The brothers' dedication to being outstanding employees seemed to have finally moved Nie Yun.
"Sigh! All right, since you insist..." Nie Yun said regretfully.
The two brothers immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then this works out perfectly. I can test my newly developed Human Enhancement Technology on you at the same time! This really saves me a lot of time!" His next words made them both freeze.
The brothers: "..."
Was this what they meant by misfortunes never coming singly?
After a full five hours of flight, the Sea Wolf finally reached its designated Low Earth Orbit! The shorter orbital period here would allow the Sea Wolf to quickly reach every corner of the globe!
Once its orbit stabilized, the Sea Wolf's crew section began rotating independently like a drum, providing simulated gravity for the core compartments.
After resting during that time, Nie Yun had also largely recovered the mental energy he had expended using Descent. He glanced at Little Octopus, who was being dragged along behind him.
As it turned out, land creatures had an instinctive fear of heights. For marine creatures, that fear probably had to be doubled!
After the initial struggle, Little Octopus had not only exhausted nearly all its energy, but also wore a thoroughly broken expression. Its eyes spun in spirals, and it seemed to have lost all ability to resist.
Although Nie Yun had ended Descent, the Mechanical Insects continued devouring the silver octopus without pause under his orders. By now, the giant octopus had shrunk to nearly half its original size.
Under Nie Yun's control, the Sea Wolf's belly armor opened, and the two punching bags were slowly hauled into the hangar housing the prototype. The outer armor then closed again, and the Sea Wolf began orbiting Earth in stealth mode...