Chapter 437: Energy Release
"Captain Lin."
Ryan observed Lin Xian. He knew that if Lin Xian, as the Swordsman, could survive facing the people of the Holy City at the submarine base, he would have to carefully consider what Lin Xian said.
"What did you learn from the Holy City?"
Lin Xian asked back, "I also want to ask you, how did you know about the situation of the Garan Volcano?"
Ryan shrugged. "When we were monitoring the Uniga 1, we discovered that the monster would approach the submarine volcanoes to conduct some kind of hunting activity. After investigation, we found that the monster's actions actually accelerated the activity of the Garan Volcano. So, at that time, everyone at the base believed that the monster might be foraging for energy underground. That's it..."
"What about the forbidden object that can control volcanoes that you mentioned?" asked KIKI.
"He's talking about the Earth's core heat attractor," Lin Xian said. "This thing is like bait used to attract more high-level strange entities for Uniga 1. The Foundation's goal may be to use this opportunity to study world-class creatures, so once this thing stops..."
"Then the Giant Ocean God will take the initiative to bombard the Galan Volcano!" Ning Jing said.
"good."
Ryan said, "According to the Foundation's past experience, when the density of high-level strange entities gathered in this sea area is high enough, the monster will appear. Now that the Foundation has withdrawn, only a group of people from the Holy City are left to defend it. So for me, this is a good opportunity."
Lin Xian understood after hearing this: "But you didn't expect that the monster not only appeared earlier because of the attractant from the Holy City, but also appeared on the west coast, far away from the outlying islands and volcanic groups, affecting you as well. In the end, you still didn't get anything."
Ryan said helplessly, "I thought you would have a confrontation with the people from the Holy City yesterday. Our Falcon Sea Group is also ready to assist. As long as we can eliminate the Holy City's stronghold on the outlying island together, then this plan may go smoothly."
"Hide in the submarine base, wait for the giant ocean god to hunt, then make a big profit before retreating?"
Lin Xian nodded: "That makes sense."
"You're really brave." Kiki crossed her arms and said, "Now that you know the monster is the Giant Ocean God, do you still have this plan?"
Ryan held his forehead and smiled bitterly: "The Foundation's internal confidentiality is too high. I always thought it was some S-class creature."
When Lin Xian heard Ryan's message, he confirmed his previous guess, but he didn't expect that the device would actually cause a chain reaction.
"Captain Lin." Ryan saw Lin Xian's frown and couldn't help but ask, "What did you mean by less than 24 hours?"
"The stability of that geothermal well has reached a dangerous threshold. I checked the monitoring center's logs. According to their technical standards, if it's not shut down 24 hours a day, there's a risk of energy overload, and the entire submarine base might be lost."
After Lin Xian finished speaking, he glanced at Ryan and had already planned to leave. He was already clear about the situation of Haiyan Island and Garlan Volcano. What he had to do now was to receive Viola, find the orbital node and then take out the Sky Train and take the risk to fly.
During this time, he could ask the team members to search the base for supplies, and he could also take away the nuclear-powered submarine as devouring material.
As for the Neptune, Lin Xian doesn't have the time to help others repair the aircraft carrier. If it is a problem with the power system, it will take him at least half a day. There is no need to take the risk.
When Ryan heard Lin Xian's words, he suddenly lowered his sunglasses: "What!?"
"Impossible?" Erica's face changed drastically. "We previously obtained information from the base's control pipeline, and that device shouldn't need at least three days to reach its cooling cycle?!"
Gaddy said, "Could it be related to what happened yesterday?"
"That should be it." Vanessa frowned and said, "The geothermal activity has accelerated..."
"OMG, then are we dead?" The tall Azir said in surprise.
Seeing their reaction, Lin Xian frowned and asked, "24 hours is not enough for you to evacuate this sea area?"
Ryan looked at Lin Xian, his tone changing. "Captain Lin, you probably don't know that after Uniga 1 enters its active state, the sea area within a radius of several hundred kilometers is dangerous. Even we hiding in the submarine base have to remain silent. During this period, it is impossible to escape from this sea area. Even the floating city will be shot down by the gathered atmospheric creatures. As long as this period reaches this point, it is impossible for any surviving humans to escape from the sea area. The best way is to dock at Haiyan Island and wait out the storm!"
