109: Wu Qiong's spatial cutting

"Captain, what do we do now? These tentacles are wrapping too tightly! If this continues, our base's hull will be crushed sooner or later!"

Zhang Wei looked at the red alert zones rapidly expanding on the structural analysis diagram, his voice tinged with a sob.

The strength of that Giant Squid was truly terrifying. Like a patient hunter, it used its hundreds of powerful tentacles to tighten its grip, squeezing the base's living space bit by bit.

"Don't panic!" Wang Yi's voice came clearly through the team channel into everyone's ears. "Its main body is three hundred meters directly below us! Everyone, follow my lead!"

"Chen Hu, Zhao Zihan, you two go to the armory and bring out all the high-explosive torpedoes! Aim them at the bottom launch tubes!"

"Li Bingyao, be ready to provide healing at any time. Pay attention to the teammates whose spirits haven't fully recovered!"

"Everyone else, hold your positions and be ready for any emergencies!"

"Wu Qiong!" Wang Yi shouted last.

"Here!" A thin figure appeared beside Wang Yi like a ghost.

He was the team's space ability user, Wu Qiong—a man who was usually silent but could always perform miracles at critical moments.

"Your task is the heaviest." Wang Yi's gaze fell on him, incredibly solemn. "Do you see the red dots I've marked for you?"

In Wu Qiong's tactical eyepiece, the 3D map constructed by Wang Yi through the sonar enhancer had been shared.

On that map, the most vulnerable joint connections of the hundreds of tentacles wrapping around the base were all marked by Wang Yi with glaring red dots.

"I need you to use your space ability to... cut them all off!" Wang Yi said word by word.

Looking at the dense cluster of over a hundred red dots, even with Wu Qiong's steady temperament, he couldn't help but gasp.

Cutting over a hundred targets simultaneously?

The drain on his mental power would be astronomical!

Moreover, under the immense water pressure of the deep sea, the energy required for every space jump and cut was much higher than on land.

This was almost an impossible mission.

"Captain, I..." Wu Qiong's face turned pale. "My energy might... not be enough."

"I know." Wang Yi nodded. "So, you don't need to finish it all at once."

Just then, Su Yuan's voice rang out in Wu Qiong's mind at the perfect moment.

"Wu Qiong, don't worry about the energy issue."

A crystal-clear bottle emitting a soft blue light appeared out of thin air in Wu Qiong's hand.

[Item: Advanced Mental Power Recovery Potion]

[Price: 5,000 national fortune points]

[Effect: Instantly restores 80% of the user's mental power and significantly increases mental power recovery speed for the next hour.]

"Besides, who said you're fighting alone?"

With a thought, Su Yuan consumed another 3,000 national fortune points.

[Ding! The 'Space Coordinate Enhancement' status has been temporarily applied to contestant Wu Qiong!]

[Effect: With the assistance of the Administrator's computing power, every one of your spatial positionings will receive absolute precision coordinate correction, significantly reducing mental power consumption and increasing the power of Space Cutting.]

Wu Qiong felt the surging mental energy coming from the potion in his hand. Looking at the red dots in his vision—now connected by golden lines to form a perfect cutting path—the last trace of doubt in his heart vanished.

He was no longer alone.

Behind him were his captain, his teammates, and most importantly, the omnipotent Administrator!

"I guarantee the mission will be completed!" Wu Qiong nodded heavily, his eyes becoming incredibly determined.

He hesitated no longer, tilting his head back to drain the bottle of Advanced Mental Power Recovery Potion.

A cool torrent instantly rushed into his mind. His brain, which had been somewhat groggy due to mental exhaustion, became clearer and more powerful than ever before!

"Now!"

Wu Qiong's figure instantly vanished from the spot.

A second later, he appeared in the seawater outside the base.

He ignored the terrifying water pressure that could crush an ordinary person into a meat patty, and he ignored the thick ink filled with mental pollution.

In his eyes, there were only the cutting points connected by the golden lines.

"Space... Rift!"

Wu Qiong extended both hands and slashed violently at the void!

*Swish! Swish! Swish!*

Dozens of pitch-black Space Rifts, seemingly capable of swallowing all light, silently formed in the seawater!

These rifts were like dozens of the sharpest dimensional blades, appearing precisely at the joints of the marked tentacles!

No sound, no explosion.

Only an eerie silence.

Those massive tentacles, thicker than a train, were sliced cleanly in two like a hot knife through butter the moment they touched the Space Rifts!

The cuts were as smooth as mirrors, without even a trace of blood flowing out, because all the flesh and blood were sucked into an unknown dimension the moment they touched the Space Rifts.

"Roar—!"

A roar filled with extreme agony from the depths of the soul echoed from the darkness directly beneath the base!

That arrogant Giant Squid lost nearly half of its tentacles in an instant!

The excruciating pain of its severed limbs drove it into an unprecedented frenzy!

Its remaining dozens of tentacles suddenly let go of the base and instead lashed out wildly like dancing demon whips, trying to find the enemy that had harmed it.

But Wu Qiong's figure had already returned to the interior of the base via Space Flicker the moment he launched the attack.

"Beautifully done!" Wang Yi shouted excitedly.

However, after suffering such heavy damage, the Giant Squid's first reaction wasn't revenge, but... escape!

Its massive body squirted out even more ink, trying to hide its tracks while fleeing toward the deep-sea trench it came from at an astonishing speed.

It was afraid.

Inside this small tin can was a group of terrifying creatures that made it feel the threat of death.

"Trying to run?"

In the Operations Center, Su Yuan looked at the surveillance screen and sneered.

"S-rank materials delivered right to the door with such effort—how could I possibly let you escape?"

"Since you're here, stay and become enhancement supplies for the team!"

He immediately issued a hidden mission to Wang Yi.

[Hidden Mission: Core Hunt]

[Mission Description: Pursue and completely kill the Mutated Giant Squid and obtain the Deep Sea Nether Energy Crystal Core within its body.]

[Mission Reward: Settlement based on performance.]

[Mission Hint: This crystal core can be used to strengthen the contestants' mental resistance and has a certain chance of awakening spirit-related abilities.]

Seeing the mission hint, Wang Yi's eyes instantly lit up.

Mental resistance! Spirit-type abilities!

For the Dragon Team, who had just experienced mental pollution and nearly been wiped out, this was exactly what they needed!

"Chen Hu! Zhao Zihan! Are the torpedoes ready?" Wang Yi roared into the channel.

"Ready!"

"Break all its remaining legs for me! Today, we're eating grilled squid!"