Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 452 - 71: Energy Storm

The semi-fluid substances that seemed to be marrow within the bone pores suddenly began to boil, and immediately, an incredibly surging energy started to madly assault the barrier force field.

Sun Hang's blue bar was depleting at a rate visible to the naked eye—if he couldn't maintain the barrier force field, despite the energy contained within the arcs and his augmentation from the black dragon and Taisui corporeal enhancement memes, he would likely suffer severe injuries.

The only solution was to speed up the absorption.

He needed to absorb the Kui Niu meme, rather than this massive energy... In a sense, memes were the essence, while this energy was the dross that needed to be removed.

Sun Hang didn't even notice that his expression had begun to twist fiercely, frightening Yuri in the monitoring room, who hurriedly asked, "Is something wrong? Should we stop the absorption? Is there anything we need to do?"

"Is this room... sturdy enough?" Sun Hang asked through gritted teeth.

"The walls are forged from second-generation Gamma Alloy, with a thickness of one and a half meters per layer, and three layers in total, with a half-meter thick composite buffer layer in between each..." Yuri spoke at a rapid pace.

"Who understands that kind of talk?!" Sun Hang couldn't help but curse, "Just tell me straight forward, how much explosion power can it withstand?"

"Or, to put it another way—" Sun Hang continued, "if this spinal cord detonates, will it punch a huge hole through the Dubhe Tower?"

"It probably... won't..." Yuri's voice trembled slightly, "Before the absorption began, we reinforced the exterior of the containment chamber for a second time, and the surrounding area within two hundred meters has been completely cleared... But the problem is, if it detonates in a sealed environment, the force might exceed the budgeted values... I'm not very sure about the exact range of impact..."

"Are you saying that if there's a device like a pressure valve to guide the energy and shock of the explosion out, the force would be significantly reduced?" Sun Hang asked again.

"It's impossible to guide! If we install such a pressure valve, the rampant energy will shatter it immediately and tear along the opening through the entire containment room, worsening the situation!"

"Oh... So you're saying our only bet now is whether this room can withstand it, right?"

"Theoretically, yes, but I can try to find some supernatural artifact that could absorb the dissipating energy, which might weaken the explosion's force as much as possible..."

"Isn't this kind of thing supposed to be prepared in advance?" Sun Hang was taken aback, "Is this what you meant by 'fully prepared'?"

"It's not like that, the artifacts and devices we could deploy have already been used in the secondary reinforcement... The remaining ones are not very stable to begin with." Yuri explained somewhat aggrieved.

"Then I'll just detonate it directly..."

"Wait, wait!"

Before Yuri could finish speaking, Sun Hang, having completely absorbed the Kui Niu meme within the spinal cord, retreated to the corner in an instant, wrapping himself firmly with the barrier force field.

Deprived of control, the rampant energy exploded at once, and the tray and furniture made of second-generation Gamma Alloy vaporized instantly. Next, the inner walls of the entire room began to glow red, an unimaginable pressure continuously pressing from outside the barrier force field.

Yuri's voice vanished without a trace, and all speakers and monitoring equipment installed inside the room were wrecked, yet the energy continued to expand and inflate.

The second-generation Gamma Alloy has a melting point close to eight thousand degrees Celsius, but even so, it couldn't withstand the energy from Kui Niu's marrow; the hardened inner walls were like a spacecraft's ablation layer, being "consumed" at an incredibly fast rate...

The pressure on Sun Hang's barrier force field was equally terrifying. Fortunately, after absorbing the Kui Niu meme, the depleted "blue bar" was partially replenished—if his blue bar was as visible as a game character's mana gauge, one would see its tail engaged in a fierce tug-of-war, pulled by two invisible forces.

Meanwhile, in the monitoring room.

Staring at the snow static-filled screen, Yuri's expression was somewhat stiff.

"Sir, external pressure detection indicates that pressure at sixty-four structural points has exceeded the limit threshold... The whole containment chamber is expected to explode in another twenty-five seconds!"

"Report, sir, an energy storm has formed inside the room, the interference is too strong to detect the 'VIP's meme fluctuations and life signals!"

"Sir! Should we initiate the emergency plan?"

The barrage of questions from his subordinates left Yuri somewhat irritable. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Wait a little longer... Since Mr. Pei chose to trust him... then I too trust him."

"But... the containment chamber is set to explode in twenty seconds, it's no longer safe here, please evacuate immediately! Let us handle the rest!" A subordinate reached out trying to grab Yuri.

However, Yuri slapped away the hand, shouting, "I'm staying right here, I'm not going anywhere! I bear an inescapable responsibility for this! If the explosion indeed affects this place, surviving the disaster would leave me too ashamed to go on living!"

"Ten seconds left! Nine seconds! Eight seconds! Seven... Seven... Huh?" The researcher monitoring the pressure gauge suddenly let out a puzzled sound, "The... the external pressure is rapidly decreasing! Although the structure suffered irreversible damage... the runaway energy did not spill out at all! What... what is happening?!"