; we don’t have much time left. Godzilla could arrive any moment."

"...Yes." Matthew nodded and left the command room.

The third hydrogen torpedo was quickly loaded and launched toward the mineral vein.

In an instant, a terrifying fireball engulfed the entire mineral vein.

Under the pressure and temperatures of tens of millions of degrees, the mineral vein began to disintegrate abruptly, turning into countless shards blasting in all directions. In no time, the once-integrated mineral vein was reduced to scattered fragments, and many parts even vaporized completely.

As soon as seawater rushed back in, these fragments quickly reacted chemically with the water, releasing a dense fog.

Like crushed rock sugar, these minerals that were hard to corrode began decomposing at an unprecedented rate.

The crystal cluster, which would have required tens of millions of years to erode, completely eroded within seconds.

The dense fog spread to all corners of the ocean, converting into an overabundance of evolutionary energy that surged into various parts of the ocean.

At the same time,

all the marine life, their long-stalled evolutionary gears, began to slowly turn.

Yet everyone aboard the Super Nuclear Submarine didn’t know what it meant or what consequences it might bring.