Chapter 155: Good News

Piercing alarm sirens intertwined with muffled, drumlike impacts from outside, freezing the air inside the Haiyuan Base. On the monitoring screens, twisted, ominous-glowing Deep Sea beasts repeatedly slammed their massive, hardened bodies against the base's reinforced outer walls. The groaning of warping metal transmitted through the structure sent shivers down spines.

Structural integrity down to 87%! Minor deformation detected on Zone B outer wall!

Bioelectric field interference intensifying! Several external sensors offline!

In the Base Command Center, staff voices trembled with unmistakable panic. In this human forbidden zone, their steel fortress—their very lifeline—faced an unprecedented trial.

Liu Shiyin's face had paled slightly, but her eyes burned with manic excitement as she stared fixedly at her system's wild, unstable energy output, as if the creatures assaulting the base were the ultimate proof of her power.

"Shut it down! Shut off your system immediately!" the Base Director roared over internal comms at the Chuangsheng Technology test unit, "Your energy fluctuations drew them here!"

"Impossible!" Liu Shiyin shrieked back, her voice twisted with agitation, "Our system is critical right now! Shutting it down means automatic disqualification! This is a conspiracy—Jingyuan Technology's sabotage!"

At this moment, she still tried to shift blame elsewhere.

Qin Feng had no time for verbal sparring. His mind raced, perception extending like invisible tendrils to analyze the situation outside. These creatures were indeed drawn to an abnormally active, life-attracting bioenergy field—its source directly pointing to Chuangsheng Technology's unstable core. But simply shutting down their system—assuming Liu Shiyin would even comply—was no guarantee these enraged giants would retreat.

"Lei Zhan, take a team and inspect our nearby bulkheads and interfaces—ensure they're secure!"

"Chen Ming, how much higher can we push our system output? I need greater redundant power!"

Qin Feng's voice, calm as bedrock, instantly steadied the jittering Jingyuan Technology team.

"Boss, our system is running at 85% load. Theoretically, we can briefly overclock to 120%, but there's risk!" Chen Ming replied swiftly.

"Initiate overclock." Qin Feng ordered, his sharp gaze fixed on the gray icon on the base's internal monitor—the "Abyss Pulse Array." A device using high-intensity sound waves and specific-frequency energy pulses to repel large Deep Sea creatures, its activation required massive energy far exceeding the base's daily reserves—hence the requirement for the finals teams to supply 300% baseline energy support.

"Base Director," Qin Feng connected to the Command Center, his tone leaving no room for argument, "Activate the Abyss Pulse Array. Target: Northeast Outer Wall Region. Maximum power."

The Director froze: "But… the Pulse Array requires at least 250% baseline energy sustained for five minutes—we don't have enough reserves…"

"Energy will be supplied by Jingyuan Technology." Qin Feng cut him off. "Execute immediately!"

No time for hesitation. The Director stared at the external monitor—thickening shadows, structural integrity plummeting—and gritted his teeth: "Activate the Abyss Pulse Array! Authorize use of Jingyuan Technology's energy interface!"

"Chen Ming!" Qin Feng barked.

"Overclock initiated! Output power increased to 118%!" Chen Ming nearly shouted.

Hum—!

Jingyuan Technology's energy interface erupted in a blinding, deeper blue glow. Powerful energy surged like a dam breaking, flooding into the base's power grid—directed toward the Pulse Array!

Outside the base, several giant horn-like devices mounted on the hull ignited with blinding white light. A low, subsonic hum began to build, making the air inside the chambers tremble violently!

Seconds later—

An invisible pulse, brimming with terrifying energy, exploded outward from the Haiyuan Base in a fan-shaped wave toward the dark abyss to the northeast!

Where the pulse passed, seawater churned as if gripped by an invisible hand. The Deep Sea beasts, frantically slamming into the base, were struck as if by sledgehammers—silent screams (their bioelectric fields instantly disrupted), massive bodies convulsing, luminous organs dimming instantly. As if encountering natural predators, they turned in chaotic panic, fleeing desperately toward deeper, darker depths, dragging their wounded forms.

On the external monitor, the suffocating mass of biological signals vanished like a receding tide.

The impacts ceased.

Inside the base, deathly silence. Only the hum of machinery and heavy breathing remained.

Biological signals… receding.

Structural integrity stabilized at 83%.

Crisis… averted.

A voice from the Command Center, laced with disbelief, spoke.

Everyone turned to the Jingyuan Technology team with awe, gratitude, even a trace of reverence. In that sudden disaster, it was Qin Feng and his team's calm, decisiveness, and their system's overwhelming, stable, reliable performance that saved them all—preventing the base's destruction and the annihilation of everyone in the abyss!

In contrast, Chuangsheng Technology…

Eyes turned to Liu Shiyin and her system, still pulsing unstable, dim red light—filled with suspicion, anger, and lingering dread. It was their strange, uncontrollable technology that had summoned this calamity!

Liu Shiyin's face turned ashen. Her lips quivered, but no words came. Her meticulously prepared "Biomass Energy Catalysis" system—intended to dominate the Final Round—was not only far less stable than Jingyuan's, but had nearly become the source of total ruin. This silent contrast and blow was far crueler than any verbal rebuke.

At that moment, Qin Feng's satellite encrypted communicator (relayed through the base) beeped. He glanced—it was Su Jin.

After connecting, Su Jin's voice, weary yet unmistakably excited, came through:

"Qin Feng! Good news! We've made a breakthrough in reverse-engineering and tracking! Based on trace bio-coating residues from the sniper's weapon in Greenland, combined with the unique energy spectrum leaked by the Chuangsheng system, we've pinpointed the coordinates of a secret mobile offshore platform belonging to the Foundation, deep in the Pacific! More importantly—we found a fatal weakness in their tech: their Biomass Energy Catalysis is utterly dependent on a specific, artificially synthesized 'Guiding Enzyme'—and this enzyme is extremely unstable, rapidly deactivating under high-intensity, pure energy field interference!"

"We've named it—Purification Force Field!"

Qin Feng listened to Su Jin's report, gazing at the storm just calmed and Liu Shiyin's pale, twisted face, a cold, sharp smile slowly curling at his lips.

This was indeed good news.

A perfect message—one that could decide the final outcome.

The elimination tournament beneath the abyss had become clear.

"Continue monitoring, Su Jin." Qin Feng murmured. "The final result will be revealed soon."

He ended the call, his gaze returning to the monitor, where the dim red pulse of Chuangsheng Technology's system still flickered uneasily.

It was time to switch roles—hunter and prey.