Upon hearing this, KIKI immediately said, "The Garan volcano is about to erupt. The entire Haiyan Island might be submerged. How can we hide from it?"
"Our original plan was to wait until Uniga 1 finished hunting before leaving." Gaddy crossed his arms, his face darkening. "If the device can't hold out until Uniga 1 finishes hunting, then we're in trouble."
"That's right." Ryan said in a deep voice: "If that device is turned off, the underwater monsters will immediately run away, and the Uniga 1 will definitely be deployed. At that time, the Garan volcano will explode prematurely, and this sea area will become a hell. The giant tsunami will even submerge the coastal areas of Asia and the Pacific..."
"According to what you said, we can't leave, and we can't not leave either?" Lu Xingchen couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
Ning Jing analyzed at this time: "The giant ocean god appeared yesterday. If it is hunting, it is very likely lurking in the waters around Haiyan Island now."
"But why not the sky?"
"Aircraft?" Ryan shrugged. "As the former security director of that base, I can only say that the air is more dangerous than the sea. I didn't know that before, but when I saw that monster rising from the sea to the clouds yesterday, I understood. This monster is simply the ruler of the universe. I really don't know how we humans are going to deal with it."
Hearing this, Lin Xian's heart sank and he immediately felt that he was in trouble.
It seemed that they were surrounded by endless giant sea monsters, and in deeper water, there was an ultimate hunter. Ever since he was locked by the giant ocean god yesterday, he had a hunch that the monster might really be staring at them!
"Wow, what should we do then?" Kiki looked at Lin Xian: "We can't leave, and we can't stay either."
"Maybe we can hide in that submarine base and wait for the disaster to pass?" Shiori whispered.
Lin Xian shook his head upon hearing this. "That won't work. Now it's not just the problem with the Uniga 1, there's also the Garan volcano. Once it erupts, the magma wells beneath the island will definitely have a chain reaction, sinking the island into the Pacific Ocean in an instant."
"What about hiding on Haiyan Island? There must be defensive fortifications under the main island, right?" Ning Jing said.
"Defending against tsunamis hundreds of meters high?" Ryan saw the people around Lin Xian nervously discussing, and immediately said, "Even whether we can withstand earthquakes is a problem."
"Hanging..."
Vanessa also looked solemn at this time, and said to Ryan: "Ryan, it will take at least 48 hours to repair the Neptune. It's too late."
"It's no longer a question of whether the Neptune can be repaired." Ryan glanced at Lin Xian with a wry smile: "Even if the Neptune is repaired now, we can't escape the tsunami within 24 hours. The time is too short. Unless we are lucky and the Garan volcano only erupts on a small scale, or..."
"Or maybe the monster started hunting in advance, and then we could shut down the device in advance and leave safely?" Lin Xian added.
"Yes." Ryan sighed immediately. "But judging from the Foundation's early relocation arrangements, they must have clearly calculated the irreversible crisis, which is why they issued the relocation order. It's really a headache."
"Is there any other solution?"
"Yes, release the energy in advance!" Lin Xian said at this time: "We may try to release some of the energy from the geothermal well to slow down the explosion first."
"How can it release energy? That's a volcano!" Erica was incredulous. "Besides, this action might attract more strange entities, which would be even more dangerous."
"Yes, what if the volcano erupts prematurely?" Vanessa also said.
"I think it might be possible."
Ryan said at this time: "I know that the base has an underwater pipeline specifically for backup energy discharge. It's located in the southeastern waters. If we open it, it might buy us some time. The only problem is that it's underwater..."
As soon as he said this, Lin Xian immediately thought of the aerial photos they had taken before. The huge whirlpool and strange body under the deep water were so scary that they made people's hair stand on end.
Lin Xian frowned: "At this point, we have no choice but to give it a try."
"I agree."
Ryan looked at Lin Xian and immediately extended his hand: "Captain Lin, let's work together. Maybe we can improve our survival rate by working together."
"Okay." Lin Xian shook hands with him and said immediately, "You must first dock the fleet at Haiyan Island Port. Then we will split into two groups. One group will be responsible for attempting to deploy the equipment, while the other group will find a suitable bunker on the main island of Haiyan Island."
After saying that, Lin Xian's face darkened. He checked the time and looked around at everyone.
"Everyone, the storm is coming, take action!"
(End of this chapter)
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