The massive lid of the pressurization cylinder sprang open and flipped to one side.
The instant the lid opened, there was a short, explosive bang. A huge amount of bubbles surged out, instantly forming a broad expanse of white like a smoke bomb.
General Wang, Song He, Xiang Xiaotong, and the four directors stood in a line beside the railing. Even Ning Mo had overcome his fear of heights to come watch. Everyone held their breath in unspoken agreement, their hearts pounding with tension.
Song He had assumed the cylinder's interior was spacious, but after the white smoke dispersed, he discovered that the pressurization cylinder had a double-layered structure like a thermos.
Inside the inner chamber, the terrifyingly huge octopus sea monster was curled into a ball, crammed in like canned food.
Its entire body was pitch-black. Its tentacles, as thick as towering trees, were tightly intertwined like a cluster of sleeping black dragons. The backs of the tentacles gleamed darkly, resembling a layer of hard iron scales.
Song He immediately felt uncomfortable. The sea monster was so huge that it seemed unreal, and its pitch-black, glossy color looked incredibly sinister. Even from far away, its demonic aura was overwhelming!
Everyone leaned over the railing in silence, not saying a word as they quietly watched the sea monster inside the pressurization cylinder.
The sea monster seemed to be dead, lying motionless inside the cylinder.
After waiting for a long while, the sea monster still did not move.
"Is it dead?" Zhao Yiyi asked softly, her voice timid as if she were afraid of startling the sea monster. "It's so big. Could it run out of oxygen being sealed in there?"
"You saw the bubbles that burst out when we opened the lid, right?" General Wang replied. "There's an oxygenation machine