111: Chapter 111: Someone's eyeing it as soon as it came out of the pot.

The "Siren" system of Country R was a secret weapon they had spent a huge amount of money to develop.

The core of this thing consisted of several strange crystals dug up from ancient ruins. Country R's scientists had studied them for over a decade without understanding the principles, but they discovered that as long as they were stimulated by a specific electromagnetic field, the crystals could emit a strange wave that could interfere with all electronic equipment and even affect the divine sense of cultivators.

This was the source of confidence for Ito Hirobumi and the "Black Tide" unit.

They believed that as soon as the "Siren" was activated, the Xia Kingdom's precious deep-sea project would become deaf, blind, and a living coffin.

By then, without command and without data, the Xia Kingdom people would be unable to control anything. They would have no choice but to scramble to drag that behemoth back up.

This would give the "Black Tide" unit the time to meddle.

This plan was simply perfect.

Inside the Command Center of the "child of the ocean," Ito Hirobumi stared at the red area on the screen representing the signal interruption, smiling with both pride and malice.

"Report, Captain! The 'Siren' power has been turned to the maximum! The signals in that sea area have all been scrambled by us! According to our calculations, no conventional communication will be able to get through!"

"Well done!" Ito Hirobumi nodded with satisfaction. "Tell the technical department to keep increasing the power. I want to make the Xia Kingdom people unable to even cry out!"

"What about Lord Kuroki? Any movement?" he asked the communications officer beside him.

"Report! Lord Kuroki's 'black tide no. 1' has already taken advantage of the chaos to sneak in. In ten more minutes, it will arrive at the core location of the 'Dragon Vein.'"

"Good!" Ito Hirobumi punched the air excitedly.

He seemed to have already seen that undersea "Dragon Vein," which represented the future, being thoroughly defiled by Lord Kuroki using the church's "sacred object."

And the Xia Kingdom people could only act like fools on the sea surface, anxious and helpless, before finally being buried in the sea along with their cities and ambitions by the monstrous waves.

This was the final judgment of God upon these fellows!

...

Unfortunately, Ito Hirobumi did not know.

Ten thousand meters deep under what he thought was the "Sea of Silence," a "feast" he could never dream of was taking place.

The core cabin of the "base station" had absorbed enough of the "Siren's" interference energy, and the formation patterns on its surface were blindingly bright.

A massive amount of pure energy was being continuously converted and stored.

Thanks to the "blessing" of the people from Country R, the initial energy injection and system self-check, which would have normally taken over a dozen hours, were all completed in less than half an hour.

"Chief Engineer Jiang, the core cabin energy reserves are at 120 percent! System self-check passed completely! All functions are working perfectly!"

The pilot of "Deep Dive No. 2" reported almost roaring.

In his entire life, he had never fought such a wealthy battle!

"Very good," Jiang Ning's voice came through clearly. "Core cabin, dock with the foundation module."

"Yes!"

Under the pilot's control and the power carried by the core cabin itself, this huge silver-white sphere slowly locked together with the tripod foundation below.

The buckles engaged one after another.

The energy pipes connected one after another.

The entire process went incredibly smoothly, without a single error.

When the last component was connected, the structure of the entire "base station" was finally erected on the ten-thousand-meter-deep seabed. It stood like a silent iron mountain, staying quietly in this forbidden zone that no one had ever visited, carrying with it a sense of weight and majesty.

A low resonance came from inside the base station.

All the formations on its body were activated at this moment.

It was no longer a cold lump of iron, but had come alive, beginning to breathe and inhale the surrounding spiritual energy on its own. It connected to the earth veins beneath its feet and merged into the surrounding seawater, forming a stable cycle.

"Report to Chief Engineer Jiang! 'base station' No. 1, main structure completed! Officially put into operation!"

When this news was transmitted back to the Command Center tower at East Sea Port, the entire command headquarters erupted in unprecedented cheers.

With a sixty-hour deadline, they had completed this impossible task in less than thirty hours!

Everyone was excitedly hugging and celebrating.

Only Jiang Ning was still looking at the screen calmly.

Not only did she not breathe a sigh of relief, but she actually frowned instead.

"Something is not right," she whispered.

"What's wrong? Engineer Jiang?" Director Zhao Lixin beside her immediately became nervous. "Is there a problem with the base station?"

"There is no problem with the base station." Jiang Ning shook her head, her fingers sliding across another environmental monitoring screen.

"It is this sea that has a problem."

On the screen, the curve representing the earth vein energy, although stabilized after the base station was built, had a little bit of particularly evil "noise" mixed into it.

That force... was particularly evil, deathly still, and carried an indescribable resentment.

It was like a drop of ink falling into clear water; although the amount was small, it was stubbornly spreading pollution.

"What is this thing?" Professor Chen also noticed something was wrong. He leaned over, staring at the strange energy curve, his brows furrowed tightly. "I have never seen this kind of energy in any data. It is not anything known in our world."

Just as they were studying this strange energy, the underwater monitoring screen showed a situation.

At an undersea volcano a dozen kilometers away from the "base station," the seawater there was turning into a hair-raising black at a visible speed.

Gushes of black, sticky liquid like oil were continuously emerging from the volcano.

These black liquids were extremely corrosive. Wherever they went, whether it was hard rock or deep-sea creatures, they were instantly corroded into a puddle of black mud.

Even more frightening was that this black pollution was rapidly spreading toward the "Dragon Vein" that had just been stabilized!

Its target had been this spiritual vein from the very beginning!

"Oh no!" Chief Engineer Wang Jianguo's expression changed drastically. "If this thing pollutes the spiritual vein, wouldn't everything we did before be in vain?!"

"Quick! Check it! Where did this thing come from?!"

They didn't need to check.

Above that volcano emitting black water, a pitch-black submersible, shaped like a manta ray, revealed its figure from the darkness.

It was the flagship of the "Black Tide" unit, "black tide no. 1."

In the command cabin of the submersible, a man wearing a black robe with tattoos on his face was watching the constantly expanding black area on the screen, letting out a morbid and fanatical laugh.

"Do you see? This is the power of the 'Holy Lord'! This is the gospel of the 'Abyss'!"

"Before the 'Black Water Holy Mother,' everything must die! Everything must start over!"

"Xia Kingdom people... thank you for waking up this dragon. Now, it is just perfect to serve as the most perfect stepping stone for our 'Holy Lord' to descend into this world!"

He spread his arms, as if welcoming a great era.

"Come on! Let this sea be completely finished!"