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"..."

The laser shot brilliantly into empty space, and almost burned through the outer wall of the Red Star Station.

Is his aim really that bad?!

In a fit of despair, Luo Tianming steered the boat into the wreckage. After another tooth-grinding impact, the boat felt like a crushed watermelon underneath.

Luo Tianming felt like he was almost becoming an expert in 'ship CQC'... He probably shouldn't have been driving a submarine; he should have been driving a 15th-century sailing ship for a fierce bow-to-bow collision.

Just as he was lost in thought, a figure like an angel in white appeared on the bridge: Dr. Takemi was unusually seen in the weapons control cockpit.

Luo Tianming asked expectantly, "Miaomiao, you know how to fire a cannon?"

Takemi: "No..."

She then explained her purpose: "I just loaded a poison bomb that I developed into the turret. If we can inject it into that behemoth, it might have a miraculous effect?"

Luo Tianming: "Toxins? But... even the radioactive elements last time couldn't kill it, so how could toxins..."

Takemi: "Who said radiation is useless? Don't you feel that this guy is much weaker than last time?"

"The reason it dares not approach is because it has become weaker—it is precisely because it has become weaker that it has started to use its brain...otherwise it would have crushed everything with its invincible body long ago."

"This guy's physical strength has declined significantly. The isotopes in the radiation are extremely damaging to carbon-based cells. The reason it seems unaffected is simply because the behemoth used a method similar to 'a gecko shedding its tail' to cut off some of the radiation from the injured part."

"And those that cannot be metabolized penetrate deep into the bone marrow and enter the bloodstream, accumulating in the body!"

Luo Tianming: "...!"

He had a gut feeling that he had grasped something.

Miaomiao continued, "For giant creatures like this, the stronger their self-healing ability and the better their repair function, the less likely they are to get sick. This makes their metabolic rate very slow—I guess it only takes 14 days to metabolize once."

"If I can inject the poison I developed into its body, then it will attack itself!"

Luo Tianming: "Killing yourself?"

Takemi: "The principle behind the drug's effect is to make the nerves attack the body, causing the self-healing ability to expand uncontrollably, just like cancerous cells stealing nutrients..."

Luo Tianming: "Thank you for your explanation! But it's too long for us ordinary people to understand... Look, it's about to rush over, can you make it short?"

Wu Jianmiao paused for half a second on the communication device, then said, "This will cause a tumor to grow on its body, constantly absorbing nutrients and slowing its movements, so we can easily kill it."

Luo Tianming: "Will it take effect in 12 seconds like last time?"

Takemi Tae: "...120 seconds."

Everyone: "It's been too long!!"

Chapter 86 Helper

Although Takemi Tae's suggestion sounds impractical, it is indeed the best solution at present.

The threat of the Scarlet Queen cannot be eliminated in the short term. Even with another round of [Anti-ship Missile Stinger], it can only severely injure but not kill her.

But if the toxins take effect, then dealing with a wounded and immobile behemoth will be much easier for them.

"..."

Therefore, the following arrangements are particularly important...

First, they need Levy.

Because there was only one poison bullet, no one but Revy had the precise means to deliver it into the behemoth's body.

Next comes controlling the ship... If you want to hit it with one shot, you have to get close to that behemoth, which is a very dangerous move. You might get taken away by its desperate counterattack.

'...'

Finally, we need Lucy.

The power room cannot be left unattended, and she needs to continuously operate the nuclear reactor to supply the submarine with enough power.

So—who will deal with the algae crawling into the submarine?

Wu Jianmiao… Don’t joke around. Luo Tianming doubted that her slender fingers could lift anything as heavy as a beer can.

Moreover, a doctor's duty is to treat illnesses and save lives, not to deal with threats.

Have you ever seen a medic who takes a submachine gun, rushes forward, wipes out all the enemies, and saves his comrades? (Yes, there are!)

)?

"..."

Just as he was struggling with this, an idea gradually formed in his mind.

'No, it seems that I, as the captain, am not necessary?'

Luo Tianming hurriedly turned on his communication device: "Lucy, can you hack into the Nautilus's control system like last time?"

Lucy was clearly busy on her end. She said breathlessly, "I can... but I seem to be having some trouble here. Water is flooding into the cabin from above, and I can't get rid of it in a while."

Luo Tianming: "That's alright. Open all the sealed gates and let the water flow naturally to the lower cargo hold... We have plenty of empty cargo holds that can hold water for several hours."

At the same time, he shouted into the communication device, "Levi, can you hear me?"

Levi: "I'm very busy!"

Every now and then, a few gunshots rang out from her direction.

Luo Tianming: "Come back first. The operation here requires your incredibly accurate marksmanship."

Revy: "And what about those damned beasts?!"

Luo Tianming: "Leave it to me. Lucy can take over the ship for a while. As for the rest—"

He looked at Takemi Mio beside him and pulled her over to sit in the captain's seat.

"This is sonar...this is drone detection, this is shield defense. Okay, you've learned how to sail!"

"...!"

Wu Jianmiao quickly grabbed Luo Tianming's sleeve with her black-manicured fingers:

"No way! That's like trying to teach someone who's never driven a car what a steering wheel and an accelerator are and then letting them drive on the road!"

Luo Tianming: "...No, it's even simpler than that. With 'autopilot' to help you steer and operate the ship, you just need to press the key button at the crucial moment."

