284: Chapter 284 Down in one gulp

Bang! The Magnum revolver spat fire. The 12.7mm caliber bullet passed through the phantom in mid-air and slammed into the alloy wall behind it.

"Carbon-based bug, physical attacks are ineffective against high-dimensional projections." The phantom flickered. A massive biological force field made the metal instruments throughout the laboratory creak.

Mia wiped the drool from her chin and kicked off with both legs. Like a cannonball, she slammed into the phantom in mid-air, opening her mouth wide to inhale fiercely.

"Slurp—"

The edges of the phantom twisted and elongated visibly to the naked eye, turning into a stream of blue light that drilled into Mia's mouth.

"Warning! Energy entity is leaking! You lowly..." The phantom's outline began to fluctuate violently.

"This tastes like blueberries with a popping candy texture! Boss, can I get this to go?" Mia flailed her hands in the air.

"Don't just focus on eating, spit out the core." Chen Feng reloaded the revolver.

The silver polyhedron in mid-air spun crazily, its surface lighting up with a blinding red glow.

"Self-destruct sequence detected." Zero's blue geometric shape turned red. "The target is attempting to detonate an antimatter core; the estimated explosive yield will level all of Los Angeles."

Samantha fell to her knees on the floor with a thud, pressing her hands together above her head. "Great Alien Overlord! Before you blow up, can you AirDrop the genetic map to me? I'll pay double the data fee!"

Sarah's right arm turned into black tentacles, wrapping around Chen Feng's waist and pulling him back.

Mia performed a somersault in mid-air, opened her gaping maw, and swallowed the red-glowing polyhedron in one gulp.

Gulp.

The laboratory fell instantly silent. The red light vanished. The phantom flickered out like a television losing power.

Mia landed on the ground and patted her round belly. "Burp—that bonbon was a bit too hot for my mouth."

"Zero, is Los Angeles still there?" Chen Feng pushed away Sarah's tentacles.

"The antimatter explosion was neutralized by Miss Mia's stomach acid. Current energy conversion rate is one hundred percent." Zero's projection returned to blue.

A semi-transparent virtual panel popped up in front of Chen Feng.

[System Prompt: Successfully intercepted high-dimensional quantum beacon. Obtained hidden item: Interstellar Coordinate Anchor (Incomplete).]

[Triggered Epic Chain Quest: Reverse Zero-Dollar Purchase.]

[Quest Objective: Analyze the Interstellar Coordinate Anchor, lock onto the location of the Alpha Centauri home star system.]

[Quest Reward: One million R&D points. Basic blueprint for the Star-Killing biological weapon [Leviathan].]

Chen Feng cracked his knuckles. "Three years is too long; I only seize the day. Since the top donor sent a rocket, we have to meet up offline."

Samantha rushed over to Mia, grabbed her neck with both hands, and shook her frantically. "Spit it out! Spit out the alien technology! You wasteful brat!"

Mia rolled her eyes and spat out a piece of silver metal residue covered in stomach acid. "Here, the bone is yours."

Samantha cradled the residue in her palms like it was a treasure and scrambled toward the analyzer.

Samantha tossed the residue into the high-energy centrifuge. Strings of eerie green code popped up on the screen.

"Boss! The silicon-based sequencing in this residue fits the G-Virus proliferation chain perfectly! Give me three hours, and I can double the armor hardness of the G-Tyrant!" Samantha danced with joy.

"I'll give you five hours. And while you're at it, max out the heat resistance." Chen Feng patted her shoulder.

The red encrypted phone on the table vibrated wildly. Chen Feng pressed the answer button.

"Chen Feng! What on earth did you just do! The Seismological Bureau reported a magnitude 7 spatial tremor beneath Los Angeles!" Clark's voice was loud enough to blow the roof off.

"Old Clark, take a deep breath. An alien just tried to play with self-destruction in my basement. My employee ate it as an afternoon snack." Chen Feng leaned back in his chair.

"Eaten... eaten it? Do you take me for a three-year-old!"

"Believe it or not, that's up to you. Now, I need you to strip Lockheed and Boeing down to their underwear for me. Full production lines, immediately."

"Those old geezers in Congress just unanimously rejected the military-industrial transfer bill. They're threatening to send the National Guard to take over your base."

Chen Feng tapped his fingers on the desk. "Zero, send the countdown footage of the alien's self-destruction to all major media outlets. Also, attach the offshore account transaction records of the congressmen."

"You're crazy! This will cause global panic! The stock market will crash!" Clark slammed the table.

"If the stock market crashes, that's just perfect for Alan to buy the dip. Old Clark, if I don't see the production line authorization by eight tomorrow morning, I'll have the G-Tyrant go to Capitol Hill to give them a prostate exam."

Chen Feng hung up the phone directly.

Hunk strode into the laboratory. The black Symbiotic Armor on his body was still dripping with green blood.

"Boss, the rats in Paris have been cleared out. Old Morgan's three illegitimate children, along with three thousand mercenaries, have all been turned into plant fertilizer."

"What about the dirty bomb?"

"It was split and eaten by two second-generation G-Tyrants. Their satiety is currently at ninety percent. The radiation levels were completely absorbed and converted by the armor." Hunk handed over a blood-stained tablet.

Chen Feng swiped the screen. In the footage, two G-Tyrants were chewing on nuclear material like it was spicy strips. "Well done. Have Alpha Squad stationed in Paris to take over all of Morgan's medical industries there."

"Sir, emergency situation." Zero's geometric projection suddenly turned into a blinding red triangle.

"Before that silver polyhedron was digested, it sent out an ultra-low frequency Pulse signal. The target was not space."

Chen Feng stood up. "Where was it then?"

A 3D projection of the Earth unfolded in the center of the laboratory. Five blinding red dots lit up on the Earth's surface.

"The signal has awakened five dormant nodes inside the Earth. They are located in: the Bermuda Triangle, deep in the Sahara Desert, the hinterlands of Shennongjia, the heart of the Amazon rainforest, and..." Zero paused.

"And where?" Sarah clenched her fists.

"U Federation, at the bottom of the Yellowstone National Park supervolcano."

Samantha looked up from the analyzer, her hair standing on end like a bird's nest. "Boss! The underlying genetic logic of this thing has been activated! They are absorbing geothermal energy to incubate!"

Chen Feng stared at the five red dots on the holographic projection and sneered.

"The aliens have buried five blind boxes on Earth." Chen Feng pulled out the scalpel stuck in the table. "Hunk, notify the South America base to load up all twelve hundred second-generation G-Tyrants."

"What is the target?" Hunk stood at attention.

"Yellowstone Park first." Chen Feng flicked the scalpel onto the North American plate of the holographic projection. "I want to see if these alien local specialties are ripe."

Mia leaned toward the holographic projection and wiped the corner of her mouth. "Boss, the stuff roasted under the volcano, is it cumin-flavored?"

"You'll know once you taste it." Chen Feng turned and walked toward the hangar. "Sarah, notify Alan to go all out on shorting the global tourism and aviation industries. Also, send a text to Clark."

"What should the content be?" Sarah took out her tactical terminal.

"Just say that Umbrella Corporation is undertaking the Yellowstone Park volcano dredging project. Starting price: one trillion US dollars."