Takemi: "What button?"

Luo Tianming pointed to the shield button on the dashboard and said to her, "This is it. If there is any danger, you press it—for example, when the sonar system warns of an impending collision with a red alert, you press it immediately when you hear the sound... just like in a rhythm game."

Takemi Tae: "Don't talk like it's a 'perfect judgment'!"

Luo Tianming: "..."

Essentially, counter-attacking is really just a 'rhythm game'.

After waiting on the bridge for a minute and a half, the sound of Levi's boots clattering could be heard from afar.

She raised her arm high, as if to give Luo Tianming a high five.

"Handing over the shift!"

Snapped--!

Their hands collided in mid-air, and then Luo Tianming ran down the level like a relay runner.

He took out his pre-prepared 'explosive shotgun', tore a page from his logbook, and suddenly had a quick-loading device in his hand.

The atmosphere inside the USS Nautilus changed the moment he loaded the gleaming yellow shotgun shells into the chamber and closed the 12-round magazine.

"..."

Standing in the empty passage, Luo Tianming did not feel afraid.

The algae crawling in were like large, unleashed dogs, making a mess of the cabin... He stepped over the mess on the ground, concealing himself like a true hunter.

He peeked out from around the corner of the passageway:

'...'

Two algae crawlers are lying on the ground eating the corpses of their kind... Where did the other one go?

Luo Tianming was not in a hurry, but waited patiently for a while.

Suddenly, he heard a rustling sound coming from the corridor below him... The other one he couldn't find was moving quickly from below, and the two algae crawlers also raised their heads, looking alert. Judging from the movement, they were probably trying to flank him from both ends.

"..."

Without hesitation, Luo Tianming turned and jumped around the corner of the passage. The folding stock of the shotgun in his arms instantly unfolded, and his left hand had already gripped the handguard. He then roughly aimed the muzzle in that direction and began to move the handguard up and down.

Snap—Bang!

Shotgun shells flew out in dazzling radial patterns, engulfing the monster in a deadly rain of iron and fire—followed by a splatter of blood and flesh.

boom!

The delayed secondary explosion of the polymer gunpowder melted flesh and bone fragments together into coke.

"..."

Even someone with Luo Tianming's aim could easily wipe out all the monsters within a range of ten meters using a shotgun.

Then, almost instantly, Luo Tianming pointed his gun at the passage behind him—the timing was perfect, just as the algae crawling out had climbed out of the gangway.

Snap—Bang!

This time it was a 16-gauge shotgun shell, which was smaller than the 12-gauge shell. It did not have the secondary explosion of polymer gunpowder, but it used less gunpowder to fill a large number of projectiles... He watched as dozens of steel balls formed a scattering surface and left traces in the air.

Puff-!

All the bullets slammed into the newly exposed head of the algae-like creature. The powerful impact created a hammer-like force, carving a basketball-sized hole in its head. The remaining bullets, carrying flesh and blood, continued to fly until they embedded themselves in the wall.

"..."

With just two shots, he easily cleared out the intruders in the middle layer.

At the same time, he was also using communication devices to observe the battle coming from the direction of the bridge.

"Damn it!" Levi's hand was about to touch the rapid-fire cannon on her left, but she immediately pulled it back.

The rapid-fire cannons that should have been creating a continuous crossfire under her control are now all silent... because that cannon was loaded with only one poison ammunition.

"..."

Under the firepower of a single-barreled cannon, she even found it extremely difficult to force the 'Scarlet Queen' out of position.

On the other side, Takemi was still asking hesitantly, "Um, do you need my help?"

Levi waved her hand: "No need, you just need to keep an eye on the sonar, otherwise I'm 'blind' here and it will be difficult for me to correct the trajectory."

"..."

But this was precisely the point that stumped Wu Jianmiao. Although she trained regularly, she could at least understand terms like 'ten o'clock position' and 'cannon elevation angle'.

But asking her to fix Revy's launch trajectory is even more difficult than asking her to control a submarine.

Lucy could do both at the same time... but that would require her to give up her work at the power plant and concentrate entirely on controlling the submarine.

In the past, thanks to Luo Tianming's almost prophetic intuition, Levi was often able to accurately hit enemies from beyond visual range, but now things were a bit more complicated.

According to Levi's assessment, they would only have a chance of hitting the 'Scarlet Queen's' body with a single shot if they were extremely close, specifically when Luo Tianming determined that they had to be about to collide.

For the Nautilus now, losing a cannon is equivalent to losing the firepower to continuously force the Queen back. If it manages to escape into a blind spot where the Nautilus cannot fire, then the Nautilus will be helpless against it.

Although there is still one more round of [Anti-ship Missile Stinger], Levi said that it is a weapon meant to force the monsters away, and at this distance, it is easy to miss completely.

"..."

Lucy: "I've connected to the control system... The ship is about to accelerate, please fasten your seatbelts!"

Takemi hurriedly fastened the captain's seatbelt.

However, Lucy's voice came through the communication again:

"Wait, a message has come in!"

Revy: "No time! Let those people deal with their own troubles. We're fighting with our lives on the line!"

"I played it on the radio channel..."

[Beep—Nautilus, this is Red Star Station…]

Thank you for your rescue. We have successfully dealt with the disaster and regained control of the automatic turret.

[Red Star Station can now fight alongside you.]